tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70775664276257431702024-03-04T22:27:25.613-07:00it's me, andrea.just some things i overheard while talking to myself...it's me, andrea.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09460291956784888024noreply@blogger.comBlogger691125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-36911457435775356252015-01-15T14:52:00.000-07:002015-01-15T15:53:24.881-07:00North Pole PartyIt's no secret that I love any reason for a party. Birthdays? Party. Super Bowl? Party. NFC Championship game? Party. Random Thursday and I feel like having a party? Party. So when December rolled around and I finished up the candle light services and I had a second to plan, I knew I wanted to put together a little Christmas party. At first it was going to be a holiday potluck, but the ideas kept coming and I got more and more excited... And I transformed the reception room into the North Pole. It was magical! We've made a lot of new friends this year. Through nursing support group, preschool, random hang outs at the park. And we've formed a really fun group of friends. There are about 6 families that get together and most of us have kids between 2 and 4 years old, and most of us also have a baby. So we have lots of fun together and our kids have even more fun. So I knew a Christmas party would be a blast. Most of the parents wore ugly sweaters, and the kids all wore jammies.<br />
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I made two kinds of soup, salad, bread, jello, and mac n cheese for the kids. I made a couple desserts as well. <br />
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The kids got to frost and decorate cookies. I bought alphabet cookies from Trader Joe's and spelled each child's name out. I got little paint trays in LA for sprinkle holders, and each kid had their own set. Each spot each had little cups of four colors of frosting as well. I love how this table turned out and the kids loved it as well. And I felt that giving each kid their own set of everything contained germs too. It was ok if they licked their fingers and knives because they weren't sharing anything. I also had a craft table set up. Strips of paper on a piece of wood to make a tree, pine cones and pom poms, and thumb print reindeer on pieces of mini tree branch stumps. The moms got into the crafts too.<br />
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I also made a reindeer food bar. This was a HUGE hit! Each kid got to make their own mix of food in a jar to sprinkle on their driveway for the deer on Christmas eve. Oats, Cocoa, cookie crumbs, confetti sprinkles, colored sugar, and white glitter sugar. The amount of glitter and sprinkles we swept from the floor the next morning was astounding.<br />
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We also had north pole ring toss and a decked out roller coaster set up for the kids.<br />
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It was all so much fun. The kids left with boxes of cookies. The moms left with keepsake ornaments. Everyone left with full stomachs and leftover desserts. I'm so excited about this tradition, and hope to keep it up every year even as our families evolve. It was maybe my favorite part of the season.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-10107679404288591222015-01-14T22:23:00.000-07:002015-01-14T23:25:38.514-07:00More of December. Part 2During all the busyness of the month, we found time to make some crafts, decorate cookies, make gingerbread houses, sing Christmas songs and watch lots of Christmas movies.<br />
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We went to the Uptown Whittier Christmas Parade. I have a picture of me and Addie at this parade from three years ago when she was three weeks old. And look at her now!<br />
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We mostly went to cheer for our little buddy Haylee and her cheer leading team. She's Garrett's best friends big sis and if you ask Addie, they are BFF's even though Haylee is more that twice her age.<br />
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Garrett and his best friend, Ryan. They wrestled on the ground for nearly the entire parade.</div>
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Right after the Parade was over, we headed to Irvine to go on the Christmas train and see Santa.</div>
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Addie was fighting back tears, Charlie was crying the whole time, and Garrett wouldn't look at him or smile. And I still feel the need to do this every year.<br />
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We did lots of the overpriced activities to make up for making them see Santa.</div>
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We started a new tradition this year called Cocoa Jams Night. It's where we all get in our pajamas and go to Starbucks for hot chocolate and then drive around looking at Christmas lights while listening to Christmas music. I'm going to have this be the night every year where they get new Christmas jammies, instead of Christmas eve. I've always saved the Christmas ones, but then come Christmas morning they're old news.</div>
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Garrett had a Christmas party at school. It was a formal pizza party and I went and helped. Garrett looked so handsome. They did a book gift exchange.<br />
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He was so excited to give his teacher her gift. He made her open it before he left. It was a Target gift card, but the card had a tree on top of a car and a button to push that made lights blink on the gift card. He loved it so much that Santa put one in each of their stockings with $5.00 on it, but they have no interest in spending them. <br />
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Me and the kids also made a quick trip to Downtown Disney a couple days before Christmas to get some Lego's for a gift I wanted to put together, but I never got around to it. That's when Garrett told me he wishes he could have a Lego birthday party, so we'll see if that lasts till September. <br />
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And along with all of this fun, we had Mommy and Me preschool, tumbling, Fridays at the farmers market and park with friends. Paul's Lion's club party... I'm learning as life gets busier that it's impossible to document everything. But I need to try and keep up as much as I can because it's crazy how quickly I forget things. Up next will be our North Pole Party, Christmas Eve and Christmas. Resolutions... New Years... Things in November I forgot about... ZZzzzzz</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-17669775147681051912015-01-14T11:25:00.000-07:002015-01-14T12:28:15.809-07:00Busy, busy, December... Part 1Isn't there a love song that says, something about it being over before it begun? ...yes, Celine Dion, When I fall in Love. Ok, Nat King Cole, but also Celine. Anyway, that's how I felt about December! I remember doing a felt nativity scene advent calendar as a child. Feeling every day like it took soooo looong to get to the next day so we could take another piece from it's pocket, and it seeming like there were a thousand little pieces, each representing a day of December. What I would have given for a couple of those slow, endless days/weeks this last month! <br />
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Around new years I told Paul, I have to sit down and make a list of everything I want to do different next year so I can plan better, fit more, manage time easier, stress less. Now I can't remember any of it, except, buy it when you see it! I'm kicking myself about a hat I wanted to get Paul and an ornament I wanted to get Addie that were gone by the time I got to stocking shopping. Note to self: Things sell out quick, and all month feels like Black Friday in California. <br />
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Anyway, here's a start of the wonderful month we had.<br />
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As soon as we got home from Utah, I was in food prep/décor mode for two nights of candle light services at the mortuary. We got home Monday night, and the services were Wednesday and Thursday.<br />
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Garrett had his first Christmas program at school. All during November his teacher told me how nervous he was and how he would often want to sit by her and not stand on stage. I was a little worried about the program. Dress rehearsal, the day of, went ok. Not a lot of actions, and very soft singing, but no crying or leaving the stage. And that night he was much more animated. Did the actions, smiled, and sang. I told my mom how funny it is to watch moms (and be one of the moms) sitting in the crown, doing the actions and quietly encouraging your child along. When really no one is probably looking at my kid but me. I know this because at the end of it I was exhausted from all the silent, but energetic encouraging I was doing, and I never looked at any of the other kids. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-37183718962996408522015-01-14T10:15:00.000-07:002015-01-14T11:16:10.249-07:00Thanksgiving in Utah 2014Mimi flew to California for a day to pick up Garrett and Addie, and the three of them flew to Utah a few days before Paul and I and Charlie drove out. They had a fun week! And I had a lazy, relaxing week. They rode the train, went to the children's museum, the aquarium, played in the snow, visited family, and more.<br />
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I felt like I was away from them for a lot longer because when we got there, we stayed with Scott and Laura, and the big kids stayed at my mom and dads. So I still avoided getting them ready for the day, ready for bed, down for naps, and most meal prep. (But I missed them a little.) Scott and Laura just finished building a new home about 5 minutes from my parents, so it worked out quite nice. We had a lot of lazy mornings and late nights with them. <br />
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We ate a lot, netflixed a lot, laughed a lot, hosted Thanksgiving dinner, did Black Friday shopping, got family pictures taken, went on a triple date with my brother and a blind date, and my childhood best friend Brandi, and her husband, got my hair done by my other childhood best friend, Mandi. And then we ended the trip with a couple of days in St. George for my new nephews baby blessing.<br />
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I keep telling myself that we have too many little ones to fit in the van we have and to keep making the drive. I hate that drive! My kids are little troopers. It's me who cries for most of the time. But seriously, I think we're getting close to needing to be rich enough to fly, or people need to start coming to us. Especially in the winter! The mini trip to St. George helped a little... but not much.<br />
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My in laws celebrated their 30th anniversary just before thanksgiving so we went out to dinner. (With just one kid!) <br />
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St. George pit stop. Charlie was eye-balling that snuggly. William wasn't havin' it.<br />
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Beef Jerky. Road trip snack.<br />
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The next generation in the kitchen.<br />
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Turkey makes them tired.<br />
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These two love pie. Even pumpkin. Or as they call it, Jack-o-lantern pie. They didn't get that from me. <br />
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My grandpa shared some old Thanksgiving memories. I promise it was more interesting than my kids make it look in the next pictures!<br />
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Somehow Scott and I got into a little debate earlier in the week about who makes a superior rice crispy treat. So we had a little content. The top picture (all hands but one) is for mine. The bottom picture (one hand) is for Scott's. Better luck next year, bro.<br />
