We made it 1 week

WELL, Denny and Emerson are both sick with some type of virus. I had to pick Emerson up early from Mother's Day out today. They called me with crying and 102 fever. So, it was straight to Dr. Wood. She had 103.5 in the Dr's office. He tested for strep. Initial test says negative, but we are waiting overnight. Besides the fever and swollen tonsils and a slight clear runny nose- no other symptoms. At least her ears are clear. Emerson took a 4 hour nap and woke up feeling a little better. We will spend the rest of the week in quarantine in hopes of keeping the fever to ourselves.

As far as Denny's symptoms- he thinks he has strep! I guess I am next.

Here are a few pics from last week.

She loves this hat! I guess she got so used to wearing it (Because her mother is a freak) it is just habit now. I asked her to go get her Crocs out of her room so we could go outside. She came back with them and sporting her hat. That's a good girl.

Chicks Weekend

We spent most of the weekend with Aunt Rachel, Aunt Kim and Katherine. It was great to see Rachel and Katherine. I am so glad the girls got to spent time together.
We also took Emerson to LSU's Ag Magic Saturday morning where she spent time with some more cool chicks. She got to hold day old chicks. I was more impressed than she was I think.

She also liked touching the pigs noses and riding the fake horse. The chickens really cracked her up.

We have a busy week ahead- ReRe is moving into her new house, School on Tuesday, going to Kaki's for awhile on Wednesday, School on Friday, Roman and Gabby's birthday party on Saturday and Quinn and Kelsey's Graduation party is Sunday. I think I am leaving something out... Oh yeh, have to get ready for Denny's birthday next Monday. I am sure I will have pictures of all the events so keep checking back.

Buckle your seat belt

Emerson had a great day today. No melt downs to speak of. Today is the first day I really feel like she is starting to feel better. We will see how long that lasts.

Did I mention that she was very bad at Mother's Day out Friday. She spent most of the day in "Time Out", which according to her teacher's, do not phase her much. She was guilty of pushing. Wait, that's not it, hitting. Yes, there is more- PULLING HAIR. You can imagine my embarrassment and surprise. I think the doctor's took more than her adenoids. She has been known to hit Denny and me some and we are working on that. But pushing and pulling hair- Oh, no mam I will not have it. If you ask Emerson about the events at school on Friday she will tell you, "Push K.K. Time Out" Or another version is "K.K. push. Not nice. Time Out." She is well aware of what happened and does not seem real concerned. Tomorrow is a school day. We will see how it goes.

As Denny and danced around with Emerson in her room tonight saying our prayers, I realized at what lengths we will go to keep her happy and healthy. She laughed so hard at our bedtime antics and the more she laughed the sillier we danced. There is nothing better than her laughter.
She is growing so fast and it is true they don't stay sweet and little long. She is diving, much like she does on the slides at the park, head first into those testy two's with no fear and such a sense of self. As a friend just told me, "Buckle your seat belt sister. It's gonna be a bumpy ride."

Busy, Busy, Busy

What a busy week. After all the surgery mess, I still had a wedding and groom's cake to make for Saturday afternoon. Denny did a great job of keeping Emerson very busy Friday night and Saturday until I delivered the cakes.

Saturday morning Denny, Emerson and Kaki went to the Hilltop Arboretum Plant Sale and then to the Farmer's Market. Then Denny took Em to the park at CCL to play. Once the cakes were delivered and Em woke from her nap we decided to take her to Dixie to ride some rides. She had a ball.

After riding rides we went to Kaki and Papa's for awhile. We met ReRe and Martha, aka "The Monkey Lady" for Mexican food. Needless to say she slept well Saturday night.

Today we got up and went to Global Wildlife. She is still too young for this and really could have cared less about the animals. She was very interested in the feed and the cups, walking all over the wagon and throwing the feed on the floor instead of giving it to the animals. She was a pistol on this trip and tried her best to get her way. We will give that trip another few years. Here are a few pics.

After several melt downs and lots of "Terrible two" tears we finished our time with the animals and decided to go into Covington for lunch. She fell asleep in mid-sentence with her hand in the Cheez-it bag.

