tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62401997856164575192024-03-18T23:36:51.862-04:00Grace & Peacewe met the first day of college... and have pretty much been thinking about each other ever since. we love each other, Jesus, our baby micah, repeating phrases over and over, all things food, and anything funny. steph loves any and all crafting, teaching, and baking... matt loves any and all good music and things that are gross and related to the medical field. welcome to our busy-resident-husband-and-teacher-slash-full-time-mom life!Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038813934134806674noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240199785616457519.post-57027288045074671452015-09-28T20:57:00.000-04:002015-09-28T20:57:01.630-04:00bug birthday.<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we had a pretty great time </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">celebrating jack turning 1 and micah turning 3... with bugs and lots of family...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">happy, happy birthday boy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">matching outfits. and expressions. baby models or not that excited about photos? the world may never </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">cake pop party favors (with thank you notes attached that have spiders made from micah's thumbprints... so our family can steal his identity, obviously.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so. many. cake. pops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ants everywhere. not shown: the millions of ant trails on the walls all over our house!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">spider webs on the windows (and the bushes out front). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">plus my dad being my dad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the food... ants on a log, of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bug poop on leaves. because matt and i were throwing a party.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">not shown: micah's favorite things snack mix (goldfish, ABC pretzels, raisins, and m&m's. his heaven in a bowl)... and wayyyy too much pizza from our favorite pizza place!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">cakes and cupcakes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">smash cake, on his birthday plate that i made!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">micah's cake, also on his birthday plate (not that you can see it...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">decorative leaves and real bugs that matt found in mason jars. plus a photo bomb by a pop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bug books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and balloons in green, light green, brown, and black.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">most important piece of the moment: i didn't have a heart attack! i was calm!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the cake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the smash cake...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">here are some notes about our life right now...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>micah:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-current <b>obsession</b>? all things bugs. and animals. and scaring people with bugs and animals. and watching planet earth about animals. and generally knowing too much information about all things animal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-current <i>phrases</i>? "Actually,... (then corrects us on something)" "Where is ____(name of any animal) at the zoo?" "What rhymes with ____ (any word. sometimes, cicada. He's weirdly good at rhyming.)"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>favorite thing to do</b>? always, always, always singing. according to micah, the meerkats like hearing, "jesus loves the little children." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<u>other favorite?</u> never, ever not reading. or talking about letter sounds. or numbers. or doing workbooks. or spelling something. and none of that is initiated by me. really. or going to the library bus (yeah, we have a library bus. it's as amazing as it sounds!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<u>other favorite?</u> kicking balls. and climbing and jumping. and splashing in water. and dance parties to "cars music" or "shake it off" (thanks, t swift.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-favorite <i>foods</i>? pea pods and water chestnuts. you can't make this stuff up.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-favorite <b>places</b>? parks. basement. library. barnes and noble. chuck e cheese. pools. meijer. (we can't go there without smelling candles, looking at the fish, and looking at the lobsters. meijer trips take a long time.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>jack:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-a different kid than a few months ago--starting to crawl, LOUD sound-maker, and getting into everything! things that haven't changed... he still isn't a good sleeper and still has no teeth :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-loves shakers, anything that belongs to micah, and eating!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-laughs and smiles all day long, unless you take away a piece of cardboard that he's trying to eat or something small that he's trying to choke on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-we've been soaking up summer... check it out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">out to eat has changed since this one eats. LOUDLY. with lots of growls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sprinklers... it's a wonder our front yard isn't generally marsh-like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">jack's swim shirt was retired after this day. because that gut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">micah's first cotton candy at the ann arbor summer festival. (i guess he endured it.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">one of many summer barbecues!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">matt became a senior resident. and sweet friends got us a cookie cake to celebrate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">grandpa bright's surprise 70th birthday on the 4th of july--all the cousins!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a sweet visit with uncle godfrey and aunt lorraine ebright--our first time seeing them since our wedding!