tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250984802024-03-13T13:23:50.709-05:00Our Great AdventureOur Great AdventureMMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17279554029767246100noreply@blogger.comBlogger930125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-80909121236283283552016-11-05T14:16:00.000-05:002018-09-28T14:19:01.848-05:00Harrison's lifestyle photosEmily came to meet Harrison a couple of weeks after he was born and took some family photos for us. There were so many more and some really sweet ones of just him and me...but I didn't save them to my hard drive and the link for them expired. So some day I need to get them all again. Thanks so much for capturing this season for us Emily! <br />
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<br />AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-64933418391817353592016-10-31T13:22:00.000-05:002018-09-28T13:41:24.006-05:00Halloween 2016We spent our Halloween doing some of our favorite traditions, making sugar cookies, having jack-o-latern shaped pepperoni pizza, and trick or treating our neighborhood with grandparents. <br />
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Isabella had a costume change before we went out to the neighborhood. <br />
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I love a sleeping baby with arms up. </div>
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Riding the carousel at frontier city, of course on the bench, Benjamin's choice. The moving animals are still to scary.</div>
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Bath time! </div>
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Playing at Full Circle bookstore after story time. </div>
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Riding the pumpkin train at Wings. </div>
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Mother-daughter pedicure and ice cream date for a belated birthday celebration. </div>
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Her polish selections... :)</div>
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Wearing cousin Jillian's baby Halloween jammies. </div>
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Benjamin decided to give up his pacifier. He traded it for a train set he has been wanting. He did so great with the transition.</div>
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Our haul of pumpkins from the $1 pumpkinville sale</div>
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Emily called in dinner for us at Alfredo's while Michael was out of town, with extras for other meals. Such a thoughtful gift! </div>
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His first Halloween! </div>
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Smiling at Nana</div>
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Izzy's storybook parade at school. She dressed up as Olivia. </div>
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Benjamin has been taking care of his glowworm, who is now is baby...also named Harrison. He said his baby likes to sleep close to him because that's where he feels safe. </div>
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Fun at Frontier City. So fun that I can ride a bunch of rides I couldn't ride a couple of months ago when I was pregnant. </div>
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We went to the Orr family farm Friday of Isabella's fall break. </div>
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Harrison wearing a pumpkin onesie Isabella wore. </div>
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A little 2015-2016 comparison</div>
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Annual fall camp out in the back yard. The kids got freaked out by some noises and didn't make it out there overnight. But they had fun for the time they were "camping". Haha!<br />
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Painting her mini pumpkin<br />
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The decorations were awesome as usual and the kids had a great time playing. Harrison slept through it all! AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-38147700642791733282016-10-03T15:17:00.000-05:002017-06-24T17:54:04.039-05:00One month Harrison is already one month! He's been along on a some family adventures, had his first time to church, and first few baths. We take naps together every day while sister is at school and big brother naps too. He is a content little guy unless he is tired or hungry. We had a weight check and a few biliruben checks the first week. But at his 2 week appointment he had gained a lb and a half...so he is doing well. Look at those rolly arms!! So sweet! <br />
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He loved it and is still talking about next time we go to Day out with Thomas. AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-14170984727201287452016-09-30T23:07:00.000-05:002017-06-24T09:42:25.958-05:00September phone pics <br />
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Hi! I'm Harrison. </div>
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Harrison with his Great Grandma, Verna Lee. His middle name is after her. </div>
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Iz making pictures of our family while we were in the hospital. </div>
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Getting some vitamin D trying to get a better bilirubin number. Those ankle pricks are no fun. :( <br />
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Harrison is one week old! Headed out on a quick dinner date...with a photo bomber in the window. </div>
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Loving on brother before school one morning. </div>
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Big talks with Mimi, her last day staying with us. </div>
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Benny's favorite part at the fair was the train that dental depot brought.<br />
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Love those arms up while sleeping.<br />
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Making Isabella's number 6 birthday cookies.<br />
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Trains with big brother
AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-88567759155430887182016-09-26T09:18:00.000-05:002017-06-24T09:40:19.956-05:00Isabella turns 6Our girl turned 6! So big! <br />
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Trying out her new bike before school that morning. </div>
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I brought chickfila to school and had lunch with her. She has a big jolly rancher in her mouth! ha! </div>
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Recess with her good friend Juliet. </div>
We scrapped our dinner plans to go to family fun night at her school that evening as she really wanted to do that. Her party was the next morning. She had seen a daniel tiger episode a few weeks prior with a fall party and decided that's what she wanted to do for her party. Since Harrison is a couple of weeks old, I wasn't sure about pulling all of this off, but my Mom's came to the rescue and did most of the decorating, food, and games. Thanks so much Mom and Paula!<br />
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Chocolate cake with cream cheese icing<br />
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Love the pumpkins for serving the dips!!!<br />
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Izzy playing, throw the hoop over the pumpkin.<br />
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Pin the leaf on the pumpkin game</div>
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Pumpkin bowling</div>
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Pinata time<br />
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Collecting candy<br />
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Benjamin and Benjamin<br />
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Cake time<br />
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Playing with her new art set post party. She also got some face paint crayons she loved using.<br />
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Happy birthday sweet girl!! At 6 you are loving being with friends and people as much as possible, school, going to church, drawing and art, music, mexican food and anything sweet, Magic tree house books, beanie boos, and your favorite color is "rainbow". You still play with your my little ponies and dress up in your princess costumes, but not as much as you use to. You have a great imagination and create fun play scenarios for you and Benjamin to play. <br />
We love you so much! Your bring so much joy and energy to our home. AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-12600838349424218722016-09-15T16:12:00.000-05:002016-10-22T16:18:42.316-05:00Harrison's Newborn picsAfter much debate I decided to do Harrison's newborn photos instead of hiring someone. My friend Sara who does photography offered to help me and that sealed the deal. I started regretting it the day before since I'd had someone else do the other two kids' photos, but I ended up being happy overall with how they turned out. <br />
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Sara set up a lot of the poses and I took the pictures. It made me wish I'd had an assistant with other newborn shoots I've done. So much easier to have someone else doing the posing while I'm getting the camera set and can start shooting immediately when baby is ready.<br />
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The other nice thing about hiring someone for photos is having someone else to do all of the culling and editing. Plus newborns are so tricky to edit with their splotchy skin and tones. Hopefully I'll finish them all one day, I just picked through and chose my favorites and left the others for now. It took us all day, but it was fun having a friend to do it with. Thanks so much Sara! AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-54781543533958222752016-09-05T21:33:00.000-05:002016-10-17T21:34:58.813-05:00Happy Birthday Harrison! Harrison was born on September 3rd in the early morning hours at 3:12. <br />
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Welcome to our family Harrison!
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The big kids came to meet him later in the morning. We put him in the bassinet before they came in to meet him. They were so sweet and excited to see him. <br />
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I read <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Youre-All-Favorites-Sam-McBratney/dp/0763642975" target="_blank">this book</a> in a book store when Isabella was a baby and made a note of it. And after being pregnant with my third baby I had this vision of reading it to my big kids when they came to meet the new baby in the hospital, all piled in the bed together. I knew it was possibly unrealistic as, visions I have of things I want to do with my kids don't always pan out...you can never predict their cooperation. Haha! <br />
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But they actually sat in the bed with me and we read the book together. And the moment was everything I dreamed it would be, from their first meeting with Harrison to us reading together. After the story we gave them their big sister/big brother gifts. It felt very surreal, but was a wonderful moment and I tried to soak it all in through my exhausted state. <br />
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Isabella made this picture to bring to Harrison at the hospital.<br />
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Staring at all of his sweet tiny features the evening of his birthday. </div>
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All clean after his first bath the next morning. (Happy 35th birthday Michael) <br />
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Sweet blonde hair!<br />
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Happy birthday Harrison!! We are so grateful for your life and thank God for the blessing of you! AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-68025025468243084752016-08-31T21:36:00.000-05:002016-10-10T19:55:04.504-05:00August phone pics <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We finished up swim lessons in August, Benjamin swimming through the ring of fire. <br />
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Doing the spider walk along the pool wall.<br />
