Superbabies

I'm happy to report both my superbabies are on the mend. It turns out that having 2 sick children makes you 85 times as busy (and tired) as having 2 unsick children, hence the light blogging. Cody is nearly all the way better, and Cordelia is getting there, too. She wound up with an ear infection on top of everything else, and we had to buy a nebulizer to treat her at home. It was just as awful as it looks:

She refused to drink milk for over a week, but we are slowly getting there. She has a few more days of antibiotics and goes for a follow-up tomorrow -- the best birthday present of all for me would be for her to get a clean bill of health!

Cody is back to his boundary-testing, but the shared sickness seems to have had a sweetening effect on him with regard to his baby sister. He now calls her "my sweet babe" all the time, and tells her -- often, and unbidden -- "Little baby, I really like you now! I love you! I love you all the way to the moon and back! You are my favorite friend!"

Now THIS is more like it!