Conjunctivitis and the battle of the drops

I noticed on Monday that Mason's eye looked a little pink. I went ahead and had Tim take him over to Walgreens' clinic that night to see if it was pink eye. Sure enough it was and the battle of the drops began. The directions say to put 1 drop in each eye 4 times a day. Who would have thought that Mason would fight us so much that we would have to practically sit on him to administer the drops. Oh well, just a few more days of this torture. Anyhow, Mason keeps going around and saying "I have conjunctivitis." I had said it once and it is now his favorite word to say. Too funny!
On Wednesday, we went and visited another preschool. I really liked this one and it is only about 10 minutes from the house. Unfortunately, we are put into a lottery system, so there are no guarantees that he will get in. My fingers are crossed that we will get a phone call on January 30th saying that there is a spot for him. We have to keep our options open, too, because I still don't know yet what I am doing next fall (staying home or going back to work). We have to weigh the cost of it all. We'll see.
Today Spencer turns 4 weeks old. He is much more alert now when he is awake. He likes to look at lights and small toys that you hold in front of him. He is starting to smile some, but not sure that it is in response to us yet (probably in the next couple of weeks, we'll get some good smiles). He still sleeps well at night (although, I hate to admit that he is still in bed with us). I do try and put him in his pack 'n play, it just doesn't last very long. I know I need to break him of this soon or I will regret it. Right now the sleep for all of us is nice though. I can't believe that he will be a month old on Monday. I will take him for his 1 month check up then. My guess is that he's gained another pound and grown some in length. I stood on the scale with him and it looks like he may be about 10lbs. He's growing way too fast for my likings. You'll notice that I didn't take as many pictures this week, especially of Mason (he's not always cooperative for the camera, he would rather take a picture then be in one these days). So enjoy the few that I do have. It was nice that my parents finally made it up here last weekend. I love the pictures I have of them with Spencer. They take such nice pictures. Take care and stay warm this weekend. Baby it's cold outside.