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14th anniversary flowers! Michael got my two favorites, gerbera daisies and pink roses.<br />
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We went to dinner at Signature Grill for our anniversary celebration. It was as great as I remembered!<br />
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I went in to check on Isabella one Saturday afternoon as it had got quiet, and found her asleep and all covered up with her stuffed animals. </div>
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After Wednesday night church ice cream run to Roxy's!<br />
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The day before school started Isabella and I had a girls day together while Benjamin was at mother's day out. So fun to be just the two of us with school starting soon and baby brother on the way.<br />
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Night before first day of school lunch making<br />
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Michael was out of town the night before school started so Iz slept with me, as she likes to do when he is gone. Tomorrow she wakes up a kindergartener!<br />
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I was successful in making lunches the night before school, probably the two times that are documented in this post. Ha!<br />
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Watching Thomas in our pjs with my two boys in my lap. AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-33677485289133752582016-08-22T19:48:00.000-05:002016-10-10T19:49:50.823-05:00Starting Kindergarten We prepped everything the night before school, lunch made, bath, clothes picked out, read the Kissing Hand, talked about all the feelings of school starting...I still wasn't quite ready to send off a piece of my heart for all day school. But she was so very excited and ready to fly and that made it a little easier. <br />
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She's our morning child, and woke up her typical wide awake self so pumped for the day.<br />
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My dad ended up coming up since Michael was out of town. He dropped us off at school and took Benjamin to get donuts then on home. On the first day parents walk the kindergarteners to the playground and stay til they go in, and the parking is crazy and crowded. So it was such a big help to not have to get Benjamin up and ready and wrangle him on the playground and find parking and I got to just be present with her.<br />
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She found some of her good Pre-K friends from last year. They were all very happy to see each other.<br />
After the kids went inside for class, Sara and I went to the Boohoo/woohoo breakfast the PTA put on. And then I headed home to Benjamin. <br />
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Saturday morning we went out for our 2nd annual, back to school tea. (She posed like that on her own. :) ) <br />
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It feels so bittersweet that we are already here and the last 6 years have flown by. But its fun to see how much she is learning and taking in of the world and the conversations we have now. Happy first day of school Isabella! AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-15301005661529212482016-07-31T15:34:00.000-05:002016-10-09T21:43:17.322-05:00July phone pics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Breakfast and playing with my mom and chickfila before she left for Australia for the month.<br />
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He loves playing with these magnets at the library</div>
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Her typical picture outside of the library</div>
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Michael was home for lunch one work day and the three of them had a "rockin'" dance party.<br />
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Headed to the toddler tea party at church</div>
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We had our own tea party at home during Benjamin's nap time later that week<br />
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Afternoon play timeAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-32864079690185404162016-07-25T16:29:00.000-05:002016-10-09T16:30:24.396-05:00Celebrating Harrison My dear friends gave me a beautiful shower in celebration of Harrison joining our family. <br />
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The sign in sheet was a tree with the guests' finger prints for leaves. So cute!</div>
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So much yummy food! And delicious cupcakes!!<br />
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Isabella was very excited to attend the shower with me! And chose our matching blue dresses.<br />
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Thank you sweet friends!! I felt so loved and celebrated. I know what hard work it is to prepare and give a shower, and I appreciated it so much!AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-19615971546115777722016-07-10T17:29:00.000-05:002016-07-10T17:29:01.793-05:004th of JulyOn 4th of July Eve we went to dinner with the Isenbergs and then to Red, White, and Boom at the fair grounds. <br />
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Our crazy crew at Pops in Nichols Hills.<br />
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Waiting on the philharmonic to start.<br />
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The kids played trouble for a while waiting for things to start.<br />
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Benjamin loved the fireworks!! He was so sweet taking them in! He said his favorite ones were the red and green ones.<br />
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And Isabella said she was so glad she got to go to Disneyworld and her wish came true that she isn't scared of fireworks anymore! <br />
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4th of July morning we went to the parade with the Andersons. The kids enjoyed waving their flags and seeing the parade. Isabella's favorite part was the tiny horses, and the Shriners that rode in little cars and motorcycles and did tricks. And Benjamin said his favorite part was all of the firetrucks and tractors. <br />
