tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22351046246304521332024-03-13T22:30:33.289-07:00Stacie & JaredStacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.comBlogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-89281787370346182492015-03-30T11:21:00.001-07:002015-03-30T18:07:58.074-07:0018 MonthsWell another milestone has come and gone with me forgetting to post an update. I would say 18 months is a fairly big deal, he's a toddler and everything now, which is crazy to me!! Things have been really busy the past few weeks so this is late. . . what else is new?!<br />
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- He has become a much more picky eater these days. He still loves string cheese, yogurt, grapes, and any pasta dish, but he's become alot more opinionated about what/how much goes into his mouth. Little turd has also figured out that if he didn't like a particular bite, he can just spit it out. Drives me crazy!<br />
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- He is obsessed with cars of any shape and size. He got the Cars movie for Christmas and knows all about "Queen" and loves the Lightning McQueen hot wheels that he has. He's also a big fan of stuffed animals and is constantly chattering about his monkeys.<br />
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- I don't know why, but he insists on spreading our throw blankets out on the ground during the day. My best guess is that he likes to drive his cars on them, but honestly, who really knows what goes on in the mind of that child?!<br />
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- He has all of his teeth, thank the good Lord! His canine teeth were the worst, he was a big old grouch the whole time they were cutting through.<br />
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- He has perfected the toddler tantrums. When he gets pissed, he throws himself onto the ground and does his whining cry. I typically ignore him when he gets like that, it doesn't last as long.<br />
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- He knows eyes, ears, mouth and nose by name and can point them out on faces. Sometimes he can find his own body parts without looking in the mirror, which seems like a pretty good trick, but I honestly don't know when kids start learning stuff like this, so maybe it's not that cool. . .<br />
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- He loves his cousin Drake, who he calls "D" The quickest way to get him out the door is to tell him that we are going to go see D. The second he hears that, he drops what he is doing and runs to the door yelling "D! D! D!" He even recognizes when we are getting close to their house because he gets really excited and starts saying D again. I'm so sad we moved, they are basically brothers, Asher still asks for him all the time.<br />
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- Still obsessed with his little, and yodels when he says it, sounds like, 'lee lee lee lee" If he's really exhausted and needs to sleep, if you tell him to go get his little, he does this cute little sigh of relief, almost a mix between a sigh and a laugh. It's like we are finally putting him out of his misery because he wants that little and a nap so bad. Pretty funny!<br />
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- He understands pretty much everything that we say to him. Which is actually a little bit frustrating because he is becoming more opinionated, so he chooses to disregard things we say. I feel like we need to start being more strict with him and hold him accountable for his behavior, but at the same time, he's still so little. . . we are in limbo there a bit, but more often than not, I turn into the strict crazy mom that puts her kid in timeout when he's acting rude. . . oh well, I'm sure he will turn out fine in the end!<br />
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- If he has something in his hands he knows we want, or he knows he shouldn't have (i.e. the remote), he will run away from us and go hide in a corner. Sometimes he runs away from us when we are outside and calling his name. . . awesome haha!<br />
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- He has been doing this really funny thing where he runs around in small circles for no apparent reason. He does this at least 5 times a day, it's pretty hilarious!<br />
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- He has a very distinct "reading" voice that he does. One of his favorite things to do is read books and you can tell when he is reading mode. Gosh, I just love listening to him talk, it is the best thing ever!<br />
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- He is constantly jabbering about something. His conversations with himself are so funny to listen in on! Somebody asked me the other day how many words he knows and I honestly haven't kept track anymore. He will pretty much mimmick anything back to us at this point, or at least attempt to. Here are some short sentences and new things he has been saying the last few weeks.<br />
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Where'd it go?</div>
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There it is!</div>
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Get you!</div>
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"Cawful" - Careful</div>
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"Awplane" - Airplane</div>
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"Luh Boo" - Love You</div>
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Ducky</div>
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Pretzel</div>
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- I don't know where this comes from, but he really likes helping us clean up his toys at the end of the day. I am 100% sure this will not last, so we will encourage it for now and be sad when cleanup time turns into a battle :)</div>
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- He loves to brush his teeth. Unfortunately, he refuses to let us help him, so he basically just chews on the toothbrush in his mouth, there's got to be at least some benefit to that right?! Sometimes we pin him down to actually give him a decent brushing, but he gets real wound up when we do that to him!<br />
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- He has become very fond of Sesame Street and Cookie Monster in particular. He asks to watch "cookie" about 27 times every day! </div>
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Well that's all the stuff I can think of off the top of my head. I should write a whole new post about moving to DC and all the craziness that went into that, but I'm not up for it at the moment. Considering my track record, maybe I'll get it done in the next 6 months or so! :)</div>
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Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-9780241791381867902014-11-21T07:19:00.001-08:002014-11-23T15:42:33.282-08:0015 MonthsThings I want to remember about Asher between 12 and 15 months. . .<br />
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- He is obsessed with balloons! It all started when a couple of months ago when he noticed that there are always balloons hanging by the cash registers at Walmart and he thought they were pretty cool so he started reaching for them and got really excited about it. Now any time he sees a balloon he points and drags us over to it if he's walking and will screech out, "WHOOO WHOOO WHOOO!!" It is the funniest little quirk haha.<br />
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- He loves cars and has started making legit car noises when he drives them around. He has a bunch of hotwheels cars but he also has some bigger trucks and he always insists on trying to lift up the big cars to put them on top of the coffee table. I don't know why he decided that was something fun to do considering it takes all of his strength to get them up there and half the time he can't do it anyway, but I've stopped trying to figure out what goes on in the mind of that child, he does what wants!<br />
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- He is still a really good eater and at this point I've just started feeding him whatever we are eating for most of his meals. He still eats purees for fruits and veggies sometimes, but more often than not, he'd rather eat what's on our plates. He especially loves any form of pasta, cheese, yogurt, animal crackers, chicken, pizza, donuts, most soup he's tried. . . pretty much anything! He is getting better at drinking out of a regular cup, but the second he tries to do it himself he soaks himself.<br />
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- Here are a list of the words he's been saying lately<br />
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Baba - food/water </div>
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Cheesh - Cheese </div>
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Shoe-sh - Shoes<br />
Gock - Sock </div>
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Booka - Book</div>