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">friends who are like family who made my birthday a part-ay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and then us, looking older. i blame it on all the not sleeping and poopy diapers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">well, matt's on <b>awful rotations</b> for the month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">meaning i've been on <span style="font-size: large;">survival mode</span> at home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and oh, we started <u>potty training.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">things that have happened?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-lots of micah nudity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-accidentally got talked into micah getting <u>FOUR</u> jelly beans every time he pees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he pees one little squirt, then wants jelly beans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-poop gets <b>five</b> jelly beans. he's a weirdly good negotiator for a two year old. i'm not sure how this arrangement was created.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-same idea, with the squirt, then demands five jelly beans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he's peed on... floor, approximately 128395795 pairs of pants, our new carpet in the basement, the deck, and lots of aerial sprays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-lots of talking a lot about wee-wees. and where they should point. and the importance of <i>squeezing legs together.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-subconsciously holding pee so that diapers after nap weigh about <b>700 pounds</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-hypothetical discussions about what would happen if he didn't squeeze his wee-wee down. everything that would get shot with pee. <span style="font-size: x-small;">it seemed to bring him a little too much joy to think about.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-constant phrases: "in a diaper? or pull ups? or underwear? can pee in diaper. okay to pee in pull up. not okay to pee on the floor."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-talks about how characters from cars where underwear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-i bought little boy underwear. cars themed. <span style="font-size: x-small;">spoiler alert: doesn't stop pee accidents.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>remind me to have jack potty train himself.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">unrelated: here's <b>easter!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we had a great time--great easter event at church, incredible service at church, and then went to my brother-in-law's house for easter dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>in somewhat unrelated news, here's an update on where the kids are at...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>jack</b>: sitting up, on his own for a short time. rolling over. never stops bouncing. happiest baby i've ever known! finally catching on to the sleep thing. loves solid food (he's done sweet potatoes, cereal, green beans, and banana so far and loves them all!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>micah</b>: says, "that's ridiculous! that's boring!" loves to pretend play with emotions, saying animals are happy or sad and fixing it. obsessed with the movie cars. loves puzzles. loves putting cars down the ramp. makes up songs. makes up dance moves. kicks and throws everything that looks remotely like a ball.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240199785616457519.post-75155895009000335652015-04-16T21:20:00.000-04:002015-04-16T21:20:01.689-04:00march 2015.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shocking, playing catch up over here!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here's a look at our march... matt had vacation, we went to great wolf lodge, jack had his first food!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240199785616457519.post-88285435185732390992015-02-15T15:00:00.000-05:002015-02-15T15:00:18.674-05:00february 2015.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">snow. and a lot of being stuck inside, so photo shoot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because i was sick of not having pictures with my babies!</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240199785616457519.post-37153394608319907862015-02-15T14:52:00.000-05:002015-02-15T14:52:44.156-05:00a picture.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i thought i should give a <b>word</b> <b>picture</b> of what my two boys look like at this moment, before life continues and i miss it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">a snapshot of jack: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">drools, smiles, kicks his feet nonstop, and laughs when i kiss him. watches micah constantly, can roll over every once in a while, sleeps in his crib but generally wants to nap on me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">a snapshot of micah: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-wakes up in the morning by singing songs and piling his stuffed animals by the door, then pounding elmo's eyes on the door and yelling, "mommy! mommy!" when i go in there, he is sleepy and jabbering about something, normally a story or sometimes kind of sleep talking his dreams.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he will immediately ask for daddy. he's obsessed with daddy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-when we come downstairs, he asks, over and over, for juice. if he has pooped, he wants to be carried down the stairs, "like a silly goose," because he's uncomfortable from the poop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he normally comments on my outfit, "like your blue shirt, mommy!" or something, and does everything to put off the inevitable diaper change.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-while watching a show in the morning, he'll bounce and dance to any and every song, singing any words he knows... oh, and we normally watch the same thing over and over.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-when packing up, he requests either the blue or red side of his coat. he has to let us know which shoes he wants to wear, he likes to wear white socks the most.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he LOVES reading stories, especially anything funny. anything with bodily functions is especially winning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-at lunch, he loves pea pods and looking for big peas. he will pull over a chair to the counter to help me make lunch.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-when it gets close to nap time, he is attached to blankie. we read stories and he loves to play his made up games involving jumping and running around his room.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-his stuffed animals are his friends, he often says, "kitty cat my good friend. love kitty cat."