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All five grandkids, together at great-grandpa Garrett's house.<br />
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Charlie learned about the back scratch on this trip. She was constantly on the move unless Scott started this. Then she'd freeze in place for as long as he was scratching. <br />
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The uncles were fixing Christmas lights on the roof. I was not here during this, otherwise this probably wouldn't have happened!<br />
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James' blessing day.<br />
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I wonder which one of my nephews loves me more. It's a toss-up, really.<br />
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Another great trip. But it was nice to get home and jump right into Christmas!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-91976495403751810972015-01-13T22:12:00.000-07:002015-01-13T23:14:34.815-07:00Addie Turns ThreeI have this new years resolution, well several... none of which I've started yet. But one of them is to hurry and catch up on this (damn!) blog. And also to try and do a monthly update on each kid. Sounds easy, right? It's going to be really hard...<br />
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So, two months ago Addie turned three. We were all sick with annoying colds leading up to her birthday, but felt good enough to have a party. (Like always, Garrett had the worst of it, but I still let him come. Sorry other moms.)<br />
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It was the most fun party I've ever done. It was a Woodlands/Fairy Garden theme. Woodlands because Addie has lots of male friends, and Fairy Garden because that's what she wanted. <br />
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For dinner I ordered Subway sandwiches and we wrapped them in cute deli paper and added fabric tape. (In case you didn't know, I'm all about the details. And if I'm going to totally shock you with my honesty, I wanted the tape to be placed the other way, but when I opened the cake box of the mini cake I ordered, the top layer had slid, so I had to run to the bakery in a rage and Paul did the sandwiches. I was very grateful for his help, and if he reads this, it's the first he's hearing about my vertical fabric tape wish.) They looked great! Everyone got to pack their own picnic basket and I prepackaged all the food. Sandwiches, pasta salad, (Ordered that too. If there's one thing I've learned in all the huge parties I've done, it's that everything takes more time in real life than it does in my head. Also, you don't save a ton by doing all the food yourself. Sometimes you even save!) fruit cups, vegi cups, chips, go-gurts, squeezy apple sauce, string cheese, and a variety of drinks. <br />
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For dessert we had, cupcakes, mixed nuts, carmel puffs, bird nests, (rice crispy treats, but crispy noodles) pixie stix, taffy, and muddy buddies. (All with clever woodsy names of course.) <br />
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The kids had so much fun playing together. We had a mushroom tent set up, and our mini roller coaster. When they were worn out from all of that, they got to each make their own mini fairy garden to take home. This part was chaotic, but it all went better than I expected, and the kids (and moms) were SO into it and loved being creative and getting messy. Each kid got a flower pot and they got to pick a bird house to go in it. I assembled boy kits (gnomes, trucks, bugs, knights, dinosaurs) and girl kids (gnomes, fairies, butterflies, flower baskets, lady bugs) and had a huge variety of plants, succulents, flowers, and extra stuff, like, garden signs, gates, rocks, gems, glitter, etc. <br />
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I was so happy the whole time, and for days after. And Addie was too! Which I guess is important as well. ;) I love nothing more than to entertain and come up with food, activities, games, treats, etc, that everyone young and old will enjoy. And this party seemed to be just that. I don't know if I'll ever top it. But I'll try...<br />
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The invites were done by my creative, talented friend, Heidi. Find her on Etsy, at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/digknity?ref=search_shop_redirect">Digknity</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-49177820497885989112015-01-11T08:32:00.000-07:002015-01-11T09:33:54.169-07:00Yearly predictions: 2014 re-cap, and guesses for 2015 Hundreds have been asking, so here it is! Just kidding. One person asked. One of my three readers is waiting for this post. <br />
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Disclaimer: I came up with my January and February predictions in December. So maybe it's my own fault that I had sick kids. And I'll take credit for the Seahawks being well on their way to another Super bowl win. <br />
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Here are my 2014 predictions and what actually happened:<br />
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January- Paul gets a raise.<br />
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I got that one right!<br />
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February- We figure out how to fit another kid and create an office space for Paul, and we do some painting/rearranging. (This may take a miracle.) We take a small family of four trip before baby.<br />
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We actually got started on this in January. Talked my FIL into giving up a storage room. Turned that into a craft room. Turned my craft room into a shared big kids room. Turned Addie's old room into an office. Turned Garrett's old room into Charlie's room. And it's all worked out great. I got this one kind of right because we worked on it January till well into March. We didn't take a trip in February.<br />
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March- People tell me I look more than 9 months pregnant. Scott and Laura announce they are pregnant. <br />
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I don't remember getting any unusual comments and I felt pretty good up until our car accident at 36 weeks (March 1st.) Then I was in unbearable pain till Charlie came. Jordon and Kate came to visit and were in the accident with us. We took a family of four trip to Palm Dessert. My mom came to help me because my rib dislocation got too painful. We had the biggest earthquake I've experienced here, 5.1. And hundreds of aftershocks. Several during labor and that terrified me. Charlie was born on March 30th, one day past due. No announcement from Scott and Laura. But Taylor and Samira announced #2 was on the way. <br />
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April- Baby #3 is born. Taylor and Samira announce they are pregnant.<br />
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Both of these came early. April was spend adjusting to sweet Charlie, which was pretty easy. I spent a lot of time researching and stressing about preschool for Garrett. I started attending a nursing support group at the hospital every week and made some amazing new friends.<br />
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May- The rest of April and May are a blur. (I already know I got that one right.) We try really hard to make it to SLC for great strides. <br />
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May wasn't really a blur. Life was really good. We made it to SLC for great strides, and I got asked by the head organizer if I'd be willing to do a sweets booth again. At first I said no, but then I worked my butt off for two weeks and did it. With a 7 week old! It was really fun, and much better weather than the year before. Garrett and Addie stayed in Utah an extra week with my mom and dad.<br />
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June- June is also a blur. We get the older two in swim lessons.<br />
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I guess it was a bit of a blur because I don't remember much. We didn't start swim lessons in June. Garrett had a week long mystery fever and made a couple ER visits. Addie was sick to, but we didn't need any doc visits for her. I stressed most of the month about keeping Charlie away from the sickies.<br />
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July- We go on a White Family trip.<br />
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Wrong. We actually had what I called 'The White Family Summit' at a hotel back in January. We all discussed personal goals, family goals, and business goals. It was a bit overwhelming, followed by a few difficult months. So I think we just called that weekend our 'yearly trip'. We did a surprise trip to Utah to see my Grandpa as the Grand Marshal in the Centerville 4th of July parade. No one knew we were coming and it was the best surprise, and a great weekend.<br />
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August- We go on a Greenhalgh family trip. My older brother David gets engaged. <br />
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The Greenhalgh trip was end of July into August in Big Bear California. It was a great week. Garrett started school the end of August. We also did swimming lessons in August. No engagement from Dave.<br />
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September- Garrett starts preschool.<br />
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Almost right. And Addie and I (and Charlie) started a Mommy and Me class and we love it. The big kids started tumbling, and we're three sessions in now because every time they 'graduate' they get so sad it's over. (They've mastered the 3-4 yo class, so last week the teacher asked us and Ryan's parents if we'd like to move all of them up to the 5 yo class.) <br />
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October- We slowly start the house shopping process and sell our extra car that we never drive. <br />
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We are always looking at houses and getting overwhelmed. We sold our car in April. Easiest sell ever. A man left a note on it asking if we wanted to sell it. We called him and he bought it the next day for our asking price. <br />
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November- We go to Utah for Thanksgiving. David gets married. <br />
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We did go to Utah for Thanksgiving. Dave did not get married. I also did a big birthday party for Addie and it was so much fun.<br />
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December- We go on an unplanned trip. Like a cruise or something we win. <br />
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Wrong. December was super busy and really fun. School parties and programs, family outings, a North Pole party with friends, and Christmas here in California. My parents, aunt Barbara, Taylor and Samira and their boys came out the day after Christmas and everyone got sick!<br />
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And here are my guesses for 2015.<br />
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January- After a healthy run for the month of December, we have sick kids in January. I tell Paul I'm not going to do a big party for Charlie's 1st in March. The Seahawks knock the Packers out of the Playoffs.<br />
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February- I turn 35 and spend a lot of money on getting old, like dental work and glasses. The Seahawks win the Super bowl. <br />
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March- I do a big party for Charlie's 1st. The Elberts visit. We take a trip to Colorado.<br />
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April- Paul gets a raise. <br />
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May- We go to Utah for Great Strides. The Riddles visit.<br />
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June- Garrett starts some type of summer sports program. Scott and Laura announce they are pregnant.<br />
