5 on Friday

1.  Saturday morning I took Ellie to grocery shop at Fareway while Nick took Neve to Costco.  We accomplished so much in a short period of time!  Weekend 'to do' errands complete by noon.

2. My parent's called via Facetime on Sunday... Ellie got to see the ocean!  Of course she wanted to see Grandpa and Grandma's legs and the pool instead.  Silly girl.

3. On Friday night Ellie woke up crying because her ear hurt.   It was the ear that still had the tube in it (or it did when we last were seen by a Dr.)  I waited for the infection drain as it does with tubes.   Nothing.  Just Ellie waking up crying in the middle of the night because it hurt.  I took her into our pedeatrican on Monday since she had been complaining of a sore throat as well.   He said it looked like the tube was plugged.  He told us to give her ear drops and see if we could get in to see the ENT.   We were able to see the ENT on Tuesday (I am becoming a regular at that office between Neve and Ellie).   The ENT said Ellie had an ear infection in the left ear, a blocked tube, and fluid in the right ear.  He is a little concerned about the fluid/ear infection and the impact it could have on her hearing.   I guess the tubes they put in her ears almost 2 years ago work for about 80% of the patients and there are no further issues.  Ellie may be in that 20% and need a more permanent tube put in to fix the problem.   I am not really surprised, just not looking forward to that adventure if it comes to it.   Ellie goes back to the ENT on Thursday and we will see what her ear looks like then.

4. Neve started blowing kisses this week.   I had been working on them with her for about a week.  Of course she blew Daddy the first kiss when she saw him on her walk at day-care.

5. We have a babysitter coming tonight so Nick and I can go out to dinner and celebrate his birthday in advance (since his birthday week is already going to be busy).  Ellie has been asking if it is Friday for the past few days.  She is excited for Kaitlin to come over and play.  She asked if Kaitlin could sleep at her house.   I told her know.  Kaitlin is one of Neve's favorite teachers at day-care, so I think she will be excited to see her as well.