ice and illness

so, in case you haven't heard or seen, atlanta was hit by a winter storm on sunday while we slept. about 5 inches of snow covered the ground causing school and everything else in and around the city to completely shut down. after the snow came freezing rain and temperatures. school has been closed all week and we will be closed tomorrow as well. scott just went back to work today with shortened hours. it has been so wonderful to be home with max but he has not had it so good. max has had a runny nose and bad cough since saturday. he has been unable to nap and wakes up multiple times throughout the night because of his cough. yesterday i started to think it might be more than just the cough preventing him from sleeping well. i called the peds office, closed. i called again this morning and they finally answered at ten. i took him in (moving at about 5 miles per hour due to accidents and taking triple the time to get there) and sure enough, double ear infection. my poor sweet baby! he started his antibiotic and i hope he feels better very, very soon. he is so tough, he never even shows signs that his ears hurt. he did take his battery powered toothbrush and put it in his ear yesterday afternoon which was my first hint that they might be causing him some pain. i am so glad to have this week to take care of him, love him, and cuddle with him. we have rocked him through his entire afternoon naps so that he could sleep better. we haven't done that in months. i love watching his angelic face while he sleeps. today while i was rocking him after he had just fallen asleep he said "ho. ho. ho." and then did his where sound with hand motion and then went right back to sleep. i guess he was looking for santa in his dream?. he is so sweet even when he feels lousy. looking forward to another day off tomorrow and hoping max feels better. we are excited to see my aunt judy who is coming to atlanta tomorrow to meet her husband (who is currently in paris) here for her birthday this weekend. here are a few pictures we took when we went outside with max yesterday. he threw a fit when we went inside about 20 minutes after we went out. poor guy probably has cabin fever, i know i do. maybe tomorrow we can get out and about.