tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80332692976728084432024-02-19T17:00:41.063-08:00Emma's NotebookEmmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-30986578238665756842014-05-27T19:31:00.000-07:002014-05-27T19:31:42.202-07:00Memorial Day Weekend: Part II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sundays have become a game changer! I've gained a new found respect for the pioneers, and my day isn't even t h a t hard. We take an hour bus ride to our church building and then an hour bus ride home, which makes the whole church-going experience 100 x longer than our two minute walk back in Utah. Not to mention Henry is two weeks shy of nursery and during that second hour I'd donate my right leg to speed up time -- Ahh! Can't he go early?!</div>
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We are really enjoying our ward though; everyone is so welcoming and genuinely happy that we're there. My Relief Society president is straight from heaven and I'd like to be her best friend. The ward itself is really different, with lots of different cultures and tons of investigators, so it makes for a breath of fresh air in comparison to my Utah ward. (And I l o v e d that ward!)</div>
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Also, spaghetti has become a born-again Sunday tradition. (Growing up my family always had spaghetti on Sundays!) We're just so starving when we get home and spaghetti is the quickest to make. We walk through the door and Jake immediately starts boiling water. I love it. Being here on the East Coast already reminds me of Germany and adding that Sunday tradition makes it feel a tiny bit more like home. So Sundays have become a game changer in both bad but also good ways.</div>
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Monday morning, Memorial Day, we got ready to head to the Central Park Zoo, Annabelle was so excited. It takes a long minute to get everyone out the door, but we did eventually get down to the bus stop and only to realize the buses weren't coming on schedule. And then we started hearing loud drums and trumpets -- we had come out just in time for Weehawken's Memorial Day parade. Hooray! It cut two hours (!!!) out of our morning, but it was a fun little parade. </div>
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We finally caught a bus into the city and walked our way to the zoo. We passed a yummy smoothie truck on our way there, so I decided to get one. It was an $8 little cup of blended fruit. It was good, but not t h a t good. So if you ever pass one of those yummy-looking smoothie trucks in NYC, just keep walking ;)</div>
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We also passed a cute book market and got the kids Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" (our last one got destroyed by a little boy named Henry) and a fun children's book about the sights in NYC. It's already become a bedtime favorite.</div>
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Once we arrived at the zoo we quickly realized how our great idea had been everyone else's too: It was SO busy. And while we enjoyed being outside together, the zoo itself was kind of disappointing. I was expecting "Madagascar's" lions, zebras, and hippos, but instead they had a lot of different types of birds and a snow leopard. Haha. Their main attraction saved the day though and had both Annabelle and Henry riveted: the sea lions! They were really playful and kept doing fun tricks. Henry was barking at them and Annabelle wouldn't stop calling them squirrels. Ha! I need to find them a real zoo.</div>
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We walked outta there with dippin' dots and popcorn and the sorest legs in New York City. Seriously. The bus ride home could have lasted five hours and I would've been happy.</div>
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We ended our night with a modified version of our Memorial Day pie: Strawberries with a cheesecake filled center and topped with blueberries. Oh. Em. Gee. You've gotta try it!</div>
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It was a really great weekend and today both boys napped for 4 hours straight -- it wore us all out, even the tiny babes that were carried everywhere. Haha. </div>
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Now we're so excited all the splash pads have opened!!</div>
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Summer, let's do this!</div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-1175293520954517762014-05-27T18:37:00.003-07:002014-05-27T18:37:39.878-07:00Memorial Day Weekend: Part I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Friday afternoon before Jake got home from work for the long weekend, I started searching the internet for pretty patriotic desserts. I was craving something sugary but also pretty and found the perfect combination: A beautiful berry cheesecake pie. It was SO easy and yummy. Like, it will be this summer's dessert of choice. It's basically strawberries and blueberries on top of this whipped cream/powdered sugar/cream cheese mixture all slathered into a pie shell. H e a v e n.<br />
Also, Jake made the yummy pie and I just threw the berries on top. (He was a little worried I wouldn't give him any credit) ;)<br />
The leftover blueberries inspired some homemade pancakes the next morning, and they were also incredible. Jake has a magic touch when it comes to pancakes and waffles -- he learned a hits-the-spot-every-time flour/sugar/milk concoction from an old lady on his mission, and it never fails to please. I'm actually especially impressed with how these ones turned out, because he ground his own oat flour and used almond milk instead of cow's milk and we didn't have any sugar. Haha. So here we thought they'd be his first failed batch, but they were actually my favorite. I don't know what secret ingredient he's sneaking into them, but they're divine. We topped them with blueberries and powdered sugar and they were gone in minutes. Fresh berries -- I want to eat them on everything all summer!<br />
After breakfast we shoved all our dirty laundry into a big duffle bag and walked it to the laundromat. And while our clothes were washing we did our grocery shopping. It was a busy Saturday, and probably how most of our future Saturday's will look, but it's nice that we can all be together.<br />
On our way home we joked about how all of my chores have now become Jake's chores too. It's absolutely impossible for me to do them by myself with no car and three kids, so grocery shopping and laundry are saved for the weekends. He says he doesn't mind it, and we're both loving how much closer it's brought us already. I definitely enjoy it more with his company and help. :)<br />
