Sick and tired

Steve again. Well it looks like things have finally caught up with us. Terri awoke this morning not feeling very well. She is not sure if it is the pollution finally getting to her or if it is something she picked up at the baby house. I know it made for a more difficult visit as she was very run down. Liam still looks like he isn’t feeling well but didn’t seem deterred as he zoomed around the room in the excersaucer. We had to watch him very closely as he came close to turning over a couple of times. Most of the visit Aidan wanted to be picked up and played with—I tried to entertain him most of the time. Aidan is fixated on the music button on the excersaucer that, oddly enough, plays Jingle Bells. He hits the button repeatedly and wants me to pick him up and dance around. He also sings and waves his hands around, it is really cute but I never want to hear Jingle Bells ever again. Towards the end of the visit Liam was getting more and more cranky, hungry and sick… not a good combination.

Between our visits was hardly noteworthy as we just went to lunch and then to the apartment to rest. I must confess to being a little run down myself. So we slugged around until the second visit.

When I went to get Aidan I got to see a hilarious sight. All of his kids in playgroup were in a small room sitting on their little pots or garshok as it is called. If I had only had a camera for further parental blackmail! One child was sucking his thumb and practically falling asleep and others were just rocking back and forth. Apparently, the kids are brought in here at the predetermined time and plopped down on their little seats to sit until they go. I made a bad joke to Aidan about bringing him a book or magazine for him next time. Once he was done with his business his caretakers got him ready. Right before we were ready to leave for the playroom he started crying. His caretakers said he was in a bad mood. At least he calmed down before we got to the room. Liam looked better in the afternoon. Although he was wearing bright yellow in the afternoon so it could all be some subliminal illusion. Liam wanted to zoom around in the excersaucer again. He kept going over to the refrigerator to remove these magnet toys that Terri had put there. Aidan likes to swing upside down so we did this for a little while and had fun pointing out mama and dada in the mirror. He also called me papa a few times too. The caretakers use papa instead of dada, so I am sure the kid is going to be really confused. I know the boys are probably getting a little bored with the same routine and limited activities everyday. We will be happy when we can get them back to their new home.

After our visit we went to the coffee house. Terri and I both had ice cream to sooth our sore throats. After this we went back to the apartment and watched more 24. We thought we should just try to get some rest, drink some juice and hope we can ride this out. Tomorrow, we should find out our court date. Keep your fingers crossed.