tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89333909243651930372024-03-14T03:24:49.902-07:00In case we don't see you...Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008579205429023896noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933390924365193037.post-71909526235398832682015-07-23T20:22:00.001-07:002015-07-23T20:22:31.195-07:00Easter etc.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We went to a St. Patty's day parade with our good friends, the Mongillos. We really miss them!<br />
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We went to the springtime village at Purina Farms. James and Isaac loved watching the dog show. <br />
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Playing in the barn</div>
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Wagon ride behind a tractor</div>
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We went on a road trip down to Branson. Bucket list, check. Never need to go there again! But it was fun. And we stopped by Laura Ingalls Wilder's house. I still read the Little House books--classics. </div>
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Branson Landing</div>
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It has been a long time. Here is before Christmas, when we did gingerbread houses. This year the kids each got their own after last year's tears.</div>
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I can hardly believe it was this warm in December. This is William's first time in shoes! Cute tiny yellow crocs. I am a little sad they are not blue but the yellow is the seed of a hope that one day I will have a girl that can wear them. I have been holding onto his hands, helping him walk for 2 months now. </div>
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Handsome Isaac</div>
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James has to get in front of William, wherever he is.</div>
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This was our last time flying for Christmas! Next year we will be living in Salt Lake with family--don't know why we would fly at Christmas again! Actually, hopefully this was our last flight for a good long while! Doing the nativity with Blake's side of the family.</div>
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Isaac impressed everyone with his Silent night and Ode to Joy skillz.</div>
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present time! can you feel the excitement?</div>
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new pjs for all--and this isn't even all of the kids!</div>
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Nativity with my side of the family on Christmas Eve.</div>
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This was the year of Batman! I am so mad that I forgot to take my camera to Blake's parent's house--I feel like I have hardly any photos of Christmas this year. I was too busy walking William around to take photos. How I wish I had video of James opening up his Batcave #2 at Grandma Karen's house--it was so classic. There was jumping and screaming. James was really excited about all of his presents--he really wanted everything at Target that had a Batman on it. </div>
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Isaac was a little more varied in his Christmas wish list, but he needed a Batman lego too! Writing this after the fact, I realize how nice these brothers are and how well they share. There have been many trades since Christmas.</div>
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And that was our whole trip to Utah! Weird, I usually take a lot more photos. I guess I didn't feel as pressed since we will be back for good in four months now. </div>
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Here is James playing with legos, as usual, on a winter day.</div>
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I took this because William had just woken up after sleeping through the night! I was so excited--and he did it twice--and now he is back to being up 2 times at night. </div>
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This is true Batman love. I love how James quotes the lego movie all day too. He is always saying "I only work in black. And very dark grey." and "the piece of resistance!"</div>
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Holding his bottle of amoxicillin from double ear infections. I have to brag that Blake wasn't sure it was an ear infection but I get mom points because I nailed it.</div>
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Happy Valentine's day! I have obviously not taken my neighbor's hint that I should not wear black because slobber and boogers show up so well on it.</div>
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We went to visit Hannah, Zeke, and Noah in Chicago. But first, on our way there we went to Legoland! It was just an indoor activity center but the kids had fun riding the two rides and playing on the playplace and of course, building some legos. </div>
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good times in Chicago. We also went to see the lights at the Chicago Botanic Gardens and went downtown on the Metra to Michigan Ave. <br />
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And here are two bonus pictures of William because he is so cute. well, all the kids are cute.<br />
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Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008579205429023896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933390924365193037.post-29799143128473039032014-12-04T12:28:00.001-08:002014-12-04T12:28:41.539-08:00James turns four; also Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well first, we had a primary activity at the temple and I took family pictures. Luckily Blake arrived just as we were leaving so we got a family picture too. </div>
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William says take me home to bed!</div>
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Some friends had a little Halloween party at our playground. The kids had lots of fun. </div>
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James was a Pteranadon, which Isaac wore last year. Love it!</div>
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Isaac made a police car which I helped him paint. What a handsome policeman!</div>
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William didn't dress up this day but there is a picture later on</div>
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For James' birthday we had a party at the playground. James really wanted a friend party but when it came down to it he really just wanted to stay home and open up his presents which we hadn't done yet. So we forced him to go to his own party!</div>
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I think only Isaac liked the scavenger hunt. James certainly wouldn't do it. </div>
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James requested ice cream sandwiches. Easy for me. </div>
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I also let James pick out one thing from the dollar store and he picked these party blowers to give out. Good thing the party was outside. </div>
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Finally it was time to do our family party with cake and presents. I let the kids decorate their cake for their birthday--they like it and I don't have to do it!</div>
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James was thrilled to get some batmobiles, batman legos, and a put-together plane, etc. </div>
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One of these October days we carved pumpkins. </div>
