Dance Recital

Emmaline had her first dance recital on April 25th. She wasn't feeling good because of the reaction to her antibiotics, but she was a real trooper.

They had their rehearsal about four days before the recital. It was pretty funny to watch them.


Emmaline really had the moves goin on! Now if they could only get all the girls to do them at the same time :-)

The day of rehearsal was beautiful. It had not been very warm yet so it was lovely to wake up to blue skies and warm temps that day. We had to get down to the theater early and wait outside in the alley for a bit before it was time to send all of the girls inside.

Here is Emma "practicing" before her big moment. Of course, I don't actually ever remembering seeing this particular dance step during rehearsal.

All the little ballerinas lined up and ready to go.

Here is Emmaline with her little buddy Allison. They had a great time this year dancing together. I hope they are able to dance again together next year.By the time we went to go get some pictures of her with us, she wasn't feeling too get. But we managed to get a few smiles.

I tried to get some pics of the actual performance, but they did not come out well at all. Afterwards, we walked over to see the fountain and she had her picture taken with Mimi and Papa. She felt pretty special that they were here and able to come see her perform.

Hard Times

Poor Miss Emmaline has had a rough couple of weeks.

Who would have thought that because of this....

she would end up like this....

April 14th, I picked her up from school - she was limping and did not want to walk. Got her home and went to put her in the bathtub. I took a band aide off of what we had thought was a mosquito bite only to discover it was now huge (the size of a half dollar coin) dark red, swollen and very hot to the touch. I put her in the tub to get her cleaned up, called Steven and we decided we needed to take her to Urgent care. Three plus hours later, we were on our way home with our sweet girl after finding out that what we had thought was a bug bite was really a staff infection. She had to have it cut open and cleaned and then packed. She was in so much pain by the time we got home - I felt so incredibly bad for her. We had to take her back every couple of days to have the dressing changed. Finally, 5 days later the lab results came back and it was negative for MRSA. I had done okay that night until he mentioned MRSA. I will admit I was scared to death. She was on an antibiotic (Bactrin) and it was a relief to see her get better. On Friday morning she got up and was sitting on the couch. I went to go say good morning to her and I noticed something on her face. After turning on the light - let's just say, I was shocked!!! Her poor little face was puffy and red. By the time I got her to the doctor that morning, her little tummy, back, arms and legs were covered in spots. My MIL thought it was measles so it was another big relief for me to find out it was only an allergy to the sulpha in the antibiotic she had taken. Unfortunately, it takes a while for it to work out of your body, so she is going to continue to have breakouts for a couple of weeks. The sun apparently makes it worse, so even though it was so nice this weekend, she pretty much had to stay inside. She is now on a round of Prednisone along with Claritin and Benedryl. Pray that nothing else happens to her. She has had her quota for a while :-)

Easter Sunday

I just love the expression on her face as she was swinging. She could not believe that I let her get on the swing in her dress :-)

Racing acroos the yard in search of eggs.....

A fun day with family.

Hope every one had a very Hoppy Easter!

Pictures are up

Emmaline's spring/easter/4 year old pictures are online. She did really good when we were there and there are some good ones, but I need help! For example....the very first picture......I LOVE the expression on her face, but she has her legs sticking straight out. Is it weird looking, awkward??

Wes Davis Photo .........when the page comes up, click on the client viewing button and enter 'emmaline' as the password. This pop up window is considered a "scripted" window and you may have to click the yellow bar that appears at the top to allow it. At least that is what I had to do on my computer.

So take a little peek and let me know what you think. I have added one below that I "borrowed" from the website (don't tell Wes!). It is one of my favorites, because it is soooo Emmaline. But it is obviously not one I am going to get in an 8x10 and frame to hang in the living room :-)

Emmaline's Birthday Party

This is way, way, way overdue since her party was over 4 weeks ago. But I guess better late than never.

We held Emmaline's 4th birthday party on a Friday evening. It was a Sleeping Beauty Pajama Party. All the kids and even a few of the adults sported their jammies. We had breakfast for dinner and I think it was a big hit. Breakfast casseroles, pancakes, bacon, fresh fruit all followed by some yummy cake. And the best part.....once it was all said and done, the kids all went home and were already ready for bed!

Emmaline and some of her friends, Kassidy, Jenna Claire and Natalie Kate

Emmaline loving on her Aunt Tricia.

We were singing Happy Birthday to her and she got really shy. We have discovered that she does not like all the attention focused on her.

One of her favorite gifts, a princess jammie dress. Thanks Lisa!!

At this point, I have no idea what was making her laugh so hard, but she certainly thought that something was funny :-)

We got her a bicycle for her "big" gift. She was soooo happy to get it that I got a great big kiss as a thank you!!

Pinata loot!

We also got her this dry erase book to help her with her letters and numbers along with shapes and a few other things in it. I was very impressed when it was the first thing she wanted to mess with when we got home after her party. Of course the next morning, she was all about the toys :-)

One very sleepy girl.

Four weeks later and she is still talking about her birthday and her party, so I guess she enjoyed herself. I know I put a lot of pressure on myself wanting her to have a good time but I think she and the other kids did. She is already asking when she is going to have a birthday again. I have been trying to explain to her that everyone else has to have their birthday before she can have another one. She seems to be okay with that as long as they each get a party. When I was telling her that we were going to go see her Papa for his birthday, she wanted to know what kind of party he was going to have and told me we had to go get him some pencils and some boy stuff. She has a thing for pencils....she made me get some for her Daddy's birthday too :-)

Blogoversary and Life Lesson

I didn't realize that today was my 2 year Blogoversary until someone wished me a Happy Blogoversary. So............Happy Blogoversary to me!!! :-)

The Life Lesson ............ life as you know it can change in the blink of an eye!

When I got home yesterday I found this....

This young man was traveling down the road and ended up in my front yard on his side. Amazingly, he was not hurt AT ALL!! Even more amazing was when they got the truck upright, it was discovered that not only did the window not break, but the side view mirror was still intact. He was even able to drive the truck home. It will need a little work, and he will need a little time to recover (emotionally), but all was well.


In talking with his parents afterward, we discovered that I used to work with his dad about 15 years ago.............small world! And then he told me that his son was on his way to a funeral. My
heart just stopped. He was on his way to pay his respects to a friend and only by the grace of God's hands guiding his truck, did he not end up in the same place. He made a statement to me............."One minute I was driving and listening to music and thinking life is good. The next minute, I am in a ditch." I don't think he is going to be driving as fast in the future. Oh yeah........one other thing......he had just had his truck fixed from an accident he was in a month ago.

Life as we know it can change in the blink of an eye!

Emma's Birthday

I am really behind, but I wanted to get some pictures up from Emmaline's birthday day.

Since she is getting older and understands that birthday's are special and that you get older on your birthday, we decided that we would make her birthday this year a "Fun Day". Emma adores her cousins and so we wanted to include them. We all headed for Nashville for a yummy lunch at Olive Garden (that was really more for us grown ups than for the kids :-)) then off to the Adventure Science Center. Emma was a little overwhelmed at first (she doesn't really like crowds), but eventually she really started getting into it. It helped that we went in the afternoon so about the last hour they were open the crowd really started to thin out. Here are a few pics from the day:

Look at that LONG hair.........*sigh*.........I know it is only hair, and it will grow back, but I sure do miss it ;-)


Sweet Sydney!!