Happy Father's Day and Car Sickness

Well, Father's Day brought up a few questions about Little Missy not having a Daddy...luckily all she's really said is, "I wish I had a Daddy!" She hasn't asked why and I can mostly make her happy with saying she has Grandpa!

At first she wanted to give the gift she made at school for Father's Day to me...YES! I am Mommy AND Daddy most days!! he he! I already spent a lot of time around the house doing things a Dad would do, fixing fallen curtain rods, taking out the trash, (I'd marry just about anybody for this!!), painting...I have an 18 volt drill...I am FIX-It Mommy! I own a variety of srewdrivers to fix the variety of toys that have an infinite number of sized screws....geez, drives me nuts...of yes, jars of nuts and bolts and nails and screws....he he!! I digress....

We made our way to Grandpa's this weekend to celebrate Father's Day with him. As Delaney told my neighbor yesterday, "We went to Mom's Dad's house!" I have no idea why she said it that way! "You mean your Grandpa's?" my neighbor said, "Yup, my Grandpa, my Mom's Dad." Guess she's just putting it into perspective!
Here she is on the way up, watching Beauty and the Beast. I just thought it was very funny her sitting back there all wired up and content eating crackers.

We had fun at Dad's, went out for Chinese food on Saturday night and she could not wait to give him the picture and frame she made at school...(yes, I gave it up for my Dad!!) So she gave it to him Saturday. It was a magnet, so it is being rpoudly displayed on Grandpa's fridge! I love the look on Grandpa's face in this picture, his was thanking her for the gift! His gifts on Sunday were on 8x10 of the Spring photo and a Leatherman tool.

They always go for "Woods" walks, and in the winter it's a snow walk. I remembering taking a picture about two weeks after coming home in Aug 2006 of them walking and took the other one this Sunday! Can you believe how much she has grown in three years? A couple weekends ago I was shocked I had to buy her size 11 shoes! Size 10 was too big just a couple months ago! She has always had big "boatfeet"!


Little Missy has always bee very healthy, thank goodness! A few colds, and only once has she ever thrown up! Well, now twice! Let's just say, winding mountain roads, looking down at the DVD player and a large blue Icee did not a good combo make! She told me she was dizzy, thent old me her tummy hurts, then mentioned it again, and it finally dawned on me why....I looked back at her white face and knew what was next...so I grabbed the DVD player from her and gave her a bag, just in time! Whew, electronics and car saved! We stopped just a few mintures from Dad's and she managed to make it there fine...a piece of bread and Sierr aMist and she was just fine! We are headed on a long road trip next month, so I need to remember she can't watch a movie when the roads get hilly or winding. I'ts funny, because she has in iron clad tummy! Like I said this was only the second time in three years she's thrown up....I know how lucky I am! (and in more ways than just that!)

What A Day! First ER Trip!

Considering how active my little girl is and how much she loves to jump and climb and run and skip...well, you get the idea......it really is a wonder this didn't come sooner! We almost went to the ER in March of 08 during the "My room is full of fish-I'm stuck-Seeing bugs all over Mommy's face and bed-and everywhere-incident" with the very high 106 fever....
So at almost 4 1/2, we visited the ER, of course, on the Friday night of a three-day weekend! Not just any weekend, in our town, Memorial Day Weekend is also Fiesta Days....lots of events, a parade and things going on also!
The day actually had been very nice! I took it off to take Little Missy and her friend to Discovery Kingdom, the Six Flags Park in the next town. The girls were great, we rode all the rides, fed the giraffes, ate coton candy, watched the dolphin show, got wet on the raft ride...no one got hurt...then I brought the girls back home for some play time and some dinner while we waited for E's Mom. So first, they played in the bacyard, barefoot. Then their was screaming and crying, it was E, she had fallen off the scooter and scraped her knee, and broken off a good portion of one of her toes nails! Just a little blood on the toe, but she skinned a pretty big area of her knee. She was crying, then I as I was cleaning her wounds, I was telling her it was going ot be okay, she kept crying, then I said it would all be better because we had Hello Kitty Band-Aids. "I LOVE HELLO KITTY" she screamed, still crying. Some Neosporin, TWO Hello Kitty Band-Aids on her knee, an Elmo Band-Aid on the toe, (you never know which Toddler TV Character will be the miracle Character of the day, so you must have a few choices, today we picked up some Scooby-Doo Band-Aids...), and all was well.
E's Mom arrives and we sit and chat for a while and the kids were playing upstairs...all is well, I have a glass of wine, E's Mom had something to drink, the kids are fed.....BAM! BANG! I didn't really do anything at first, then I didn't hear anything...so I thought I would go check...I look up the stairs, and E is at the top and I can hear Delaney crying, I asked Delaney to come out, E's is just standing there, I ask E to tell Delaney to come out, E is just standing there...so I head up, and I hear Delaney REALLY crying, and there is my Mom (who had been taking a shower) with blood all over her top with Delaney at the sink and a wet wash cloth on her head! "What happened?" Well, no one knows for sure, but I guess they were opening and closing doors and E's pushed a door open when Delaney was behind it. Delaney says she was going to show E how to do a cartwheel....well, my poor Mom still needed to get done from getting out of the shower, so I took over and kept the cloth on her head while trying to look at the cut, give a hug, check the cut, keep the cloth on, wipe the tears...
While I was trying to see how big the cut was, Delaney was crying, but not really all that badly, but through her tears she looks at me and says, "Did I crack my head open?" OMG, that was FUUUNNYY!! Oh crap, Mommy, DO NOT LAUGH!! So I hugged her again and told her no, it just a little cut.