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James picked out this design that Blake painstakingly carved. It's supposed to be a skull. But then of course he was just mad he didn't have a face like Isaac's. </div>
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We had fun at a pumpkin farm. Isaac wanted his picture taken at about 10 different favorite pumpkins.</div>
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We let the kids do a tractor train ride. </div>
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Eating lunch</div>
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Cute William! Somehow I cut it down to only three pictures to post...</div>
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This is the one picture I took of our ward trunk or treat. William needed to nurse and it was just crazy busy times. </div>
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James checked out a book from the library that showed how a boy made a birdhouse so he insisted we make one too. We had some extra wood so we put one together. Of course the best part is painting it. </div>
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Oh, there's a good picture of that cute skeleton! This is Halloween. William went to bed at 6 so I stayed at home with him while Blake took the kids trick or treating. It was kind of sad. </div>
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Playing a favorite family game--trouble. </div>
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It snowed! The best part was eating it, apparently. </div>
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William used to love this thing. Now a month later he's kind of over it but it was a great entertainer for a few months.</div>
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One Saturday in September we went to Forest Park for the Hot air balloon race. It was windy so the race was delayed and not all of the balloons went so there wasn't too much action and we left early, but we did eat pizza and have a little bit of fun. </div>
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What set of pictures would be complete without James making a weird face?</div>
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Love that this shirt has been through four Pferdners and now Isaac</div>
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Will was not thrilled to wait for balloons</div>
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Oh, there's one!</div>
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We parked at Barnes, where Blake works, pictured in the background. Biggest hospital ever. It's been a good place to be. We had a nice walk through Forest Park. </div>
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I love this: Will--"Balloons? Where?"</div>
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That day we also tried William on his first solids! A tiny amount of rice cereal made it into his tummy.</div>
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Oh yeah, that morning we went to the Affton days parade. Kids loved it--got lots of candy. Then we had to re-enact the parade at home. Blake is not pictured but had the paper trumpet. Busy day!</div>
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Another day riding bikes in Forest park. Oh, the bright sun! Love Blake and his three boys. </div>
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Peas this time--not a fan! Why did you do that to me?</div>
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James working on his workbook. We do five pages a day and then he gets to watch a 25 minute show. Chuggington, Bob the Builder, Super Why, Lego Batman are current favs.</div>
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These are meant to be six month pics of William. I guess I should have planned in advance and put him in a special outfit but I kind of just seized the moment. Oh well, look at that sweet face! </div>
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Laughing at James. Always a crowd pleaser.</div>
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For his six month birthday (actually the day before), William broke three more teeth making five in total. </div>
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Will 4 months old</div>
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Isaac's 1st grade back to school night</div>
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Isaac's first day of first grade!</div>
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Still loves the bus. One day we went and picked Isaac up from school for fun and went to the library and Isaac was very upset because he was supposed to take the bus home. </div>
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James wanted me to take a picture of his scar so he could see what it looked like. This was his second trip to the ER this year--two staples due to falling into the corner of the wall. </div>
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Will has gotten two teeth since being four months. Drools a ton!</div>
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Welcome to see Anne race on her bike.</div>
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Anne came to race the gateway cup and stayed with us for a few days. Jeremiah and Megan came down from Chicago to watch. It was a party Labor day weekend. Here Anne is showing the kids how to assemble her bike out of the bike bag (how the bike goes on the plane).</div>
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This is the race around Francis park, just two miles from our house. </div>
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The kids had so much fun cheering for Anne. They all yelled "Go Anne go!" for like 15 minutes straight. The race was a criterion around the park so every four minutes or so they would pass us again. </div>
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Anne is in black--DNA racing</div>
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Four Perry's in one place--always an event! (Marie, Anne, Andrew, Jeremiah)</div>
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Will is up and cute as ever</div>
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Then Ted Drewe's was up the street so of course we stopped there on the way home. Mmmm</div>
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One day I got out my remote for my camera and took some self photos. Love this little boy--now he is five months!</div>
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Three sweet boys. James wanted a picture with Will and was mad Isaac got in too. </div>
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First things first, after a long plane ride with three little boys, ...a little relaxing. </div>
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It was such a beautiful house on a peninsula--water everywhere.</div>
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Will is getting so social and smiled at everyone on the plane.</div>
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The big kids liked the pool table. </div>
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Isaac and James dug in the sand nonstop. </div>
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my brother Jeremiah and his son Noah</div>
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Megan, Jeremiah,Noah</div>
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Maine lobster dinner</div>
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Blake showing off finishing his lobster. I took a tiny bite.</div>
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If you are wondering what the kids were laughing about--they were changing the lyrics to "everything is awesome, everything is cool when you're part of a (fill in the blank)". It was hilarious.</div>
