tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81536407110536723992024-02-06T21:02:20.413-08:00Musings-yes, this is all I have to talk about.Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.comBlogger795125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-86443865689145113172014-05-19T18:25:00.002-07:002014-05-19T18:26:45.949-07:00Marshall's 4th birthday partyMay 3rd, Marshall turned 4. Don't even get me started on how that doesn't seem remotely possible! Since it fell on a Saturday we were able to have the party on his actual birthday. I went back and forth about where to have it. I'm a clean freak/perfectionist at heart so having it at our house with our unfinished projects and yard and worn out carpet did not sound appealing. Especially because I knew I'd have to do all the getting ready solo. A beautiful park with a huge playground sounded really appealing... but the more I thought about it, when we go to play dates at a park it almost seems harder to visit because the kids are running all over and need help or to be walked to the bathroom. Plus lots of his friends have baby siblings who would need to be nursed and changed or would be happier inside with the AC. And Marshall was adamant about having a "dinosaur party" so in the end our house won over because as unfinished and ugly as our yard is, kids LOVE it and I thought it would be easier to do dino activities and be able to put Emery down for a nap if needed. <br />
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I didn't really do any decorations. Just a few dollar store banners. I decided to spend the money I would have used decorating on toys for the party that the kids could play with later on as well.<br />
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My main goal was for the parents to be able to relax or take care of their babies (I think there were 6 babies all younger than Emery) while the kids just ran around and had a blast. So I didn't plan anything too structured and just organized our outdoor toys and set up a few dinosaur themed stations.<br />
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There was the "dinosaur small worlds" with all sorts of dinosaur toys, leaves, sticks, glass gems, mini trees and dirt to play with:<br />
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Marshall "helped" decorate the sign haha<br />
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Then there was the "fossil dig:"<br />
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I bought <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dinosaur-Bones-Sand-Mold-Pcs/dp/B000O5LLOU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400544408&sr=8-1&keywords=dinosaur+sand+mold" target="_blank">a mold</a> on Amazon and Jerad made concrete fossils. We buried them and the kids excavated them with brushes and had fun rebuliding the skeletons.</div>
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There was also a "Tar Pit." We made oobleck (cornstarch and water) and added brown food coloring. It probably should have been black to look like tar but no one complained:) Then I got a set of these <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Assorted-Dinosaur-Skeleton-Figures-12-Piece/dp/B001M2FNH0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400545874&sr=8-1&keywords=dinosaur+skelton+toys" target="_blank">dinosaur skeletons</a> to go with it. </div>
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The kids played with the skeletons covering and uncovering them, or just played with the oobleck with their hands. I didn't get a picture of the big tub of it during the party, but later that afternoon I split it into smaller tubs and the boys had round 2:</div>
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In typical hostess fashion, the minute the party started I didn't get any pictures, and don't feel like I really had the chance to talk to anyone... but I think everyone had a great time! We had thirteen 2-5 year olds, a few older siblings, and 6 babies 10 months and under. Plus our three kids!</div>
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Here are the only pictures I managed to get:</div>
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This is Marshall's friend Everett. They're only 2 weeks apart and have been friends since they were babies:</div>
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I tried to get a family picture, and Marshall's friend Reese kept photobombing it:</div>
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We did finally get a family picture. This is the first family picture I've rememberd to get at ANY of the kid's birthdays. And we aren't all looking at the camera. Babysteps I guess.</div>
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For the food originally I'd planned on doing "herbivore" platters of fruit and veggies, then "carnivoire" platters of different meats and cheeses so people could snack or make sandwiches. Then I decided that since it seems like kids are always too excited to really eat at parties anyways I'd go the cheap route and we had chips, salad, carrots and hummus, and bbq'd hotdogs. </div>
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For the cake I'd been planning on making a 4 level carrot cake from scratch (carrot cake from scratch is what I made while in labor with Marshall as well). Then at 10pm the night before I still hadn't even gone to the grocery store so I decided to just buy a boxed cake mix... then changed my mind to break n bake cookies because that would be faster. Then I decided I didn't really even have time for that so I came up with this:</div>
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I thought it would be nice because everyone could just grab cookies, we wouldn't need plates and forks, and it wouldn't be messy. 6 of the kids at the party all are having birthday parties within the next 6 weeks so I knew ultimately no one would be cake deprived. My mom was scandelized at the idea of no cake so she brought an angelfood cake and strawberries and whipped cream too. </div>
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It was a lot of fun. All the kids played non stop and I think it was a hit. I was nervous that Marshall would be dissappointed because he kept insisting that there would be "real baby dinosaurs" at his party but he seemed to forget that part. </div>
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Since there were so many people we chose to put the gifts inside and just open them with the family after everyone left. In previous years its been hard getting the boys to sit still and watch other kids open their presents at parties and understand that they don't get any. So I thought I'd spare the guests the whole ordeal and they'd have more time to play. Except apparently 4 year olds know the drill and multiple kids were confused that Marshall wasn't opening his presents. And Marshall kept saying "I want to open presents at the party like Hannah did!" (we went to her party the week before). In the end it was fine and we had a playdate a few days later where some of his friends came over and got to see the new stuff. This was the present aftermath:</div>
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And just like that, it was over. And he's 4. Which seems SO OLD, but he also acts like he's going on 30 so its not entirely surprising. </div>
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Ha, I sat down last Wednesday night to write this, got interrupted, and never finished. We just finished up a one week stint of Jerad working out of town again. </div>
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It started off well. On Friday, instead of me having to ask and remind them 50 times as per usual, the boys got themselves mostly dressed on their own then willingly went in the bathroom and started brushing their teeth. Win!</div>
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We went to the library for story time, and afterwards to the butterfly release party for the butterflies that hatched from the chrysalis's they've had on display.</div>
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That night both the boys woke up once (they usually sleep through the night), and Emery woke up three times (she's only been waking up once or occasionally twice lately). Of course, none of the wake ups coincided so I didn't get much sleep. In the morning both boys were a little whiny and had stuffy noses. We had been planning on going to my friend Beth's welcome baby party so I text her to see if we should leave our possible germs at home or still come. She said to come, and I'm glad we did. The kids had a blast. And there was delicious food. And she has a delicious baby. There was a tree swing that Marshall and Miller were obsessed with:<br />
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We left a little early because our day was completely over scheduled. On the way home I stopped at Trader Joe's because I've learned over the years that being a solo parent is much more enjoyable if I have a few comfort foods, wine, chocolate, and lots of coffee and cream on hand. </div>
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The kids took a quick nap then I woke them up to head to Marshall's friend Reese's birthday party. It was a Minnie Mouse theme and super cute. Somebody gave Emery crackers, so she was pretty much in heaven. </div>
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They had a play structure, turtles, bounce house, trampoline, car ramps, water tables, and crafts for the kids. The boys had a blast! They also played a game where they passed some (bubbles) wrapped in layers and layers of newspaper around the circle and the kid who's turn it was would pick a "mouse-ka-tool" and had 10 seconds to try to unwrap it. </div>
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On the way back from THAT party, we stopped by at a going-away party for my friend Julie who just got a job in Arizona. We stayed just long enough to say hi, and drop off some "airplane survival" packages I made for her kids that had some busy bags, fruit snacks, and reusable sticker books. She's flying solo with three kids while her husband drives their belongings--yikes!</div>
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When we got home I was so exhausted and in all honesty, just counting down the minutes until it would be acceptable to put the kids to bed. Then Marshall climbed in my lap and said "can we sit on your lap and have some snuggles? It makes my heart happy."</div>
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That night was even worse. The kids again ganged up on me and all woke up multiple times. In the morning it was clear that they were all getting sick. Happy Mother's Day to me. No husband, no sleep, and three sick kids. My sister had planned an elaborate brunch at the beach with our parents and her inlaws and I told her I thought I was going to have to skip it. She talked me into going and it was definitely the right call. Everything was beautiful and the food was AMAZING. And she sent me home with all the leftovers:)<br />
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I planned to catch a nap that afternoon while the kids were sleeping, but of course none of them would nap. Emery always nurses before she goes to sleep and refused. I didn't think anything too much of it at the time, but it ended up being the start of a THREE DAY NURSING STRIKE. So we went outside. Marshall walked Buddy around while driving his Gator for about 45 minutes. They were both in heaven.<br />
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Emery also refused to nurse the rest of that day, and before bed. I tried pumping and she refused to take a bottle as well. She woke up numerous times that night but would not nurse or take a bottle... which is how I usually put her back to sleep. Needless to say I got about two hours of broken sleep.<br />
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Monday we were supposed to have a play date but I canceled. That afternoon all the kids fell asleep at 12:30, Emery and Miller slept 3.5 hours, I snuck in a 2 hour nap, and Marshall slept three hours in his bed, then came in my bed and fell back asleep... for another 4.5 hours. Yes you read that right, he took a 7.5 hour nap. There's been 4-5 times where he was sick or having a growth spurt and has gone down for a nap and despite me trying to wake him up multiple times has just slept until the next morning. SO I figured that was happening.<br />
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Except he woke up at 8pm ready to party. He was actually in the best mood he'd been in in DAYS and was being super sweet. Just wide awake. I told him he could eat dinner, then we could snuggle in my bed and watch a movie and then he would need to go to sleep. He said that sounded good, but at 9:30 when the movie was over he was still not tired (he usually goes to bed at 7:30). I sent him to bed anyways figuring that the darkness and sound machine might knock him out. Which I assumed it had until 10:30 when I heard him wake up Miller. They continued to party on and off till after midnight.<br />
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Emery had also refused to nurse all day/night. or take a bottle. I had some success with getting her to drink pumped milk through a straw, but not much. Marshall had a few nursing strikes as a baby but he would always take bottles during them. Miller had one and despite us seeing multiple specialists, never went back to nursing. So naturally I was panicking and assuming that was going to happen again. Unless you've ever been through it, you can't imagine the mental toll a nursing strike takes on the mother. It is so hard not to take it personally. It's funny (now looking back) because whenever someone freaks out to me about their baby going on a strike I always reassure them that its normal, the baby will be fine, their supply will be fine, this is what you do blah blah blah... until the tables are turned and it's my problem then I become a stressed out basket case. <br />
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So, that was another rough night. The boys slept better but I was having a horrible time comforting Emery back to sleep and stressed to the max that not only was she not nursing, she was barely (it seemed) drinking any breastmilk or water and I was picturing having to lug all three kids to the hospital for her to get IV fluids. I kept track of her wet diapers and she was fine, but that didn't help me feel any better. That night she would only drink milk through a medicine dropper. It took me 30 minutes to get her to drink an ounce.<br />
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Tuesday morning after my 4am pumping session it was that thing where I felt awake and pretty good, and like I should just stay up for the day, or maybe I could go back to sleep for a few hours but then I'd wake up exhausted and feeling like I had a hangover. So, I decided to make a pot of double brewed coffee where you brew a pot, then dump it back into the coffee maker, replace the filter and add new grounds and brew another pot. I drake that and had a leisurely breakfast in bed and watched TV until the kids woke up. <br />
