Berries, Stew and Speckle

Well...I'm finally over my strep and pink eye! Yikes! That really knocked me down! I slept most of the day Friday (while William slept) and pretty much all day Saturday. Sunday I felt a tad better so Philip and I took William for a little walk down to Seaside to enjoy some sunshine. It was a nice walk, but was exhausting for me. We ran into some of our friends (both Sprenkle families) and enjoyed watching the little ones play with we talked. The sunshine felt soooooo good! I was so missing my sunglasses! I had to wear my regular glasses b/c of pink eye, so it was BRIGHT!! Kinda funny how you get used to sunglasses, huh? William and Kate are a week apart. Kate is just precious and was following William around giving hugs (more like body squeezes) and he wasn't so sure of it! They ran around together and giggled as the dad's chased them. Very sweet!

As we were leaving, I wanted to find the playground at Seaside, so we went off exploring on the back roads of Seaside. We found it and it is just perfect! It's tucked away nestled in some pine trees and very shaded. William loved climbing the steps and sliding down the big slide! I do mean BIG SLIDE! It really is for older kids, but there was no stopping him! I did hit my head pretty hard on the little castle part and have a knot now, but it was worth it! He loved the swing and did not want to leave. I told him we would be back soon. I can see us going there more often now that I know where it is. It's just so cute!!

My wonderful husband smoked some Boston butts over the weekend and they were DELICIOUS!!! He is the master of the grill and always produces incredible food! What can I say...he spoils me! He took one of the butts and made a huge pot of Brunswick stew on Saturday. It was absolutely amazing and oh so yummy! I think Brunswick stew just might be one of my favorite slow-cooked meals...it's so scrumptious and fulfilling! He added baked chicken to it and all the right veggies. You get the picture...it was the best Brunswick stew I've had in a while! The best part...William loved it! He gobbled it up (especially the Lima beans)! That made Philip happy b/c last week William would only eat my vegetable soup! Maybe I can get the recipe for the stew and post it later...I'll check and see :)

Here's William eating the Brunswick Stew

He's saying "mmm" in this picture...love it all over his face!

So, Sunday afternoon I noticed William felt feverish...103.8!! I can't stand it when he gets a fever! He had a low fever all morning, but when it jumped up even with Motrin/Tylenol, I got worried! We gave him the lukewarm bath and Popsicle (that's all he would eat on Sunday) and monitored him for the evening. By this point I felt as if I gave him strep b/c he had the worst sounding cough and would cringe when coughing. I cuddled him so tight and wanted to either sleep in his nursery or have him sleep in our room, but made it through the night just fine. I did take him to the doctor on Monday just to get checked out and discovered he just has the crud...and that it would have to run it's course. I try not to go to the doctor too much, but I was just concerned b/c I had been so sick.

On a sad note....I never got to tell you about my precious goldfish, Speckle. I got him last Monday and thought he was just perfect! Well, being sick and all I didn't feel up to blogging, so I decided I could tell you about him this week. I'm sad to say that Monday after we came in from sunset out at the beach I found Speckle (tishy to William) floating. I was devastated! William was having fun helping feed him and would walk into the room and point to him and say "tishy, tishy, doldtish". Philip "disposed" of Speckle for me and said he would get me another one. William was a bit confused Tuesday when he couldn't find "tishy". I think I will name the next one Speckle again b/c I think it's such a cute name, but it's nickname will be "tishy".

This was taken the night I got Speckle..he was so cute!

Yesterday, when William got up from his nap and I went into his room to get him, he greeted me by saying "beirrby" (strawberry) with a smile. He continued saying this through diaper changing and all the way down stairs. He stood at the fridge door and said it over and over. I asked him if he wanted strawberries and he smiled and said "yes, beirrby". How could I resist! I told him we had to go to the store to get some, so he went to the front door. I grabbed my purse and keys and started for the door. He frowned at me and ran to the rack where I hang my purse and his bag and stood there pointing to his bag. He kept repeating "baaaag, baaaag" until I grabbed his bag. He then ran to the door and clapped! I just can't believe how much he comprehends! It's amazing! We went to Publix, got his berries, picked up a movie for me at the movie store, picked up Philip's dry cleaning and came home...to eat berries! He ate 4 huge ones and 2 tiny ones. He ABSOLUTELY loves strawberries! I told him he was going to turn into a berry!

William with his "beirrbies"

Hope you enjoy the pictures! I'll take more this week and share with you later.

Hope you all have a great week!