It ended up raining for the rest of the day, so we had a quiet evening inside. And later that night we cut into our yummy berry cheesecake pie and enjoyed it together in the kitchen :)<br />
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-88065148695311574742014-05-23T08:49:00.000-07:002014-05-23T08:49:15.683-07:00St. George<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple months ago the kids and I got to join Jake in St. George while he was working on a movie. The kids hadn't seen Jake in a few weeks, so this trip was extra special -- they loved seeing him in the morning and at night when we'd go swim in the hotel pool. We also got to visit him on set a few times, which was so fun. </div>
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A lot of these pictures are from the first day we arrived and the kids were getting all their wiggles out from the four hour drive. </div>
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Initially we were only going to stay for a few days and then I'd head back with the kids, but about 30 minutes into my drive home Jake talked me into turing around and staying with him through the weekend. I'm so glad we did, because we were able to visit St. George's children's museum and splash pad. We also got to walk around their gorgeous temple grounds and visitor's center. I got to spend special quality time with Annabelle & Henry before Sawyer arrived. Henry let me rock him to sleep most of those nights and Annabelle and I did some outlet shopping together. She's so cute when we're shopping and has a strong opinion on what is cute and what isn't. I got both kids a handful of new clothes and she specifically picked out a blue sweater with gold stars on it. I tried putting it back a few times, but she insisted it was her favorite thing! And I'm glad that I listened, </div>
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because now it's one of my favorite things. ;)</div>
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With how much Jake travels for work, it was nice to be able to join him and all be together.</div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-6361629753824252992014-05-21T19:20:00.001-07:002014-05-21T19:20:57.275-07:00Maddy Turns 3!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Annabelle's "sister" Maddy turned three and threw a stellar party. She's such a beautiful, sweet little girl and we're so grateful we were able to celebrate her special day with her.</div>
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To start off the festivities we met at this big trampoline warehouse where the kids went crazy! It was so awesome. Even my little Henry got brave and walked out into the middle of this big bubble jumpy thing and bounced himself. Side-note: He also went up to a random little baby girl and kissed her. On the mouth. All on his own. Uhh, you're one pal!</div>
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<br />After the kids jumped their hearts out, we headed back to Maddy's house for cake and ice cream and presents. Sadly I only have these few pictures from the jumpy house -- I think my big pregnant self got too winded chasing Henry around and picture-taking got put on the back burner.</div>
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But the party was darling. Ashley prepared lots of yummy treats and snacks and made t h e yummiest cupcakes. And Maddy was so sweet opening all her presents -- her face lit up after unwrapping each gift, it was so adorable.</div>
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I'm so happy to have little Maddy in our lives -- her and Annabelle are best-friend-sister-cousins that adore each other. And I hope we can always celebrate our birthdays together.</div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-40154825230285909322014-05-21T15:02:00.000-07:002014-05-21T18:21:25.530-07:00Sawyer Anderson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One week before his due date, March 11th, I was convinced my water had broken. I'd experienced my water breaking with my first two, I was certain this was it. So I woke Jake with the great news and we called his mom to come stay with the kids. Before checking into the hospital though I wanted to walk around and really get my labor started -- I was planning on delivering naturally and didn't want to be laying in a hospital bed all day. I just wanted to arrive and push him out. Well, that didn't happen. Turns out my water hadn't broken and I was sent home. Devastated. </div>
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Really, that day was kind of the worst. I cried. A lot. Mainly because I was so embarrassed -- we'd let a l o t of people know that "I was in labor!" and I was also mentally exhausted. When I thought my water had broken I started getting myself ready to be strong and pumped to deliver him naturally, but then it didn't happen. And I wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear. Wah. </div>
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My sweet Jacob knew how much this would all affect me though and came home that night with flowers and a Nutella waffle. So I cried some more -- happy tears!</div>
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One week later around 4am I kept waking up feeling crampy and uncomfortable. I would turn onto my other side or stuff a pillow between my legs and fall back asleep. But then I'd wake up again and around 5am I decided to pay attention to what my body was telling me. I started timing my contractions and couldn't believe that they were really coming every 7 minutes. I kept retiming them thinking there's no way they're keeping a rhythm. The night before Jake and I had gotten into an argument and I was still mad at him, so I r e a l l y didn't want to be in labor -- I couldn't go deliver a baby when I was still upset at him and not ready to let it go. Well, those contractions weren't stopping. I got up and went to the bathroom and started to weigh my options. I finally came to the conclusion that at some point it was his right to know, so I'd h a v e to tell him. I waited as long as I could, and then when I did tell him I acted like it was no big deal. I'm in labor. Who cares. I'm so mature. </div>
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We kissed and made up and headed to my doctor's appointment (I'd had one scheduled already and decided to just go there first.) Sure enough I was dilated to a five and almost completely effaced. My doctor called the hospital to let them know we were on our way. Yes! This was it -- he's coming today!</div>
