tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19839710971662167812024-03-07T19:39:49.075-05:00wannabe CrafterJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730649799878812929noreply@blogger.comBlogger336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983971097166216781.post-39718204066245965352013-03-08T11:03:00.001-05:002013-03-08T11:03:35.997-05:00Elephunk....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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*the kids are growing at a scarily rapid pace. </div>
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*Caleb is doing/discovering new things every. single. day.</div>
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*that kid is furniture walking, walking behind his little school bus, feeding himself....</div>
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*how can we freeze time??</div>
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*I thought the milestones of the first child flew by, the second is at warp speed.</div>
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*I'm tired. always.</div>
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*I'm one of those blessed people that has a baby that's been sleeping through the night most of his little life.</div>
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*I'm still tired.</div>
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*Caleb turns one this month....in 10 days... </div>
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*now I'm tired AND I want to cry</div>
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*how do we freeze time again??</div>
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*Someone told me the other day that they, "liked my style"</div>
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*I have style. news to me.</div>
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*but I'll tell you what people, ever since she told me this?? I've been stepping up my game. </div>
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*compliments from people you barely know can motivate the crap out of you!</div>
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*poor Zach, he compliments me all the time and I'm all, "meh".</div>
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*must work on that.</div>
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*Walmart clearance section has been this girls BFF these last few days.</div>
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*3 Pairs of pants and 2 shirts for about $30. BOOYA!</div>
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*I bought a chambray shirt, which is pretty much a fancy way of saying a jean shirt. </div>
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*I never thought I'd be <i>that</i> girl into "trends".</div>
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*apparently I am</div>
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*Zach is on his last day of a 19-days-with-no-day-off stretch</div>
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*Urology was supposed to be better hours-wise then other specialties he was looking at, but residency is residency. they don't discriminate with who they lavish crappy hours upon.</div>
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*why do I set myself up for failure and try to predict the future?!</div>
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*it helps to have friends who are in the same boat and "get it". It brings me strange comfort to know my friend Lisa is also in the middle of a no-days-off stretch with her husband, although she's one up on me. He's on a 20 day stretch. fun.</div>
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*leaning on the Lord and friends who get it, now that's how I make it through!</div>
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*and, you know, that whole keeping joyful business. ;)</div>
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730649799878812929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983971097166216781.post-16324481870348662632013-03-03T09:16:00.003-05:002013-03-03T09:16:26.025-05:00Joy<br />
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So I've been seeing it all over the blog-world/Pinterest that people have a "word" for their year. Like 'purpose' or 'faith'. I thought it was lame until I noticed that I had a "word" and didn't even realize it. So I guess I'm joining the ranks of the lame.</div>
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In my (rare) crafty sessions I would use it in embroidery, use it in a random framed art thingy I made or write it on my chalkboard and it hit me (as I was discussing this word phenomenon with my friend Amy ) <i>it was my "word".</i> My word I feel like God has given me. </div>
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And yes, I'm going to be so bold as to say it's a word that God has given to me. I keep seeing it in verses I'm reading, hearing it in music I'm listening to.... everywhere. I feel like He is beating me over the head with it (in a good way!). Because, well, sometimes you just have to have it thrown in your face in order to finally get it.</div>
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Because when you have a husband that works a lot, when you're stuck in a house because you only have one car, when you don't have family around to help with kids, and on and on, "happiness" is fleeting. But joy?? </div>
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And I'm trying people. Really trying (and failing... a lot), but I figure I have all year to get it right ;)</div>
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I have 'Choose Joy' written on my chalkboard and when Zach is texting me that he'll be late (again), or Aubrey happened to dump a bowl full of popcorn kernels all over my bedroom floor, or I've been stuck in the house for days on end?! I hear it in my mind or look up and see that dang chalkboard.</div>
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730649799878812929noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983971097166216781.post-41244582651152348262013-02-27T20:35:00.002-05:002013-02-27T20:35:58.723-05:00I'm back, Jack.<div style="text-align: center;">
(side note, I'm <i>freaking </i>excited for the new Duck Dynasty tonight!!!)<br />