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I decided even though they were still a little sick, I was going to send the boys to preschool from 8-12 (they didn't have fevers or any green snot) just so I could get somewhat of a break. I got everyone fed breakfast (this was the first day that Emery drank a full 4 ounces of breastmilk through a straw and had some pureed apples and squash too also through a straw), showered, dressed, lunches packed and loaded in the car before I realized it was only 7:15 and we were way ahead of schedule. Double brewed coffee works THAT good.<br />
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I don't remember the details from the rest of the day. It was still a crappy day. I was still pumping every 3-4 hours. I'd try to nurse, Emery would act like I was trying to poison her, I'd pump and offer her a bottle which she would refuse, then try it in a cup with a straw which she'd usually take. Around 6pm she drank about 2 ounces out of a bottle for the first time then before bed she finally latched on and nursed. I was in the worst most uncomfortable position because I hadn't been thinking she would but I was too scared to move and have her realize what she was doing and change her mind.<br />
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And just like that her nursing strike was over as fast as it started and there haven't been any problems since. I have no idea what caused it, maybe teething? Maybe her cold? Whatever it was that was the most stressful, inconvenient, sleep deprived days I have had in a long long long time.<br />
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That night the boys slept through the night and Emery only woke up once. Wednesday morning everyone was all smiles.<br />
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They're at this awesome age where they will all play happily together and the boys are patient if she takes their toys or ruins their game.<br />
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Emery thought the makeshift baby pool in the shade was the best thing ever.<br />
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Jerad started work at about 8am Wednesday morning in Twentynine Palms, worked straight through until he finished the project at 2am Thursday, got in the truck and drove 4 hours until he was too tired to continue, slept two hours on the side of the road, then drove the remaining 2 hours home arriving at about 10:30. He said hi for 15 minutes, then left to go work on a job that had to be finished in time for the inspection that was scheduled the next day. Good Lord. And we've only seen him a few hours since then.<br />
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Things are insane right now but if we can just survive the next week we are leaving for an 8 day trip to Havasu. My sister and her husband are going, and her inlaws who are for all intents and purposes our kid's third set of grandparents. That means not only do we get an 8 day vacation -- there will be built in babysitters! Excited is the understatement of the year. Just 6 more days till we leave!!!Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-5043202450906502422014-04-11T15:01:00.002-07:002014-04-11T15:01:38.695-07:00Emery Harper 9 Months<br />
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I can't believe Emery is 9 months old. Today! And that I'm posting this on time:) That is mostly due to the fact that she started sleeping like a good baby. This last month was hard. She had a big sleep regression and woke hourly. For weeks. And the only thing that would comfort her was me nursing her. So I've been a zombie. The hourly wakeups stretched to every 2 hours, then every 3-4, then last night she went to bed at 7pm, woke up ONCE at 12:30am and that was it until she was up at 6:30 for the day.<br />
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This isn't my first rodeo. I KNOW that sleep progression isn't linear and it has its ups and downs, but man, when you're in a "down" it seems like it takes over your life. Hoping we're on the up swing for awhile!<br />
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This month we took Emery swimming for he first time.<br />
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She loved it.<br />
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St Patrick's Day:<br />
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Her favorite thing right now is taking things in and out of baskets. She'll do it over and over and over.<br />
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Crazy hair:<br />
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She's getting easier to take on the boys playdates. She'll happily play in the grass, sit in the stroller, or swing. Even if it means she misses a nap she's usually in a good mood.<br />
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I asked my mom to see what clothes she had left from my sisters and I when we were little. She brought a big bag and I've been having a lot of fun dressing Emery up. I remember my littlest sister Addy wearing this watermelon dress:<br />
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And this sweater was mine!<br />
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I need to have her weighed at her next Dr. apt, but our scale puts her around 16.5 pounds. She's in 9 month clothing (and has been since 5 months) and if she follows in her brother's footsteps, will be until she turns a year.<br />
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Two weeks after she turned 8 months, her bottom front two teeth popped through. I can't believe it took so long. I've felt like she was teething forever with all the drooling, chomping, and fingers in the mouth. Both her brother got their first tooth the week before they turned 7 months old. She likes to be on her own timeline apparently since they were both crawling and cruising furniture by the time they turned 9 months as well.<br />
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She is a ridiculously happy baby. Like, the kind of baby that makes me want 500 more or to just bottle her up and keep her tiny forever. Then night comes and I remember what a horrible sleeper (until the last few days) she is and I think "no more kids ever. I can't do this again."<br />
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She loves Marshall and Miller so much. Her eyes light up the second she sees them. The feeling is pretty mutual. Marshall has been enamored with her since the second he met her, but this last month Miller has really fallen in love too. She likes to mimic sounds so Miller will lay with her on the floor and say something like "ma ma ma ma" then she'll try to say it back and they'll both just laugh and laugh and laugh.<br />
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Two nights ago she was able to stand up while holding onto something (the bathtub) for the first time. The boys were so proud and cheered her on.<br />
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She's still unsteady so I'm sure it'll be awhile until she's cruising along the furniture. She still isn't officially crawling, but she scoots and army crawls to get where she wants to go. She's eating solid foods 1-3 times a day, and nursing about every 3-4 hours so play dates and errands are getting easier because she doesn't always have to eat the second we get there.<br />
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She's sassy and funny. She claps with one hand on the back of her other hand, waves, gives huge open mouth kisses, and if she does something that makes us laugh she'll do it over and over.<br />
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Going through old photos I found these of me around her age. I see a lot of similarities! Especially the mouth and hair:<br />
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This is her "funny face:"<br />
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Happy 9 months baby girl! I can't wait to see what the next month brings!Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-2199924116950797742014-04-10T15:54:00.000-07:002014-04-10T15:54:23.148-07:00Returning to normal. Jerad got back late Tuesday/early Wednesday from his out of town project in Twentynine Palms after being gone almost 2 weeks. The beginning was rough. The boys weren't listening, Emery wasn't sleeping, Marshall was waking up multiple times with growing pains, it was raining, even the dogs were being high maintenance. I was feeling pulled a million directions and like no one was getting the attention they deserved. At the end of every day I was just exhausted, feeling guilty for not enjoying my children as much as I should be, dreading the hourly night wakeups that were sure to come, resenting the fact that its always up to ME to make everything run smoothly without any help, and wondering how I was going to keep it all together until Jerad got home. Then the dryer broke, which meant I was lugging the kids to the laundromat on top of everything else.<br />
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I went back through my blog archives and read <a href="http://stephbrownthinks.blogspot.com/2011/02/its-809.html" target="_blank">this post</a> from when Marshall was the same age as Emery is now and we were going through the exact same thing. He was in the middle of a horrible sleep regression, it was raining, Jerad was working out of town for 11 days... Somehow reading and remembering how much I was struggling then was exactly what I needed to turn my attitude around. Like, this is just a bad season but it will pass soon and I won't remember it or something. The next day the clouds (literally) parted, we were able to go to the park, the kids all took good naps, and I felt like myself again and that it was no big deal having to solo parent for another week or more .<br />
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Thanks to my strange personality quirk of having to be able to control <i>something</i> when I feel like things are out of control, I also completely cleaned the house from top to bottom including changing the sheets on all 6 beds, and baked banana bread and homemade butter with the boys (a recent favorite). I stayed up late after the kids were asleep to finish cleaning which meant I was already up for a bunch of Emery's on-the-hour-wakeups so even those didn't seem as unbearable. <br />
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The rest of the time Jerad was gone the weather was good, the kids were pretty well behaved, and by the end Emery had gone to only waking up every 2 hours which made a world of difference. We went to and hosted play dates, made sure to play outside a few hours a day (this is such a part of our routine that it really feels like the end of the world when we're stuck inside because of rain), did crafts, went to the library, loaded up on some yummy treats at the grocery store for me to sneak after the kids were asleep, and took nightly walks and instead of feeling like I was hanging by a thread I was able to enjoy our time together.<br />
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Then Jerad got home I got to sleep in until 9am yesterday, Emery slept a 3 and a 4 hour stretch last night, and we have all sorts of fun plans this weekend. It feels like life is back to normal. Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-50263483885630726692014-04-07T15:08:00.002-07:002014-04-07T15:09:19.013-07:00Miller Cash, 2 YearsOn December 13th, Miller turned 2. I feel like I blinked and he went from this:<br />
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To this!<br />
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We've been doing one present for each year, so this year Miller got two. A Disney Planes Duplo set, and a fire truck. <br />
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<br />We celebrated at home with his favorite breakfast, pancakes.<br />
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Later that day my parents dropped off his present from them, a Lightning McQueen powerwheels. He loooooves "A-wide Ma-keen" and was in HEAVEN.<br />
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Miller is the biggest snugglebug.<br />
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He loves trains and can name every Thomas engine. He also loves the movie Cars.<br />
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He still sucks on Aiden and Anais blankets as if they were pacifiers for naps and bedtime.<br />
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He knows all his ABC's and can count to 20. But he doesn't know ANY of his colors. And only like 3 animal sounds (but he does know all the animal names). I think that's partly my fault, I didn't think to teach them as much as I did with Marshall.</div>
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Don't tell him he's two, he thinks he's a big kid. In fact, he will tell
you that he's 5. His favorite person in the whole wide world is Marshall. They pal around
and do everything together. If Marshall gets put in time out, Miller
voluntarily goes and sits with him. If Marshall falls down and gets
hurt, Miller cries too. He likes Emery of course, but at 5 months old
she just isn't that interesting to him yet. Most of his frustrations stem from not always being
able to keep up with Marshall and his big kid friends. He will run and
jump and climb and if you attempt to help him he'll be quick to tell you
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Happy 2 years Mill Mills, we couldn't imagine life without you! </div>
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The biggest changes leading up to 8 months were starting solids (right before she turned 8 months), napping in her crib, clapping, and waving. She also shakes her head "no" and "talks" with the boys. Emery is so ridiculously happy and easy going most of the time. If she wasn't such a terrible nighttime sleeper, she'd be the perfect baby!<br />
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Naps are going really well, she takes 2; one at 9am and one at 1pm. I can feed her, turn on the white noise machine, then set her in the crib wide awake and she'll pass right out. This feels like a HUGE victory because for the longest time she hated the crib. She's going to bed between 6:30-7 and sleeping in there for most of the night too. When I say "sleeping most of the night" I mean she wakes up every 2 hours and I feed her then put her back in the crib and she goes back to sleep. <br />