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July- The kids take swimming lessons. We go on a Greenhalgh trip.<br />
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August- We buy a new car. Two big kids start pre-k and t-k.<br />
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September- Charlie and I start a Mommy and Me class. (Oh the thought of just one little one a couple times a week!) Garrett has a small birthday party, either lego or dinosaur themed. (Curious to see if his requests are the same in a few months.)<br />
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October- We go out of town for some unexpected reason.<br />
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November- We start a serious house hunt with the goal of getting into a home early 2016. Addie turns four and we don't have a friend party. (Garrett and Addie's birthdays are too close and I need to come up with an every other year/every couple of years plan where they don't get jealous.)<br />
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December- I do another North Pole party. Paul gets a huge Christmas bonus and we take our kids on a Disney cruise. Taylor and Samira announce a surprise pregnancy. (They say they are done, but my predictions about them have been right more than once.)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-15664322025307165332014-11-20T21:29:00.000-07:002014-11-20T22:32:07.010-07:00Halloween (and everything leading up to it)Now that we've entered the preschool chapter of life, Halloween became way more than just one day. Parades, harvest fests, trunk or treats, parties, carnivals, etc. By the time it was actually Halloween, Addie's costume was in major need of repairs and Garrett was over Olaf's head. But it was sure a fun and busy month.<br />
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We started the month with a field trip with Addie's class to Tanaka Farms. My friend was letting her boy miss preschool that day to join us, so I let Garrett miss too.</div>
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The two girls are in Mommy and me together, and the two boys are the preschool ditchers. The two kids that aren't mine also have a baby sister Charlie's age. Their mom and I 'get' each other. But she was smart and brought a helper to the farm, so I was the only crazy one from our class by myself with three little kids.</div>
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A few days later we went to my favorite pumpkin patch Irvine Railroad, with the White's. </div>
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We had <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">an apple tasting party. If I remember right we had: 9 kinds of apples, 5 kinds of Apple juice, 2 kinds of Apple chips, 5 dips, Apple nachos, 4 kinds of Apple candy, caramel apples, homemade apple sauce, and even a jar of Apple baby food. Honey Crisp won by a landslide. </span></div>
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On Halloween day we were at the park with friends and decided to have a little party at our house that night with dinner and fall crafts. But first, we met some other friends and did a little trick or treating. </div>
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It was a really fun (really hot) month with lots of great friends and class mates. </div>
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Swimming lessons this summer (as I mentioned) didn't go great. For Addie anyway. She sees females in hats like her teachers every once in a while and still recalls lessons and says, "I don't want to swim with Stacy." I don't think we'd hire a private teacher again. I really like Stacy, and Garrett did too. But I think I want them in group lessons next summer so they have other kids to watch and learn with and all the pressure/attention isn't just on them. Who knows if that'll help, or if I'll still feel this way next spring, but we'll see. Here's a few swim lesson pictures. </div>
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Blowing bubbles (while teacher is counting to five) with my face in the water!<br />
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Please don't make me do this. (This was when I stopped making her do it. From here on out either myself or my MIL went in with her and that made it much better.)<br />
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Last day of lessons!<br />
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For Garrett's birthday we started the day with balloons and monkey bread. And my mom and dad were in town too! He had school that day, which ended up being an emotional day for him. But when I showed up at lunch time with ice cream, cup cakes, and treat bags or his class he was happy and excited. He made a bracelet and necklace for Me and Paul and it broke my heart seeing him cry and he hugged me and gave them to me. Sweet little guy.<br />
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After school I took him out for second lunch because he didn't eat much in his lunch box. And that evening we went to 'the jumping guy game place'. It's a pizza place with video games, bowling, a few rides and a little play ground area. Paul's parents joined us and it was a lot of fun.</div>
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On the weekend Dave came out and we had a little shark party at my in laws. Lots of ocean themed food (with lots of help from my FIL,) and shark cupcakes. His birthday dinner requests were: sandwiches, cheese chips, dippin dots, and blue cupcakes. So that's what he got. And he loved it. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-78046581128250839202014-10-26T22:14:00.000-06:002014-10-26T23:15:37.066-06:004, almost 3, and close to 7 months today.<div>
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Garrett turned four a month ago. He's doing really well with life in general. Goes to bed easy. Still sleeps about 10-11 hours at night and takes a two hour nap every afternoon. He's been in preschool for 2 months now and he loved the first three weeks. Then, on his birthday he had a really hard day. He didn't show it in the morning but when I got to his school with cupcakes and ice cream he was crying. His teacher said he'd been crying off and on all day and he missed me. And now he has good days and emotional days. Wanting to make sure I won't forget to pick him up, telling me how much he'll miss me, asking me to sit outside his school for four hours and wait, etc. He has a couple good buddies now and that really helps. He still says he loves it and prays everyday that he can go back, but he also tells me that he's ready to be all done with school. (Haha, only about 15-20 more years bud.) </div>
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He's already learned a lot. Before preschool he had a couple numbers he didn't recognize and he only recognized about half the letters. Now he knows all the numbers and almost all the letters and he's quickly learning the sounds the letters make. He's memorized several songs, and he's also memorized the scriptures for each month. He's awesome with scissors, and before preschool he'd had zero practice. He's talking with more detail and asks much more specific questions. He's a sensitive kid and he can be hard on himself. He sometimes tries to give up too easily if he can't figure something out right away, but with a little encouragement he keeps trying and always figures things out. I know it'll get better and I really love the school.</div>
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He (and Addie) just finished six weeks of tumbling. He was the only boy in his class and he loved every second of it. He joins right in and tries (and usually nails) every new trick. The first week they had a quick drink break and he took one sip of water and then confidently announced, "I'mmmm back in the game!" as he ran toward the mats. We drove past the tumbling place tonight and they yelled, "There's tumbling!!" Then I told them we finished and Garrett started to cry. I thought he was faking it at first, but there were legitimate tears and a quivery lip. I found out from a friend that the same course starts again in two weeks, so I guess we'll do it again!</div>
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He took swimming lessons this summer and really pushed himself. I could tell he was nervous about a few things he learned but he was brave and determined and did really well. </div>
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He loves his sisters. And he's a tender-hearted, generous boy. On his worst day of preschool he earned a treasure box prize for being a good listener all week and of all the toys, treats and stickers in the box, he picked a pair of purple sunglasses for Addie. </div>
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I love his heart. And I love watching him learn and grow. </div>
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Addie will be three in November. She's always been my 'Live Wild Child'. She's funny, happy, sweet, sassy, and full of energy and love. She's everything that warms my heart and freaks me out all at the same time. She's the little leader of our family, and kind of sets the tone for how the day goes in a lot of ways. Most days it's awesome. She and Garrett are best friends and watching them play and talk and laugh is one of the greatest things I've ever experienced in my life. </div>
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We are in mom and me preschool and she loves it. She's obedient, helpful, patient and sweet at school. She's a bit timid at times and needs some encouragement to participate in the interactive activities but she always has a great time. She's also learning a lot too. She learns a lot from the homework and practicing I do with Garrett and I think she'll be more than ready to start going to Garrett's preschool next year. </div>
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She took swimming this summer and hated it. We hired a private teacher for one on one lessons and after week two she refused to do it without me or her grandma in the pool with her. If we were there, she was happy to try new things and was so proud of herself, even if she didn't quite do what the instructor was asking of her. But it's okay. She's two. And we'll try it again next year. </div>
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She also did tumbling. She (eventually) loved it. The first five minutes or so the teacher has them hop back and forth down the mats. Walk backwards, tip-toe with hands in the air, etc. and she WOULD NOT do it the first two classes. Garrett's out there killin' it with the ladies like a ballerina and Addie's fighting back the tears. And then the trampoline, balance beams, swinging bars, and platforms come out and she's like Gabby Douglas out there livin' the dream. Whatever kid. But after two classes she was fine and did everything with over the top excitement. More than half of us in the class are friends that signed up together and it's so much fun sitting at the side laughing at our friggin cute kids. </div>
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Addie is so good with Charlie. She's so helpful and attentive with her. She always wants to check on her. "I'm gonna tip toe and see if Charlie's awake, no yeah, k?!" And if I'm cooking and she's playing with her she comes and gives random updates. "Charlie's scooting by the chair." "Charlie's happy mom." "I put a blanket on Charlie cause Charlie's cold." "Charlie don't need a binky from she's not fussy." "We need to buy new batteries so Charlie can swing higher and higher." And Charlie loves Addie. She can be a bit in-your-face with her but Charlie doesn't seem to mind. She gets so excited when Addie's around. </div>
