Rock 'n' Roll

Savannah hosted its first marathon this year. It was a rock and roll marathon with bands at each mile marker. I thought it was a pretty fun idea. The track ran right by our house with a water station at the end of the street and the 21st mile marker around the corner. Since all the roads were closed and Miguel and I were essentially "stuck" we got the dogs ready and headed out to watch the marathon fun.

The guy who won seemed to be wayyyy ahead of everyone when he passed us. Apparently he is just a college kid who likes to run.

The kid who won

One of the ladies who was keeping up with the male front runners. Apparently, the girl who won qualified for the olympics. 

After a little bit Miguel and I decided to head around the corner and down the street a little bit to see the band and the mile marker. The dogs were big helpers and cheered on the runners with us. We actually received a lot of comments on the dogs from the runners passing by. =)

 We watched the runners for a little over two hours. It was super cold, especially for Miguel who dressed in shorts and a short sleeved shirt. But we still had a lot of fun.  Someone cheered for my high school as they ran by because I was wearing a Wesleyan sweatshirt. Thought that was funny. We actually saw a lot of people from Atlanta running by. I even saw a guy I went to middle school with. He was up near the front too! But the highlight was definitely when we saw our friend Brandie run by! Way to go, Brandie!

If I had just run 21 miles and had to run five more I definitely wouldn't look this happy or cute! 

 Congrats to everyone who ran both the half and full marathon yesterday!!!

Late Night Trip To The Vet

Last night we had a bit of a crisis. Miguel and I had just finished dinner and we were watching a tv show when Emma came over to us and put her head on our laps. Thats when I noticed her right eye was almost completely swollen shut and the white part of her eye was completely bright red! I, of course, freaked out completely. I immideately wanted to scoop her up and take her to the vet. Miguel, being more rational, suggested we call the vet first. The vet told us to give her some benadryl and then wait 30 minutes to see if the swelling went down. After half an hour the swelling did go down some but her eye was still really red and her 3rd eyelid looked all funky compared to her left eye. 

I did end up taking her to the emergency vet around 9 pm. Emma was not too happy to be there. She was already feeling weird from being drugged with the benadryl and then the vet and vet tech started messing with her eye and she was having NONE of it! The vet pointed out the her eye was bloody and she even had some dried blood under her eye. So they started examining her right away. First the vet just looked in her eye with a light. Emma did okay with that since it wasn't invasive in any way. Next they put a bright, neon green dye in her eye to see if her cornea was scratched. Emma didn't take that too well. Luckily her cornea wasn't scratched. Following the dye the vet dilated her eye, rinsed and washed it out, and then attempted to lift up her 3rd eyelid to see if there was a foreign object in there. Well Emma put up a HUGE fight. She is sooooooo strong and determined! The vet and vet tech had to really struggle to hold her down. All three of us got injured trying to hold her still. After about 8 minutes of struggle the vet decided it just wasn't going to happen so they just rinsed her eye out again really well. 

The vet gave us some antibiotic eye drops that I'm supposed to give to Emma 4 times a day... too bad I don't have six arms to hold her down to do that... 

When we got home Emma was exhausted and didn't put up any fuss when we put the cone of shame on her. Jack was very interested in her cone and in how she smelled after returning from the vet. Miguel and I felt so bad for her that we let her sleep in the bed with us last night. She slept so hard. Poor thing! 

I didn't get a picture of her eye before we went to the vet because that was the last thing I was thinking of, but here is a picture of her when we got back home and she was sporting the cone of shame. You can see her right eye is all the way shut. =( 

This morning her eye is back to its normal shape and color! Thank God! Poor Emma doodle! I'm supposed to keep her from digging and playing rough with Jack for about a week... don't know which will be more tough, that or giving her the eye drops...

Here are some shots of Emma rocking her new look:

Clothed In Love

The way to a man's heart may be by his stomach, but I believe clothes are the way to a woman's heart! In that spirit, I decided to create some little things for my niece. Since we live on opposite sides of the country, and I won't be able to wrap my arms around her very often, I am settling for wrapping her in love in the form of clothes!

The morning after we all learned that she was, in fact, a girl, I headed out to gather everything I would need. I purchased a few blank onesies, ribbon, tulle, and some accessories like socks and some newborn shoes I just couldn't resist. 

First, I got to work on the computer and created some images to iron onto the onesies. I made a heart with my brother-in-law's coffee company's name on it, a University of Georgia G, and a map of the USA with hearts over Savannah and Seattle with the words, "Loved From Coast to Coast".

Next, I made two tu-tu's out of tulle. I keep seeing these everywhere and had to make some for my niece. She'll definitely rock them. I also made some coordinating headbands. I'm such a sucker for big bows on little girls! Okay, I'm kinda a sucker for big bows on most things! =) But on little girls they are just precious!

Baby Ray doesn't know it yet, but she truly is loved from coast to coast. I can't wait to spoil this little 

girl! 

********** UPDATED 10.13.11 10:00 am *********

My sister also blogged about these little gifts I made as well as some ones I didn't mention on here. I feel that I should say something about the painting I sent her. A friend of mine from middle school, Anna, recently made her sister a painting with the same quote as a baby gift. My sister saw it and since she has always loved that quote she asked me to paint something for her baby as well. Just wanted to give credit to Anna for the original idea! Here is a picture of the one she made! So pretty!!! 

You can see the one I painted on Sarah's blog. =) Love that quote! Great idea, Anna!

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