Tubes…again

When I took E in for follow up appointment, the Dr said her left ear did not look good. The dry blood had formed a clot and the tube was basically doing nothing. This doesn't happen very often…but I am two for two. This same thing happened with D as well. 

Anyways, he had me put a couple drops of hydrogen peroxide in her two times a day for a week. When we went back, it was a little bit better, but not all the way. So, we tried again. After doing it for about a week and a half, nothing changed and it was decided the tube needed to be replaced.

We got to the hospital early in the morning and hung out for a bit. She got to stay in her mammies because they were just doing the one tube.

We then went down to the ER to sign all the forms.

I asked to speak to the Doctor before she went back. I wanted him to check her right ear, I had no concerns, but knew he could get a better look while she was under. He said sure.

She went back and shortly later, the Doctor came in to talk to me. He said her left were was bad. Then, he started to talking about her right ear. He said the ear drum was pushing the tube sideways. (Again, they don't see this often.) He ended up replacing the tube. Im glad I asked him to check it so that we hopefully don't have to go back in soon. There was only a 3 week break from her initial surgery.

They didn't do an IV, so she bounced pretty quick. The nurse brought in a small box of cereal and E went to town. 

They also give a cute bear to the kids. E fed her bear when she was full

We were by home 10, it was so nice. She is already sleeping better. I hope these tubes stick and we won't have to repeat it.

She did have a rough nap time and would only sleep if I held her. I throughly enjoyed the snuggles

BYUI Preschool

D has been going to the preschool offered at BYUI since January. It took him a little bit to warm up, but he really loves it. Every morning, he asks "what snack is today?" Haha.

Here he is on his first day waiting to go in.

This is D with his favorite teacher (and mine!) Miss Camille. She gets down on the kids level, plays with them, and just so nice. We have a picture of all the teachers on our fridge. D likes to ask me who she is. When I tell him it is Miss Camille his response is that he likes her.

And one of the last days until May. Construction day! Hammers, hard hats, what more could he ask for? 

The most FUN street

When Mark accepted the job here in Idaho, I was nervous, excited, grateful…full of emotions. When we bought our house, I knew this was where we were suppose to be right now. 

Mark works with some great guys (their wives are pretty awesome as well!). Anyways, we have such a fun street and for that I am most grateful. I have been blessed with amazing neighbors that I can (and have) called upon whenever we are in need. It is a street full of fun kids-old and young :-)

Anyways, tonight we had a pizza gathering with all of us. We all chipped in, came and laughed from start to finish. 

Just look at all those kids :-)

Kenny and E were sitting at the table together. When I went to take a picture, K got closer to E, put her arm around her and said cheese. 

 

And last, but certainly not least. There were few people maybe too many on the bench, so they all started pushing.

It's great to live here and have such amazing friends and neighbors!

Round 2

E has been battling sore throat after sore throat for months. We eventually went to the ENT and talk about her tonsils being removed. Unfortunately, each time we went in she had been on antibiotics for a few days so they didn't look awful. The ENT told he wanted to see them look really infected one time with her history, and he would take them out. 

About 2 weeks ago, I decided to skip our regular peditrician  and go straight to the ENT. The nurse asked me if I wanted to check to see if there was fluid in her ears, I said no. Well, when the Doctor came in, he said he wanted to check her ears just incase. She had a raging ear infection as well as having infected tonsils. It was set the tonsils would come out, and he would take a good look at her ears and decide whether or no he would do tubes.

The day before surgery, we went in for one last visit, she still had fluid behind her ears. The antibiotic did clear up her throat though.

The day of the surgery started very early. At 430, I woke up to Mark throwing up. 

I couldn't go back to sleep, so I got myself ready, and E woke up. We snuggled on the couch and shortly after, D joined us. I got D some breakfast, and E and I left for the hospital a little after 7. 

We checked in, got her changed and waited just a little bit before she went back. (All the nurses told I looked familiar. I then told them we were just here in October for Ds tonsils)

Surgery went great. The fluid was still in there, so he put tubes in and took her "cheesy" tonsils and adenoids out. She was pretty sleepy and snuggly. 

She did really well in recovery and we were able to come home a little after noon. I was so glad we didn't have to spend the night for a lot of reasons.

We got home and I sent M to our room to sleep. I somehow managed to get D some lunch and all of us down for a nap. That hour was not long enough :-)

My amazing neighbor and VTer brought dinner and sprite that night. I went to bed at 8 and slept so well that night. I was way way tired!

 Here's to hoping she won't have any more sore throats!

Tubbies

My sister Hannah asked me to take a few pictures of the kids in the bath for a project she was working on back home, so, here a few…or so.

St George

Mark had a couple more days off than normal coming up and happened to call me when it was -20 to see if I wanted to go to St. George. I happily obliged!

We loaded up the kids and took off. Not even an hour into the trip, David announces he needs to go to the bathroom. It was a long drive, but well worth it!

The first day we were there we went and hiked at Zions National Park. It was so beautiful-and the weather was so nice!

On the way back to the car, there was this huge tree. Perfect for climbing, running to, etc.

We were going to go to a particular restaurant, but as luck would have it, it was closed that day. We went around the corner to this little cafe-Mark was the most disappointed with the food.

We got to see some good friends, go out on the town kidless, browse Target (I love Target!), enjoy the beautiful weather, and hang out with MIL. 

Since D & E were the only kids this time at Nonnies house, they had full access to all the toys. E loves baby dolls and hung tight to the one Dana had.

We went and fed the ducks a couple of times. D thought it was funny to throw a whole piece of bread and see a "big pile of ducks."

M and D went to the Childrens Museum with Ben and his son, while Dana, E and I went an toured the Brigham Young house. 

These kids make me happy. They are so fun, full of energy and life and I am so lucky to be their mom

                            

We had a great time and can't wait to go back! Idaho was so kind to greet us with a snowstorm upon our arrival back home