Moving on...<br />
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So, we're just not going to mention the fact that my last post was in November ok? Let's all just shake our heads at the absurdity of it and move on.</div>
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Excellent.<br />
Apparently I need to be called out publicly on Facebook to get my act in gear enough to post. Now all three of you who read this know the secret to getting me to post. You're welcome.<br />
Because it has been so stinkin' long since I posted I figure that I'd start back with a bunch of pictures of the kids. Always a nice segue if you ask me. Segue to what, I'm not sure. I keep thinking I'm going to get back into blogging properly, but I'm lazy. Yup. Too lazy, well maybe I'm tired. I'm going with tired, too tired to blog. ...that just sounds like another word for lazy. Forget it.<br />
And on that note, I now will commence the schamozzle of unedited pictures that happen to be on my desktop. Man I put a lot of thought and effort into this. </div>
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All these pictures tell me a few things:<br />
1. Caleb is trouble. Cute, squishable, happy as I've ever seen any kid, trouble.<br />
2. My kids love each other. A lot.<br />
3. We have fabulous friends here in Georgia<br />
4. Aubrey LOVED her first time skating<br />
5. She is SO the daughter of a doctor<br />
6. Aubrey is freakishly good at drawing kidneys<br />
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730649799878812929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983971097166216781.post-66820510282184337772012-11-27T17:29:00.003-05:002012-11-27T17:29:59.296-05:00Fall...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A few weeks back we went away for the night for Zach's thirtieth birthday. We decided to head in search of Fall and boy did we ever find it in Tennessee! We took a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Smokey Mountains and it. was. gorgeous. </div>
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I don't know if it was the fact that we hadn't seen a mountain in over a year or what, but we were SO excited to see them. Coming from B.C. in Canada, mountains were taken for granted and I can honestly say that both Zach and I have grown a new appreciation for them!</div>
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And the trees....OH the trees! So Fallish and wonderful! </div>
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I got some great shots of the kids too...</div>
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I mean, how cute are they?! LOVE these two :) </div>
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Zach was super sweet and stopped at every rest stop I asked him to (and a bunch of places in between) and I got some fabulous pictures of the scenery.</div>
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What a good man.</div>
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We're already planning a trip back to the Smokey Mountains this Christmas so that we can see some snow! Poor Aubrey is just dying to build fort and make a snow angel. All we hear from her is, "I sure miss snow... but we live in Georgia and we don't get snow anymore" on a huff.</div>
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It's worth the 5 hour drive just to make her happy (although the car ride will inevitably make her grumpy!).</div>
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here I am on another friday night by my lonesome and i actually got the kids to bed at a decent time.</div>
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so here i sit with a coffee (because i woulda been asleep the minute those kiddos were if i didn't, it was THAT kinda day) and i thought i should whip up a blog post.</div>
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i actually got crafty today, aubrey and i made a fabric scrap christmas light garland...thingy-majig.</div>
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it turned out <i>super</i> cute and if i wasn't so tired/lazy right now, i'd upload the pictures and show them.</div>
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but i am (tired and lazy), so hot air balloon pictures from a week back it is!</div>
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i'll let the garland pictures come in my next surprise post ;)</div>
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we've been seeing this one hot air balloon flying around on the weekends and on our way home one night, we happened to finally see it close to our house (in gorgeous late evening lighting i might add! best. time. of. day. <i>period</i>.). zach being the fabulous fella he is, let me grab my camera from home and drove me back out to capture it. </div>
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seriously, there is something SO breathtaking about a hot air balloon isn't there?!</div>
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my new official goal is to get to a festival and get pictures of dozens of them flying at once.</div>
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oooo and at night too! wouldn't that be glorious?!?</div>
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as we were driving back to the spot where the balloon was, we saw that it was landing and my heart sank. what are the odds that zach actually drove me back to get my camera and i missed it in flight?! but i got out to take a few shots of it grounded anyway. after they unloaded some people, i noticed that they were taking off again. <i>heavenly!! </i>was all i could think....</div>
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and this last one might be my favorite shot of the bunch. the moon was so bright in the sky, but it was still fully daylight. i could not have timed this whole thing better if i planned!</div>
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<i><b>blissful :)</b></i></div>
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I dug out my old external hard drive today. When I plugged that sucker in, I found a whole lotta wonderful...</div>
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Pictures from the Europe trip that Zach and I took right before we moved to Grenada.... back before this whole become-a-doctor business.... back before we had kids... we were pretty much still kids ourselves...<i> anyway,</i> moving on...</div>
