Pink I

We've had a fun past few days dealing with runny noses, crusty eyes, and general irratability. Thankfully, it was only Bruce and I that were feeling this way--thanks to persistant handwashing, Alice has gotten of scott free so far.

I started it off with a cold last Wednesday, followed by waking up with pink eye Friday morning. Bruce realized he also had pink eye later that day and it slammed us hard all weekend. Sunday morning I woke up not only with the usual eyes glued shut but when I finally did get them cleaned out I could hardly open my good eye because it was so swollen, which made for a blurry day. Monday we were both feeling better but decided to go to the doctor anyway. Bruce went into work and then went to the student health center where he has to go. The doctor told him he couldn't see patients for at least five days. He thought at first that they would have him stay in his office doing research or something but since he has an officemate they told him not to come back to work until next Monday.

I got really excited at first because we were both feeling a lot better and I had all these plans for little trips we would take later in the week, but then the next day the pink eye flaired up again and the cold-like symptoms came back. So pretty much we've been relaxing at home, watching the first season of Survivor that we got from Netflix (we thought this would be the perfect time to use our free two week trial offer) and taking Alice outside a lot to play in the grass. Below is a picture of Bruce and Alice looking out the window at the birds. She's really beginning to notice things more. Last week we were walking around the farm and she spotted some cows across the creek and through some trees and started mooing before I even noticed them.

Oh and another downer is the weather is beautiful! I just wish we could take advantage of it instead of staying inside feeling crudy. We are trying to get outside and go on walks around the orchards, especially Bruce who is enjoying having some free time despite being sick.

Alice is still practicing her walking and is able to take 5-6 steps now without falling. I think it's finally dawning on her that walking is more than a novelty to get attention because I see her practicing it more on her own. Bruce downloaded some different animal sounds off of the Internet (cow, dog, cat, pig, etc.) and has them on the desktop to entertain Alice with. She gets SO excited when he plays them and will repeat the sounds she hears.