On the mend, celebrations around the bend

i'm feeling a little better. i have a little feeling back in my chin, but my lip is still numb. thanks for the cheery comments and prayers. :)

emily's birthday is sunday. i can't believe it. my baby will be 5!! she's a little me. she's obsessive compulsive about some things & very particular, she's a people pleaser and carries her feelings on her sleeve. i hope she gets over the last one before school.

dan and i knew precious little about how to be parents. emily claire graciously trained us & she loves to tell the story about what happened when we brought her home.

here's how it went down: we brought her in & showed her around the house (really), took some pictures then changed her clothes, put her in the bouncy seat & put her on the island in the kitchen and just stared at her. i remember asking dan what do we do now?? those first days & weeks were such a blur - i'm glad we took pictures! she loves to talk about how she taught us how to take care of babies. thanks, silly girl. i love you.

how silly does she look?? why we felt the need to put a blanket over her bouncy seat, put a cap on her and put the blanket on is beyond me. our bouncy seat had a blanket that was attached. poor thing. she's looking at us trying hard to say how hot she is. :)

so anyway, we messed around, and (when i say "we" i mean "me") did not plan a party for her so sunday we'll have some cake and maybe go to chuck e. cheese. i booked a build-a-bear party for her for the weekend of october 13th. we thought about not even telling her her birthday was sunday, she would have never known it. she's very forgiving and is very happy to have a party at build-a-bear, so it worked out. :)

Personal Message to Jessica:

so jessica, i won't get to come to dallas that weekend. nice how i told you in a post? i'm good like that. :)

well, that's about it. as i type i'm drinking from a straw for the first time in a week. what can it hurt? i'm already paralyzed for life - what's a couple of dry sockets to add to it? :) oh, if you are waiting on orders, some things have shipped, and some will ship today- so be looking out for them! oh, and carrie & kristi - y'all's orders are in the works. :)