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he loves playing puzzles, letter and number games, dance parties in the basement, jumping from the couch to the bed, and any game with running.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he memorizes books and phrases, so he'll randomly say, "let's hit the road, guys," or "coming through!" or "no worries"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he remembers everything it seems, and will ask us if we remember random events throughout the day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he bursts into song at quiet moments.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he has a favorite everything, that changes daily.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he loves food. all food.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-most of his phrases are said in a sing-song way, sometimes a weird deep voice, sometimes a whisper, sometimes yelling, sometimes super high pitched.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he is completely energized by being around people.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-he talks about family and friends all the time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-and as a true snapshot, we deal with lots of tantrums a day, some throwing and hitting, but also occasional kisses and hugs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we took some 3 month pics of jack... ah, this kid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to compare, here's micah at 3 months:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and <b>micah</b> now?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">looking like a <span style="font-size: large;">little boy</span>. saying things like...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"i like my new shirt. like my gray shoes, not my new shoes. like chocolate cookie more than cookie with frosting. pants feel awesome. like your shirt, mommy. like the color! wear red shoes today, mommy? want abc noodles for lunch today. jack puke everywhere. yucky puke."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>basically, lots and lots of opinions. on everything.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and officially memorizing every book we have and reading them on his own, somehow remembering which words go on which pages?! it's soo fun to watch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and finally big enough to do fun things like gymnastics open gym!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-micah <b>trying to whisper</b>. it takes every fiber of his being and half the words end up a yell, the other half a whisper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-jack <span style="font-size: large;">laughing</span>. i could listen to it all day. so i do every ridiculous thing you can think of to get it to happen. his favorite? me working out in front of him. lunges make the kid giggle. it's probably my form or my panting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-micah <span style="font-size: large;">jumping</span>. he just learned to jump <span style="font-size: x-small;">(i realize it's a bit late, but he's half me, so that's not surprising) </span>and does it everywhere. we. go. today? we went to red robin for dinner. he jumped all the way to the booth. and then stood next to it jumping, waiting for every waitress to see and comment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-jack <b>sleeping</b> in his CRIB and doing an okay job... we've got a way to go, but baby steps!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-micah <i>somersaulting.</i> it's just too good. oh, and his dancing when we give him headphones. really, most things he does kind of kill me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-</span><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">micah's funny phrases</u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, like </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"that's ridiculous, mommy. too ridiculous." and counting to "twenty-ten," which is thirty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- micah singing... "He's got the whole world in His hands, He's got micah james ebright in His hands, he's got baby jack marshall ebright in His hands, he's got mommy and daddy and bailey the dog in His hands."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-</span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">french press coffee.</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> always and forever. used in place of sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<i>gilmore girls.</i> why and how did i miss it in the 90's?! and can luke and lorelai just fall in love already?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<span style="font-size: large;">patterned socks.</span> i'm late to the game, but i'm no longer an only-white-sock-wearing gal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(to recap for my own memory later: we spent thanksgiving with the ebrights and i forgot to take pictures... extended marshall family christmas... our little family christmas when matt was actually home... christmas eve/day with my parents and brother/sister-in-law... ebright family christmas a few days later!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the cake decorator didn't even cross the t.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> these two are starting to love each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> we had real christmas, and we hosted!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> so we broke out the fine china for the first time. ever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> micah looking like a rockstar. that's his guitar face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> these two. plus my feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> jack's favorite location to sleep:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in my arms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">snuggled in my armpit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">owning me by grabbing onto my shirt for dear life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> we got a date!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and a family date!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">have i mentioned he's getting cute? ugh. i'm obsessed.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240199785616457519.post-89948230272319986862015-01-01T15:26:00.004-05:002015-01-01T15:26:31.655-05:002015.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">a new year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i <b>looooove</b> resolutions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this year? i have a phrase: <i>loving well.