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She loves being outside, swinging, loves baths, loves the pets, and mostly loves her brothers. Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-91518740333399329872014-04-05T14:11:00.001-07:002014-04-05T14:11:46.546-07:00Emery Harper 7 Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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7 months brought sitting unassisted, learning how to roll/scoot/wiggle where she wanted to go, and just cuteness in general. Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-60122413820731567532014-03-31T16:17:00.001-07:002014-03-31T16:17:21.385-07:00Weekend in Santa BarbaraJerad is working on a remodel project about 6 hours away in Twentynine Palms and will be gone for at least a week, maybe two. I decided instead of sitting around moping I would pack up the crew and spend a few days visiting my sister and her hubby in Santa Barbara! The kids love them to pieces and we don't get to see them very often. For the first year of Marshall's life we were next door neighbors, then we lived in the same town for the next two years. <div><br></div><div>It was a challenge getting all the errands and shopping and cleaning and packing and pet sitting arranged without a lot of notice but I managed. While the boys were in preschool I took Emery and waited for an hour to get my oil changed, cleaned the car and filled up with gas, and the library for some new books to keep the boys occupied in the car. During the oil change they discovered I had a nail in my tire and offered to fix it... For $35. Since I'm cheap, I went to the place that I bought the tires from since I knew they'd do it for free. I had all the kids with me by that point and we had to wait for an hour so in retrospect probably should have just forked over the $35, but we made it and Marshall had everyone at the tire store cracking up before we left.</div><div><br></div><div>This is everything Jerad needed for a 1-2 week stay; one small suitcase and a laptop bag:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YEqV5GqdJuwtYOFYSSFdPjo75jeWO4UvMTnW-zxLJ9497YG2kQg3vOaR03VF2goI7gfZ1DL6BpsbinePG9Nu4S2sWnPHO2qYXI7RkyhPvGP3VRcIK_TXtxmtEIJywjDj9HSU_D_Fh4Y/s640/blogger-image-2087670970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YEqV5GqdJuwtYOFYSSFdPjo75jeWO4UvMTnW-zxLJ9497YG2kQg3vOaR03VF2goI7gfZ1DL6BpsbinePG9Nu4S2sWnPHO2qYXI7RkyhPvGP3VRcIK_TXtxmtEIJywjDj9HSU_D_Fh4Y/s640/blogger-image-2087670970.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And me and the kids for a 3 day trip:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VpRgdUbZ4WBEvPcWCeZG9BNjcDTtRqI07b064U_t8ntQWmD45Y8p9k_t2_YSA6ivo9G0UWPzEmieMS0wYlCYpXRZfoF16_g4kFjGSOMBkNkZx5f3djKSQHUrHOkmHgWBumIXZR0cbko/s640/blogger-image--159683818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VpRgdUbZ4WBEvPcWCeZG9BNjcDTtRqI07b064U_t8ntQWmD45Y8p9k_t2_YSA6ivo9G0UWPzEmieMS0wYlCYpXRZfoF16_g4kFjGSOMBkNkZx5f3djKSQHUrHOkmHgWBumIXZR0cbko/s640/blogger-image--159683818.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Absolutely rediculous. And I try not to be a crazy packer! There was also one ice chest of food not pictured.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">I wanted to leave Friday after breakfast at 8am, and we managed to pull out of the driveway at 8:30 so not too late. I thought if we were there in time for them to run around then settle down maybe they'd nap (hahahaha). No one had to stop to go to the bathroom, eat, or get their wiggles out so we were able to drive straight there (besides a Starbucks drive thru stop as we were leaving town). I attribute that to some terrible audio books about "Nate the Great" I got at the library. In retrospect I wish I had got Percy Jackson or Harry Potter or something that wouldn't drive me insane to listen to, I bet the kids would have stayed interested.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">When we got there the boys played in the back yard for awhile while I made lunch then I tried to get everyone to nap. Emery finally passed out for a little bit, but the boys would not. Then I took the kids to the park to get out of the housekeeper's way and burn some time before Melinda and Larry got home from work. We went to Alameda Park which is only about a mile away and amazing: </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGorUbK8GWBtfA7bDpgPiw_einVVCvLP99EGBR3rFCb9EfQr8gMEF5ShknPX23Ov3aX3V946nqkEi1XHl82p_6Rq_bZwKYVq97LR-W4xCIT1YHZaMJNo_tOBpSp7-IkGGgkIMOh7EUI_Q/s640/blogger-image--1674724614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGorUbK8GWBtfA7bDpgPiw_einVVCvLP99EGBR3rFCb9EfQr8gMEF5ShknPX23Ov3aX3V946nqkEi1XHl82p_6Rq_bZwKYVq97LR-W4xCIT1YHZaMJNo_tOBpSp7-IkGGgkIMOh7EUI_Q/s640/blogger-image--1674724614.jpg"></a></div></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuypHKD8cD0Pb096Ph36dOtDbvhl_iUcPBnmM2wFp9EvKni-fCMw8sVQJMCufbkYxPexnAwqfWSK0Oom_dXezwPIpBFM5ZnTQNSg427dRk117yLNF33Hb6Lm2w_XSfnB0EdX_BQYFs6w/s640/blogger-image-993878948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvuypHKD8cD0Pb096Ph36dOtDbvhl_iUcPBnmM2wFp9EvKni-fCMw8sVQJMCufbkYxPexnAwqfWSK0Oom_dXezwPIpBFM5ZnTQNSg427dRk117yLNF33Hb6Lm2w_XSfnB0EdX_BQYFs6w/s640/blogger-image-993878948.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUM2BZ6UTIyvxzEeUwclN6O8V3AWskGCKpogz-YwSj_pQTpZA4vt609D3W0mHh09-knEIkOOwBn5Koiq3eCxiYHm-DPVz_Ob92GHTfc5w1Dem33HFgc7elYG8tVfeJ9Y8xEuZP1bmd8Hs/s640/blogger-image-432983429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUM2BZ6UTIyvxzEeUwclN6O8V3AWskGCKpogz-YwSj_pQTpZA4vt609D3W0mHh09-knEIkOOwBn5Koiq3eCxiYHm-DPVz_Ob92GHTfc5w1Dem33HFgc7elYG8tVfeJ9Y8xEuZP1bmd8Hs/s640/blogger-image-432983429.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwQm7GlnGPyCq3NjaB4AWE3KIYTRiTzOWWVwC4kb3ZFWWfMPubciFLNE4UQR1Qan3uy9VqTys_2ChjQwXqu6YWYz2FomCzL_d0f-fbTgMOSlxLFwk9O_0t4rbugoHCrExt432cIJ2Yjg/s640/blogger-image-324470274.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwQm7GlnGPyCq3NjaB4AWE3KIYTRiTzOWWVwC4kb3ZFWWfMPubciFLNE4UQR1Qan3uy9VqTys_2ChjQwXqu6YWYz2FomCzL_d0f-fbTgMOSlxLFwk9O_0t4rbugoHCrExt432cIJ2Yjg/s640/blogger-image-324470274.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8O6ZSRSnQGD3DGu0L7fnOstp2WzpNDR9mpkaW4bmxlDca1hOHyrubpPAiwehxxEd8IHgwnB3GjM7MoWXSxYOPn-5H3rMid5UXtHlHUYRqKhOyeckUD7CqA_GvxYJdXka9SSrPCet6NY/s640/blogger-image-103784756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8O6ZSRSnQGD3DGu0L7fnOstp2WzpNDR9mpkaW4bmxlDca1hOHyrubpPAiwehxxEd8IHgwnB3GjM7MoWXSxYOPn-5H3rMid5UXtHlHUYRqKhOyeckUD7CqA_GvxYJdXka9SSrPCet6NY/s640/blogger-image-103784756.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Not gonna lie, I was relived when it was time to leave. The park is huge and was packed, and it was hard to keep eyes on the boys. I'm pretty sure they had a pow wow before we left and decided to just stop listening to me all weekend as well. Luckily my sister and her husband were around the rest of the time to help chase and corral!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The next morning after breakfast we all went to the Ty Warner Sea Center, which is like a small aquarium.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfoCO_k76ekKsDnKMJnej83fyJHl0mbt_X1X-JWOQRkpiQtfRNBwFc9AL-hc6r72wb6jwOoozWng5_Sa5dIRj2SiJnRJ6DsC03Ww91l_4KCvLNpYhedO419-ObYiQfWx3DWEV6FqtC_4/s640/blogger-image--432626166.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfoCO_k76ekKsDnKMJnej83fyJHl0mbt_X1X-JWOQRkpiQtfRNBwFc9AL-hc6r72wb6jwOoozWng5_Sa5dIRj2SiJnRJ6DsC03Ww91l_4KCvLNpYhedO419-ObYiQfWx3DWEV6FqtC_4/s640/blogger-image--432626166.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0m1-SADgF1jPfNn_eV57oagnvtoHXv3CANIv0fqIpSQutC0cE634en5hdZDGywUblr1pWWECPwvja-29qMFeN0FYodtMjXBucIoJ7rykYn9tKICaP29UiK1mQni8Qhv1py5p3PaVum-4/s640/blogger-image-168624725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0m1-SADgF1jPfNn_eV57oagnvtoHXv3CANIv0fqIpSQutC0cE634en5hdZDGywUblr1pWWECPwvja-29qMFeN0FYodtMjXBucIoJ7rykYn9tKICaP29UiK1mQni8Qhv1py5p3PaVum-4/s640/blogger-image-168624725.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0sWoa6PZO3TaVFHaa6xK6Lx64Z912OD_Id_EV9t291zCnkfhigcUjazkyYFkLNrmbJv8JJnRYNx2S-Rc21m2GCP_dIfAvbiXs-fRLYNeLzM5XhZvZcgDovo3eYkltObBk7MEak9wvW4s/s640/blogger-image--1481361018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0sWoa6PZO3TaVFHaa6xK6Lx64Z912OD_Id_EV9t291zCnkfhigcUjazkyYFkLNrmbJv8JJnRYNx2S-Rc21m2GCP_dIfAvbiXs-fRLYNeLzM5XhZvZcgDovo3eYkltObBk7MEak9wvW4s/s640/blogger-image--1481361018.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxTY5c47eaft9hoG_wKJPqJJwlei_RnSzVQqKUWVySjzVVUIqx-373x6Z1xSYKqTszYiRyNIV3vqxZPVgsINBfSwT2hIqjyCIdbphi8o3tSnQPT35zzeXb2zW3fn_TzhzNWrP7baGpN8/s640/blogger-image--1890640737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxTY5c47eaft9hoG_wKJPqJJwlei_RnSzVQqKUWVySjzVVUIqx-373x6Z1xSYKqTszYiRyNIV3vqxZPVgsINBfSwT2hIqjyCIdbphi8o3tSnQPT35zzeXb2zW3fn_TzhzNWrP7baGpN8/s640/blogger-image--1890640737.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Marshall is super obsessed with sharks right now and got to pet some so he was really happy.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">After that we walked over to the beach:</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-bhuQW6xuyYvBjJBBY8jynmNHgfnCd_Fi8-UP_4LMpQVlPVzNkl6Fwz2z0yBAbG-LfzodTsc-GUv-tPCWJC-0LxiE1S4b01-fni1ZozURadD_GEK9Q59-bWoxcCXaVMc5gGMktQAO7E/s640/blogger-image--400598322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-bhuQW6xuyYvBjJBBY8jynmNHgfnCd_Fi8-UP_4LMpQVlPVzNkl6Fwz2z0yBAbG-LfzodTsc-GUv-tPCWJC-0LxiE1S4b01-fni1ZozURadD_GEK9Q59-bWoxcCXaVMc5gGMktQAO7E/s640/blogger-image--400598322.jpg"></a></div></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Marshall had a ton of fun running all down the beach and back and playing in the waves. Miller is a little more cautious:) </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">We went home for naps (Miller and Emery each took a short nap), then back to Alameda Park. Even with one adult per kid we managed to lose Marshall for awhile:) I didn't get pictures of the boys who were climbing and running all around with their aunt and uncle, but Emery had fun too:</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwy_7rHxZ2D9sd9aCcjVU_Hfj6pjsGbWP3z0YVuIru2-Kh89jgwI7bjWn3lgoEO75GRDvq8fIglUOWGFRMmZ-RBEv0knVtu5ma6aeeCjZpjbhjb5I7k7ik9ugz98h4RDNX5lr-2LDr8Y/s640/blogger-image--782243040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwy_7rHxZ2D9sd9aCcjVU_Hfj6pjsGbWP3z0YVuIru2-Kh89jgwI7bjWn3lgoEO75GRDvq8fIglUOWGFRMmZ-RBEv0knVtu5ma6aeeCjZpjbhjb5I7k7ik9ugz98h4RDNX5lr-2LDr8Y/s640/blogger-image--782243040.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJdgB94oshFjIiJzokJnfwSfwWSZnGCFE307uslj5XsBuJOD0QqgluIitMKrNabTsErJ9kCnbvMwtqRpoqmz8geeSPgGIEUAECAliQgPuZAGztcBh1nc1HnU3z6Y9w-X48A6tJQJ7nWw/s640/blogger-image--1562956644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJdgB94oshFjIiJzokJnfwSfwWSZnGCFE307uslj5XsBuJOD0QqgluIitMKrNabTsErJ9kCnbvMwtqRpoqmz8geeSPgGIEUAECAliQgPuZAGztcBh1nc1HnU3z6Y9w-X48A6tJQJ7nWw/s640/blogger-image--1562956644.jpg"></a></div></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Jerad originally was planning on leaving for the dessert on Friday, but one of the jobs he was working on took a little longer than he had planned so he ended up leaving Saturday night instead. He stopped by for dinner and a movie so it was nice getting to see him one more time! He left Melinda and Larry's house around 11:30pm and got to the hotel around 3:30am. But before you start feeling sorry for him, remember: he's getting 1-2 weeks of sleeping through the night and no early morning kid wakeups!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">That night was horrid. Emery woke up every 30 minutes. All freakin night. Marshall and Miller were awake from 2-3:30am. Then Emery woke up for the day at 5. I don't know if it was the two days of bad napping catching up (Marshall usually sleeps 2-3 hours, Miller 3-3.5, Emery two naps for a total of 4-5 hours), or just being out of their element. But it was bad. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Sunday we went to the Santa Barbara Zoo:</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OYhM8W_ipe1P1WLs30VjELhVixOmFZVS5xg9htdjmis7qewHe-9qJ6LDKFksN6WXIcxILni2UwQxshNOHxoIrpVHxkQfgO8IcyYjB_kOre5djrle_q2gq8yXaRaVlCAL7oh88_qIY_w/s640/blogger-image--274262385.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OYhM8W_ipe1P1WLs30VjELhVixOmFZVS5xg9htdjmis7qewHe-9qJ6LDKFksN6WXIcxILni2UwQxshNOHxoIrpVHxkQfgO8IcyYjB_kOre5djrle_q2gq8yXaRaVlCAL7oh88_qIY_w/s640/blogger-image--274262385.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Even though there are a ton of amazing animals, the boy's favorite things are the train (of course):</font></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijN6pUu0mOMageMmoANF1dNA6I1R27iZtL8d3BmNuSEPI19YE5j2F9n11sllVtVLgI8ExvYsntaS2acsWeSNCXXabNiSThJotn3ylVAN7r-k-LeQAcbZiPYoYU9Jtr3XTlId1cOhpvp5w/s640/blogger-image-1838130911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijN6pUu0mOMageMmoANF1dNA6I1R27iZtL8d3BmNuSEPI19YE5j2F9n11sllVtVLgI8ExvYsntaS2acsWeSNCXXabNiSThJotn3ylVAN7r-k-LeQAcbZiPYoYU9Jtr3XTlId1cOhpvp5w/s640/blogger-image-1838130911.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRQ7dxAUWU2Q6trAC-zRtgZ9Q2U0XBjlOMaGSzobhehPbKdjvlJUGEsrs0WBnyjtdqS0xMIZHnKezLlRPfjOwOBPDphHpcYxlExhLVp4wIzuoOn4BxR9OSFquhCB8HWFPm5CVaZF_eQc/s640/blogger-image-638204690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRQ7dxAUWU2Q6trAC-zRtgZ9Q2U0XBjlOMaGSzobhehPbKdjvlJUGEsrs0WBnyjtdqS0xMIZHnKezLlRPfjOwOBPDphHpcYxlExhLVp4wIzuoOn4BxR9OSFquhCB8HWFPm5CVaZF_eQc/s640/blogger-image-638204690.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">And the rediculously corny Dino show. I think both Marshall and Miller think they're real. We saw the show when we visited when Emery was 5 weeks old and both boys still frequently talk about "Duncan the T-Rex." At one point Marshall got a little scared and he scooted closer to Uncle Lars haha:</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdFcXDA2y4WnptYMhQXvo4hsz0OT9kO3prrnbSdnWr-olOW-n1jeUQzXIM0Cf30QxxRcI_OVhs1zPMACu8P6yxwqK7aH0VBF7x5eJ7cajgY8xJ9_vKcGvitS36U18-R9LZ3ne3Q1rTuM/s640/blogger-image-208627238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdFcXDA2y4WnptYMhQXvo4hsz0OT9kO3prrnbSdnWr-olOW-n1jeUQzXIM0Cf30QxxRcI_OVhs1zPMACu8P6yxwqK7aH0VBF7x5eJ7cajgY8xJ9_vKcGvitS36U18-R9LZ3ne3Q1rTuM/s640/blogger-image-208627238.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCvbXuWSSjC4w8m6o3MJk-tgzI7G4x3XiWzm017CQy1CLHDrIhwr4DXKZZ_7GnIj64nr6obdolD_r5iSgIMli3uAiuEdqNVAILdYxAXDzFwreM0rkpesjghet7J1elWafqcL-D46zH50/s640/blogger-image-638023339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCvbXuWSSjC4w8m6o3MJk-tgzI7G4x3XiWzm017CQy1CLHDrIhwr4DXKZZ_7GnIj64nr6obdolD_r5iSgIMli3uAiuEdqNVAILdYxAXDzFwreM0rkpesjghet7J1elWafqcL-D46zH50/s640/blogger-image-638023339.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Z0S33hxGZmmEK5VuZNQyZEjXKfz_AJAg73EpLVP1yolMFBIfqsS9RQXMuXal-CEo6R4MR6XtcDfHLRqqJ-a8ggPKBwTROmkFsIvFfuaa537Y7CPJZmUG6l0ci7w91jlaU4x0lb1op3Q/s640/blogger-image--629064783.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Z0S33hxGZmmEK5VuZNQyZEjXKfz_AJAg73EpLVP1yolMFBIfqsS9RQXMuXal-CEo6R4MR6XtcDfHLRqqJ-a8ggPKBwTROmkFsIvFfuaa537Y7CPJZmUG6l0ci7w91jlaU4x0lb1op3Q/s640/blogger-image--629064783.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvZsozK_AAOFWyAwEkgsvCXI3u8alQPiKUFCYNdqQVBEY8pgf0TghpdrOWcHaHrViqq8h8sWMG-1HboYc-NKsR5FkT55L_Xs-rDnvaybqnx552Hs8B6PjZP0SVSm4Kln8E_y_LSRKTAo/s640/blogger-image-1992788585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvZsozK_AAOFWyAwEkgsvCXI3u8alQPiKUFCYNdqQVBEY8pgf0TghpdrOWcHaHrViqq8h8sWMG-1HboYc-NKsR5FkT55L_Xs-rDnvaybqnx552Hs8B6PjZP0SVSm4Kln8E_y_LSRKTAo/s640/blogger-image-1992788585.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">After that we dropped off Melinda and Lars and headed home. I had tossed around the idea of staying one more night since there wasn't anywhere we *had* to be on Monday, but the kids weren't sleeping well, which meant I also wasn't sleeping well, and the boys weren't being bad per se, but definitely not being good listeners either. So getting back to our own routine and beds sounded like a good plan. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The drive back went so well (no fussing, fighting, or even whining the whole way!) that I decided to reward us all (minus Emery) with In 'n Out AND chocolate shakes which the kids has never had. We got home before 4 and the kids were happy to veg out and watch cartoons while I unpacked and cleaned out the car. All three were asleep by 7:05pm, the boys slept until 7am, and even though Emery woke up a few times it was still a good night and she slept till 7 as well. Here's hoping the rest of the week/weeks is smooth sailing as well!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">*I wrote this on my phone so, sorry for any autocorrect or format weirdness. </font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-32880517116079864502014-03-22T22:37:00.002-07:002014-03-22T22:37:43.069-07:00Catching Up: Jerad's 31st b-day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, Jerad's birthday was way back in October but we had so much fun celebrating I don't want to forget about it:) We BBQ'd then had a softball game! I think it's going to be a yearly tradition. We had two teams of 8. I was so proud of my family, my two sisters and dad both played... and we are not sports people. At all. <br />