I brought her downstairs to the kitchen where the light is better and sat on the counter. E's Mom and I tried to figure out of it needed stitches and she called her Nurse-Mom who also told us which of the two ER's we had to choose from was best to go to.....she aksed how long it was, how much bleeding, did she loose consciousness, etc. and said go get it checked out....

By now, she is fine, it hurts and it hurts to do some things and I think it started throbbing....we find Snuggle Bunny and soem books and off we go....on the way she kept asking about why she woudl have to get stitches and I explained, to a 4 year old who just "cracked her head open", how the skin on your head is thinner and it can't heal without the help of something to hold it together....now, she becomes fascinated by this and we talk about it and every now and then she lets out an "Ow.."
She even let me take some pictures, and also explained to me that E should have looked before opening the door....
I can't believe how brave she was! She only cried when it happened and then when they put the Dermabond on and it stung a little. Turns out the cut wasn't that deep and was borderline needing stiches or staples, and then only one or two. The doctor asked me what I wanted to do and I said if it doesn't need it, just use the glue...

They entire staff there fawned all over her and the next she spent all d ay talking about how nice the doctor was, "I didn't know the Emergency Room doctor and nurse would be so nice!" They gave her crackers and juice and stickers and put on cartoons.....oh, and the cut feels just fine, thank you!!

E's Mom came and sat with us, even though we were there for almost three hours! Then I took Little Missy to McDonald's, also Mommy had not eaten...and we went home and went to bed.....
Okay, not SOOOOO bad, all in all....just the tale of our first trip to ER!!!
Sure hope it's a while before we have to do that again!!! She really was a trooper, it was amazing, my poor baby was being so brave!!!
Oh, I almost forgot to add....least Little Missy NOT be outdone...the entire time in the ER was heard..."My owie is biggeer than E's owie!!!" At 4, EVERYTHING is a competition!

EARLIER IN THE DAY.........
Well, we did have fun that day! Pre-injuries, here are some pics from our trip to Discovery Kingdom!!

Spring Photos!

Hi Friends!! I know, I am a bad, bad blogger! But I am here now....enjoy these pics from..of all places....Wal Mart !!!

My Princess Is Four!

Monday, my beautiful Siberian Princess turned 4 years old! She had
a lovely Princess Tea Party on Saturday and we made bracelets, had tea
cup races, ate cut out sandwiches, played stick the heart on the
necklace and whacked the pinata!



I just can't believe how grown up she is becoming... she loves school,
is doing great in her gymnastics class and dance classs, loves soccer
and tells me at least ten times a day she loves me!
We had a 7 week old and a 90 and 93 year old at the party! She was
excited, but my little princess's favorite present was her soccer
nets! Even though she got a ton of girly pink princess stuff! She loved
every tiny detail
(I posted a few party pics ~if you want to see them all head to the photo gallery link on the left!)



She told me thank you for the "pretty party!" Mommy (and Grandma) were VERY tired
from getting everything together though! Yikes!!!

Unbelieveable ~ The Best Thing EVER!!!

The other day, Delaney wanted to color and do art....it was morning and I wanted to have some coffee and veg, so I let her loose at her little table with crayons, markers and glitter pens. A little while later she asked me how to spell Mommy....well she recognizes the word when she see its, so I told her, "You know how...."
She said, is it M-o-o-o...something else...and I just casually said yes....
a few minutes later she came over to me with this......I have not even been really been working with her on writing because she's not that interested right now....she perfers to do it verbally instead of writing and knows letters and sounds BUT....
HOLY CRAP!!! A couple months ago she was just scribbling....the other thing on the page is a sunflower, she told me, because I like them!!
Talk about a Mommy Moment!!!! I am off to buy a frame......Have I ever mentioned I TRULLY LOVE THIS CHILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????

Happy Christmas to You!

Hello my friends! Sorry to not post for a while, hope all had a wonderful Holiday, which ever ones you celebrate! We had a lovely Christmas from the get-go!
Here's a look at our busy Christmas Season! Blessing to you all!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Re-Adoption finally Complete!

Well, after two years home, I finally did Delaney's re-adoption! My adversion to paperwork after the adoption process was the hold-up....plus, I need deadlines or else...he he!
The judge was so nice (Delaney nicknamed him "Judgie") and gave Delaney a teddy bear and a balloon and let her sign her name on the part where the form would have an older child sign and then when he said he declared approval of the adoption, Delaney exclaimed, "You get to be my Mommy all the days?!!?" with great excitement!

So, later when I asked her if she understood what the judge had said, she said we were together forever! Then I mentioned, he also said you had to listen to Mommy and be good for me....her eyes opened wide and she said, "I didn't hear him say that part!!!"

We celebrated with breakfast at IHOP and then headed over to a little amusement park we have that for little kids. When I asked her if she had a good day she said yes and, "I'm so happy we are together all the days and forever!" I am so lucky to have this child !!