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i'm going to be working on loving well: loving God well, my family well, my friends well, and myself well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">one part of that is keeping track of life, thus re-entering the world of blogging!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the goal: sharing thoughts, funny stories, pictures (with the eventual goal of printing the year in a book!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">let the year begin!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240199785616457519.post-44515741436441051572014-10-08T21:27:00.003-04:002014-10-08T21:27:41.899-04:00jack marshall ebright.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">well, it happened.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">another baby got out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">started timing contractions at midnight...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">up all night tracking...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at 6 am woke micah up, took him to a friend's house, and went to the hospital!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wasn't dilated/contracting enough to be admitted, so we started walking the hospital.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by 9 am it was go time, and jack marshall was born at 12:37 p.m.,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7 lb 12 oz, 20 inches long</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so here he is!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">oh, and that last pic? micah when he was supposed to smile while giving baby jack his present. possibly my favorite picture of all kind. literally no reaction.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240199785616457519.post-33601065381997392622014-09-25T13:50:00.002-04:002014-09-25T13:50:20.296-04:00sweet words of the day.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for a toddler who has <b><span style="font-size: large;">quite a range of emotions</span></b>, seeing the <u>sweet </u>side of him melted my heart today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when in the car on the way to my OB appointment, micah said, <b>"micah love God."</b> random, but melted my heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">then, at the OB, he told everyone, <span style="font-size: large;">"hear baby heart! micah love baby. baby loves micah!" </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(of course, he said the baby's name, too, so a lot of strangers now know more than our friends. whatever.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i mean really. it's like it was on purpose for his super pregnant <i>(and apparently 3 cm dilated?!)</i> mom!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240199785616457519.post-12666181525972822902014-09-21T16:05:00.000-04:002014-09-21T16:05:01.796-04:00second birthday party!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here are some quick shots of <span style="font-size: large;">micah's second birthday party</span>... <b>zoo theme!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">we had the party a month before his actual birthday of october 18, since baby brother is due october 14.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>one last birthday of not sharing the spotlight!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">turns out, he's quite the <b>party animal.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so, a lot of <u>prep</u>. august is my <i>"actually-finish-both-boy-rooms-so-I-don't-lose-it-completely"</i> month. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(in case you were wondering, september is my "stop-denying-labor-is-coming-and-start-kegeling-all-day-every-day month).</span> one room is finally finished. only took me since the end of may...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">oh, and a <b><i>naked fireman</i></b> running around, holding his diaper that should be on him. all in a day's work.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240199785616457519.post-33795446192475903662014-08-13T21:21:00.003-04:002014-08-13T21:28:05.011-04:00learning my kid.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVKEQ9oggxjEnzC9FEyznvYmHv_Lk-7f8sfniIPAlcMogmQzM4OsvM124bA8rmb9VxogsvvpuKCEQxa8sIVjPbDYFwzgfjySwSgws-VLDL62H6o0DCvAnRN35wpVeTHGqc9jNBjZAgsQa/s1600/photo+4+(7).JPG&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVKEQ9oggxjEnzC9FEyznvYmHv_Lk-7f8sfniIPAlcMogmQzM4OsvM124bA8rmb9VxogsvvpuKCEQxa8sIVjPbDYFwzgfjySwSgws-VLDL62H6o0DCvAnRN35wpVeTHGqc9jNBjZAgsQa/s1600/photo+4+(7).JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so, i recently had an <b>epiphany.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i'm <span style="font-size: large;"><i>not going back to teaching right now</i></span>. <span style="font-size: x-small;">which was kind of killing me.</span> this is normally my most favorite time: <u>decorating the classroom</u>, <b>buying school supplies</b>, <i>not sleeping</i> because i'm so excited about fun lesson plans and meeting and loving new students.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQJBKRZrFZp3xGFgXDjeiHjGuQUiouku72Kp5qMyt11W1luCd_ZTmhIA-taYUqYPfLGcLIF_xfVyeq_8G7n_Q9xC3vd5FVJb5QV-B7vHsDjNzgVfTQ0XUMow7S9jaNmk2BfIoAUSjYvA4/s1600/photo+1+(10).JPG&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQJBKRZrFZp3xGFgXDjeiHjGuQUiouku72Kp5qMyt11W1luCd_ZTmhIA-taYUqYPfLGcLIF_xfVyeq_8G7n_Q9xC3vd5FVJb5QV-B7vHsDjNzgVfTQ0XUMow7S9jaNmk2BfIoAUSjYvA4/s1600/photo+1+(10).JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but not right now... right now, i just have one child (and one growing baby!) to think about...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and my child is no longer a baby.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i am no longer just providing for his physical needs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and it's <b>so exciting.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">now, i get to do the part i've really been waiting for... <span style="font-size: large;">learn who he is!</span><br />try to help/guide him to become a man of God.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">try to figure out how to discipline him in a way that helps him learn and understand.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all while <b>raising a toddler.</b> who threw himself on the ground in meijer today. because he only got to ride the horse twice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">man alive. <u>it's terrifying.