and then?

Did you know that if you print more than 500 4×6 photos at Costco, the already delightfully low per print price gets even lower? From thirteen cents down to ten cents. Yes 10!

I actally printed 761 prints. No, I didn’t want to send a really cute picture of Bella to my closest 761 friends and I forgot how email works.

Henry is almost really better. Maybe. He has a rattly cough and stuffy nose, which was better than all green snot and sinus pain, and that was better than when it was vomit and fever. Two nights ago, my sinuses were full. My nose was running. And Henry had a hard night. So did Bella. So did Miranda. At 4 am, I heard each of my children fussing. I was comforting Bella. Rob was comforting Miranda. And Henry was convincing my mom he would sleep better on the couch.

I am such a mom now that when my head was full of snot and pressure and I felt like crap, I decided that if Henry wasn’t “better” in the morning, he was going to the doctor. He was no different – not better, not worse. In fact, in the inverse bell curve of that illness, he was still on the final upswing. But because I was sick, he was sick enough that I mentally rehearsed what I would tell the doctor.

I did not take him to the doctor. He continues to improve. Bella may still have a few more days to go.

Bella cut her second tooth! The other bottom tooth. She now thinks she should eat pears, apples, bread in large chunks. She is wrong.

Henry got glasses. He is wearing them, not quite 100% of the time. He sits further from the television screen. Pleased, I told the eye doctor. He said, oh. It turns out Henry is farsighted and the glasses don’t help with television watching.  Beyond that, Henry has amblyopia like Miranda, only a mild/moderate case. He can see 20/30 in the “bad” eye with his glasses.

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