Week 4, It was the best of times...It was the worst of times

Week 4 was a roller coaster ride!  While I am feeling fully recovered, Tommy got his 22nd ear infection WHILE ON AN ANTIBIOTIC!  So, unfortunately for my little tooterbear, he will soon be scheduled for surgery to remove his adenoids and insert 2 new ear tubes--God please let this work!!  Davey and Ethan seem to be nearly fully recovered as well, so we have 3 down, 1 to go!  The boys got to do a lot of fun things this week--they loved it!  Tommy (and the rest of us) were finally well enough to go to both Speech and OT this week, which he always enjoys, and he had very good sessions!  Then, the boys went over to Goggi's house while Mommy went to workout (more on that later!).

So, all of those things would be in the "best of times" category.  Scoring #1 in the "worst of times" category would be what transpired later that same afternoon.  I thought I had it all planned out...a fun family outing that would just totally blow the boys away at Monkey Joe's.  Well.....needless to say....it was a MASSIVE DISASTER!  Tommy went ballistic--wouldn't even leave the lobby to go look at the jump-houses.  It was sad, frustrating, and annoying to be honest.  We had to leave within 10 minutes, but luckily they gave us our money back!  Moving forward to the "best of times" again, the boys had their first trip together to Hit & Run, and as you can see from the pictures, they LOVED it!!  Here's a really funny story that once again displays the boys' personalities.  Tommy, who has been to the "baseball cage" once before can't or won't lift up the nets to the cage to enter or exit.  Instead, he slaps the net in front of his face while yelling out, "HELPPPP"!  At which point, either me or Grandad helps him out, to which he responds, "I did it!!"....right...that was all you.  Fast forward to Thursday morning, Ethan's first time at the cages.  He walks in the door, immediately goes up to the cage, bends down, picks up the netting, lifts it over his head, and walks on in!!

That evening, I was fortunate enough to get out of the house and help my friend, Katie Taylor complete her first baby registry.  While I was out, I get this amazing text on my phone:  "Both boys simultaneously got up from the dinner table and started slowly walking backwards into the living room at the same time.  I love our weirdos!"  So do I, and I love it when Davey sends me funny updates when I'm out!  The remainder of the weekend was spent going to Jayd Lewis' birthday party, planning 2 different bridal showers (Winston & Addy Walters, Sara & Scott Stevens), cleaning out the garage and office, and giving away baby stuff!  That's right, I finally pulled the trigger--we only have our strollers left!!  A big thanks to Susie and Bill for watching the boys during all of that!  As for the aforementioned working out--it was my first week back in the saddle this year, and it felt great!  I worked out 5 days for an hour each, and I am proud to report that I have a 3.6 pound loss to show for it!  I am not expecting such a big number next week--goal is 1.4!