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I had read a book called "The Bradley Method" in preparation of my natural birth. My contractions started getting increasingly stronger and closer together, but I was breathing through them like I'd read and practiced. Jake was heaven-sent through all of this and really helped me focus and keep my cool. Then I dilated to a nine. And wanted to d i e !</div>
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All I really remember is being in the absolute worst pain of my life and feeling like I was going to pass out. But then I'd think: "If I pass out, who's gonna get this baby out?" I kept screaming: "Get him out of me! Is he coming out? Will he come out? Get him ooout!" And then they showed me the mirror and all the "progress" I had made: A tiny little round circle of his head. That's it!</div>
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After a couple more pushes and punches at Jake, he came out. And that moment wasn't glory-halleluja like I'd thought and hoped it'd be. Instead I was still panting and a little out of my mind. When they tried to hand him to me, I just couldn't. Every bit of me was so weak and shaky and I didn't want to drop my sweet new babe. I should really have Jake write about Sawyer's first moments on earth, because all I can remember is pain. Haha. So sad.</div>
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Natural childbirth, I do not recommend it. :)</div>
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Now ask me about him around an hour old and I can tell you more. I remember just holding him close and smelling him. Memorizing his beautiful face and cute little mouth. He had the sweetest little cry -- like a baby lamb. He also does t h e best pouty lip. It is so cute. And he reminded us so much of Henry, with Annabelle's Asian eyes. He nursed right away and hasn't really stopped since. </div>
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I have fond memories of fig newtons during my 2 am feedings. They pretty much fueled me for those first few days and will always remind me of Sawyer.</div>
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We stayed for two nights and by then were anxious to leave and get home to our other two. My nurse came in at 6am and was really sweet, but meant business -- she knew we wanted to get out of there quickly. Once all of Sawyer's tests came back looking good she sent for our discharge papers and we were gone within the hour :) </div>
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We drove away feeling like the luckiest parents. And still do. </div>
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We love you so much, sweet boy.</div>
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Jake was recently offered a writing job in Manhattan so last weekend we packed up our place in Utah and moved across the country. I'm still having some very mixed emotions about the whole thing. It all happened SO fast - while Jake was in NYC getting started I was back in Provo packing our house up with the best neighbors in the world. He came home for a couple days to move the big things and then we all hopped on a plane together and headed to New York. It was absolutely the longest day of my life, but it being Mother's Day the kids were on their best behavior ;) and Sawyer slept the e n t i r e time. So that was a major blessing. From the airport we caught a taxi to our apartment in Weehawken, NJ which has the most amazing view of Manhattan (a post for another day). So we've been here one week and we are definitely still adjusting. Luckily there's a park up the road where the kids and I spend a lot of time. Jake gets home around 7:30 at night which is when we run our bigger errands together like grocery shopping and taking our clothes to the laundromat. He has weekends off and with our first one together we went to Central Park. I mainly wanted him to show me how to get into the city so that I could do it during the week without him, but about 10 minutes into the outing we realized I would never be able to do it by myself. Haha. We'll be here in NJ through the end of June, but after that we're considering moving into the city so that I can actually go do things with the kids.</div>
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I loved Central Park! It is so beautiful and so full of life. We passed a group of yogis and some sort of kick-boxing class. There were tons of people on bikes and scooters -- We actually told Annabelle that if she goes 7 days without an accident we'd get her a scooter. She's on day 5 and that promise is starting to look more real. Haha. I didn't think it would happen so quickly, she really wants that scooter ;) There were ice cream stands on every other corner and cute cafes full of people. It reminded me a lot of Germany. We found a cute little gated park in the middle of Central Park for the kids to play on and for a second it didn't feel like we were in hectic NYC. I loved it :)</div>
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On our way back to the subway we stopped and bought the y u m m i e s t grapes we'd ever had. Seriously. They were incredible -- juicy and crunchy. So perfect. We munched on those until we found lunch (Chipotle) and then headed home. We passed so many bakeries and food stands, but with three out of the five of us being celiac, they're not worth stopping into. I'll have to eat those yummy pastries and doughnuts when I'm out by myself. Which, let's be real -- will be never. Haha. Someone come visit me and we'll sneak out together ;)</div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-1297403092277817452014-04-29T14:18:00.000-07:002014-04-29T14:18:25.061-07:00Henry turns one!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'll never forget the moment Henry was placed into my arms. He was an easy delivery and came out within a couple pushes. When they handed his perfect little body to me, I felt so close to heaven and to my Heavenly Father. I remember weeping the happiest tears while saying silent prayers of gratitude. My whole heart was bursting with love for him and I had an overwhelming sense of honor come over me. My Henry is so special and I thank my Heavenly Father every day for sending him to me. He gave me butterflies then and he gives me butterflies now. He is just so handsome and sweet and funny. And we all adore him!