I'm back...

I'm back. It's been a while since I've posted a blog so I thought I'd fill everyone in on my last couple of weeks. First I'll start with Emily's accident last week. Last Wednesday (a week and a half ago) Emily was jumping on her bed like a little monkey and I asked her to sit so we could read books before bed. As she went to sit down, she hit the pillow the wrong way and did a major flip out of bed and hit her ear on the side panel of her bed. As she fell to the floor she let out an enormous scream and started crying very hard and holding her left ear. She finally settled down and I looked at her ear and couldn't see anything wrong, except it was a little red. We went on to read books, sing songs, say prayers, etc. Her mood changed instantly after she fell out of bed. That night was rough. She was in pretty severe pain. I asked Matt if I should take her into the ER but he said she would be fine. My advice to all moms is to listen to your conscience. That is why God gave us one, trust it. Anyways, I didn't listen and went through a pretty miserable night. She woke me up for good about 6am telling me she needed to get up because she had goop in her ear, which turned out to be blood and goopy stuff. I was freaking out. I took her into urgent care at 7:30am. They sent me to the ER because they thought she might need a CAT scan. Spent a couple of hours in there. The ER doctor did a very thorough exam and came to the conclusion that she did not need a CAT scan and that he was pretty sure that she ruptured her ear drum during the fall and bruised the side of her head and ear pretty bad. They also said she had a really bad otter ear infection. Strange coincidence?! Then we went home and she started getting the chills. Her temperature went up to 102 degrees and I was like what is going on. Called my doctor and they wanted to see her right away. Went in and they thought she had an inner and outer ear infection so they gave me oral antibiotics along with the ear drop antibiotics. That poor girl didn't smile for days. She was in severe pain for 3-4 days and then it started to feel better. Last week started out as a great week but on Wednesday night it flipped very quickly..... That was a lot of doctor visits all in one day.

Let's see, what else happened this week. Mostly the same old. Emily finally made it to preschool more than once this week. She actually went 3 times and had a great time. She is still having a hard time adjusting to it but she really enjoys it when she's there and loves her teachers. That I am thankful for.

We went over to my grandparents house on Tuesday for part of the day. It is always so good to hang out with them and my kids just love being around them. I am thankful that my kids have their great gaga and papa. We had lunch together, played outside on their swing and with their outside toys, and the kids helped them water the plants. Gaga made them cookies and the kids made a mess of their house. It was great fun!

Papa and Jack watering the flowers

Emily and Papa watering more flowers

Thursday we had a play date with Jenny and Maggie and Jenny and Maddox. That was a lot of fun and all of the kids played really well together.

Friday, Matt got off work early so we headed to Disneyland. It was kind of busy out there that night and it was nice to have my mom with us.
More Disneyland pictures



Emily (our little mommy) taking Jack on a walk. He did not enjoy that.

Saturday was a busy day. I'll do a separate post about our fun outing to the apple farm. Then this evening Stan and Ivy came over for pizza and playtime with the kids.

So that's what's going on in the life of the Doerrs. Hope that everyone is doing well. Sorry for my long post. I used to be so good at scrap booking and putting pictures into albums but I can't find the time to do that anymore so this is my little scrapbook of all the events going on in my life. This blog is more for me than anything else. It's an easy way for me to keep track of current events.