The Past Few Days.....

The past several days have been very busy. Ella had her tubes put in on Friday and everything went very well. She did pull out her first IV, so they ended up having to stick her several times :( It makes me so sad thinking of that, but the good thing is that at that time, she was high as a kite on Versed that they had given her before they started the IV. She was quite funny. She was rambling and laughing with her eyes like half-open. They gave her the Versed by mouth and waited for it to kick in before they took her from us, thank goodness. This way, she didn't care that they were taking her from Mommy and Daddy....she was too loopy! Dr. Krenning said she had another active infection in the right ear, and she was still on an antibiotic, mind you.....so this was even more assurance to us that she needed the tubes. Dr. Krenning also said that when she made the incision in the ear drum, all kinds of gunk poured out....yuck! (sorry to those who are weak-stomached!) She had several different IV meds including Propofol, Fentanyl, Ketamine and Robinul...not to mention the pre-op Versed. We did have to stay at the hospital for awhile, though, because she had some of those common efffects from the Robinul....flushing, tachycardia, increased temp. They were very careful to watch that since we were worried about the MH, although she didn't get anything that would even cause that. ANYWAY.....we got home after about 5 hours at the hospital. Ella took a LONG nap and woke up doing wonderfully. She still has some bleeding/drainage out of that right ear which is to be expected, but today is the last day for the eardrops and she seems to be doing great. We take her in Friday to get the tubes checked and to make sure everything looks good. I am so glad it is over. While everything went beautifully, it is still unnerving to see your baby hooked up to an IV and groggy on all of those meds.
We were still able to enjoy a wonderful weekend, though. Ella was still a little tired on Saturday, but other than that had no ill effects from Friday's happenings. Here are some pictures, in random order, of the rest of our weekend!

We enjoyed a beautiful walk in the park and Cooper enjoyed playing frisbee with Tom. The weather was absolutely gorgeous so we took full advantage!

Cooper tends to keep running and doesn't want to give the frisbee back!

Ella thinks Cooper is pretty funny :)

Walking through the park. Post frisbee time as you can see by Cooper's face!

My family :)

The trees provide a perfect shade over the sidewalk. What a great day.

We couldn't go to the park without stopping at the swings for Ella. She loves them!

This is the face I saw as I was walking behind the stroller with Cooper. Sweet girl!

The kid in Tom decided he needed to try these monkey bars. He did pretty good...definitely better than I could do!

This is from another walk we went on......love this squinty-eyed grin!

Another fun thing we got to do this weekend was the annual Trivia Night sponsored by the church school. It is such a fun time....they have a theme and prizes go to the best table decorations/costumes. This years' theme was Trivia around the world. We decided to dress up as tacky tourists and decorated our table with a sort of European theme. We had a tin-foil Eiffel Tower, flags, baskets of bread and wine, and plenty of good food and drink! There were seven of us at the table, including our friends Joannie & Adam. And out of 25 tables...we won 1st place for our table decs/costumes! But on the flip side, we came in dead last for trivia. That's right. 25th out of 25 tables. Oh well...we didn't care. It was SO fun! Check out our costumes!

LOVE the fanny pack, Tom! And the socks with sandals.....Nice!

Joannie and Adam. Adam actually dressed up as a Frenchman. I thought the scarf and the moustache was a nice touch!

My husband. He looked so funny. The flat billed hat and the too short shorts made for a perfect tourist look.

Jean-Claude (Adam).

It was a busy but fun weekend. We are looking forward to more Spring weather this week. The only bad thing is that now the grass is growing FAST...especially with all the rain we've had! Oh well.......I am still welcoming this gorgeous weather with open arms!
Hope you all have a great week!!