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It was soooo hot. I was over it by time it was finished. Benjamin enjoyed it a lot more than it looks in this picture! <br />
After the parade we came home and had lunch, we all took naps, went swimming, then got ready for a cook out with the Roberts.<br />
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We had a big dinner feast and dessert together. We'd planned to go see some fireworks that evening, but our kids were falling apart and melting down by 7:30 after not getting to bed til 11:30 the night before. So we sadly had to scrap fireworks and get them to bed. I watched the Boston Pops firework show on TV after they were in bed, which was incredible!! But, of course not the same as being somewhere live. It was a low key 4th in many ways, but we still enjoyed our time with friends and family. Happy 4th of July! AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-19774972906927850422016-06-30T16:25:00.000-05:002016-07-09T16:30:29.597-05:00June phone pics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The kids and I went to play at Frontier city one day the week we got home from vacation. They rode a few rides, but we spent most of the time at the water part. <br />
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My big girl has needed some naps to get through some of these summer days. :)<br />
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Isabella and I had a great Saturday morning out at the farmer's market and store. Sweet times together. And HELLOOOO 3rd trimester! We were headed out on a date this night. My mom offered to keep the kids for a date night. Yes please! We went to La Brasa and loved our meal there!<br />
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Isabella broke her ankle....that was not fun. The walking boot made a huge difference and she was out of it in about 9 days. Still no gymnastics allowed yet though!<br />
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We went to see Finding Dory, a nice escape from the heat. Isabella was there too, just sitting with my Mom.<br />
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Isabella in her new room. We changed the kids rooms all around in preparation for baby #3. Its been a transition for both of them. Isabella has mostly enjoyed her new space, but doesn't love the air conditioning unit right outside her window and says its a little scary. But otherwise she loves her big closet and her new set up. Benjamin tells me a few times a week he wishes he could sleep in his old bed in his old room. The change has been a bit harder for him. But he's been sleeping well in the new room and likes having all of his toys in his room.<br />
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We had dinner with our OC group of friends. Our group has grown quite a lot since we first became friends!<br />
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At the Star Spangled Fried Chicken Dinner at church. Isabella was too fast to get a clear picture. She was able to make the rounds of the parade with her boot on.<br />
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At our "spall" time, as she called it. A friend told her about having a spa night, and she was all about asking me over and over if we could do it too. We soaked our hands and feet in fancy water and I gave her a full pedicure. And there was chocolate of course. She's now saying she wants to have a spall birthday party. We shall see, her party theme changes every week. "Wouldn't it be the best mom if there was a place that was half spall and half braums?!?! And you could get your nails done AND GET ICE CREAM?! BEST. PLACE. EVER!!!"<br />
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KATIEBUGS! They moved their trailer to downtown Edmond. So we went to check out their new location one afternoon.
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We left on our trip Friday morning. Isabella ate her left over ice cream cone from the night before for breakfast while I finished loading up the van. Breakfast of champions... :) <br />
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With Michael gone to Africa, it was my first time to get us all packed a loaded for a trip on my own. I was proud we made it out the door by the time we did. We met my parents in Moore and Mom rode the rest of the way down with us. <br />
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We stopped for lunch at cracker barrel in Gainesville and then made a stop in Waco at Magnolia. Dad took the kids out to play on the grounds while Mom and I shopped. Then we had some crepes from the food trucks before we continued on south. It was a fun stop for all!<br />
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I made this timeline of our van to move for how many hours of the trip we had gone and how much farther to go. It turned in to lots of questions about when the van could move to the next number...but that was ok. :) We made it to San Antonio that night and spent the night. Then we drove on the next morning. <br />
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Finally unloaded at the beach house and down to the beach that evening! Heather got matching swimsuits for Isabella and Jillian.<br />
Our Sunday morning was pretty rough and we ended up not going out to lunch with the rest of the family and heading back to the beach house for left over pizza and much needed naps. By that point I was over Michael being gone and beyond ready for my best friend and coparent to be back. He made it to the beach house about 9:30 that night. Isabella was asleep already but Benjamin stayed awake for a long time asking him about all of the animals he saw when he was in Africa. Even for about 30 minutes after Michael had gone to sleep, Benjamin was still asking- Dad did you see Lions? Did you see elephants? Did you see lizards Dad? And on and on. :)<br />
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Monday morning I laid in bed for over an hour drinking my coffee and reading. I swam in the ocean alone for as long as I wanted. Michael played with the kids, did the laundry we had so far, and changed a dirty diaper. And it was glorious. I was so glad he had the opportunity to go on his trip and so grateful to have him back with us. We spent the rest of the week enjoying the beach and the pool every day.<br />
