tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56416421693641946762024-03-13T11:54:10.788-04:00A Hales LifeFrom "I do" to OMG and everything after...MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.comBlogger408125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-86945472048287547712016-10-07T10:34:00.001-04:002016-10-07T10:34:23.519-04:00Tanner David: 10 Month Update<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Weight: About 21 pounds I think but we didn't have to go to the doctor this month! YAY!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">Physical Milestones: Tanner is cruising ALL. OVER. THE. PLACE. now and quickly! He is always moving from one place to another. He knows when the baby gate opens and bolts for the stairs. He is pretty good and getting up them safely and Kayla and Brody love to go behind him and make sure he is safe. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">Eating/Sleeping: This kid is LOVING table food. His favorites are blueberries and pancakes and grilled chicken. Eggs are on and off. We are pretty consistently nursing 4 times per day and 1 time overnight because he still refuses to sleep. Which isn't so bad. He's an AMAZING napper taking two naps per day and going down super easily. He still love waking up early but what can you do...</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">Tanner LOVES bathtime and splashing but has hated the pool all summer! But this month, we had a birthday party with some close friends and the water was warmer so he loved playing in the zero depth area, splashing and crawling around. He learned this month how to bear crawl to save his knees when he is outside...smart little guy. He adores watching and laughing at his brother and sister and they love getting him things and helping me feed him and going to "check on him" in the morning when he is awake (has been awake for a while just talking in his crib). He got 5 teeth this month, which was fun. (Insert eye roll.) But he is still just the happiest kid! He puts up with a lot from his big brother and sister, but he is going to be tougher because of it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-10454531800302170762016-09-27T14:33:00.001-04:002016-09-27T14:33:14.303-04:00Tanner David: 9 Month Update<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Weight: 20 pounds 6 ounces (64th percentile</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Length: 29.75 inches (95th percentile)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Eating/Sleeping: We are consistently eating 3 meals a day and still nursing about the same amount. I started nursing him an extra time though he probably doesn't NEED it, because I wanted to keep my supply up, plus, it can't hurt. We also are slowly adding in more "real" food this month, soft fruits, little infant treats (puffs mostly, I've learned many adults I know love these...), and of course carbs (pancakes, toast, etc.) Sleeping is still mainly just 1 time per night waking up to nurse. At this point I'm pretty sure it's comfort nursing but I don't really mind because it only takes about 10 minutes to nurse and back to sleep almost immediately. Most of the time Justin doesn't even wake up. And he's a champion napper. Still a bit of an early riser though. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">This guy LOVES smiling, laughing (still) and cruising around and exploring all the things at knee level that he couldn't before!! He loves to laugh at Brody (and obviously Brody loves this) and Kayla loves to carry him around, help change his diaper and act like his Mommy. It is so fun watching all of them interact together! Tanner is going to be one strong and tough cookie as he grows up with these two around him!!</span></span></span><br />
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MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-89440431384856134922016-08-28T21:41:00.001-04:002016-08-28T21:41:33.206-04:00Tanner David: 8 Month Update<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Weight: 20 pounds 4 ounces</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Length: Only reason I know his weight is because of frequent visits to the pediatrician</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Eating/Sleeping: We are consistently eating 3 meals a day and still nursing about the same amount. He is actually an excellent napper so some days we drop one nursing session because he doesn't seem to need it! Still the happiest kid ever. Still waking up 1 time per night not usually more. I thought we found some consistency getting to about 2 or 3 at least each night, but then it started to fluctuate again. The good news is that even if I wake up at 11:45 to feed him, he still sleeps until 5. He seems to be liking waking up at 5 am...which I don't really love. :) But I think Brody went through something like this. Hopefully it's just a phase. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">This guy LOVES smiling, laughing, pulling to stand on everything and exploring all the places he shouldn't! He puts everything in his mouth and loves eating. I feel so blessed to have him as an addition to our family. It feels like he's always been here and he truly makes me so happy. I wish I could slow down time!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Physical Milestones: This month, Tanner has learned to army crawl all over the place, sit up unsupported and move from sitting to belly. He is really getting the hang of moving around to wear he wants to be. He love to move his hands and try to </span><span style="color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">imitate. And he loves to push all the buttons on the baby toys that make a BUNCH of noise. :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Eating/Sleeping: We started table food this month and Tanner is a big fan! We are still nursing on our same schedule and he has started to get down to 2 pretty good naps consistently each day. Still waking up 1-2 times per night to eat. Usually once, never at the same time and still almost always goes right back to sleep without issue. We are probably at about 2 meals per day with table food so far and he seems to enjoy everything we have given him so far!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">Tanner is still probably one of the happiest babies I've known. He loves to smile and laugh at everything. He still has fluid in his ears (though it is not infected) so we've been back to the doctor a few times to keep rechecking to see if the fluid will go away. He sure has been through a lot in his short life with doctors so far!! We are so excited to go to see Gigi and Papa in South Carolina next week and enjoy some sunshine and Grandma/Grandpa time! It will be a long drive in the car for my </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">super mobile baby!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Weight: 18 pounds</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Length: 28.5 inches (2 foot 4.5 :) )</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Head Circumference: 44.5 cm</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Very tall and actually not too high on the weight percentage... weird because he seems so big!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Physical Milestones: He is now making lots of circles on his belly on the floor. On his half birthday he started sitting supported with his arms. I have tried to keep track on my phone of the big milestones but I just think he was working pretty hard at sitting and worming around this month. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Eating/Sleeping: We are still on our normally nursing schedule and he is really such a happy baby almost all of the time. He had another double ear infection at like 5.5 months so we are still dealing with that along with learning to crawl which might be affecting his sleep. He still wakes up 1-2 times a night but almost always nurses and goes right back to sleep. Overall this has stayed pretty consistent but the time he wakes is never predictable still. But I can't complain and he is never really fussy!</span></span></span><br />
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Weight: 17 pounds 10 ounces (only know because he keeps getting ear infections)<br />
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Length: No idea (no 5 month appointment lol)<br />
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Head Circumference: See above :)<br />
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Physical Milestones: Tanner is an EXPERT roller these days. But is NOT an ambi-roller (no one?) He pretty much mainly rolls only from back to belly. He loves tummy time, watching his brother and sister play, smiling and laughing. He LOVES putting his hands in his mouth and chewing on his fingers. He started scooting in circles on the floor but only a little bit side to side. <br />
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Eating/Sleeping: He is still an excellent nurser and we are pretty consistently on the same 3 hour schedule during the day. He goes to sleep for bed and naps pretty easily the majority of the time without much help. We are still busy dealing with the baby bronchitis and some ear infections due to that bronchitis so he is still waking 1-2 times per night. The times he wakes are pretty inconsistent so that makes it a bit difficult but overall not too bad as he nurses in about 10 minutes and goes right back to sleep.<br />
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After Tanner's first double ear infection around his 4 month birthday, he developed hives after our 10 day course of Amoxicillin. We ended up with nebulizer treatments after going to walk in hours at not our normal pediatricians office. I'm not sure the nebulizer treatments did much. I was pretty convinced the hives were a reaction to the amox, but the pediatrician we saw thought it was the baby bronchitis to blame. Never the less, the hives cleared in a couple days and the nebs didn't seem to make much difference in his congestion. He had another double ear infection this month as well. <br />
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The poor kid is so little and dealing with so much, but yet is the smiliest kid still! He loves laughing at his big brother (just like everyone else) and brightening the room with his smile. It really feels like he belongs here with us, it's hard to explain but just feels so right! And man do his big siblings LOVE him. <br />