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This is Isaac, but James would stand at the drawbridge saying, "No girls allowed! Now girls welcome!" (from the Berenstain Bears)</div>
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It wasn't pretty but as soon as we got there Isaac started running around and came back to me, saying excitedly, "This is exactly what I wanted to do! Collect shells!" He filled a bag with clam shells, snail shells, and even found a full, intact crab shell. </div>
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Will had to sleep on the go--which he's just a little too old for now, so it was difficult to fly/travel with him. When we were just at the cabin hanging out in the water it was great because he could sleep on his own little schedule. </div>
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James liked the rocks he collected on the beach the best.</div>
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We visited a lighthouse while in Portland. The name escapes me. This was the one day it truly rained. </div>
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Super pretty.</div>
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So, just like that, we went to Maine and now it is over. Sad. But so fun while we were there and definitely a trip to remember. We had a horrible time flying home with delays that had us arriving home after 1 AM. My nice brother picked us up and we squeezed our family in his accord instead of having Blake take the metro home, which was the original plan. I crawled into bed at 1:52. (To be awakened 3 hours later to nurse, and then an hour later, and then an hour later...)</div>
<br />Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008579205429023896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933390924365193037.post-30362284418524993512014-08-12T20:05:00.000-07:002014-08-12T20:05:53.201-07:00the Magic HouseI took my camera to the Magic House one day so that we can always remember how much fun we have had here.<br />
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Isaac likes wheeling around dogs on carts in the veterinary clinic</div>
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Three-story beanstalk to climb. Isaac loves it, but James is still a little too short and the few times he has attempted it Isaac has had to save him. </div>
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One day I took the kids out to the temple where Isaac got a Book of Mormon since naughty James ripped his one afternoon during quiet time a few months ago. I took some pictures on the grounds to find a spot to snap family pictures at an upcoming primary activity. Funny kids. </div>
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This one is Isaac's request.</div>
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Will-a-wooski, as James calls him, is a little over three months and gets cuter and cuter!</div>
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We are outside all day but usually close to home so the baby can nap. </div>
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Isaac is such a sweet older brother and likes to "play" with Will. </div>
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Poor James is a little too loud and rough and Will can tell when he's coming...</div>
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Isaac got a baby doll for Christmas so he needed a picture with his two babies. </div>
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This might be the cutest picture ever.</div>
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The older boys say the funniest things and I'm trying to be better at writing them down. Here is one exchange:</div>
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He lives in heaven. James: We can take an airplane! Isaac:
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ok, never mind, this might be the cutest picture ever. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">As we were leaving Office Depot one day Blake stopped to ask me a
question and the kids started pulling things out of bins. Blake got mad and told them they needed to be
on their best behavior in stores. As we
walked to the car, Isaac said, "I still love you, Dad." James said, "I don't." haha. </span>James is sometimes very difficult and does exactly what you
tell him not to do and goes to time out.
But other times he is so sweet and he'll say, "Mom? I love
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Isaac got these new trucks from Grandma and Grandpa and they have been playing with them nonstop this summer. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Oh gosh, this summer is so exhausting. I feel
like every minute of every day some child wants something from me. We just move from one thing to the next and
once it's time to relax then Will is crying, up from a nap. And as soon as he's down the kids need lunch
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Time seems so hazy when you have a little baby. William is already/finally 2 months old. This week all of a sudden he has really settled down and smiles almost every day and goes down so much easier to sleep. I have gone from holding him about 22 hours a day at his peak of fussiness to holding him 6-10 hours a day. He generally does two really good 4-5 hour stretches at night. Hooray for sleeping in the crib! It's a good thing because life with three energetic boys at home all day gets very busy. </div>
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Here is my mom's last day at our house back in May.</div>
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Oh, the elusive smile. Now we see it a little more often.</div>
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Wait, was I supposed to smile?</div>
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What is that black thing in front of your face? (Will, you will get to know it well...)</div>
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Another crazy picture of James, in case you haven't seen enough already.</div>
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Isaac and James wish Will would play with them. He really just cries when he's on the ground or when James squeezes him. But he's getting happier and happier as the days go by so maybe soon he will interact with them. </div>
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This is one of Isaac's many birthday celebrations. We did a last minute friend birthday party with a few friends. Isaac picked out some ice cream sandwiches and we went to the pool. It was nice and easy for me. Isaac and I counted that we did things for his birthday on seven days. One day we celebrated with my mom. One day at school. One day with friends. One day as a family at the Family Fun Center where we got pizza and played games like skee ball and stomp on the spider. One day we went with Grandma Karen and Grandpa Kent to Target to buy toys. One day we sang happy birthday and did cake and opened presents. The day it was his birthday he went to the zoo to ride the train and later watched a movie with popcorn and got chicken nuggets for dinner. It was just a crazy year with things all over the place. </div>
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Blake's parents came to visit. Blake crammed in a million things to do with them on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Zoo, Science Center, Magic House, etc. We were able to bless William with his Blake's dad in the circle. Will only cried at the very end...Later that afternoon we went downtown to take photos. I love how James is ready to go and smile.</div>
