Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's day everyone! Today was definitely not what I had in mind for my Valentine's day! I got up extra early to get showered and ready so that I'd be able to walk out the door at 8:30 if the pediatrician could take Amie. (Amie had developed a fever Saturday evening that continued through the weekend and was absolutely miserable! Leah developed a fever super early on Sunday morning and puked constantly for about 6 hours. However, she seemed to recover whereas Amie was still pitiful!) Anyway, I was up super early and started my day with a pounding headache. I was on the phone with the doctor at exactly 8:30 and remained on hold for 18 entire minutes! They could see her at 10:45. SO, I dropped Leah off at Grandma's then drove clear across town to the pediatrician. He diagnosed Amie with a severe ear infection. Drove back across town, threw Leah in the car, and proceeded to Walmart to grab a few groceries while we waited for the antibiotic to be filled. Got the groceries, went back to the pharmacy- still not ready. Went and waited in line to pay for the groceries, back to the pharmacy- still not ready. Waited an additional 10 minutes, finally got the medicine, than rushed home as we were now running late.We rushed into the house where I tried to get lunch ready (it was now 12:30) while trying to put groceries away and hold an inconsolable Amie. (This led to a frantic phone call for Grandma to please come over early and rescue Mommy!) Grandma arrived, fed Leah and got her ready to go to the dentist. I put Amie to bed, scarfed down a sandwich, then Leah and I were on our way.

So now Leah and I are at the dentist. Leah claimed she "loved the dentist", but was not very cooperative. We had to settle for brushing her teeth with a regular toothbrush and doing a quick floss. She would not let any instruments or even the air blower near her teeth. The did manage to get a few pictures and discovered she has a cavity! Since she was not cooperating, they said she'd have to go to a pediatric dentist to have it filled. So that's on the agenda for next week.

When we got back home, Amie was already awake and wanted Mommy to hold her. Which meant that Leah was not going to get even a rest, let alone a nap (or Mommy either). And that was the first half of our Valentine's day. But it only went up from there! Leah came downstairs with my Valentine's presents. She made me a heart shaped card, colored me a picture of Santa Claus, and "surprised" me with a chocolate rose that she sneakily purchased earlier that day at Walmart! Oh how I love that little girl! It was a beautiful day, so we went out for a little walk and ended up visiting with our neighbor for a while. When we came home, Jamie had flowers waiting. We had a romantic dinner of a frozen stir fry, the kids had grilled cheese, and we topped it off with some candy and a piece of Valentine's cake from Grandma. Leah claims it was "the best Valentine's day EVER!" I couldn't agree more!

My Santa picture and homemade Valentine card from Leah.

My flowers- note the red chocolate rose from Leah. She thought it needed to be with the other flowers!