Goopy eyes

Poor Chickpea has been under the weather for a few days now. Symptoms include goopy, droopy eyes, congestion, coughing, general wonkiness and erratic sleeping habits. All of which= lots of fun for mom and dad. She is pretty cheerful for all of that, however, which is a big relief to us. Today is bitterly cold so we are staying here in the house and hoping not to go stir crazy. We are supposed to go visit our cousins Eileen, Matt, Eamon and Declan near Boston tomorrow but that is not looking likely. Granny Rose watched Cece yesterday while Mom was tutoring at Gould Farm for a couple of hours and they had a great time. Granny discovered the therapeutic powers of the doggie puppet. Wish I had a photo of that. Currently the little patient is gnawing on the Puss in Boots rattle that I played with back in 19....whatever. Dad is pleased because now that Cece is eating rice cereal a couple times a day, he can participate in feeding her and thus calming her. This morning Dad was very kind and, when Cece woke up at 6am and was not inclined to fall back to sleep, he got her and himself dressed and went out for an early bird breakfast and let me sleep. Ahhhhhhh........