tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90703017497115099582024-03-13T06:34:51.975-07:00::freckled pink::home.family.creativity.faith.friendsFreckled Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01102147970814362195noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070301749711509958.post-17191295658654127912013-11-04T12:13:00.000-08:002013-11-04T12:13:02.700-08:00Thankful For'sSo, I'm getting really great at blogging consistently. Once every..8 months? Goodness. Oh well, that just means I'm soaking up these days with my little ones, I hope!<br />
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Anyway...About a year ago, I read through Ann Voskamp's amazing book, One Thousand Gifts. It was life-changing for me. Perspective-changing, thought-changing, spirit-changing. I loved every page, and have since read through much of it a 2nd time. The premise of the book is that we should alter our perspective so that we see life through God-glorifying, thankful eyes, instead of the selfish, "more"-wanting eyes we so naturally wear. Ann encourages her readers to keep a list, as she did, of the things around them that they are thankful for. She mentions things from soapy bubbles in the kitchen sink, even though it's full of dirty dishes, to the glow of the full moon.<br />
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While I haven't done a perfect job of {anything} keeping a gratitude journal with pen and paper, my perspective has changed dramatically.<br />
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One little way that I have implemented teaching gratitude to my little ones is in our "Thankful For's".<br />
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Every night, at bed time, I sit on the edge of my beautiful 3-year-old daughter's bed. (Almost 4, now, but I'd rather not think about all of the growing and changing she's doing.) She knows our routine. "Mommy, let's do prayers, and 3 Thankful For's, and 2 Love's before bed." While her little list of things she is thankful for started months ago with things like "all my toys", "my room", and "my princesses", it has started to graduate to more meaningful things the past few weeks. "I'm fankful for Saturday when Daddy gets to stay with us aaaaaalllll day long", "I'm fankful that we got to go to church and see our friends today". She's starting to get it. It's starting to sink in. The big things. The little things. She's becoming thankful for all of them! Me? I'm just so thankful God is teaching me how to cultivate a heart of gratitude in both myself and my family.<br />
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{And for those of you wondering, our "loves" are phrases that begin with "I love you more than..." and end with whatever clever thing we can come up with... "all the polka dots on my pajamas", "all the crayons in the crayon box", or Allie's personal favorite, <i>"all the toilet paper."</i> It's a fun little game!}Freckled Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01102147970814362195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070301749711509958.post-86953442133876467432013-04-30T05:39:00.001-07:002013-04-30T07:15:51.221-07:00The Highlight Reel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've seen many blog posts recently about how we mamas need to be careful about how closely we pay attention to all of the Facebook statuses, Twitter feeds, and Instagram posts we follow. It is so easy to get caught up in comparing your "negatives" to others' "highlight reel". I mean, let's be real. Very few people are posting pictures on Instagram of their toddler laying in the floor at Target throwing a fit to buy a new princess dress, or of their laundry that has overflowed out of the hamper because they've been too busy with said toddler to actually move the dirty clothes to the washer, let alone finish a wash cycle and put them away. No one posts pictures of crying babies waking at all hours of the night, or kids being talked to, lectured, spanked, put into time-out, for being disrespectful. Again. We don't see that the same mama who posted her beautiful baby eating breakfast at a pristine table with vintage linens has a mess of toys and mis-matched socks strewn all over her living room, and another child running around the room in his underwear refusing to get dressed.<br />
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But we do see the highlight reel. And yes, it is very important to keep a good perspective while looking at all of these posts and notes from friends and online acquaintances. Don't think they aren't having a day just like yours, because with little ones in the house, unless they have a team of nannies, they most likely are. There is food being refused by picky eaters, there are tantrums being thrown, arms being crossed, and kids being sent to their rooms.<br />
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There is also laughter. Dancing and pretending to push the baby stroller to the park, purse-in-hand, as if it's the most important thing in life (and one might argue - it is). There are peaceful moments, even if they only seem to come when the 3-year-old's favorite cartoon is on. There are little cuddles, and hugs and kisses for boo-boo's. There are unprompted "I love you mama"'s. Time spent listening to little ones learn how to pray. Meals during which your baby just wants to be held, and you have to eat a cold meal once again.<br />
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I'd like to argue that you won't remember the cold meal, but you will remember and relish the baby-holding.<br />