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Jake had to work late on Henry's birthday, so we waited until about 10pm to do all the festivities. What baby doesn't love to be woken up to cake and ice cream though? He was on cloud nine! Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of all that. Ahh :( </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But I'm still wanting to have a mock birthday cake smash for him. I mean, those are some of his childhood rights. Maybe an 18 month cake smash? That's totally a thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So the above pictures are of him on his actual birthday - I did, at least, get that right. Isn't he just dreamy? I love that boy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And the below pictures are from the next morning when he was awake enough to enjoy his present. He's still figuring out how to get the cars down the actual runway, but those cars are prized possessions around here. He seems to always be carrying one around while making the c u t e s t little boy car noises. Oh my. I am in love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Henry, you're our silly little guy. Annabelle adores you and calls you her "bud". You give the sweetest kisses and have a serious thing for your daddy right now. We took you swimming the other night and both daddy and I took turns helping you down the slide. It was fun to watch your face light up when it was daddy's turn to help you. You had the biggest grin on your face and I could just see the pride in your eyes knowing that daddy was cheering you on. Riding down the slide itself made you happy when I was helping you, but having your daddy cheer you on was what really made you smile. You are a true daddy's boy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You are my sweet boy and you will always have a special spot in my heart. I love you! Happy Birthday, handsome.</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-21276782408745946992014-04-29T13:11:00.000-07:002014-04-29T13:11:32.896-07:00Snow Snow Snow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I think this was the first time she was really old enough to enjoy it all, so we decided to build a snowman. A little tiny baby snowman with toothpick and chocolate chip accessories. She named him Pootie and she l o v e d him. I mean, he was pretty adorable. She started giving Pootie tons of kisses and ended up kissing him so hard that his head fell off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">She was devastated. And I'm just happy I caught it all on camera :)</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-89801376001853365462014-04-28T23:55:00.001-07:002014-04-28T23:55:45.282-07:00Annabelle's 3rd Birthday Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A couple months before Annabelle's birthday I was browsing through pinterest for party ideas and decided to let her choose a cake. I'll be honest, the first cake she chose was a hot pink 3-tiered cheetah number. I quickly talked her out of that one (yikes!) Her second choice was an adorable lamb cake. Perfectly sweet. And very 3 years old. And sooo much better than the teenager one she had chosen first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We then decided to throw a princess party, especially since getting her dress-up station had put the princess obsession into full swing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So I started gathering ideas and had imagined up the perfect party. (Think cardboard castle, Lissie dressed up as a fairygod mother, etc. AKA way too detailed for a 3rd birthday!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love throwing a party and I love paying attention to detail, but I've come to learn that a big hot meltdown has created a permanent space the night before any big event. It's so lovely. And Jake looks forward to them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These meltdowns have actually become so common that before I announce that I'm throwing a party/hosting some event Jake makes me promise him I won't try and cancel it. Because that's what I want to do. Every single time. (I'm in stress management:) )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So, as you've guessed, the night before Annabelle's big party I just wanted to hide in a corner and cry. I had a list a mile long and I wanted everything to be perfect and pinterest-worthy. On top of that Lissie was in the back room puking (poor thing!) and I was terrified of getting all those little kids sick. (So really, cancelling was a valid option!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Instead, Jake called in a favor and got us the nursery at the church :) Such a stud. And he was so sweet and stayed up until midnight making these flower poofs out of tissue paper to hang on the doors. He looked so cute crafting. I'm really sad to say I don't even have a picture of them, but they were perfect. And he was so helpful. While he made those, I finished up her lamb cake. And I am very proud of how it turned out. It looks just like the one on pinterest and I think it is so adorable. In fact, I want to make it a tradition to only make animal cakes for my kids' birthdays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The party itself was so fun. I was actually nervous the kids wouldn't enjoy themselves and had way too many backup plans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Note to self: All they want to do is run around and eat sugar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I had finger painting and canvases and coloring ready to go just in case there was an abnormal 3 year old. There wasn't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They played with bubbles and balloons, ate goodies, and ran around and danced. Then we did presents and Annabelle got every princess accessory I didn't know existed and then some. She seriously got soooo spoiled - such sweet friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">After that we sang to her and she blew out her candles. It was a really fun morning celebrating that sweet little girl. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She was in princess heaven and after experiencing her first real friend party, she's</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> a fan. :)</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-75474015279754662272014-04-28T22:18:00.000-07:002014-04-28T22:18:21.775-07:00Thanksgiving 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Pumpkin pie and whipped cream is the most perfect combination of tastes and textures, it should be in all year round. I think Ash, Lissie, and I dug into the pies about ten minutes after we got there. And we did it in secret too. So the boys wouldn't know. Haha. Speaking of arriving, the moment we drove up Danny greeted us at the door. Looking, well... interesting. I think I said: "Oh my, he looks so gross." And Annabelle walked through the door and repeated me. Word. For. Word. Ahh! Small children have ears! (Danny, I still love you... and I hope you still love me too.