Memorial Day Weekend

We had a busy Memorial Day weekend, but not in the traditional camping or boating kind of way. Jackson got his first fever on Thursday. The poor guy felt awful, and since it was his first fever, Matt and I took him to his pediatrician on Friday. We probably would have waited another day or two, but we didn't want him to suddenly get worse over the holiday weekend—then his pediatrician wouldn't be there to hold our hand and walk us through it! His pediatrician told us that fevers are nothing to worry about. Fevers help the body fight infections; a virus, in Jackson's case. He gave us other wise, sage advice and sent us gently on our way. Lo-and-behold, Jackson's fever spiked to 103.5 Friday night, and then slowly, but surely went back to normal by Sunday. Today he was a little more sleepy and fussy than usual, but almost completely better! I'm happy to say that we all survived Jackson's first fever, and came out unscathed!

On Sunday, Matt and I decided we would go LOOK at living room furniture; not BUY, just LOOK and get ideas. The couches we had were well worn hand-me-downs. We've talked for several years about how nice it would be to buy new furniture, but we had other things we wanted to spend our money on and we couldn't decide what kind of style we should go for, etc., etc. Anyway, we were just going to LOOK at furniture on Sunday, but of course, we found some that we both liked and it was fairly inexpensive, so we BOUGHT. Before you could say, “So long hand-me-down sofas!”, we had our old living room sofa and loveseat out on the curb with “free” signs on them.

One of Life's Mysteries

When Jackson was born, he looked exactly like a mini-Matt, he was all Medeiros, including dark hair and skin. I could totally picture Matt and Jackson working outside on a project together in their matching plaid shirts and khaki shorts.

Then, mysteriously, a few months ago his dark hair started falling out . . .

. . . and blonde hair replaced it, and his skin got lighter and lighter. Now he looks more like me . . . except totally manly and handsome, of course. The only Medeiros feature he has left is his mouth. We still haven't figured out where the shape of his ears and nose came from (and no, it's NOT the mailman!).

My First Mother's Day

Today I was honored to celebrate my first Mother's Day. We celebrated at our house with family, and had a potluck luncheon. It was a beautiful day, so we sat outside in the shade of the sycamore tree while we visited. We spread out a blanket for Jackson to play with his toys on, and he spent the day playing and trying to eat leaves and grass. By the way he was watching his cousins play, we could tell that he can't wait until he's able to run around with them.

I was especially happy that Matt's mom and my mom were both here to celebrate with us. Since my mom lives in Washington State, it's been a few years since we've been able to spend Mother's Day together.

I received the digital picture frame I wanted from Jackson (Matt), as my Mother's Day gift. I have to admit, I wasn't too surprised as I had cut out the ad, circled it with green marker, written “Mother's Day” on it, and handed it to Matt (I've found that it doesn't pay to be too subtle). I guess I'll just have to pick out my own presents until Jackson's old enough to make crunchy eggs and pancakes, and macaroni necklaces for Mother's Day. * grin *