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Feeding the seagulls together<br />
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At the sea turtle rescue center<br />
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Every time we went anywhere in the car, Benjamin would say, tell me when we pass the shark. So one day we stopped for a picture at the shark shop.<br />
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While Isabella LOVED being around our whole family all day every day and having so many people to interact with...Benjamin is more of an introvert like me. And pretty much every day at some point I'd find him chillin in his bed in the closet having some quiet time. :)<br />
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Michael and Isabella went to a sand castle lesson for George's birthday and learned some new skills.<br />
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One afternoon Isabella, Mom and I went on a girl date to Yummies for hot chocolate and key lime pie. They have great key lime pie!!<br />
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Beautiful, clear day at the beach! We had some rain and storms over the week, and some really pretty days too. <br />
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He loved digging and playing at the beach.<br />
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Dolphins!<br />
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Benjamin fed and loved this turtle at the sea life center.<br />
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Flying kites with Papa our last night at the beach. A storm started rolling in the kites were going up. They flew for a little bit and then decided better not go the way of Benjamin Franklin and take them down.<br />
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Out to dinner our last night of the trip. At some point my brother commented we've spent over 3 months of our lives in South Padre for as many times we have gone over the years. We had a week of naps, swimming, playing with cousins, many traditions and fun. We loaded up Saturday morning and headed all the way home. It was a long day, but for being in the car from 7:30AM- til after 9:30 PM the kids did well. Another family beach week in the books! AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-18089654107321176392016-05-28T08:07:00.000-05:002016-06-23T08:29:33.682-05:00Some of our MayMay was a busy and fun month.With the end of school coming, our family beach trip, birthdays, mother's day, and Michael's Africa trip there was much to plan for and we tried to have as much family time together as possible.<br />
We went to frontier city a few times. The kids have found their favorite things to do when we go. <br />
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Benjamin loves this little train, and especially if he can sit in the front to be the "conductor" and ring the bell incessantly while it goes around. :)<br />
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Isabella and I attended the mother/daughter spa night at church. We had a fun evening and she enjoyed planning our matching outfits for the fashion show. We also went to Roxy's for ice cream afterward with Jillian and Heather and that was fun!<br />
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Benjamin spent lots of time playing bubbles on the back porch.<br />
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I got an awesome coupon from zappos and got Isabella some saltwaters for just over $5! She's been so excited to have matching shoes with me.<br />
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She had her "Medals in May" where parents get to come in the gym and watch what all they do in their gymnastic classes. She had been excited about this day for weeks!<br />
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She's moving up to the 6 year old class now! </div>
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Our first night with Dad gone, bedtime success. The evenings can be long when you're single parenting. Knowing that no one is coming to help with dinner, and bath time, and bed time and all the things that need to get done. But our first night went smoothly and that was a blessing to have happy hearts to start off our longest time without Dad.<br />
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We met my mom after the last day of school at the zoo and then my parents took us to cheesecake factory for dinner.<br />
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Playing tea party together. Also known as, making a huge mess with water everywhere...but they have a great time.<br />
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Michael sent us lots of pictures and updates from Kenya. This was a goat a village presented them with after a well was completed for them.<br />
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Benjamin's last day of mother's day out for the Spring. They had some special activities planned for the day. Here he is finishing up his letter B bread stick for lunch time. AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-32132741404475203952016-05-20T07:29:00.000-05:002016-06-23T07:45:52.087-05:00Last day of school and other milestones Isabella had her last day of PreK. It's hard to believe the year flew by as fast as it did! She loved going to school every day and often asks how much longer til she gets to stay all day. She made lots of friends and grew a few inches taller. She is excited for Kindergarten! <br />
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In May she also lost her first tooth, well technically second tooth. But her first tooth that wasn't lost by a painful accident. :) It had been wiggly for a while, and fell out without her knowing it had happened. The tooth was no where to be found, but she was just so happy and relieved that there was no pain with the tooth coming out that she didn't seem to mind it couldn't be found.<br />
