Warm thoughts welcome!

Now, understand this is me writing and not Neil, but it seems like the side effects from this past session were not as bad as the New Year's Eve session (the fast-drip of doom). He was tired but it wasn't as scary as the last time when I was afraid he would get sick if he so much as moved.

The one thing that's happening is that he's getting mentally weary. And who could blame him? He's loving silly activities like Legos, puzzles and models because he can put all of his focus into making something and forget how sick and tired he is. He even tried his hand at origami (a boat which sank as soon as he threw it in the bathtub). When we visited Nate and Stacia a few weekends ago I think that was good for his soul too. I've been trying to arrange visitors to come hang out for an hour or two and that helps both of is. There's a fine line, however, between it being fun and uplifting and being overwhelming. He gets tired easily and crowded places and crazy events are usually a no-no not only for the germ factor, but for the overstimulation. It's like he needs smooth jazz instead of hard rock :-). He enjoys the emails, Facebook comments and texts...so keep those warm thoughts coming.

We both took it easy this weekend because I'm starting to feel the effects of everything too. It just takes a lot out of you and so I'm taking the advice given to new mothers: sleep when he sleeps.