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<br />MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-56014570018909092112016-04-29T14:27:00.000-04:002016-04-29T14:27:45.309-04:00Tanner David: 4 Month UpdateI'm slowly, very slowly, catching up here. :)<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Weight: 16 pounds 10 ounces (71%)</span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Length: 27.25 inches (99%)</span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Head circumference: 43 cm (85%)</span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Physical milestones: This month, my littlest guy started rolling from back to belly. He's a big fan of tummy time so not much rolling the opposite way, he prefers to be playing on his belly. He has definitely discovered his hands and his hands have found his mouth :). Just like pretty much everything else - straight to the mouth. </span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Eating/Sleeping: We are still on our normal every 3-4 hour eating schedule. Tanner doesn't seem to be too interested in eating solids. I started some solids with the other two kids around 4-5 months. I specifically remember Brody really being interested when we were eating. Tanner on the other hand, not much interest. Plus, he seems a bit behind in regards to milestones compared to Kayla and Brody. So we held of solids for longer. Sleeping is pretty good, but started to get a bit worse around Tanner's four month birthday. He actually developed what they call Baby Bronchitis as well as a double ear infection (which I thought may be the case based on his slight increased crankiness lying down - I mean really slight). So sleeping is still a crap shoot, a couple nights of 3-4 wake ups which was really abnormal for Tanner, but overall still 2 times a night. </span></span></span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Tanner is like an angel baby. He had a double ear infection and bronchiolitis and is still the smiley-est happiest kiddo. He's a joy to be around really for everyone around him. And he's so content just playing on his tummy and watching his brother and sister be silly. I feel so blessed. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span>MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-14172523561027384152016-04-10T21:53:00.003-04:002016-04-10T21:53:52.494-04:00Tanner David: 3 Month UpdateDude, I am forever going to be behind right? That's just how it works with three? I've started scheduling out my "to-do" list in my planner so I'm going to try to blog at least once a week (for real this time). Anyways, here is what I can remember from 3 months ago!<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Weight: Probably around 15 pounds or so but not really sure.</span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Length: Not a clue</span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Head circumference: No idea</span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Physical milestones: Tanner rolled over once from his belly to his back on the floor next to the dinner table the day after his 3 month birthday. Therefore, he is getting pretty good at lifting his head and shoulders in prone (on his belly non PT people). :) He also founds his hands and realized he can touch them with each other this month. </span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Eating/Sleeping: Sticking to our same 7, 10, 1, 4, 7 schedule during the day pretty much (give or take 30-45 minutes here and there). Nighttime got down to about 1-2 feedings per night depending on the night. They are never at the same time. It's really a crap shoot. The kid is still a fabulous eater, just like his big bro. He is liking the pacifier more and still mostly falling asleep for naps and nighttime on his own. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">This kid is really the most happy baby. He is so easy to be around and Kayla and Brody just LOOOOVE him. Still waking up at night 1-2 times but doesn't bother me because he goes right back to sleep and I get to lay with him a little bit and get some mommy snuggles in. He adores his brother and sister. Just like everyone else, Brody makes him giggle and he lights up when he sees Kayla come into the room. He is so content and will likely be a little slower with the milestones since Brody and Kayla do everything for him! I'm willing time to slooooooooow down! </span><br />
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<br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span>MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-90882885380162808132016-01-20T09:18:00.000-05:002016-01-20T09:18:03.015-05:00Tanner 2 month update<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Slowly catching up. I have lots of photos from some Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations I'm hoping to share soon.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Weight: 14 lbs (exactly the same as Brody was at 2 months - he is slowing down)</span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Length: 24.5 inches (though I think he was more like 25 inches, but the nurse was like afraid to stretch his legs)</span></span></span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Head circumference: 40.6 cm </span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Physical milestones: Definitely more smiling and some giggling during this month. He still is great with tummy time but not too much head lifting. Here and there he will have a big long hold and lift, but mostly he just turns his head side to side. He is definitely recognizing family members, and I still think Kayla is his favorite person. He is always smiling when he sees her. He would also kick me when he was in my belly when Kayla was around me too. I can see they are going to have a special bond. Still doesn't quite recognize his hands yet. </span><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Eating/Sleeping: Tanner is still on the same schedule pretty much during the day, eating at 7, 10, 1, 4, and then usually closer to 6:30 to get to bed a bit earlier. He seems to be doing very well with an eat, play, sleep routine and still usually falls asleep on his own in the crib for naps and the pack 'n play in our room for bed time. He likes the pacifier a little more now but still doesn't usually need it very much. Night time sleep is going pretty well, the long stretch gradually started to increase this month. He usually sleeps from 7pm to at least 1 am and eventually started stretching closer to 3 am. He is definitely not as consistent with night time wake times as Brody was (11 pm and 2 am for 11 months straight without any deviation). </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Overall, Tanner is still a very cool, calm baby who sleeps and naps quite well and is still a great eater. He really is just happy. He does have this pig squealing cry when he is overtired at night so we've learned to try very hard to avoid this as he is quite difficult to calm down. He is very very wiggly, even the doctor said "He just never stops moving those arms and legs does he?" Nope, he doesn't. Always moving, but I still feel like he will be a little behind Kayla and Brody with regards to physical milestones, which is just fine with me. Incase he is our last baby I am soaking up every second I can. We all just love him so much, and he is sure is easy to love. I have especially enjoyed my time alone with Tanner and am struggling with returning to work. But I know daycare is so excited to have him and will take good care of him. So hard for me to let go of my babies...</span></span></span><br />
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Ok I'm going to try to remember as much as possible about when Tanner turned 1 month old.<br />
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Weight: 12 lbs 9.8 oz (he was bigger than Brody at this point! 95th%)<br />
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Length: 23.5 inches (99th %)<br />
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Head circumference: 39.5 cm (95th%)<br />
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Physical milestones: He loves tummy time but tends to lift his head only a little and mostly turns his head side to side or hangs out looking at one of his siblings who LOVE to talk to him and lay with him. He started tracking me and my voice especially around the room, but I can tell he loves hearing Kayla near him and is a bit fearful of Brody near him. :) Small purposeful smiles came out around 1 month, but he seemed to be more serious at the time than Brody for sure and even Kayla.<br />
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Eating/Sleeping: Ever since birth, Tanner has been on a pretty consistent schedule. When he was about 4-5 days old, I said to Justin wouldn't it be great if he ate on a schedule, like 7, 10, 1, 4, 7, 10, 1, 4 o'clock? Well turns out he liked that schedule at lot. He's been on that schedule during the day since birth (7 am, 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm then bed). He was waking up 2-3 times per night but was VERY easy to put back to sleep. He loves sleep more than either other kid I can tell as you can lay him down awake and he falls asleep on his own with minimal fussing and minimal use of the pacifier. So far, he's a really really great baby.<br />
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The doctor is VERY impressed with his growth. Even I was surprised at how big he was at this visit! We have a new doctor and I LOOOOVE her. She said he looks great, his hips are great (one was clicking a bit after birth but that went away). I asked about the gas which seems to be mainly what is keeping hip up at night, she said we can try gripe water or mylicon drops but it just takes some time for them to develop the ability to digest the milk. I burp him after each side I feed him and try very hard to get him to burp even at night, however he is much to sleep at night to burp.<br />
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Kayla and Brody LOOOOOOOOVE Tanner. I was worried about Brody's transition but he's been so great! In fact, he is better with Tanner than most other people. He is gentle and likes to talk to him and help me by getting diapers, pacifiers, etc. Kayla is of course the amazing big sister she has always been, and is ok with having a second brother for now. :)<br />
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It really feels like Tanner's been around forever, like he was just meant to be here. I am loving our family of 5 so much! And the transition for me hasn't been too bad either! It helps that Tanner is a very chill baby and the kids are doing great and still going to "school" 3 days a week. <br />
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1 month photos were tough as I'm trying to re-aquaint myself with my camera...<br />
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This last one is definitely blurry but I like the composition. I really should go back into photoshop and try to clean up his skin a bit, but his baby acne was REALLY bad at this point and sometimes honest is the best right? Love my littlest man!<br />
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MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-65133930287531036152015-11-23T11:12:00.000-05:002015-11-23T11:12:00.872-05:00My Little Brody Monster is THREE!!Ok so maybe he turned three in September before Tanner even arrived, but I'm a busy mom with two jobs and was pregnant. Now I'm a busy mom on maternity leave trying to organize work schedules and family schedules and figure out what everyone can buy my kids for Christmas... But in all seriousness, I've been trying to edit some photos. I have been wanting to get back into my photography but it's been a bit frustrating. I was thinking about asking for a new dSLR for Christmas but I think the full frame camera I want is a bit expensive (Nikon d610). So maybe I'll just relearn my current camera, maybe get a new lens or two and start saving for a camera upgrade. Anywho, here's an update on my big little guy.<br />
