We have a new game. . .

. . . it's called "cheese!"

It's pretty simple. Chase hands you the camera and then says "CHEESE!"

and then runs around to see what his picture looks like.

Maybe we've over-photographed the kid in his short 20 month life?

I think it's part of the territory of being a first child.

From this game though, we've gotten some gems, as follows:

This poor little one has been sick this weekend- for the first time ever. It's really not too bad, a croupy cough and a stuffy nose. He's just been a little more mellow, a little more sweet, and slightly less demanding. He has, however, had a really hard time sleeping. He coughs and then cries and cries and it just breaks our hearts. Ben had a sleepover in Chase's room last night, and after a late night run to the pharmacy to get a Vicks vaporizer, hanging out in the bathroom with a hot shower running for steam, and a bunch of lullabies and rhythmic shushing, he finally conked out for good around 2 am. We're feeling pretty blessed that we made it 20 months without illness and that our baby is so sweet when he's sick. We are, however, getting stir crazy at home and I'm hoping his cough leaves soon so we can get out of the house!