Hand, Foot and Mouth

Monkey is surviving his bout with Hand, Foot and Mouth disease. While this illness has wiped out all of our planned birthday activities, we have been spending a lot of time watching SpongeBob, playing trains, having Mrs. Z blow bubbles (too painful for the cheeks) and screaming. (Lots of screaming.) Poor Monkey. So far he is still drinking when he gets desperate enough, so we think we will pull through okay. His poor little mouth is visibly swollen, although it's starting to go down a bit today, and he has resorted to lots of grunting and hand gestures. We're hoping that another few days will see him eating and talking again. In the meantime, these were taken on his last day of being one year old:

His 2 year stats:
22.0 lbs, 33.25"
(weight is below 3rd percentile, height is holding strong in the 25th)
On or ahead of schedule for all his developmental milestones