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Watching Jake toss all the little kids around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Our bacon-wrapped turkey. Yum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Maddy and Annabelle screaming and playing together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- My Henry-Boy and smooching his cheeks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Having Lissie there -- I am l o v i n g having her so close.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- The rolls. Oh, they were so good and so not homemade :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Hailey took her first steps! And it was adorable to watch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- The girls being crazy together and throwing leaves all over each other. They also ate sticks together. True besties.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- The pie. Oooh, the pumpkin pie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Watching "Home Alone" to kick off the Christmas season. (We move right along with our holidays)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Being together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It was a really relaxing day. We enjoyed each other's company and ate a lot of food. And then took turns falling into food comas. Well, partial food comas 'cause the kids didn't really give us a break. But that's ok! I love my family and am so thankful they're mine :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And thank you Danny & Ashley for hosting us.</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-33047164328386259582014-04-28T21:44:00.000-07:002014-04-28T21:44:50.319-07:00Birthday Lunch at City Creek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When one of her only wishes is to have lunch with daddy on her birthday, you happily oblige. After nap-time we drove up to Salt Lake to meet Jake for lunch at City Creek. While waiting for him to arrive she climbed all over every big boulder and threw pebbles in the stream. She was so cute and happy and 3 years old!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Another birthday wish was to have Aunt Lissie come celebrate with us. So while we waited for Jake I called her to make sure she was on her way -- Lissie was coming and we were so excited!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Just a few minutes after getting off the phone with her though she called me back. I don't think I'll ever be able to replay that conversation in my head without crying. Lissie had been in a car accident. My sweet baby sister was bawling and shaking on the other end and I could hear how terrified she was. And so was I. I've never wanted to be somewhere else so badly in my life. She was an hour outside of Twin Falls and I was nowhere close. My heart hurt so badly hearing how scared she was and knowing I couldn't wrap my arms around her. I remember standing in the middle of City Creek and just sobbing. I'm not one to make a scene, but I was definitely making a scene. Jake arrived shortly after that and helped me get it together. // Gosh, this birthday post is taking a really dramatic turn. I promise it ends happily. //</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After lots of phone calls, another ride was arranged and Lissie was able to get home to us. And Annabelle got a birthday lunch with her daddy. And they all lived happily ever after. Haha. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I definitely won't forget those moments though. Especially the one when I realized a miracle had taken place. The car rolled multiple times and barely missed being hit by a semi. And she walked away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Aunt Lissie was definitely our favorite birthday present that day.</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-6714594453093575062014-04-28T21:07:00.000-07:002014-04-28T21:07:57.126-07:00Annabelle turns 3! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am so happy that I was sent a beautiful little girl to make beautiful little girl things for. I found this cute dress-up station idea on pinterest and decided Annabelle needed one. So I started collecting princess dresses (the post halloween sales were bomb) and assigned Jake the building. It looked pretty simple to make and Jake said he could do it. Well, he is amazing at many things, but he's not much of a handyman and it wasn't really all that simple to make like we thought. So instead of building it he made sure that it got built -- by a really amazing carpenter friend. He did, however, spend a couple hours at Lowes finding the right wood, measuring it, and getting it cut. And that effort has daddy-love written all over it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So once he had it built I got to work painting it. I felt like a little elf working away on her birthday's eve setting the room up just perfect for her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After hanging all her dresses inside and wrapping it up with a big bow I started blowing up balloons and filling her room. I hung streamers and imagined her excitedly waking up to it all. Well, I should've known she'd sleepwalk her way into our room in the middle of the night and miss the whole shabang. So after she woke up I made her go admire the birthday party going on in her room. It didn't really go down like I thought, but she still loved it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Watching her open her big present and then frolick around the house in princess dresses was perfect. To this day it's the first thing she does in the morning: put on a princess dress. It's actually become a real battle to get her to wear r e a l clothes. But you're only 3 years old once :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After she tried on every dress we had a yummy breakfast of bacon and eggs. Then later on the couch I told her about the day she was born. I explained how she was in my tummy and how excited we were to hold her when she came out. It was a really sweet moment until she declared she'd be returning to my belly in two weeks. Yikes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Annabelle, you are my girl! You are so smart and caring. And because of you I want to be my very best self.