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Brody Lawrence Hales<br />
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Age: 3 years (and 2 months)<br />
Weight: 32 pounds (this was slightly before his birthday as he was sick so we took him in early)<br />
Height: 39.2 inches<br />
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Gross Motor skills: This little guy is completely full of energy and runs, jumps, leaps, climbs on everything. Literally. He likes to play a game where he jumps from the stairs to the floor and each time climbs up a step. (We had to curb this habit.) We had been trying to work on pedaling before the winter came upon us. He has a seriously amazing arm, but a difficult time catching (pitcher? QB?). He likes to show people how to bump a volleyball. Having a boy is definitely different than having a girl. He loves to play rough, which Kayla will allow because Brody makes her laugh, but then inevitably someone gets hurt. He has a tendency to "hit" or step on people as he walks by them. I'm not sure what this is about but we've been talking a lot about nice hands since Tanner was born. He usually very nice hands with Tanner but not everyone else so we are working on that. He's getting much better.<br />
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Fine motor: Brody has been working really hard on writing at school. He has a very good grip and just started writing a few letters last week (I, O, R). When I ask him to write his name, however, he always asks me to do it and cries if I make dashed letters for him to work on writing his own name. He may not be super motivated to do what everyone else wants him to do, but when he wants to do something on his own he sure catches on quickly. He is getting a little bit neater with eating, however still the messiest kid I know.<br />
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Speech: Brody actually has pretty good speech skills at this point. I am sure having a big sister who is extremely eloquent is helpful. :) He has a few issues which are normal I believe such as L's sound like W's. He likes to say he "needs" something when he wants it. I can't tell you how many times I've told him he doesn't quite understand what "need" means. "Mommy I need a cookie." Um...no you WANT a cookie. He sure does make me laugh though. Among my favorite conversations with Brody:<br />
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Brody while I'm getting him changed for swimming class: "Mommy, I take my penis in the pool??"<br />
Mommy (giggling slightly): "Yes, buddy, it pretty much goes wherever you go."<br />
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Brody upon finally noticing me breastfeeding Tanner: "AH!!! Why is he eating your meatballs!?!"<br />
(Backstory: I am pretty adamant about using proper anatomical terms for private parts with the kids given my profession and specialization. A while back while in the shower with me, Brody pointed at my nipples and asked what they were. I told him nipples (he interpreted that as meatballs which Justin obviously encouraged.) Now whenever I get out of the shower he asks if he can touch my meatballs. I am always saying we do not touch other peoples meatballs, but was concerned about how he would feel about Tanner eating from my meatballs, so this was seriously a classic. I wish I had been recording it!)<br />
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Potty training: So, as a mom of three and two of which are fully potty trained now, I feel like I seriously cannot give much advice to moms at all, besides give them time and let them do it their own way. Potty training Kayla was ridiculously easy, and frankly Brody was even easier, albeit later than Kayla. Shortly after Kayla had her tonsils out in July, daycare/school potty trained Brody for me. Here's the story:<br />
One day, when I picked the kids up and Brody noticed his friends in Kayla's classroom, he wanted to play with his friends. I've been telling him he cannot go to Jungle Bungle (the preschool classroom) until he goes on the potty. He sat at the potty every day at school but would NEVER even sit on the potty at home. The week after this occurrence, There were a couple days where Brody peed on the potty once each day. He would run up to me when I picked him up saying, "Mommy, I got a skittle!!" Then the third day, when I picked him up eh ran up to me saying the same thing, I said "That's great buddy!" Then his teacher came up and said, "Yeah he did great. He was dry all day! I think you can bring underwear next week!" Me: "Ummmmmm WHAT?? I mean I can do that but he won't even sit on the potty at home." <br />
So we went off to dinner with my parents, and low and behold he peed three times the potty while out. The next day at home, he refused to sit on the potty so we didn't push it at home. Sunday night after giving him a bath, he said he wanted to wear underwear so I told him he had to tell mommy or daddy if he had to go to the bathroom. He peed twice on the potty during dinner. The next day I decided to try underwear on him. He did ok, about 2/3 of the time going on the potty and 1/3 of the time peeing in his underwear. I figured he would be better the next day at school, which he was. No accidents! Then we got home and he peed his pants almost immediately. But a few more days and he was pretty much dry! He also had a night here or there where his pull up would be wet in the morning but he basically night trained himself within weeks as well. The hardest thing was pooping which he didn't want to do on the potty, but once we went way overboard with the celebration when he did go on the potty, that problem was solved. I.e. "WOW buddy look at that long snake poopy!!!" Ah the things you resort to as a parent. <br />
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So as you can see, my best potty training advice is don't force it and wait until the kid is ready, and let school/daycare do it for you if you can. :)<br />
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Likes: Movies, jumping, climbing, making a mess and not picking it up, playing babies with Kayla, playing anything with Kayla, taking food orders (pretend), helping put the laundry in the washer/dryer, wanting to do everything on his own, listening only when he wants to<br />
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Dislikes: listening, cleaning up after himself, time outs, answering mommy and daddy's questions<br />
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Behavior: This has been a bit of a challenge as Kayla is pretty easy, however, if I'm completely honest, I believe Kayla instigates a lot of the problem. She is very smart and knows how to push people's buttons as well as how to hide it and make it seem like not her fault. Brody is definitely all boy, hitting, kicking, playing rough, but I think he is getting slowly better with the use of timeouts and encouragement to use words. Tanner coming around also has helped I think. He is very hard to discipline because sometimes he is a perfect child, great listening, agreeable, funny and a joy to be around. Other times he is the more obstinate kid I have ever encountered. The other night I was asking him if a rough, red patch of skin on his leg hurt and he just out right refused to even answer me. I could be asking him if he wanted a cookie and he would just put his head down and not say a word, or say he wants Daddy. He been a bit rough but I think he's just at a hard age and time outs seem to be helping. <br />
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It's sometimes hard to discipline him because he really is hilariously funny. He loves to make people laugh and will do anything he can to make you smile. And once he makes you smile/laugh, he will continue doing that thing until, well until I tell him to please stop. Or until he gets distracted by something else, because inevitably he will. I've said it from the beginning, but I really think he is going to be the class clown. He has no fear and loves to talk to new people and do things for Mommy and Kayla. I could go on and on about this little guy. I know I say this all the time but he really is the perfect fusion of opposites and I love every ounce of his little being.<br />
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MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-74969302043959288782015-10-28T21:01:00.000-04:002015-10-28T21:01:37.679-04:00Tanner David Hales: A Birth Story So I was "over due" again. At my 39 week appointment with my midwife, I was only 1 cm dilated (much different from Kayla (3 cm) and Brody (4 cm)). At my 40 week appointment, she couldn't even FIND my cervix. What?!?! I was trying to just enjoy what may or may not have been my last pregnancy in the final stages, but it was pretty hard to stay positive. At least with K and B I was dilating. This sort of felt like I had been having contractions on and off for weeks but nothing was happening because of them. And how do you go backwards? So my midwife said she was thinking I should make an appointment with her on Wednesday October 14th, if I didn't mind driving to Evanston. So that is what we did.<br />
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My mother-in-law, Jill arrived that Sunday. We took the kids to "school" (a.k.a. daycare) on Tuesday, cleaned/organized boy and girl baby and toddler clothes, and still no baby. Took the kids to school on Wednesday and headed to my appointment with Linda for a check-up, non stress test and ultrasound to check the fluid levels. I had the US first, my amniotic fluid was a 16, which normal was 5-22 I think she said and at 40+4, a 16 was a LOT of fluid. The technician also asked when the last time I had a sizing US was. I told her the only US I had had was the anatomy scan at 20 weeks. She decided to "size" the baby, but made sure to make clear to us that after 36 weeks the numbers were likely not correct (1 pound more or less usually which is a large range). Baby measured 10 lbs 1 ounce on the US, but neither the tech nor I were worried that the baby was actually that big (neither was L, my midwife turns out).<br />
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We went back to the waiting room, my feeling a bit better that everything looked good on US, but still feeling nervous and anxious due to my lack of dilation and my desire to NOT be induced. <span style="font-size: x-small;">*Sidenote: I know you can go from 0 to 10 in no time flat and have had friends who this happened to but it wasn't my experience so I was nervous. </span> We waited a bit to be brought back and hooked up to the fetal monitor for the NST. Then nurse took my blood pressure which came up high. The baby looked perfectly fine on the NST, however she was a bit concerned about my BP. She asked if I wanted my membranes stripped, I told her yes and explained to her that I was really nervous about being induced as I wanted a drug free, natural labor as I had with Brody and was afraid being induced would jeopardize that. She checked me and said I was 3 cm, then she stripped my membranes and I ended up at 5 cm. She wanted us to just go over to the hospital due to the combination of things (baby on the larger side, high BP, already 5 cm dilated.) Due to my concerns with being induced, I asked her if we could go home and see if the stripping membranes would help jump start labor, on the agreement we would call her before her shift was over and she left work at 4-4:30. She also suggested maybe trying castor oil and chocolate milk to help move things along.<br />
