Yesterday was Shaun’s birthday.  I offered to cook him whatever he wanted but he didn’t want me to have to go to all the trouble, especially with a sick kiddo at home.  He decided that he wanted sushi, so we went and picked some up to bring home.  I offered to put it all on plates so that we could have a nice dinner and Shaun wouldn’t hear of it.  He wanted it all out of the Styrofoam containers. His reasoning? Why dirty plates?

Here’s the whole spread:

Classy, huh?

Here’s the birthday boys’ dinner:

That’s a Lion King Roll, a Rainbow Roll, a Cherry Blossom Roll, and some Seaweed Salad that I ate.

He proclaimed his entire meal (Guiness included of course!) “The Perfect Meal”

He was a happy dude:

Here’s my dinner:

Salmon and Tuna Sashimi and Miso Soup.  I only had 4 pieces since this was a TON of fish.

We got Lu some Chicken Katsu-breaded and fried chicken and she wanted nothing to do with it.  She ate some veggies and then some of cherry yogurt that I had made her earlier in the day-I make fruit purees and then add them to whole milk yogurt and she gobbles it up every day.  No sugar!

She rallied for Daddy, but you can see her little sick eyes in these pictures 🙁 She went to bed shortly after this.  I woke her up at 9 to give her some Motrin and then checked on her throughout the night.  When I went in at 6:45 she was laying there awake (I hadn’t heard a peep) and she reached out to me with a sad little “Mama”. It broke my heart.  Her temp was back up to 102 and she has some congestion.  She’s doing a bit better now.  I’m at home with her today and we just watched a Madeline DVD.  She doesn’t normally watch tv but she was happy to sit on my lap for about 15 minutes and then actually got down and played.  I think that’s a good sign.  If she still has a fever tonight or her breathing gets worse I’ll call the doctor again. I’m in the process of bleaching her humidifier and I’ll run that tonight.

Shaun is on his way home now so that I can jump on a conference call.  The rest of the day will be spent cuddling with my little sick girlie.

Gratitude

Today I’m thankful for all our Veterans.  Thank you!