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Buh bye Da - Bye bye Daddy </div>
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Ba bowl - Ball</div>
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Kaka - Cracker</div>
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Awt - Hot</div>
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Caaw - Car</div>
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Woof woof - Dog<br />
Buttaw - Button<br />
Daw do - Thank You<br />
Monkey</div>
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Uh oh</div>
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Mama </div>
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Dada</div>
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No no (of course!) </div>
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- He loves being outside. When we go on walks he likes to pick up random leaves and sticks off of the ground. When he grabs a stick he'll do this funny thing where he swipes it on the ground like he's trying to dig a whole or something, it's the weirdest thing! He also likes climbing up the stairs and going down the slide at the playground in our neighborhood.<br />
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- He's usually stable on his feet but he's definitely had some pretty nasty falls. He face planted on the cement a couple of months ago and he had quite the fat lip. The other day he was running around the play ground and tripped head first into a pole, which left a bruise. As much as I feel bad for him and obviously don't want him to get hurt, I don't overly freak out about it and have just accepted the fact that scrapes and bruises will be the norm for the foreseeable future!<br />
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- He still loves dogs and gets so excited any time we see one.<br />
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- Sometimes if he's having a hard time falling asleep or if he wakes up after a nap and is hanging out in his crib, he will pull off his socks. It's so funny because he just starts with pulling at the toes, so I'll watch him on the baby monitor and all I see is this long stretch of fabric coming off his foot, cracks me up.<br />
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- He still doesn't have very much stranger danger. It's nice that he's not overly clingy and he doesn't mind being in large groups, but it would be nice if he was a little more cautious of total strangers!<br />
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- He almost always gets complimented on his long eyelashes when we are out running errands or if we meet someone new. They really are ridiculously long!<br />
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- For the most part he is a really easy going and content little guy, but there are definitely times when he is the most strong willed stinkin pill! Jared and I both have a bit of a stubborn streak and I think he's definitely inherited that from both of us. His temper tantrums include throwing himself on the ground and kicking his feet while screaming. . . awesome. . . I typically just ignore that dramatic behavior, I don't have the patience for it and luckilyy he's never done it while we've been out in public!<br />
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- Phrases/questions he understands: Are you hungry? (Runs over to his high chair) Is it time for a nap? (Drops what he is doing and goes over to the baby gate) Go get your little (the blankie he sleeps with) books/cars etc. Do you want some milk? Lets go for a walk. Lets put on your shoes. Go show mama/dada. Who's home? (I ask him that every time we hear the garage door open when Jared gets home from work, he runs over to the baby gate) Can I have that please? (He'll let go of things if we ask him) I feel like he honestly understands quite a bit of what we say to him, it's so crazy, but he really does.<br />
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Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-68005896159094790512014-11-05T09:34:00.002-08:002014-11-05T09:51:14.529-08:00Asher is 1! Obviously my status as "best mom ever" has taken a big hit considering I'm more than two months late in posting this one. . . meh, I lost that status pretty much the second we got home from the hospital with our little bundle of joy last year ;) Things I want to remember about Asher around the age of one:<br />
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- The best way to describe our nugget is that he is a busy body. He cannot sit still for more than 2 seconds. He's constantly moving and "working" haha<br />
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- He started walking right before he turned 11 months old. He was a little uncoordinated at first, but now he's cruising and likes to get around all over the place.<br />
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- He loves to "dance" which basically means rocking back and forth on his two feet and shaking his head back and forth too. He tends to do it more if there's music playing, but he still does it even when he's not thinking about it.<br />
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- He has learned how to clap for himself. It took him forever to learn how to feed himself with his hands, so when he was trying to get the hang of it, I would always clap after he took a bite. So now he'll clap for himself after takes bites.<br />
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- He loves being outside, but now that he's walking, it's almost exhausting to take him out because he's all over the place!<br />
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- He's in that stage where anything will provide him with entertainment. I took him to a splash pad last week and instead of playing in the water he was more interested in walking all over and playing in the dirt. He's such a funny little guy.<br />
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- He now has four teeth on top and still just the two on bottom. The top teeth were definitely a little more trouble coming in than the bottom ones!<br />
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- He is constantly making boy sounds and he has conversations with himself, it's pretty cute.<br />
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- He loves watching anything that has a motor. Cars, trucks, lawn mowers, construction vehicles etc. He will sit and watch for at least 5 minutes, which may as well be an eternity in Asher time!<br />
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- He still doesn't know how to go down the stairs very well, but he is definitely aware that he doesn't want anything to do with going near the stairs if he's at the top. He'll always stop and look over the edge and then go somewhere else, so that is nice since I don't really have to worry about him falling down.<br />
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- He loves sleeping with his "little" and gets royally pissed if he chucks it out of his crib before he falls asleep. You'd think he'd figure it out and not drop it on the ground, but no, he still throws it overboard at least once a day before a nap.<br />
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Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-48346358400586703202014-08-11T21:57:00.000-07:002014-08-11T22:01:58.116-07:00I survived. . . Well, I've almost survived one year of being a first time mom, so here's some friendly advice and reminders to myself to recall before we have another baby. . .<br />
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- Take every single "sleep training" book/blog and drop kick their advice straight out the tallest window you can find. . . and squish your heel in it for good measure. Seriously, the worst idea I ever had was Googling baby sleep. You get these crazies who literally think that your 2 month old baby should be able to sleep through the night AND take several two hour naps throughout the day. They will swear by this method and that method blah blah blah. . . Yeah, I totally want to hear about how your baby took a 3 hour nap, outside, on the ground, in the rain, all because of Baby Wise (okay, maybe that's a slight over-exaggeration). Congratulations, you have what's called a <b><i>good sleeper</i></b> and I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with all of that stupid sleep training advice!!<br />
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- Your emotions, within any given hour, will span from overwhelming happiness, as in, "my kid is the cutest little thing on the whole planet I just want to kiss him all day long!" to mind boggling frustration, as in, "I swear if he touches those damn blinds one more time, I'm going to bash my head against this wall!" (luckily for all parties involved, Jared is much more intelligent than I am and decided that we should just raise the blinds up to remove all forms of temptation from the little punk).<br />