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She also had her first big hair chop. She had been asking for several months for a shorter cut. (It is a little shorter than this when its not straightened with her curly hair) I felt a little sad to see all that long hair go, but its much easier to brush at this length! AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-26632216760117361462016-05-07T15:24:00.000-05:002016-06-23T00:10:15.509-05:00Benjamin turns 3!We had fun celebrating our sweet boy for his third birthday! He wanted to have a Thomas birthday (which is also what he had for #2) and he was so excited about it. He woke up the morning of his party calling out, "its time for my thomas birthday!!!" He was very disappointed when he came out of his room and the party wasn't happening and his cupcakes weren't decorated. I hadn't realized, but he apparently thought it would be similar to Christmas morning. When he had been told his party was the next day he thought he'd come out of his bed to a party. Once I explained the party was in a little bit he was OK. <br />
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We had an assortment of Benjamin's favorite foods. Bacon, sausage, pigs in a blanket, strawberries, pretzels, and donut holes.<br />
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Choo choo!!<br />
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He was suuuuper excited about his "Thomas nada", the pinata he had picked out. I was afraid he might be really upset when it got smashed to bits, but he was ok with it.<br />
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Yay!! Happy 3 Buddy!!<br />
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Playing with the bubble machine he got at his party.
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His party was on a Saturday, but his actual birthday wasn't until Tuesday the next week. So we saved some family celebrating for his actual day.<br />
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Isabella woke up him the morning of his birthday. She was so excited for him to wake up and open his presents.<br />
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#3 Pancakes...he mostly just ate sausage! :) <br />
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After we picked up Isabella from school we went to oncue to get birthday icees. One of their favorite treats!<br />
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He wanted chicken nuggets for dinner. There was a threat of severe weather that evening so we went ahead and picked up the nuggets after we got icees to secure them since one time last spring chickfila closed and wouldn't serve people when there was severe weather. After dinner we sang one last time and he had a little bit of a cupcake left over from his party.<br />
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The next morning was his three year old well check. He was 35lbs and I forgot to catch his height, but in 70-80 percentiles for both. This year he has exploded with his language and been singing more and more. He tends to be more of an introvert than his sister, but loves spending time with family and his friends. He loves trains, diggers, seeing construction sites when we are out and about, putting things together and taking them apart, and having singing time with Izzy (which consists of listening to loud children's songs in her room and she gives him a stamp on his hand).<br />
Happy three years Benjamin Gray! You are such a joy! AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-51887812550406457462016-05-05T15:44:00.000-05:002016-06-14T15:51:46.937-05:00California trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With baby #3 on its way, we decided the weekend we found out we were pregnant we wanted to plan a couples getaway. We had pretty much decided on New York City, as we were about to book, changed our minds and settled on northern California. We went for the early, early flight, which always sounds good at the time. Arrive early, have a day to explore vs loosing a whole day traveling. But getting up for those early flights is never fun.<br />
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We landed in San Jose and picked up our rental car, and headed to Phil's fish market for lunch. I had the cioppino, as seen in the thrown down with Bobby Flay.<br />
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Then we headed to pacfic grove. We checked out the seal birthing area and saw lots of Mama and baby seals on the beach.<br />
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Then to Crema for my favorite latte, the fog breaker, and a delicious creamy lemon square. Then we headed to Emily's house to take a nap and hang out. <br />
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The next morning Emily made breakfast for us and we hung out for a while. Then we said goodbye as they were leaving for Disneyland that day. We headed to whole foods and picked up some things for a picnic and went to Point Lobos to go hiking. It is so beautiful there!!<br />
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We went back to the house to nap and change clothes afterward. Then headed out on 17 Mile drive.<br />
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The Lone Cypress at Pebble Beach<br />
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After we did the drive we went to Pebble Beach golf course to watch the bagpiper that crosses to golf course, playing bagpipes to close the course down at sunset. They have seating areas with fire pits and food and drinks to order.<br />
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The last song he plays is Amazing grace. It was great. We went to Carmel again for dinner that night and ate at Dametra. And it was so good!! :)<br />
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Friday morning we did the Big Sur drive, and hit up all the big sites along the way.<br />
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The famous Bixby bridge<br />
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We went to Pfeiffer beach with the purple sand. Which is really beautiful. But it was so incredibly windy that day the sand was pelting us like small bullets. So we didn't stay very long.<br />
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Smiling despite the flinging sand stinging our legs.<br />
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I love this huge rock there!<br />
