Sad Eyes, Happy Boy

Well, some bad news today... We woke up and Beckett's right eye was really seeping and swollen.  I knew right away he must have picked up the pink eye bug from his buddies.  He didn't sleep well last night, so I had a feeling something was up.  The sad eye was confirmation.  Shonn took him to the doctor today, and she confirmed: pink eye with the added bonus of an ear infection.  SAD.  Shonn raved about our doctor, Amy Leifheit, who is so loving (she told Beckett "I love you, sweetie!") and patient.  Beckett wasn't quite as enthusiastic, greeting me with, "Doctor cry. Cry doctor."  Shonn said he just wanted to watch the fish in the aquarium in the waiting room and wasn't happy about leaving them. I asked B why he cried and he said, "Scared."  SAD!  But he did really well and Shonn treated him to a s-h-a-k-e on the way home.  (He treated his wife to a b-l-i-z-z-a-r-d, too. XO)

But Beckett was as happy as can be tonight.  My mom said he was cuddly this morning, but they still did a cute Valentine's Day craft, wrote letters for his mailbox, and read his new books "at least 10 times each".  She said he was telling her what the dinosaurs were, and on one page she said, "Triceratops," to which Beckett replied, "No. Stegasaurus."  HAHA!  Dad said Beckett was going to teach them about the dinosaurs.  So since the guys were on their way home behind me and I had a few extra minutes, I stopped at the library and got a few more dino books and the Disney movie Dinosaur.  I wanted to treat him with a super-fun night since he isn't feeling well. Shonn went to a basketball game, so I had a couch date with my little man: we read a few dino books (on every page, he would ask, "Name is?"), ate popcorn and gummy bears, and then watched about 25 minutes of the dino movie. It was fun, and he was very interested.

He did really well with the "eye candy" drops, and was smiley and his usual sunny self tonight. If only we could all be as happy - what a different world it would be!

Sad eyes, but happy boy in the bath.  He was splashing Mommy and laughing hysterically.

Elmo PJs make everything better!