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So here we are, St. Louis family of five. </div>
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Grandpa, Grandma, and Isaac and James.</div>
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Another birthday celebration. </div>
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Although it was very difficult to get a picture for his blessing day. None turned out on his blessing day and I have tried two other times to do it, so I am giving up. William was blessed in this outfit and looked about like this. </div>
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<br />Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008579205429023896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933390924365193037.post-24050961757551180892014-05-16T18:43:00.001-07:002014-05-16T18:43:45.845-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Blake calls Will "Little Liam". He had a two week paternity leave. It was so great. Blake was very helpful and took the kids fun places and let me take naps and did dishes etc. But by the end he emphatically stated: I don't know how you do this all the time!</div>
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Isaac lost his first tooth! I missed Blake pulling it out because I was feeding Will. The tooth fairy is very generous nowadays and gives a whole dollar. I only got a quarter.</div>
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Happy birthday Blake!</div>
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My mom also wanted to celebrate Isaac's birthday while she was in town so we did his birthday before she left. There are six candles, one is hiding. She gave Isaac a scooter and he LOVES it. He goes super fast all afternoon and evening after school. She also gave him some art supplies because he loves projects. You should see his stack of tape and construction paper. </div>
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Will went to the doctor today for his one month checkup. He is 21 3/4" and 10 lbs 6 oz, both between 50 and 75 percentiles. My mom has gone home and Blake is working the ICU so now I'm on my own!Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008579205429023896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933390924365193037.post-55283716162410008832014-05-16T14:27:00.003-07:002014-05-16T16:49:24.538-07:00more baby WilliamThe day he was born:<br />
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I was so incredulous the whole day that I really had my baby. I was expecting to have him a week later given my previous track record. </div>
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The kids were not thrilled baby William made his entrance right before we were going to go to an Easter egg hunt as a family but they forgave him and wanted to meet him. </div>
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Proud daddy of three boys. </div>
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So adorable. LOVE.</div>
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The day after William was born: Kids made a big mess of the hospital room having a birthday party for William. Cake everywhere.</div>
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My brother Andrew reluctantly held the baby...</div>
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Outtakes from his announcement.</div>
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Seriously, how do you pick one?</div>
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James' new favorite toy. It was hard to keep him off William. </div>
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Just like our other babies, Will does plenty of this:</div>
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And plenty of this (sleeping on top of his parents):</div>
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Isaac had a career week and one day he dressed up like he was going for an interview. He is so handsome. Crocs and all. </div>
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Blake recently got a fishing pole and our friends took us to the park for Blake's first fishing lesson. First we had hot dogs. </div>
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I love how James eats--everything gets everywhere.</div>
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Here is Blake's fishing lesson. </div>
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Funny story: so the week after William was born Blake and James went fishing with friends again and the dads kept telling the boys not to get too close to the water. James and his friend Oliver were throwing sticks in, of course. Well, James got too close and fell in. Blake feels a little guilty he stopped for a couple seconds to empty his pockets of phone and iPod before jumping in after him. James was traumatized and doesn't want to go fishing again. </div>
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This is really after the baby was born, but I stuck it on here--Isaac told me I was the best mom ever because I gave him a sour cream container to collect caterpillars in. They were his pride and joy for a few weeks and he was constantly checking on them. But they never got chrysalises and a few died and eventually we let them go. Luckily in his classroom they had caterpillars which were successful in turning into butterflies.</div>
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What a crazy morning. I woke up at 6:45 and went to the bathroom. I had some pink discharge and wondered if maybe my water broke. But it wasn't a ton and after waiting for 10 minutes and nothing else seemed to be happening I decided it probably was something else. So I went to the gym as I was planning on and did the elliptical for 30 minutes. I had a few contractions there but nothing more than usual during exercise. When I got home at 7:30 I started noticing more consistent contractions that were lower in my belly than my Braxton hicks ones. At 8 I told Blake I may or may not be in labor. I started packing a hospital bag and doing dishes and didn't really time contractions but they were pretty close, maybe 3-4 minutes apart but not very long. At 8:20 Blake put on some sterile gloves and checked me and thought I was around 5 cm. We ended up getting our neighbors to watch the kids for us at like 8:30 and by 8:40 were on the way to the hospital. In the car I called the exchange to tell my doctor we were going to the hospital and meanwhile my contractions were getting harder and harder. The exchange was really slow and I never did talk to the doctor. When we were exiting the freeway and could see the hospital I started involuntarily screaming and telling Blake I needed to push. Blake said 'please don't push.' Blake was very calm and pulled to the circle at labor and delivery and grabbed a wheelchair. It was 9:00. He said 'Marie, you need to get out of the car.' So somehow I got in the chair and a nice nurse ran to get the elevator for us. When we got to the third floor I was still screaming in pain and this very nice couple checking in just looked at me like I was absolutely insane which was probably pretty accurate. I said 'I'm so sorry!' They said it's ok and someone had us go straight back to room 9 and I got out of the chair and into the bed, asking 'Is there any way I can get an epidural?' Blake says 'I'm going to move the car, I'll be right back' and I said 'I think you better stay here' and the nurses said 'Stay here, we will call security and let them know.' They checked me and said 'she's a 10 plus and at plus 2 station. Call Dr. Pike (the house doctor, mine didn't make it).' Somehow they put in an IV and put a heart rate monitor on the baby. I guess his heart rate was going down so they put an oxygen mask on me and said 'It is time to push!' I guess the doctor used the vacuum to hurry things along even faster and after a few pushes at 9:07 little baby William was born! And I stopped screaming! He looked good with an apgar score of 7 and then 9. They promptly took my IV out and then took 30 minutes stitching up my 2nd degree tear. During that they asked what my name was and admitted us to the hospital! So in hindsight I guess my water really did break at 6:45 but no matter when you count it, from 6:45 or 7:30 when I started having contractions, it was a super fast labor that took us all by surprise! Plus he came 5 days early, which I never thought would happen because I was overdue both times before. And he is my biggest baby at 8 lbs 2 oz. Not the tallest though at 20 inches. Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008579205429023896noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933390924365193037.post-90564204644969816482014-04-01T13:04:00.002-07:002014-04-01T13:04:44.726-07:00Camping trip etc.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So we have had 10.5 snow days this year. Crazy stuff. Plus Isaac has been sick three weekends in a row throwing up. I am so sick of cleaning up gross stuff! Here are Isaac and James being silly inside during one of our many days indoors. </div>
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Most days it was so cold it was no fun to play in the snow, but we did a few times. Isaac is ok to brave the cold but James doesn't like it. </div>
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Isaac likes to do projects. He will go through the recycling and find anything interesting and make it into something. Here he made a race game out of a cereal box for these little stuffed animals. </div>
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Every now and then we have a nice day. A nice Saturday in March we went to the Laumier Sculpture Park. We had a lot of fun but got super tired by the end because it is a very large park!</div>
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Blake got a week off and we didn't really do anything--we went to the St. Patrick's day parade, something I've always been curious to go to. We got tons of beads and some candy. Super exciting. We went to the zoo and of course went to the doctor, since I am there every week nowadays. And on Friday it miraculously got really nice so we spent the morning gathering wood from our backyard and some woods down the street and getting some groceries and packing and when Isaac got home from school we went camping at Meremac State Park. James has been begging to go camping again since we went in September. This trip did not disappoint. Everything about camping is fun to boys. Gathering wood, breaking it up, setting up the tent, making a fire...Plus there was a playground we played at for a little bit. </div>
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Look at our huge stack of wood!</div>
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Yay! We are camping!</div>
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There was a picture of me too but sorry, Blake, I just can't post it. I am too enormously pregnant. Here are the boys making a fire.</div>
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James was so happy to roast hot dogs and marshmallows. He was so patient and sat there for over an hour cooking his hot dogs and then marshmallows. </div>
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We let the kids watch Cars on the iPad that night in the tent and Blake and I played some cards. In the morning it was pretty cold so Blake got another fire going. Notice James is eating more marshmallows for breakfast and Isaac is eating a donut. </div>
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But even after sitting around the fire the kids were still cold and wanted to go home so we packed up and did a little .75 mile hike--since I think we always have to go for a hike wherever we go camping. But we got cookies after that so it was worth it. After our marshmallows and donuts for breakfast. </div>
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We were glad we got to go on a little adventure with Blake for his time off. And I was glad to fit in camping before we have the baby. Only 17 more days until he is due! </div>
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A couple days ago I turned 30. Blake and my friends completely spoiled me the whole weekend to celebrate. On my birthday, Blake surprised me by taking me out to a fancy restaurant. On the way home we got Ted Drewes frozen custard and ate it with my brother, who had babysat, and played a game and watched a movie. The only downer to the day was that the kids were so excited for Daddy to come home and make a cake with them but that didn't happen. I didn't know what was going on or I would have prepared them. But I did take them for donuts that morning so they did get a birthday treat. </div>
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The day after my birthday I had my second surprise. My friend Elise <span style="font-size: 12pt;">arranged with me earlier that she
wanted to take me to breakfast for my birthday and insisted that her husband could
babysit my kids while we went.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I thought
that was very nice so I took the kids over and we went to Crepes, my
favorite breakfast place.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(Blake was
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was a combined birthday party/baby shower and they had balloons and a little
cake and presents!</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Wow, what
friends.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I couldn't believe they did
that.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Plus we all enjoyed our food at
crepes--it is soo good.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When we got back
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so sad they didn't get to come.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">But they
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The next day I got my last surprise, which Blake actually told me about the night before because I got a little suspicious when he came home from work with bags of groceries. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So all Sunday Blake made chicken salad and cake and
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cake super small and barely fed everyone. Blake was
so sweet to pull off a party for me and I felt so overwhelmed by love from him and other people this weekend. What a way to turn 30, huh, with three days of parties?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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It was a long process but James calmed down once he was in the car and he did great in the hospital. Here he is on his little bed in his gown. </div>
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The doctor gave James his own bear to keep. </div>
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They decided to give him some IV anesthetic because they wanted him to be totally comfortable during the stitches. It is a sensitive area right there and tricky to stitch. </div>
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He was awake but kind of phased out while they stitched him--one deep one and about three? on top. When he came to again the first thing he said was, "This is taking too long." So he got some apple juice to drink and they let us go home. </div>