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- No matter how much you'd love to control your baby, he will do everything in his own time, because he actually has a personality and mind of his own! Totally unfair that the tiny dude gets to decide when to start sleeping through the night, ditching the swaddle, feeding himself, drinking from a sippy, crawling, walking etc. You are one of those control freak people, so this concept will be slightly difficult for your OCD to handle, but once you realize that your baby is actually the boss over when and what he learns, things become a lot easier.<br />
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- A funny thing happens when your baby turns eight months old. It will seem as if everybody around you has lost their minds because they will start to ask you when you are going to have another baby! The first couple times I laughed it off thinking, that if they knew me they couldn't be serious. And then it happened again, and again, and again. I wish I were a rockstar parent like some family and friends I know, but sadly, I am not. Maybe I should have Jared design me a t-shirt that says, "I love my baby, but I DO NOT have the mental capacity and emotional stability to have another anytime soon (sorry to disappoint)!!"<br />
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- Remember when you felt like a self-conscious idiot because you didn't have a clue how to carry a car seat on your arm or get the stupid door open when pushing the stroller? Don't worry, I'm pretty sure nobody was looking at you and thinking that you <i>were</i> an idiot because most people actually have lives and don't care what strangers are doing out in public!<br />
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- Never let your baby nap without a onesie or bottoms on. All will seem well and your kid will be quiet up in his room, but then when you check the monitor you will be greeted by the sight of the cutest little baby butt cheeks you have ever seen, but then you will notice that he took the advantage of his new found freedom and peed all over his bed. . . awesome!<br />
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- Upon the arrival of the sweet babe, your existence becomes extremely less important to those around you. All anybody will want to see or talk about is your baby. It makes sense, they are just so tiny and squishy and cute! But don't be surprised when you find it takes a while for your presence to be acknowledged when you walk in the door to visit family or friends!<br />
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- You will continuously compare your kid to other babies and their skills. You won't be able to help it (because you certainly have issues). Half the time you will think your kid is a champ because he started walking at ten months. The other half, you will swear there is something wrong with him because he can't feed himself yet with his fingers, but so-and-so's kid was doing that months ago.<br />
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- Sometimes you will find yourself pinning your child down just to get some Tylenol down his throat so he will stop acting like a little hellion because he is teething. . . that's about as fun as it sounds!<br />
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- Let your husband help! You aren't a child rearing expert just because you are the mom and you gave birth. News flash: Nobody knows what they hell they are doing when it comes to parenting!! Let your husband parent how he wants. Who cares if he changes the diapers or dresses your baby differently than you?? Nobody likes to feel nit picked, so if you keep correcting him and trying to force "your way," then you will effectively turn yourself into an only parent because I bet he'll eventually stop trying. Be grateful that you have a husband who is just as capable a parent as you are and let the dude help!<br />
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- You thought you were done with getting up in the middle of the night, but you were wrong. It's real unfortunate that pregnancy permanently caused your bladder to shrink. You'll be getting up every night to pee. . .<br />
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- Breastfeeding is going to turn you into a crazy hormonal psycho! Seriously, you will think your life is over just because your dang kid does not take a freaking nap. You will question your sanity and swear that you were totally laid back and normal before having a baby when said baby does not eat very well, is unpredictable, fussy, and blows out of every stupid diaper (or in other words, acts like a baby!). You will blame it on baby blues and wonder how that could last so long. Then when you are done nursing, almost overnight, you will feel so much better. Like, praise the Lord I knew I wasn't that crazy, better! <br />
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- Do not, I repeat, DO NOT reach into the back of your baby's diaper to see if he's pooped. Hello dummy, you are going to end up with crap on your hand at some point!!<br />
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<br />Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-40535716450184878602014-07-19T07:21:00.000-07:002014-07-19T07:24:44.951-07:00Eleven MonthsI missed 10 months, so here is a combined 10-11 month post about what I want to remember about Asher. . .<br />
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- He likes to cross his feet when he is sitting down. It is the funniest thing! He does it more so when he is not paying attention, but it still happens pretty frequently.<br />
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- He has a receiving blanket that he loves to sleep with, we call it his "little." He can't go to bed without it and he gets really pissed if it drops out of his crib! Luckily he's only chucked out a handful of times, I think he realizes that it's not a good idea so he doesn't do it that often. He also has a stuffed animal, a lion, that we put in there with him too. He will sometimes lean his back against it when he sleeps, pretty stinkin cute!<br />
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- He has started to climb over anything that is on the ground and he's already attempting to try and climb up onto the couch (which is still impossible unless one of us is sitting on the ground and he uses us like a ladder!). One game he likes to play recently is hide and seek. So one of us will lay down on our side on the ground and he'll have a toy in his hand that we will steal and put behind our back. He'll lean way over until he can see the toy and then climb over us to get it. He gets so proud of himself!<br />
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- He still loves most food. He has become more picky about the order in which he wants to eat it though. When he wants a bite of something different, or a drink of water, then he will put his hands up by his face or turn his head to the side. He has gotten alot better at drinking out of a sippy cup. We found that the children's camelback water bottle with the straw is what he drinks out of the best. Random, I know. Water goes through him in about 2 seconds, so we've started limiting how much he drinks at dinner so that he doesn't pee out of his diapers at night.<br />
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- His obsession with having something in each hand at all times continues. His favorite thing is still getting one sock in each hand and crawling around like that. He has the weirdest little quirks about him!<br />
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- Now that summer is in full swing, we've taken advantage of the pool in our complex. He really likes to swim, which I'm not surprised about because he's always liked water.<br />
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- We decided to start putting him in a forward facing carseat. He hasn't hit the year mark yet, but he's already past the weight limit and I'd rather not have him melt in the back seat in his back facing one. So far he seems to enjoying being able to look out the window when we are out and about. He still doesn't like long road trips, but I don't blame him there.<br />
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- His one top middle tooth cut through maybe 6 weeks ago, something like that. I kept thinking the other one was going to come in with it, but it only just now is starting to come down. He looks pretty funny with just the one tooth up top, we call it his snaggletooth haha!<br />
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- We are trying to teach him how to go down the stairs, but that is still definitely a work in progress. Luckily he's always stopped when he gets to the top step and hasn't fallen yet, but hopefully he can get it figured out sometime soon.<br />
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- He has started saying "dadadada" and "mamama." I have found that mamamama means any of the following depending on his mood: I'm tired and need a nap, I'm hungry why are you not feeding me?, I'm pissed because I want something I can't reach or have, I'm sad and need a love. Haha, one of these days he'll figure out that it means me, which I'm sure will be very cute for the first few months and then will get old after the millionth time that I've heard it :)<br />
