raccoons, croup, oh my!

z likes to eat peanut butter & jelly sandwiches now. he usually pulls the bread slices apart and eats them individually. he doesn't quite understand the concept of sandwiches yet. he'll put so much of it in his mouth because he can't tell that it's actually IN his mouth unless he pushes it all the way back. he hates having his hands dirty, so he whines to get me to wipe his hands off frequently when they get covered in peanut butter or jelly. i just tried teaching him to lick his fingers. you'd think that would be a common sense thing, but nothing is common sense with toddlers.

this past weekend was REALLY busy, and z has been sick. he was incredibly fussy thursday night, not wanting to eat anything really, and cried the whole way through dinner & bath. he woke up many many times that night, and had a fever in the morning, which climbed to 104 after his nap. we had to do the motrin at 2, tylenol at 4, motrin again at 6 type of thing. today is tuesday, and his temp seems to finally be controlled. sunday after his nap, he had a horrible breathing sound that continued into monday, so i took him to the doctor. he has croup, so he's on prednisone to try to help his breathing. no fun! he now has 2 of the 2 year molars, and may even have all of them (except i can't get a good view of his upper teeth.

friday night we had a babysitter come over & stay after z was in bed, and we went out to meet up with some other mom & dads in the pearl district. we started at the teardrop lounge, where everyone was meeting. i didn't know too many of them, but had a couple good conversations. i'm not a fan of that place, though. too many ingredients in the drinks. i just had water. j liked his first drink, but hated the second, so we left before he finished it. we stopped in at the deschutes brewery for a bit before heading home. saturday morning i had a baby shower, and then we had the neighbors over for brunch (requiring me to roll out and pre-bake crusts in the middle of the night when i was up with z). sunday i had my studio recital, and afterwards i came home to find that j figured out we have raccoons in our attic space. i had no idea there was any extra space up there - i thought our ceilings were just the bottom of the roof, but i guess not. somehow the critters have gnawed their way inside, so now we have to see about getting rid of them, and patching the holes. ugh. life is never dull!