Things have slowed down for us over the past two days. Sam woke up two nights ago with a fever and nausea. Yesterday he and I spent almost the whole day at home on our living room couch. The poor guy just felt like snuggling, watching movies, and reading books. And I was happy to comply. Although I don't like it when Sam gets sick, I love that he is more interested in snuggling than usual. A lot of old Disney cartoons have become available for online streaming too, which made the time pass more pleasantly.Sam and I held hands on the couch and snuggled up close for several hours. We read several books, but when I was halfway through a story about Eeyore, he turned to his side and closed his eyes. My gloomy "Eeyore voice" is soporific, I guess.
When Sam was awake, I would stroke his hair and we would have little chats when he felt up to it. One time he asked, "Mom, are you glad that you grew a baby in your tummy?" I said, "Of course! Who would be with me during the day and be my special friend if I didn't grow you in my tummy? Who would read books with me and play games with me while Dad is at work?" Sam smiled at that.
Today he's feeling much better. We ventured off of the couch this afternoon, but we are still taking things rather slow. He still has a little bit of a fever (you can see in the picture that his cheeks are still a bit flushed). He's much more cheerful, though, and even mustered a smile when he noticed I was taking a picture of him.
Even though I go back to teaching on Monday (and I have plenty of things do to before school starts), I'm glad for these slow days. The work will somehow get done. I would rather snuggle with my warmie-warm boy.
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So funny how cuddly they get when sick. We used to be able to tell when Tess was getting sick by the level of snuggliness coming from her. I never wished sickness on her, but when she would get sick, it was nice to have a child that could suddenly handle the touch of another human.
Recently, she has decided to be cuddly without being sick. It's nice to cuddle without having to worry about how sick you are going to get from it.
We're sorry he is sick, but enjoy knowing he loves to read and snuggle. We hope you don't get this flu as you head back into the teaching. You bless many lives.
Danny had a similar 24 hour bug last week and though the illness was not fun, the quiet, stay in, snuggly, lazy day was wonderful.
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