Is it summer yet? I hate cold and flu season.

Matt finally went to a doctor (he did have some -itis or another... sinusitis? rhinitis?) and got some antibiotics and seems better. Unfortunately he gave his nasty cold to the rest of us first. He had it three weeks I think? Wil got it first, and then me and the baby at the same time. It didn't seem too bad for me, but it's gotten a lot worse in the past few days. I woke up and had lost my voice this morning. It's slowly coming back, but man, I wish I could take something. Even throat lozenges are pretty much out as menthol affects your breastmilk supply. Actually I think James prefers the bottles at this point as it's much easier to stop and start feeding many, many times (and I have to say, my nipples could kind of use a break... yeouch!). Saturday was the worst for him... he was just not eating, I finally had to pump because the pressure of the milk buildup was getting a bit much. I got more than 8 oz! That's pretty amazing, last time I pumped I got less than 2 oz. So that told me just how much he hadn't been eating. We let him have bottles the rest of the day and he seemed much happier. And hey, I got a cooler or two so I was happy as well!

In other news, James is getting good control of his hands... he's grabbing the dangly toys on his playmat on purpose now, and he gets really frustrated when he can't pull them into his mouth. He's also started scratching, which is not great since he's scratching his head all the time (I think he might have a bit of eczema), to the point where he's made himself bleed. I think I'd better take him to the doctor soon...

Wil is still enjoying playschool. We're trying to get him into preschool for next year but having a hell of a time. For our first choice class at the preschool closest to us, he's 46th on the waitlist! Insanity.

Wil has also taken a huge interest in cooking lately. He'll drag out the flour bin and measuring cups when he wants to cook something. We did french bread together last week, and he did focaccia bread with Matt last night. He's always liked making muffins too. I'm trying to discourage him right now though... I went to Cupcake Camp on the weekend and we still have about a dozen cupcakes in the fridge. I'll post pictures on facebook soon hopefully. Cupcake Camp was so awesome, but is going to be horrible for my hips! I had a mocha cupcake with kahlua icing for breakfast. Yum!

I think I hear James waking so I'd better leave things here...