Falling, yes i am falling...

I have had a couple of interesting mommy moments lately...
First, we took Dan to an audiologist (I think I have that correct) recently and found out that he still has fluid in his ears. We have been back and forth to the doctors for ear infections and fluid for about five months now. However, now we know that the fluid also caused some hearing loss (totally reparable). I just felt so terrible when the doctor asked me if i had seen any sign of Dan's hearing trouble. I hadn't. It was really hard to have the doctor say that normally moms are his best resource as they are typically much more sensitive to this type of thing. But I sincerely had not noticed it... I think we are loud in general, so that wouldn't help, but Dan has always been very responsive. Ack! I just can't believe that i missed this.
Of course, I have spent the last four days "testing" Dan and his hearing - and i have to say - I still don't see it!
Long story longer, Dan will have to get tubes in his ears - poor babee.
Second, we had our annual day of fun and movies to celebrate my Uncle Paul's b-day (it falls close to Christmas, so we celebrate it a couple of months later with some movies that he hasn't seen yet). This year - the Bourne trilogy.My mom and my aunt Donna took Olivia to the ROM to see the dinosaur exhibit. She liked it and she REALLY liked the mummys. On the story of Cleopatra - "Her brother was NOT very nice."
After the "girls" came home and we had dinner, we got Dan ready for bed and my mom took him back to her place to sleep - he was so tired, as he hadn't napped. Mom put him down in the futon - and the plan was that i would sleep there with him when i got there.
Olivia was allowed to stay up late and watch a Disney movie, while we finished the Bourne Ultimatum. We headed for Orono at about 11 p.m. When we got there, Oliv was fast asleep and Alan plunked her in bed. We heard Dan squirming and crying a bit, so i went to check on him and he was right at the edge of the futon, so i moved him over and put up a "blanket wall." A few minutes later, while watching some TV and catching up with my mom and Al, we heard a big Thump-thump and I started to get up, but Al said it wasn't one of the kids because there was no crying - then we saw the cat come prancing in and realized it must have been her.
Cut to an hour later and bed time. I go in the room and say, "Oh my god. He DID fall out of the bed." Yep - Dan was on the floor - sleeping contentedly with his bottom half under the futon and his head and arms sticking out. My mom looked in and that did it, we both had to run out of the room we were laughing so hard. I was crying and I thought I might pee my pants - it was a really good laugh. How mean is that? Not only am I laughing - but i have left him there. Nice mommying!!! But man, it's even funny now - to picture him there sleeping so peacefully with his head on his arms...
Take care,
V