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So we drove home, stopped at Walgreens on the way for castor oil and chocolate milk. I ate some lunch, drank the castor oil mixture (this was tough, it's VERY thick. Doesn't taste awful but I had to stir the drink before I sipped due to the separation of the milk and the oil.) Justin and I both took showers, knowing full well we would likely end up at the hospital tonight because I trusted my midwife to help me make the best decisions for myself and my baby. I called her at around 4 pm. Told her I thought contractions might be starting up a bit but nothing significant. She said to call her back in 30 minutes and we would make a plan to head to the hospital. We ended up agreeing to meet there between 5 and 5:30 pm. <br />
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We left at the same time as Jill (who was heading to school to pick up the kids) which was about 4:30 pm. On the way to the hospital, I felt like contractions may be starting up so I sort of started timing them (about 10 minutes apart, still not much pain.) We parked at the hospital between 5:20 and 5:30 and walked to Labor & Delivery (we ran into my midwife on the way in just like we had during Brody's labor). There was another midwife there who remembered me from my prenatal yoga teacher training earlier this year which was kind of cool. We got into a room and the nurse took some info from me. Linda came in, looked at the monitors and said, I think you are in labor. I was having regular contractions, much more often than the other ladies on the floor, at least the ones we could see on our monitor. She said she thought I was probably 7 cm, if she had to guess, and likely breaking my water (like she had with Brody) would be all we needed. No pitocin! Yay! She did come back to check me and I was 6.5 cm I think. She broke my water and, again, just like with Brody, the contractions started to get a little more uncomfortable. <br />
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A major difference this time around was the scary decelerations that baby was having during certain contractions. It happened first with one of the longer contractions I had. Turns out, it wasn't really a long contraction, it was multiple contractions on top of each other and the baby's heart rate dropped from like 150 to around 40-50 in a matter of seconds. The nurse was searching for the baby's heart beat and instructing me to turn on my side, the other side, or get on all fours. I was scared, for the first real time in any of my labors. After what felt like hours but was actually probably seconds, baby's heart rate rebounded and all was well again. I was so close to telling them to just get the baby out of me. After the first decel, we decided to face time with Jill and the kids. BIG mistake. I was fine, but Kayla was not. She was just crying for me, which in turn made me tear up. Then after we got off the phone, baby's heart rate dropped again during a series of contractions. And I broke down. L, my midwife, knowing me very well asked what was wrong. I told her I was worried about all of my babies. She said not to worry about K and B because they would be fine and then said she and Meghan (the awesome L&D nurse we had) would make sure this baby was fine as well. I still sort of blame the castor oil for those series of intense contractions that made the baby's heart rate drop, but that's the decision I made. <br />
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I ended up having to get up to go to the bathroom, due to the castor oil I am sure. Sitting on the toilet and getting all that out of me felt SO much better. But then, when I got back to the bed, things definitely entered the serious phase. Before this, Meghan had told Justin she wanted him to go watch another woman labor at 7 cm because "this" (gesturing at me) wasn't normal. I have really been blessed with generally easy and fast labors, at least with the boys. Contractions got significant more intense in the next few minutes and everything is somewhat a blur to me. I go from 8.5 cm to complete in mere seconds it feels like. Apparently there was a lip of cervix that L flipped over baby's head and then we were pushing...well I was pushing. I do distinctly remember saying I couldn't do it, mostly because for some reason the pain and contractions and emotional distresses had really worn me out. I felt so tired I truly wasn't sure I had the energy to push. They were asking me to hold my legs so I could push but the thought of pushing was hard enough, let alone holding my legs as well. <br />
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I recall the "ring of fire" distinctly again, and L asking me to wait at one point when she was getting all her labor gear on. At this point, I wanted to scream as it felt like the "ring of fire" but almost as if the baby's head was halfway out and just holding there while everyone got ready. It was pretty awful but probably only lasted a minute or 2. I think I pushed for about 5-10 minutes and L helped get the baby out. She then said "Look!" I said I couldn't because lifting my head felt like a lot of work. Justin was on my right side and I managed to look and say "It's a boy!" After which I said, "He's not crying! Is he ok???" They had called the ISCU nurses in just in case due to the decels baby was having during labor. Turns out, the cord was wrapped around his neck and his body 2-3 times. It took a minute but I did end up hearing him cry, obviously since he's here and thriving. :)<br />
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I had minimal, but odd tearing, so L called in the OB on call. I recall liking this male OB much better than the lady that stitched me up after Brody, solely for how he spoke with me and with L. It took about 40-45 minutes to stitch up the superficial tears I had internally. No tearing externally. The OB apologized for the time it was taking. He said it usually would take less time but it was a little bit odd tearing and he wanted to make sure he did the best thing for me. I told him I was a pelvic floor PT and he could take all the time he wanted as long as he fixed everything up well down there! <br />
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My mom and dad were there in the delivery room this time which was actually pretty nice. It's hard not to be embarrassed by how you react to labor, the yelling and crying, etc, but that is life. And it is beautiful. I think my yoga training really helped me breath through the contractions this labor and also helped me try to focus on my breath with the decelerations that were happening with baby as well. I was blessed with three beautiful but very different labor and delivery experiences, all of which I am so very thankful for and don't regret in the slightest. I'm so glad to have L taking care of me and the amazing nurses I've had as well. And honestly, I had three very healthy pregnancies and labors, but I'm glad I was in the hospital especially with this babe because of the heart rate dropping. I think I felt safer there. <br />
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In labor, I recall my dad laughing at me when I told Justin we were "definitely done" with three. But the minute that adorable babe falls asleep in your arms and snuggles up to you, it's hard to not want more. Really hard. And if we decide to have a fourth down the road, I suggest everyone just assume the baby is coming four days late. I find it completely crazy all three of my babies were pretty much spontaneously four days late. <br />
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Final point, labor is one of the most beautiful things in life to me. There is no greater feeling of power and strength than giving birth and subsequently having someone announce that it's a boy (or a girl). However, watching the man you love in tears of joy and relief when his son (or daughter) is born is seriously another miracle. Justin is a very strong, steady and calm presence in my life. He is like a rock. I've seen him cry exactly three times and each time it makes my heart swell with pride and love for him more and more. <br />
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Tanner David Hales was born on 10/14/2015 at 7:54 pm at 9 pounds 3 ounces and 21.75 inches long. He barely lost any weight at the hospital and is an excellent eater. He surpassed his birth weight at 5 days old, something doctor expect by 2 weeks. He is a very calm presence in our family so far and despite a rough start meeting at the hospital, Kayla and Brody cannot get enough of him. <br />
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<br />MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-69784209268195745032015-08-17T11:20:00.000-04:002015-08-17T11:20:17.594-04:00Pregnancy #3 Update<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Well I may be the worst "blogger" of all time. It's been a crazy busy summer but I really do want to try to blog more, for the mere fact that I love looking back on these memories. My goal is 1x/week blogging at this point. I'm hoping to put in some updates about Kayla's surgery and Brody very soon! Working on editing photos now. Anyways here some photos and info about how this pregnancy has been going:</span></span><br />
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I've been trying to semi keep up taking photos so I can do another possible comparison post like I did with my <a href="http://ahaleslife.blogspot.com/2012/09/pregnancy-1-versus-pregnancy-2.html">pregnancy with Brody</a>. Here are some I have taken. I will also share some prenatal yoga and family maternity photos when I get a chance. </div>
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Clearly I was super busy through the month of July since I completely forgot to take a classic bathroom selfie. I'll be updating on Kayla and Brody and everything we were busy with soon! I also had a continuing education course in Wisconsin for 4 days in July which had me and my mind very busy!<div>
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MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-50039570284007572222015-06-15T08:51:00.000-04:002015-06-15T08:51:06.162-04:00Toddler Sleep StudySo I guess it's been a long time since I have blogged about my family. I've been doing some soul searching recently and realized how much I missed my blog. Not because I truly enjoy writing or think anyone really enjoys reading, but it really is a great way to document and be able to look back on our kids little lives, which are flying by way too quickly. Hopefully later this week I will be able to do a quick update post on the family again, but for now I just wanted to document my experience with having a sleep study done with my toddler.<br />
