Guys Weekend: Saturday Recap

Palmer woke up around 4AM on Saturday. Kim was sick all week and by the end of the week, Palmer had caught the bug. He woke up coughing and the coughing led to crying. I tried propping him up, so as to allow the sinus drainage to drain down his throat and not sit in his sinuses. Unfortunately, they are not selling infant cold medicine any more. So, this is the only advice our pediatrician had for us.

Well doc, that didn't work early Saturday morning. I ended up having Palmer sleep in the bed with me where I could prop him him on pillows and hold him close to comfort him when he would start crying. This is something "they" say you shouldn't do, but Palmer and I both survived and got a little sleep, too.

Saturday morning, after some breakfast, Palmer and I headed to the gym for some basketball. I brought the pack-n-play along to contain Palmer, as he is becoming more mobile. I can't say that he was happy about being there, but he did okay. The guys joked about my parenting when I put the pack-n-play in the office and turned out the light, but it was time for a nap.

After basketball, we came home and we both took a needed nap. Palmer slept for three hours, but I only slept for about one. While he was sleeping, I took the time to paint the ceiling in our downstairs bathroom, one of the many items on my "honey do" list.

Saturday night, Palmer, Jeramie, and I went over to Mike Baumann's house to hang out since his wife, Amanda, had gone out of town for the weekend, too. Mike had made some of his award winning chili and wanted us to come help him eat it. The chili was awesome. It really was award winning. He said he won the "people's choice" award at a chili cook off last year.

After chili, we decided to play a game of Risk. NOTE: Risk takes a long time to play. We ended up quitting the game at midnight with no clear winner. It was a lot of fun, but it was time to go home.

Palmer slept and coughed again in my bed on Saturday night. However, there was more coughing than sleeping.