As she walked closer, she could see that Nolan’s face was pale and his lips were turned down in a frown. It wasn’t the exaggerated frown he did when he wanted to get his way, but instead, just the slightest pinch of his lips as if he was trying to act strong.

Erin placed a kiss on Nolan’s forehead before focusing her attention on Blair. Her eyes went wide when they landed on all of the bags she was holding. “ Some  stuff, huh?” she asked with a laugh.

Blair shrugged. “I had no idea what to get a kid with a tummy ache. I know none of this is actually correct, but I was hoping I could maybe make him smile.” She stared down at Nolan who had yet to look at her and could feel her lips turn into frown as well. “That might be harder than I thought, though.”

She squatted down in front of the couch and put her hand on Nolan’s arm. “I’m sorry you’re not feeling well, bud. I shouldn’t have let you have that ice cream sandwich.” She held up the gifts. “I brought you some things to hopefully help you feel better, though. Do you want to see them?” She took his very slight nod as a yes and began to pull things out of the bags. “First, I got you these really cool Dino PJs.” She pulled out another set of pajamas that looked only the slightest bit different. “And here is another pair in case you get the first ones messy.” I.e. throw up on them. Next, Blair pulled out a dinosaur blanket and an assortment of dinosaur toys. “I kind of went with a theme. I hope that’s okay.”

Nolan nodded more quickly this time, his eyes lighting up as he looked at all of his new toys.

“And last, but certainly not least…” Blair pulled out a remote-control T-Rex that was more than half of Nolan’s height. It definitely wasn’t cheap, but it was more than worth it for the big smile it finally brought to Nolan’s face. “Now, this one you need to wait to play with until you feel better, okay?”

Nolan’s eyes shined as he smiled his usual big, toothy grin at Blair. Without saying anything, he wiggled away from his mom and held his arms out toward Blair. When she leaned closer to him, he pulled her into a tight hug and placed a big sloppy kiss on her cheek. “Thank you, Bear.”

Blair couldn’t stop the wide smile that took over her face as well. “You’re welcome, dude. I hope this makes you feel better.”

Nolan giggled. “It will.” Unfortunately, the smile didn’t stay for long. He put his hand on his stomach and looked at Erin. “Uh-oh. Mommy, it’s coming again.”