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And Addie's potty trained! I have a crappy potty training method. (Or, based on my track record, maybe it's the best method ever.) I randomly decide one morning that we're doing it. No timers, no naked days, no practice sitting on the potty, no rewards. Just put on some underwear. Then after one accident, I decide it's not the day and I throw on a diaper. I do that for 5-7 days and then I fully commit. We do a day of going through 5 or so pairs of underwear and then in the next day or two, and forever more, we're good. There's an accident once in a while but it hasn't ever been a long dreadful process for us (knock on wood). My only advise would be to wait until your kid is old enough to kind of reason with. Both Garrett and Addie were about two or three months from turning three. (Addie will be three in three weeks and we're going on about two months of being potty trained.) I'll never be one of those moms who wants to potty train as soon as they're two (or younger). Way too much work. </div>
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And lastly my little Charlie girl. She's the kind of baby that makes you want to pop out a few more. I described her a few days ago like an awesome blackjack hand. The one you should stay on because it's not likely to get any better. But you're on a roll so you want to say 'hit me!' just to see what happens. Maybe that's not the best analogy. I'll just say she's the perfect cherry on top of our gooey, nutty delicious sundae. </div>
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She's the perfect third child. What I mean is, when you only have one child and that child is napping. You tip toe and stay so quiet and never intentionally wake them up. You feed them at home on your fluffy comfy couch. You let them lay on a blanket with no fear of getting hit in the head with a toy, or a foot. When number three comes along, you pick them up from a deep sleep and strap them in the car seat to go from one place to the next to keep up with the older two. Naps often happen in a stroller or baby carrier with a whole lot going on in the background. Feedings often get interrupted and finished after a knee is bandaged or a bum is wiped. Or sometimes (if someone else is driving) I climb in the back and lean into her car seat for a quick on-the-go feeding as we're running late for some activity. And being on a blanket on the floor? It didn't even take till the six month mark for this girl to see how unsafe that is. She's not crawling yet, but she's trying. She scoots backwards like a boss and rolls to where she wants to go. And she spins in a circle like nobody's business. I often find her half way under a chair, all the way under her swing, or against the wall pulling on a cord that's plugged in. Toddler-proof is different than baby-proof, I'm being reminded. And it's already time! And she handles all of it with very little complaints. She's never been a crier, and still isn't. It's only when she's really hungry that I get a little reminder. </div>
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She still wakes once a night to feed but it's usually pretty quick. Unless she has a cold like all five of us had last month in which case she wakes six times a night. </div>
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She's eating whatever we give her. It's mostly table food. Like vegis, fruit, pinto beans, potatoes, chicken. All mashed up or little bites. I did baby-led feeding with Addie and I'm doing it with Charlie too. So much less work to just feed them what we're eating! (And/or let them feed themselves!) She loves purées which the other two didn't, so I feed her those more than I thought I would. And she's liked it all, vegis and fruit. She'll eat a whole one in one meal, and the other two would make one of those last three feedings and I'd usually throw some away. I guess her faves are probably sweet potatoes, squash, apple, pear, and avocado, and any flavor of goats milk greek yogurt from our local farmers market. It's expensive, but all three kids thinks it's ice cream. </div>
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It really is crazy how busy life is right now and how fast time goes. I feel like I'll never catch up. On anything, let alone blogging. Two nights ago as I ran into my chiropractors office one minute before he closed but desperate for an adjustment, I apologized to the receptionist for being late and said, "my kids had tumbling 'graduation' tonight and we all know what a big deal that is." And she said, "hey that is OK. You have no idea how much I wish I could be back to those days." It really is the best time and I'm trying to enjoy it all.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-18573690826959104062014-09-30T13:25:00.000-06:002014-09-30T14:27:38.987-06:00I'm happy. I'm sad. And "that's okay."I've spent a lot of hours and a lot of hundreds of dollars talking about my brain. I wont bore you with much of that, but it's a strange one and sometimes a hard one to live with. <br />
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One of the most basic points that my counselor helped me understand and learn to be okay with was that it's okay/possible and even normal to be happy and sad at the same time. It's pretty basic and elementary really, but wow it took some time (and still takes reminders). <br />
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"My husband has a good job," I'd say. "He loves me. I don't have to work. We have a nice place to live. I have happy, healthy kids. I have no reason to be sad." <br />
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My counselor would respond with good insight that I only half listened to because I was ready for my next round.<br />
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"My friend just lost another baby and I've never struggled with that. I don't have a right to be sad that I'm so sick this pregnancy." <br />
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"Another friend has a baby with cystic fibrosis. I don't have a right to be sad that mine has to wear a helmet for 3 months." <br />
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"I just met someone who's mom lives in Australia. I can't be sad that mine seems so far away in Utah."<br />
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I had so many reasons why I was failing at happiness that my counselor had to really dumb it down for me. <br />
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"Say we each have one of our kids in a car and we get in a car accident. My kid breaks his back and has to have surgery and lots of physical therapy. Your kid breaks his arm and needs a cast. Do you not have the right to be sad because my kid's injury is worse than your kids?"<br />
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I'd gave the wrong answer and he'd get mad at me. "You have every right to grieve and be sad!" He did several scenarios before I finally started to say that it was okay to feel sad even if I 'should' feel happy. We talked about death. We talked about getting old. We talked about losing babies. We talked about losing spouses. We talked about happy things that have sad parts. We talked about sad things that have happy parts. We talked about doing things that make us happy while we work through things that make us sad. We talked about things that make us happy and sad at the same time. "I'm happy that I get a vacation with Paul. But I'm sad about the vacation because I'll miss my kids." The exact same thing making me happy AND sad. Really basic stuff folks. But there was an intense emotional battle going on in my brain and I needed help. And I got help. <br />
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I'm so happy to report that baby number three came with very little postpartum depression. I'm so thankful for that because the chances were good. And my paper work of medical history at the hospital had a whole team of social workers checking up on me often before they let me take Charlie home. I was scared for a while. Wondering every morning for the first couple of months if 'this was the day I'd crash.' We even joined a service and interviewed several nannies and contacted night nurses for information and pricing when Charlie was just a couple weeks old, just so that if I needed it, we'd be ready with options to hire help. I had days here and there where I was ready to hire full-time help, but here we are 6 months later and I'm feeling really confident and happy as a mom.<br />
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Two weeks ago, about a week into preschool, I overheard a conversation between Garrett and Addie at the coffee table while I was cleaning the kitchen. They were talking about preschool, just before we were leaving to drop Garrett off.<br />
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I typed this out in my phone as I was listening because it kind of made my jaw drop.<br />
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A: Do you like preschool Garrett?<br />
G: I love preschool.<br />
A: I love preschool too.<br />
G: You don't go to preschool.<br />
A: No, I love YOUR preschool but I'm going to miss you. <br />
G: I love it too but I'm sad from I'm going to miss you.<br />
A: That's okay. I'm sad from I love you and I'm happy from you love preschool.<br />
G: I'm happy too and I'm gonna hug you and mom and Charlie at preschool from I'm sad.<br />
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I started to cry as I listened, and I cried just now as I read it again and typed it. Not even three and four years old yet, and they were teaching, and understanding that it's okay to be happy and sad. <br />
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Addie is my "That's okay" kid. If you don't have one, you should train one. She calmly, happily, and matter-of-factly says, "That's okay" to just about every stressful or frustrating situation. <br />
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"Oh Addieeeeee, you peed in your underwear!" --That's okay, I can get another one underwear...with Nemo on it this time.<br />
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"DANG IT! I forgot to grab the bench from our bedroom for our pictures." --That's okay, maybe Bapa and Gaga have a tiny bench we can use.<br />
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"No guys, I didn't want all the markers, chalk, and crayons dumped on the carpet." --That's okay, we can just use them and pick them up. <br />
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And guess what? We are at 100% success rate that everything she said was okay, ended up being okay. <br />
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Garrett's picked up on it too, so I get a lot of reminders that "That's okay" even when, in the moment, I act like it might not be. He even did it in reverse once with me and it was a good reminder that I need to do better at letting them know that it's okay to mess up. Charlie got a hold of some of Garrett's flashcards and I was too exhausted to take them away. Garrett found the three soggy ones a few minutes later and said, "oh no mom, what happened to my cards??" "Umm, Charlie accidentally ate them, sorry pal, I'll buy you some more." "That's okay" he said, without skipping a beat, "I have some more." <br />
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I've always heard parents and teachers talk about how much adults learn from kids. It's still amazing to me how young they are, how often I learn, and how important the lessons they teach me really are. <br />
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(Full disclosure: This was written a couple weeks ago and Garrett's feelings about loving preschool have changed a bit this week. But that's life I guess. Always something new to work on.) </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-69226355381109595642014-09-19T14:08:00.000-06:002014-09-19T15:09:50.309-06:00Big Bear<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
This summer's Greenhalgh vacation was in Big Bear California. So nice to have the family come to us this year! Big Bear is a mountain resort town just a couple of hours away. The in-laws of one of the White Emerson employees owns a vacation home there and they gave us a great deal for the week. It was perfect for our family. </div>
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Addie's new farmers market dress. </div>
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We went and saw Planes Fire and Rescue. Or as Garrett calls it "Planes Fire Police Rescue." </div>
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She gave me one smile and then turned into a loud airplane! This was Charlie's first movie too. I've never taken a baby to a movie and was thinking I probably would t make it the whole time, but we made it.</div>
