Happy New Year
Well, where to begin? It's been crazy since my last post.
Emerson has been suffering from ear infections for the last month off and on so he has been taking various antibiotics. He ended a cycle the 22nd of December and we headed to NY for Christmas on the 23rd. We drove down to New London to catch the ferry as we usually do and it was an uneventful ride. As we reached the Long Island side Emerson began to fuss. By the time we were in the car and underway he was crying like I had never heard him cry before. It was a horrible sound. He continued to cry for the next 40 minutes solid, and could not be consoled- we tried everything! So we drove straight to the emergency room in Riverhead.
As many of you know I have spent alot of time in the Riverhead ER in my last few trips to LI , so much so that I am beginning to wonder if we should continue visiting there or just insisit my parents always come to us, haha.
To make a long story short his ears were still infected, and now he is back on antibiotics and has to see an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist to possibly have his ears tubed.
Christmas was really nice. We spent it with my parents and the kids had a wonderful time. We brought less than half the gifts the kids received but there was a huge pile under the tree. It was so much fun watching their faces as they opened the gifts.
The weekend was tough for Emerson. He was uncomfortable and battled a fever all weekend. So David and I headed home with the boys on Tuesday and Emily stayed with my folks 'til Friday.
When Emily got home on Friday we had a second Christmas with the gifts we had not brought to LI. The kids were pretty excited, and maybe a little overwhelmed too. David and I are definately overwhelmed by the amount of stuff we have to finds room for now!
The other news is that we have adopted a second cat. Alot of people were shocked we got the first cat, since we are dog people, but we can't have a puppy yet with the kids so young. Anyway Finley, we thought, needed a friend and our neighbor's cat had just had kittens so we decided to take a calico. We took her home when we got back from LI-- and Finley was not as pleased as we had hoped. He tries to pounce on her at every opportunity. I think they will grow to love each other but we will see. The new kitty is named Orla.
We wanted a name like Finley that had sentimental origins, but nothing really fit. So we decided to go with another Irish name. The decision was between Orla, Sinead and Molly We ended up going with Orla since it was the most unique.
David and I are such huge partiers that we were asleep by 11 PM on New Years Eve. That is what having 3 kids and 2 cats will do to you! But we do have some resolutions. They are mostly involving fitness, reducing clutter and getting more sleep. The kids are both in swimming for the new year and David is going to get Emily on skis in the next week or so. There is a small ski area about 2 miles from us.
So, that brings us up to date on the family. I'll keep you posted on ears, swimming and skis.
Happy New Year!!