February in a Nutshell

February is busy...

All in one week we celebrated...
Jack's birthday (previous post)
Dan and my anniversary-7 years: We went out to dinner at Mitchell's Fish Market. They have DELICIOUS food, and their carrot cake is WONDERFUL!
Valentine's Day: This year we celebrated by having a board full of Valentine cards, each having a special activity for us to do in the evenings. Most activities took 5 min. or less, and Jack LOVED choosing a valentine every night. Some of his favorites: Play mario, fly helicopters, swing, take a bubble bath, and blowing bubbles in chocolate milk.

We watched a special valentines movie with a friend, and this is what I saw.

And an attempt at valentines pictures of the kids for a little project.And if all of that wasn't enough, Nora had ear tubes put in. The worst part was her not eating since 5 in the morning, but she was a trooper.
The nurses/anesthesiologist told us that it is good if kids sleep a little after the procedure, so we shouldn't be worried if they don't call us back to recovery for a while. Nora was out of our sight about 20 minutes and she was not happy when we made it back to recovery. She wouldn't take her pacifier or a bottle of juice, so I fed her and then she happily took the bottle too.



I must say- things are much better since the tubes. She is not nearly as clingy, loves to wander around the house and play, and our sleeping habits are much more appropriate for an almost 1 year old. (No, she doesn't magically sleep through the night, that would have been a miracle.)