Punkin' Face

Emma is in love.............with her punkin.

Last week at school, they painted pumpkins.

She even gave him ears!!

She is ever so proud of her punkin'!

I just love this picture!!!

In other news.....the day after I took these pictures (Wednesday), Emma started getting sick (Thursday). Since she has a long history of sinus infections and ear infections and she had a very croupy sounding cough and had been pulling at her ear, I went ahead and took her to the doctor. He says it is only her allergies. Her chest was clear, her ears were clear but her nose was a little swollen from the drainage. As for the croupy cough - that was a by-product of the drainage. I was like "So in other words, I just spent $75 to bring her to see you, so you could tell me that she has allergies that I already knew she had?" To which he replies, "Pretty much, yes." Now, I know I am not a doctor, but that was 4 days ago and the poor baby is still sick!!! Saturday was horrible!!! She coughed constantly and so much that at times she would start to choke. She kept trying to go to sleep but would again start to cough and wake herself up. She has had allergies since she was born - but never like this!!! She was feeling much better yesterday morning so I went ahead and took her to church, but by mid-afternoon, she was miserable again. She did go to school today, but she sound awful. I keep waiting for the phone call telling me I have to come get her. I may be wrong - but the mommy in me says that this is not her allergies!

Also...tomorrow my dad is having surgery. Please say a prayer for him and for the doctors as they are taking care of him. Thanks!!!!!!

I've been tagged!

Beth tagged me - so here I go...............

The rules:
1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write a post on their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

I don't know if I can come up with 8 things..............

1. Steven is 3 years younger than I am. He likes to remind me that I remember Elvis.

2. I am a list maker, with out them I would be lost because I have become very forgetful in my old age!

3. The Christmas season is my favorite. I love everything about it - the lights, the smell, the shopping :-) I also love to buy presents. I usually start shopping for Christmas the day after Christmas and shop all year. My goal is to be done by Thanksgiving so then I can enjoy all the lights and the smells. But since Emma came along, I am now one of those that is out there shopping for last minute gifts on Christmas Eve.

4. Of the four seasons - I love summer! At least I do until it gets so hot you can't breath. So maybe I should say early summer. I love to be warm. Maybe that is why I love Australia so much - Christmas is in summer :-)

5. I am a Daddy's girl and proud of it!!! I don't get to see him that often since my parents don't live around here (they moved from Connecticut to Virginia last year, so at least they are a little bit closer), but we are still really close.

6. I am an only child and was called 'Junior' while my mom was pregnant. If I was a boy, I was going to be named 'Kenny' (whew - thank goodness I was a girl!), Elaina is a much better name :-)

7. I love to scrapbook and make cards. I love the feeling of creating something from all those pieces and having it look like something special. I am addicted to scrapbooking products - especially paper. I think it would be so neat to wallpaper a wall with them.

8. Last but not least...................
I love carbs................and cheese...................and chocolate(this can be in the form of cake, brownies or even ice cream).

I really didn't think I could come up with eight things. Let's see........I am going to tag Jill (along with Terri - maybe this will help to resurrect her), Joanna (she also needs to be resurrected), Heather, and my new blogger friends, Kristen and LCP.

The Garden Patch

Yesterday we took Emma up to Eslie's Garden Patch in Smiths Grove to pick out some pumpkins. It was a beautiful day and it looked like a cross between summer and fall there. She had out all of the fall things.......like pumpkins, pansies, and mums...........but all her summer flowers were still in bloom and HUGE!!!! Here are a few pictures from our visit.

At first she was more excited about the flowers than the pumpkins!

Daddy taking Emma for a ride!

"Funny punkin' Mommy!"

Here I go! Do you like my pumpkin?

Good thing we aren't superstitious! They sure did get along though.

You all could quit taking pictures of me anytime now, please!

This is what I think of you and your pictures!!!!!!

After all that picture taking, Miss Emma was ready to go. By this time, I think the wagon weighed as much as she does, put she wanted to pull it all by herself.

She was kind enough to let us take one more picture. But after that, she was too worn out from posing to pull the wagon anymore!

It was a beautiful day and I was very blessed to be able to spend it with my husband and my daughter. Thank you God!