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love you! Happy Birthday, my very so beautiful princess!</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-909365754503557042014-04-28T12:12:00.000-07:002014-04-28T12:12:10.572-07:00First Snowfall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We were all really excited when we got our first snowfall in November. It was hardly a drizzle, but it was enough to put snowsuits, hats, and gloves on. Naturally. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I bundled Annabelle up and sent her outside. She caught some snow on her tongue and threw a couple snowballs. She spent most of her time out there making Henry laugh at the window though. It was really adorable. I love watching them make each other belly laugh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After a while his laughs turned into cries though, so I bundled him up and sent him out there with her. He took an intense interest in the leaves and dirt and not so much in the snow. </span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-9612613824458606602014-04-28T10:55:00.000-07:002014-04-28T10:55:17.221-07:00Halloween 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Halloween is starting to become more fun for me now that I can do themed costumes. Annabelle's had an obsession with Tinkerbell for the past couple months, so it made perfect sense to have Henry be Peter Pan. I bought a piece of felt and somehow made his top and we borrowed his hat from a neighbor. And Annabelle's shoes were just a bunch of glitter and glue with a big giant cotton ball. So easy! :)</div>
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Jake was in Japan over Halloween so I took the kids trick-or-treating with our next-door neighbor. Annabelle took quite a bit of coaxing to get her to walk up to doors, let alone knock on them. Once she finally got into a good rhythm and started to get a little braver, a man with a scary mask started running towards a group of teenagers that happened to be behind her. So she thought he was running at her. And all my hardwork and coaxing flew out the window and we were done trick-or-treating. (We got a good 20 minutes in.)</div>
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I carried my shaking, terrified girl back to the car, and the whole way home she kept crying for the scary man to go away. She was convinced he was following us back to the house. </div>
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(Why do we even celebrate a scary holiday? Can't it just be cute little Tinerbells and Peter Pans forever?)</div>
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I explained to her over and over again that it was just a mask and he was trying to be funny. But we both agreed it wasn't very funny and that we should eat away all our troubles with candy. So we did just that :) (I guess the whole candy part of halloween isn't so bad.)</div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-15794879823224517892014-02-11T21:18:00.000-08:002014-02-11T21:18:18.304-08:00Halloween Cousin Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">About a week before Halloween the Ashley's and I decided to throw the little cousins a Halloween party. We also invited some of the Hermann's cousins, because we love them too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We found lots of cute ideas for the snacks like witch's broomsticks and banana ghosts. Ashley Thay made yummy pumpkin rice crispies and I brought the monster mouth peanut butter apples. And to drink we had mummified juice boxes. It was pretty cute :) We also let the kiddies decorate sugar cookies at the end, which basically turned into a sprinkle fest. (I don't have pictures, but just imagine Ashley's house being destroyed by sugar! Sorry, Ash!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The kids ran around like crazies for a good two hours and snacked on way too much sugar. We didn't play any organized games, which is probably a good thing. They were entertained enough just wearing costumes. We had Tinkerbell and Peter Pan, an Iron Man and Zebra, Dorothy and Glinda, and Jake and the Neverland Pirates. Everyone looked adorable. While the kids played, the moms chowed down on some guac and chips. Ashley Kay also brought an amazing tea drink call "Wassail" -- it was a m a z i n g! Reminded me of Germany's Kinder Gluehwein.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Before we headed home I snapped a couple pictures of Tinkerbell and Dorothy. They were definitely hyped on sugar and I'm so happy I caught their crazy two year selves on camera. I love how crazy those two can be together.</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-69484846362524019602014-02-11T09:46:00.001-08:002014-02-11T09:46:41.200-08:00It's a BOY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've always loved a cute gender reveal. I i</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">nitially wanted a cute photoshoot with blue cotton candy on a stick. Adorable, right? Well do you know where to buy blue cotton candy on a stick, besides at the fair? Yeah, me neither. So that didn't happen. Then I saw this cute bubblegum idea and was sold. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Fun & easy: check! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Jake found the blue bubblegum balls and we took these right before a datenight. We had about 15 minutes of good light left, and it was gonna be sooo easy. Race against light/time photoshoots always are. //NOT.//</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Bubblegum balls are SO hard to chew. And I couldn't get a decent bubble, actually I couldn't get a bubble at all.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So you wanna know what really went down? Jake had to chew that gum for me. And he had to blow that bubble too. Haha. True love.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's all staged. 90% of these pictures are of me scowling at him while telling him my jaw isn't strong enough to chew that gum. The other 8% are of me wanting to give up (I am such a baby!!) and then there's these two. Pretend you don't know that that gum was impossible, and it's so cute. Right?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So, it's a BOY! He was so fun see at 20 weeks. During our first ultrasound around 3 weeks the tech couldn't even find him, and by our second one (11 weeks) he'd grown cute little gummy arms and legs. But the 20 week one was definitely the most fun. He had his hands up by his face and his little profile reminded us so much of Henry's. I keep imagining him looking like Henry's little twin //Just five more weeks and we'll know!! Yay!!