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- He is still not a very cuddly baby at all, but every so often during the day he will crawl over and want to sit in our laps. He also likes to lean up against us if we are sitting on the ground with him. It's so funny, he's a little lounger.<br />
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- He doesn't really have any separation anxiety (thank goodness!) but he does get really mad if you leave him by himself in a room. I feel bad, but sometimes I have to run upstairs to get something and he'll scream the whole time up I'm there.<br />
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- He is able to stand by himself for several seconds at a time and has been doing that for the past couple of weeks. Then just yesterday he took his first steps by himself! One of his favorite things to do is walk around the computer chair since it's a spinning one and he can do the walking himself. He thinks it is pretty cool!<br />
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- He knows how to play the "chase" game and starts laughing when we play it with him.<br />
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- He has started to clap, it's pretty adorable!<br />
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Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-56835410865245955622014-05-19T16:50:00.000-07:002014-05-19T16:50:11.081-07:00Nine MonthsThings I want to remember about Asher at nine months. . .<br />
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- This kid has become OBSESSED with balls during the past few weeks. He's got several different ones and he loves pushing them around and crawling after them. He does this little swipe thing to "pass" the ball to us. It is seriously funny how much he loves those things. Other favorite "toys" he likes to play with are his socks and shoes. If they aren't on his feet then he likes to grab one in each hand and shake them around. Oh and we can't forget that he tries to grab any electronic device we may happen to leave within reaching distance.<br />
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- He uses books and DVD cases as push tools. I don't know why he likes this, but if you set two books down in front of him, he will put one hand on each and start crawling around, it's so funny and random!<br />
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- He loves to eat anything that we are eating. If he sees us with food, he will make a beeline over and expect to get a taste of what we have. We appreciate the fact that he will eat anything and isn't picky so far.<br />
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- He learned how to crawl up the stairs. I showed him how to use his knees a couple of times up and after that he got the hang of it and it's no problem now (it probably helped that I propped up my kindle so he had some motivation to get up the stairs haha). He hasn't fallen yet, although I'm sure that will come before he learns how to go down.<br />
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- He has become much more talkative lately. He is constantly grunting or screeching. He knows how to have a "conversation" back and forth now, so if you grunt at him, he will do it back. He also sticks out his tongue at random times too.<br />
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- Even though he just got the crawling down the past few weeks, he thinks he needs to walk already. He figured out how to pull himself up onto everything, so now he walks along the couch and coffee table. He will reach for both of our hands to make us walk with him, and if he does sucker us into that then it is game over, full out pissy fit when we set him back down!<br />
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- He does this funny little face that we call "the bulldog" face. He sticks his chin out and his eyes get all squinty, it's pretty cute. He hasn't done it as much anymore, but luckily I got a couple good pictures of him doing it because it's a crack up.<br />
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- He likes to play with the wooden blinds that cover the back doors in the kitchen, but they aren't the most sturdy things around, so I've been trying the whole "no" concept with him. When I see him crawling over there I'll say, "Asher, no" in my "stern" mom voice and explain that the blinds are not toys (sometimes I talk to him like he's five when I reason with him). Almost every time he'll stop and look at me, but then more often than not he'll just smile and keep going over there. So I figure I've won half the battle since he actually does stop when I say his name, but for now I've just been moving him back to the family room so that he'll get distracted by toys or something else, which is one awesome perk of him having like a 2 second attention span!<br />
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- Although he doesn't full out gut laugh all of the time, he's been doing it more often lately and it's so funny.<br />
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- He has recently started saying "mamama" obviously he doesn't really have a clue what he's saying, but every time he does it I point to myself and repeat him, and then I give Jared a winning face since I think he's going to say Mom before Dad!<br />
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<br />Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-82624697626105046682014-04-19T08:48:00.000-07:002014-04-19T08:48:03.686-07:00Eight MonthsThings I want to remember about Asher at eight months. . .<br />
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- He has figured out how to crawl! He learned how to get up onto his knees a few weeks ago, then spent about a week rocking on his knees before he discovered how to move his knees forward. He's got it down pretty well now and is surprisingly fast when he gets going. So far he's not that interested in getting into things he shouldn't (not that we have all that much stuff for him to get into downstairs) but we do need to get a baby gate for our stairs and probably some of those outlet cover things.<br />
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- He's also learned how to hold his own bottle. He's not great at it yet, so most of the time I still sit with him and make sure he doesn't spew milk onto his face, but I think he'll have it down here pretty quickly, which will be nice. We've slowly been trying to get him to figure out the sippy cup, but so far he's only ever taken a few sips at a time before shoving it out of his mouth. He's also become a very distracted eater. It's nearly impossible for him to finish a bottle or his food if we are anywhere else outside of our living room.<br />
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- He literally hates to be held. The second you go to pick him up, he'll turn around and try to wiggle out of our arms. It's actually a little sad that he's not more of a cuddler, even though it is really nice that we don't have to rock him to sleep or have to deal with attachment issues at this point. Case in point: The other day he was sitting on the tile in our kitchen, fell over and hit the back of his head. He started crying pretty hard so I picked him up and tried to console him and five seconds after I picked him up, he started pushing me away and wanted to get down and play with his toys haha. I'm glad we have a fairly tough little guy, but it would be nice to get a cuddle out of him every once in a while!<br />
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- He's had a lot more to say lately. He does this funny dinosaur growl and then mixes in a shriek with it every so often.<br />
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- It's funny, he swipes at all of the toys that he plays with, so he typically swipes them around in a circle and then crawls after them. He also likes playing with any type of car, but he's really just interested in swiping at the wheels and making them spin. One of his favorite toys is a poof soccer ball that we have. He pushes it around and chases after it. He still loves watching other little kids.<br />
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- I don't know if it's because he's crawling now and wearing himself out more throughout the day, but his naps have been a lot longer this past week or so (well relatively to him, about 1.5 hrs instead of 1 hr), and I'll take it! If he keeps this up then I think I'm going to ditch the third nap altogether. He's still sleeping really well at night. I'm pretty positive that he still wakes up at some point in the early morning after six just to mess around in his crib, but he never cries and so we just get him up at seven and he is good to go.<br />