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My brother Andrew picked up Isaac from our neighbors and let him watch a movie since this whole process took over four hours. It was so nice of people to watch Isaac for us--Blake and I wanted to be there for James in the hospital. Isaac was not happy to have been left behind--he said we should have done eeny meeny miney mo to see who stayed with him. James is doing great now and we are proud of how well he did.</div>
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Also this week Blake and I went for a date out to eat. My dad gave us a bunch of restaurant gift cards and I think it is the best thing ever to have a good excuse to go on dates. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I always have some random project I'm working on. This week I finished the quilt for the baby. I hope he likes elephants and giraffes. Also I made my first project out of the book Blake gave me for Christmas--The Handbuilt Home by Ana White. I'm kind of obsessed with it right now. In my crazy pregnant nesting mind I have grand visions of building queen sized beds and farmhouse tables. I have been spending all my Christmas money on random tools from Home Depot--I'm like their best customer right now. This frame only took me about three weeks to make...!</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: center;">And on Monday, Blake got some good news. He got a phone call from the program director at the University of Utah </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">telling him that they were happy to extend an offer for a fellowship in neurophysiology!</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"> He interviewed there a few weeks ago and loved the program. So in 17 months we will be moving back home to Utah after living in St. Louis for 8 years. It seems unreal. Honestly I was a little disappointed at first only because I was hoping a fellowship wouldn't work out and Blake would get a job instead. I guess I'm getting greedy after being married 8.5 years. I would love to be in a beautiful house doing all those things girls write about on their blogs. But I can be patient. I think. And we are excited to raise our kids where we grew up and be able to play with cousins and grandmas. The kids are especially excited to go to Bear Lake every summer. </span>Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008579205429023896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933390924365193037.post-54871918175980663002014-01-19T18:14:00.000-08:002014-01-19T18:14:19.892-08:00Christmas 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Santa came early to our house. On December 22 we got a note:</div>
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My elves have been visiting all the children. I am happy to say that both of you are on the
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you that they wouldn't fit in your suitcase if I gave them to you on your trip!
So make sure you stay in your beds tonight, because Santa is going to make a
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ho ho! Merry Christmas! Love, Santa</div>
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Santa came early last year too because Blake worked Christmas Eve and Christmas and Isaac was not happy the morning we woke him up to tell him Santa came because he knew it was the wrong day. This year it went much better...</div>
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Isaac was THRILLED to get a baby doll. Oh how he loves her. James was very jealous and wanted his own. So when he got some money later from a different set of grandparents, what do you think he chose at Target? A baby doll. So now we have two boys and two baby dolls. </div>
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James loves puzzles. These were way too easy for him! He put them together way fast. You can kind of see one of my gifts to Blake in this picture--I made him a shirt that says: Home is where the wifi connects automatically. When I looked up funny t-shirts that stood out to me as best fitting Blake! He is always on google news or reddit or something on his iPad.</div>
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It was a good Christmas. We bounced around from toy to toy that whole day. The kids both got costumes so they played spiderman and superman for a while. We painted. We read their Berenstain Bear books at least three times each. Blake helped Isaac put together his model airplane. We tried to do trucks outside but the dirt was pretty hard. We raced cars down the ramp. We played trouble three times and chutes and ladder twice. </div>
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Then the next morning we flew to Utah to be with family for Christmas. We haven't done it in two years and weren't really planning on it this year either but it just kind of worked out this was the time for us to visit home. It is going to get a lot harder to travel once we are a family of five in April. We first went to Blake's parents and had a big old Christmas Eve party with his family. </div>
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For some reason I only got two pictures of Christmas. One of James with some unexpected gifts from Santa who "forgot" some things when he came to St. Louis. </div>
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One of Isaac watching a new movie--Lego Batman. Let me tell you, it deserves five stars. After this we spent all day on the road. We went to Blake's sister's house, Blake's brother's house, Blake's grandparents' house, my mom's house, my sister's house, and my dad's house. But it didn't wear the kids out--they had a great day and we got lots of unexpected gifts and it was a great day. </div>
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James loves hockey since we watched part of a game we saw going on at the outlet malls one day. He was so excited to play with real hockey sticks. </div>
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We went downtown to Temple Square to see the lights. I haven't done that in years. It was freezing but still neat. </div>
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I love this temple where Blake and I were married. </div>
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We spent lots of time with my family too. Blake had to leave after five days to go back to work and I stayed another week at my mom's house. We went snowshoeing with my family. I always love to get up in the mountains when I am in Utah and was glad we made it this trip. </div>
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Luckily my family always seems to be prepared and Bekah had brought some warmers that we put in James' boots. He cried for a little bit but once I started carrying him in the pack and his feet warmed up a little he did a lot better. I was so glad Bekah also gave me some spikes to wear on my running shoes so that I didn't slip while I carried him. </div>
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Do you love the licorice stuck in James' mouth so he won't start crying again?!</div>
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So we hiked over four miles, about three of which I carried James on my back. I was feeling it at the end and was so happy to see the parking lot. Isaac did so great! He walked the whole thing and only complained a few times that it was too long. But he just trekked along with his cousins and played with his stick in the snow. He is going to be some athlete. </div>
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We had a fun trip playing with grandparents and cousins. The kids especially liked going to Jump Around Utah--a warehouse full of bounce houses. I didn't even see Isaac for an hour and a half! James would run do one thing, run around, do it again, giggling. </div>