</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you could mess up in a lot of ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but SO exciting! so, here's what i've been learning/inwardly laughing at about micah, <span style="font-size: x-small;">and if you don't care about micah, skip it... you'll fall asleep while i get gushy for a minute</span>:</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrtblFgCUCOvsdgnyneiDvV1hlPSV_AM_K-EJTt24pyFqRMPueDFIKOYU7Lm0QxkmlypIwUA3pp35a46OMBGFcCsWXkai_LfV4NHfO-ShvSCOm1DZjBpDCcEQxy_7t_lcGrfC2iDkknh1/s1600/photo+2+(9).JPG&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrtblFgCUCOvsdgnyneiDvV1hlPSV_AM_K-EJTt24pyFqRMPueDFIKOYU7Lm0QxkmlypIwUA3pp35a46OMBGFcCsWXkai_LfV4NHfO-ShvSCOm1DZjBpDCcEQxy_7t_lcGrfC2iDkknh1/s1600/photo+2+(9).JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. he is <span style="font-size: large;">always listening</span>. to my phone calls, to what i say to matt. he will repeat things i say about him back to me... already. like today, i told my mom on the phone about how he had a plastic bat and started saying, "hit mommy. hit baby." and then hit my belly (obviously, disciplined...). when i got off the phone, he started telling me how "micah mommy sad. micah hit mommy. micah hit baby."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. he <i>LOVES learning</i>. truly a geek. knows all uppercase and lowercase letters, all colors, counts to 20, recognizes to 12, knows the written words from one-ten, knows his shapes, animals and animal sounds, and is always shocking me with all the names he knows, songs he knows, places he knows. one of his favorite activities is flashcards. really.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. he is very attentive to <b>feelings.</b> when he has a fit, he'll say, "micah crying!" or "micah whining." when we're at somewhere fun, he'll say, "micah happy!" "micah SO excited!" emotions are so interesting, learning sad and mad and happy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. he <u>thinks he understands about God</u>. it's adorable. he has a Noah's ark set, and calls the people, "Noah and Abraham," when they're really Noah and his wife. He wants to pray to Jesus and then to God before meals and bed. today, he did his first prayer totally on his own, saying, "thank you Jesus food, mommy, micah, bailey, daddy. thank you God. amen."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. he <span style="font-size: large;">comprehends</span> way more than i give him credit for. without discussing, he'll explain an entire book or episode of daniel tiger... and he'll continue to rehash situations or random events for weeks after them. case and point, he's repeatedly talked about going to the park with daddy (two weeks ago), "rocks in the water. eeew duck. goose. ducks. baby duck. eat bagel. bagel gone!"</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioveS9uC0t38i6lSyJ8aep1UBP7NAACPu6jaQ8WToaHAOs6585BNxUHfZDVaL-tKnlvwYHkbA_DXtfmEOIWAXVkxtUHZd6IihhTirRg_RnQCbmTcNP0TB2tvuUZjUSY1q5-bINOBIP3FP/s1600/photo+3+(7).JPG&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioveS9uC0t38i6lSyJ8aep1UBP7NAACPu6jaQ8WToaHAOs6585BNxUHfZDVaL-tKnlvwYHkbA_DXtfmEOIWAXVkxtUHZd6IihhTirRg_RnQCbmTcNP0TB2tvuUZjUSY1q5-bINOBIP3FP/s1600/photo+3+(7).JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. he <b>has to be clean</b>. he'll clean his hands and the table about 20 times during a meal. he won't climb on the couch if he sees crumbs. he'll pick trash up everywhere and find trashcans. he'll freak out if his hands get dirty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. he's very loving<span style="font-size: x-small;">... when he wants to be</span>. he kisses a mole on my arm every day, thinking it's a booboo. when the barney song, "i love you" comes on, he runs over to kiss and hug and cuddle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">meanwhile, we're constantly on the edge of a meltdown in one way or another, always trying to learn how to handle meltdowns and tantrums and feeling like i should start reading parenting books. <span style="font-size: large;">so, so stubborn</span>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i may not be teaching in school this year, but i'm pretty excited to get to teach him new things every day... and selfishly love that he loves the ridiculous things i come up with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like this! inspired by pinterest, but using the supplies i had and adding a bit to it... super simple, but entertaining and easy for a pregnant mom :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">basically, the muffin tin has a different uppercase letter written in each cupcake liner. the eggs have matching lowercase letters written on the inside of them. i put the egg together, throw it... he runs to get it, opens it, tells me what letter it is, then finds the matching cupcake liner and puts it in the spot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">works on gross motor (running), fine motor (opening the egg), and uppercase and lowercase letters. and he loved it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">andddd end micah-obsessed post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">first, there's the fact that i'm constantly trying to hold his hand so he doesn't get run down by a car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but then there are the <i>distractions</i> that i never knew existed:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<span style="font-size: large;">license plates.</span> those are letters and numbers just ASKING to be read aloud.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<b>car colors.</b> they must all be shared.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-any <u>signs</u> of any kind. every letter must be said aloud.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-any <i>people</i> around? well "hi, people!" has to be yelled. over and over until acknowledged.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-any <span style="font-size: large;">median</span> of any kind filled with anything must be explored. if said median is filled with rocks, plan to stand there for 10 minutes as rocks are picked up and thrown.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-every piece of <b>gum</b> on the ground will be touched. no matter how many times mom says, "ew, please no."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-every <u>crack</u> must be stepped on and the words, "BIG BUMP!" will be yelled.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-anything to climb, walk through, or presenting any interesting texture will be explored.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-if there are <b>trees</b>, we will stop to look for squirrels. if a squirrel is seen, you will be late to wherever you're going next.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-every <span style="font-size: large;">bird/butterfly/bug</span> will be chased.