Meet Beau
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3y ago
Well, it’s been nearly 2 years since my last finished post and the reason why is pretty simple: I had another baby! It was another difficult journey to get him, but that’s another story. Meet our Beau: Beau joined our family last spring and was only 6.5hrs past his due date! This sweet boy has taken to his role as the youngest brother quite well. He is easy going, puts up with older brother shenanigans (they’re a bit obsessed with him) and has even started wrestling on his own. Ha Now that he is exploring the world (on his own terms, do not try to hold him down, even if it’s just to change ..read more
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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3y ago
We have certainly kept ourselves busy today as we celebrated St. Patrick's' Day and the color green. :) It started with Green Eggs that were well received by our Little egg lovers. Then we watched the Veggie Tales video about St. Patrick. I highly recommend it. :) Next up was our painting project with the color green! Naturally bath time followed. ;) The boys wore green and pulled different Shenanigans. And we even squeezed in some brownie making with green sprinkles on top. Barker has informed me that brownies are his favorite! He also told me that Daddy doesn't like chocolate but he does lik ..read more
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I Love February
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3y ago
In Florida, February was easily my favorite month. It was warm (but not hot), breezy, sunny and just perfect outside weather. Also, it reminded me of early summer in the Midwest. =) Moving to Indiana I anticipated our first winter back in ACTUAL winter would be rough. But I have to say, I'm still enjoying it! In all honesty, we haven't gotten too much snow and ice, just a couple weeks in early December. I have missed the sun a couple times, but never enough to regret our decision to move back. As January was ending I actually got a little sad that we hadn't seen more snow! But, I know ..read more
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Fun Friday: Valentine's Fun!
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3y ago
This morning I wasn't feeling very motivated to get much done today. But then it occurred to me that we're 3 days into February and I'd like to get some use out of ours Valentine's decorations. I brought up the few items we had and Barker was very excited. It didn't seem to make a big difference in our big house though. Then I remembered we hadn't done an art project this week and I still had a bag of valentine stickers and paper, so we decided to make our own decorations! Both boys seemed to enjoy the project.  Barker liked counting hearts and then became obsessed with the glue stick. Be ..read more
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Sleep- My New Wonder Drug
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3y ago
I forced myself to get to bed at a decent time last night and woohoo, I'm feeling productive today! I was able to think more clearly with the kiddos in the morning and had waaay more patience with them. In turn, they played nicely together all morning!  I'm feeling productive (making calls, setting up appointments, going on a play date, working on laundry and a splash of dishes). And you know what else is awesome about sleep? It works well on toddlers and babies too! Barker (for the first time in maybe a week) actually feel asleep at nap time instead of wondering around his room and snea ..read more
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Meh Days
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3y ago
Today is a day where I am having a hard time feeling motivated to get anything done. Every time I've actually managed to get myself to the kitchen to clean, I've been interrupted by someone. (Usually a cute little boy, sometimes a dog.) So, today I think it's okay that my main accomplishments are feeding the children, putting some picture frames out where the Christmas stuff was, and putting some currains on the rod that Brett hung last week. Brett is cooking tonight, and for now, neither kid is crying. I also just survived two days of a sick 3yr old (stomach issues) and an active 1yr old, so ..read more
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Trick-or-Treat Practice
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3y ago
Today we started playing "Trick-or-Treat." Barker thinks it's just a fun game, but in reality, it's accomplishing so much! 1. He gets used to wearing a mask (because toddlers don't like to keep hats, masks, sunglasses etc on their heads for too long) 2. He becomes comfortable and familiar with the concept of Trick-or-Treating (He is typically pretty shy) 3. He practices good manners and is taught what is expected from him I often try to prepare Barker for new situations, but there are also many times I don't even think about what is completely new to him because to me, it seems normal ..read more
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Sleeping Through the Night
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3y ago
With baby number 1 people started asking me if he was sleeping through the night when he was just 4 weeks old. It became one of the most asked questions when people would see him. Even strangers would ask about how he was sleeping. In the end I didn't let it bother me too much. But, I wondered, what does sleeping through the night even look like for a one month old? Is my infant supposed to be sleeping 12 hours already even though I'm nursing? Getting my little one to sleep through the night became this momentous task and finally, by 9 months I got him to sleep through the night. It took ..read more
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My Morning
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3y ago
The boys have actually been sleeping in until 7 lately which is awesome! I've allowed myself to sleep in right along with them. My excuse is that the 2.5yr old has made his way into our bed nearly every night so I don't want to wake him up while sneaking out. ;) After a long week with Hubby out of town and a sick baby (most likely just a virus that is leaving him with a temp between 100-101) I decided to set my alarm and get up before the boys. I needed some alone time to start my day. Being a morning person, I find this especially helpful to start my day off on the right foot. So I set m ..read more
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Special Moments
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3y ago
Written 8/12/16 but apparently didn't publish: This summer Barker has been playing with a little road from a Lego set. He loves to prop it up like a ramp and just run all his cars on it. He knows each piece and every single piece must be connected. He calls it his "path."  But as you can see, this path is small with only 3 tracks. Yesterday, as he walked out of his office at the end of the work day, Brett declared Barker needed a new path.  So after getting shoes on and loading up into the van we headed out for a quick dinner and a family trip to Toys R Us. Naturally, the first e ..read more
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