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Next time maybe I'll be brave enough to play. And we'll plan it more than a week in advance... Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-12390245294012904222014-03-20T14:45:00.001-07:002014-03-20T14:45:21.854-07:00Still hereWell, it's been a little over 4 weeks since we enrolled Miller in preschool 2 mornings a week with Marshall. <div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQ6AD0MOqtKFP2glQmOX-rg6u6g6YrS51Sb4_lLWYi7JQSh9_UVOoppYFp6J1sA2cIf1vzVowklXFh_Gs0S7R23UE_9BwvuDUpTdkecqZZKWnAgQXMfSSWzO-3444bolvFaMjy0x3aHk/s640/blogger-image--157875877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQ6AD0MOqtKFP2glQmOX-rg6u6g6YrS51Sb4_lLWYi7JQSh9_UVOoppYFp6J1sA2cIf1vzVowklXFh_Gs0S7R23UE_9BwvuDUpTdkecqZZKWnAgQXMfSSWzO-3444bolvFaMjy0x3aHk/s640/blogger-image--157875877.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">had these visions of using the 4 hours to sit in a cafe and slowly savor a cup of coffee while Emery happily played in the stroller and I caught up on blogging. Or maybe walking downtown and window shopping. Or meeting a friend for breakfast and getting to slowly chew my food. Or maybe going crazy and getting that pedicure that's 6 months overdo. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This funny thing happens when you have three kids three and under -- all of a sudden having "only" a baby to take care of literally feels like having no kids. So I was looking forward to savoring some "no kid" time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Except the 4 hours is really more like 3.5 because usually the kids eat breakfast too slow and we're a little late. Then by the time I walk the boys in and give them hugs and kisses and drive home I have about 3 hours left. Then I discovered pickups go a lot smoother if I get there a little early so they get to play a bit instead of me swooping in and them having to stop what they're doing to go home. So all in all I have a 2.5 hour block of "free time" twice a week and I've consistently used it to go grocery shopping and run errands. A few times I've gone to SLO to pick up building permits or special order materials for Jerad because it seems silly for him to have to stop working and drive all that way when I'm free. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Things are going great. I'm really in the groove these days. Our weeks are packed with play dates, park trips, adventure walks, crafts, story times, library/zoo/swim/beach/random trips. Sometimes days go by without any tantrums and lately even nap time and bedtimes have been a breeze. I'm cooking all of our food from scratch and we're on a mainly paleo/primal diet. Heck, most days I'm even on top of our never ending laundry situation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Jerad's business is going great, he's currently having to schedule new jobs about 2 months out and is working on a bunch of large projects! Which means that we see him for about 20 minutes in the morning most days and everything else is up to me. I don't have any help (aside from the aforementioned 2.5 hours T/TH). It was hard enough getting our families to babysit when we had two kids so close in age... Then we went and added a third! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At the end of the day I just don't have energy for One More Thing. So blogging has taken a back seat. I guess I'm so busy living my life I don't have the time to talk about it:) I have a million things I want to write about. Um, Emery will be 9 months soon and I haven't even written her birth story! But I *love* looking back through old blogs and reliving Marshall's and Miller's baby days and remembering things I would have completely forgotten had I not taken the time to blog about. So I'm going to try to do better. I think I say that every few months and for the past 2 years it's just gotten worse and worse. Maybe this time I'm actually telling the truth? :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And since it has been so long, here's a few recent pics:</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/AVvXsEj56cD84Qd1tLSqmGkJYLH5QP0LSDIY7gxV5v80D6dx9MGNsUDNaMDodz2FZzFQ5TtN7_KhquaDWmMyL5yZeCwKlfuScDATM6yHK-sjrh0rIvQvXxF6wXoAoQVUtvVJrqlYYdTdxshB2YU/s640/blogger-image-1873401013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56cD84Qd1tLSqmGkJYLH5QP0LSDIY7gxV5v80D6dx9MGNsUDNaMDodz2FZzFQ5TtN7_KhquaDWmMyL5yZeCwKlfuScDATM6yHK-sjrh0rIvQvXxF6wXoAoQVUtvVJrqlYYdTdxshB2YU/s640/blogger-image-1873401013.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/AVvXsEjrraB3Nevq-YxC62cDAn96XNUiCpeBkUb9OpjQce3EybUH306x76B8aCSHIcas_MgPQedPZ9fDmYUYK2jIBljh_2VUoYqOUGaXYruBGOWXi_aoL21c_PRCMqfKV4clY42vPcutOUxAizs/s640/blogger-image-2127525295.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrraB3Nevq-YxC62cDAn96XNUiCpeBkUb9OpjQce3EybUH306x76B8aCSHIcas_MgPQedPZ9fDmYUYK2jIBljh_2VUoYqOUGaXYruBGOWXi_aoL21c_PRCMqfKV4clY42vPcutOUxAizs/s640/blogger-image-2127525295.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfB2ydbOiR3Mk1_a0UIUYt4Dws4csqMqITi6AbdF_kqyyQRmAPDkbwqlf3knphRrnqaLP2PaKj2I_r8KJLqdcuvKN4C_wuCuIQyyE2gI4-7MC1s3A7GG4kIOOrGvXDCuI9KSrTBr2MNM/s640/blogger-image-2056130723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfB2ydbOiR3Mk1_a0UIUYt4Dws4csqMqITi6AbdF_kqyyQRmAPDkbwqlf3knphRrnqaLP2PaKj2I_r8KJLqdcuvKN4C_wuCuIQyyE2gI4-7MC1s3A7GG4kIOOrGvXDCuI9KSrTBr2MNM/s640/blogger-image-2056130723.jpg"></a></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/AVvXsEiTrMbzfJIVYUuBwSZD25BqRdArDBExyV_HX4RhK_8YraTxhC5McmuDN_19m1erJ-HtDj807CL1c5iGQ_eTVSKEOU2LXvc2aB7GYPzT3jra27yAEQCCAFg346ntgRMi1dwpw9zIyg97s6g/s640/blogger-image-1301069592.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrMbzfJIVYUuBwSZD25BqRdArDBExyV_HX4RhK_8YraTxhC5McmuDN_19m1erJ-HtDj807CL1c5iGQ_eTVSKEOU2LXvc2aB7GYPzT3jra27yAEQCCAFg346ntgRMi1dwpw9zIyg97s6g/s640/blogger-image-1301069592.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-68728754029181682014-01-14T15:21:00.002-08:002014-01-14T15:30:27.038-08:00Emery Harper 6 Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Emery just turned 6 months old! Just like with her brothers, on the one hand I feel like she was just born (um, I really need to write her birth story...) and on the other it seems like she's been a part of our family forever! She loves her brothers and they love her right back. Every single morning since she's been born Marshall runs into our room to kiss her good morning.<br />
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She is ridiculously happy most of the time. The first few months were hard. I think she's been the neediest baby so far... or I'm just so outnumbered at this point that it seemed that way :) Around 3 months it started feeling easier, then around 5 months Jerad and I both started constantly commenting on how fun and funny she was.<br />
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She recently discovered her toes and is obsessed.<br />
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We haven't started solids yet and probably won't for awhile. I'll occasionally give her a carrot or piece of celery to gnaw on while I'm cooking, but since she doesn't have any teeth yet she's not really eating it. One of the boys "shared" an apple slice with her a few days ago and she was in HEAVEN. She sucked on it for about 30 minutes.<br />
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Sleep is starting to get better. She usually takes a nap around 9 or 9:30 lasting 1-2 hours, then another around 12:30 for 2-3 hours. For both of these I can just put her in her swing or on our bed wide awake as soon as she starts looking tired and she will go right to sleep. Which is HEAVENLY because for the first 4 months or so of her life she would only sleep if I was rocking or wearing her. The boys also nap during her second nap so I usually have a few hours to myself in the afternoon. She won't take a pacifier, but prefers to suck on a blanket, just like Miller. Also (just like with Miller), it has to be a muslin Aiden and Anias blanket.<br />
I didn't even know blanket sucking was a thing... and somehow I ended up with two of them! I'm still trying to encourage the pacifier but it's not looking like she's going to prefer it any time soon.<br />
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Besides those two naps, she usually squeezes in one 30-45 min cat nap in the evening. The time varies and its a struggle to get her to sleep for that one.... but she's a wreck if she skips it. She goes to sleep between 6:30-7:30 and will only fall asleep if I lay in bed and nurse her. The night's Jerad is home its a piece of cake and he puts the boys to bed (Miller between 7 and 7:30 and Marshall between 7:30 and 8). When he's not home its very difficult for me to get everyone peacefully asleep on my own and there's about an hour of running from one kid's room to the other and I usually bribe Marshall that he can lay in his bed and play on my phone while I get Emery and Miller to sleep.<br />
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For the last week she's only woken once every three hours during the night, which feels heavenly. Before that was up to once an hour. I'm trying to get her out of our bed and it's been slow going. She cries and wakes up constantly if she's in the crib, so it's just not worth it. I have been having moderate success with putting her on a floor bed in our room which makes nighttime feedings easy. Usually I move her to the floor bed around 10 or 11 when I'm ready to go to sleep and feed her in her sleep. Then she wakes up to nurse around 1 and I lay on the floor bed to feed her, then again around 4 at which point I usually bring her in our bed. She wakes up for the day around 7. Now that I'm not working our morning's start a little later thank heavens!<br />
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Speaking of breastfeeding, it is going AMAZING this time around. Well, I guess it's going normal which feels like amazing after my last two experiences. I haven't had mastitis ONCE and I'd had it 3-4 times with each boy by this point. Also no thrush (she had a small case but I didn't get it), blebs, clogged ducts, cracked nipples, abscesses, or over supply. Because I'm not working, I don't have to pump at all which has also made the whole experience so much easier. Even though she's exclusivily breastfeeding, she will take bottles with no problem. I went out of town for a few days (first time EVER since having kids!), and she drank pumped milk during that time plus a bottle here and there if Jerad and I are lucky enough to get a date.<br />
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I haven't taken her in for her 6 month well check yet, but on our home scale (which is pretty accurate) she is 16.6 pounds which is exactly the same as Marshall and Miller were at 6 months. We make consistent babies apparently.<br />
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She is rolling and scooting all over, but hasn't started to crawl or get on her hands and knees yet.<br />
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She is just like baby Marshall in that she love love loves showers and baths. If she's fussy I just have to stick her in some sort of water and she mellows right out.<br />
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I can't think of much else to say. She's just an easy going little chunk and although I'm trying to soak up every baby moment and not rush her, I can't wait for the next few months when she starts turning into more of a little person and crawling and walking and talking.<br />
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And for fun:<br />
<a href="http://stephbrownthinks.blogspot.com/2010/11/6-months.htm" target="_blank">Marshall at 6 months</a><br />
<a href="http://stephbrownthinks.blogspot.com/2012/07/miller-cash-6-months.html" target="_blank">Miller at 6 Months</a>Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-86611604840195602322013-10-14T19:58:00.001-07:002013-10-14T19:58:09.808-07:00First Pumpkin Farm TripAlright, bear with me I'm trying this from my phone.<div><br></div><div>Yesterday we had our first Pumpkin Farm outing of the season. I can't believe it's taken us half of October to do this! I've been looking forward to taking the boys for MONTHS. So has Jerad. I wanted us to all go together and this was the first time it worked out. </div><div><br></div><div>I was supposed to be going to a baby shower and Jerad was going to watch all the kids but I felt awful and Marshall woke up with a cold so we decided to just have a family day. We went to Jack Creek Farms, which is owned by family friends of ours. 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This year there is a new HUGE pumpkin farm in SLO that we can't wait to visit too.</div><div><br></div><div>While the kids slept Jerad worked on cleaning out the garage and my car which had gotten pretty ridiculous. After naps Marshall woke up with a 102 fever, poor bear. As soon as it got dark we surprised the boys with a box of sparklers Jerad discovered under one of my car seats (it had seriously been awhile since I'd cleaned it haha).</div><div><br></div><div>They had a blast!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitL5onfhBt9QGndNOqaaH5vkbRvvQqbvMKth5AuvMfpHWC2H-inRqNf-NkMQIj78GxTdDwBYXCO1WLs3_5P267H5kK8uE1YV48TpOv0yh4eNigrtjkdVfEAtt43aq-exePXBJZfMjqHVA/s640/blogger-image-668775372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitL5onfhBt9QGndNOqaaH5vkbRvvQqbvMKth5AuvMfpHWC2H-inRqNf-NkMQIj78GxTdDwBYXCO1WLs3_5P267H5kK8uE1YV48TpOv0yh4eNigrtjkdVfEAtt43aq-exePXBJZfMjqHVA/s640/blogger-image-668775372.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBT0CRiA5drRhZgJu_vhexXs7cVQzHoF_Gz41nyolO31w88kd8L38AnpOoxLdmAX7k5G5jisyE5cDHpG4PvEZF2NOdAqdW3tcXJmKYTsQjF_b1cYXxlNksQr2uKUFLUw_CSnGPkFsOhA/s640/blogger-image--321048242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBT0CRiA5drRhZgJu_vhexXs7cVQzHoF_Gz41nyolO31w88kd8L38AnpOoxLdmAX7k5G5jisyE5cDHpG4PvEZF2NOdAqdW3tcXJmKYTsQjF_b1cYXxlNksQr2uKUFLUw_CSnGPkFsOhA/s640/blogger-image--321048242.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnWz_lXM2T1_ujEuopyz0j1EjOtCAIBxD9tv5gei7LMhp2-fQxO2oZl3wPDDEJKgrecWVhN8OgXU-c9oXKKozcSxJu7AraSE2yuhvL4YiPnwCyhOuBeC6sWz-Xl2LwgQQNgmvl0EHPmk/s640/blogger-image--1045483679.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnWz_lXM2T1_ujEuopyz0j1EjOtCAIBxD9tv5gei7LMhp2-fQxO2oZl3wPDDEJKgrecWVhN8OgXU-c9oXKKozcSxJu7AraSE2yuhvL4YiPnwCyhOuBeC6sWz-Xl2LwgQQNgmvl0EHPmk/s640/blogger-image--1045483679.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8sdTtq7mUvyY0vhKuUvY9GLN73WN___YK6Cb_EH6ri_b-pHyRDVjURHT_rGZk9fTJvjE2UK_VtaxZm-iSLm_kL4WSXCZK0rvzf43pjQzU24aEfidzXVT4tz8iibRteJH4-QBGxa2GZ8/s640/blogger-image--1053722269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8sdTtq7mUvyY0vhKuUvY9GLN73WN___YK6Cb_EH6ri_b-pHyRDVjURHT_rGZk9fTJvjE2UK_VtaxZm-iSLm_kL4WSXCZK0rvzf43pjQzU24aEfidzXVT4tz8iibRteJH4-QBGxa2GZ8/s640/blogger-image--1053722269.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>They both woke up chattering about fireworks so I'd call it a success:) </div><div><br></div><div>Well, I don't see a way on this phone app to size or position the pictures so I'm not sure what this will look like. 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Marshall wakes up about an hour before the rest of us and comes in our room. He snuggles in bed and watches a show or two on Netflix, or YouTube. On YouTube he likes watching videos of steam trains driving, or lately he's been looking up wooden train set layouts then having Jerad help him duplicate them after breakfast:<br />