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">basically, the parent ends up looking a bit crazy. and the trip just takes so long. sure, i could herd him along faster... but he's supposed to explore and i'm not technically in a hurry, though generally i have to pee. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this past week or two has been filled with so much <b><span style="font-size: large;">fun</span></b>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> then, <b>july 13 was my birthday</b> = my friend susan was here. and then katie was back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and then last week, we filled our time with lots of play dates and time loving on micah in between intense bouts of bad mood due to teething, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">matt put these up, making progress on the slowest room transformation in the history of the world, <span style="font-size: x-small;">due completely to laziness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> then, <u>july 18</u> = our <b>five year anniversary</b>. and we still love each other!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">some friends watched micah and matt surprised me with reservations to our classic celebration spot, <span style="font-size: large;">melting pot</span>. <span style="font-size: x-small;">aka, pregnant woman's dream--lots of food and lots of kinds of food.</span> we went there to celebrate one year of dating and then one year of marriage a few years later!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so i made jenga <span style="font-size: x-small;">(made of wood, duh)</span> into memory jenga from the last five years of marriage... thinking that it would be fun for our kids in a few years as a family game night game! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">since then, we've just been loving summer. ice cream, pool, soaking up these last months of having an only child!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">oh, and i've <span style="font-size: large;">made a few new things lately</span>! i had my free birthday loaf of zingerman's bread, so...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">made <b>homemade garlic bread</b>, which everyone does, but somehow i never knew it was so easy?! and good?! why did i not know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> just mix garlic, basil, garlic powder, parmesan cheese into the butter, slather it on, cook and add cheese after a few minutes. literally rocked my world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and a sweet family gave me delicious treats from great harvest bread company for my birthday, including <u>cheese bread,</u> so i made <b>pesto chicken breast sandwiches</b>, grilled with mozz and dipped in marinara. l<i>iterally all about that bread.</i> i'm salivating thinking about them. and it's not due to pregnancy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I feel like I'll regret not documenting the <b>crazy</b> things Micah says and does. Feel free to skip this post if you don't care. just for my memory!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here are a few...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Matt put shelves up in Micah's room, so every time Micah sees them, he says, "books! Shelves! Daddy did it... Thank you Daddy," like 10 times a day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whenever Micah wants more of something, he'll say, " A more." And hold up one finger intensely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He's obsessed with David from David goes to school (by David Shannon), so sometimes he'll just randomly laugh to himself and say,"David!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One book has a skunk, so he wants to read it constantly and says, "kunk, PU, stinky! Sour cheese!" (He says the same thing for a poopy diaper and feet)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He kisses every boo boo he sees. He thinks a mole on my arm is a boo boo. It gets a lot of kisses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whenever we're in public, he'll say, "People! Hi people!!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He loves to spin in circles and say, "Circles! Dizzy!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When being chased or chasing, he says, "Come back here!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we're not home, he'll say, "Back home now. Bailey!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, and speaking of Bailey... Bailey is his best friend. He'll drop food on the ground and say, "Surprise, Bailey!" Or try to ride her and say, "Ride Bailey. tail waggin!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He always needs to be clean--hands, floor, everything. No crumbs on the couch, no wood chips on the stairs at the playscape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His love of the alphabet has no boundaries--he reads EVERYTHING. license plates, wrappers, stickers, books, shirts... and is constantly naming colors, shapes, and animals/animal sounds, and the names of all the people he knows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He has crazy separation anxiety and does terribly with babysitters or at the nursery at church. Yikes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He kisses baby and talks about babies, but the most common phrase is, "baby crying." How does he already know?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He will imitate everything we say and do. I told him to be careful not to get his fingers in the door when shutting it, so now he pretends to do it every time and says, "Fingers!"... I told him not to eat play dough, so he says, "Play play dough now. Eat it! Pretend eat it! Nummy!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Life is an adventure right now! Done with the obnoxious post :)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240199785616457519.post-72714928855501811842014-07-20T20:23:00.001-04:002014-07-20T20:23:13.099-04:00that day my brother got married.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we finally got pictures of the glorious day when Ben got married!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and Micah was ring bearer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and he's now running to me, saying, "cookie cookie cookie!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>matt didn't work much</i>, weather was <span style="font-size: x-small;">sometimes</span> good (lots of rain, but that's okay), and we tried to cram as much fun as possible into the month. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>parks</b>, <i>zoo</i>, <u>restaurants</u>, <span style="font-size: large;">lots of play time</span>, lots of <b>reading books</b>, lots of <u>attempting to eat play dough</u>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">mom brag moment </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(feel free to skip...)