The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good:
1) We have signed a contract to rent a house. It's three bedrooms with a big backyard. It's about 5-10 minutes away from my parent's house (depending on how many traffic signals you hit). We move in the weekend of Nov. 10. Pictures to come soon.
2) Rodney has passed another installment of his training in the Camp Pendleton air traffic control radar room. He just has one more job to learn and it should take him about 4 months of training.

The Bad:
It's been a rough two weeks around here. Xan's teething kicked it off after giving him horrible acid poop, so bad it was burning his butt. Mylanta and A&D ointment had him feeling better within 24 hours. However, Rodney brought home a cold and shared it with the rest of us. Will has an awful cough, Xan has a runny nose and I'm fighting a headache and sore throat. Rodney took the boys to the doctor on Friday, but all they have are colds, so there is nothing we can do except treat the symptoms. Xan hasn't been sleeping well, so he's woken up the whole house at least three times every night - except for Will, who can apparently sleep through anything! Rodney and I are in need of some good sleep, though.

The Ugly:
Xan is quite the mess these days. His snot nose is awful and red, his poor lips are chapped and, since he's mastering the art of standing, he's been bumping his forehead a lot. He now has a bruise in the middle of it. Thank goodness school pictures were taken last week!