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Playing dinosaurs under the playsilk:<br />
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Dot Painting:<br />
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They set up a ramp on their pirate ship and love "walking the plank" or driving their trucks and tractors up and down it:<br />
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As soon as its nap time she starts getting all cute. I think she knows it means she gets to stay up longer:)<br />
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One morning when I was organizing the kitchen cupboards (my idea of fun), I noticed that a lot of our spices were expired. So I gave them to the boys with a few cooking utensils. They had a BLAST.<br />
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I gave them each a bowl of baking soda then some diluted vinegar so that when they mixed up their concoctions they would fizzle.<br />
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They worked on this for almost an hour.<br />
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They ask for these stories from Aunt Kanda EVERY day before nap time.<br />
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This crazy little bead head goof kills me!<br />
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I thought this was probably the last year I'd get away with choosing all the kid's costumes. I'm sure Marshall will want to pick his own next year. I got these cute little fox on clearance PLUS I found a coupon and free shipping code. The cuteness is too much... I can't wait for the Munchkin March this year!<br />
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One of our friends had a birthday bbq and outdoor movie night. I figured we'd have to leave early but both boys sat through the whole movie:<br />
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I took the kids to get haircuts. There was another little boy getting his hair cut when we got there with his mom and grandma. He was screaming bloody murder so I was nervous the boys were going to follow suit, but they were great. Marshall was a riot. He would Not Stop Talking the entire time he was in the chair. He told the stylist that after he goes poop he lets Miller flush the toilet, that he can't see his own face and that makes him sad because it's "such a beautiful face," and he sung the Little Big Town "Pontoon" song then invited everyone home with his to play trains. Sometime I wonder what it would be like to have a shy child:) Probably less embarrassing... <br />
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10 weeks!<br />
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Telling secrets:<br />
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Both boys have been playing with calculators. Jesus called Marshall on his and Marshall had to hang up on him because he "didn't know him." Awkward.<br />
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Sorting bears by color with tweezers. Miller was really into this and actually sorts by colors.<br />
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Sleeping in my arms in the rocker:<br />
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The kids are all on the same nap schedule which is AWESOME. Emery obviously naps other times during the day, but she also naps during the 12:30-2:30 or 3:00 that the boys do. Sometimes (mostly) she'll only stay asleep if I'm rocking her, but it gives me time to play on the phone (usually looking for kid activities and recipes on Pinterest) or watch something on Netflix and mentally recharge. Sometimes I nap with her, and sometimes she lets me put her down and I do some cleaning.<br />
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The nights started getting chilly enough to put an extra blanket on the bed. I think that means its officially fall!<br />
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I put together a castle fort for the boys in the living room. I picked up a few of them on sale from kids.woot.com last year. This was the last one:<br />
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I tried putting Emery in her crib for the first time (she sleeps in bed with us at night and on me or the rocking chair or occasionally swing for naps). She loved looking at the mobile. She's spent about 5-10 min a day in there since:<br />
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I need to get out my "real" camera and take pictures of her adorable little closet nursery. I love it:<br />
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I snapped this picture of Marshall napping one day. That's a blanket his grandma Sherry crochet'd for him before he was born:<br />
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One warm afternoon we painted with water on the sidewalk. I LOVE this because of the no clean-up factor.<br />
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Emery laid on the bench kicking her legs in the sun. She's starting to enjoy being put down occasionally:<br />
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The boys each picked a toy to paint. After about 30 minutes of painting, I sent them to the shower and gave them each a bucket of soapy water and a scrub brush and had them clean the paint off. They had a blast and stayed occupied for over an hour:<br />
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One night they were all looking so cutesy in their jams so I tried to take a picture. Emery burped really loud which distracted both boys:<br />
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Finally I got them to turn back around and asked them to smile. This is what I got:<br />
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Emery started liking laying under her activity gym and I started to get a few 10 minute breaks from holding her each day:<br />
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Miller hanging out playing toys one day while Marshall was at school:<br />
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Those eyes!<br />
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The same afternoon we went to the Children's Museum. I thought he'd enjoy going without Marshall, who usually dictates what they do while they're there.<br />
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He only played for about 10 minutes then wanted to leave. He did however fall in love with the bear bench outside:<br />
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Jerad and Marshall made bouncy balls from the borax recipe floating around on Pinterest:<br />
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They weren't super bouncy, but for some reason the boys LOVED them:<br />
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A bath in the dark with glow sticks:<br />
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We went to the San Luis Children's Museum because Marshall remembered they have a train there. Our Paso membership used to get us in free, but now I have to pay half price for my ticket so it costs $4. That's not a ton, but by the time you add in gas and parking for a few hours its like a $20 trip now. I like our little Paso one better because its not as busy and is geared more towards young kids (and is less than 3 miles from our house):<br />
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The boys were rediculously well behaved that day, and Emery slept the entire time in the Ergo without making a peep. When it was time to leave Marshall and Miller held hands and left without one complaint. I got compliments and someone asked me how I taught them to leave so nicely. It's not always like that so it was a nice treat:)<br />
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Napping on me:<br />
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11 weeks and wearing a bonnet my best friend's grandma-in-law knit for Marshall:<br />
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I have so much fun dressing a girl. Every day I get her dressed then usually add a little more flair:<br />
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Marshall and Miller started playing this ridiculous game where they put their forehead's on the ground then crawl really fast. Marshall got a rug burn, that turned into a scab, that kept reopening.<br />
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When I got him a bandaid, Miller had to have one too:<br />
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During the last toy rotation I put out clothes pins. Marshall has been having a blast clipping them onto boxes or making chains. Someday when I have time to write a real blog post again I want to talk about toy rotation.<br />
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Playing with the dogs in the back yard:<br />
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Jerad and all three kiddos in Miller's toddler bed:<br />
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Miller has been waking up early from naptime. I think he knows it guarantees us one on one time. He likes to cook me some pretend food before we go downstairs for a real snack:<br />
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Playing with magnifying glasses:<br />
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Jerad has been remodeling a church here in town and they begged us to come one Sunday. This was Emery's outfit. Have I mentioned how much fun I have dressing her up?<br />
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I turned the boys indoor water table into a sensory playscape from the book 'Little Dog Lost.'<br />
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They had fun acting out the story.<br />
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One day Marshall was pretending he was a pirate, and Buddy was his pirate dog. He made Buddy "dog food" out of mud to put on the ship and was getting SO ANGRY that Buddy wouldn't even pretend to eat it. He ended up having a huge meltdown, threatened to hit Buddy, and we had to come inside. I was cracking up inside.<br />
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Loving her play gym more and more. She is usually happy under it for 20 minutes twice a day at this point:<br />
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Sunday September 29th I had a huge meltdown about going back to work. I've never been excited to go back after a maternity leave, but this was the first time I just 100% couldn't do it. Because of Jerad's schedule lately I would likely be the one doing ALL of the drop off's and pickups for the kids. On top of working two 10 hour and two eight hour shifts. Plus trying to fit in all the grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, and errands. Our nanny doesn't drive and Marshall goes to preschool the opposite direction two days a week. We started trying to figure out the logistics and realized how much it was going to suck, on top of the fact that I wanted to be home with the kids, on top of the fact that I wouldn't really be bringing home any money after paying for childcare for three, on top of the fact that Jerad LOVES me being home. So, cue meltdown and the next day I went and<a href="http://stephbrownthinks.blogspot.com/2013/10/new-job-description.html" target="_blank"> quit</a>.<br />
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Then I took Miller (and Emery) to the park and we had the whole thing to ourselves. Which was god because I was FREAKING out that I was officially jobless since it hadn't mentally set in yet. Heck, it still doesn't seem real:)<br />
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And that wraps up September!Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-76832600121926387982013-10-06T21:06:00.002-07:002013-10-06T21:06:13.032-07:00What we did in September, part 1I didn't really think we did much in September... it felt like a slow and lazy month. Then I went through my instagram feed and I guess we were a little active after all!<br />
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We went to the Children's Museum.<br />
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I made a garlic press tray to work on fine motor skills. The object was to pour water from the pitcher onto the sponges, place a sponge in the press, then press the water into the empty bowl.<br />
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Miller was really into it. Look at that concentration!<br />
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I went to a movie with my mom and Emery, and my littlest sister babysat the boys. They made a massive blanket fort that they loved so much I kept it set up for 2 days:<br />
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Marshall continued to run in to see Emery each morning:<br /><br />
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I thought the boys needed to be held a lot as infants... then I had this one. Most days I wear her between 8-10 hours, then rock her for a few more. I don't mind, because I know one day it will be a distant memory. And since I wear her I still have two free hands to play with the boys and do chores, yet she feels like she's being held. It's a win-win. Here she is in the moby wrap:</div>
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Peacefull sleeper:<br />
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8 weeks!<br />
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Lots of made up inside games when it was too hot to play outside:<br />
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Miller developed an obsession with lemons:<br />
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Emery sleeping in the maya wrap (ring sling) while I made dinner and cleaned the kitchen. <br />
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Marshall stopped wanting to take baths or showers. So I started making them more enticing. I told him he didn't have to shower, but I had a new game called "balloon party." They loved it.<br />
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We took the kids to a local feed store that was having a petting zoo and bbq lunch:<br />
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Emery got cuter day by day:<br />
