Where to Begin?!

I have A LOT of catching up to do, this I know...so here's a start!
As most of you know, Emily absolutely loves the snow and misses it so much. Well, a good family friend went up to the mountains one day and loaded the back of his truck up with snow and brought it to Emily! He dumped it in the side yard and she went out and played in it for an hour. If you can't tell, the snowman is a snow "princess!" She added a crown!

In Quick Review

Yes, I am still alive! Not having internet at the house makes it very hard to blog!
This month as been crazy busy. I have so many fun pictures to post, which will be done soon hopefully! We have done so many fun things that I will create a blog for each one of them, so I don't want to give too much away. But, we have spent a Saturday seeing 2 really great friends of mine, which I got to take the day off of work to do so. We celebrated Emily's 5th birthday, which was so much fun this year, got to play with fake snow...yes, I said fake, and so many other little things here and there.
I am not sure if I blogged this or not, so if I am repeating myself, disregard! Emily gets sick so often every winter. She is sick for 2 weeks, healthy for a week, sick for 2 weeks, and so on and so forth. I was stuck working the day shift one day, so my mom took Emily into the doctor, who happened to be her doctor, to get Emily checked since she had been sick for over a week. Turns out she had a serious sinus infection. He put her on 2 weeks worth of antibiotics and an allergy medication. He believes that she has been suffering from allergies this entire time. :( So, treated that and she felt tons better. This past week, she started getting sick again, just two weeks after she finished off her antibiotics. AGH. I had to take her into the doctor for her 5 year check up on Monday and her doctor is now referring Emily on to an ENT. Which reminds me...I forgot to call. WHOOPS!
Also, to go along with Emily's misfortune...the crown on her tooth that fell out when my dad gave her the carmel apple sucker and we got it fixed the morning my dad past away...it fell out again today. :( So, now I get to call her dentist to have him send a referral to the pediatric dentist in Portland. This poor girl is going to HATE dentists and doctors really soon.
And, for me...I have been promoted at work to the Front Desk Supervisor and it is keeping me very busy. I like it so far, but some days I want to pull my hair out!
I also have been having problems with my right eye. It has been very blurry at times. So, I decided to just pay to go to the eye doctor since my medical insurance won't cover eye exams unless it is for medical purposes. Lucky for me, it turned out I do have something wrong with my eye! The eye doctor had to numb my eye to look at it and turns out the I have a hole in my retina. That is not causing the blurred vision...something called a floater is in my eye causing the blurred vision. I am slightly paranoid about my eyesight since macular degeneration runs on my moms side. But, all is well. Did find out that my vision is 20/30, so when I go back in June for a check up on my retina, I will be getting a prescriptions for glasses and contacts. Not sure how well I will look in glasses!
Hope to post pictures of all our happenings soon!

Random Pictures

I have so many pictures of her sleeping...I think that there is nothing more precious than watching a child sleep.




I was scrapbooking and she wanted to help. So, I printed off a picture of her from the computer and she did her own scrapbooking! Turned out rather well if I must say so myself!

My great friend Shanna was a HUGE lifesaver. She came to the hospital after my dad past away and was the greatest friend ever. Her and her mom just took care of Emily for me. Kimberly, Shanna's mom, bought Emily a wooden cupcake set from the hospital gift shop that comes with markers so she can decorate, erase and decorate all over again. Well, the next day, Shanna came over to the house with 3 boxes of cake mix, 3 frosting's and cupcake papers. Emily and Shanna made cupcakes together! It was so nice to have something so positive for Emily going on. Poor Emily couldn't stop crying, waking up in the middle of the night crying out for papa. She had witnessed everything while I was attempting to drive my dad to the hospital...I think that she kept dreaming about it. Shanna was the one person who could get her to laugh for the first week after everything. Emily still asks when we are going to see Shanna again!

The Oregon Coast

I absolutely love the beach. It is the most amazing place to be. I captured these pictures. Some are from October, and the sunset is from Friday night. Just thought that I would share some.

SNOW!!

Ok, trying to get out of this state of depression I have been in for the past month...
It actually snowed here!!! I was more than thrilled, however most of the other people here were not! I love the snow. It is so much better than the rain. At least when it snows, it is still sunny outside...not so depressing. It started snowing Monday night on Novemeber 22nd and continued through Tuesday. It didn't stick much, but Emily was thrilled. She made a snow angel on the deck.

For an Amazing Father and Papa

November 2nd, 2010 my world came crashing in as I watched my dad pass on. It was sudden and completely unexpected. I miss him so much and my heart aches constantly. He was an amazing man who did so much for others. He was the greatest dad and an even better papa. I was no where near prepared for this, but I know that this is better than having to watch him suffer from Alzheimer's. I love you dad and I miss you so much.

God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be,
So He put his arms around you and whispered, "Come with Me."

With tearful eyes I watched you and saw you pass away,
Although I loved you dearly, I could not make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest,
God broke my heart to prove to me, He only takes the best.

Sick

My poor girl has had what I thought was a cold for 3 weeks now. Finally Friday I decided the poor girl has dealt with it long enough and I called the doctors office. Well, come to find out, her doctor only works Mondays now and is booked until mid-November! Obviously that wasn't going to work, so I had to schedule her in to see another doctor for today (luckily they are open 7 days a week!) So this morning at 9 I took Emily in to a doctor she had never seen before...if you know my daughter, she is just like me and extremely shy around people she doesn't know. Most doctors are very patient and understanding...not this one. I was less than impressed with her and refuse to let my daughter see her again. However, we did get a diagnosis of a bacterial sinus infection and she is now on some really strong antibiotics for 5 days. If they don't work, I am taking her back in and seeing the P.A. that we have seen before and I love. So, let's hope she gets feeling better soon.
Last Wednesday Emily went on her first fieldtrip of the school year. They went to a pumpkin patch in Corvallis. She got to pick out a pumpkin, which all of the pumpkins were green, and in the words of Emily, got to go on a ride with hay seats! She was exhausted when they got back. My parents picked her up because my mom and dad both got off of work around the time they were supposed to be back (the bus ended up getting back over an hour late because of construction.) But I do believe they all had fun. Next week they are having a Halloween party and she gets to wear her costume!
Speaking of Halloween, I was supposed to get the night off, but my manager "forgot" and is now unable to give it to me. So I will miss her very first Trick or treat experience, but hopefully my mom can take her.