Lunch was great- Pizza at Isabella's, our favorite pizza place in Covington. On our way home we also stopped at Bass Pro to check all of that out. She liked the fish.

What a great ending to a busy week.

Anyone have any suggestions on this Terrible Two business- it will wear you out!

Happy and Hungry

She woke up from her post-op nap talking to her babies, asking to eat and in a great mood. She ate 2 yogurts, 2 waffles and a box of raisins. I would say she is feeling better. She got a little grouchy as the day went on, but I am not convinced that has much to do with the mornings events. I believe it has everything to do with the "Terrible Two's"! She insisted that "Rawr" swing with her- she is very attached to "babies" the last few days. She sleeps with only her closest friends- "Rawr", "Monkey", "Lucy", "Duck", "Teddy", "Bella Bunny" and her new friend "Serta". "Serta" came from the Serta mattress salesman who sold us a new mattress set on Saturday.

We plan to take it easy tomorrow and continue to feel better.

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes and for checking on her.

Tubes and Adenoids

Let me say, we LOVE Dr. Elise Scallan. She is Emerson's ENT and is great. Emerson had her surgery this morning. It went well and they did end up taking her adenoids as well as giving her tubes. The surgery went well. Recovery, well that is another story. Thank goodness everyone told me what to expect of Emerson coming out of the anesthesia, but it does not make it any easier. She was hysterical, out of sorts, gagging up blood and just plain mad. All of this made me very uneasy as I did not know how to help her. She cried the entire way home and is now sleeping in her bed. Hopefully, she will wake up fine and very hungry.
Check back soon for a post-op update.

"Schooooo Day"

Do I think she has learned the days of the week yet? Well, No, but she did get lucky by announcing it was a "Schoooo Day" several times from her bed this morning.
She is smart, but not that smart. Yet, anyway.

She has decided she wants to wear her backpack and carry her lunch out of the house and to the car when leaving for school. Fine by me- two less things I have to carry. However, she is very concerned about Baker. Is he in the bed and does she need to go get him up by screaming, "Baked get up. Outside." Or is he already outside and she has to run him down to tell him goodbye, which consists of telling him what to do while she is gone. "Bye bye Baked. Stay outside. See tweet tweets." One thing never changes when we leave the house. She has to tell him good-bye either in the form of a kiss or a "pat-pat" on whatever part of the body he will let her touch at the moment. She loves him and it is so sweet.

It makes me think of that movie "My Dog Skip". Thanks Holly...

"I sassy"

ReRe taught her to say "I sassy" and she is living up to this new title. She is not only sassy, but she is testy, impatient, argumentative, grumpy, dopey and sleepy, however she is not bashful in the least bit. We have definitely reached the terrible two's! A 21 months she has decided to start calling my name every time I begin to speak. Whether I am speaking on the phone, to someone in person or even to her. AND she has decided to call me mommy now. "Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy... Someone tell me this is a phase please!

She also can't go one day without begging to see "Lolo". I have resorted to going in and out of the neighborhood in the opposite direction of the Lola's house to try and head off a crying screaming fit. It was cute at first, but getting very old fast.

We met with Dr. Scallan today and Emerson does need tubes. No big surprise there. She is scheduled for next Wednesday the 16th. We are anxious to go ahead and have the surgery in hopes she will feel better and go one week without antibiotics. Thanks to everyone for suggesting Dr. Scallan. We loved her so far and she was wonderful with Emerson.

Emerson's new toy

Much to her father's dismay, Emerson got an outside play thing. NuNina (Trina) has a friend who was getting rid of it and she knew Emerson would love it. And she does. You see, Denny does not like kids toys and stuff out in the yard. So, she is allowed to keep it since it is light enough and small enough that it can be kept, moved, dragged and pushed aside when not in use or so no one will see it.

Emerson and Roman in the tub after a few hours of fun.

Not much going on

Not much going on really- which I guess is good. Emerson is still on an antibiotic, so she feels great. Today is Petey's B-day-

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETEY! We will celebrate tomorrow night.

Emerson was very excited to go back to school Tuesday- So was I!
She loves to see her friends and has a great time.

Here is a picture of "The alphabet" I talked about in the last post.

This picture does not really capture how cute this is.