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The first two shots were in Salzburg and the rest are from Venice.</div>
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730649799878812929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983971097166216781.post-12244233931527514442012-10-16T11:13:00.005-04:002012-10-16T11:13:48.487-04:00"Never Gonna Craft Again"...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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*my sister said i should change my blog title to that. i think she miiiighta been hinting at something, but astrid tends to be subtle with these things, so who knows....</div>
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*this post is kind of like a diamond.... it was created under of pressure....not because it's going to be some sort of gem. a gem it will certainly <i>not </i>be. i don't have a gem of a post in me. </div>
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*my hundreds of fans (okay, 3) have been pestering me to write something. but what do you write when you can't think of anything to say?!?</div>
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*thus the perfect makings for a random thoughts post. i'm a random kinda gal, so this works out just fine for me.</div>
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*i've been a sad sad creature in the crafting/photography department as of late.</div>
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*we just had our friends ryan, meg and little asher here for a visit and not one picture was taken (except the terribly crappy phone camera variety).</div>
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*we had a fabulous visit with them, but they got a good dose of what it was like to have a husband in residency. zach was supposed to be home friday night, and all day saturday and sunday....NOPE. he was home for some of saturday and then all of sunday. oh well. what can you do?? these things can't be helped.</div>
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*on sunday zach told me, "sooooo, i probably wont see you guys until next sunday... this week's going to be crazy" ah yes, nothing like a comment like that to get you pumped for the week.</div>
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*on a happier note, i was baptized a few weeks back! </div>
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*one of the most fabulous things was aubrey was there to see it. zach told me she yelled out, "that's my mama!' when she saw me get in the baptismal tank. <i>TOO PRECIOUS</i>!</div>
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*we didn't get to go to church this past sunday and i was watching our church on tv (yup, it's one of <i>those</i> mega churches) and they showed my baptism on tv! </div>
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*this makes me all kinds of pumped! i was really hoping/praying it would be televised so maybe a non-believer would be able to see it and a seed would be planted in their hearts :) </div>
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*caleb is sick. </div>
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*having a sick 6 month old who already got an 'F' in sleeping is not fun. </div>
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*what's worse than an F?? F-'?? he gets that. </div>
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*my new favorite show is Go On. seriously, it's soooo good!</div>
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*oh matthew perry, so funny.</div>
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*not going to lie, i love me some breaking amish as well.... although the latest episode had the feel of jersey shore... might not make the cut anymore. oh the rogue amish getting into trouble.</div>
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*it's still hot here. seriously. october 16th and hot. everyone sick of me whining yet?! </div>
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*i'm sick of having to still be whining about the weather.... cuz it's still hot....on october 16th. ugh.</div>
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*i think i'm going to ride this wave and go get crafty now. </div>
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I'm already on Facebook and Pinterest, officially the 2 greatest time-sucks out there and guess what?!? I found a worse one. Yup, it's way worse(for me anyway).</div>
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Couponing.<br />
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I've always used coupons, I wouldn't be a true, frugal Mennonite if I didn't. But I've never taken it to the next level and couponed (yes, there <i>is </i>a difference) until now.</div>
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It's amazing the things you will do when you realize things are tight and you want to do your part to help lower the cost of "life". I figure that this is my way of having an "income" while being an at-home-mom of two (emphasis on AT HOME... we only have one car, and that combined with Zach's crazy schedule and call shifts, the kids and I are home all. week. long.).</div>
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So couponing it is, and let me tell you,</div>
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it's <i>ADDICTING</i>!</div>
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As soon as I walked out of the first grocery store with $40 worth of stuff for $10.40, I was hooked. </div>
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And my maniacal grin as I walked to our car (with Zach and the kids waiting in it) told Zach that I was forever hooked.<br />
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First words out of his mouth were, "we are NOT going to be <i>those </i>people with a pantry full of deodorant!"! Hahaha love him. Was I supposed to just leave the 2 deodorants behind that I was going to get for free?? NO chance. A few minutes later he said, "we're going to be the best smelling most well groomed people EVER". I mean, come on?? Would that be the worst thing ever?!?</div>
