We took Ada to the emergency room this morning because she was having a hard time breathing when she woke up. When we got there they gave her a breathing treatment and a steroid shot to help open up her airway. We stayed for a couple hours to make sure she was doing better and then we were able to go home. She was SUCH a lover for those two hours, she just laid on me for a while and then I set her on the bed and she slept the entire time we were there. I was thinking about how difficult it was going to be to keep an 18 month old occupied for that long in a hospital room. I was semi-annoyed because I had taken her to LinCare yesterday because she was wheezing and the doctor said it was nothing to be concerned about. Here are some adorable pics of Ada in her little gown...

Eric and I are celebrating seven years of wedded bliss today! My parents offered to watch the girls on Saturday night so we could go out. We started out at the Horseshoe casino, had dinner and lost enough money to be annoying. Then went out to a nice bar in Omaha and enjoyed some delicious nachos and a couple beers. We spent the night there too so it was kind of a fun get-away. Tonight my parents had us over for a roast and all the fixings, so it was nice not to have to worry about that tonight. Happy Anniversary Eric!

Try to watch this video without smiling...I dare you...go on try it...

I took Ada back to the ENT for her post surgery checkup today. He said everything looked great, there was no fluid or infection in either ear, so that was awesome to hear. I can't believe how much of a difference the tubes have made. She's sleeping all night until about 7am every day, and we've quickly started taking a full night's sleep for granted...it's so awesome. Ada is 17 months old now and has a few more words up her sleeve. I've gotten her to say something like Dora, Diego, and Ni Hao (my apologies to the non-Nick Jr folks out there). She's started babbling more, and it sounds like she's got her own language, and it's adorable! She's also working on the top two molars, so she's been drooling like crazy. Isn't she pretty?

We had a great time celebrating Easter with the girls this year. We spent most of Saturday at my parent's house with them, Dawn's family, and uncle Bart (we missed uncle Craig!). The kids had fun playing outside with silly string and they did an egg hunt too. Then we headed to Kearney on Saturday night so we could spend Easter Sunday with Eric's family. The Easter bunny must have gotten the memo that we wouldn't be home because he brought the girls' baskets to grandma Becky's house. Ivy got the Care Bear's movie that I used to LOVE when I was little...ok, maybe I still love it. Ada got a coloring book and some new (washable) crayons and they both got a bunch of candy. They got their pretty Easter dresses on and were so great during the church service. We spent a lot of time outside today hunting for eggs and playing on the swing set. The girls had a blast with their cousins all weekend and here are a few cute pictures to prove it  :)

As my hubby likes to say 'almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades' so here are a few of my least favorite almosts that I encountered on a trip to the grocery store last night...

• almost moving the shopping cart enough for people to pass you in the aisle
• almost putting the shopping cart away
• almost holding the door open
• almost stopping for someone to cross the parking lot
• almost putting the blinker on before you're mid-turn
• almost getting into the turning lane
• almost making it in the house before the bag breaks

I just wanted to make a note of a few things since Ada turned 16 months old today. As the prior post stated, she got tubes in her ears yesterday, so we're anxious to see how that's going to help. She woke up for the day at 4:40 am today, so that was a little disheartening, but to be expected. She's also getting her bottom molars and an incisor or two as well. They look very painful, so I'm guessing the teeth are what's causing the pain right now. Other than that, she's such a sweetheart. Not to brag, but we find ourselves marveling in her beauty daily  :)  I'd say her favorite thing in the world is music, and she loves to dance. She says a few words including baby, hi, cheese, mama, daddy, grandpa, and uh oh.

Well Ada's tympanostomy tube surgery went well this morning, with no complications. They took her back to the OR at 7:30am and at 7:36am Dr. Nissen was talking to my dad and me about how it went. A few minutes later they called us back to see Ada. She was a little out of it, looked sleepy, and was flailing and screaming for about ten minutes. After she calmed down, she had a few handfuls of lucky charms and we were on our way. My good friend, Sarah, was her nurse in the OR so that was comforting to know that Ada was well taken care of. Ada seems to be feeling a little better today and is enjoying the balloons she received. We'll see how things go at night...

Ivy woke up complaining of ear pain this morning, so I took her into urgent care around 1pm. He said she had an ear infection in her left ear so we got her on some amoxicillin. Later on after Ada's nap, I noticed that she was breathing faster than normal and had a 103 degree temp. I took her in around 4:30 thinking maybe she had RSV or pneumonia. He said her lungs sounded crystal clear, but that her right ear was infected! You've got to be kidding me! She just got off her last antibiotic yesterday, which apparently didn't do the trick. He put her on Zithromax which she hasn't been on before, maybe it will actually work...but I won't hold my breath. Just counting down the days until we get her tubes!

So I was just singing about how nice it was to see the snow melting yesterday, it almost instantly put me in a good mood. I imagined how wonderful it's going to be when we can spend time outside again, barefoot, playing. Something about finally seeing a little bit more of that dead grass yesterday really made me think we were on our way to spring. Cut to this morning with another couple of inches of snow on the ground, talk about discouraging...