It is an annual tradition that I get together with a group of my sorority sisters and their spouses every year for New Years. This year was the first year where most of us had kids and while you would think it would make for a more tame time, we still whipped out the Karaoke machine and Ice luge. But having five kids under the age of 2 in a house, did make for an interesting time. There were monitors and pac and plays everywhere, chairs that sang, and at one time we watched The Wiggles. (We used to have Sex and the City marathons.) What also made it interesting was that our lovely hostess, Janell Cowley, had her gallbladder removed on December 27th and all of us showed up on the 30th. Talk about rallying. But where we had beer, she had her Oxycontin. Henry also received a late extra Christmas present from my sister's youngest, Isabel--A DOUBLE EAR INFECTION. We were up all night with him our last night in Greensboro and thought he had just caught a cold from her. But Sunday night, at Janell's, he had a fever of 102.1. His first real fever. So we stripped him down to his diaper, loaded him up on Tylenol, and put a cold rag on his head. (All at the direction of my friend Jackie's husband, Dr. Cary Bizzell--a radiologist, but a doctor, none the less.) So the next morning, we were at Janell's daughter's pediatrician when she opened. "Dr. Wendy" was very kind and said that his left ear was 75% full of puss and the right ear was 25% full. So Henry is now on Amoxicillin, which he does not like. I wonder if the doctor knows that I'm lucky to get Henry to swallow half of the medicine when they prescribe the amount. He is smiling more now than he did over the weekend, but he still was such the trooper. New Year's Eve night, everyone kept checking on the kids, and one by one they'd come downstairs and say, "Umm, Henry is not asleep. He is just babbling and talking to his blanket and his feet." He never really did get fussy, he just wasn't his usual giggly self and kept waking up. It broke Sloan and my hearts to see him so sad. His eyes were red, his nose constantly dripping, and he has a cough like he smokes 10 packs a day. Today he is much better. He still doesn't have his appetite back and coughs up a storm, but he giggles and smiles and kicks his legs like his old self. But even his babbling sounds congested--like he is the long lost son of Rachel Ray.
Jackie and Natalie Marie Bizell (4 months) sleeping soundly on the couch. Lots of lolling was done by all.
Adriane and Ava Morris (10 months). She is the only little girl to like wearing bows. Okay, maybe she doesn't like it--but she tolerates it.
Janell and Jenna Cowley (16 months). Doesn't Janell look great? Who would've thought she just had her gallbladder removed. Jenna had a difficult time sharing her mommy mainly because Janell can't pick her up for another 2 weeks!
The Queen Bee--by virtue that she is the oldest. Bennett Sanbourn--the 20 month old daughter of my senior year roommate--Lori Beth. My favorite thing she does is that she tells on herself before she does something she is not supposed to do. She'll say, "Bennett, No," and then do it anyway. Watch out Lori Beth and Rob!
Even Henry knows Carolina girls are the best in the world! From left to right--Bennett Sanbourn, Henry Phillips, Ava Morris, Natalie Bizzell, and Jenna Cowley. GO HEELS!
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