</span><span style="font-size: large;">:</span> also, we've had fun micah changes... he somehow learns everything! his colors, letters, animal names and sounds, numbers to 13 (random, i know), names of things and people... so much fun! he also kicks a ball now, runs a lot, is constantly challenging my patience, and sleeps in a big boy bed with no problems. okay, all done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">also projects, the biggest of which was matt spending an entire day (9 hours in the hot sun) re-staining our deck. let me tell you. it looks AWESOME. 800 square feet of cleaning and staining. yikes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">also: projects coming next post: pictures of micah's new room, our room redone to include a craft area, and the redecorated play room!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so, here are some pictures of the greatness that we just had...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">don't get too excited, this is the only popsicle we were actually able to get out of the mold. <span style="font-size: x-small;">so then i bought snickers ice cream bars. </span>at least i tried, right? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and then to <span style="font-size: large;">kick off july</span>, i went to indiana to visit one of my best friends and her family and meet her new baby, blake!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">learning <u>baseball </u>from lonnie, amanda's dad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">well, i'm now a <b>stay at home mom</b>. feels weird to say. it's my goal to blog more often, <span style="font-size: x-small;">or at all,</span> now that i'm not working.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">i'm currently doing that from the top stair, outside micah's room. because that's how my life is right now. oh, and i'm serenaded by a mix of crying and climbing and talking and singing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just so you can glimpse into my world, here's my night/morning:</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8 pm: micah to bed in new room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1030 pm: micah crying. put micah to bed again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">115 am: micah PLAYING. and unable to fall back asleep, even with both of us trying, until 3 am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">730 am: micah walks out of room. and i get up. and decide no swim lessons. because we'd be leaving at 8 and i just can't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8-1230 pm: <i>play</i>. <b>sing "let it go" about 20 times.</b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">say "no" to the request for cookie, outside (it's raining), park, zoo, veggie tales (about 1000 times), etc. </span>go to the OB doctor, hold him while listening to baby's heart beat <span style="font-size: x-small;">(really.)</span>... have him offer <i>guacamole</i> to everyone he sees... <u>yelling loudly every animal and animal sound he can think of, then alternating with counting and abc's.</u> get home, handyman is waiting to fix the siding on our house that's falling off. change a big poopy diaper. feed lunch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 pm: naptime = fight time. try to get him to relax and sleep. he just wants to play. i give up, leave room, shut door to him climbing and yelling "mommyyyy" in his silly voice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ah, how life has changed. no more teaching elementary. no more baby... other than the one growing inside. and that baby boy</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is always kicking me to make sure i know that i've got round two coming soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all of the sudden, we've got a <span style="font-size: large;">full-blown toddler </span>who touches his wee-wee in public and talks about it and throws a fit when he doesn't get cookies whenever he wants them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">our life in recent days!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">first up, micah's first trip to the <b>zoo!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">moving on up, no more high chair: we all sit together like a civilized family. but one of us eats with his hands mostly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">speaking of civilized. <i>lemonade straight from the pitcher.</i> i don't know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">matt and i still love each other, so that's good. tigers game double date!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">petting zoo. hand in goats mouth. whatever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pick your battles, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pool time with micah's pal, graham. i know. they look thrilled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but really, they love pools!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">first ice cream cone. i think the eyes are closed from pure delight. fast forward 5 seconds: running everywhere, YELLING "hi, hi, hi, hiiiii!" to everyone he saw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ah, the big boy bed. someday, it will be less stressful. <span style="font-size: large;">someday.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and one recipe for you... a great one!<br /><b>basil pasta with sundried tomatoes!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">basil pesto</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">normally, you'd eat this right away, not in pyrex... </span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mix asparagus and olive oil/salt on a baking sheet and roast in the oven until crisp, then cut into one-inch pieces</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">cook up the pasta (and chicken, if you want)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mix in a big serving bowl as much pesto as you like as well as the sundried tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">add in the asparagus and mix</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">then, if you're brave, fry an egg (over-medium or so) and lay it on top--the yolk acts as a juice for the pasta, too. we normally only do that if we didn't add chicken--a great meatless (thus cheap!) dish.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">obviously, that's what easter is about and the reason life has hope!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">less important but exciting: <b>micah looooooves easter egg hunts.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">first, the one at the church i grew up in:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> such determination.