what’s so remarkable about this captured moment is not so much the fact that odin seems completely oblivious to the television playing monsters ,inc; which is, in fact, quite remarkable since he is enthralled with the television whenever it’s on, regardless of the quality of the content ).

rather, the really remarkable fact is that he’s surrounded by his cousins ella, jagger and bryce who are in various stages of of recovery from a summertime cold which odin’s super strong immune system appears to have fought off successfully!

even though we’re a little less fearful about odin getting a cold than we were just a few short months ago, we probably wouldn’t have wanted him playing in such close proximity potentially contagious cousins; but both jagger and ella were fully recovered and when i snapped the picture i had no idea that within a few hours, bryce would be knocked out with a fever and chills.

we’ll become hyper vigilent when rsv season returns, but for now we’re quite happy to see proof that odin’s immune system can fight the good fight – and win!

and yes, i know i’m tempting the fates with this post, but it’s been over 36 hours since i took the picture and he’s still as happy and healthy as ever 🙂