Flanagan Clan

Not only did Ethan have a really cute Valentine, he also dressed up for the occasion!

Yay for fun cloth diaper colors!!!

Dear Oma and Opa,

Today Mommy dressed me in this outfit just for you. She told me that you are traveling far away to some sort of snowy wilderness called “Montana”. It sounds really cold there, and I hope you get there safely. I hope that when you’re done building snow caves and attempting to survive in the snow that you can do me a favor and build me a snowman. I miss you and hope you have a safe trip.

Love, Baby Ethan

P.S. Don’t expect to find Katze when you get home. We found a loving home for her… a Chinese family seemed very eager to have her over for dinner last night ;o).

Watch out, girls… here’s the Future Mr. Right!

Learning to stick out his tongue at his mommy

Patrick loves his dino pj’s

Sammy always sticking things in his mouth

Patrick showing off his snow ball during our “big” snowfall of the year

Sammy wasn’t so thrilled about the snow… he only stayed outside for about 10 minutes!

Having breakfast after a cold 10 minutes outside in the snow

Sammy falling asleep during dinner

Sammy loves to climb into boxes

Before you say I’m a bad mom for doing this to my young child, let me say that he actually liked the clothes pins on his ears, and got upset when I took them off!!!!

Things have been pretty busy around here for the past week. I’ve begun working on a new project… painting our family room. I’ve been doing a lot of taping. Tomorrow Andrew is going to help me fix up the walls, and then we’re pulling out the paint! Pictures of that whole mess to come later ;o).

Here’s picture highlights of the past week:

Ethan being cute and smiley for Mommy… he’s doing great after the operation!

Three boys enjoying their time with Daddy!

Ethan was able to have a play date with Kaiya while their mommies worked on crocheting burp cloths!

Sammy, cute as always, turned 18 months on Thursday!!!

Today Ethan got fixed… well, I guess more correctly, Ethan had an inguinal hernia repair operation. It was a very straight forward surgery, and the little guy got through it very well, even though he didn’t really enjoy having surgery. He didn’t like being starved beforehand, and he didn’t like it when the post-op nurses tried to give him a bottle and swaddle him tightly afterwards. He also didn’t like being connected to an IV and a vital stats monitor, and several times managed to yank the monitor off his toe. But he did like snuggling up in a big armchair with Mommy once we got into our hospital room, and he REALLY liked it when he got some Tylenol and was then bundled up to go home. He even gave a couple great big smiles on the way out!

For memories’ sake, I took a couple of pictures of him once the surgery was over and he was recovering in the room. Doesn’t he look good for a little guy who has just had surgery???

Nice and cozy warm in the hospital crib

All hooked up :o(