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All this to say, I'm serious about this new endeavor and with websites like <a href="http://www.southernsavers.com/">www.southernsavers.com</a> it's just made it idiot proof...well, Jen proof anyway.<br />
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Best part, it seems that it's the nice grocery stores that have the best deals and coupon policies, so I get to shop in the classier stores! Yay!<br />
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Hide in your house hot.</div>
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Will I ever get used to this?!?</div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730649799878812929noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983971097166216781.post-45460846705778256372012-08-07T21:44:00.000-04:002012-08-07T21:44:32.558-04:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm Jen.</div>
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That's right. I'm <i>owning</i> my blog hiatus. In fact, I didn't just take a blog break. I kinda took an Internet break... really a computer break.</div>
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I didn't mean to, just kinda did and I feel fabulous :)</div>
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I know that Aubrey's birthday party was over a month ago, but I finally got around to editing and getting them on the blog.</div>
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It was so much fun to plan her party! She hadn't had one since her first, so I figured I owed her a decent one this year and it was a hit.</div>
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I had too many pictures (as usual) so I decided to try out the collage app on the PicMonkey website and I LOVE it!! So here is a random shamozzle of birthday pictures to enjoy from her Rainbow Art Party :)</div>
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Blog title of the year right?! Man I'm amazing. I bet you all missed my amazingness (and my snazzy blog titles) while I was MIA... sorry world, didn't mean to deprive you of my awesomeness for so long. </div>
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isn't he the most beautiful thing EVER?!? Well, one of <i>two </i>of the most beautiful things (that Aubrey is pretty freaking amazing). Seriously, this child is in the running for Best Baby of the Century. No jokes, he's sleeping through the night people.... through. the. <i><b>night</b></i>. </div>
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I, Jennifer, love to take pictures.... but I'll tell you something--I'm not a fan of taking pictures of people. There I said it.</div>
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I'm not a fan because I'm not that good at it---funny how you like to do the things you're good at and not the things you suck at. ;)</div>
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Sure every once in a while I'll get a good shot, but in general...nope.</div>
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I got over myself and ended up getting some cute ones, not amaze-balls ones, but cute ones.</div>
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Here he is in all his naked-on-a-coke-crate/cuddled-into-a-fluffy-blanket/jammed-into-a-basket glory :) ....</div>
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This little girl is testing my patience these days.... Seriously.</div>
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She's perfect as can be with Caleb, but in every other area of life? Glass. Cage. Of. Emotion.</div>
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Ahh to have multiple females in one house.</div>
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Caleb is a dream baby and Aubrey is <i><b>so</b></i> good, but when the emotions come a-knockin' ....</div>
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*Aubrey calls Caleb "my baby"! Love. It.</div>
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*Post-partum body's are <i>awesome</i>.</div>
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*Why is it that the minute you have the baby, all forgiveness for your body goes out the window and you want all the weight off <i><b>NOW</b></i> ?!</div>
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*Caleb is a breeze of a baby... only thing is this kid is <i>gassy... </i>like really gassy.<br />
*I have never witnessed a child with more violent hiccups than Caleb. They're make-him-throw-up violent.<br />
*I've rediscovered the joys of gripe water for babies!<br />
*Seriously, this stuff is amazing--be gone hiccups!!<br />
*I'm currently feeling worse than I did the day after I gave birth.<br />
*Awesome.<br />
*Zach's on vacation and I'm SO NOT READY for him to go back.<br />
*Oh Monday, how I loath you.<br />
*I'm missing my parents.<br />
*they were such a help around the house and with Aubrey, it was so hard to see them go.<br />
*Did I mention I hate Monday?<br />
*I do... hate Monday April 2nd, that is.<br />
*I've taken WAY less pictures with Caleb than I wanted to. Whoops. I need to get my photog on.<br />
*I'm currently editing some pictures of him so hopefully I'll get those up tonight... wish me luck!<br />
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He's here.... </div>
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That's right, HE! Whoda thunk... not me...or Zach.</div>
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Girl. That's all we thought.</div>
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It was once he was born and we found out he was, in fact, ALL boy, that I realized <i>how </i>much I thought it was a girl.</div>
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Totally thought girl. </div>
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Weird how we convince ourselves of one way or another.</div>
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That would be nice, huh?! </div>
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Caleb Nicholas Zachariah</div>
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and he's a moose...</div>
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8lbs 15oz</div>
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and yes, that's pretty much 9 pounds.</div>
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Took me until the next day to put 2 and 2 together on that one. I blame the labor.</div>
