I don’t really care for what I sound like when I’m video-taped. It’s extremely high pitched and squeaky. Hurts my ears! So here is a rare listen of what I sound like!
This video is for an upcoming consignment sale, where I’m teaching sellers how to properly tag (price) and get ready for the sale!!
You’d never know from these photos that this little girl was super sick! When I first arrived at Children’s to visit, Emma and Jaime had already been there for nearly 5 hours. Emma was exhausted and all she did was cry and chew on her blankie. It was so sad.
Why was Emma in the ER? Her pediatrician feared that her intestines had become intertwined. If that was the case she would need emergency surgery to fix her intestines. However, after a painful (for all of us) IV insertion and x-rays, Emma’s medicine and fluids finally kicked in and she was a different child! I finally got the okay to pull out the camera and take some photos, where she turned into the Emma we all know and love!
How cute is she?? She turned a total 180 when her medicine and IV fluids kicked in!!
Emma’s last test was keeping Gatorade down. She was supposed to get 5cc every 5minutes from a syringe, after the first 5cc, she started demanding “MORE, MORE, Juice”. After that there was no holding her back!
Don’t believe me that she wanted more juice so badly…see for yourself!
Gotta love the diapered hospital gown!
After she had her Gatorade she was a new woman…she wanted to take off and go for a walk up and down the halls of the hospital. Yes, bare feet, diaper, gown, IV boarded arm, and all. The doctors and nurses would ooh and ahh over how adorable she was when she’d go walking by and tell them “hi”!
Oh my favorite part was after every procedure and test, that clearly she disliked and hurt, she would turn to the doctor/nurse/assistant and say [in tears] “thank you!” That right there, won the hearts of all the hospital staff. She may have only been there a short time, but I think she became a favorite (okay I might be a little biased!).
In the end they ruled out problems with her intestines. Her lungs were clear, so no pneumonia. The final diagnosis was a nasty virus, that’s running it’s course.
I think the hospital visit jump started Emmalee’s immune system, because today she was much better. Exhausted, but an on the mend baby!
Here’s my sweet Jackers sharing his love for me with the world!!
I spent Saturday playing Backstage Aunt for my niece, Madison’s very first dance recital! I gotta admit, I was misting up, as I watched her dance from the stage wings! She did such a great job, I’m so proud of her!!
The quality isn’t great, as it was taken on her dad’s iPhone…but here it is! Oh and that’s also her daddy cheering her on!!
She’s the cutest, don’t you think!!
I spent the last several weeks, working on a “top secret Christmas Project”. Well, I’m excited to share it with you today!
For Christmas I made a DVD montage of my family’s trip through the Panama Canal this past February for my Grandma, parents and Aunt & Uncle. It included photos and videos from our trip! I made one for our last cruise, and it was a big hit, so I knew I wanted to do it again!
I had them open them Christmas Eve day so we had something to do 
Plus, I could wait for them to open it! I was giddy with anticipation of what they’d think! I was right, it was a huge hit!
If you are interested in checking out all 51 minutes of Benson Family fun, I encourage you to watch the DVD. But I know most of you aren’t that interested in my video and that’s okay, I want to post it here for my own personal journaling!
Off to Spokane bright and early in the morning. Snoqualmie Pass is supposed to be bad, so please send good thoughts and prayers our way for a safe and speedy trip!
So for Christmas Zak and Jaime surprised the girls and got them a puppy. I’m not a big dog fan, not really a big animal fan at all, so I wasn’t super thrilled with the idea! But, it’s not my dog and it’s not my life, and therefore I have no say in it…darn! But, I have to admit, Charlie is pretty cute. He’s a Brindle Boxer and is only 6 weeks old, so he still is with his brothers, sisters and mama. (His mom, is Jaime’s employers) So he’s not quite ready to come home and live with them yet. Sounds like next weekend he might be! Anyway…
Charlie came to visit for a couple hours on Christmas, and we had a lot of fun playing with him!!
Since, Charlie couldn’t come on Christmas Eve, when they told the girls about it, they had to learn via a photograph! Jaime thought ahead and recorded their reaction…it’s pretty cute!
Heading out tomorrow or Tuesday for an impromptu trip! So the next few days will either be Christmas posts of Spokane posts You’ll just have to check back to see which!
My biggest helper through my American Sign Language class was my 4 year old niece Madison! Madison has been learning ASL in her preschool and is also a big Signing Time fan! So between my ASL class, her preschool and Signing Time we quizzed each other on vocabulary that I needed to learn for my tests! It was a lot of fun being able to do it with Maddie!
For my ASL class, we had to attend different Deaf events and one of the options was to go to a Signing Time concert and meet Rachel herself! I knew Madison would love it as would Emma, so I brought the girls with me!
Check out Madison signing (and singing) along to the Feelings song! I think she’s pretty darn cute….and talented!
I didn’t get any video of Emma signing along, but she loves the Please-Thank You-Sorry song. The people around us were mesmerized by Emma signing along with Rachel! I wish I had got it on tape!
For those of you who haven’t checked out Signing Time before, now is your chance! Perfect for Christmas gifts! Kids of all ages will love it, as will you!
Oh and in case you were curious….school was canceled for me YESTERDAY!! That meant no tests!! Yippeee!! So I am on Thanksgiving break until Monday! Even better, there’s only 2 weeks left of the quarter until Christmas Break – double yipppeeee!!!
This post is part of Wordless Wednesday on the following blogs:
The Life of Riley….and Bryce Too!
Angelica’s Awesome Adventures
Live and Love…Out Loud
Parenting For Dummies
Wordless Wednesday’s
A Beautiful Mess
Florida Hogans
Shibley Smiles
Patient: Emmalee Paul Fields
Date: Monday, November 1, 2010
Reason for Being Brought in: 1 year old female is instant her name is Gabbi, and not her given name of Emmalee.
Proof: Video tape, showing Emmalee’s instance of her new name. [See video below]
Brought to Attention by: Mother (Jaime) and Auntie (Cori)
Other Witnesses: Madison (sister) & Gabbi (person Emmalee is trying to be)
This post is part of Wordless Wednesday on the following blogs:
Wordless Wednesday’s
Live and Love…Out Loud
Parenting For Dummies
A Beautiful Mess
It’s A Blog Party
My mom is the Vice President, Community Initiatives for Hopelink.
Since 1971, Hopelink has served homeless and low income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities. Hopelink’s mission is to promote self-sufficiency for all members of our community; we help people make lasting change.
Today was their 15th Annual Reaching Out Luncheon, where they raised $1.1 million for Hopelink!! Their Keynote speaker today was John Legend, but more importantly my mom gave an awesome speech at the event!
I’m very proud of my mom!! I think she rocks!!!