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Kayla (almost 4.5 years old! what?!?) had tubes put in her ears for consistent fluid and ear infections about 18 months ago. It has been great since then. We went for a 6 month follow up with the ENT doc last June and were supposed to go back in December for another follow up 1 year post, however I was putting it off because I didn't know how much it was needed and I wasn't the biggest fan of the ENT we had seen. Recently, it seems that her snoring has gotten worse, teachers at day care have mentioned things to me, and she and I had a sleep over in her bed one night because she had been so great at bedtime for an extended period without me begging. This "sleep over" turned into her sleeping and me up all night, literally, just making sure she was breathing. Her snoring is like an old, large truck driver - huge, extensive noises coming from a very petite little girl. I couldn't sleep due to the snoring and then between snores, I found myself staring at her chest almost willing it to move. I was pretty convinced she wasn't breathing in these 6-10 second breaks between snores. Bolstered by the fact at the end of the pauses she was taking large gasping breaths, I decided to set up another follow up appointment with a different ENT to check the status of her tubes and talk about her snoring. <br />
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The new ENT was super nice, Kayla was extremely well behaved. One ear tube is still perfectly in place, one has pretty much fallen out but there is no sign of infection in the ear. The ENT said her tonsils were very "significant" and said we had two options: 1. just have her tonsils and adenoids taken out or 2. have a sleep study done to find out exactly what is going on. I opted for the sleep study since she has been snoring for pretty much her whole life and I had only experienced this fear of her not breathing the one night I slept with her. So we scheduled a sleep study for the next week.<br />
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We arrived at 8:30 for the sleep study. Kayla was pretty anxious and nervous, clung to my side, but overall did great. We filled out some paperwork, get settled into our small room and watched the end of the Blackhawks Stanley Cup playoff game. The tech then came in to put the "stickers" or monitors on Kayla. These monitors involved 14 stickers on her head, 1 on her neck, 2 on her chest, 4 on her legs and a finger (pulse oximeter). She was actually quite good during the placement of all these stickers, and actually was extremely fascinated by the red light on her pointer finger. When I turned the lights off, she even was shaking her finger around to see the little red light in the mirror on the back of the door. This whole thing was pretty painless, but pretty jarring to see as a parent. She looked like she was getting out of brain surgery, but all it was was little electrodes on her head. <br />
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Eventually, probably around 9:30-10:00 we went to sleep. Well, she went to sleep and I lie awake for pretty much the whole night. At first, I was worried she would have a great night where she failed to snore and was breathing normally. Then the snoring began, I was already emotional about her looking like she did and my nerves were on high trying to figure out if my little girl would have to have some surgery or something worse. The snoring seemed worse than normal and the lack of breathing seemed worse than before as well. I have never wanted to get out of a place and go home as much as I did this night. Kayla slept great, we even had to change her nasal cannula in the middle of the night and she barely stirred. At 6:15 am, the tech woke us up and came into our room to remove all the stickers from Kayla. This was the worst part. Kayla cried a bunch because I'm sure it felt terrible removing all the tape, etc. Her sensitive skin turned red almost immediately but I was so glad to be headed home. The tech said to me, "You didn't sleep much did you?" I said, "No, I'm already anxious and it's impossible to sleep when you are laying next to your daughter who you KNOW isn't breathing properly." She said that she couldn't say anything but "we got what we needed."<br />
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I did hear from the doctor last Thursday (5 days after the sleep study), which wasn't so bad, except it was in the morning while I was waiting to begin my last weekend intensive of prenatal yoga teacher training (more on that in a later post). She has SEVERE obstructive sleep apnea and the ENT suggested a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, so we are in the process of trying to schedule the surgery ASAP, as I can barely check on her at night without crying due to the fact she isn't breathing properly. I know it's a pretty routine, quick surgery, but my little toddler is still having SURGERY. I'm nervous and anxious and I just want it to be over so we can be past this. I want her to feel better and sleep better. I will keep you updated! </div>
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MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-40154429376573472912014-11-17T17:43:00.003-05:002014-11-17T17:47:14.244-05:00YogaAnd I'm back. Sort of.<br />
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I know it has been forever and I know I need to post an update on the kids and all the goings on in our lives. I promise I will, but this post is for another reason.<br />
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Many of you may know that I have recently become very interested in yoga (obsessed would probably be what Justin told you.) I love it so much, and for more than just the physical work out, that I decided to pursue my yoga teacher training this summer. It was one of the best experiences I have had. I has changed me as a person and grown my personal practice tremendously. I love that yoga is about more than just the physical poses. It's about learning about yourself and being mindful and present in all aspects of your life at all times. It's about breathing and meditation and most importantly to me, community and support.<br />
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After I finished my teacher training, I took a continuing education course for work to begin to pursue my specialization in women's health and pelvic floor. I especially want to work towards a specialization in perinatal health. I truly love this time in my life (pregnancy, labor, babies, kids). I am so passionate about helping ladies in this time of their life find community and support, especially when they are down or in need of that community of women in similar situations.<br />
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Prenatal yoga is what initially got me interested in yoga over 4 years ago. If you have been following my blog from the beginning, after finding out we were surprisingly pregnant with Kayla and not being completely overjoyed at the thought, you know that prenatal yoga really helped me through my pregnancy by keeping my active and giving me a community of other pregnant mommies who were in similar situations. <br />
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I want to share yoga and what yoga has done for me with everyone around me. I cannot wait to start teaching yoga, but I am especially passionate about prenatal yoga teacher training. I have felt my whole life that I have a general idea of what I love and want to do, but I've always felt somewhat lost on what I TRULY wanted. I feel like over the last year, deciding to pursue Women's Health Physical Therapy and with the introduction of yoga into my life, the path of my life has finally been set before me. And I really want to start walking that path. But I need some help!<br />
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My birthday and Christmas are both coming up. I've done some research and found a certified Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training program that I really want to pursue. I've figured out a way I can help the instructors out and get a slight discount on the price of the program, but I still need some help with the cost. It's going to end up being around $1500 for me to start my journey towards what I believe is my calling. If you feel like donating, giving me a small gift for my birthday or Christmas, or maybe you want me to teach you yoga (I totally will), please click the button below to donate as much or as little as you wish!!!<br />
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MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-11425421434613315842014-03-31T15:54:00.000-04:002014-03-31T15:54:01.314-04:00Household UpdateSo I took Brody to his 18 month check up last week so I figured it was time to actually post instead of just saying I would. So here's a semi quick update on the Hales' Household:<br />
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<b>Kayla: 3 years + 2 months</b><br />
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Height: About 5-6 inches taller than Brody I think (however his measurement was likely off...see below) so I'm guessing around 3' 4".<br />
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Weight: Hovering around 30 pounds and not eating that well lately...she's still a peanut.<br />
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Likes: Frozen, movies, coloring, writing her letters and numbers, "reading" (a.k.a. reciting books she's memorized), Mommy, her friends "Sydney and Sara" which she states every time something starts with the letter "s", asking what every word starts with, writing words we help her spell, singing any song she can remember especially songs from Frozen and the Sound of Music, airplanes, baby dolls, Barbies, the swings<br />
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Dislikes: Sometimes Daddy (and Mommy), listening to directions, sitting down on chairs/couches, standing still, being dropped off a school, when you don't give her hugs and kisses when she wants them, when you try to give her hugs and kisses when she doesn't, trying new things (food, the dentist, swim lessons, etc...)<br />
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This kid has been a breeze so far, but the 3's are turning out to be no fun. Everyone is right, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-fader/threeyearolds-are-asshole_b_4784416.html">three year olds ARE assholes</a>.<br />
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<b>Brody: 18.5 months</b><br />
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Height: 34" although this is probably wrong as he was ridiculously fussy and he is insanely strong therefore impossible to straighten out enough to measure accurately.<br />
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Weight: 26 pounds 10 ounces (my hefty boy)<br />
