TBTB (Too Busy To Blog)

We are in the throes of a crazy Spring with lots of weekend trips, family visits and the occasional random hospital visit being thrown in the mix.  A quick summary of all that has been going on in the past few weeks:

Aunt Katie came to town on business a few weeks ago (doing some tough research on the Capella Hotel that recently opened in Georgetown; she is tasked with writing the marketing copy for their website...it's a dirty job but somebody has to do it).  We helped her out by testing out their champagne selection (acceptable) and checking out the roof top deck and infinity pool (it will do, I suppose).  Actually, the hotel is beautiful in every way and we were thrilled to get an early look at it.  Katie joined us at Hank's Friday afternoon soccer practice, which is really just Hank doing the exact opposite of whatever the coach wants.

Hank after knocking over ALL of the cones....

Last weekend Matt and I went to a wedding in Maine, and Aunt Whitney and Uncle Ryan came to DC for babysitting duty.  The kids had a great time and I was impressed with Whitney and Ryan's courage in taking them both on the metro to the Mall and around to various museums.  I stopped trying to do that a long time ago! We are grateful to them both for having spent their free time watching our little ones so that we could get away!

Ryan gets his "uncle" on!

Now for the hospital visits....I mentioned in a prior post that Hank was having a sleep study done to establish if he has sleep apnea.  It was an interesting night to say the least.  He started off strong, displaying more patience that I would have while the nurse painstakingly put 20+ sensors all over his head and body.  He didn't complain and sat quietly while she did her work.  He fell right to sleep at 10pm and I thought we were free and clear...

Poor child...

Jingle gets to wear a stocking on his head too...

Well, I couldn't have been more wrong.  At midnight Hank woke up and started freaking out, trying to rip all of the sensors off and refusing to go back to sleep.  Between 12am and 4am we went through 5 cycles of freak out, calming down, falling back to sleep, waking up, freaking out etc.  It was hell on earth.  At any rate, they managed to determine that he does have severe sleep apnea due to his "monster" adenoids and he will need to stay overnight in the hospital when he has them removed.  That surgery, which will also include a tonsillectomy and possibly ear tubes, is scheduled for Monday.  We are nervous and dreading the whole experience but also know that it is for the best.   We'll be sure to let you all know how it goes next week.

And finally, this picture makes me laugh.  These are actually happy children - sometimes it's hard to tell if they are screaming in pleasure or in pain!

Hope you all have a great weekend!