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the one at my parents' house on easter (post church :))</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i forgot to get a pic of him in his easter outfit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but i think we'll all survive?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">life sure has <b>changed</b> lately around here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">matt's been pretty much gone all the time at the hospital.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bummer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so micah and i have been playing with friends, going on trips, and making the most of life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and again. because he never stops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">celebrated matt's birthday. with the gift i may be most proud of--a medical journal filled with notes from family and friends for matt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">yep, we're <b>pregnant</b> again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">meaning i'm sometimes <i>moody.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sometimes <u>giddy.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sometimes <span style="font-size: large;">starving.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and after one bite, <b>overstuffed</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but other times, can't eat enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i <span style="font-size: large;">weep</span> when micah does something cute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">and call my parents about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and then i <b>weep</b> more for no reason.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">the word weep really fits the situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">things that disgust me:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">frequently chicken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">generally anything that i have on the schedule to make for dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pulled pork.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">gagged on a banana yesterday. but normally i like those.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but don't even try and predict it. because there is no predicting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>fuji apple chicken salad from panera.</i> i've had it so much my parents gave me a panera gift card in my easter basket. <span style="font-size: x-small;">yes, i got an easter basket. my parents rule.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>candy.</b> but only sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>apples. i</i>'ve eaten a lot of apples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">orange juice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>popcorn.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this time around, it turns out, pregnancy is a lot different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>i had no warning!</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for instance, when you feel nauseous in first trimester, <b>you still have to take care of the toddler.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">meaning lots of running and games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">also, the doctor just told me, the<span style="font-size: large;"> "burst of energy"</span> you get in second trimester only applies to first pregnancy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">say whaaaat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so i'm going to want naps from here until eternity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all that to say, we're SUPER pumped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">baby is due october 14. (micah's birthday is october 18. i know.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we find out gender (hopefully) on may 27.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240199785616457519.post-7058689506610474042014-04-16T14:31:00.000-04:002014-04-16T14:31:02.700-04:00book club, the real life one.<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i once posted about wanting to be in a book club back <a href="http://ebrightsunite.blogspot.com/2014/01/book-club-round-2.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and then we started one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we had the first one last week, and it was completely <b>soul-filling</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">that's not a word, but it should be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">because that's what happened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i hosted the first one... we read <b>cold tangerines</b> by shauna niequist<b>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>absolutely incredible.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i made baked brie and chocolate chip cookie bars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the baked brie sort of could have been part of the soul-filling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">holy shmokes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all i can say is, everyone should be in a book club.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and i'm excited to have joined the club.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i'm currently in the <b>post-vacation blues</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">you know, remembering how great it was and recognizing that it's back to regular life...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so, to help, here's a <span style="font-size: large;">vacation blog!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">no pants and rolling around = happy child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fun family dinners at local cool restaurants... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my other favorite picture. that is pure joy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it's vacation. so he got to try ice cream. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(though i'm pretty sure grandpa already gave him a taste...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">yep. that was mine. giant rice krispie treat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">family photo before leaving!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">seriously. great wolf lodge is the best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or we were just desperate for a vacation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a little of both, i'm sure :)</span></div>
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