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One day Marshall told me they wanted to "play something messy." So I got out paints, shaving cream, water, brushes, and told them to have it it.<br />
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I'd say it was mission accomplished.<br />
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In so many ways, I feel like going from 2-3 kids has been easier than 1-2. One of the biggest ones is because Marshall and Miller entertain eachother. This day I walked into the living room and found them giggling and whispering together on the floor:<br />
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Emery started getting more expressive:<br />
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We made a few morning masterpieces.<br />
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My sister got Emery this beautiful dress. I kept waiting for a special occasion to put it on her then decided to just have a fancy day at home before she outgrew it:<br />
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This is what is actually going on outside the frame 99% of the time I'm trying to take her picture:<br />
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I tried to teach Miller how to play hide-and-seek. He doesn't quite get the hide part:<br />
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Jerad and I got out for our first date night with NO kids. My little sister, her boyfriend, my mom, AND my dad came over to watch the kids for 2 hours. They survived and we had fun. We had dinner at Firestone, then went to Cold Stone for dessert.<br />
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9 weeks:<br />
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I pulled out the Halloween costumes to see if any fit. Then I died of cuteness:<br />
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They wanted to wear costumes the next day too while they pretended to drive Jerad's Plymouth. This is the face Marshall makes when he makes monkey sounds:<br />
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I made a dessert sensory box:<br />
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The little monkeys loved it:<br />
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Baby war cry:<br />
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At least twice a week we do a "treasure hunt" on the walking trails in the green belt across from our house:<br />
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They also like making mud:<br />
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Needless to say, I wash a lot of laundry.<br />
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Matching skeleton sweats:<br />
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I froze a bunch of toys in ice blocks, gave them some tools, and told them to get the treasures.<br />
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They stayed busy for an hour and a half:<br />
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Jerad was FINALLY home for one weekend day and I begged him to build a few things I've been saving from Pinterest. He built this awesome water pipe thing to go over their water table. It's all adjustable and they've played with it daily since. It took him about 30 minutes and $5 since we had most of the fittings already:<br />
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He also built this "pirate ship" that's been floating around Pinterest. I love how open ended it is. We had all the wood, and I made the sail out of an old sheet. We only had to buy the pulley and rope so this cost under $10 as well!<br />
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We took a family trip to the beach. It was the first time we'd ALL went together. All 3 kids, all 3 dogs.<br />
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It was a blast. The dogs and kids were so well behaved I'm almost feeling brave enough to try it alone. Almost:)<br />
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We're in a good groove. I'm trying to save money so I try to entertain the boys at home as much as possible. Marshall goes to preschool on Monday and Wednesday. I try to get as much cleaning done on those two days as possible because I only have Miller running around making messes:) I also try to take him somewhere like the park or to PetCo (to look at the animals) or something fun so he gets a little "one on one" time... well, we have Emery too so it's not really one on one but there is no older brother to boss him around. We go to the Children's Museum and Library each once per week. I try to get all the grocery shopping done on Sunday. I was doing it while Marshall was at school so I didn't have to lug three kids with me, but Marshall really likes pushing the little carts at Trader Joes. We've been meeting up for playdates or hosting them at least once a week too. Now that I'm not going back to work, I'm really thinking of starting a preschool age co-op, and a toddler one as well. <br />
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So, that catches us up through the first half of September! Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-62623201962289401112013-10-01T15:01:00.001-07:002013-10-01T15:01:14.327-07:00New Job DescriptionI was supposed to be returning to work from maternity leave next week. Instead I went in yesterday and let them know I wouldn't be coming back at all. It's going to be a big adjustment to say the least. I've worked full time since I was 16 years old. I've been with the same company for the last 7.5 years! I was only 21 and newly dating Jerad when I started. Since then we've gotten married, added 3 dogs, 3 kids, and bought a house. I have literally grown up since I was hired.<br />
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Mentally it still doesn't seem real. I've probably had about 10 panic attacks where I contemplate calling and begging for my job back... I'm leaving a really good job. And things are going to be *tight* on one income. Not to mention that due to the nature of Jerad's job he could technically be out of work at any moment. I've never planned on or pictured myself as a stay at home mom.<br />
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I could list all the reasons that led to my resignation, but ultimately Jerad and I just decided it was the best decision for our family. It's going to be hard, but it's going to be so worth it. My children are going to be getting a much better version of "me" this way.<br />
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Since I had been planning on going back to work I made a conscience decision to spend my maternity leave focused on the kids, not on mundane things like household improvements, cleaning, organizing... blogging :) Now that I know our time together doesn't have an expiration date, and I'll be staying home, I'm ready to get our HOME in order. And since I'll be spending the majority of my time with an infant, 1.5 year old, and 3 year old... I'll be blogging about it as an outlet to feel like I'm still conversing with the outside world. <br />
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Wish me luck and sanity as we embark on this new crazy adventure! Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-6230395737671668152013-09-30T06:12:00.000-07:002013-09-30T06:12:00.063-07:00What we did in AugustLets see if I can cram a whole month into one post shall we?<br />
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One of the awesome things about Jerad's job is that his customers give us things. Gift certificates for restaurants, food, things for the kids. Someone sent home this awesome power wheels bike for Marshall. It really drives. He was in heaven:<br />
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Another customer, who is an organic farmer, sent home a BUNCH of produce.<br />
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We took the kids to the drive-in for the first time. We saw the Disney Planes movie, it was super cute. Marshall was really into it, Miller got tired and didn't pay attention to the whole thing, and Emery slept.<br />
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Jerad took Marshall to one of the Lowes Buld and Grow workshops where they built a wooden model of Dusty, from the movie Planes:<br />
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Dinner with friends:<br />
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Every single morning Marshall comes barreling into our room to "say hi to baby Emery." He has been such a great big brother. When Miller was born he wasn't really old enough to be excited or care. This time around he's obsessed.<br />
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I love this ridiculous picture. Marshall is pouting, Emery is pooping, and Miller is being his crazy goofy self.<br />
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I left the kids with Jerad one night and went out to Thai food with my friends Beth and Chelsea. Afterwards we went back to Beth's house and painted our nails. I *never* have painted fingernails so it was quite the treat!<br />
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Baby stretches:<br />
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Around this time I started running our house like a daycare/preschool. It was kind of the only way I could survive and keep the kids happy and engaged. Every day we have an art project, some sort of sensory activity, outside time, and story time. We were doing all of these things before, but they're a little more scheduled now so the kids know what to expect and I plan everything in advance instead of flying by the seat of my pants. I spend HOURS a day rocking Emery (usually during the boy's naps and for 2-3 hours after they go to bed) so I search for things on Pinterest during that time. Every night I plan what we'll do the next day and get it ready in advance if there are preparations. Most things are Montessori inspired, or sensory. While the boys are occupied I'm able to cook, clean, and do other chores. At this point in time Emery wasn't able to really be set down at all, so I would just wear her in the moby wrap or baby k'tan for 8-10 hours a day as I went about my business. I literally don't know how parents of infants get ANYTHING done if they don't baby-wear. Especially with multiple children!<br />
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Mixing colors with pipets and paper towels:<br />
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Transferring grains:<br />
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Spooning dried beans. This is such a great activity. We started around 15 months with both boys and they could eat soup unassisted without spilling by 17 months.<br />
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Thursday is our trash day, so around snack time (10:30) I load the kids in the stroller with a snack, wear Emery in the Ergo or Moby, and we walk around watching the recycle trucks then watch the heavy equipment building the new houses.<br />
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Toothpicks in modeling clay:<br />
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5 weeks!<br />
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The night of August 16th Marshall hurt himself getting out of his chair. Neither Jerad or I saw it so I'm not exactly sure what happened, but he started screaming and complaining about his arm. Now, him and Miller get hurt a lot. They're energetic boys. But they typically brush it right off, or if its "really bad" they'll calm down with an ice pack in 2 minutes. After 30 minutes of him screaming, it was clear no amount of ice packs or movie watching was going to make him feel better. I think we even bribed him with Ice Cream. Jerad took him to Urgent care since they were still open for 30 minutes and we were hoping to avoid an ER visit. I stayed home with Miller and Emery.<br />
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They took some x-rays and diagnosed him with <a href="http://children.webmd.com/nursemaid-elbow" target="_blank">Nursemaid's Elbow</a> (a dislocated elbow), which is very common in kids his age. They tried popping it back in the socket and sent him home. Relief is supposed to be almost immediate, but he woke up every single time he moved his arm all night long. Meaning we didn't really sleep.<br />
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So I took him back in the morning. We waited for 1.5 hours, then they tried popping it in again and did another set of x-rays. He was so good and brave and FUNNY, but it sucked holding him down for the x-rays and while they tried to relocate it when he was crying and begging to go home. Ugh.<br />
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Long story short, they couldn't fix it and told me we needed to go to the ER where they would probably sedate him. We have *never* had to take any of the kids in for anything other than normal Well Checks, plus I have a SEVERE hospital anxiety (hello, that's why I have the babies at home!) so I was pretty traumatized. I asked the Urgent Care doc if it could wait until Monday so we could see the pediatrician and she basically told me I needed to be an advocate for my child and letting him be in pain over the weekend was cruel.<br />
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So we went straight to the ER and waited in the waiting room for, no joke, 4 hours. During which time he wasn't allowed to eat because he might be sedated. Around hour 2 I started getting pissed that I'd let the Urgent Care doc bully me into going because he would have been MUCH happier at home on the couch and getting to eat food. But I digress. Because he was in pain he didn't have his normal energy and actually waited patiently. He slept in my lap for awhile. I finally gave into his pleading for food and let him have some potato chips from the vending machine. <br />
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Finally we saw a Dr., they looked over the x-rays and said since two other Dr.'s had tried to relocate it and it hadn't work that probably meant it wasn't Nursemaid's. There was a little bit of fluid in the joint which could have meant a fracture (so small that it wasn't showing up on x-rays), or a sprain. So they put a splint on it and sent us home. 5.5 hours after we got there.<br />
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So to recap, the night that it happened Jerad and Marshall spent 2 hours at Urgent Care, the next day I spent 2.5 hours at urgent care and 5 hours at the hospital. Multiple doctors wrenched on his arm, took x-rays, no one really knew what was wrong, and the bills ended up being more than Emery's birth. So... awesome. They told us to see a Pediatric Orthopedist on Monday (2 days after the ER apt), but no one would give us an appointment sooner than 2 weeks and by then it was healed and not bothering him so I canceled.<br />
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The following day we took the kids to Gilroy Gardens. We'd already made plans to meet up with friends and Marshall came barreling in our room in the morning begging to go. We talked about it and decided it would probably be easier to keep him from using his arm by spending the day riding in the car seat, stroller, and on a few rides than at home where he's a Wild Thing.<br />