We ate at the beautiful Nepenthe for lunch and continued on the drive. <br />
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On our way back in to town we went to fisherman's wharf and walked around a little and got some candy for the kids at a fun candy shop. We watched the seals at the bottom of this photo for a while.<br />
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Saturday morning went got up early and went to Pavel's to get pastries for breakfast. The reviews were amazing, and it was true that people had lined up at the door before it opened. And it did not disappoint! We got ready after that and drove to Big Basin state park to see the redwood forest there.<br />
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Then on to Alisomar Beach to the tide pools there and walked along the beach there for a while. It is such a pretty beach!<br />
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We took naps again and then went back to Carmel for dinner. I've forgotten where we ate, but it was REALLY good. :)<br />
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Sunday morning we went to brunch at the Carmel Mission Ranch. They had live music and pretty much every food you could think of.<br />
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The scenery was beautiful there, with the rolling hills, beach in the distance and Point Lobos. And the food was great.<br />
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We went and checked out the nesting seals again. I could watch them for a long time! Then back to crema for one last latte before loading up to head to the airport.<br />
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The trip was such a gift and we are so grateful to my Mom for caring for the kids while we were away. It was so nice to finish our thoughts and conversations without interruption or just be quiet together, see some of God's incredible creation and eat at such wonderful places, and take naps every day.<br />
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I was ready to get home to my kids though. And we spent monday morning at home together before Isabella had school. They played picnic and searching for cloud shapes that morning and I soaked them in. Its good to go and its good to come home too. AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-62242331345199550242016-05-01T22:12:00.000-05:002016-06-10T22:21:47.188-05:00Easter 2016We enjoyed several activities in celebration of Easter and did our countdown resurrection eggs again this year to discuss Jesus' journey to the cross. <br />
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Isabella went to the Day's Easter egg hunt again this year and was the winner in her age group for the most eggs collected.<br />
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We had our Mitchell egg dying night one night the week of Easter. Benjamin checking on his green egg.<br />
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After the egg hunt we headed to my parents house and spent the afternoon with our families. <br />
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Confetti eggs! <br />
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He is risen indeed! :)AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25098480.post-26246495160281785682016-04-30T16:11:00.000-05:002016-06-08T16:13:20.400-05:00March & April phone picsHere's a look at some of our March and April.
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Playing at Bounceincraze
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Benajmin had a Dr. Suess day at mother's day out and took "green eggs and ham" for his snack. <br />
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We got to see our baby and found out we were having a boy!<br />
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Sick day for Isabella. This was right before she told me she wasn't tired and didn't need a nap.<br />
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Reading his "Thomas map" as he did over and over for a few weeks.<br />
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Playing at the Katiebugs trailer in midtown<br />
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We have so many pictures by this statue at our library. She wants to take one pretty much every time we go. </div>
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My mom took us to see the Cinderella broadway show. It was great!!<br />
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Braum's stop on our roadtrip to Texas.<br />
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Staying overnight at our friends' house in texas. Its hard to get a good night sleep with someone who wants to be right on you all night... :)<br />
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Zoo day with Juliet<br />
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One of his first times on the big swings. </div>
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Making up pretend cloud shapes in the living room. </div>
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Baking a birthday cake and a baby.<br />
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On the train at Frontier city<br />
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Fun on the spinning tea cups<br />
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Benjamin's favorite ride at frontier city, other than the train.
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We had our highly anticipated first appointment when I was just over 10 weeks pregnant. <br />
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We got to see our sweet little bean and saw the heart beat on the ultrasound. </div>
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Isabella was so excited when we told her about the baby. And started saying all the time she was hoping for a girl so she would have a sister. </div>
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Benjamin seemed unphased by the news, but started telling me most days he was going back in my tummy to grow and be a new baby.<br />
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We are excited and looking forward to how our family will change with our new addition. AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591765252372675938noreply@blogger.com0