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- He's a really good eater and will take bites of anything that we are eating. He really likes chicken and still loves sweet potatoes and squash. We typically give him a few bites of whatever we are eating for dinner and he's never spit anything out, so hopefully he continues to be a good eater as he gets older! He's never really gone through that stage of wanting to shove every little thing into his mouth, so he doesn't really know what to do with food if we just set it on his high chair tray, but I'm sure he will figure it out at some point.<br />
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- He's pretty much weaned himself off of the bink. The only times we ever use it anymore is at church when we are trying to get him to nap (which is a freaking joke and I think I'm going to start bagging that crap altogether!) or when we are on long road trips in the car. Even then, he typically takes it out of his mouth and would rather play with it than suck on it. I'm hoping he continues to have a laid back personality because I will probably regret not being able to shove the bink in his mouth to calm him down when he's throwing a tantrum next year. Oh well, at least I won't have to battle him to get rid of it.<br />
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- He's started to stick his tongue out and thinks it's funny when Jared and I do it to him. He's also starting to laugh more at random little things. Before, he would only really laugh if he was deliriously tired and ready to go to sleep, but now we can get a few giggles out of him throughout the day. He does this funny thing where his eyes squint up every time he smiles really big, it's pretty cute.<br />
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- He's obsessed with grabbing at my hair, which is unfortunate because he has a surprisingly strong grip for such a little guy.<br />
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- He got his first two teeth in a couple of weeks ago, they are the bottom middle two teeth. He was a little bit more fussy than usual during the day for a few days before, he had one bad night where he didn't want to go to bed, and then he got this little rash on either side of his mouth. I want to remember that stuff for when he gets his next teeth in!<br />
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- During the past few days he's been starting to try and pull himself up into a standing position. He's not strong enough yet, but I have a feeling he will be grabbing onto the couch and tables here pretty soon.<br />
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- Overall, he's just a really happy and good baby!<br />
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<br />Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-69442057072120030092014-03-18T08:28:00.002-07:002014-03-18T16:28:39.052-07:00Seven MonthsAnother month down, but I feel like Asher has changed a lot these past few weeks! He's becoming more mobile and social, it's been pretty fun to see him figure out all his new tricks. Here are things I want to remember about him at seven months. . .<br />
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- He is much better at sitting up by himself now. At church the other day he sat up for the entire first hour without falling over once. He's getting better at slowly lowering himself to the ground when he is reaching for his toys, so it's not as hard of a fall for him, which is nice.<br />
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- He is on his way to crawling. He is able to get up onto his knees and rock back and forth. He also does some good planking when he gets up onto his toes. He hasn't realized that he needs to move his hands and arms forward in order to get anywhere, but I'm sure he'll have it figure out here pretty soon. He does know how to do a pretty good army crawl though, so he's able to get to his toys or whatever else is within reasonable reach. We are going to have to figure out what to do about a baby gate because the area around our stairs is in an irregular shape, but I'm sure we will be able to find something that will work.<br />
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- He does this funny thing where he will lean over onto his side into what we call his "super model pose," it cracks us up! When he gets excited he also rocks back and forth on his butt, it's really funny!<br />
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- He has discovered a love for balls and cars. We had this squishy soccer ball laying around and he really loves to "play catch" with us, which basically means we roll the ball towards him and he tries to smack it with his hands. The last couple of time we've been over at my sister's, Drake has let him play with some of his match box cars and he really likes grabbing onto those.<br />
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- He has still been getting up before us in the mornings, he just hangs out in his crib until we go in and get him up around 7 am. He's never crying or upset when we get him so I'm happy to just leave him in there to play with himself until we are ready to get up! He has figured out how to fall asleep on his stomach and roll around however he wants during the night, which is a big relief.<br />
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- The sounds that he makes are starting to sound more varied to us, like he's actually trying to say something with his baby talk. Before he mostly just grunted, but now he's starting to make different sounds and squeal a little bit more.<br />
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- He is still a very observant little baby and has a pretty good poker face. Sometimes it takes him a few minutes to warm up to new people and surroundings. It's really hard for him to concentrate on eating when we are in new places.<br />
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- He is solidly into his 6-9 month clothes and most of them fit perfectly now, which means they will probably be too small in a few weeks!<br />
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- He is a really good eater. He loves all of the baby food we have given him, and we've even fed him some food off of our plates and he loves that too! He eats chicken and turkey now without any problem. I gave him some soup I made that had curry in it the other day and he downed that. We also gave him some white chili we were eating yesterday and he ate that too. I hope that he continues to be a good eater, although I'm sure he will start to get more picky as time goes on. He still has four bottles a day, usually 8 oz in the morning and then around 6 - 7 oz in the next three.<br />
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- People always comment on how crazy his eyelashes are, which I agree, they are freakishly long!<br />
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- He loves touching everything with his fingers. He usually touches things with his fingers before he actually grabs at it. He has started flipping us off on the regular now, kind of cute coming from a babe.<br />
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- If he is outside and it's windy, he will stick his tongue out of his mouth like he's trying to catch it haha!<br />
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- He's still taking three naps a day and they usually happen at 8:30, 12:30 and 4:00. The length of nap varies from day to day, but he almost always sleeps longest in the morning and the 4:00 nap is very hit and miss. It's funny, I didn't think the time change would have any effect on us because Asher is so little, but it's a lot harder for us to get him in bed for the night by 7:30 when it's still light outside. We are trying to be good because we know he is tired, but his bed time has moved back about a half hour since the time change, oh well.<br />
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- He still hasn't experienced any separation anxiety (knock on wood) and doesn't mind being passed around at church or at family gatherings.<br />
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- We recently discovered that he hates the sound of our blender. It's the only thing that makes him cry when he's perfectly content right before that. The kid has fallen face first into the wall and doesn't shed a tear, but the second we turn on the blender he starts getting a sad face and is a pile of tears haha.<br />
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- Now that the weather is getting warmer, I try to take him out on a walk through the neighborhood every day. He loves sitting in the umbrella stroller because he can look around at everything. He just sits there taking in the view and clicks his little heels together, so cute.<br />
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- He still loves to look at himself in the mirror. He really likes being around other babies, so I assume he is just thinking, "hey look, there's another baby!"<br />
