Well, I spent the better part of the evening at the doctor's with Jacob. Poor little guy began complaining of ear pain at about 5:00 this afternoon. I didn't think much of it, but he kept complaining, and at about 7:30 tonight he was in so much pain he was crying. I took him to the after hours clinic in our neighborhood, and the doctor tried to take a look. Poor little guy has such a build up of ear wax that he couldn't even see the ear drum. He literally had to chisel away at it, and it hurt him so badly! I felt so terrible!!! Anyway, the good news is that it doesn't look like an infection, so he's on Motrin unless it gets worse. We also have to give him eardrops to loosen the wax. He'll have to go back in a couple of days to have his ears flushed out. Ick!!!
Luckily, we had a good day up until then! We worked in the yard all day. We got our garden plot tilled up, an arbor built for our grape vines, cut back the raspberry bushes, and put together a yard swing! It's starting to look really nice in the backyard! After dinner we took the kids to Cabela's to watch the fish feeding! It's really something. First they give the fish pellets, then worms, and finally goldfish! It's incredible to watch. Then we went to the upstairs shooting gallery and spent some time (and money) practicing our "shooting" Predictably, Alan beat the pants off all of us. We made a quick stop in the Cabela's "general store" for some yummy fudge, and it was off to home.
Of course, by that time Jacob was not doing well, so the evening was kind of a bummer. Poor guy. I have to wake him up every 4 hours for more Motrin, so I predict not much sleep for any of us. He's snuggled down in my bed right now, and he looks so cute. Luckily, he's a still sleeper, so at least I won't end up with sore kidneys!
How was everyone else's day?