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I've recently gotten into the habit of scrolling through my iPhone's camera roll before I fall asleep at night. I take pictures of my kids most days, and it's just fun to do a little re-cap before I go to sleep. I'm learning that this is cultivating such gratefulness in me. Even in the photos of screaming children I've sent to my husband at work. (Yes. Real life. I've done this. "Help, he won't stop crying. See?")<br />
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It's my highlight reel. It's real life. It's blurry smiles and perfectly posed Instagram posts, but every single picture is evidence of goodness and grace God has poured into my life that day. Time with my kids. Time with my husband. Screenshots of texts between friends and siblings. Things I want to hold on to from my "normal" days during this season.<br />
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What if we really chose to view our days as highlight reels? We will in a few years. My babies are still so little, and we hope to add to our family, but I know one day, we will have grown-up babies, and I will long for days that I could pull them into my lap and love on them, even in a dirty, toy-filled living room. The highlight reels are what we will remember. Not the craziness. Not the tantrums (well, maybe some), not the fight to eat just two bites of peas. We'll remember the cuddles. The kisses goodnight. The pajama parties before bed. The highlights.<br />
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Whatever season of life you are in, strive to see in it the things you will miss 5 years from now, 10 years from now. Practice hindsight in the present. Cultivate thankfulness for God's graces in your life today.Freckled Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01102147970814362195noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070301749711509958.post-73473019252894458702013-03-10T21:19:00.001-07:002013-03-11T12:20:21.562-07:00"Mommy, can I play wif him?"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The other night, after bath time, Wyatt was just SO wiggly that Adam and I gave up on trying to put his jammie's on. We just let him play in his diaper for awhile. A rarity at our house! :) Allie wanted in on the fun, too.</div>
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Probably the most true-to-life shot I took that evening. Her climbing all over him, and him happily playing along, just glad to have his big sister giving him attention.</div>
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From the time they wake up in the morning, they're each other's little buddy.</div>
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Sweet Allie got to go on her first Valentine's date with her daddy this year.</div>
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Chick-Fil-A does this amazing 'Daddy Daughter Date Night', and it was</div>
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They got all dressed up, and went to meet some friends of ours for their big date night.</div>
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The best part of their date night...{drumroll}...Horse-drawn carriage rides! What?!</div>
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<b>Our Allie girl is 3!</b> </div>
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And she wanted nothing more than to have a Princess Party.</div>
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Probably the most urgent request of our soon-to-be 3-year-old was a Cinderella cake.</div>
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My mom came through on this in an <b><i>AMAZING </i></b>way, as you can see.</div>
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A week before, we'd had a little family get-together for her actual birthday.</div>
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As with every birthday, I cannot believe our girl is 3 years old. She is so full of life, passion, spunk,</div>
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I decided at the beginning of this year that I really missed blogging, that it was an important part of me cataloging these days with my sweet babies, and a good creative outlet in a season in which it's hard to get out my fun craft projects. I decided that at the beginning of the year...and here I am, 7 weeks in, finally sitting down to act on it.<br />
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About two weeks before Christmas, we took the kids to see Santa. We did a bit of research (shocking for us, I know) for Allie's first Christmas, and discovered that Downtown Fort Worth is really the greatest place to visit Santa Claus. It's only $7.00, and you can take as many of your own photos as you like. The only problem?<br />
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Our laid-back little man didn't mind. He was still up for</div>
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My sweet ones in their "Christmas Best".</div>
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My two favorite boys waiting for Santa.</div>
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Then came Christmas Day...and SNOW!</div>
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Our little Eskimo at Adam's Dad's house</div>
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My sweet husband gave me his giant coat because I was freezing. Nice look, yes?</div>
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Wyatt wasn't a big fan of his first snowy Christmas.</div>
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These babies loved asking Daddy to "pwease make a big big fire" all season long.</div>
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Our Elf on the Shelf, Clark {Griswold}, returned this year!</div>
