Extended Holiday

The day started out like most. Paxton had his morning ritual of gagging and vomiting. It happened so often now that it didn't even phase Susanne at this point.

Susanne and Poppy decided to take it easy today. They wanted to extend their holiday as much as possible. They chose to watch a movie after breakfast. Susanne had never seen any of the Harry Potter movies so Poppy thought it was the appropriate choice since he just got the DVD series for his birthday. Susanne wasn't sure if she would like it, but she was pleasantly surprised. It was creatively written and she couldn't wait to watch the next one.

Later, Susanne needed to run a couple of errands. She had been training Poppy on how to care for Paxton so she thought this would be the perfect opportunity to put his skills to the test. Even though this would be Poppy's first time to watch Paxton by himself, he gladly volunteered with no reservations. The funny thing was that Susanne wasn't even gone for more than an hour when she got a phone call. Paxton's pump that administered his feedings was running low on battery and needed to be recharged. The one problem was that Poppy couldn't find the charger. Unfortunately, Paxton's feeding could not be complete without it. Susanne got home as quickly as she could so that Paxton's schedule was not thrown off.

Paxton was really active today. He was eager to play and interact with his surroundings. He got some practice time in on his piano. He was getting quite good at producing quality tunes. He smiled a lot throughout the evening. He even smiled so much that Susanne caught him smiling in his sleep during one of his naps. It was the sweetest thing she had ever seen. When Scott got home, he walked the dogs while Susanne bathed the bug. There was nothing better than the smell of a clean baby.

Susanne was looking forward to dinner. She was going to have some of Poppy's homemade turkey soup, which was only available this time of year. He would use the leftover turkey bones to help make a tasty broth and the turkey meat that would fall off the bones would be added to the actual soup. Every year he found creative ways to use the surplus of food from Thanksgiving day. His famous turkey sandwich was always the biggest hit, but his soup was a close second. Needless to say, she knew it was going to be so delicious and soup always hit the spot.