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Tubes

Since the beginning of January Aspen has had a horrible time with ear infections. She has a lot of fluid in her ears and antibiotics just don't seem to be helping much. She's been on 5 different antibiotics in the past two months. I hate having to give her so many antibiotics because of the risk of building immunities to them. But she's been in a lot of pain lately. So today we went back to the doctor again. The doctor said that she really needs to have tubes put in her ears. I figured that is probably what he would say since she has had such a problem the past few months. She used to be such a great sleeper and now she is waking up a lot. She used to eat great and she hasn't been eating much lately either. She was up to 21 lbs and today she barely weighed 20lbs (20 lbs 2oz with clothes and shoes on).

I'm not worried about the procedure at all. Max had tubes and it's a pretty simple surgery. I'm not sure when it will happen though. I have to make her initial ENT appointment first.

My Girl

If you had asked me more than 6 years ago whether I was going to have any children I would have said I wasn't sure and they definitely were not in any immediate future at that point. However a little guy named Max changed all those plans and made my life expotentially different. If you had asked me about what kind of mother I would be after I had Max, I would have said, "A mom to boys." I never ever in a million years dreamed that one day I would have a daughter. Never. I had always envisioned having two or three little boys.

However, sometimes things aren't how you would imagine them. And often times, the way we envision life isn't how it's supposed to be for us. And I'm so glad.

Because I LOVE having a girl. She's the sunshine to my day. The crispness to my oxygen, she's what makes me breath. Her smile, her bright eyes, her extreme personality, the way she looks up to her older brother. I love it all.