The last week has certainly been miserable for all of us. Not only was Dash sick, Aimee came down with flu-like symptoms. I stayed healthy, and was left to care for them both. But Dash's fever has broken and he is on the mend! Aimee, too, is feeling perkier. Thanks to everyone for their comments, emails and phone calls. To celebrate, here is a baby montage (showing the three of us, at approximately the same age). I have been meaning to assemble it ever since Dash's birth:

Here are some notable firsts in the past couple of weeks:

• His first fever -- up to 103. (Aimee wants me to note that we did get a reading of 104.5, but that was probably a bad reading because I had put a hat on him while outside. It likely heated the surface of his skin. Nonetheless, it prompted a frantic call to the doctor).
• First time sent home sick from day care (pink eye).
• First time we had to take sick time from work to care for a sick baby (three days in one week)!
• He's now rolling over, front to back and back to front. We aren't sure when it happened, but one day we put him on his back, and then he was on his stomach when we returned. It's amazing how often he now flips back and forth, especially given that he couldn't do it at all only a week or two ago! He is able to roll around quite a bit and is using that as a form of one-dimensional locomotion.
• Dash is now sitting up at the table with us in a little chair that attaches to the table. He loves it! It feels great to have him be part of our dinner time.
• First time Dash has lost weight since his first week after birth. We're concerned about this. We're going to continue to work with day care to get him to eat more during the day, and increase the frequency at which we give him solid foods (which he still generally grimaces at and spits out).

Pictures of all of this stuff when I get caught up on the photos!