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Allie just *had* to stop and say hello to Rudolph every time we drove anywhere at night. (Luckily, he was in a yard just up the street!)</div>
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One of my favorite birthday gifts (a few weeks before Christmas): This beautiful monogram for our front door.</div>
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Why? Because she has successfully worn me down. Meal times have become <i>such</i> a battle lately, and this morning, I just didn't have the energy to fight. (Maybe because my precious boy was up at 4:07 this morning? Could be.)<br />
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I feel like I've tried everything. As a baby, Allie was a wonderful eater. Her favorite foods were zucchini, strawberries, and carrots. As a very picky eater myself, this thrilled me. I just knew she wouldn't struggle with the same picky eating habits I have. I was wrong - at least for now. That's what I keep telling myself: <i>She'll outgrow this; It's just a phase; She's only 2</i>. Oh, I hope.<br />
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<li>Hot Dogs (We give her "turkey dogs", at least.)</li>
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<li>Chicken Strips</li>
<li>Grilled Chicken (Occasionally)</li>
<li>Strawberries (These are slowly becoming more difficult to get her to eat.)</li>
<li>Peaches (Only if Daddy is eating them, too.)</li>
<li>Applesauce (But don't presume that means she'll eat apples.)</li>
<li>Scrambled Eggs</li>
<li>Yogurt</li>
<li>Hershey's Kisses</li>
<li>M&M's</li>
<li>Dehydrated fruit</li>
<li>Granola</li>
<li>and of course, the childhood staple, Goldfish.</li>
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Allie has been asking about getting a "big girl bed" for a few weeks. She's seen that her</div>
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The pieced, square pillow I made is one of my favorite parts of the room. It pulls all of the</div>
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The doily pillow is one of my favorite things from my sweet Memaw's house. She gave it to us</div>
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It's so hard to keep up with blogging with two babies at my feet! I don't know how other moms stay so on top of it! (This is the part where I tell myself "no comparisons, no comparisons, no comparisons".) Every mama chooses different ways to spend the rare half hour (if they're lucky) they get to themselves. Lately, I've spent mine cleaning, sewing just a little, and sending out designs from my Etsy Shop, <a href="http://www.freckledfonts.etsy.com/">Freckled Fonts</a>. Maybe, just maybe, after this big "catch up" post, I can keep up a bit better.</div>
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Here's my little patriotic girl saying "CHEESE" and then "hurry up, mom".</div>
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Thank you, Shutterfly, for 10 free note cards, so that I could finally pull the trigger on ordering a few little announcements for Wyatt.</div>
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Allie and I planted some beans a couple of weeks ago. They grew so fast, and were doing great...until this mama forgot to water them all weekend last weekend, and they dried up. My poor girl shed a few tears as we dumped them into the trash can and started over. We'll plant them in dirt next time, and hopefully have some better end results.</div>
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My precious Memaw celebrated her retirement from teaching Sunday School in July. She taught for 69 years. I think that's long enough, don't you? I can't imagine all of the people she impacted with her wisdom and grace through all of those years of teaching. So thankful I got to be one of them.</div>
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One of my favorite people on the planet, my sweet Memaw.</div>
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Last week, Allie said she wanted to give Wyatt "everyfing". She meant it. There is a serious "Where's Waldo" situation happening in this picture. Can you spot the baby? :)</div>
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Well, that's just a little glimpse into all that's been happening in our world over the past few weeks! Maybe I can set a goal to keep up for the month of August? We'll see.</div>
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Ok, Viggle is stinkin' amazing. It's an app with which you can "check in" to TV shows and earn points. You earn one point per minute of TV watched, plus "bonus" points for featured shows, listed within the app, that change each day. Points translate to rewards. Good rewards. I've already redeemed points for $200.00 worth of gift cards to places including Old Navy, Gap, and iTunes. This is after only using the app for around 3 months! The trick is to "check in" to the longest shows you can find during the day {for max points}, and check into as many "bonus point" shows as you can at prime time. {<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/viggle/id487066871?mt=8">Learn more about Viggle.</a>}<br />
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Etsy is, of course, one of my favorite apps. It took them <i>forever</i> to design and release it, but it was worth the wait. I *love* being able to manage both of my Etsy shops from my phone. The app allows me to do almost everything I'm able to do from my laptop. {Super convenient when I'm on my phone while rocking my babies to sleep!} <a href="http://www.etsy.com/apps/504438152/etsy-for-iphone">{Learn more about the Etsy App}</a><br />