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Likes: Mommy, Daddy to put him to bed (ALLELUIA), music/singing/dancing, swinging, slides, running, climbing, jumping on anything and everything, being obstinate, his tiger/paci, giving hugs and kisses, cars, things that move, balls, food, milk, technology (don't even THINK about taking the phone or the note away from him), movies especially ones with music, blowing his nose, reading especially Brown Bear and Hippopposites, bathtime<br />
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Dislikes: sometimes waking up from naps/bed, getting in the car, sitting down, being told what to do, getting his diaper changed, everything noted above under "likes" at certain times, being hungry, going to bed<br />
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Overall, he's a really happy kid. But when he's not, it's like the exorcist. God help me.<br />
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<b>Mom and Dad Hales: 364 and 379 months respectively</b><br />
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Height: 5'9" (on the roster), 6'4"<br />
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Weight: decreasing since starting to use our fitbits and eating out less. Back to meal planning<br />
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Likes: Our kids (most of the time), each other (most of the time), our jobs (most of the time)<br />
Mom: yoga, photography, reading, tv, movies, volleyball, alone time in the shower (that can be construed as dirty but it's definitely not)<br />
Dad: relaxing, the time after this kids go to bed, figuring out/fixing house situations without anyone else's help (backup sump pump anyone), watching sports when he has the chance<br />
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Dislikes: our debt (all of the time), when our kids don't sleep (all of the time)<br />
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Basically we are all doing great. We've made it through the winter without any serious sickness (at least for the kids) and have come out of this Polar Vortex alive. <br />
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I've slowed down on my photography. I still love it, but it's not at the top of my want to do list anymore. I still want to take photos of my kids but it's not as important to me that they are "good" anymore. I love yoga and am hoping to pursue that in the future as it's up my ally and it relates to my job. I love my job and am starting to work a few more hours a week to help us start paying down our debt. We are reading/read Dave Ramsey's book and we are on the bandwagon. We have a plan and are "gazelle intense" to pay off some of this stuff so we can live a bit better and easier. Overall, we are great. I am going to try to get back to posting, just know that pictures may not always be involved at this point. It takes to much time and effort to take/edit a ton of photos. <br />
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I'm going to try to update on our progress with Dave Ramsey's plan, our meal planning and I've been contemplating a every Monday post "The Happenings at the Hales'" with some weekly iphone photo updates and meal ideas. Anyways, sorry for the radio silence...again.<br />
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Happy Monday!<br />
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MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-52504106961086302722014-03-08T21:48:00.001-05:002014-03-08T21:48:32.788-05:00Special ConnectionsAnyone with kids notice that they have a special connection with a member of your family early on? I realize that some of this may be who they see the most, but even beyond that I see something special with Brody and my dad.<br />
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Honestly, I'm not even sure how to describe it. My dad is a pretty awesome guy, but he's a lot of business and only a little bit of fun. Well, I guess he is a lot of fun too, but he comes off as all business, not something kids warm up to really quickly. But Brody loves him. He is not shy at first when he sees him (which is usually is with people). He gets excited and says "Papa" when I mention my dad. I think if I lined a bunch of people up in chairs, Brody would run to my dad to have him pick him up. I've been noticing this subtly recently, and then I captured some of these photos on Christmas Eve that kind of solidified it for me. I mean, I think my dad was just sitting there minding his own business despite the semi craziness around him and Brody was kinda fussy because it was nap time or close to it. So he just grabbed his pacifier, his tiger lovey and went right to my dad.<br />
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Anyways, I love seeing my kids have connections with my family and Justin's family, because family is so important to me. Every time, my heart grows 2 sizes I swear.<br />
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<br />MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-31269895234441092162014-02-28T13:30:00.000-05:002014-02-28T13:30:08.276-05:00Big MilestoneI realized this week that a large reason why I keep this blog is as a sort of digital scrapbook of sorts. So I can remember the milestones and the memories and look back on my kids little lives. So we are still decided on getting rid of cable right now, but either way, no more TV during the day for me, back to blogging, learning to sew, photography, etc. I'm looking forward to spring.<br />
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Anyways, back on track. Kayla has hit a pretty big milestone I think. I'm not sure if this is early or late and frankly I don't really care because I love that she can do this so much.<br />
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She can officially write her name. On her own. Without any help. On Tuesday, at school, they have a sheet where the kids can "sign in" themselves by writing their names in little boxes. She was so excited to show me when I picked her up on Tuesday. Now she wants to write her name in everyone's little box. I didn't get a photo at school, but I took some photos of her writing at home.<br />
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She also loves to write Daddy, Papa, Lolo and Brody. She sometimes writes Mommy or Meme, but I think she's still working on M's. She always asks me to write all family members names so she can trace them and try to write them herself. I'm so proud. She even writes things backwards, which I'm sure might be sort of normal, but I think it's awesome and hilarious. Wasn't there a famous person who wrote from right to left? Oh yes, Leonardo da Vinci. She's my own little da Vinci.<br />
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<br />MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-36804218631307828892014-02-22T09:00:00.000-05:002014-02-22T09:00:06.009-05:00Time Consuming.T.V. is so time consuming for me. Especially right now with the Olympics. I'm like an Olympics junkie. I love every single second of the Olympics. I love all the sports in both winter and summer. I will watch whatever is on. I love the opening ceremonies, watching all the athletes walk in, imaging how that would feel, learning about the host country through beautiful artistic elements. I love learning about the athletes and their stories. I love Mary Carillo. I'm invested and I feel for the athletes. I. Love. Every. Second. I eat it up. I would stay up all night for 2.5 weeks to watch every second of every sport. <br />
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Alas, I don't and I can't. But my point is this: I've been getting little else done with the Olympics on t.v. And next week when they are over, we are getting rid of our cable. To save money and so we can do swim lessons with the kids. Priorities. And I think it will be good for me. We mostly watch stuff on network t.v. anyways so we will figure things out.<br />
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After t.v. is gone, and the Olympics are over, I will hopefully be blogging more since I'll have more time on my hands (lol probably not as much as I'm imagining.) <br />
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Anyways, back to the holiday post part 1 I am WAY behind on. We spent Christmas Eve as I have always remembered it, at my maternal grandparents' house with that side of my family. It wasn't anything special but was so nice. Christmas was extra fun this year with 3 little kiddos running around, especially an almost 3 year old who had to be convinced to open ALL of the presents without playing with anything first. <br />
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Enjoy some photos from Christmas Eve...Christmas day coming soon.<br />
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Also, this Christmas was a significant step up from last Christmas where Kayla got literally everybody sick.<br />
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MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-33895962165388904452014-02-14T22:09:00.002-05:002014-02-14T22:09:48.636-05:00On Being Overdue...No not me. :)<br />
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My little sister is due with her second baby any day now. I'm so excited for her and everything ahead, but she was technically due on the 12th (2 days ago). Her first, my nephew Liam, was 6 days early so I think she is just a little anxious that this little one isn't here yet. I've been reflecting back on my days of being overdue (8 total over 2 pregnancies) and trying to think of what to say to her to make her feel better. Then I realized, you can't say anything really to make a overdue very pregnant lady feel any better.<br />
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<li><b>"The baby will come out eventually." </b> Or any variation including, "No woman has been pregnant forever." Not helpful because it actually does feel like you will be pregnant forever.</li>
<li><b>"You look like you are going to pop!"</b> Um, because I am, hopefully soon (and I secretly hope my water breaks right here all over your feet.)</li>
<li><b>"When are you being induced?"</b> Not making mom feel hopeful about labor without induction...</li>
<li><b>"Due dates don't mean anything."</b> Then why the hell do they have them??? :)</li>
<li><b>"Are you sure you got the dates right?"</b> Pretty sure it's been at least 40 weeks since I got pregnant...</li>
<li><b>"I bet you are ready to have that baby."</b> Um duh, have you EVER been pregnant?</li>
<li><b>"Can you have the baby this weekend (or any day that is convenient for person doing talking."</b> Yes because I'm sure this wait is tough on YOU.</li>
<li><b>"Bounce on a yoga ball." "Have sex." "Eat spicy food." "Take a long walk." "[This] worked for me."</b> None of these things are magic...except for maybe sex, or spicy good, or walking...lol </li>
<li>Daily texts/messages <b>"Have that baby yet?"</b> Sorry about my husband on this one Lauren.</li>
<li><b>"How are you feeling."</b> Anxious, stressed, tired, fat, shitty, ready, irritated, a million other crappy sensations.</li>
<li><b>"Sleep now, before the baby comes." </b> Anyone that says this has never been very pregnant, because Lord knows you sleep like crap when you are very pregnant anyways. I remember thinking it was God's way of preparing you for a baby. Then I actually felt MORE rested when the baby came.</li>
