So here is a video of Emma and her cake ;-). She Daintily picked at it as if it was going to make a mess :-(.
Here is Emma with her presents she was slightly sleepy and a bit overwhelmed
Here are some pics of the face painting and the fun stuff
So I took the week of thanksgiving off. On Monday I took Emma to the doctor, because on Saturday she slept almost all day except for her party which she was tired through. She had a runny nose but has been teething so I thought maybe that was why.
We got to the doctor at about 3pm. I had called my mother to pick Kailey up at the bus stop. I told the doctors of her continuous sleep, and they checked her for diabetes, they strap a bag to her downstairs and had her pee in to the bag to check for this, she was not happy. Then they took blood which she did very well she sat there and let Mrs. Brandy poke her finger and they took her blood that way. Her Iron was low, her white blood cell count was high. Since Emma was already scheduled for a Routine 1 year checkup in 2 more days we were coming back anyway so they said they would follow up with us then.
Tuesday I met my two good co-worker friends out for lunch. This was Emma's actual birthday, she was tired, but we went to Gondolier to eat with Amanda, and Melissa anyway. They brought Emma a large piece of 5 layer cake, this cake was some kind of Chocolate, redvelvet, white cake, and fudge cake all in one. It was seriously 5 LAYERS of different cake. Emma enjoyed it. She even shared some with her pants.
Wednesday Kailey was out of school. Emma was had her one year checkup. So it was up early in the morning to go out to the doctor. Dr. Moose sent her to the hospital to get blood work (like more indepth bloodwork) to make sure nothing bad is going on with her because she is on like day 5 of a sleeping spree. She is hardly up she wants to sleep and when she is awake she plays or follows me whinning wanting to be picked up... she has never been this way, when she follows me whinning she wants to go back to sleep... she is tired. So now we wait for Monday, that is when the results will be back on her blood work.
Thursday of course TURKEY DAY. I had started cooking yesterday, I made the chickin and dumplings and pinto beans and they had been cooking since about 5pm. I got Emily (my favorite niece) a present for her birthday which is none other than turkey day this year. She was born on Thanksgiving, and I think this is the first year since her birth that her birthday fell on thanksgiving. Since we aren't going to get to see her today because they spend the holidays with my cousins husbands family... I gave her, her present yesterday.
I rented movies from the red box but Buddy went to bed and I was up till 3am watching them. Thanksgiving day is gonna be rough. Like every year (even the year I had Emma) I have to cook everything. My grandparents were supposed to come over but they stopped by and my grandmother made excuses. I started cooking at 8am. Buddy started to put the deep fryer together at 9, but it was messed up so I took it to walmart and one of their fellas put it together, I bring it back home and it was malfunctioning big time. So I ran to the store and bought another and had them assemble this one. This one didn't work well either (this years turkey deep fryers were an off name brand for the same price as the good kind but for some reason no one sold the good kind) We finally got the last one to work appropriately for the massive Birds we were ready to deep fry.
I have never oven cooked a Turkey in the oven. I am not sure why, the first year that Buddy and I had thanksgiving together was the year I was pregnant with Kailey. We deep fried our first bird because Buddy's mom and step dad had gotten the deep fryer but they were too afraid to use it so we decided to and we have never went back. Just because you can cook a bird within an hour depending on size. It cooks a bird at 3min per pound. We had 2 18 lbers so we had to do each at an hour.
Great great birds best juicy tasting ever. Either way I had made like 10 different sides. My mother and father were supposed to come down and my mother was supposed to help cook, but around the time I finished everything and was setting up all the tables and everything my father calls says my mother is sick and he is just coming down. So he comes down as we are sitting at the table.
We all eat and then I make my grandparents, and my mother a plate of food. I sent a crock pot of beans next door to my grandpa, I make some of the best homade soup (pinto) beans. I also sent a large butter bowl of Chicken and Dumplings next door. I enjoyed getting to see my grandparents for a bit but was aggrivated they didn't come because my grandmother acts like their is no place better than her chair at home in front of the TV... my papaw really wanted to come over here.. he came got out of his car and sat down and you could tell he wanted to stay but my grandmother didn't want to.
I wish that we had more family and that at least once every few years we could go somewhere else to eat... not everyone come here and I cook every last thing and we have all sorts of stress and disrupt at my house.
So here are some pics of my little miss Emma eating her thanksgiving meal... this is her first real thanksgiving, last year she was just a few days old so this year she got to feed herself.
This morning I woke up early and ran to Kmart, I had to pick up all the presents I put in to lay-a-way. I got two huge black contractors bags full of childrens toys. I think my girls got 12 things apeace. I hope they love their toys. I am so happy that we can provide for them. I don't think Kailey got all she wanted, but she should like what she got. She has never gotten upset for not getting exactly what she wants...I am proud to say she was raised right. Her birthday comes right after christmas so I am not too concerned that just leaves some good things for her to get at her birthday party.
In a week I will go put all of her birthday presents in lay-a-way and her birthday will be taken care of. I am so happy. I also ran the turkey deep fryer back to Wal-Mart you know the malfunctioning one that shot flames straight up in the air and about fried more than a turkey.
Well that is all for now I am watching the change up, and then I am going to bed gotta get up for Zumba in the morning.