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<b> </b> Grocery IQ was one of the first apps I downloaded when I got my iPhone. It not only allows you to create custom grocery lists, but you can share them across devices! For example: if I create a grocery list in my phone, it syncs with my husband's list on his phone, so that I can send him to the store for everything on the now combined list. It saves your purchase history, allows you to scan barcodes to add items to the list, and even has cute little check boxes for you to click while you're shopping. Did I mention it's free? Because it is. FREE. </div>
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<b> </b>Ok, truth be told, I just stumbled upon GroupShot this week. As a photoholic, I am always looking for useful new photo apps to play with. GroupShot is like iPhone photoshop for dummies. It comes in very handy when I'm trying to get a good shot of both of my kids together. You can take several of the same shot, then pick out the best faces and combine them into one good picture. So, no more 'one kid smiling and one kid crying' pictures. I'm pretty excited about this one, and it was only .99! (.99 which I earned on Viggle!} {<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/groupshot/id488709126?mt=8">Learn more about Group Shot</a>}</div>
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I'm going to be honest. I've been writing this post for about a week now, so I'm going to wrap it up. Here is a list of a few other iPhone apps I love, but I'm going to let you search them out yourself instead of spending my day pasting a bunch of links. :)</div>
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<li>Cuptakes : Stinkin' adorable, girly wallpapers for your phone.</li>
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<li>YouVersion : The best Bible app out there, hands down.</li>
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<br /></div>Freckled Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01102147970814362195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070301749711509958.post-35587710378644250852012-06-04T12:32:00.000-07:002012-06-04T12:32:28.222-07:00I'm a PhotoholicSeriously. I am. I take a zillion pictures. {My iPhone photo stream is steadily maxed out at 1000 pictures, and I currently have 586 photos and 14 videos after just clearing it out a few weeks ago.} If I'm not taking pictures at any given event, you can be pretty sure I'm restraining myself from doing so.<br />
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I think it stems from my nostalgic personality - my love for memories and keepsakes. I just love photos.<br />
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Fortunately for me, my brother is an extremely talented photographer, and willingly takes family photos for us about once a year. I would seriously have to have a separate savings account just for having professional family photos taken if this wasn't the case. I am very grateful he does this for us, because these pictures are irreplaceable!<br />
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So now we have these beautiful pictures of our new family of 4, and I need to display them! We already have one small gallery display in our hallway:</div>
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(The large outer frame was my great grandmother's. It's my favorite.)</div>
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So, I'd like to do another little gallery display of the new photos somewhere else in the house. I'm thinking in the big, blank wall space above our television in the living room. I basically have to go with a gallery wall because of my inability to choose only one or two photos to display. I'm an <i>awful</i> decision maker to begin with, but especially when it comes to photos of my family.</div>
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I really want to use a little thicker frames with 2"-3" mats around each photo for this display. I'll be sure to post pictures after I get it put together! Hopefully soon!</div>
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She is SO smart. Seriously. She's not even 2 1/2 yet, and she counts to 12, knows her entire alphabet, and even understands concepts like one thing being "better" than another. I mean, I know I'm biased, but she's a smart little cookie! This makes it really easy to forget that she's 2. </div>
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We have just begun to venture out during the week as a little threesome, and it's gone pretty well. I haven't attempted the grocery store yet, but I'm sure I'll have to before too long. Last week, the 3 of us (Me, Allie, and Wyatt) decided to go up the block to the recently-opened Spray Park. Allie had {once again} taken a pretty short nap, and I had some afternoon time to kill before Adam would get home. She'd been asking to go back to the "Dripping Park" all day. It took about a half hour to get everything ready: swimsuit on, baby's diaper changed, toddler to the potty, snacks packed, sunscreen applied, baby's diaper changed again, drinks packed, toddler in the car to climb into her car seat, baby buckled in (and screaming), toddler buckled in, toddler's sunglasses lost, toddler's sunglasses found, towel and bag in the car...fewf. THEN, we were on our way. {Don't judge - I did drive to the Spray Park. I just don't want to get stuck walking the 15 minute walk home with a screaming baby at this point. He's only 5 weeks old. Gimme a break.}</div>
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When we got there, the weather was perfect. I found a spot in the shade for Wyatt and myself, and that's the first time she said it. "I want to go home." WHAT?! After all that?! And after she asked a zillion times to go to the "Dripping Park"?! "No, Allie, go play in the water. Look how fun it is!"</div>