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Emery at Gilroy Gardens:<br />
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All the boys!<br />
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I<span style="font-size: small;">t was harder going with Emery who needed to nurse every few hours and wanted to be worn the whole time</span>, and Marshall was a little grumpy from lack of sleep and a sore arm, but I'm so glad we went. Everyone had a ton of fun, and despite Marshall's arm he had a blast too.<br />
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I rearranged Miller's bedroom and got rid of the more "baby" toys. I made him a little reading nook, and put the play kitchen stuff in there. He loves it:<br />
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6 weeks. Her onsie says "Little Sister" <br />
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Miller started following Marshall in the bathroom and literally cheering him on:<br />
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I took the kids to the park. Obviously by the way Mars is hanging on his arm, it wasn't hurting him anymore. He ended up wearing the splint for about a week. As long as his arm was in that position it was fine, then after a week he was back to about 90% (just couldn't twist it), and totally fine by week 2.<br />
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Then we went to the Children's Museum:<br />
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Emery hung out in the Ergo. It seems like just yesterday it was baby Miller watching Marshall have all the fun and now he's running around playing too:)<br />
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Emery's thighs grew. A lot.<br />
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Then we went to the Santa Barbara zoo! Marshall is majorly obsessed with trains, so that was his favorite part.<br />
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My sister and brother in law live there (we were actually there for his surprise b-day party) and met us at the zoo:<br />
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We spent the night at their house, then the next day took the kids to a huuuuuge park, then to Lars's party. All of which I didn't get any pictures of. We ended up leaving the party early because the boys hadn't napped all weekend and Miller was going to ruin the fun for everyone. You can tell it was a fun filled weekend when the kids come home with glazed over eyes, and covered in scabs, food, charcoal, and dirt.<br />
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That night he slept for 13 hours, and the next day he took a 4.5 hour nap.<br />
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Just hanging out, being a cute chunk.<br />
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Marshall was really into this one. He called it a "bug habitat" and played with it for days.<br />
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Working on fine motor skills by transferring shells from one basket to another with tongs:<br />
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Playing with colored ice:<br />
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7 weeks. Almost caught a real smile on camera!<br />
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Making contact paper collages:<br />
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PJ story time at the library. Jerad was working an out of town job and gone so I took all three kids by myself and felt quite accomplished. Miller doesn't have the attention span to sit through the whole hour, but he loves the first 30 minutes or so and Marshall is enthralled the whole time:<br />
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Aug 30th was my 29th b-day. I didn't really have any plans or expectations for this year. I honestly thought Jerad had forgotten altogether, and all of our friends were busy. Jerad surprised me by making a wonderful breakfast in bed before he had to leave for work, then my awesome sister drove up from Santa Barbara, arranged for our nanny to babysit all THREE kids for a few hours, and took me for a pedicure with my mom and other sister, then out for appetizers and drinks. It was SO thoughtful and SO fun. <br />
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Also she drank beer and ate fries with me even though she eats paleo and doesn't usually cheat so that was like an extra b-day present:)<br />
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The next day I made an ocean sensory table for the boys with water beads:<br />
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And we spent the rest of the day in our pajamas. I almost got everyone in this picture. Its just missing our other dog Bailey who was at work with Jerad, and our cat Monster:<br />
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Marshall and Buddy:<br />
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And that was our August! Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-3306218660633470662013-09-29T07:36:00.000-07:002013-09-29T07:36:00.329-07:00Life with Emery, weeks 2-4By week 2 things were back to our normal crazy. <br />
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We went to a birthday party and go all three kids in the back of Jerad's truck:<br />
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Miller was a huge fan of the bounce house:<br />
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Emery prefered to take all naps on my chest:<br />
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The boys like to share their toys:<br />
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Such a grump in this one:<br />
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3 weeks!:<br />
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Sleepy snuggles:<br />
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The boys and I made homemade playdough:<br />
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Lots of walks around the neighborhood:<br />
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Toothpicks in Magic Clay:<br />
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Emery got Thrush and a gentian violet treatment:<br />
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And started smiling (although it was impossible to get a picture of):<br />
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We took the kids out to frozen yogurt for a special treat. Marshall was in HEAVEN and Mill Mills acted like it was poison:<br />
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Miller, who never really took a pacifier, began to steal Emmy's:<br />
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Art projects:<br />
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Snuggles in my bed:<br />
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<br />Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-36254469334908258822013-09-28T14:15:00.002-07:002013-09-28T14:15:25.126-07:00OuttakesHere are a few other pictures from Emery's newborn photoshoot that just crack me up:<br />
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<br />So, it turns out that it is extremely difficult to get three kids to cooperate with the camera at the same time. Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-48309595651754602232013-09-28T14:07:00.000-07:002013-09-28T14:07:09.673-07:00Emery's Newborn photosHere are a few of the pictures we had done when Emery was 12 days old. I was waiting to post them until I printed out some to send in the thank you cards I need to write from her baby shower but, unfortunately I still haven't gotten around to that so here you go:<br />
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I started out wearing the pink shirt and grey skirt... then Emery peed on me half way through and I grabbed the black and grey dress which I don't like nearly as much. Oh well, such is life:)</div>
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<br />Here's <a href="http://stephbrownthinks.blogspot.com/2012/01/newborn-photos.html" target="_blank">Millers</a>, and Marshalls (part <a href="http://stephbrownthinks.blogspot.com/2010/06/newborn-photos.html" target="_blank">one</a> and<a href="http://stephbrownthinks.blogspot.com/2010/06/and-marshall-makes-three.html" target="_blank"> two</a>) for comparison. </div>
<br />Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-67432913926912295532013-09-27T21:24:00.000-07:002013-09-27T21:24:16.243-07:00Hey, remember that one time...... when I had a baby then completely dropped off the planet for two months? Whoops.<br />
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Things are going good, really really good. I'm in a groove with this whole three kids age three and under thing. In fact, I'm kind of rocking it. But Jerad is working constantly and I don't have any help so there just hasn't been a lot of time for blogging. My laptop died and Jerad takes his to work most days and posting from my phone is tedious. I'm posting pictures like crazy on Instagram so that's something. But I love going back and reading what I wrote about the boys when they were babies (since I was too sleep deprived to remember most of it) so I will catch up. It's on my to-do list, and we all know how seriously I take those! haha<br />
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Anyways, in the meantime Emery is now 11 weeks old. Here's a picture to hold you over until I do catch up:<br />
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And this is my current favorite picture of all three trying on their Halloween costumes:<br />
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<br />Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-32635591124884572832013-07-29T19:27:00.000-07:002013-07-29T19:27:31.678-07:00Waterslides and Midstate FairOur nanny, Jessy, is pretty awesome. She started watching Marshall 1 day a week when he was 4 months old, and over time ended up watching him all 4 days a week while I work, and the same for Miller when I returned from maternity leave at 3 months. So basically she's been watching them for as long as they can remember. They LOVE her, and she and her family are like a second family to them.<br />
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A few weeks before I went on maternity leave, Jessy, her mom, and sister took the boys to the waterslides. This was extra awesome because I was a million months pregnant and not feeling like going this year:) They had SO much fun and were talking about it for days!<br />
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They took them again the day I had Emery even though Jessy is "off" during my maternity leave. It worked out perfectly, I went into labor about 30 minutes after they left, the boys went to sleep an hour after they got home, and I gave birth about 2 hours after that! <br />
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They also took them to the fair, which again, I was sooo thankful for because we decided to forgo going this year. Since my maternity leave is only partially paid, and we're still catching up from unexpectedly paying a million dollars in taxes and having to buy a new car, we've been on a "budget summer." So even though I missed going to the fair for the first time ever in my 28 years, I'm glad the boys got to enjoy it:)<br />
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Even though Emery is only 2.5 weeks old and I still have a few months of leave, I'm already dreading going back to work. It sucks being away from the kids, even though it's only 4 days. However knowing that they'll be with a family who loves them so much that they want to spend time with them even when they don't have to makes me feel a lot better:)Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-87086400193046680942013-07-27T22:11:00.001-07:002013-07-27T22:11:32.746-07:00Life with Emery; week 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br />Day 8: We lounged in bed watching Dinosaur Train</div>
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Then I dressed Emery in one of my favorite outfits to date:)<br />
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And got the rest of the gang ready and headed to our weekly playgroup:</div>
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Day 9: After breakfast Jerad and I loaded up the kids and headed to Farmer's Market in Templeton for our weekly produce shopping.<br />
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Emery chilled in the sling while the boys all played on the playground.<br />
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After they were finished Jerad told them they could pick out one treat, thinking it would be berries or something like that. Marshall chose carrots and together they ate almost the whole bunch before we got home.<br />
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While the boys napped, Emery got her first bath. She was a big fan. She was wide awake when we started and quickly fell asleep. This is AWESOME news, because starting about this time she started spitting up a lot. Marshall never spit up... I don't even think I owned a burp cloth and never packed a spare change of clothes for him. Anyways, until he started crawling he rarely needed baths... but he loved them so if he was upset I just had to stick him in the shower with me or in the kitchen sink with some water. Miller spit up all the time so he would smell and need to be bathed almost nightly, but he HATED them and for the first 8 months or so would cry and scream for most of the time.<br />
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After naps the guys all worked in the backyard. We have a pool to set up but need to finish leveling the ground and getting all the rocks and sticks picked up first. Its a 22 ft pool so there's a lot of ground to get ready...<br />
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Day 11: Marshall went back to preschool (he goes Mon and Wed and had been on vacation the previous week). Having just Miller and Emery was amazing! On the one hand, Marshall is easy because he can do a lot of things for himself, is old enough to be somewhat patient, listens, talks... but in a lot of other ways he;s the hardest because he's three and opinionated... and THREE. Since I wasn't so outnumbered I tried to get as many errands done as I could. We went to the bank, Post Office, Grocery Shopping, and I got the whole house cleaned.<br />
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This next picture is what Miller was doing while I was nursing Emery. Jumping from the coffee table to the couch beside us and back. <br />
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When Marshall was an infant I'd get to read a book, watch a TV show, or just stare at him while he nursed. Long gone are those days:) Sorry third child.<br />
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This was also the first day Miller wanted to hold "da bay-bee Emma-wee."<br />
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Day 12: We had Emery's newborn pictures taken. I can't wait to see them!<br />
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This is the day when Miller started really loving on Emery. I think he finally realized she was here to stay:)<br />
