Circus and Bike Race

We had a busy today! Olivia woke up and her eyes look great and she was a happy girl.  Brendon left early to drop off his stuff for his bike race while the girls stayed home and got ready for the circus.  We picked Brendon up right after the race started and zoomed off to the circus.  Olivia was very excited to see the animals at the circus.  While we waited for the show to start the clowns were walking around and we waved to them.  One even stopped to visit us.  It was a little loud at first but once the show got started there was so much to look at and watch.  We had such a good time! Olivia loved it.  There was some really neat stuff- horses, elephants, poodles, trampolines, the cannon shoot.  We had to leave before it was over but we were there over 2 hours...then we zoomed back to the bike race!

We stayed at the bike race for a bit but it was a bit breezy but sunny. Brendon's team came in 3rd place and they had fun!

Tear Duct Surgery

We got up bright and early today at 5 am to make it to Atlanta for Olivia's surgery.  We went to the Children's Hospital of Atlanta the Scottish Rite location but the Meridian Mark building.  We had to be there at 7:10 a.m. so we left about 5:55.  For a Friday there was traffic...usually traffic is a bit lighter on Fridays, but I guess where we were heading there is always traffic!

We got there and got checked in and Olivia played for a few minutes.  Then the nurse did her vitals and we got to go in a little room.  They brought Olivia a nice warm gown and we played in the room for about an hour.  I got her to go potty right before they came to take her back.  Brendon ended up going back with her and said she was asleep in about 10 seconds after they put the mask on.  She did have to have an I.V. but they did that after she was asleep.  So the doctor came back after about 30 minutes and said the right tear duct was obstructed and she could feel it but the left one was clear.  Amazingly before the surgery this week her eyes looked AWESOME with no gunk! Even the doctor said how much better they looked from seeing her 2 weeks ago!

Here we are Pre-op and waiting

They brought her back from recovery and she was grumpy.  We got her to drink some juice and she drank a whole juice box.  We thought she was fine and started getting her dressed....not so fine...and she vomited the juice up.  So then we got her all cleaned up and waited a bit longer.  Then she seemed fine.  They gave us a bag just in case she got sick on the way home.  Well glad we had that bag because she threw up a few times on the way home.  I couldn't wait to get out of the car! So once we got home we got her cleaned up and got all the stuff in the washer.  Then she ate some crackers and we had soup a bit later and everything stayed down.  She did NOT NAP this afternoon.  I was hoping to get a nap myself...but nope...so I am going to bed soon myself!  So we just played and I needed to shower before the dance at school tonight.  She started sneezing a ton this afternoon so I hope she is not getting another cold =(

We went to the Valentine's Day dance at school.  The music was a bit loud but I got Olivia to dance a little bit.  Then we had restroom duty to make sure people were using the restroom appropriately.  Then we came home.  I was worried about her on the way home because she was quiet...but I think she was tired.

We have some pretty special friends and Olivia is one lucky girl! Karyn and Kristy brought her a card,  Chocolate Chip Muffins, and A Minnie Mouse toy.  Griffin sent us a little stuff dog toy in a cute purse, and Emily's daddy brought Olivia some flowers from Emily!

Bad Dance Class and Power Out

Well we had our first bad dance class.  I had to wake Olivia up from her nap and she was cranky.  I guess that cranky continued to dance class because she actually cried in class today twice! She usually loves going to class.  But I guess not today.  She wouldn't wear the butterfly wings, jump in and out of the hula hoop (Which she loves to do!!), or walk on her tip toes.  I guess it was just a bad dance class day...even the teacher had to talk to me.  I felt awful...but she said it might just be an adjustment thing...but she has been fine all the other classes.  Maybe it was just the week off last week that threw her off.  I hope next week is better...or I will be doing the walk of shame when I leave.  I was proud of myself because I didn't interrupt the class to take her out though...she is gonna have to cry it out!

Then tonight at bed time the power out.  We were reading a story and then poof...pitch black! Totally freaked Olivia out.  I told her probably a tree hit the power line and the power went off.  Then we checked to make sure our neighbors were out too.  But I could tell Olivia was worried...she kept repeating what I told her about the wind, tree, and power lines!

Never a dull moment I tell you!

Spaghetti!

Olivia has rejected spaghetti for months...=( She loved it shortly after we started solids and then I don't know what happened!! It was on my list of foods to try this week.  Along with spaghetti she has never even tried one bite of a meatball.  Well after she woke up from her nap at 4 p.m. she kept on asking for a snack so I told her no and that we would be eating dinner soon.  She kept saying what we had last night and I told her we were having something different.  She finally noticed what we were having and then got a bowl.  I put her spaghetti in the bowl and cut it up.  I didn't even try to bother to measure one teaspoon because that is a joke with spaghetti! So I just scooped some in her bowl and cut! On her plate I cut up one meatball and she had some corn.  She saw me sprinkle some cheese on top and she wanted some too!

I was anxious to see if she would eat it.  I was literally holding my breath.  She took one little bite, another little bite, and another...I thought I was doomed and then she put the whole spoon in her mouth! Hooray! She ate the WHOLE bowl of spaghetti, the WHOLE meatball, and ALL of her corn.  I praised her the whole time and she said the spaghetti and meatball were soooo good! She then got dessert and milk!  Hooray! Another happy dinner!!

After dinner she insisted we play in her kitchen.  She made me several delicious meals and took care of Lamby!

Super Bowl and Gymnastics

Well yesterday the weather here was gorgeous! Talk about a 180 degree switch from Tuesday- Thursday last week. I got out in the afternoon for a nice run with shorts and short sleeves on! Then we got ready and headed to Emily's house.  Olivia had fun playing with her friends and eating dinner with them.  She even ate 1/2 of a strawberry! Wahoo! I think the kids had more fun than any of us watching the super stinky game! We had good food and laughs to keep us entertained though!  We were all pretty tired when we got home!

Tonight we started our first gymnastics class.  For Olivia's age there are 2 classes.  One without a parent and one with a parent.  I opted since it was the first time doing gymnastics to do the with the parent class until she feels comfortable being there and used to the routines.  She actually did pretty well and followed the teacher's directions.  We need to work on our somersaults though! I think those scared her a bit...so we will practice this week! But she swung on the bars and at the end she climbed up into this huge put with foam cubes in it and had fun! I asked her if she had fun at the end and she said, "Yes!"  I will try to get a picture next week but it is kind of hard while moving all the time!