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<br />Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-82391924999394923542014-02-22T11:26:00.000-08:002014-02-22T11:26:22.872-08:00Six MonthsIt is insane to think that six months have already gone by since Asher was born! It has been the craziest half year of my life. Honestly, parenthood has been a roller coaster. There have definitely been great moments, days and weeks, but we have also had our fair share of down moments as well. Asher was probably about a month old and a good friend asked me if I was "loving it" so far. I think my response was a little bit influenced by some depression I had after he was born, but I remember telling her that I don't know if I love being a mom because it's freakin hard and I don't know what the crap I am doing, but that I love my baby more than I can even understand or try to explain. Five months later and some things about caring for Asher are a little bit easier, and I feel like I'm finally back to some sort of normalcy as far as my emotions go, but if my friend were to ask me the same question today, I'd probably still give the same response. I love my son so much and I would sacrifice anything for him, but being a parent isn't easy. It is probably the most physically and emotionally draining thing I have ever experienced, but I know that the biggest reason it's hard for me is because of all my imperfections, and I just have to accept that and try to be better and more patient.<br />
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It's funny, I had the thought the other day that it's a good thing babies have such an incredible ability to love and accept, because they really could find so much fault in the adults who care for them. Asher is now at the age where he can interact with us and we can see his personality coming out more every day. It is amazing to me how happy he is just being around Jared and I. He seriously thinks that we are the best things ever. He loves me despite the fact that I look haggard 90% of the time I'm around him (okay, maybe a slight exaggeration), that sometimes I loose my patience with him, that I make him do things he doesn't want to like eat beans, take naps and do tummy time. Jared and I are the center of his world, and his love for us is literally so pure and unconditional. He loves us way better than we love him and I just want to soak up this time right now because I know our relationship will continually change as he gets older<br />
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Anyway, I don't know why I was thinking about all of this recently, maybe just because 6 months seems like a fairly big milestone and I am just grateful to have survived up to this point :) I love our little nug though, he's the sweetest baby and brings a lot of happiness into our home. Here are some things I want to remember about him at six months. . .<br />
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- He is 16.75 lbs (35th percentile) and 28 inches (90th percentile), which is pretty consistent with how he has been growing to this point, still long and lean. He does have some pretty good dunlop tire thighs though!<br />
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- He loves eating his baby cereal, squash, sweet potatoes, pears, black beans, and avocado mixed with banana, but he only tolerates green beans. I haven't ventured out to testing other veggies or fruits with him yet, mostly because I'm just lazy and always forget to pick up new foods when I'm at the grocery store.<br />
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- He has perfected rolling onto his stomach, but he can only roll himself over his left shoulder. It's the funniest thing, he does it great that way, but if he tries rolling over the other shoulder, he can't do it. He has finally started to roll from front to back, which is really nice. He covers quite a bit of ground now on the floor.<br />
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- All of a sudden he has decided that he wants to sit up by himself, it's crazy, it seriously happened over night! He can sit for fairly long periods of time without falling over, and luckily he hasn't really cried much even when he has fallen. He likes to sit and play with toys between his legs.<br />
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- He is obsessed with his jumper. The kid would play in that all day and be completely content. It is hilarious because when he jumps up and down, he switches between his two feet in perfect coordination every time, it's all very calculated and we will chant "one two, one two, one two" when he does it. Of course we think it's because he has really great rhythm, but it's probably just a fluke and he's going to end up being tone deaf and very uncoordinated.<br />
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- He does this funny thing where he smacks his hands together up and down like he's trying to brush something off. I don't know where he picked up on that, but it's really hilarious!<br />
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- His favorite toy is a ball that has holes in it (almost looks like a web) because he can shove his little fingers into the holes and get a really good grip on it.<br />
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- We spent this past weekend with some friends who have kids that are a bit older than Asher and he loved watching the other boys.<br />
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- He hasn't yet developed a preference for either Jared or I, which we are grateful for. I'm sure that will come in phases down the road, but at this point he is perfectly content hanging out with either of us and isn't shy around strangers either.<br />
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- His daytime sleep has finally gotten better. He is on the verge of not needing a third nap in the late afternoons and once we drop that nap completely, I am hoping he will become even more consistent. He usually naps around 8:30, 12:30 and 4:00ish, the first two are about 1.5 hrs and the last one is totally hit and miss. He still sleeps with a sleep sack, which we affectionately call his "squirrel suit" because it looks like a kind of star shape that a flying squirrel makes.<br />
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- He is nowhere near crawling, but when he is on his stomach you can tell that he really wishes he could move around. He will do the swimmer and kick his legs and arms like crazy. He also does this funny little "double tap" with both feet when he's on his stomach, he kicks them to the ground at the same time and will do it over and over again.<br />
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- This is for my own reference down the road with the next kid, but I think the multi grain cereal we have been giving him the past couple of weeks has made him a bit constipated. I haven't given it to him now for a couple of days and he's finally a bit back to normal there, so I'm switching back to the oatmeal cereal instead. It's actually unfortunate just how much I think about bodily functions now after having a baby.<br />
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- He is still a very observant little boy. He will just sit and stare around the room and try to take in everything that is around him, especially when we are in new places that he's never been before. I have a feeling we are going to have to start being more careful with what we do and say pretty soon because I bet he is going to start picking up on things here quickly.<br />
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- He has been going through this phase where he will wake up around 6 am and just sit in his crib talking to himself. Sometimes he would fall back to sleep and others he would chat up a storm until 7 when we'd go in to get him. After a few days in a row of him doing that and waking us up, I decided to just keep a fan on in our room so I wouldn't have to hear him, which means I honestly don't know if he still does it or not. . . Maybe I'm mean, but I'd rather get that extra hour of sleep especially when I know he is perfectly fine hanging out in his crib!<br />
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- His hair is getting so long, the only thing we can do with it is just comb it over like an old man haircut haha. I'd like to try out some sort of cool guy mohawk thing but Jared is against that, so for now he's sporting the old man hair.<br />
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<br />Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-67980699909389894242014-01-18T10:26:00.000-08:002014-01-18T10:26:32.634-08:00Five MonthsThings I want to remember about Asher at five months. . .<br />
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- This kid has always loved to stand, even when he was still tiny. I honestly can't remember a time when he preferred to sit on our laps as opposed to standing. Because of this obsession, we decided to get him one of those jumperoo toys and he loves playing in it! It took him a couple of days to figure out that he can jump up and down, but since then it's been his favorite thing to do.<br />
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- Since he's been playing in his jumper so much he isn't as happy playing under his playmate anymore. I think it also is frustrating for him when he tries to grab onto the toys that are hanging down and he can't get a good grip on them. I am going to pull it out again when he starts gripping things better, but for now he is happy to either lay on a blanket with nothing around him or just play in his jumper.<br />