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Panning for gold at a museum. I started helping the kids and I could have done it for hours. It was so relaxing, and rewarding to see all that fake gold after the pan swirling. </div>
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Because everyone was travelling so far to get to us, I planned and prepared all the food. It was a lot of work, but I enjoyed it. </div>
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I put Addie's hair in a bun and she was loving these bun curls when I took it out. </div>
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Another day at the lake and we got hit by an awesome thunder storm. </div>
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Trying to stay dry!</div>
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We went out for pizza on our last night. </div>
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Laura took over one of Dave's dating website profiles and sent a bunch of rails to some different types of girls than what he usually goes for. Laura's advice to Dave and emails to the girls had us all laughing. And now, a couple months later, it sounds like one out of 17 <i>almost </i>worked out. </div>
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I found some white puzzles on clearance at micheals so I took them with us and here are some of the finished products. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-81904706796859575722014-08-26T12:32:00.001-06:002014-08-26T18:27:13.832-06:00A new firstThis is the first time since becoming a mom that the end of summer meant anything to me. I've even welcomed it in the past because it meant a little cooler weather but no harsh winter on its way. But this summer I felt pressure to 'get one more beach day in.' And 'spend as many afternoons at the park or Knott's as possible'. <div><br></div><div>Garrett started preschool today. (I'm going to be making this blog private in the coming weeks and until then I'm not talking about the name of the school etc.) We call it preschool but he's in the pre-k class.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljpmn6sE4xYYFPBDioMScIJhMeInd2UaNu9w6bjAfWG_Lqc37hzwTb40pZdNLelCnNM2F2pt-otv3JNtFPmXvZ19b_lJFb_N87Up-ozsOVChqya3JRrdCNllFNS6UJOxjW9uwt6jDfFM/s640/blogger-image-321913132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljpmn6sE4xYYFPBDioMScIJhMeInd2UaNu9w6bjAfWG_Lqc37hzwTb40pZdNLelCnNM2F2pt-otv3JNtFPmXvZ19b_lJFb_N87Up-ozsOVChqya3JRrdCNllFNS6UJOxjW9uwt6jDfFM/s640/blogger-image-321913132.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipn5XQl4EWxfSzHTmFMJlDu7gE6qQ-yLnr0-orF8AcPz3fTZAacB3HrJDk2l5mYNGAH9kVlDlMeGmpCaxib1Q5mYLBcWPBBwv2taEi5IiieBEekv83_JGhE8NMj-52t6UBDcwA5CRQtw/s640/blogger-image--1693047413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipn5XQl4EWxfSzHTmFMJlDu7gE6qQ-yLnr0-orF8AcPz3fTZAacB3HrJDk2l5mYNGAH9kVlDlMeGmpCaxib1Q5mYLBcWPBBwv2taEi5IiieBEekv83_JGhE8NMj-52t6UBDcwA5CRQtw/s640/blogger-image--1693047413.jpg"></a></div></div><div>I didn't think about it much over the weekend because I was so busy in Utah. I did feel bad a couple times that I was missing his last weekend before school. But I probably would have asked too much if he was ready and excited and he would have been sick of me. But when I flew home yesterday morning I was all over school prep. (After two naps. Charlie took two three-hour naps yesterday and a carseat nap. And I may have let the older kids watch TV while I napped the first time. And then all four of us napped during her second one. We needed it!) Anyway, once I felt a little rested we picked up a couple things I offered to donate to the class and I bought some fresh fruit and vegis. And after dinner I went over the checklist again to make sure we were ready. And then I showed Garrett how to open his containers that I'll be using in his lunch box. He did good, but the first few times he'd flip the lid off so fast that the container would bounce across the table and he'd shout, "I did it!" So then I filled them with strawberries and had him try without spilling. He did fine. And I'm sure a teacher would help if needed. But he's still my baby and I wanted him as ready and as confident as possible. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqQEHsQwIE2hsV7UDyVtxQZTdKo2AHT_uUwDBO48kZr9DJgVbimN9AMUMsRu2Ejq3AOlkxLcnuwUSR4wJcXQTPT7yx72_MlrbRsEG-TxMxglXmHcERNbRGQiRP6xlIJNFkXLDMcSUJFM/s640/blogger-image-1739225478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqQEHsQwIE2hsV7UDyVtxQZTdKo2AHT_uUwDBO48kZr9DJgVbimN9AMUMsRu2Ejq3AOlkxLcnuwUSR4wJcXQTPT7yx72_MlrbRsEG-TxMxglXmHcERNbRGQiRP6xlIJNFkXLDMcSUJFM/s640/blogger-image-1739225478.jpg"></a></div></div><div>I got up early to pack his lunch and put in makeup. Makeup by 7am. Also a first in motherhood for me. He was so excited when he got up. I could tell he was nervous but he never said he was. Paul went with me to stay outside with the girls. (He could have just stayed home with them I guess, but I feared a meltdown and if Garrett cried, I would have cried and Paul would have taken over.) Thankfully none of that was necessary. I got him signed in and he (a little hesitantly) picked a green star to sit on. We were early so I think I thought I'd have a chance to say goodbye before school officially started. But his teacher dove right in to an activity and just welcomed each new student as they came in. I sat in a chair outside the door for a couple minutes, but then decided to go. I stepped in the class and just kind if mouthed to Garrett, "see you in a little while bud." He started to say, "I want you to stay." But his teacher told him, "she'll be back soon." I waved. And he half smiled and waved. No tears! Until I got home. I cried a little, just because it's the end of an era, and I wondered how he was doing... Is he sad, scared, lonely... </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9bGGuYmi7FUwUW7ufMrKZF5dOlY3S-vogiRMYMg2stSGX5qgN2HkMoCVDf_0Hb8UuEEYvAhHgvxYomP6Uql1WeZpU5taJKtOOJ28HIE1fYPIKKqUUsa-HS9L68k6lJ6AO6MJYkbIXTA/s640/blogger-image-742871202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9bGGuYmi7FUwUW7ufMrKZF5dOlY3S-vogiRMYMg2stSGX5qgN2HkMoCVDf_0Hb8UuEEYvAhHgvxYomP6Uql1WeZpU5taJKtOOJ28HIE1fYPIKKqUUsa-HS9L68k6lJ6AO6MJYkbIXTA/s640/blogger-image-742871202.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNU2QxkrobfrqQzs5bg49Ty7F3R48luRSSBUT7ASzlmmCbmX2yFAGCVamlQclcr6J7ya3SNiem4M6vVItnrL6zAQGoo9HtdaucOzan90TQD0dQk1P68TLmqw6go5wi3QD8GSvpPC9D0gg/s640/blogger-image--1585935622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNU2QxkrobfrqQzs5bg49Ty7F3R48luRSSBUT7ASzlmmCbmX2yFAGCVamlQclcr6J7ya3SNiem4M6vVItnrL6zAQGoo9HtdaucOzan90TQD0dQk1P68TLmqw6go5wi3QD8GSvpPC9D0gg/s640/blogger-image--1585935622.jpg"></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2tka2Q_306XbD5VCRWGOanBkLZVpBytQRHuXKfMPpoLxkEfNSPf6h2aCzxaSz4uxfQWqsRWNSuit8g0ytqgib0vwujM9kqozYHEpArP2prA_jqInTY8p9PyCx8cxf_VzAkDGB-xfjzI/s640/blogger-image-1846744293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2tka2Q_306XbD5VCRWGOanBkLZVpBytQRHuXKfMPpoLxkEfNSPf6h2aCzxaSz4uxfQWqsRWNSuit8g0ytqgib0vwujM9kqozYHEpArP2prA_jqInTY8p9PyCx8cxf_VzAkDGB-xfjzI/s640/blogger-image-1846744293.jpg"></a></div></div></div><div>The time flew by, and before I know it I was hurrying Addie along to finish lunch and waking Charlie to load her in her carseat. </div><div><br></div><div>I got there about 10 minutes early because I knew his day ended on the playground and I wanted to watch him (spy on him). It took me a minute to find him, but when I did he looked happy. Not really playing with any one friend or group of kids, but running from slide to swing to playhouse. Kicking a ball back and forth a couple times. At one point he started running right towards me. I was kind of hiding behind a half-wall. He was smiling but looking at the ground and my heart kind of sunk. I wanted him to be happy to see me, but I didn't want him to be excited to be done playing. But he'd spotted another playhouse just feet from where I was watching him and he ran right in there for a minute and then was off again. He didn't even see me. Finally the whistle blew and the kids grouped together at the gate to wait for parents. I walked to the sign out desk and he finally saw me. A big smile and a "hi mom!" melted my heart. As I signed him out his teacher said, "He did great. Still getting used to the rules and routine, but he really did well." I chose not to read into or ask about the 'rules and routine' comment because who doesn't need to get used to new rules and routines? Then she said, "I wish I could have recorded him because he really did have a great first day." As Garrett walked out the gate Addie announced with open arms, "I be so so so so happy!" A couple other parents smiled and watched them hug. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNldPrOtpqUmXgPtBXlJH7oiOpyIQz5gX1TF7MistO0W7_vrLQ3GUrmwXFfjtQRI9TgUOkWQE3NQYoSB6y7Zlgh4MvqS-ZPJHl_ywo6VRfF6oFKETJATwd0bNdb9VM2gNuZQ8diIhW_WY/s640/blogger-image--544699282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNldPrOtpqUmXgPtBXlJH7oiOpyIQz5gX1TF7MistO0W7_vrLQ3GUrmwXFfjtQRI9TgUOkWQE3NQYoSB6y7Zlgh4MvqS-ZPJHl_ywo6VRfF6oFKETJATwd0bNdb9VM2gNuZQ8diIhW_WY/s640/blogger-image--544699282.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f8VHy3wDROK1t9Oqw0a8yaB0EqFNYCeKx8vY_p21wXb7t1d3O-XlQjuNlcMyZ3nJzIwBqdwqGR1ZaVOsrN7AWItwKfxMNioOcWu7ZL-ntIG_N6rG0-lDxveLxY3QQ6nogNABcioblxc/s640/blogger-image--794344396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f8VHy3wDROK1t9Oqw0a8yaB0EqFNYCeKx8vY_p21wXb7t1d3O-XlQjuNlcMyZ3nJzIwBqdwqGR1ZaVOsrN7AWItwKfxMNioOcWu7ZL-ntIG_N6rG0-lDxveLxY3QQ6nogNABcioblxc/s640/blogger-image--794344396.jpg"></a></div></div><div>One thing that impressed me was that the secretary was outside her door saying good-bye and she addressed him by name. And also the pre-school and T-K teachers said good-bye and called him by name. That makes me happy that other teachers who only combine classes on the playground get to know the other kids too.</div><div><br></div><div>Garrett was so excited. He was full of energy and said, "I'd like to go back to preschool again!" (Sigh of relief.) We went out for frozen yogurt before heading home for naps.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiYj8EH0lLCoPHc5rSANm8X0By5t5ycO1e0xTsC9M-C2gHS-W5bCuiw-XajYE8R2LTkt-I0OtjqIk7kpi0e3DV5MVIFMMS1Vliyw68_59UfOHceGceHimPN2ssM_pFW6ZP9boYXfeb3k/s640/blogger-image-2124308129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiYj8EH0lLCoPHc5rSANm8X0By5t5ycO1e0xTsC9M-C2gHS-W5bCuiw-XajYE8R2LTkt-I0OtjqIk7kpi0e3DV5MVIFMMS1Vliyw68_59UfOHceGceHimPN2ssM_pFW6ZP9boYXfeb3k/s640/blogger-image-2124308129.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU04jCbDO2vv50lx2OjLQ_cb3yM74N8uZolfRVvJWFb73CFOcNuUiEPbVf7b6AQlZ37dZDy1hKydzNjp_b-7qgdmoFaM3Quc84x0eflvYtRqP-bXxlcMkiWLifSq2jYvYcptDG5BFwYeo/s640/blogger-image--639738244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU04jCbDO2vv50lx2OjLQ_cb3yM74N8uZolfRVvJWFb73CFOcNuUiEPbVf7b6AQlZ37dZDy1hKydzNjp_b-7qgdmoFaM3Quc84x0eflvYtRqP-bXxlcMkiWLifSq2jYvYcptDG5BFwYeo/s640/blogger-image--639738244.jpg"></a></div></div><div>I still have my little 'what if' fears but I need to get over them. He's a good kid and I'm sure he'll make friends and we'll both get more and more used to this new phase we've entered into. I think it's a little strange for me as the mom and talking to Paul because men are usually more the "he'll be fine" and "just let him go" mentality, but Paul's more apprehensive and 'what iffy' than I am because this is BRAND NEW territory for him. He was home schooled so has no personal 'back to school butterflies in the stomach' experience. So I'm trying to reassure him without over-thinking things myself. (All this rambling makes it sound like Paul and I are one big train wreck over here. We're fine! Garrett's fine! We're all fine. </div><div><br></div><div>I just want the best for my kids and I keep loving them more and more with each new chapter of life. </div><div><br></div><div>And here's Charlie. Just doin' her third child duties and going along with all the craziness of having two older siblings. