"She'd been drinking too much eggnog..."

These are the pictures that tell the story of why I have become a liar and not posted in 4 days. Of course, not the complete story but to make a long story longer, Buck has been sick with a cold which makes a child into a complete stranger, I guess, and this stranger is a monster with ADD who wants nothing more than to surgically attach himself (herself) to an unsuspecting female who already has about 100 things too many to do. This monster will then cough, sneeze and scream while writhing in the formentioned woman's arms. Turns out that an over-abundance of liquid does not do much to help said monster. Neither does a trip to the doctor as this particular sickness is known as "viral" which I guess is Latin for "good freakin' luck with that, loser." Only time and about 7 hours of TV a day (now, that's an exaggeration) brings relief. I do owe my life (and the life of my son) to Elmo right now.

Since the worst is over--did I just jinx myself?--Buck sprang back into action by surprising everyone with his ability to walk around a room. He would still rather have a hold of my fingers while he takes me on a tour of our house, but he even stood up alone without holding onto anything. Amazing how we all take this tiny accomplishment for granted. I was almost crying. When he walked across the Gymboree room today, all of the other mothers gasped and kept saying "Oh, he's walking! That's great!" For a moment he was Steve Prefontaine and everyone was chanting his name as he made his way over the play mats. It was glorious.

We are coming down the home stretch (spelling?) before we leave for Christmas in Colorado as I am using this night without RKZ to fill out Christmas cards. Where is RKZ you ask? Ohhh, just shakin' his groove thing at the Motley Crue concert downtown. Yes, that's right --Motley Crue and he's there with clients. I know, what's his job again?

Peace - tomorrow is the feast of Our Lady of Guadelupe (the "Mexican Mary" if you dont' know what I'm talking about). See tomorrow for an informative post.