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plane was delayed, of course, by first 15 minutes, then 30, and finally really
almost an hour.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">But we made it on and I
managed not to freak out when I realized they had switched planes from the one
I had booked to a smaller plane with only 4 seats across instead of 6 which
meant that the kids sat together and I sat across the aisle.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Good thing I have such good boys and good
thing James is over three and he handled himself quite well.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Once we were finally able to turn on a dvd
the kids just sat and ate millions of cookies and crackers and drank orange
juice and watched Curious George and Toy Story until we were landing.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">They did really really well.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Getting out to the car was a struggle going to
the bathroom and then Isaac saying he had to go again and poop and him needing
help and James running out of the bathroom to look at a train picture and
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<br />Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008579205429023896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933390924365193037.post-26542388675052686392013-12-22T13:31:00.001-08:002013-12-22T14:12:31.762-08:00November and DecemberI got kind of picture-d out on our trip in October. Here are some random ones I have taken since then.<br />
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Andrew had a birthday. We made him Cafe Rio and German Chocolate cake.<br />
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Playing outside. We try not to make coats a battle and these kids are never cold. No mom, it's warm, I true-ly. It was so cold this day but superheroes don't wear coats. </div>
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Thanksgiving was somewhere in here. We feasted with some friends this year. Later I made a turkey and such for just our family so Blake could have turkey sandwiches for a week.</div>
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We made gingerbread houses. Isaac made that day super fun for me by complaining nonstop how he wanted his own gingerbread house and his own tree and gingerbread man and the makeshift house we made out of graham crackers for him wasn't good enough. </div>
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We have been shocked that not only has it already snowed in St. Louis, but it has snowed twice. Blake and Isaac made a huge fort. </div>
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Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008579205429023896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933390924365193037.post-22424367911529172032013-12-22T13:11:00.000-08:002013-12-25T18:34:20.778-08:00christmas card 2013Blake and I disagreed on the Christmas card this year--since in this photo everyone else looked terrific except me! But we sent it out anyway. <div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">On Halloween James and I got to go to the parade at the school. It was raining all day so the parade was down the halls--a lot of sitting around waiting but fun for the kids I think. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">They had a party at school and then had an early release.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">When Isaac got home we went to the library and got new books and then I let the kids watch some shows after that as a Halloween treat. Unlike last year Blake got home in time to go trick or treating with us.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">It poured the whole time.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">We were soaked by the end!</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">But we got so much candy, even just in our little apartment complex with the few people passing out candy.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">What fun for our little train guy and pteranadon.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">And in other news, it is finally time to announce that I am pregnant! The kids have been asking for almost two years if we could have another baby. Earlier this year we had a disappointing end to a pregnancy at about 11 weeks that was pretty tough on me. I don't think I will ever forget holding a tiny, bloody umbilical cord in my hand after going through labor in my bathroom. So our joy has been tempered with some worry this time but now I am 17 weeks and feeling the baby kick and we get to have the big ultrasound in 3 weeks!</span><br />
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Last Wednesday night Blake and I told the kids: "You
know how we have been praying for a long time to have a baby? Well Heavenly Father answered our prayer and
we are going to have a baby! My tummy is
getting bigger!" The kids were so excited
and Isaac got a big grin and James jumped down from his chair and started
jumping up and down: "We have a
baby! We have a baby!" And Isaac
got down too and they both wanted to see my tummy and if it was getting bigger
and then Isaac was jumping up and down and giving me hugs and saying, "I'm
so excited to have a baby! Yes!" It
was one of the funnest moments ever. The
rest of the night was all about the baby.
James kept asking, "Where is the baby?" In my tummy.
"I want it to pop out!"
Blake asked if it was going to be a boy or girl and they both said
"girl!" I said it might be a
boy, and we would love a boy too right?
But Isaac said, "No, it has to be a girl. I will only love a girl." When James sat on my lap to read stories that
night he said, "I squish the baby, mommy?" Sweetest!
James kissed the baby goodnight.
When I laid with Isaac in bed he said again, "I am so excited to
have a baby!"<br />
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It's making me cry just writing about it. Yay! <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span>Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008579205429023896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933390924365193037.post-73573164462759538912013-11-11T12:20:00.001-08:002013-11-11T12:20:27.018-08:00our big road trip<div class="MsoNormal">
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We hiked in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Cloudland</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Canyon</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>. We had a fun time hiking to two waterfalls. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Isaac did a great job hiking and even James hiked down to the second waterfall by himself.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">James fell asleep in the car after that which is a big deal because my kids NEVER do that. Actually, he fell asleep in the car ever day in the afternoon. The roughest part of the trip was getting the kids to fall asleep in the same room and be quiet in the hotel! </span>They think as soon as we get in the room they can start wrestling. </div>
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We took the kids to McDonalds to play at a playplace. We got ice cream cones for them. Then we went to eat as adults at Champy's Famous Fried Chicken. I don't know if it really is famous but it was sooo good. Then we went downtown and played at a park on the river and walked past their new aquarium. </div>
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Day three we called the Smokes and they were open! So we hurried to pack up and drove two hours to the Smokies. We started at the Cades Cove
Loop--driving 11 miles around scenic land.