<li><b>"You don't know the sex? I bet you are ready for that baby to come."</b> Again, duh.</li>
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No words of wisdom Lauren except I'm excited to meet the newest addition to our crazy awesome family. And I love you. :)</div>
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Here is a sneak peeks of some pictures from Christmas time, a few good ones of the little guy that's soon going to be a big brother. </div>
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MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-24807488804165577632014-02-05T15:42:00.000-05:002014-02-05T15:42:11.086-05:00Big Plans, Small SuccessesI had some really big plans to write thoughtful and well written post on one of the three deeper topics I have my gmail list "Blog Posts" (see I do INTEND to write more, once a week is a start...), but I just came in from shoveling well more than 3 inches of snow that was called for last night during both kids nap time for an hour. Only to step inside, take off my snow gear, and hear the freakin' plow FINALLY come to plow the street and promptly blow another 2 inches of snow BACK ONTO MY DRIVEWAY. Curse words, curse words, curse words. I even shoveled INTO the street to try to help and avoid this. More freakin' curse words.<br />
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Anyways, I'm tired and I don't want to write a deep post while I'm tired. So I will leave you with some not so great photos I took of the kids before Christmas. I tried to get some Christmas light bokeh pictures, but the kids weren't really cooperating. But the next day I got some cute ones of the two of them. I'm still trying to figure out clean editing...it's not really working too great but what can you do. I'm thinking I'm going back to the Aperture setting instead of Manual...it just works better for me, especially inside during the winter. Maybe I'll be back to manual when I'm back outside. <br />
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Anyways, here's some photos, and I DO have plans for more posts. A list even. And I think Sundays are going to be my phone dump/things I'm loving post days to get some photos off of my phone. :)<br />
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MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-52041502051838657482014-01-29T15:56:00.002-05:002014-01-29T15:56:08.177-05:00Terrific Threes!One little girl I know turned 3 a week ago. Because of my favorite app, TimeHop, I realized the past two years, I have done a year in review with photos so I'm going to try to keep that up this year as best I can. Forgive me as my memory is starting to fail me at an early age...<br />
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<b>January 2013:</b><br />
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<li>Celebrated my 2nd birthday</li>
<li>Got some photos taken with Jordann</li>
<li>Passed sickness back and forth with Brody. (Double ear infection)</li>
<li>Took my first dance class! And was the only one the first week not in ballet clothes.</li>
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<b>February 2013:</b></div>
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<li>Spent some time outside pulling Brody on the sled</li>
<li>Celebrated Valentine's Day and all the people we love</li>
<li>Became more independent at dance class</li>
<li>Tried to stay healthy - unsuccessfully</li>
<li>Had a playdate with some long time very good friends!</li>
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<b>March 2013:</b></div>
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<li>Celebrate St. Patrick's Day and Brody's half birthday</li>
<li>Still tried to stave off the sickness (still not working)</li>
<li>Had more playdates with friends and more ballet class</li>
<li>Took a photo with the Easter bunny and had chocolate chip cookies at Abt.</li>
<li>Celebrated Easter, painted eggs, found eggs at Gigi's</li>
<li>Celebrated my Aunt Lauren and Uncle Kevin's upcoming wedding</li>
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<b>April 2013:</b></div>
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<li>Still sick!!! Probably my 5th double ear infection.</li>
<li>Moved into out new house!! Got a new room, took me a while to get used to sleeping there.</li>
<li>Explored the new park by our house.</li>
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<li>Celebrated Mother's Day</li>
<li>Painted for Gigi and Nini</li>
<li>Got very very sick before I was supposed to be the flower girl in Lauren's wedding</li>
<li>Aunt Lauren and Uncle Kevin get married!</li>
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<li>Celebrated Father's Day in Milwaukee on the beach with Kevin, Lauren and Liam</li>
<li>Went strawberry picking with friends</li>
<li>Had a playdate with two long time friends of mommy's</li>
<li>Had fun playing with my brother in our new house</li>
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<li>Finally after a long year of ear infections and pain, had tubes put in my ears (I haven't had an ear infection or really even been sick since!!)</li>
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<li>Celebrated Christmas with my family.</li>
<li>Enjoyed the snow, shoveling and sliding down the big snow piles, making snow angels</li>
<li>Went on a trolley lights tour of the city with Mommy</li>
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I cannot believe how much my little girl has grown in the past year. It's actually amazing the giant leaps toddlers make from 2-3 years old. Kayla looks so much more like a little person. She's definitely lost all of her baby fat. She talks like a 5 year old sometimes. She is officially sleeping in a normal bed (queen size - lucky girl). She potty trained, learned to jump, and learned to eat better!</div>
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My little peanut loves parks, slides, running, singing, dancing, playing with dolls, puzzles, books, airplanes, fountains, snow, being outside, swimming, and so many more things. She loves helping me with EVERYTHING around the house. She helps me with the laundry, she helps me fold the laundry, she loves to help me clean the house. She loves brushing her teeth and washing her hands. Overall, she's a relatively easy toddler. She doesn't really like to go to sleep at night, but things could be worse. She loves to do everything mommy does. She loves photography and she loves yoga. I honestly can't think of too many things she doesn't like. </div>
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My little girl is curious and creative and sensitive and loving and caring and kind. I can't wait to see her grow up. I am so lucky to have such an awesome little person in my life. I will forever be grateful she made me a mom, and my journey as a mom sure started with a bang because of her.</div>
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So this week is Kayla's birthday week and the week I'm starting blogging more regularly. I'm going to have to try to plan ahead and pull my camera out more often and I'm excited about it! For now here's a briefly worded but heavily photographed Thanksgiving recap.</div>
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As last year, we went to my parents house for Thanksgiving where my mom and dad open the doors and Megan does all the cooking. :) My parents condo gets great light for the most part, so these photos turned out overall better than the day before, but still need some work. I was trying to get a bunch of photos of the kids and maybe some candids as well. Not my best work but I think I got some keepers.</div>
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After lots of playing and laughing, we ate in the mid afternoon (started before the boys woke up from naps.) Kayla didn't take a nap...shocker. The food was delicious as usual and we had to bride Kayla to eat her turkey with a giant frosted turkey cookie my grandparents had brought for her. Each bite she took, the turkey got closer to her. I'm not going to lie, I bride the kid like crazy because it works. I like to think of it as a reward more than a bribe. She responds well to positive reinforcement versus negative consequences. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one doesn't love my camera so much...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If I play peek a boo, he will smile though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liam plays very intensely. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caught!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My little man</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liam was so cute watching Kayla play with Gigi's iPad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brody caught playing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For some odd reason, my son loves playing in the bathroom (especially with the toilet lid??)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Come here Liam!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Check this out! It's makes sounds when you hit it."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caught again...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to be creative</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liam</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two that kinda like the camera</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kayla is at a really fun photography age because she kinda likes for me to take her picture now!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those baby blues :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to tell her to keep her legs closed for the photos...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunt Lauren helping her cross her legs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not the best candids, but I love watching my little sister be a mom. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Uncle Pat is HILARIOUS</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liam wondering what is going on...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to play ball with Aunt Meme</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So much fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo cracks me up...typical of all the kids. Liam: chillin'. Kayla: acting silly. Brody: not thrilled someone else is sitting in Meme's lap...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He doesn't like to be left out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously, my kid loves his cousin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He always wants to be behind the camera...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My silly, crazy, adorable girl.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another one of my favorite men!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original man in my life carving the bird. He's always very focused. I should compare photos from last years...</td></tr>
