Well, February is almost gone already. We just finished up a one-day getaway to Palm Springs with friends to celebrate Kenny B's 40th birthday. We stayed one night at the Viceroy- had a good dinner, cocktails and lots of laughs. Things got a bit out of control as the evening wore on- too many drinks!
We enjoyed a 4 day weekend in Las Vegas with the Colorado Nugents- we went out to see Quin's gymnastics meet. We did lots of fun things with the kids- the LIED children's museum, a jumping/trampoline place, the adventuredome at circus circus. Lots of activities to keep everyone moving. The last morning when I was packing up the room alex fell off the bed and bashed his face into a corner of a granite end table between the two beds. It was just awful. Sophie was out with her grammy and geoff had already left for the airport. There was not much blood but he got 2 bad cuts. They have healed fairly well and I have been putting on Vitamin E at night to try to prevent scarring. We will see what happens.
A week ago I took the kids in the jacuzzi with Brett. Sophie got out, took off her suit, and I noticed a lump near her groin/pelvic area. Took her to see Dr. JJ and she probably has a hernia. JJ said her inguicanal tubes did not close off properly and so things can drift in and out, intestines, etc. She will almost certainly need laproscopic surgery. I am not too upset about it- I mean, this is hereditary, Geoff had 2 hernias at age 5. Geoff however, is completely furious and blames this on not being supervised when she uses her pull-up bar in her doorway. He said he KNOWS when she got it- the day she awkwardly put her leg over the bar and said "OW! I hurt something Dad." Hm. I take the blame- I thought the bar was a great idea for burning energy, but I was wrong. She hurt herself and now that is my fault. I do feel bad but I am human, I made a mistake.
This is Jessica's last week. I am truly sad for my kids- for her not being in their lives anymore. I am so hoping that Caitie, our new nanny will work out well. I know she will bring her own special energy. I think it is still natural to feel this as a loss and I hope the transition won't be too hard.
I wanted to take Sophie to Disneyland today- our passes expire in early March- but I just could not quite summon up the energy and have thrown myself instead into spring cleaning - trying to deal with my nightmare kitchen counter and dresser top- getting rid of clothes and papers and bits of toy trash cluttering up my head. I hope to get the kids back for one more trip with my mom and sister. I will probably renew the passes in a year or so, after a little breathing room. There will be a few new great attractions opening in California Adventure the end of this year. The Little Mermaid ride, Cars land, etc.
I am so achy this past week. I wake up stiff and I think I am coming to realize that 40 is truly around the corner and this is probably how life will be.
Sophie and Alex are getting along famously. He is her little muse- she decorated him with a dozen bandaids this morning, and covered him in washable markers last night as I posted some palm springs photos to facebook.
Alex won't keep his pants on and seems ready to potty train, but not quite. Last night he stripped down naked, then did a nice firm lump of poop in the tub. Close, bud! Over the last couple of weeks he has much more complete sentences and is expressing himself very well. He knows Jessica is leaving and I am not sure how he will be affected- they are very attached.
Sophie Bean is completely attached to writing her name and practicing a few other laters- coloring like crazy. She seems really compelled to be using writing instruments and giving her 100 piece puzzles a rest for the moment. My mom got her a leapfrog writing tablet for christmas and she loves to use it. She practices writing upper and lowercase letters and practices shapes. It is good because it shows her where to start each letter, etc.
Trying to keep up with the bills- paying off Alex's last ER visit and now Sophie's surgery coming up. Cabo is in April too...money, money, money...