You could stop at cabins and churches but we just stopped once at a visitors
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<span style="text-align: start;">Then we had to drive all the way up the mountain which took another two hours maybe.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><span style="text-align: start;">We hiked .5 miles up to Clingman's Dome--the top of old smoky.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><span style="text-align: start;">Of course it was so foggy we couldn't see anything.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><span style="text-align: start;">We pushed James up in the stroller.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><span style="text-align: start;">Blake carried Isaac a little bit on his shoulders.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><span style="text-align: start;">We all ran down--racing for Isaac. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Then we barely made it down to the </span><st1:place style="text-align: start;" w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:place><span style="text-align: start;"> side in time to do a three waterfall loop before dark.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> We drove to Atlanta that night.</span></div>
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Day four we spent in Atlanta. Isaac woke up in the middle of the night and threw up. Blake got him to the bathroom in time though. Plus this whole time he's had diarrhea (tmi). We went downtown and did <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Centennial</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>.
There were some sculptures and playgrounds and fountains for the
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This might be my favorite picture of the trip. Who cares where we are, there are some trucks we need to stop and watch for 10 minutes. Plus some brotherly love. </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">It started to rain when we were finishing up and we went to the world's largest aquarium.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><span style="text-align: start;">Right when we got there we went straight to the dolphin show.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><span style="text-align: start;">The kids LOVED it.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><span style="text-align: start;">It was hands down their favorite thing of the trip.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><span style="text-align: start;">We spent over three hours at the aquarium seeing all the exhibits.</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span></div>
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My brother told us about this aquarium and told Isaac to take lots of pictures of it for him. Isaac took him very seriously and made me take like a million pictures of every single fish. </div>
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Ok, I like this picture too. Such good buddies. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">We ended seeing a shark feeding which was pretty boring since they eat tiny fish.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Then we drove to our hotel and went swimming. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Tonight we discovered Isaac had a full body rash.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">I had a travel children's benadryl s</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">o we gave him that and he slept all night and was better in the morning.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></div>
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Day five we drove to <st1:place w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:place>. We went to <st1:placename w:st="on">Kelly</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Ingram</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Baptist</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype></st1:place>, the Jazz Hall of Fame. Overall we were a little nervous with all the
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It was interesting reading the history of this park and how all the kids skipped school to protest here and stand up for integration. </div>
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We drove down to a bbq place--Saw's bbq--and stuffed ourselves absolutely silly. Their portions were huge and totally delicious. Blake was in heaven. Even James ate a whole rib. Only Isaac was the party pooper and refused to eat the mac and cheese I ordered him for $3. Of course. He is so hard to please. It is not a good restaurant/we are not good parents if the kids don't get lemonade. That's all they ever want at a restaurant. We drove through <st1:state w:st="on">Mississippi</st1:state> for a few hours and finally got to <st1:place w:st="on">Memphis</st1:place> around 5. We went swimming in the hotel. </div>
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Day six we started out at Graceland. <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> felt crammed into the not so spacious mansion with tons of tours.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The kids were tired of museum and boring
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Then we went to </span><st1:street style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;" w:st="on">Beale Street</st1:street><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> and ate at the Hard Rock Cafe and walked past all the famous Jazz places.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">We were going to go to a fun park-- </span><st1:place style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;" w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Mud</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Island</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">You could take a train or a footbridge over the river and go to a representation of the mississippi river to splash in, etc. but it was just so cold we decided to go home.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> W</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">e drove and drove and stopped in Perryville for gas and finally made it back home. It was a crazy trip with tons of driving and sight seeing. I was impressed with how well the kids did but next vacation we are going to relax somewhere!</span></div>
<br />Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008579205429023896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933390924365193037.post-3237375761226456072013-10-29T13:01:00.001-07:002013-10-29T13:01:32.595-07:00James turned three!<div class="MsoNormal">
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frozen after three plus hours there! We had James' dinner of choice--hot dogs, french fries, lemonade, cake with
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train tracks and he and Isaac immediately got busy building a train track. I had bought a huge set on craigslist to go along with a set we already had. Though I picked it up it was from both grandmas. So basically James opened present after present full of trains and
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got a plane and bubble gun and I made him a cape with a j on it. It was a great birthday for him I think. James is such a fun-loving, smart, kind boy. He loves puzzles and Thomas and Curious George. He is my good running buddy and will always go in the stroller with me. He loves to play trains with his buddy Oliver and does a good job sharing his beloved balance bike with his other friends that we play with after Isaac gets home from school. He is very obedient unless it is family prayer or family home evening. :) I still get comments on how beautiful his red hair is--he is sure a cutie! We are glad he is in our family.</div>
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We have not yet had the courage to break down the train track and face the wrath of two little boys, so for the past week our family room has been tiptoe room only!</div>
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I love this picture--how he is giving hugs but being a little too intense about it...</div>
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James chose to be a train guy. But no hat. And then he decided to also carry the train I made for Isaac several years ago.<br />
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Isaac chose to be Shiny from Dinosaur Train back in July and he went to the store to pick out fabric with me and watched several hours worth of sewing while we put it together. <br />
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