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So I looked back at my "goals" from last year...without even knowing it, I was kinda doing some stuff towards them! I took a couple photography/editing online courses and joined a photography forum which I need to look through and take full advantage of, I started working out, but I wasn't all that great at some other stuff. I actually liked my format and a lot of the goals still stand for me this year with some slight adjustments, so here are some things I want to accomplish this year:</div>
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<li>Eat better. We got off track here, but we have a plan to get back on the wagon of little eating out. I find I have little time to "browse" and try to pick out meals for week so Justin and I have decided to try writing down our favorite recipes we come across and try on notecards and keeping them all. That way we can pick out certain recipes and just go to the store. We are also planning on trying to do quick shopping trips for produce etc every week which we haven't been doing. Hopefully this will help us financially as well.</li>
<li>Drink less pop. I was doing pretty well with this in November when I made it a goal but I got back on the (bad) wagon. I need something to substitute so I won't crave it so much. So I'd like to cut it out cold turkey. Any suggestions for a replacement?</li>
<li>Continue yoga 2-3 times a week. I realize I have barely blogged in the past like 3 months or so (see goal below) but in November we joined a gym and I made a bunch of goals for the month, one of which was going 2-3 times a week. I have discovered that I love yoga. (See other goal below). I want to keep this up and I may be doing my own little ab challenge for the next few months to try to get my midsection back in shape (if anyone is interested in joining me let me know!)</li>
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<li>Spend less time watching t.v. Justin and I are still tossing around the idea of getting rid of the cable. I love my t.v. as an escape but I feel like there are SO many things I want to accomplish this is just going to get in my way. So I'm going to need help narrowing down my list of must watch t.v. shows. :)</li>
<li>Find a baby sitter. This is for the sake of my husband and I. Now I by no means think our relationship is struggling at all, but I want to be able to go on dates, maybe once a month. So I need some sitter options besides my poor but very helpful family.</li>
<li>Spend more time with my friends, with or without kids. This is good for the soul.</li>
<li>See yoga goal above.</li>
<li>Church. I've never been a big church goer, but I think Kayla is coming to an age where I'm not sure how to explain things to her (spiritual things) and I think starting to go to church as a family would be a good start as a way to bring God and some calm/prayer into our lives.</li>
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Honestly, I'm a bit over my 101 list. It's too much work to keep up with trying to accomplish a lot of those, so if you couldn't tell, I gave up. So here are some things I'd rather spend my time on.</div>
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<li>Photography. I would like to take another course or two so I can really feel confident in my photographer in more settings. What I mean by this is that outdoors with lots of light, I feel pretty confident I could take photos of other people besides my family. When it comes to indoors or low light situations, I feel like I need some work, but I'm trying. I'd love to take some newborn photos and sibling photos for my sister when my new niece/nephew comes along next month! :) Hopefully I can get some cute photos. I'm also considering a 52 week photo challenge (I'd be a little behind) and/or a <a href="http://www.100happydays.com/">100 days of happy challenge</a>.</li>
<li>Yoga. I have discovered I love yoga so much I would consider teaching. So my goals is to at least look into it and maybe start saving for it since I'm sure it's going to be a large upfront cost.</li>
<li>Save money. I want to try to start building a nest egg in our savings account, which will likely mean trying to pay off some credit cards and really being frugal with everything we spend.</li>
<li>Work. Trying to figure out what direction I want to go with my job. I love it and I love that it's bit of a bigger focus in my life now. Considering sports and or women's health directions.</li>
<li>Blog. PEOPLE, I'M THE WORST BLOGGER EVER. And honestly, I hate that. I want to try to blog 2-3 times a week. I'm thinking it might be easier for me if I had some sort of "schedule" like Mondays I post family updates, or Fridays are photography days. Maybe I can somehow incorporate my other goals into my blog to make myself more accountable (yoga workouts, photo Fridays to encourage me to take photos at least once a week, weekly recipes?) Any ideas??</li>
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My little sister has asked me to post some photos I took of the kids over the holidays, since I tried to take a lot. And I told her I got some good ones of Liam. Here are some I took the day before Thanksgiving (low light photography is not my friend right now...)</div>
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MommaHaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707103782193519566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641642169364194676.post-26838567844191231272013-11-17T21:25:00.001-05:002013-11-17T21:25:33.760-05:00Life/Blog UpdateOk, so I know I haven't written in a while and I can't lie and say that I feel bad about that, because I don't really. But I have another high school friend who's a mom and keeps a blog (it's secret I think otherwise I'd share it here, I don't want to let out any clues to her identity:) and she recently wrote about how she didn't feel like she had a lot that was "important" to write about but that really her blog was like a journal of her and her kids lives. I realized that is why my blog is important to me. I feel like I have some awesome documentation of my kids young lives which I'm sure I will never remember in 10 years, so I want to try to get back to it. I was putting it off because for some reason, I thought I would become this totally famous blogger who was funny and wrote about topics people cared about, but I'm not and I don't. And that's ok because this blog was really for my friends and family who care about what is going on in our lives. So if you are following hoping I write something enticing, I suggest you look back less often because it will most likely be just updates and posts about things we've done and how the kids are growing.<br />
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I have been trying to get more into my photography in hopes I can start up a little side business so that is keeping me busy. I also started making invites, cards, etc for friends through photoshop and I'm kinda loving that so I might see where that goes too. Needless to say, I've been busy. But here's a semi quick update on the kids!<br />
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Brody is really transforming into a little person at this point in his life. He understands so much more and does things with more intent. He started saying "apple" (side note: how weird is it that this was both of my kids first word besides mama and dada?). I also started giving kisses and blowing kisses this week! (I have a really cute and funny story about this down a little further.) He's walking/running and climbing all over the place. All those people who told me boys were so much harder were right. I'm realizing how easy Kayla was when she was little now that I have Brody. <br />
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He's pretty attached to Mommy, which sometimes is very hard. I try to make time for both kids individually, but sometimes I feel like I'm failing. In the last month, Brody has gone through an ear infection, croup, getting a molar at 1 year old, and pink eye. The poor kid. Despite all this, he's been sleeping pretty well. I was talking with a patient about my kids constantly getting sick, and she made a good point. She said that kids tend to "get sick" in the same place all the time, i.e. Kayla is always getting ear infections and Brody gets SO congested and all his sickness is in his sinuses/throat/nose etc. I think she's probably right.<br />
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Speaking of sickness, I don't remember if I talked about Kayla going to see the pediatric ENT (ear, nose and throat doctor) in May, but she did after having 5 double ear infections in 6 months. At that point, he told us we wouldn't even think about tubes since her ears were clear and we were heading in to the summer months, therefore fewer colds, therefore fewer ear infections. I was kinda hesitant at the time but agreed to wait since she didn't seem that "sick" to me. Then she got a double ear infection in July, in the middle of summer. Then another in September and then another in October (or the on in September never went away.) So the pediatrician we saw finally referred us back to the ENT and for a hearing test.<br />
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So this last Wednesday we went to have Kayla's hearing test and then her appointment with the ENT. Between May and now, I also emailed the ENT to ask him at what point I should start being concerned since I'd heard about hearing loss, etc from frequent ear infections. Well, even though Kayla wasn't interested in participating in the hearing test, she still came out with mild hearing loss (even with the completely objective tests.) Her ear drums aren't vibrating at all (how you hear) due to the amount of fluid trapped behind them, and therefore she is failing the inner ear test as well. Then ENT then recommended tubes and told me, "Here I was thinking you were just an overbearing mom, and you were right. I hate when that happens." Um, ok thanks, I guess I'll take that as a compliment.<br />
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So this Tuesday Kayla has a physical prior to her outpatient tubes surgery next Tuesday. I realize tons of kids get tubes and it's really a short, relatively easy procedure, but I'm worried about my little peanut. Looks like I'm getting the week off of work for Thanksgiving week even when I wasn't planning on it. <br />
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Oh and the story I promised about Brody learning how to kiss...<br />
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While at the ENT appointment this week, Kayla was clearly getting tired of being asked to do stuff and being poked and prodded. She was sitting in my lap and Brody was getting antsy as well so I picked him up too. He was standing behind Kayla on my lap and he just kept leaning over and giving her kisses (even making the smacking noise) on top of her head. This is the first time he ever has done this and I thought it was so special he was trying to comfort her. <br />
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Anyways, there is a quick update. I will also be writing a post soon about my updated priorities and my new life goals soon. Here are some pictures of the kids while we were raking leaves last week.<br />
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