Samantha had her tonsils out last Tuesday and all went well.

Home and pretty doped up! ha!

Recovery was pretty “by the books”…she felt better by about day 3 and then took a turn around and stayed pretty miserable until about day 8. We managed it all with round the clock Tylenol/Motrin and some of the prescription pain meds at night when needed. Of course, ice cream and popsicles helped too!

She finally went back to school on Wednesday of this week and seems to be almost back to normal – just with a squeaky voice!

We are very glad to have it all behind us and to be rid of those “big yucky tonsils”!!

Time for another edition of Samantha’s OOTD! Now, winter isn’t the best for showing the OOTD because we take the pics before walking out the door which means we just get a lot of coat pics..but that’s ok because she has cute coats!

A rare duo day!

Also, say a prayer for this little girl because this morning she’s finally getting her “big yucky tonsils” removed! I know we’ll all be glad when it’s over.

Last week I took Samantha in for her 8 year checkup and got a great report all around! She is 49 inches and 56 lbs. That is 25th % for height and 50th % for weight. She’s grown 1.75 inches and gained 6 lbs since her 7 year old visit. Dr. Crum said her BMI is perfect and she’s a healthy, growing girl!

Spencer at 8 was 51 inches tall (50th %) and 58.2 lbs (55th %). Maxwell at age 8 was 50 inches tall and 52.4 lbs.

She did have to get her finger pricked which she REALLY doesn’t like but she handled it so got some C is for Cookie ice cream after!

Unfortunately, my healthy girl didn’t stay healthy long! As soon as we got into the car after her appointment she said, “my throat kinda hurts!” Not sure why she didn’t mention that while we were actually in the doctor’s office but we got to go back up there the next day to get a positive strep test. No fun at all. She was pretty miserable for a day but then the antibiotics did her job and she was back to her normal, healthy self!

Thankful for antibiotics and good doctor reports!