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And speaking of labor... that could be a whole other post on it's own and, no, I won't go into the gruesome details. </div>
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BUT his birth was a bit touch and go near the end and the words "extremely low hear rate" and "Emergency C-Section" were hollered out into the intercom and let me tell you, if <i>that </i>doesn't make you want to push that sucker out, like, RIGHT NOW?!? I don't know what will. </div>
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And this beautiful girl is <i>beside herself </i>excited to have a baby brother. </div>
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Zero jealousy and ALL love from her!</div>
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And Zach... Oh Zach, he's absolutely BURSTING with pride for his (not-so) little boy!</div>
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In all the hub-bub of you know, giving birth'n'all, the doctors and nurses... and med students... and residents.... (yes I gave birth at a university hospital and I had quite the small village watching me do it, AWESOME) people were just excited he was out and all I hear is Zach holler out above Caleb's fabulous cry and ALL that noise (there was A LOT of it) </div>
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"IT'S A BOYYYY!!!" and everyone burst out laughing!</div>
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Best part?! Zach has absolutely NO recollection of saying it!</div>
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We are all SO thankful for this healthy baby boy that God has blessed us with and we're all doing good! </div>
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I'll post some pictures that I took once they're out of my camera-SD-card-purgatory... feeling a bit lazy and perfectly content with my mom doing everything for me right now! </div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730649799878812929noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1983971097166216781.post-46639304341517201142012-03-14T17:11:00.000-04:002013-02-26T15:05:22.257-05:00Finally Finished {Faux Chenille Baby Blanket}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So the baby has not arrived yet, obviously or else I'd be shouting it from the rooftops!</div>
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The faux chenille baby blanket that I made based on the <a href="http://www.danamadeit.com/2008/07/tutorial-faux-chenille-blanket.html" target="_blank">Made</a> tutorial turned out SO CUTE!</div>
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My hand looks like Chandler's Pacman claw from Friends.</div>
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I love the colors that I chose for the blanket, the top ended up being what I thought would be the bottom.... that was confusing. </div>
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What I meant was, I had a brown and white polka dotted flannel for the side of the blanket that would "show" and I decided at the last minute that I wanted the green on the other side to be the one that was prominent.</div>
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So in the end, once I had painstakingly cut all the chenille-like-whatever, the polka dotted side ended up looking kinda funky.</div>
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But to me it's a good funky, psychedelic if you will :)</div>
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And of course Aubrey got herself all up in this photo shoot. </div>
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So soft she had to fake-sleep on it.</div>
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The lovely green :) </div>
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And Aubrey's too-cute feet....</div>
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This seriously was one of the most time consuming projects I've ever done. And soooo NOT an instant gratification one either, which is usually how I roll. </div>
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So worth it in the end...</div>
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Even if it looks wonky because I wasn't fully paying attention when I tried to trim the edges and make it a rectangle.... more like a trapezoid (hence no full blanket shot!).</div>
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...thus the lack of posting! I've been basking in naps and laziness these last few days and it's been fabulous. I feel more rested and my shower is sparkling ;)</div>
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Ahh the joys of the second pregnancy ;)</div>
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Napping is very important these days.</div>
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I do it like it's my job..... </div>
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Hahaha there are my feet poking out of my Umpa Lumpa body.... that was for you <a href="http://thelittlebeansprout.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Amy</a> :)</div>
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And here was my attempt at being a little artsy....</div>
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Do you see my painted toenails there?!? You better, I worked hard for those suckers! Many numb limbs and leg cramps went into making my feet look good for the evening.</div>
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All offensively pink and fabulous... and red raw from all the foot scrubbing ;)</div>
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Excuse the overly tired look on my face.... We took these once we got home from the dinner, I caught Zach right before he was hopping into bed! Seriously, he was in the door, brushing his teeth before I had my shoes off! Apparently a week straight of nights with 4 hours of sleep a night or less caught up with him (and also no end in sight with that schedule).... weird ;)</div>
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Why do I do this to myself?!? Why do I look at pictures of myself not pregnant when I am almost 39 weeks?? It's just mean to do! But aren't we cute?! I think so... and so happy to be at the New Hampshire coast... fabulous :)</div>