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8kIu7ptHIZ_LNWrjo_fWtHpB_U_Vj6WnTF-OQhWTymwErl0iFzUTUb_BP3-uS5WOrH65CDXsUyjZBwnvvbVgZbFrLLTt6Mv3cR47ioxj3OtMwU8B0Q4vrE509B-0bnEwE_1niimZBaQ/s640/blogger-image--770999633.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8kIu7ptHIZ_LNWrjo_fWtHpB_U_Vj6WnTF-OQhWTymwErl0iFzUTUb_BP3-uS5WOrH65CDXsUyjZBwnvvbVgZbFrLLTt6Mv3cR47ioxj3OtMwU8B0Q4vrE509B-0bnEwE_1niimZBaQ/s640/blogger-image--770999633.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-53332193296166291582014-08-25T12:05:00.001-06:002014-08-26T00:45:11.674-06:00A full weekend in UtahOne of my best friends, Mara, is having a baby in December. She was in Utah (from Atlanta) the past couple weeks and one of the reasons was for a baby shower. When I got the invitation in the mail I casually said to Paul, "These are the kinds of things I miss about being closer to friends." I had no plans of making it because we had a busy weekend planned, but Paul surprised me with a plane ticket to go. It was a little stressful getting prepped to go. Even though I was excited and thankful to Paul, I struggle with surprises (for a lot of reasons, but I won't try and explain my brain right now). The older two kids stayed home with Paul, and I took Charlie with me. They were a little sad to see me go, but I reminded them that they got to go to their friends birthday party after they dropped me off, so they were okay. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwgzEeWWRhbzXApwc7aXjWrIqrNTcbovbQdNMVf2EnBetabUzQVKRW0Hho8JkDxIRKz9Yp4m5trUylrRURhEWdZFOD5rTISlxesaoeBY9bWYTHZQxBik0o9lGZfGsWUML_FA_ejJBfHI/s640/blogger-image-110307884.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwgzEeWWRhbzXApwc7aXjWrIqrNTcbovbQdNMVf2EnBetabUzQVKRW0Hho8JkDxIRKz9Yp4m5trUylrRURhEWdZFOD5rTISlxesaoeBY9bWYTHZQxBik0o9lGZfGsWUML_FA_ejJBfHI/s640/blogger-image-110307884.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYPVDd8qPKeu41Wey82D2rjOPcPuA2xkVBlsymPOoEmF079kpaK428LbuChsNaseB5aOy1wZXlUSRUCfDto2id8ZNbZvFevdY4yAHK0KzHi6vnU7v4tE5ZTqr2ivUXVyevrrgwiouaKA/s640/blogger-image-1320607861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYPVDd8qPKeu41Wey82D2rjOPcPuA2xkVBlsymPOoEmF079kpaK428LbuChsNaseB5aOy1wZXlUSRUCfDto2id8ZNbZvFevdY4yAHK0KzHi6vnU7v4tE5ZTqr2ivUXVyevrrgwiouaKA/s640/blogger-image-1320607861.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQuAf122Vy3ybmPYaMGNYTpTapgvxZ6KHIxCLCfZt6ODLUFxcjBM_piH6Sn4BQm0ss5pGVX52ej_IMNNCLSBCQBXUEQKENJ2qn3pTzJJRy0-SJq5Qz6el5cf1tuTz2d1KUJBEuKmwV00/s640/blogger-image--1688691359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQuAf122Vy3ybmPYaMGNYTpTapgvxZ6KHIxCLCfZt6ODLUFxcjBM_piH6Sn4BQm0ss5pGVX52ej_IMNNCLSBCQBXUEQKENJ2qn3pTzJJRy0-SJq5Qz6el5cf1tuTz2d1KUJBEuKmwV00/s640/blogger-image--1688691359.jpg"></a></div></div><div>Charlie fell asleep before take off and didn't wake up till I stood up to get off the plane. Same with the flight home today, and we even had a 30 minute delay while a toilet got fixed. And two screaming toddlers the whole flight and she slept through all of it.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUWulbJLKNk6yn3p0-klBFM08SXJZ-96cq4dRpYWy5osNEhpOwEXD9wd9A9RUUmjla6Avz330H1AJ7H2TMBfm69K7hVNIh-fTZa3OP2NKjctAWbG3hYPzofBgp3tzFuv0B6QcFQ-jRg4/s640/blogger-image-2097072755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUWulbJLKNk6yn3p0-klBFM08SXJZ-96cq4dRpYWy5osNEhpOwEXD9wd9A9RUUmjla6Avz330H1AJ7H2TMBfm69K7hVNIh-fTZa3OP2NKjctAWbG3hYPzofBgp3tzFuv0B6QcFQ-jRg4/s640/blogger-image-2097072755.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Once we got to Utah we had just enough time to change, get the gift ready, and head to the shower. Mara didn't know I was coming and even though I don't love surprises, I love surprising! It was so good to see her, and her baby bump! And lots of other friends too. And by 'baby bump' I mean, my five month postpartum bump is bigger than her five months pregnant bump. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOapMPWY5PGTCxrH6Vej63RS677Dkupxcm2OLG_-tpeyta5jc4FQzsDgAiH-XDuRu3KeTU4W3-BVz7Y4aAZSIjNn-QTe6rTvToKov4_3jELHOs9ZFY6YAqGpPU7RRhXF9lw1nowrrCQs/s640/blogger-image-1316827273.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOapMPWY5PGTCxrH6Vej63RS677Dkupxcm2OLG_-tpeyta5jc4FQzsDgAiH-XDuRu3KeTU4W3-BVz7Y4aAZSIjNn-QTe6rTvToKov4_3jELHOs9ZFY6YAqGpPU7RRhXF9lw1nowrrCQs/s640/blogger-image-1316827273.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbtqFydbmWRaNoQLXnPjqQNGnI4pXpwRLlUsX5lCh_qlfjHozolaVfEj5O97yPqsa3RBOv4cl3AmTq30wgmhmYNG0EIKT0OCNbYldFncfU2mJz4dV2K9cLPuftQklswJCsNGWhDwT9do/s640/blogger-image--1268368405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbtqFydbmWRaNoQLXnPjqQNGnI4pXpwRLlUsX5lCh_qlfjHozolaVfEj5O97yPqsa3RBOv4cl3AmTq30wgmhmYNG0EIKT0OCNbYldFncfU2mJz4dV2K9cLPuftQklswJCsNGWhDwT9do/s640/blogger-image--1268368405.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqar7B3-2rZIb7NI5bUMJKNz6sPCeDsoFGEuzF8by29lKFJDyS0X96-QX5jvy89WCBCYAbOJD-YXAYnCkPVdvte10pu-xfpOK49_HzW3LqhDqtM6uFvCFNOGui7l2qWdWLff3uxDmUsh4/s640/blogger-image--969115803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqar7B3-2rZIb7NI5bUMJKNz6sPCeDsoFGEuzF8by29lKFJDyS0X96-QX5jvy89WCBCYAbOJD-YXAYnCkPVdvte10pu-xfpOK49_HzW3LqhDqtM6uFvCFNOGui7l2qWdWLff3uxDmUsh4/s640/blogger-image--969115803.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17pF_0jVdHq1-vCZHWRyCwZH-wQZdw1m0BwECO3-GD11B4yXfalp942ZdPlG0CJjs0iizCo8vYSNqgwkoCBHDRlyE_jHf6Eaiu8G-ws7tt2D4UJHSggtgTsAy0UkNAHS3gCZq3rlpYS0/s640/blogger-image--1733197537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17pF_0jVdHq1-vCZHWRyCwZH-wQZdw1m0BwECO3-GD11B4yXfalp942ZdPlG0CJjs0iizCo8vYSNqgwkoCBHDRlyE_jHf6Eaiu8G-ws7tt2D4UJHSggtgTsAy0UkNAHS3gCZq3rlpYS0/s640/blogger-image--1733197537.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVst5-NcfO8u0zrtwXc9bHY1-TIVgTfXRZwBLrhUv04Vqg2wMKV9p-Fs23_ZtqZ2kTdrMr1VX43UypLVloMDnYqFDgXN5p0lac8cRVT2kU5Mqb6YNxY9SKYQ58_IBsHR8hDS_l-3s6Bzg/s640/blogger-image-461289301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVst5-NcfO8u0zrtwXc9bHY1-TIVgTfXRZwBLrhUv04Vqg2wMKV9p-Fs23_ZtqZ2kTdrMr1VX43UypLVloMDnYqFDgXN5p0lac8cRVT2kU5Mqb6YNxY9SKYQ58_IBsHR8hDS_l-3s6Bzg/s640/blogger-image-461289301.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8JJ8754BSChLt7VAeJylGhEd1U7i6XjoXvhbQShRxKuDvIDMe0qX4A39Pe18JhHho1TeYMgOT32MVvWpc3dOPUa4yd9BcVSpOC8ZZos8ILG-H5hxcrz3fy8sYxfwOElN6xm8drNsGVw/s640/blogger-image--1239388462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8JJ8754BSChLt7VAeJylGhEd1U7i6XjoXvhbQShRxKuDvIDMe0qX4A39Pe18JhHho1TeYMgOT32MVvWpc3dOPUa4yd9BcVSpOC8ZZos8ILG-H5hxcrz3fy8sYxfwOElN6xm8drNsGVw/s640/blogger-image--1239388462.jpg"></a></div>I crammed as much as possible into this less-than-48-hour trip. Poor Charlie was worn out by Sunday evening but she was a little trooper. The only naps she got were carseat naps, and she went a lot of places and met a lot of people. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After the shower, we went straight to dinner with these ladies. My mom is in the middle, and the other three are military/government friends we met in Germany. I used to babysit the one on the left and she just moved to Utah from Maryland for college. I also babysat her two older brothers. One of them is on a mission, and the other one is married. Not much makes me feel older than running onto kids I once babysat and seeing them as adults. It was such a great evening. Truly people you can go years without seeing and pick right back up without missing a beat. My face hurt from all the laughing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIn_SGC6-zYFEFN4C0Vfz0G5_QdoZb2VGwiiMiFWRlRUTFLoqUXhor367JM-kxxx6_FdMjuAjnJLG8YSaJVThRbEq_X_shLd16UR2eqUipNe9yp6YZtcc3fbacJjJMNrnSDTQsCeJk2rM/s640/blogger-image-2019833619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIn_SGC6-zYFEFN4C0Vfz0G5_QdoZb2VGwiiMiFWRlRUTFLoqUXhor367JM-kxxx6_FdMjuAjnJLG8YSaJVThRbEq_X_shLd16UR2eqUipNe9yp6YZtcc3fbacJjJMNrnSDTQsCeJk2rM/s640/blogger-image-2019833619.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKooLa8pYCbBsokyx91illn4BdJKmoM3E_hilJuqRzrtydVW89YUaNahCiRv7x5by7_873gUWyztWcH9kovoJxkPKqqTyirqQXNEasZLvZqLLFU7FuL9cshXZT3QBGIksdP2t9FPVs_YI/s640/blogger-image--1016259773.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKooLa8pYCbBsokyx91illn4BdJKmoM3E_hilJuqRzrtydVW89YUaNahCiRv7x5by7_873gUWyztWcH9kovoJxkPKqqTyirqQXNEasZLvZqLLFU7FuL9cshXZT3QBGIksdP2t9FPVs_YI/s640/blogger-image--1016259773.jpg"></a></div></div>Sunday morning I met Dana, my (practically) sister for breakfast. Two hours flew by and we both wished we had all day to talk. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_QtxUUTwnsawik9_aDne6k8jgDpjmA4VrcEnfl3jAfnkAwvXCA0G4tQL3urfiVnnndlf2OisHMwSxC6a1CPYX4kMCmQiMC98rYC3dq95U4RtUfKKiU6YT2Wqrg2M4NIa3iIlbdw931I/s640/blogger-image-476433125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_QtxUUTwnsawik9_aDne6k8jgDpjmA4VrcEnfl3jAfnkAwvXCA0G4tQL3urfiVnnndlf2OisHMwSxC6a1CPYX4kMCmQiMC98rYC3dq95U4RtUfKKiU6YT2Wqrg2M4NIa3iIlbdw931I/s640/blogger-image-476433125.jpg"></a></div>From there we went to sacrament meeting with my parents. So, I don't do the three hours of church anymore, but how do parents of napping aged kids handle anything but 9AM church?? She'd had a good car nap right before, but was still so tired and restless. Hats off to you afternoon church goers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbzGAaSqVfPFe3ARg4ldrgKz8MwFbWJjdO_zP-7iZLvHNo3EU2prxOJ_OCqPGDpty1vtNTSgFdsq0gRv84ZeSZfApLpy5MpX-rQ7Hm8rhGhslfdoofJANOHbvcZ6N3nqeRswR0haL5xc/s640/blogger-image-122984442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbzGAaSqVfPFe3ARg4ldrgKz8MwFbWJjdO_zP-7iZLvHNo3EU2prxOJ_OCqPGDpty1vtNTSgFdsq0gRv84ZeSZfApLpy5MpX-rQ7Hm8rhGhslfdoofJANOHbvcZ6N3nqeRswR0haL5xc/s640/blogger-image-122984442.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQf0ONrejkCHRHUyo9NP-XoG02SJ-GEIDAHlfhK4yVyK7mX-xVkdQOPKDyFdJKqEEzo7SimgL9xNYhlvCTv3BpkH5Vstl6vvHROHJYNp4UIfdSXf6Bj4NiFkdohmxZ7odKI_1ijaFNxU/s640/blogger-image--378642384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQf0ONrejkCHRHUyo9NP-XoG02SJ-GEIDAHlfhK4yVyK7mX-xVkdQOPKDyFdJKqEEzo7SimgL9xNYhlvCTv3BpkH5Vstl6vvHROHJYNp4UIfdSXf6Bj4NiFkdohmxZ7odKI_1ijaFNxU/s640/blogger-image--378642384.jpg"></a></div>We headed back to Salt Lake after church to see Mara and Aron again. I'm so happy these two are having a baby. Mara is a natural with kids. All three of mine have instantly loved her and they are so excited to meet baby Elsie next spring. This women was made for motherhood. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikiK0KdfNmzCdNNSxpwgpG5EXB_8cCRmaDGH47NzHHiBS6d-24J0NhwwHK-_XoJNBj_Pa8Qsg8eAYQHU6N2nv1QDj-ZVr4p3CS5tJtFLPHcqjF8BbPj6vaNCVacWKJMQ573ATepAogPU/s640/blogger-image--1412459925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikiK0KdfNmzCdNNSxpwgpG5EXB_8cCRmaDGH47NzHHiBS6d-24J0NhwwHK-_XoJNBj_Pa8Qsg8eAYQHU6N2nv1QDj-ZVr4p3CS5tJtFLPHcqjF8BbPj6vaNCVacWKJMQ573ATepAogPU/s640/blogger-image--1412459925.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHYkSrTWfE6JCdIKJktDhjXdDfI3KItVRRnMooy5BxQ06V9KC1-hY3ZQE0bkGIDAx4xJjquHFJNkMwHiwLFxq_RQHC0KMIEOoYKmWsotuouWgMCkZzQ1BHtWCouxXmMGlnhjNO40Dv9w/s640/blogger-image--1657054388.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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They seemed happy to see me too. Addie was more happy about the airplane animal crackers I gave her, but the tight hugs made me believe they missed me a little. And when we got home I made them breakfast and Garrett's prayer went like this, "Dear Jesus, thank you for the food. Thank you that we're all safe. Thank you for mom and Charlie coming home so we can play around. I love them. In Jesus' name, Amen." It's good to be home...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">More on 'California is Home' coming soon.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-39380121709139060342014-08-22T08:32:00.000-06:002014-08-22T09:34:48.294-06:00How is it with three?That is the most common question I get when catching up with friends or talking to other moms in mom and me classes and other play groups, because I think I'm the only one of the moms I've connected with that has three. (Much different than the culture I grew up in.) <br />