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- He has started rolling over from back to front. He is kind of a weirdo because he still won't go from front to back, and I thought most kids did that type of rolling first. Anyway, he isn't quite good enough to do it spontaneously by himself, he usually needs some sort of motivation in the form of reaching for a toy or one of our hands.<br />
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- It was crazy, once he figured out how to roll he started sleeping like crap at night. It literally happened on the same day! We've been swaddling him since birth and all of a sudden he started arching his back and moving himself all over in his crib. He would get himself pushed up right against the corner of the crib and try to shove his face into the rails and suck on them, so funky! He'd wake himself up and cry, so I was making several trips into his room at night to move him back to the middle of his crib. I decided I'd had enough of that crap so we got him a sleep sack thing that is supposed to help transition him out of the swaddle. We used it last night and he slept through with no problems, thank the good Lord! I also like it because it covers his hands so he can't scratch himself and it will keep him warm since he kicks off any blankets we put over him in about .02 seconds!<br />
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- He has still been eating his cereal, we usually give it to him at night before bed. I've also given him sweet potatoes and he seems to like those pretty well. I had been hesitating to start giving him fruits and veggies because I didn't want to have to start worrying about that yet, but I think he is ready for it so I'll probably start out with just one serving a day and go from there.<br />
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- He still talks and smiles a lot. He does laugh but it's only happened when he's deliriously tired.<br />
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- He's a very observant little guy so if we are ever in a new environment he just looks around and stares at everything. He will smile at people he doesn't know but it usually takes a minute for him to warm up.<br />
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- Since he started solids he hasn't blown out of very many diapers, thank goodness! I can only remember one blowout since we've gotten back from Christmas, and even then it wasn't too bad.<br />
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- The carseat is not his worst enemy anymore! He has finally gotten to the point where he can go a whole ride without his binky and still not fuss, woohoo!<br />
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- I swear he gains most of his weight in his cheeks. He definitely has some rolls on his legs, but they aren't too big yet. He's still long and lean for the most part.<br />
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- He is starting to get better at sitting up. Obviously, he still needs some support, but he can hold his weight up by himself for a few seconds at a time.<br />
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- He still loves the monkey stuffed animal we got him for Christmas and usually likes to chew on it.<br />
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- Since it's the winter time I almost always have him in socks, but the other day I didn't for whatever reason and he discovered this fun thing called toes!<br />
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- He is a drool bucket to the max!!! It's not so bad if he's laying down, but if he is standing or sitting then he soaks the front of his shirt in less than 2 minutes!<br />
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- His hair is getting so long! I used to be able to do a little spike mohawk thing with it, but now it's so long that Jared won't allow me to continue doing that since he thinks it looks weird on him haha. So now we are stuck to doing the side comb over, whatever, he's still pretty stinkin cute!<br />
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Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-56698444683076351912013-12-31T11:46:00.000-08:002013-12-31T11:46:12.164-08:00Four MonthsWell it's been a fairly busy couple of week with the Holidays, so this post is a little late, but oh well! We had a very fun Christmas with Jared's family up in Boise, and now we are back to the grind. Here are some things to remember about Asher at four months.<br />
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- At his four month check up he weighed 14 lbs and was 26 inches long. That is the 35th and 90th percentiles respectively. It has been two weeks since then and he definitely hit a four month growth spurt, so we think he's probably around 15 lbs now. Either way he gains most of his weight in his cheeks!<br />
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- He rolled over for the first time around the beginning of December. We had been trying to get him to do it for a while, but one day he decided to lean his head far enough over to the side to get his momentum going and roll. He has only done it a couple of times since then and not for a couple of weeks now. I don't really care if it takes him forever to learn how to roll, crawl and walk, I'd rather have him immobile for as long as possible!<br />
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- We gave him rice cereal for the first time a couple of weeks ago and he totally gagged on it! We made it too thick to start with, so once we watered it down a little it only took him a few times to catch on. I think he likes it pretty well. He had been eating around 6 oz with every bottle there for a while, but lately he's been eating a lot less. I'm not sure if it was from the growth spurt or because of starting rice cereal, but right now we are lucky if he eats 5 oz. at a time.<br />
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- He still loves his playmat and will play under it for long stretches of time without having to be entertained by either of us.<br />
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- He thinks it is really cool to watch the TV and to FaceTime on our phones. It must be the bright lights because he obviously doesn't have a clue what's really going on. We are going to take him to a movie with us tonight, so hopefully he'll just sit and stare. . . or fall asleep preferably.<br />
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- I took him down to STG to visit my parents a couple of weeks ago and he really loved watching their little dogs run around. He would reach out and try to grab them too, but luckily he never got a good grip on them.<br />
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- My nephew has a thermal receiving blanket that he sleeps with all the time and calls his "Little" so he wanted to get a "Little" for Asher to have. I slept with it a few times before Asher was born so it would smell like me and he has loved it since birth. I decided to start sticking it in his crib during naps to see if it would help him sleep any better and what do ya know, it totally worked. So he now sleeps with his Little all of the time.<br />
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- He loves to take baths. He will sit in the tub and splash and kick all over. It is seriously going to be a nightmare when he gets bigger and will probably soak us every time, but for now we think it's cute!<br />
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- He has been gripping his toys a lot better lately. He also loves to reach for our faces and try to grab onto anything he can get his hands on. We've got to keep his fingernails pretty short because he's clawed us pretty good a few times.<br />
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- He does not like wearing any form of hat. We tried to take some pictures of him with a Santa hat on for our Christmas card and it really pissed him off (See funny pic below). He usually fusses when we put his beanie on, but has gotten better at tolerating it.<br />
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- For the most part he just sleeps in his crib, but on the occasions that we are out and about or at church, he will only fall asleep if I am holding him. I won't lie, it's kind of cute and I secretly love it, but the kid is pretty freaking heavy so it starts to hurt after a while!<br />
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- He has started to make some laughing sounds. He hasn't given us a full gut laugh yet, but he has a distinct little grunt he makes now when he is happy. He has also been talking a lot more lately and doing random little high pitched screams, it's cute.<br />
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Jared and I decided to get a nice camera to document our growing family. It was our Christmas present to ourselves as well as from our parents, so thanks guys, we love it!<br />