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This was actually Zach's Valentine's gift. I'm so romantic right?! </div>
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It's a quote from Barney on How I Met Your Mother. </div>
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When I heard it I KNEW it was perfect for Zach to put in his office. It's him in a nutshell... being a resident does not let you take "sick days" well, ever. Seriously, I'm sure some of your doctors you go and see are more sick than you are.</div>
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The ever fabulous Amy whipped up the quote on her Photoshop for me (not to mention all the new blog headers I've been sporting these past few months...pays to have a friend who is experimenting with such things!). I used this canvas I had spray painted previously, stuck on some burlap, threw on some mini clothespins and I had me a funky picture frame, voila! </div>
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In the mean time I <i>actually </i>started working on my quilt (yes, the quilt I got fabric for waaaaay back when we first moved to Georgia in June--shame on me)! I got the whole top of the quilt sewn together and bought the muslin for the backing last night too, so I might actually get both the quilt and blanket done before this baby comes.... dreams are cheap ;)</div>
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And look at little Aubrey! Pretending to make a mini quilt with my left over charm pack I decided to not use on my quilt. She was chattering away about how she was going to piece it together...too cute!</div>
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Like I said earlier, my Big Night Out (dinner with Zach's work....and yes, that's a big night out because I get to talk with adults, not listen to constant 3 year old chatter) is tonight and I actually have something to wear :) So I'll try and remember to take a belly picture when I'm dressed up too, but my memory is a little wonky so forgive me if I forget.</div>
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Now I must go and take this 39 week body and try and paint my toenails.... assuming I can find my feet.... and actually <i>reach </i>them....</div>
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Wish me luck!</div>
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*We had a great weekend! Zach had to work, but got off "early" both days so we actually got to see him and spend time together! YAY!!</div>
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*Most importantly, he vacuumed for me. Thus, my love for him has grown.</div>
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*Yesterday Zach texted me "Happy 11 years together!!" Only he would remember the date that we became 'official'! Man he has a freaky memory.</div>
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*We celebrated by having a big family nap....mmmm this preggo <i>loves </i>her a nap (normally I HATE naps).</div>
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*We are officially poor.</div>
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*Okay, so maybe poor is an extreme word... Okay, I <i>know </i>it is too extreme of a word.</div>
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*Some days it depresses me and other days I see it as a challenge to make the most of what we have. </div>
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*I'm praying that the whole feeling-it's-a-fun-challenge-thing becomes my feeling about it <i>all the time</i>.</div>
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*We're blessed with fabulous people in our lives. Dear friends sent us a gift card for groceries with a verse attached randomly in the mail, SUCH a huge help! So thankful for them and the blessing they are in our lives (this is not the first time they've done something like this for us)! Not to mention Zach's mom randomly blessing us yesterday too (she does this <i>all. the. time.</i> too---love her!)...</div>
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*Makes me feel foolish for ever doubting that God will provide for us. Yup, foolish.</div>
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*I always cut Zach's hair for him. He decided that Saturday was haircut day.... did I mention that I'm 38 weeks pregnant? My belly miiiight have gotten in the way... <i>a lot</i>. Good times.</div>
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*The other day in the car Aubrey asked me when the baby was coming and I told her that only God knew. It was silent for a while and then suddenly I heard her whisper, "um God? when is this baby coming?". hahaha LOVE this kid!</div>
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*I started making this <a href="http://www.danamadeit.com/2008/07/tutorial-faux-chenille-blanket.html" target="_blank">faux chenille blanket</a> for the baby from a tutorial on Made and it's the most non-instant-gratificational project I've ever worked on. Just row after row of plain stitches. I really love the look of the finished project so today is the day I'm going to make a huge dent in this project. Assuming my 90 year old back cooperates.</div>
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*Zach and I are still working on baby names.... seriously, why is this so hard?!? Grrrrrr </div>
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*Oh No-Name Klaassen, please don't show up until we have a name for you....</div>
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*We have a dinner with Zach's work this Friday and I officially have <i>nothing </i>to wear. Awesome. My belly is so ginormous, it's outgrown the few fancy-ish maternity things I own. Fabulous. </div>
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*The good thing is we have someone to watch Aubrey that night and I'm so excited to go out with grown ups(most importantly, Zach!), get dolled up and take this belly for a spin! Maybe not so much "dolled up" though, I might just be the one in a classy pair of sweatpants....</div>
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*Oh!! and my chalkboard was featured on I Heart Nap Time too!!! YAY!! <a href="http://www.iheartnaptime.net/sundae-scoop-top-20-5/" target="_blank">Check me out</a>!