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My nutshell answer is, "easier than just two." And the crazy thing is that I mean it! Maybe it's because Garrett and Addison were both mobile and verbal when Charlie was born. Maybe it's because the two of them are best friends and do everything together, often preferring to just hang out the two of them without my attempts to entertain them (or object to their crazy ideas). Maybe it's because I'm getting older and more experienced and things get easier when you've practiced. Maybe it's because Charlie is the easiest baby yet. Or maybe it's a little bit of everything I just listed. But whatever it is, I really feel like my life got simpler and easier to keep up with, once Charlie joined the family. </div>
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Garrett and Addie adore her. If she's napping Addie wants to constantly "tip-toe and check on Charlie." Garrett loves to sit by her and tickle her. If she gets grumpy in the car seat I always hear Garrett talking to her. "It's ok. I'm right here." "We're almost there Charlie." Addie jumps up during meals to put her binky back in. They both always want to push the stroller. Addie wants to change diapers and dress her. And Addie also always instructs me on which side I should start with when nursing her. All stuff that I was sure the newness would wear off but I'm thankful it hasn't yet. </div>
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Don't get me wrong. Life is crazy and busy and constant and I have my frustrating moments, but I'm always thankful when I remember to take a deep breath and just watch them, even in the chaos. </div>
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Some mornings when we have somewhere to be, I'll have a 10 minute stretch before go-time that goes something like this:</div>
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Bribe Addie to hold still while I pull her hair back. </div>
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And 15 minutes after the 10 minute warning we're all four working our way to the van. And then it's who gets in on what side. I wanna buckle myself. I wanna shut my door. Where we going? Can I have my cup? I want a snack. Garrett said no! Well Addie, Garrett's not in charge. You're not in charge, Garrett! Get back in your seats and start buckling! Can I take my shoes off? No. Can we watch a movie? No. And put your shoes back on. The suns in my eyes. Garrett took my sunglasses. I need a drink. </div>
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Getting sister dressed...</div>
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Overpriced hotdogs that are the yummiest thing they've ever eaten...</div>
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Hearing Addie showing Charlie a look and find book, "where's this one Charlie?...good job!" </div>
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Laughing after a major blowout when all we had is a diaper of Addie's three sizes too big and Garrett's jacket...</div>
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Looking over while I'm making breakfast and seeing this. I know, it's too perfect. But if you have kids this age you know something this good can't be staged...</div>
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Finding time to sew, and seeing the look on her face when she gets to wear it...</div>
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Listening to these two play mad dinosaur happy dinosaur. </div>
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Life is really good. Whenever a stranger comments on how full my hands are or how busy I must be, I just smile and say, "but it's the best kind of busy." </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-47798851301435326452014-08-21T19:27:00.001-06:002014-08-21T20:36:30.600-06:00Uptown Car Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I think this is the third car show I've attended in uptown and its the third without Paul. One year he sat at a booth for work, another year he was on a committee to work at the show and this year he was at work. I don't care much about cars but this is literally right outside our door. So I take the kids and go. </div><div><br></div><div>This year Addie loved it. She started posing in front of cars, and wanted her picture in front of every single car. That got Garrett into it. And at one point there was a little following of people who didn't want to pass us because the kids were so entertaining. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mZNAnxYz0fMaUvHZ0ZqZONQURsIcLVKslQlLucGUrC-oBG-mM4QxV3TdWin9QijeNsQyMzkOsBM6UB8rsfhbBiTBJdRJjq1Mxu8QvZA9-R-qTEcsHsZ03IkWrtg89iazI19SaY-JrRA/s640/blogger-image-1791360688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mZNAnxYz0fMaUvHZ0ZqZONQURsIcLVKslQlLucGUrC-oBG-mM4QxV3TdWin9QijeNsQyMzkOsBM6UB8rsfhbBiTBJdRJjq1Mxu8QvZA9-R-qTEcsHsZ03IkWrtg89iazI19SaY-JrRA/s640/blogger-image-1791360688.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgit_5SZ_tH0PjpmU0kGyZpMsG1sjVCIDlvGpkNpshguuVJAU3PzXd7oeCldDh2bbyPOiUrP7g9ImPY2xW16UQdMG_H5l_sy-xRcQ5RFgMXB4DzGqR14nkNkg5ivlcEjuFZYlTiP7HsQ0M/s640/blogger-image-696658227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Six at each park. We always forget about them. But this year, about halfway through, we remembered and started to go. They were so much fun. Garrett and Addie absolutely loved them. They would dance together, run around, get other kids to dance with them, and get us to join in too. 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So for now, I'm just going to do some 'real-time' blogging. Garrett starts preschool, well, pre-k, in five days. Pre-k sounds so much more official than preschool. Next year will be T-K (transitional kindergarten) and then Kindergarten. So I still have two years before it feels really real. <div><br></div><div>Conversations I had this morning with Garrett before 9 AM. Sounding all grown up... </div><div><br></div><div>Me: Garrett can you get your shoes on so we can go to Trader Joe's?</div><div>Him: No, I'll stay home and take care of Charlie.</div><div>Me: Well Charlie's coming with me too.</div><div>Him: Then I'll stay home by myself. I can put on some shoooorts. I can read a boooook. I can take a naaaap. Then I can go for a waaaalk. And walk in the streeeets. Without holding haaands. </div><div><br></div><div>He drags out the last word of sentences when he's explaining or trying to convince me something's a good idea. I think I do that to Paul too. </div><div><br></div><div>Me: Garrett, tomorrow is meet the teacher day. Are you so excited that we get to go to your preschool?!</div><div>Him: And you too?</div><div>(I thought he was asking for some reassurance.)</div><div>Do I said: Yeah! I get to go with you! </div><div>Him: No, you can stay home, just I'm going by myself. </div><div>Me: But it's not school yet, it's just to go see your classroom and meet your teacher. </div><div>Him: I need to go find my new friends. You can stay home with Charlie and Addie. </div><div><br></div><div>Then later, he said out of nowhere, "Mom, I love you. But I love my friends and my boys and my girls at school too." I said, "I love you too." And he said, "Schools are just for little kids mom. But I'll call you on my black phone, and you can call me back if I need you to pick me up." </div><div><br></div><div>I'd probably be a wreck if he wasn't so excited. (And I'm still a little nervous about how he'll act when he knows I'm really leaving him there.) But it's a happy/sad feeling, watching them grow up right before your eyes. And I know he'll just get more busy, involved, and independent from here. </div><div><br></div><div>Also, I found out today that we had last years supply list so we needed a couple more things. And also, that he'll be at school for lunch time even though he's only half day. So we had to pick out a lunch box, too. Taking lunch to school and not having me there to force the vegis?! 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He turned 95 years old in April, and was the oldest living World War II vet they were able to find. Paul was supposed to work the weekend of the 4th, and he also had a couple other commitments that we were pretty sure he wouldn't be able to get out of. But somehow we were able to rearrange schedules so that we could make a last-minute short trip to Utah. And we decided to keep it a surprise!<br />
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Addie got car sick twice, so we finally stopped dressing her. </div>
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We pulled the surprise off perfectly. Lots of screaming and hugging when they opened the front door and saw the three kids there.</div>
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Centerville did their fireworks the night we got there (the 3rd) so we went to those. </div>
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Saturday morning we went to the downtown SLC farmers market.</div>
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And that afternoon we had lunch with my Auntie and Uncle John. And Charlie was tired. </div>
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My cousin Sara made a surprise visit to Utah as well. She lives in New York, and is about to open her own hair salon in Brooklyn. We never get to see each other anymore and she's my fave, so when I found out she was in town I had to see her. She owns a condo in Logan that needs to be painted and she needed pictures of it for the painters. So I went with her to Logan on Sunday. Just as we got to Logan she remembered that she didn't have a key to the condo and she couldn't get in touch with her realtor. But that wasn't about to stop us. We found a ladder on the top of someone's storage unit. Snuck through the back of the condo complex with the gigantic ladder, tried our best to secure it, and climbed up three stories and broke in her condo through the balcony. </div>
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Never a dull moment with us two! I miss her so much.</div>
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Sunday night we saw my grandpa again, but only for a few minutes. I felt bad not getting to spend more time with him so we met Monday morning before we left and had breakfast together.</div>
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Charlie was born just six days before my grandpa's 95th birthday. She is his 52nd great-grandchild, there have been two more born since her, and three more coming before the end of the year.</div>
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This is only a little over two months old/late. I started it a couples days after our anniversary, and here we are two months later. Oh well! </div>
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We celebrated 5 years of marriage on June 12th. We've had this hope of going away every year for our anniversary, even if it's just for a night. But this year, after several attempts to plan something, we didn't even manage to go out to dinner alone. But that's ok. Life is a little busy right now and we still had a nice day with our kids. </div>
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This was the night before our anniversary at the park. </div>
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I had a moment where I just sat back and watched for a couple minutes. And felt overwhelmingly thankful for all I've been blessed with these past 5 years. </div>
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On our anniversary we took the kids to Knott's when Paul got off work. We had dinner at Knott's Kitchen. And during our meal these sweet old ladies came to our table to tell us how well behaved they thought our older kids were, and how impressed they were at how easy it seemed for us to manage three kids while eating out. It's always nice to hear words like that, especially since most meals it feels like I'm juggling three ticking time bombs with the occasional attempt to sneak in a bite or two while the food is still warm.<br />
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Most of our Knott's visits we don't make it out of the kids area, Camp Snoopy. But that's ok, because it's not like Paul and I would go on a ride together anyway. Garrett was full of funny faces that night. </div>
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Our kids love Dippin' Dots. Ok, we all love them. We get them just about every time we go to Knott's. But before we decide to I guess in the past we've spelled it out just to make sure we both plan to. "Are we getting D O T S tonight?" Well Garrett has caught on, because before Paul and I ever said anything he said, "Mom, lets go get D O E S!" </div>
