The Cousin Summit and Feelin' Icky!

I am a little late, but last weekend we had out first Cousin Summit. Cousin Elliott came to visit from Oklahoma and her parents came too...



It was a great weekend of fun...Elliott is 14 months old so she has about 8 months on Josie. Watching them together is funny...They aren't sure how to react and mainly paw at each other. Elliott loved her cousin, but was at times a little jealous of the attention she got. She would often cry if my sister held Josie too long or try to take toys Josie was playing with...but by the end of the weekend...Everyone was getting along swimmingly...



We even went to the zoo one day...Josie loved petting the cow...Elliott wasn't too impressed since her parents own a heard of them at home...So good news Jos...You can pet as many cows as you want when we visit them on Oklahoma :)



I hope these two grow up loving each other...I call them Country Mouse and City Mouse since Elliott is growing up in Chickasha and Josie lives in suburban Washington...They will grow up in different worlds, but with the same values so it should be interesting to watch...



But over the busy weekend...Josie must've caught a little bug...she is suffering through her first icky period. She has been stuffed up and her nose running for 4 days now. It doesn't seem like much, but when you don't know to blow your nose and you can't take medicine - little things take a toll.



We have been giving her saline drops and using the nose sucker and amazingly she has taken to both pretty well...In an interesting side note...I was discussing this with my mom who said she hated to use the sucker because we hated it so much so she made my dad do it!



Thankfully Grammy (Tammy's Mom) was in town this week so Josie was able to stay home with her, but the nose situation has made sleeping difficult.



The poor little thing just can't seem to get comfortable. She will get clogged up and then a big snot bubble will wake her up...Making things tough on baby and her parents.



So here is to you little one...I hope you get better soon!