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Jerad's parents and brother and his wife stopped by the meet Emery for the first time this day. They were out of state on vacation when she was born so they hadn't seen her yet!<br />
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Jerad was going to be working out of town for the next few days, so I stocked up on necessities.<br />
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And yes I know beer isn't gluten free. Its my vice, what can I say. Anyways, Jerad worked all day, came home, packed a bag, and drove 4.5 hours up North arriving around 2am.<br />
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Day 14: After feeding the boys breakfast they were full of energy, and I was not so I quickly dug through the cupboards to find something to occupy them so that I could veg out on the couch, drink my coffee, and feed the baby.<br />
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Then decided to add a little paint to spice it up. I gave them plastic forks (so that I didn't have to worry about our silverware disappearing outside) and told them to stir it all up.<br />
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While they worked on that I got some vinegar and little medicine cups for them to add it to their mixed concoctions.<br />
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That kept them busy for about 20 minutes. Once they got bored I got out some shaving cream and tractors. Boom, another 30 minutes!<br />
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Between diaper leaks (we've been using a lot of disposables), and spiting up, Emery goes through lots of laundry. Good thing I'm LOVING dressing her! Outfit #1:<br />
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Marshall and Miller made up some game called "volcano adventure" and occupied each other for about 45 minutes. This is the kind of thing that has made going from 2-3 seem easier than 1-2 was.<br />
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In the evening we went back outside and Miller made a few more concoctions and kept insisting that the dogs taste them. This is his "looking for a dog to torture" face.<br />
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Emery was super fussy and wouldn't let me put her down, so I threw her in the Baby K'Tan and was able to make a shepherds pie from scratch.<br />
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After a massive spit up incident, it was bath time. She definitely loves them:)<br />
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The night went really well. Emery woke up to eat every 2 hours, which is normal for a breastfeeding infant, and both boys slept through the night. They normally do, but in the past it seems like if they're going to have a bad night it'll be when I'm the only one home to deal with it. Instead I woke up feeling pretty well rested!<br />
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Day 15: Miller climbed on the table into the baby bouncer. He thinks he's hilarious.<br />
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I guess Emery didn't like this outfit. I have about 5 pictures of her making this same face, which she had never made before and I haven't seen since:<br />
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Everyone together!<br />
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I get to do a lot of multitasking this time around:<br />
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Jerad got home right as the kids were going to bed, and even though things went fine (great even!) while he was gone, we were all ecstatic to have him home. And thanks to him being back and our amazing nanny and her family volunteering to take the boys to the fair this afternoon, I'm getting caught up on blogging! I just got the birth pictures back so I'm trying to finish that up soon while it's fresh in my mind.Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-77759533642710270232013-07-27T12:39:00.001-07:002013-07-27T12:39:13.440-07:00Life with Emery; week 1Day 1: Jerad and I woke up Friday morning in our own bed, with this sweet little lady sleeping between us. She still didn't have a name. We went back and forth on a few, and finally settled on "Harper Lane Hutchinson." <br />
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About 5 minutes later Marshall woke up and came in our room. He was sooo
excited to meet his baby sister. Since she was born while he and Miller
were sleeping, he had no idea. He kept saying "thank you! thank you!
thank you!" When Jerad told him her name, he automatically said "no,
that's baby Emery!" And even though Jerad had turned down the same name
multiple times, hearing it come out in Marshall's sweet little voice
changed his mind and she became "Emery Harper Hutchinson."<br />
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Miller woke up a few minutes later and was a little more reserved about meeting "da bay-bee." Jerad asked if he wanted to hold her and he kept saying "no! bay-bee!"<br />
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Marshall just wanted to hold and kiss her and snuggle in bed has been amazingly sweet to her ever since. </div>
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Day 2: Saturday I woke up to this cute little face looking at me:<br />
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Jerad had a small little project to finish up so he left for a few hours while I held down the fort alone. I made the kids an easy lunch, sent them to their rooms a little earlier than normal to nap, then climbed back in bed and enjoyed every minute of baby snuggles. Now that I know how fleeting this time is, I'm trying to relish it as much as possible.<br />
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Miller woke up from his nap early (of course), and Jerad wasn't home yet, so we went downstairs and he got brave enough to get semi close to "da bay-bee."<br />
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This picture cracks me up!<br />
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Ready for bed:<br />
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My sister and brother in law came to visit from Santa Barbara and we all ate dinner at my parent's house.<br />
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Day 4: The boys like to "share" their toys.<br />
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We also set up the birth pol in the back yard. The boys were a little stoked.<br />
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Jerad went back to work semi regularly this day, which was fine with me. I was getting a little stir crazy with so much "relaxing." It wasn't a big deal because both the boys nap at the same time, and newborns sleep a LOT so I was still able to rest.<br />
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This face really looks like baby Marshall:<br />
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Marshall at about the same age:<br />
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Day 6: In the morning Jerad's aunt Kanda and Uncle Mark came to meet Emery and brought some presents for the kids. Jerad and Mark took the boys up the street to see the cattle drive going by for the fair. Marshall is STILL talking about it! This was the first day Jerad worked late and I had to do the bedtime routine solo, it went great. Marshall doesn't drink a bottle anymore, but thought it was hilarious when he stole Miller's:<br />
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Day 7: This was a big day for us! The first day I took all three kids out by myself. I had everyone fed and showered and dressed and ready to go out the door by 9:30am. I loaded the boys in the car and right as I went to put Emery in she pooped. So I changed her... them she decided she was starving (despite having eaten 30 min prior). After nursing, she pooped again. Somehow I had blocked out this part of having an infant. Anyways, 30 minutes later we were once again ready to go. The boys really needed haircuts so I decided to take them to the Kid's Cuts place we usually go to. Its not busy, and there are toys to keep them occupied. They were closed. So we went to Supercuts, which had a 1 hour wait. I contemplated just going home because, clearly, the Universe was conspiring against me, but decided to try Great Clips. Luckily they got us right in, and Emery slept in the sling on my chest the whole time:<br />
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My mom met us there and once Marshall was done she took him to the movies. Miller and I took Emery for her first Target trip, then home for naps.<br />
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When Jerad got home that evening, we took the kids to story-time at the Library. Once a month they have a special pajama story time with puppets and it's really a blast. Since the fair is going on they have shuttle buses. The kids LOVE buses, so we took them to the library.<br />
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Emery once again, slept in the sling:<br />
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After story time was over, we walked around downtown for a little bit before taking the buses home. <br />
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Overall, the first week went incredibly well. Since its the third time around, I feel like I've got the newborn thing down and in reality, it's the toddler and the preschooler that are the hard part. For a few days she was nursing every 30 min to an hour ALL NIGHT, but has fallen into an every two hour routine which is much more manageable. Obviously I don't enjoy waking up so frequently, but since she's in bed with us I can just nurse her laying down without having to really wake up. Around day 3 the nursing started getting super painful and I was getting cracked/bleeding nipples which freaked me out since that was the beginning of all my problems with Marshall, but they cleared up and by day 7 there was no more pain.<br />
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Since Emery's still in the sleepy newborn phase and the boys are on the same nap/sleep schedule I can usually manage both a nap and going to bed early every day so I feel pretty well rested. Even though Jerad basically went right back to work, he's been a huge help and has been scheduling jobs a little later than normal so that he's here to help with the morning routine... and bring me coffee. <br />
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Being home with all three kids has been a breeze this time around. Somehow it seems easier than when it was just 2. Or even just 1. For the most part, as long as Emery is being held, she's happy. Luckily by this point I've mastered holding a baby while cooking/cleaning/helping toddlers. Marshall is in love with Emery, and Miller just ignores her for the most part. It doesn't seem like he doesn't like her, he's just not old enough to understand or care yet. Once she starts being able to grab his toys he'll probably pay more attention to her. Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656533971001260102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153640711053672399.post-39024263342587808202013-07-17T13:21:00.003-07:002013-07-17T13:21:37.041-07:00Pregnancy #3: 38 weeksBefore I get to the birth story, I wanted to record the last week of my pregnancy. Also, things are going AMAZING! All three kids are sleeping right now... at the same time. I feel like some sort of child-whisperer! Anyways, 38 weeks:<br />
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I always tell friends "don't rush the end of the pregnancy!" "Babies are all born eventually!" "A due date is a guess, not an eviction notice!" Yet by this time I was soooo huge and soooo uncomfortable. I just wanted the baby OUT and felt like such a hypocrite about it. I was barely full term. To be fair, at this point I had been measuring 40+ weeks pregnant for over 4 weeks and having prodromal labor on and off for over a week where I'd start thinking "this is it!" only nothing would progress.<br />
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So I threw myself into finishing my to-do list and getting the house CLEAN.<br />
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I cleaned the guest room which still had some yard sale mess and laundry piled all over the bed, just in case the midwife or doula were here long enough to need a nap (har har). I organized the birth supplies, postpartum supplies, breastfeeding supplies, and finished washing and organizing the baby diapers and blankets.<br />
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I dusted light fixtures, got Jerad to finish hanging the curtains, changed the sheets on all 6 beds (Marshall has 2 in his room), put plastic on ours in the event that my water broke in bed, and vacuumed and mopped the entire house before bed each night and wiped down the bathrooms just in case I woke up in labor I wanted to have a clean and peaceful space. <br />
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We finally blew up the birth pool and hid it from the kids in the baby room:<br />
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And I continued to wake up pregnant and not in labor every morning:) On Tuesday I packed up the kids and took them to gymnastics (which is how I spent the early part of my <a href="http://stephbrownthinks.blogspot.com/2011/12/millers-birth-story.html" target="_blank">labor with Miller</a>). <br />
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Chasing two toddlers around is hard work so I didn't really get any pictures, but they had SO MUCH FUN. Miller had never been before and just ran right out there like one of the big kids. After the class was over someone came up to me and said I was the happiest looking pregnant person and she couldn't believe how much energy I had because she had a hard time keeping up with her one child and she wasn't even pregnant. I told her I just fake it. Which was totally true.<br />
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The next day (Wednesday) I had a midwife apt and asked for a cervical check. I'd never had one before because they're kind of pointless. Some people walk around at 5 cm for weeks before giving birth, and some people go from 1-10 in a matter of hours. Still, with as uncomfortable as I was and all the contractions, I wanted to know what was going on down there.<br />
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Not dilated AT ALL. She said that a 1 would be "generous." She couldn't even find my cervix. I had to get in this weird position with my hands behind my hips sort of lifting them for her to even feel it. AND the baby wasn't even remotely engaged. Totally not what I wanted to hear. I may or may not have called Jerad almost in tears saying that it looked like I would be pregnant forever.<br />
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As a last ditch effort, I put this on my calendar scheduled for the next day:<br />
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If I write something on the calendar or a to-do list I get that shit DONE even if it kills me. It's a character bonus/flaw I have. I did it as a joke, but little did I know that I'd be holding my baby the next night! <br />
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