Fun at the Dentist

Rylee got a filling on a baby tooth while I was out in Mountain Home.  She complained about it off and on, that it felt "cold" or weird.  The complaints became more frequent and she asked to have it looked at.  We have several awesome dentists in the branch, including the pediatric dentist who put the filling in.  He suggested taking her in for Sick Call and he would consult with the on duty dentist.  So we did that yesterday.  Consensus was that the filling may be close to the nerve and the recommendation was to just pull it, as a new tooth would grow in there in 2-3 years, and that would solve all problems.  Or, she could schedule a crown, but that would take a few weeks.  I might have pressured her for the extraction, but down the hall some kid was screaming bloody murder and it made me want to cry. And Rylee was rather opposed to getting the tooth pulled- mostly because she did not want to miss school, or her after school club, to Activity Days that night.  So we scheduled the crown for the day before Thanksgiving.

Unfortunately, by the time Rylee got home from school, her tooth hurt. And it did not feel any better after Activity Days.  And I was up in the middle of the night for almost 2 hours with her and her sore tooth.  So, this morning, I was frantically trying to figure out how to get this done.  Our Pediatric dentist friend was not going to be at the clinic, and could not help till Friday.  So I messaged the darling wife of the guy who removed Josh's wisdom teeth.  I feel horribly guilty using friend and church connections, but desperate times call for desperate measures!  And they do not get the general dentists use nitrous.  I could not imagine trying to get her tooth pulled without it!  Our oral surgeon friend came through and had us come in at 8:30.  He gave her oral sedatives and I thought things were going to be great.  

It started off well.The meds kicked in and Rylee thought it was SO funny that the window blinds looked close enough to touch.  She giggled hysterically.  Unfortunately all giggles stopped when the work began.  I went into the hallway and she howled like a banshee when he did the shots and then cried hysterically.  I felt bad.  She continued to howl and I listened to the dentist, "Rylee, I'mnot even touching you."  Screaming response.  "Rylee, nothing is touching you."   Still screaming.  "Rylee, this is what I'm going to use, there is nothing sharp."  Still wailing.  I was getting concerned that he may not get it done, and she was still making a ruckus.  Then I heard, "I'm all done, you can stop now."  She did not stop for a bit.  She cried and cried and cried.  Those loopy meds made her loopy and sad!  The procedure itself was less than 3 minutes, but she took a lot longer than that to be okay.  They took her to the car in a wheelchair and she cried off and on all the way home.  And she cried off and on for the next 2 hours.  Poor baby.

On the plus side, she doesn't remember much of it and she's feeling pretty good.  Only one round of ibuprofen that I made her take before the numbing meds wore off, and she hasn't needed any since.  But wow, what an ordeal!! And I'm slightly bitter that she made me miss a hike with my friends this morning for all this.  Sigh.  But it is done, and it is over!

And she has recovered nicely.  

A little Cinderella

It was my favorite time of year- Marine Corps Birthday Time!  Dan's Unit's Birthday Ball was early this year, the first Friday of October.  There are over 200, I think, that are put on Between Oct 1 and Nov 30, so it is a little crazy!   Dan is part of MCIPAC, so that's the Ball we attended.  This year, Marian said yes, she was interested in coming too.  So she did.  And she said it was more interesting and fun than she expected.

Callie was our official photographer.

It was hard to tell when she was taking pictures, or even if she was taking pictures!

So some of them were a surprise.  Actually, looking at the 25 pictures was kind of a surprise.

And the fact that these are the best ones.... well, you get what you pay for!

Marian, enjoying her shrimp cocktail.

My place setting

And you know I stayed for the cake!  It was unexciting, but tasty.  And it was Birthday Cake!

Dan, in a co-workers shot at the end, as we were trying to run away.

Happy Halloween

 This Halloween Callie offered to go out candy collecting with Rylee and her friends.  This was met with approval on several levels, as the girls didn't want a parent with them and the parents didn't want a pack of 9 and 10 year old girls roaming the neighborhood gobbling candy and shrilly giggling.

Callie with the samurai sword.

Rylee as my cute little kitten.

 Sweet sisters.

The pack of wild girls. 

 Delaney went out with her friend Rebekah. Delaney is Miss Universe. Get it?!  I thought she was pretty clever.

Much candy was collected......

...And sorted.....

.....and devoured.

Some awesomeness

Marian had her last Cross Country Meet.  The weather was glorious, the course was nice.

And she was amazing.  She PRed every meet she was in and this was her best yet.  Her time was 24:12. So yeah, she was freaking awesome! 

And she was invited to go to Far East in Misawa as one of the 4 girls selected to attend.

I went to lunch with some friends.  We listened to the recommendation of another friend who is kind of a foodie.  I am NOT a foodie.  I do not particularly enjoy tiny establishments that only have 5 items on the menu and they are all weird.  This is my carrot pumpkin soup and ham, blue cheese, fig sandwich. Both did happen to be quite tasty, but nothing else on the menu was remotely appealing. 

 This is Levi.  He is protecting his bone so no one will take it.  He was napping when I stealthily went to snap the photo, but he was worried I might be after his bone and opened his eyes. 

We had a big box.  And Rylee made me laugh so hard with it. 

I finally had one of those mom moments.  You know, when you thought you had until Halloween night to finish creating a pair of dragon wings and then right at bedtime your kid corrects you that no, she needs them for school in the morning!  Aaack!!  I cut the bone of the wings out of heavy poster board and stitched felt around it for the wings. We managed to get them painted before going to bed. Except that the girls used 90% of the purple paint on one side and I had to figure out how to make the last 10% cover the entire other wing.  Good times.....

In the morning I was working madly to finish them and to get a harness on them.  Apparently Rylee did not realize they would be so big and as I finished them up she confessed that she did not, in fact, want to wear them to school.  Sigh. 

Callie is a nut.  She has a mouthful of food and wanted this selfie.  This is the only photo documentation of her playing in the Pep Band at the Kubasaki Homecoming game.   But she did march in the Homecoming Parade and she did play her trumpet fabulously and she had a marvelous time. She is pretty awesome!

Happenings at the house

Delaney took two t-shirts with different issues and combined them to make this shirt.  She's so clever! 

The girls had waaaayyy too much fun taking photos with a funny filter.  The hysterical giggles were unrelenting. 

We ended up dog-sitting this cutie for a couple days.  She was sweet, but I was unaware that when her owner said she was potty trained, what she meant was that she put pee pads down on her carpet on the dogs favorite places to pee. My carpet was not covered, and I was not pleased. 

More fun with filters. 

Why a bunny filter?  

I'm behind on my baby blankets.  People keep having babies and I'm not prepared!