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Here's where the communication breakdown happened. She continued to get more and more upset. I told her that if she didn't calm down and go play, that we would just go home. She ran around in one little sprinkler for about a minute, and then came back and whined some more. I {with great frustration} put everything back in the bag, dried her off, got both kids back into their seats in the car, and took her home. </div>
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The entire way home, she kept saying things like, "Yaaaay! Thank you for taking me home. We get to go home now!" I told her we wouldn't be going back to the Splash Park for awhile. I intended this as bad news, but for her, it was just what she wanted to hear. This made me even more frustrated! Why didn't she get it!? Why didn't she see all of the time and energy that it took for me to take her to do something so fun and special? Because she's only 2. No amount of frustration or reasoning with her was going to change that.</div>
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I brought her home, turned on a princess movie, and we just relaxed until daddy got home. Sometimes, there's just not much I can do in the way of convincing and explaining...because she's only 2.</div>
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Clearly, having two kids has yet to allow me time for much blogging. I need to be writing down all of the things I'm thinking and learning during this season, but for now, some scribbles in my bedside journal will have to do.</div>
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monthly women's luncheon where they had free ice cream to kick off the summer!</div>
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favorite baby product. It's a life-saver! He has even been sleeping 6-7 hours a night!!!</div>
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Our sweet boy - one month old already! It's been a month full of adjustments, sleepless nights, a few tears, lots of laughter, zillions of sweet baby and toddler snuggles, and lots of prayer. I am so blessed to be living this life as mommy to these two precious kids!</div>
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Morning naps have been the most successful part.</div>
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- Posted using BlogPress from my iPadFreckled Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01102147970814362195noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070301749711509958.post-56958269049683577912012-04-08T12:14:00.003-07:002012-04-08T12:14:56.685-07:00Happy Easter!Easter is my favorite. My very favorite. I love that we set aside time to rejoice solely in the fact that Jesus sacrificed His life for us to have close fellowship with Him, AND that He victoriously rose! It just doesn't get any better. Easter is my favorite.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and my little lacy princess.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lace, lace, lace.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She was so excited to get dressed up!</td></tr>
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<br />Freckled Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01102147970814362195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070301749711509958.post-28000080542576881642012-04-06T19:41:00.000-07:002012-05-25T13:34:18.085-07:00Project 52 {52:13}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Freckled Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01102147970814362195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070301749711509958.post-83782554213398656942012-04-02T20:29:00.000-07:002012-04-02T20:29:26.084-07:00Countdown: 7 Days<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seven Days.</span><br />
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{So, obviously, I completely let, like, 5 weeks or something go by since my last countdown post. It's been busy in our house!}<br />
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So, I'm crazy, apparently. In my 37th week of pregnancy, I made the decision to switch to a new OB/GYN. I was seeing one that I liked ok, but didn't really connect with. She was always in and out of appointments really quickly, and rarely took the time to really answer the questions I had. A couple of weeks ago, I was forced to see another doctor in the practice because my doctor was out sick. No big deal...except that I completely loved this new doctor! She was so friendly! She sat and discussed all of my questions with me, and was in no hurry to leave. After thinking and praying about it for a few days, I called to see if she would accept me as a new patient. I was so excited when it all worked out!<br />
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Last week, when I went in for my now weekly appointment, she moved our sweet boy's arrival up by a full week! If he doesn't decide to make an appearance before then, I'll be induced next Tuesday, April 10th! Now that I've had a few days to process this big change, I'm really excited. At first, it was a bit overwhelming to think he'd be here so soon!<br />
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I shopped today for the last few things we needed: nursing stuff, infant medicines, a nice new robe for the hospital. Now that I have those things taken care of, we're ready to meet Wyatt!Freckled Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01102147970814362195noreply@blogger.com0