//</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I can't believe it's happening so soon and I am so excited to cuddle my sweet baby Sawyer.</span>Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-38261557773484424542014-02-11T09:14:00.000-08:002014-02-11T09:14:01.367-08:00Cornbelly's <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Thanksgiving Point has a really cute Halloween/Fall display in October. There are hayrides, cornmazes, jumping houses, duck racing, rock climbing, ... basically everything. And of course lots of yummy food. We took the kids there for an evening last October and they loved it. Once the sun went down it got chilly pretty fast, but they both didn't seem to mind. The place was packed and full of loud music and people. Kind of like a carnival really. Annabelle tried just about every activity and Henry so wished he could have joined her. He had to stay in my arms or the stroller for most of it since he was only about 10 months old, but he sure thought he was big enough to be doing everything she was doing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Once we'd had enough of the cold we headed to a cafe to grab some hot chocolate. Annabelle instead chose an ice cream cone. Of course. :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It was a really fun family outting and I'm excited for this year when Henry can join in on the fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Back in September we spent an FHE at Gardner Village with the Quinn's. It had a fun display of witches and the little village itself was really cute. I only had about 30 minutes of light and all of it was spent taking pictures of Annabelle. So, sadly I have no real pictures of the village itself. Or the cute candy shop we went into with the kids. But trust me, it's worth visiting and we'll definitely go back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">On the way there the little miss had an accident and I had no spare clothes or panties for her. Luckily the place is like a mini shopping village too, so we were able to find that cute dress she's wearing and Henry was sweet enough to lend her a diaper. She looked so darling in that dress and really loved twirling it. //May have sent the wrong message about having accidents!!// </span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-50087125124508401622014-02-10T17:02:00.001-08:002014-02-10T17:02:35.605-08:00Four Year Anniversary -- The Sleepy Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Jake came home early to take me on a nice anniversary date, and when he got there I was in bed sobbing. Haha. Are you loving all my emotional days that are getting documented? I was just really really tired and couldn't function. I remember telling him I felt like I couldn't do anything: take care of the kids, make dinner, sit up. I was about 12 weeks pregnant and nursing Henry, which I later learned will suck every bit of life out of you. //That first trimester was a little miserable.//</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Anyways, he sweetly suggested we just stay home and have a date-night in, but that just made me feel even more dysfunctional. So I pulled it together (aren't I so tough!!) and got ready. I'm telling you all this because I look so exhausted in these photos. Haha! I get sleepy just looking at them, and really -- I had to make Lissie take about 100 in an effort to make my eyes look more open. It didn't work, but that's ok. This baby #3 is worth being/looking tired. All the time. (Haha!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So Lissie stayed home with our babies while we went out. (Thank you!) Jake let me choose Olive Garden for dinner (he hates Olive Garden), so that was extra sweet of him. He also got our waitress to give us a free dessert. Yum. I think we went to a movie after that and I probably fell asleep. I really have no idea what we did after dinner, so that most likely means I was sleeping. (Poor guy!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Happy 4 years, Jake -- you truly are my everything!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Here's to a million more anniversaries together -- sleepy or not! I love you...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This Sunday while sitting in church both Annabelle and Henry were crawling all over Jake (he's had to work the last two Sundays, so it was amazing for me to not have to single-mom them! I think they were sick of me anyways, cause they had very little to do with me all through sacrament meeting. Juuust fine with me.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Anyways, I sat there and watched Henry lay his head on Jake's chest for minutes at a time. And Annabelle lay in his lap while he tickled her face. //I really wanted to pull my phone out and start a full-on photoshoot. I didn't. But I really wanted to.//</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">All three of them looked so cute together.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I kept thinking to myself: I am so blessed. Those cute babies and handsome hairy man are mine. They are my life, forever.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This pregnancy being a surprise has led me to have some complainy thoughts, ones that I'm ashamed of now. I didn't know how I would handle two babies so close together, and I still don't.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But I have two little beauties and am being blessed with another - and they are all I've ever dreamed of. I can remember telling my friends in grade school that all I ever wanted to be when I grew up was a mom. And that's come true: I will soon be the mother to three! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This life isn't perfect, but it really is beautiful!</span>Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-77089276241108504902014-02-10T12:55:00.000-08:002014-02-10T12:55:04.086-08:00Independence Day 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I ran my first 5K the morning of July 4th //with my SIL's and MIL// and it was seriously so fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sidenote: Right before the race I remember feeling a little crampy and thinking I might start my period, which would've been really bad timing. Found out later that week that what I thought was minor cramping was in fact a tiny little surprise baby in my belly. (Ahh!