Monthly Archives: September 2011

Hanging out outside

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Emily finally decided she was bored of being inside while all of her friends were outside so she ventured outside with her walker.   Emily can’t go 5 feet without a bunch of kids running up and asking how she … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Miss Gerry!

We weren’t able to meet up with Miss Gerry for pierogies for her birthday but we were with her in spirit.  Happy Birthday Miss Gerry!

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Alex comes to visit

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We had a wonderful visit from Alex, Demarre’s sister today.  Emily was thrilled to have the company and the had a wonderful time drawing.

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Emily’s follow-up visit

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Emily had her follow-up appointment with her surgeon today.  I was surprised that the bones didn’t line up on the x-ray but he said everything looked perfect!  Unfortunately, he isn’t allowing her to go back to school so it looks … Continue reading

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Counting Pennies

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Emily and I had a wonderful visit with her first grade class.  Everyone was so excited to see her.  They wanted to know all about what happened and what it was like having the rod.  I was amazed at how … Continue reading

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First Girl Scouts meeting

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Emily’s troop had their first meeting today. They were thrilled to see Emily and I was thrilled to see so many girls that I knew. We knew Sara, Lily and Delanie from the preschool. In fact, I know our troop … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Susan!

Emily and I had a wonderful lunch with Susan at Olive Garden to celebrate her birthday. I’ve known Susan for a long time and I think this was the first time I’ve ever been able to celebrate her birthday on … Continue reading

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Postman was good to us again!

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This time the postman brought a wonderful surprise from Poppy & Nana. Emily received a sweet card and iTunes gift card. I even got a sweet card. I think I like going to the post office box too! 🙂 Thank … Continue reading

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Sweet visit from Al

We received another wonderful surprise today. Cousins Eve, Jeff, Miriam and Iris sent Emily a wonderful new puzzle book and sweet card. I think Emily’s new favorite activity is going to the post office box! Thank you Eve, Jeff, Miriam … Continue reading

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Trinity & Veronica come to visit

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Emily had a wonderful surprise today. Trinity and Veronica came over for over an hour and played. We haven’t seen Trinity that much since she moved to another apartment complex so we were thrilled that she came by to play. … Continue reading

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Surprise from Aunt Carol & Uncle Lance

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We took Emily to Sonic to get a slushy (and encourage her to move) and while we were out we went to FedEx and got a wonderful surprise from Aunt Carol and Uncle Lance. Emily got a new CD, a … Continue reading

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Going to work

The office needed me today so Emily and I made an afternoon of it. We were there for nearly 4 hours and she did amazing. She enjoyed seeing my office and meeting everyone I work with. She colored, worked a … Continue reading

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Taking Emily shopping

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Emily and I were getting a little stir crazy plus I had promised her a new outfit (we had to cut her clothes off at the hospital) so we went to Target. Other than moving from the car to the … Continue reading

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Quiet day at home

We had a wonderful night last night and worked on getting Emily more used to her walker. She incredibly independent and wanting as little help as possible. This afternoon Andrew brought home an apology letter from Al which was really … Continue reading

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Emily comes home

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Emily’s night was off and on. She would sleep for a couple of hours and then wake up in extreme pain. The worst part was her awakening at 7:00 to the doctor removing her ace bandage! Although the rod doesn’t … Continue reading

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Emily has surgery

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Emily had a peaceful night in the ER. I, on the other hand, didn’t sleep one wink – not even one! The nurses were amazing and brought in a second stretcher for me to lay down on but I was … Continue reading

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We will never forget 9/11

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There are many reasons why we will never forget 9/11 – the day of the terrorist attack, Uncle Lance’s birthday and now it was the day Emily broke her leg! The children all dressed in red/white/blue and we drove to … Continue reading

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Early birthday present for Uncle Lance

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Tomorrow is Uncle Lance’s 70th birthday so we made him a little birthday present. We used the first photo but I couldn’t resist showing off the other poses too!

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Girl Scouts open house

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Emily really wants to join Girl Scouts so we went to an open house tonight. She was hooked! Some of the older Girl Scouts took the new recruits into a back room to learn a song while the parents watched … Continue reading

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Emily’s first test score!

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Emily had her first test last week, a spelling test, and she got 100%!!!!! All that homework paid off! She was thrilled and so was her family!

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Labor day fun

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Can you think of a better way to spend a hot Labor Day afternoon than swimming? Us either!

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I lost a dear friend today

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One of my best online friends, Tracey Offutt, passed away this morning. She was only 32 years old and leaves behind her husband, 5 year old daughter Ava and 3 year old Son Joey. Tracey and I have been friends … Continue reading

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