so our plans for valentines day were to stay home, cook, and watch gran torino on DVD...yes, DVD. my cleaning lady hooked me up with an illegal copy she bought @ the flea market. AND it wasn't even the kind where someone snuck their video camera into the theatre...this was HIGH QUALITY :) besides the warning across the screen...something to the effect of "if you are watching this you are breaking the law"...whatever. we actually ended up watching the movie friday night because my favorite sitter for the kids called me friday afternoon and said if we wanted to go out for valentines, she would watch them (she has a spring break trip coming up and wants $)...i said yes before she could finish the question. we woke up saturday w/ big plans...beckett took his nap (we don't do anything before that happens) and we were all off to lunch...after taking ellis to the bathroom a minimum of 10 times at the restaurant, i diagnosed her w/ a UTI (urinary tract infection)...she was also in pain, obviously. we got our food to go, dropped beckett and brandon off at home, and ellis and i were off to the ER. that is the beauty of kids getting sick on the weekend- pediatrician isn't open...only after hours clinics and ER's. i called one urgent care clinic- 2 hour wait...minimum. not gonna happen. i am just not going to sit in a room of colds, flus, and god knows what else...for 2 hours...just waiting for ellis to catch something. gross. i called another place- 10 minute wait. i'll take it! we get there and they explain to me that i will have to pay my emergency room co-pay...fine...whatever...i have a 2 yr old w/ a bladder infection...i know how bad those hurt. we were in and out...YAY!! after the antibiotics kicked in, she was good to go.
we are still lined up for the sitter. she shows, i leave the cell #, and we are out the door by 6:30...off to a little dinner party in town. we have fun...LOTS of fun. in fact, so much fun that brandon manages to drop his blackberry in the sink...that was full of water??? WTF? it's dead. and doesn't tell me this until we are on the way home (at 1 in the morning). i explain to him that if this happens in the future, he needs to let me know so i can call the sitter and give her an alternate phone number. BUT, i have never had a sitter call so i am not too concerned. well...wouldn't you know...we pull into the drive, walk into the house and the sitter is there holding beckett. she says she had been trying to call for an hour...beckett was crying and had gotten sick in his crib. nice. we won't be winning any parents of the year awards. hope everyone had a lovely valentines day...i sure did...try changing a crib sheet after you have been drinking heavily for 6 straight hours!! good times :)
here is ellis w/ a pink rose her dad brought her...as you can see, it is like halloween everyday at our house...
here is the little one...i tried to dress him valentiney
here is the loot from ellis' school party...she also had a party @ ballet...her valentine mailbox is made from a spraypainted kleenex box...teachers are so creative :)
and finally, the valentine ellis passed out to her friends...it is so fun getting to do all that silly stuff...once you have kids, EVERY holiday is about them...even this one
happy valentines day!!!
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