Fly By February

Another busy few weeks over at Casa Dean.  Poor Eric had to get tubes again.  It was a tough day – the surgery was scheduled for 1:30 so he couldn’t eat anything after 6:30 am.  And we had to be there right in the middle of naptime.  Needless to say, this poor little guy was starving and exhausted by the time we even got back to the waiting room.  The sweet nurses were pulling various toys out of the woodwork to try and keep him entertained.  By the end, he was just yelling “Albright!” over and over again (Dr. Albright is his doctor). 

This being our FIFTH round of tubes between the 2 kiddos, I thought we were old pros, but poor Eric had a really hard time coming out of the anesthesia.  He woke up with a start and immediately began to try and rip out all the IVs and cords hooked up to him.  He was pretty inconsolable for the rest of the day – we offered him everything we could think of to try and soothe him but nothing really worked.  I think the breathing tube irritated his throat because his voice was kind of scratchy and he kept asking me to “Wipe” and then opening his mouth as wide as he could.  He was just a sad, sick, mess who only wanted mamma and pretty much stayed like that for the next few days. 

We did lots of resting/books/TV and luckily, within a few days he was back to his old self.  

Which was lucky because we had tickets to see Sesame Street Live!  It was a cute show which he seemed pretty mesmerized by.  

Olivia was a good sport about the whole thing too and even snuck her way to the front of the stage with him at the end.

Then came Valentine’s Day.  I got each of the kids little gifts (candy, toy, books etc) and they were both very happy.  Olivia loved her LOL doll and Eric was thrilled with his Pete Cat book! 

The kids also were happy to share their Valentines with their friends.  Eric handed out little rubber ducks.  I didn’t get a picture of Olivia’s but she had a “squishy” for each of her friends. 

Olivia made a sweet valentine for us

And she helped us with Eric's "love notes" each day the week of Valentines Day.

And we continued our fondue tradition  which was SO yummy!

We took the world's quickest trip to Dallas and packed A LOT into basically 24 hours - hugs, playtime, make-up, a quick bday celebration for me, and the Little Mermaid symphony!

  

We were ALL worn out after the whirlwind trip - these 2 slept most of the way home and both Matt and I were jealous!

And we ended the month with the cutest little pep rally from Olivia's cheerleading clinic.

And now its already March!