Fuller just went down for the night. I hope. We had a bit of a rough day, but we will survive. There is always 2006, right around the corner.

Fuller slept in until 8ish. And then we were faced with the challenge of getting him to eat. He is on a soft food diet for the next few days. But I guess his mouth was just so sore that he was wary of having anything other than his hand or blanket tag in his mouth. The challenge of getting him to drink anything was a bit daunting. The hard spout of the sippy made him cry, so I went into the attic and found his soft spout sippies. Even that made him cry. Damon got him to eat applesauce and the Gerber toddler cereal mixed with milk. We tried eggs but he fussed at those as well.

When we weren’t trying to nourish him, he was still uncharacteristically fussy. He played, but whined. He cuddled a lot and watched Sesame Street and some of Clifford. We played Legos, but he was anxious. I could tell he wanted to sleep, but his paci irritated his mouth as well. He cried as if he wasn’t going to sleep without the paci, which is kind of unusual, but he was hurting. Finally I dug out a smaller paci, one for infants, and he was pacified and napped until 1.

While he napped I went to the store for sherbert, dog food, paper towels and a toddler cup with straw.

Last night, the nurse practictioner asked if Fuller could use a straw, if the sippy cup made him uncomfortable. I told the her no, but this afternoon I had visions of Fuller being dehydrated, so I thought we should at least try the straw. If it didn’t work then we would have a straw cup for later on. But you know what? As soon as I offered Fuller the cup with straw, he immediately knew what to do. My visions of a dehydrated Fuller vanished and he was a much happier child.

I took a nice afternoon nap while Damon indulged his highness with what ever it took to make him happy. Fuller was allowed to play with his keyboard, watch TV, cuddle… anything to make him happy. Fuller finally took a late afternoon nap, waking at 7 pm to have dinner and play for a while. And now he is fussing again, but I think that has something to do with the fireworks our neighbors are using for their celebration.

It has been an exciting year for our family. In thinking about 2005, I focus mainly on Fuller and all the growth he has gone through. To think, he is now able to use a straw, when at this time last year it was strictly bottles and breast. He couldn’t roll over last December, and now he runs as fast as his tiny feet will take him.

Personally, my job has kept me busy as I tackled the whole “working mom” part of my life. We were blessed to have the kind of arrangement where working from home is a doable option for us.

We don’t know what 2006 holds for us, but we do have dreams. I’m not going to share them with you because they are a bit too personal to just throw out there on the internet, but I will say that Maple is hoping that there will be more family walks in her future. I keep telling her that it is cold outside, but she just doesn’t understand.

Here’s to a Happy, Healthy, & Blessed New Year!

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