I think I realized how rough the past couple of weeks have been when I started crying over Guy eating a full bowl of oatmeal. In my last post I mentioned Guy's ailing stomach and cold combo. Well, things only got worse from there. Our son has had virtually no appetite for two weeks, constant diarrhea and periodic vomitting. We've had some scary days, but I am grateful to say that he is at last looking much better. Guy's been eating and drinking and playing like a normal 18 month-old for the past two days. There are moments when I feel like Team Shirey is constantly ill, but I also realize that it's been a rough winter full of sicknesses for a lot of people. So I'll just count my blessings and be thankful for each healthy day.
On to happier subjects...we get to find out if baby #2 is a boy or a girl this week! Hopefully he/she cooperates. Every once in a while I am tempted to wait until the baby is born to find out the gender. But in the end, for me, finding out makes for double the excitement. I like the fun split up over time. Right now I have absolutely no preference for either a boy or a girl. Jonathan is hoping for a boy, so that Guy can have a brother. Plus, the timing of the birth would make our clothing situation pretty much ideal. But, we also both want a girl at some point and have had her name picked out since we were engaged (6 1/2 years ago). Also, between our two families and 11 grandkids, there are only three granddaughters. So I think everyone is ready for some more pink. We'll see!
On another happy note, Jonathan and I have a child-free vacation planned for the month of May. When we get back to the U.S. we will drop Guy with my parents for a week and head up to the Olympic Peninsula . We are so excited to enjoy some cool weather, beautiful green scenery, and time to do whatever we want. My preference for a vacation is pretty much always to go to the beach, but I'm looking forward to doing something different. Especially since Jonathan loves this part of the country and has been wanting to go back for ages.
Here are some pictures I promised to post way back when. They are from the few days Jonathan took off from work.
Mr. Guy enjoying his swimming pool. We had a few really hot days and this was the perfect distraction.
On a small day-trip we stopped in a village, ate lunch, and then went to a nature reserve to enjoy Jordan's beautiful, green spring weather.
Notice the lack of pants? This was the start of Guy's stomach problems. At least it was warm out.
Guy's first hands-on encounter with a goat. If we ask him what any animal says, his answer is "baa."
We stayed overnight at the Dead Sea. Here I am trying to get Guy to eat some food in his make-shift high chair.
The first day we were at the Dead Sea there was a horrible dust storm. But when we woke up the next morning, a small cold-front had come through and the weather was as clear as we've seen it since coming to Jordan. We could actually see towers in Jerusalem as we looked over the Dead Sea.
A pretty picture of Amman that we took from our balcony when we got back home.
