i hope the pats crush the giants in an embarrassing defeat

it's cold and nasty here. we got a lot of snow last night. i am home at the moment; oliver was up sick most of the night, and while he's much better this morning and bryan did take him into day care, i am too nervous to drive 13 miles to work and leave bryan here without a car in case the baby takes a turn for the worse. i'm debating driving in for a training session i need to attend, or going out to mom and dad's to get their extra car, but i'm so anxious i can't decide what to do. i had a hard enough time letting him go this morning. call it new mom jitters.

it was deathly cold all weekend. after bundling the munchkin up, we ventured out saturday to drop by target and sam's club. sam's club was a *mess* - everyone trying to drop their companions off at the front door, and pick them up there as well, and park as close as possible. we at least had an excuse - the baby! he enjoyed the trip, though not in his seat - he fussed and we held him the entire time. he had fun taking it all in. i was worried he would be cold, but we had him in such warm clothes and under so many blankets, he was actually rather toasty.

sunday was the packer's play off game, which they lost like a bunch of miserable school girls to that namby pamby eli manning. ollie was wearing all of his packers gear, but that didn't bring them any luck unfortunately. it was a really good game, and had it been anyone other than the giants, it wouldn't be so hard to accept defeat. oh well.

it snowed all day yesterday and through the night, so it's looking pretty nasty out there. i can just barely see the top of the bag of recycling that is sitting amid a snowbank.

i had off of work on monday, and ended up taking oliver to the doctor (he managed to gain another 2+ pounds in the last 2 weeks, bringing the total to 14 lbs 12.5 oz - his new nickname is Godzilla). his sniffle had worsened, and he had started coughing. no fever and he was still eating, so the doctor pretty much confirmed what i had thought - he was fine, just watch it to make sure he doesn't get worse. i was glad i had off and could stay home to cuddle him. we pretty much spent the entire day on the couch. i like to think he naps better in my arms. :) he had a pretty rough night though; very stuffy and a little feverish (which scared the bejesus outta me). but just like this morning, it was probably harder on me than on him. i worried far more than i slept, and while he was up more than usual i think he managed to get some sleep in.

nothing too exciting in terms of food this weekend... we took some chili out of the freezer for dinner saturday night, which was less fun for me without the green chili sour cream and cheddar cheese which bryan was able to have. we had some fish sandwiches for lunch on sunday with leftovers from our fish and chips from the other night, and those were pretty rockin. bryan made wings on sunday for dinner to go with the game, and last night we had a delicious dinner of homemade pasta shannon sent for us, with some fresh polish sausage, caramelized onions, and sauteed green beans. it really hit the spot.

other than that, we hunkered down inside all weekend to avoid the cold, and tried to make the baby laugh as much as possible. omg cutest thing ever. i can't believe how much of a little person he has grown to already. seeing his personality develop day to day is just simply amazing. a small part of me wishes he was 2 days old forever; tiny and curled up sleeping on my chest, and the rest of me cannot wait to watch him grow.



a few new pictures have been posted in the gallery.

video of the thing that makes my heart sing - oliver giggles!