Tonsils, adenoids, and tubes

Yep, he got the ENT works!

We had to be there at 5:30. He woke up at 4 ready to go!

He was really happy in the pre-op room!

The surgery went without a hitch! He even slept soundly in recovery.

Happy Easter

In the interest of full disclosure, the only reason he's smiling here is because I told him he could have M&Ms.

 Yesterday we went to our church's Easter Egg hunt. He found exactly 2 eggs. Yep, 2. His goal was 3 going in to it, so he almost made it.

Egg #1

 Egg #2

 After Egg #2, he discovered the bouncy houses. At that point, egg hunting was the last thing on his mind.

Encouraging words from a complete stranger

I was off work today, but Phillip wasn't. So Parker and I headed "into town" (as we like to say) to pick up some new clothes and grab a cupcake (as a reward for trying to use the potty to go #2-it's still a battle). Anyway, we were in Belk and Parker was behaving like a typical two-almost-three year old. He almost climbed all over the bench in the dressing room, repeatedly slammed the dressing room door, and begged to go up and down the escalator. He almost knocked down a manican, but I caught it just in time and didn't realize the store manager was watching. He nicely said, "Good save, Mom." to which I explained for about the third time, "I usually don't bring him with me, but Daddy had to work today." When we were in the line to check out, Parker was being pretty whiney. A sweet lady beside me asked how old he was. Then she said the sweetest words, "Hang in there. You're doing a great job." That's what I needed to hear. No judgmental looks or criticism, just a sweet, "Hang in there."