Whew

Good God it's been a while since we've written! Let's see things that have happened since November:

1. Thanksgiving--not much excitement, did the usual.

2. Emmaline's FIRST birthday--was a blast! I'm new at the giving a birthday party thing, can plan them, just dont know what to do during the party, so I'm glad I had my friends there to guide us. She got SO MUCH STUFF....thanks to everyone, she at one point, plays with everything.

3. Christmas---was so much fun....she was in to everything!

4. New Years---she actually stayed up for most of it. We put her down about 11:00, when we went back to dad's for the night. Yes, we are old, we watched the ball drop on tv then went to bed.

5. Dad's big surgery---man what a rollercoaster. I never, ever, ever, want to see him like that again, although, I've seen much worse and was very happy to see how good he looked coming out of surgery. I absolutely hated that I could not be there as much as I wanted. Having a job SUCKS! I went on the weekend, but still don't think it was enough. Even now, it's so hard to go by there and visit because Emmaline is a walking terrorizer! I'm so afraid she's going to get him sick, smack him, something that by the time we leave, I think I need some of Dad's adavan (however you spell it).

6. Shane's Birthday---HE TURNED 30!!!! Holy Crap! No, I do not want to talk about whose birthday is next. He didn't want to "go" anywhere so I brought the party to him. We invited some friends over and had a big poker party. The part of it all that sucks is that 3 days before his birthday, Emmaline go the bug that was going around, throwing up all over the place, not eating, not drinking and only wanting to be held, which most of you know, is not her. That little piggie loves to eat and doesn't gain a pound because she's always moving. That wasn't the case that week. Thursday of that week, I decided I'd take off work Friday, and take her to the doctor again. Little did I know, I'd be up all night Thursday night and Friday during the day with the same stuff Emmie had. It was awful. We still had the party....and then.....it happened......Emmie stayed sick, I got a little better, Jarrod got sick, Ashley got sick, Mom got sick, Lori got sick, Jesse got sick, and then by proxy, Patrick got sick......let's just say that stomach bug go the best of us!

Shane still hates his job, I'm tired from mine, and Emmaline just rolls with the flow....so until next year, haha, I'll post some pics for your enjoyment.