Emma's surgery journey

I am immensely impressed with Emma and how well she did with the entire process. She is still recovering but doing so as well as any adult might, if not better. I just cannot put into words how wonderful she has done, so, here are some pictures. :)

I can't tell you how blessed we feel, for Emma and as her parents.

Emma's big news

Not that she's pleased with it. She has to have both her adenoids and tonsils removed. The ENT was shocked that all these times we brought her in sick, nobody noticed the size of her tonsils. It even stops her breathing at night. So it took the ENT no time at all to say surgery, before I could ask him to let Emma leave the room first. She didn't want to hear it from a doctor, she wanted to hear it from me. I stopped him in his tracks as fast as I could and Steve brought her to the waiting room to play while Grandma and I talked with the doctor.

He of course felt the need to review all the things that *could* go wrong in surgery. I generally ask not to know these and sign the paper with my eyes closed and ear plugged. But, for my Bill, I listened.

At this point it sounds like I have about a week to wait for a phone call from the scheduler, set the appointment and then get her in for a pre-op exam. (Yikes, blood draw.) I think we'll bring Becca for that.

Anyhow, I'll post as soon as I know when we're going to have the surgery. I know that she can do this, we'll just take it as easy as possible.

We did tell her that she's going to get allllll of the ice cream and popsicles she can handle and then some. That cheered her up a bit. Oh and she gets a week off of school and 2 weeks with no outdoor recess (that part sucks.) But, we'll do what we can to keep that enjoyable for her.

Emma is doing so great in school!

We just got her first spelling test back, she got a perfect 16/16. I don't remember doing spelling tests in first grade... wow... but this girl nailed it! I am so very proud of her. 16 spelling words in first grade... in one week... it seems so crazy to me but she's doing it and kicking butt at it. In all honesty, she's so awesome with math I thought reading and spelling were going to be an issue, but she's just blowing us all away, including her teacher.

Have I mentioned how proud I am of her? Her oldest two siblings could take a page out of her book, or maybe she took a page out of Blake's book... who knows. I am just, in awe. I hope she stays this great with school, she seems to not only excel but also enjoy it too.

Did I mention she's at the head of her class for number of "Tryin' Lion" awards as well? Amazing.

My shopping adventures with mom!

I haven't been shopping with my mom in FOREVER!!! I think it's because I tend to ask sweetly for things and she has a hard time saying no. But HELLO, that's what daughters do! lol

Anyhow, I want to start off with the important part of the trip. I got to hit Joann's and picked up the yarn with the donation money! I can't believe how much yarn $25 buys. Almost 9 skeins actually only like .40 shy of 9. Anyhow, I was able to get 8 and that leaves me with 2.36 left over towards buying more. I did purchase some hand lotion because crocheting seems to dry my hands out fast, but that $1 comes out of my own pocket. :) Okay, so here are the pics thus far...

The 8 skeins on top are the new ones.

And the receipt as promised. 

Aside from getting the yarn so I can start the new scarves we also picked up some much needed school clothes for Emma as well as a coat and new shoes for me. I love getting new things! Especially pretty new things! Speaking of new things, I think I'm going to have to get a larger crocheting basket! lol

Between watching Emma proudly march in her first parade, therapy and shopping... today was a wonderful day.

Back to normal

Sort of. I have therapy this morning, and now that I've gotten the pregnancy announcement out of the way with everyone, I can settle into the idea myself. I do have to say I've been pleasantly surprised by the supportive responses I receive. I thought for sure people would pick on me for doing something "so stupid" when I am having issues all around myself. Then again, I have been working very hard at getting everything floating along even keel so to speak.

I started another blog, yeah, another one... lol this one is specifically for the baby and updates or news or... random baby-ness. If you'd like to check it out it's http://minetohold.blogspot.com/ there is only one post there as of now, but I have a bit more to post and as I go to appointments and such I should have even more to post. It's similar to the blog I did with EmmaLeigh's pregnancy for long distance family, but this is more like a pregnancy journal. So, check it out if you'd like. :)

Later today I am going to go watch Miss Emma walk in the Anoka Halloween Parade with her school. She is so excited that I can't wait lol. My mom will be coming down as well, she walked in the parade when she was in school in Anoka so she's very excited to see the current youngest grandchild doing the same. I'm glad she's coming, little miss is pleased too. (Thanks mom!)

That's it for now I think, have a wonderful day! I have the best readers. <3