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I love these people. Happy Anniversary Paul. I hope for many, many more!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-47078582660400485272014-06-19T11:28:00.000-06:002014-06-19T14:05:19.022-06:00Father's DayOn Saturday night I realized that I would be the only non-dad adult for Father's Day. We celebrated early with Paul's family because his mom and sis are gone this week. But I still wanted to do something since his dad was home alone.<br />
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So I went to the store saturday night to figure something out for dinner. We had Tomato Basil Soup and fresh baked bread, jell-o and cherries, a (gourmet- if I do say so myself) salad bar, complete with several dressing options, lots of toppings, and applesauce barbecue chicken and sweet chili glaze chicken, and hummus with pita and rice crackers. It all tasted so fresh and yummy. </div>
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The kids painted mini flower pots for dad, Bapa an poppy. I think they turned out really cute!</div>
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Addie's my little wild child, and I love every bit of her. But she's also got this gentle, caring, concerned side, too. I love this picture below because it captures Addie's patients and attempts to comfort her crying sister, instead of just sticking the binky back in. I often hear her 'checking' on Charlie. "Do you need a blanket?" "Are you tired?" And then her little two-year-old sarcasm kicks in, "Do you want to eat some pancakes?...just kidding! You don't got some teef!" And she reports to me often, "Charlie's cold mom." "Charlie's okay mom." </div>
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Charlie now grabs and pulls on things. She was getting frustrated here because her binky kept popping out and she wasn't realizing that it was her pulling it out. </div>
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Bapa got her laughing. She's come really close a few times, but this was official baby laughs. I'm so glad that all these little milestones stay so fun and exciting even on the third child. </div>
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I'm so thankful for these four and that our littles love their daddy so much. </div>
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I'm obsessed with Charlie's little foot print. It came out perfect and I'm jealous this sign isn't mine. </div>
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Paul's parents gave him a new shelf for our playroom for Father's Day. It's just what I -I mean <i>he </i>wanted. Our playroom was in much need of an organization makeover so he ended up being happy about it. But all my little house projects got put on hold while Garrett wasn't feeling well so we lived in a jumbled mess for several days. But it's finally coming <i>back </i>together. </div>
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I tried to take Garrett outside whenever he felt up to it because we were all going a little stir crazy. This fever was the worst because it broke once in a while and nothing else seemed wrong so G would want to play but he'd quickly get drained and then sleep for four hours and wake up with a fever again. Maybe I let him do too much but it got old after 5 days. And try telling a cooped up three year old no when he wants to go on a walk. </div>
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Oh Charlie... No matter what the day or week is like she makes me smile. I tell Paul she's my living, breathing antidepressant. </div>
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He's such a trooper when he's sick. He doesn't want anyone to worry about him and he tries really hard to act okay. I can't tell you how many times I heard him cheerfully say, "I'm feeling better!" As his weak, warm, red spotted little body would wake up from a nap. It broke my heart. </div>
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"Mom, what's this? What's this? What's this?" About a million times... I came up with some pretty creative uses for all the stuff hanging on that wall. </div>
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I told him not to step on the gray floor and he kept pretending to escape. </div>
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He had to have a chest X-ray in the ER. The man doing it was so impressed with how well Garrett followed every instruction and how still he sat. He told him he'd never had a kid that young listen so well and not cry and/or need mom or dad to hold them in place. He was so shy as he was being complimented. I was so proud of him. </div>
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Even under hard circumstances, I love one on one time with this kid. He's a pretty cool dude. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500843724650134814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077566427625743170.post-7796948674087619242014-06-11T14:55:00.000-06:002014-06-11T15:59:34.889-06:00Great Strides 2014<div>
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Charlie's first road trip! She did awesome. All of the kids did great. This was probably our smoothest drive to Utah yet.</div>
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Addie did a lot of singing on the drive. Here she is passionately singing Let It Go from Frozen.</div>
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We stopped in St. George for a couple of hours for a break. We had lunch with baby will. And then played at the local splash pad and river for a while.</div>
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Garrett and Addie are trying to remember to not call him Baby Will anymore, because he's not a baby anymore! It's so cute listening to them emphasize his whole name 'Willlll-YUM!' He is pretty yummy.</div>
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The trip was our annual May trip to Utah for the Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser. We are four for four now and plan to attend every year and support our little buddy J until there's a cure for CF.<br />
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We planned to attend as 5K walkers this year. But a few weeks before the walk, when Charlie was almost 2 weeks old, I got a phone call from the head of the Salt Lake chapter. She was asking if I planned to do a sweets booth again this year to help raise more money. I immediately said no because I had a brand-new baby and we weren't 100% sure that we would make it to Utah. But as the event got closer, and we became more sure that we would make it, I decided I could probably pull it off again this year. We did a bit smaller scale booth, but we did it and had lots of fun! </div>
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That evening we went to Matt and Dana's house (the parents of Garrett's little buddy who has CF.) This is the first time in the boys' lives that they've actually been able to play together. Garrett gets sick almost every time we go to Utah and so we have to keep him away from other kids. It was so fun watching them together.</div>
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Dana and I joked that we wish they wouldn't have had such a great time because then it wouldn't be so hard to think that it only happens once in a great while that we can all get together. </div>
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On this trip we also got to see my grandpa and a couple aunts and uncles. As well as my Auntie and Uncle John. My Auntie is Charlie Raelene's namesake. They seem to have a special bond already. </div>
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We barbecued for my moms birthday. </div>
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Seems like the only time these kids napped was in the car. We had a busy week! </div>
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We got to go boating with uncle Dave. </div>
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My childhood best friends (twins) own shops right next to each other. A tanning salon and a hair salon. Mandi did mine and Paul's hair and Brandi came over and visited. So great to see them both. </div>
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And we got to see uncle Scott and aunt Laura's new home they are having built. </div>
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The drive home was much quieter because we left Garrett and Addie there for another week! Paul and I had a pretty calm week, just us and Charlie. </div>
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I joked that the left is her morning 'oh no, the toddlers are coming' face. And the right is her face after I told her she was an only child for the week. </div>
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And after a fun week in Utah, my mom flew these two home. I missed them! </div>
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The Friday before Mother's Day, White Emerson Mortuary partnered with the Whittier Pregnancy resource center and had a candle light service for the unborn child. It was for both families who had miscarried, and for those who were grieving after choosing to abort a pregnancy. I made food for the reception following the service, and the big kids were with their grandma, so after I got the reception room set up I sat in the lobby with Charlie and listened to the service. I was caught off guard by how emotional I got listening to a Chaplain speak about the three kids he's lost, two miscarriages and one to a terminal illness. As well as an employee of the Whittier pregnancy center who had gone through a long grieving process after aborting two pregnancies when she was much younger. I couldn't stop looking down at this little sleeping babe as the tears ran down my face. </div>
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One of my best friends miscarried during my pregnancy and our babies would have been just three weeks apart. And another friend miscarried just before Mother's Day. I couldn't help but think of them and ache for them during this service. I lit candles for their babies after the service, wishing that it could somehow take their pain away, but I know it didn't. I don't know what it feels like to lose a baby. But it hurts to grieve for a friend so I can only begin to imagine. </div>
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I would imagine Mother's Day tends to be a more tender and painful day for so many, rather than a day of celebration. I kind of wish it would just go away because all moms know that we never really get a break, and that's okay. But it's a hurtful reminder to so many who want to be moms and for whatever reason haven't been able to. I'm in full support of churches that honor all women on Mother's Day, not just moms.</div>
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Having said that, I had a lovely Mother's Day with my husband and kids. Simple, nothing too fancy. And I still did all my mom duties and had a nice day. </div>
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Paul gave me new bathroom stuff for Mother's Day. I finally have it all put together and the old stuff out. I've had the little birds forever and I got the birdhouses this last trip to Utah. And a couple weeks ago I painted them all to match the new stuff. The old look was all lime green, black and white. I love the new bright colors.<br />
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The shelves are ikea spice racks. Only $3.99 each. The bottom gray one is hung upside down to make it a towel rack. I love them. I have three hanging in my walk-in closet too. And I want to get more for kids' book shelves.</div>
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I feel so blessed to have these three. They are my greatest joy. </div>
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Even on the longest, messiest, most exhausting days (and nights), I'd always rather be doing what I do than not doing it. </div>
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