Our latest update

Happy Valentine's Day!
First beater experience (no worries, it's mashed potatoes)

Once again, I haven't blogged in a while, so this post will just be filled with some updates. The biggest update is that Hannah is getting tubes. We visited the ENT last week and she still had a double ear infection. The poor girl has constantly been on antibiotics since August, mostly for her ears. Hopefully the tubes will at least cut out on the ear infections. I'm sure we aren't done with the other sicknesses, not as long as I'm teaching. Hannah's ENT said that teachers and nurses have the sickest kids. I'd believe it. He went through the other stuff...paci - no, smokers - no, breastfedd - yes, 7 months, etc... and we passed all the with flying colors. I guess my profession, that I always thought was the perfect job for a mom, is the main culprit. Please say some prayers for Hannah next week. Her little surgery is on Thursday. I'm sure it won't be much for her, it'll be worse for me. The worst part is going to be the no eating or drinking. How am I going to keep her from eating and drinking? Pray also for an early appointment time (you don't get it until the day before).

I have to share these recent tea party pictures, mostly for my family. My immediate family and VA family know well how I loved my tea parties. Hannah seems to like her tea parties as well. If I'd had this cute teapot, I might have had even more! She had a blast with her pooh bear and new Valentine puppy. She's definitely my daughter, even if she doesn't look like it :)

Big Girl, Sad Mommy

Hannah is such a big girl. The past two days she's had to go back to her former "school" during the day. RSV is making it's way around the rest of the kids at Mrs. Cybill's house, and a lot of the mommies too. Cybill wasn't feeling well at all and decided to just shut down this week. Justin and both grandmas took their turns and we ended up at CW. Here is where the big girl comes in. She can't be a toddler anymore because she's potty trained. She had to go in with the twos instead. She loved it and did great. The twos and threes are mixed first thing in the morning until enough kids are there to split into two classes. When I asked Hannah what she did at school she said "play with big kids". She cried at first, as she's not used to it there, especially in the new room, but the teachers said she did great. They would have no clue that she's on just 21 months old. She talked and played and ate and slept and used the bathroom better than most of the twos. My baby isn't a baby anymore. How sad. It is exciting though to hear her answer my questions, even if she answers crazy sometimes. Today I asked her what she had for lunch and her response was "candy canes". The director heard her answer and just laughed. They had chicken, rice and peas. She did tell me though that a "little boyah got owie". It's fun to have actual conversations but so sad at the same time!