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Back to that day: Jake had been out of town and flew in a couple hours after my race, so picking him up was definitely our biggest highlight. We miss him so much when he's gone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After grabbing Jake we decided we deserved some serious carbs for lunch (three miles is FAR!!) and ate at Brickoven. Again, I just felt sick through the whole thing, but it was still really good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A couple naps later and we set up camp on our front lawn to watched the firework show. It was wonderful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Except when our rowdy bachelor neighbors across the street thought it'd be fun to shoot a firework right near my baby girl. I remember seeing it get really close to her, jumping up and grabbing her and running. I was SO angry with those boys. I don't yell often, but I really wanted to yell then. I didn't. But I should have. Idiots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I then went inside and bawled my eyes out. Haha. It really freaked me out. I actually get choked up thinking about it now... Moving on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Had I known I was pregnant with our 3rd that day, I'm sure all of my emotions/feeling sick would have made more sense. Now I'm 35 weeks pregnant and very excited to welcome this new baby!! And really, we had a great Independence Day with Jake's family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I haven't run a mile since that 5K (eek!), but I am very excited to get back to it this spring!</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-55249269747367559842014-02-10T11:12:00.000-08:002014-02-10T11:12:38.298-08:00Memorial Day 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I just made a list of all the blog posts I'd like to get through before Sawyer is born. And twenty. There are twenty(!!!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And I'll start with Memorial Day 2013:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We spent it with the Hermann/Van Wagoner clan and it was lovely. //Seeing these pictures on this cold winter day makes me really anxious to get some sun!!//</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We met up at a lake in Ogden for some boating and to celebrate both Kaylee and Ashley Kay's birthdays. Some of us set up tents, and we made a pack'n'play train for the trio of babes (Henry, Hayley, and Jarom) to take naps in. The boys brought balls to play catch with and there was of course lots of yummy food. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">All the girls went out on the boat first and made our little toddler girls tube with us. I think Kaylee is the only one that wasn't kicking and screaming when we told them our plan. Haha. I know it sounds mean, but I think it built character for Maddy and Annabelle... Right?? They did end up enjoying it in the end. It was just getting them onto the tube that was torture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We went out for a couple hours and returned with happy, sleepy babes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Then we sang to the birthday girls and watched them open presents. It was a great day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Boating always exhausts the littles, so the car ride home was nice and peaceful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It was a wonderful Memorial Day.</span></div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-76245934361333591112014-01-16T10:43:00.001-08:002014-01-16T10:43:58.410-08:00Splash Pads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Running through splash pads became a real staple last summer and I'm sure we'll continue it through this summer. It's one of my all time favorite activities for the kids -- it's free, I don't worry about anyone drowning, and they always seem to be placed near an ice cream stand :) We went to Seven Peaks a lot last summer which was great (and crazy!!), but this summer I'll have an extra little person in tow so I think we'll just stick to the splash pads. Going to a full-blown waterpark with 3 babies and 2 arms will for sure make me go into cardiac arrest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-33283061548471307442014-01-16T10:21:00.000-08:002014-01-16T10:21:49.793-08:00Water Giggles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We had a couple dry patches in our grass last summer that Annabelle didn't mind taking care of. It became part of her bedtime routine -- go outside and water the garden and grass. And get drenched. 100% soaking wet drenched. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Every night didn't end with a water hose shower, but quite a few did. And looking at these photos I can just hear her screams and giggles -- she knew that if she put her hand over the spout something crazy would happen to the water and those moments created some real deep belly laughs. Haha.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's amazing what a little water can do for a 2 year old.</span>Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701517706489612700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033269297672808443.post-2252454717783566092014-01-16T09:44:00.000-08:002014-01-16T09:44:28.375-08:00Baby Green Thumb<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">She reminded me daily that the plants needed water, and those plants lasted a million times longer because of it. This was our first time actually being responsible and trying to own plants. Jake's uncle supplied us with some veggies from his greenhouse (pictured in the diaper box) that I planted into the ground. INTO the ground. They thrived, and I was shocked. That will be another post of its own, but we actually ATE vegetables from our garden last year. Say WHAT!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">That pretty yellow flower plant was given to all the mother's on Mother's Day last year and Annabelle took such good care of it. //I really loved those flowers and hope to get lots more this spring.//</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">She loved filling up her water bottle and spending a solid 45 minutes on the porch <strike>drowning</strike> watering her plants. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'll put her in charge of the watering again this year and let that green thumb of hers expand. Maybe she can teach me a thing or two about keeping a garden :)</span><br />
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