Pictures of Emy's 6th Birthday Party

Emy's turning 6--can you believe it?

High School Musical was our theme this year.
YUMMY CAKE

MAKING HER WISH, BLOWING OUT HER CANDLES

LUKE & COLE SWINGING IN THE SUNSHINE

HAVING FUN

LOTS OF FUN--MAGGIE & MEGAN

CRISTIAN & EMY

CRISTIAN, HAYLEI & JOSH

CHRISTY (MY BEST FRIEND), GREG (MY BROTHER IN LAW) & ANGIE ( MY SISTER)

CLIMBING

COLE & LUKE

LENA & EMY

CRISTIAN, EMY, LENA

EVERYONE--WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT

GREG (HE BLESSED OUR FOOD AND STARTED US WITH SINGING)

CRISTIAN

JOSH

MA

JESSE

AMANDA P, CAROLINE, BECCA (EMY'S BEST FRIEND EVER)

OLIVIA-WE CALL HER LIVY

ANNIE & NANNY

MY AUNT PAULINE

LUKE

EMY EATING (AND TALKING, OF COURSE)

EMILY & EMY

LIVY & JOSH

ME & EMY

MY SHIRT SAYS "I'M GRUMPY CAUSE YOU'RE DOPEY" LOL!

EMY LOVES PRESENTS, THIS IS A NECKLACE FROM JOSH & CRISTIAN

MY BIG GIRL

CHRISTY & COLE

ISAAC

A BUNCH OF US GATHERING TO OPEN GIFTS

DARRELL & HIS SISTERS

PRINCESS EMY

MY BEAUTIFUL GIRLY GIRL

SHE LOVES BARBIES

Emy was so sweet at her party.

Every gift she opened, she would run over to the giver and give them a great big HUG and THANK YOU..

She is a sweetie pie!!

And she had such a GREAT PARTY!!

Thanks everybody.

Well, the time has come.

My surgery has been bumped up to---TOMORROW---ugh. . and the days are passing so fast. There was a scheduling error and if I didn't choose tomorrow, I would have to wait until Dec 11 which is WAY too close to Christmas for my comfort...that is why I chose tomorrow.

My request to my internet friends is to please PRAY for me--I have had an awful time with anesthesia in the past and then I had a good experience with it once too. . Please pray for a good experience...Dr. K says surgery should last about one and a half hours. I said THAT long? He said, yeah, we're not in a race. . I definitely don't want him to be rushed...

The weird thing is this: I haven't had a single headache (not a big one anyway) since last Tuesday night. I have a feeling the youth group at church prayed for me that night, because I know I was touched. And, Emy & Luke pray for my head all the time. . They are too sweet! Luke puts his little hand on my head and mumbles something and says IN JESUS' NAME--AMEN!

Darrell will be Daddy of the Month because I'm leaving him in charge tomorrow--and then Emy's birthday is Friday. We had her birthday party last Sunday--I promise to post pics tonight so y'all can enjoy. Darrell will be in charge of her Kindergarten party complete with cake, chips, drinks, and a pinata....Don't forget the camera DAD! WHEW....AND he might even take Emy to cheerleading--On second thought, maybe y'all ought to PRAY for Darrell, too!...LOL!

My mama and daddy are going to be with us during surgery and Daddy will be staying with me overnight at the hospital...so I'm well taken care of, you see..

Thanks so much Internets!! Love ya and will post those pics you want to see TONIGHT!!!
My girl turns 6 on Friday--UNBELIEVEABLE!! I think I will post some old pics and some new ones so you can see how much she has grown since being with us!!

She is definitely the SUNSHINE in my life--and my CHATTERBOX!! And, I LOVE every minute.....she sings and dances and lights up everyone around her!! I am a PROUD MAMA!!

More of this and that...

Sorry for this awful layout--I tried cropping my pictures and it almost ruined this post..I won't do that again---PROMISE.

This is Emy and my papa.

Emy & my parents "Ma and Pa"
Emy playing dressup AGAIN.

Luke or shall we call him "spike"

We've been using imagination AGAIN!

These kids are so STINKIN cute!

MY birthday party--I turned 37 on Nov 6th!!

Choc cake, choc icing, choc ice cream--do y'all notice a general theme??

Oh yes, and chocolate coated children (after they poked holes in my cake to sneak a lick of yummy icing!)

We had pizza too!! Thanks Darrell...it was GREAT!

Luke & Emy LOVE cheese pizza.

Emy--my sweet girl.

Luke loves his monkey--Emy picked it out for him.

Luke wanted his hair spiked up (or "piked" up as he says it)

Emy LOVES dress up, did you know?

LOVE the purple hair.

Crazy hair day at school--to signify that drugs make you do CRAZY things. .

This is an even better shot of that

Trials and Triumphs

Should I go with trials first or triumphs??Okay, I will save the BEST for last--first of all, y'all need to be praying for me. I have the worst sinuses this side of the Mississippi--no lie--really I do. I have been having head pressure/sinus pressure/headaches since mid-August and have had 1 head CT, 2 sinus CT's and one Brain MRI to rule out some very scary stuff...and they have ruled out alot--everything except I NEED SINUS SURGERY soon. I have yucky sinuses and lots of nasal/sinus polyps. . I am scheduled for this on Dec 5th. . the reason for the delay is that I also have been blessed with sleep apnea and they refuse to do surgery until I have this under control. So, sleep study here I come!! I will be sleeping on a monitor one night next week--hopefully get something to help with my apnea--then after 2 weeks of that therapy, go for preop and then eventually under the knife--UGH!

I have real anxiety issues with the anesthesia thing--I know they do it everyday, but I feel very anxious and nervous even now as I am typing this. Anyway, I have had to take some pain meds for my severe headaches (which I hate) because they make me feel very weird. So I try to get by with plain old Tylenol and some days that just don't CUT it!! I have had alot of pain lately, and haven't quite been myself. I have had to miss a lot of church, especially the night services, because my pain seems to be much worse in the evenings. Okay--I am done complaining and belly aching--I just want the surgery over with so I can get on with mending and life in general--hopefully PAIN FREE!!

Here are the TRIUMPHS YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT:
Luke is talking so well these days. . He is initiating more conversation and speaking very clearly. I understand EVERYTHING on most days and almost everything on others. . he is a very bright child who is blending in very nicely with our family. . . he even has a temper which goes along with us as well...LOL--I mean, stamp his foot, throw down tantrums..whew.. most of the time, though, we can tickle him out of his bad moods. . and if that don't work, time out does the trick (or vice versa).

We had family portraits made today--can't wait to post one for y'all to see--Emy & Luke both did great--Darrell was my problem--that chewing gum kept getting in the way--LOL!! Thanks Carrie--you did GREAT!!

Emy got her first report card--let me tell you--that girl is grade A!! She had so many checks, check +'s, and S's and S+'s and quite a few O's (outstandings)--conduct got a S+!! WE are SO PROUD OF OUR GIRL!! So proud, in fact that I took her to Walmart where she proceeded to pick out a gift for herself (and for LUke) because she is such a good big sister!!

Also, as most of you know, we got a little financially behind with our 2nd adoption and God has worked out a way for me to earn some extra money at nights and on weekends. I am doing some medical transcription at home for a family practice. . I love it. . it's hard to find enough time for everything but Darrell has been so good to help with the kids and cooking, and housework on the weekends. . it is really helping us. Hopefully, it won't be a long-time plan but for now, it is a God-send. . pray for my strength as I have needed it these last few weeks with my sickness and having the extra work.

Thanks in advance for the prayers that I know you will offer. .

Later y'all...Enjoy your Sunday and what is left of the weekend with your families.