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*I'm officially 37 weeks and 2 days along.</div>
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*Zach and I only really started discussing names for this baby for the first time last night.</div>
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*Pretty sure this kid is going to rock "Baby Boy/Girl Klaassen" on it's birth certificate if we can't get our acts together.</div>
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*Naming a baby is a big deal/daunting task. They have this name for the <i>rest of their lives</i>... unless they're Phoebe from Friends and change it to Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock.</div>
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*Am I the only one who feels like they've conquered the world when they fit every last dish from dinner into the rubix cube they call a dishwasher?!?</div>
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*Pretty sure Zach looked at me funny last night when I hollered out "I AM VICTORIOUS!!" when I was done (true story).</div>
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*Zach is smart.</div>
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*Like really smart.</div>
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*Like, how did I end up with someone so scholarly when I HATED school, smart.</div>
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*We just got a copy of the Medical textbook that he wrote a chapter in (on Urology). No joke, a <i>freaking </i>chapter in a textbook.</div>
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*I had a project featured on a blog the other day.... does that put me on par with his brilliance?!? </div>
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*Let's all pretend the answer to that question is a resounding "yes"...</div>
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*Aubrey is disturbingly in love with my belly. Even trying to get her friends to kiss and cuddle it. *awkward*</div>
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*She's SO excited for this baby and shouts it from the rooftops every time someone points out my belly...which now is all. the. time. </div>
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*I think I might be the last person these days who doesn't know the gender of their baby before they give birth... or so everyone tells me with a bewildered look on their face, followed by the comment "how do you buy for the baby?!?" </div>
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*It's called gender neutral colors people and a baby only really needs diapers and a sleeper. Not their ENTIRE wardrobe until they are 3 years of age.</div>
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*Zach's going to present again at the National Urological conference in Atlanta in May (see SMART)</div>
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*I was looking at the hotels that were sponsored by the conference and the hospital is going to get for him.... I'm. So. There. </div>
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*All of the hours that Zach puts in paper writing and researching (which are A LOT) pay off eventually </div>
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Too cute right?!? It's going above the baby's crib and the pillow is for the crib too. <br />
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Just look at the little lamb!</div>
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Of course Zach has now taken to randomly throwing the lamb at be an baaing super loud, but I saw that coming before it even happened.... </div>
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Seriously, I was sewing the lamb together and was thinking of all the random ways Zach was going to be obnoxious with it. </div>
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We're a little sad like that.</div>
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Somehow this all felt very limiting.</div>
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The crib is going to be in our room and to say my room is a decorating challenge is an understatement. </div>
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There is a hideous border and it's a pale yellow...not a pretty yellow. Well maybe the yellow would be pretty if it weren't for the horrible border.</div>
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So, as any good decorator would do, I'm <i>completely</i> <i>ignoring </i>the border colors and just decorating around my duvet cover :)</div>
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Once I decided that, I felt oh so free.</div>
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yup, napped (she's almost 4). </div>
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This is what our lives have come to in order for her to see Zach at all anymore. </div>
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The felt flower thing is something I won on a blog giveaway a while ago and I didn't know what to do with. It's from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blossomandvine" target="_blank">Blossom & Vine</a> and she has the cutest shop :)</div>
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