Happiness

Being here is hard work.  Though, it's gratifying at the same time.  Every day is something different that we have to deal with and work through.  But, we get it together.  Leo relies on us, but with Ty, I feel like we can tackle anything.  Well, almost anything.  We're getting closer as a family than we were before, which I never imagined was possible.

Today, we could tell Leo was a bit under the weather as well, but he wasn't quite as bad as Ty was.  It was just a small cold.  But, a child + a cold is never an easy thing.  He woke us up really early this morning saying he was cold.  We got him snuggled into the covers with us and were about to go back to sleep before he started telling us he was feeling really yucky.  His word - yucky.

Once we realized he did have a bit of a fever, we got up and got him snuggling on the couch wrapped a blanket and his favorite toys and some medicine in him... eventually.  That was a battle in and of itself... he kept refusing it... until we convinced him that he couldn't see his new friend until he felt better... then he immediately took it.  It's so sweet to know he's close to someone else already.

All day, he was so clingy with both of us.  For a while, he even asked us to take him downstairs to see Damien...  It seemed like he didn't want any of us out of his sight for too long.  He kept asking for his Grandmas...  It made us all homesick, and him even more clingy... but we showed him some pictures and told some stories until he finally calmed down again.

His fever didn't go away until a few hours ago, but he was already starting to act more normal by the time it did.  He even drew us some more pictures!  Our fridge is already full of his little drawings... I hope he never stops... each one means something important to him and to us.  I don't know how he does it, but even something as small as some (I'll admit, crudely drawn sometimes) lines will make us so happy.

He's currently curled up with Ty on the couch; they're both asleep and I've never seen a scene that has warmed my heart more.  Being away from our real home is so hard.  We miss our family and the lives we had.  But this is for the best and we are safe.  That wasn't something we could say there for a while now.  For the time being, this is our home and we are making the best of it.  I wouldn't miss this time for the world.  Tomorrow will bring a new adventure, a new mountain to overcome, but tonight, I'm going to hold my wife and son and feel like I'm on top of the world.  These are the memories we will leave this place with; we'll soon forget all the bad if we have enough of the good to fill our hearts.

Good night everybody, and sweet dreams.