sick sick sick

This has by far been the worst week for poor little Mase. This is his first time being really sick. He has a terrible cough, bad runny nose, fever and most likely a sore throat since these are all of my symptoms from last week. On top of all of this I think our top little toothies will be coming in soon. We are drooling like crazy and want to bite down on everything. It will be a few days before I can post any pictures because Mason has also drooled on the USB cord for the camera and ruined it. We have tried some new foods this week! Mommy's favorite thing when she is sick is chocolate pudding! Mason hasn't had a great appetite this week so I thought he would enjoy some pudding. He hated it! Haha! Just kidding! He loved it. We also tried some homemade mac n cheese the other day. He ate it very well. Our third new food wasn't really to eat, just to chew on. Beef jerky! Sounds crazy but our doctor is the one who told us he gave it to his kids when they were teething. Mason was occuppied for at least 30 minutes with this. After it starts getting broke down enough for them to swallow you just take it away so they don't actually eat it. It was a great idea! Mason had some medicine called in for him a few days ago but I feel like he's getting worse so we are going back to the doctor later this afternoon. Hopefully we get something strong to get rid of this nasty thing! I am still not 100% better from last week. I feel soooo bad for giving it to him but I tried to stay out of his face as much as possible. I even had my mom take him one afternoon so he wouldn't be near me. One more interesting thing in Mason's life: we can stand all by ourselves! He is very good at standing but gets so mad when I let go of him. I think he's a bit too sheltered and doesn't want to do anything on his own. He will stand for quite a while on his own until he realizes I don't have a hold of him and then starts grabbing for my hands. This is what makes us fall down and go boom. He is also doing very well with walking while we hold his hands. We just have to convince him that he can do it without us! Maybe we skipped crawling for a reason, who knows!