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His typical face</div>
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- He's still sleeping through the night without any problems. We put him to bed between 7:00 - 8:00 pm and he sleeps until 7ish in the morning. I know we are pretty lucky!<br />
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- He doesn't nap all that well during the day and usually wakes up after 45 min or so. He has a really hard time getting through sleep transitions. I tried pulling out the swing again and that helps, but the past few days they've still been short even though he's been in the swing so I think I might just bag that altogether, oh well.<br />
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- I moved him to a 3.5 hour eating schedule and that has been working pretty well the past few weeks. He eats around 5 ounces each time. He's not too picky about whether it's breast milk, formula or what the temperature of the milk is, which makes life a lot easier on me. He's a pretty laid back little guy.<br />
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- We pulled out the playmat for him last month and he has been obsessed ever since. He loves to lay underneath it and look at all the toys and the little mirror. His favorite thing to do is kick one of the poles so all the toys shake. He'd be happy playing under it for hours if we let him! He loves the little monkeys that hang down, he's obsessed with monkeys.<br />
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- He is starting to get a little bit better handle of his arms and hands. He is starting to reach for our faces and for his hanging toys. He's been sucking on his hands a lot lately, we'll see if he ends up being a thumb sucker like both of his parents were.<br />
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- He is a happy baby and continues to smile and "talk" to us all of the time. He always smiles and talks to us the most in the morning. I am not a morning person at all, so at least he's happy to start the day!<br />
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- He has had some pretty nasty blowouts during the past couple of weeks. Oxyclean has been my best friend since he's been born!<br />
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- Unfortunately he still doesn't like his carseat, but I just attach his bink to his strap so that I can reach back and help him if needed when we are at a stop light. We've also been hanging one of his monkey toys from the handle and he seems to like that.<br />
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- The stinking kid is a challenge to keep swaddled at night! One morning we went in to get him up and he'd completely come out of his swaddle blanket, arms and everything! After that night we decided to use two blankets and swaddle him twice which has worked well. Good thing it's the winter time so he doesn't get too hot with two blankets. It will be a great day when we don't have to worry about swaddling him anymore!<br />
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- He is officially in 3-6 month clothes and has been for almost a month now. It's kind of sad that he is getting so big! (I know he's really not that big, but still!)<br />
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- He holds his head up really well even though he doesn't really like to do tummy time. He loves to sit or stand on our laps and look around. He's also a big fan of doing "super baby."<br />
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- Changing his diaper has become a bit tricky now because he likes to kick his legs so fast.<br />
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Meeting his cousin Eden for the first time.</div>
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Froggy for Halloween</div>
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<br />Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-50204404398141334762013-11-13T08:02:00.001-08:002013-11-13T08:33:45.308-08:00I am an idiot. . . A few months ago when I was approximately 39 weeks pregnant, I wrote <a href="http://stacieandjared.blogspot.com/2013/08/just-come-out-already.html" target="_blank">this</a> post about how miserable the last few weeks of pregnancy are. I look back now and laugh because while those things are/were very true, I was a fool to think that pregnancy would be harder than having a baby. Now don't get me wrong, I love my little guy and I wouldn't trade having him for anything, but as I noted at the end of that post, I was an idiot to think that I'd be good at all this baby stuff. . . <br />
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1) <b>Childbirth. </b>I've already shared Asher's birth story, but there are just a few things they don't tell you about having a baby. Like the fact that the nurse will ask if you want to have a mirror so you can "watch" what is going on, and the doctor will ask if you want to "feel the baby's head" as you are trying to focus on pushing the dang kid out! Um, hello people, I've watched enough Baby Story on TLC to know that I sure as hell don't want to see my girl parts get ripped to shreds or touch my baby's head while he's still inside of me, that is just nasty!</div>
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2) <b>Recovery.</b> I was going to go into more detail because people don't warn you about this stuff, but let's just say that the aforementioned girl parts are going to take a while (and I mean A WHILE) to get back to "normal." Going to the bathroom for the first couple weeks after is a joke (and you better believe taking stool softeners is a dang good idea, don't be too good for the pills they give you!), having sex again hurts way worse than the first time, and you'd be smart to invest in some super maxi pads and just accept that fact that you are going to feel like a teenager again wearing those bad boys!</div>
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3) <b>Breastfeeding.</b> I still laugh at how all the nurses (some of who can't be more than 19 and definitely haven't ever had a kid!) and doctors just assume you are going to know how to breastfeed in the hospital. I'm a first time mom here, I don't have a clue what I'm doing! They swing into your room every 3 hours and ask you if you've fed your baby. Sure, if you consider shoving a boob into my baby's face to see if he sucks on it feeding, then yep, I've definitely fed him! My baby is a man (granted a small one) and men love boobs right?? It can't really be that hard! Ha, whatever. They don't tell you that when you get home, your baby is going to want to sleep for 6 hours at a time and not be interested in eating at all. So then you are going to get engorged because nobody tells you to make sure and wake your kid up and force him to eat or to buy the best breast pump on the market and pump like a madwoman if your little pill refuses to eat anyway! We never got the hang of breastfeeding. I pump and he drinks breast milk from a bottle. You might say I'm crazy, it's too much work, I'll loose my supply blah blah blah. Well it's been fine for almost 3 months now, and even though "breast might be best," I honestly won't be that devastated when we switch to formula, who really cares as long as my kid is being fed right?! Happy mom = happy everything, so just do what works for you and don't look back or feel guilty for crying out loud! </div>
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4) <b>Sleep.</b> Everybody knows that being parents to a newborn means you aren't going to get any sleep, it's just a simple fact. But I find myself thinking about sleep more than any other thing throughout the day, it's really pathetic. When should Asher sleep? How long should he sleep? Where should he sleep? Why won't he just bite the bullet and freaking fall asleep? Why is he awake, it's only been 45 min. . . he must be hungry. . . he must be poopy. . . he must be too hot, too cold. . . he must have had a bad dream (what the heck do babies dream about anyway?!). . . he must hate to sleep and he will never be a good sleeper because he can't take more than a stupid 45 minute nap during the day! Should I give him the bink? No, he can't have the bink because then he will become addicted and then I'll have to replace it every 5 min because he looses it and then he will grow up and turn into a 5 year old who still has to use the bink. . . my life is over. Those are just a few thoughts about sleep that run through my mind on a daily basis (good thing I'm aware of this and don't take myself too seriously. Ha!)</div>
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5) <b>Nails. </b>Why do babies have to be born with such long fingernails and with this burning desire to have to scratch their faces off every time they get pissed?? So then you have this dilemma. . . do I clip his nails so he doesn't do permanent damage to his face, or do I risk cutting his poor little fingers because those baby nail files really don't work that well and it's impossible for the little stinker to sit still for more than 2 seconds? Let's say we've made it through several rounds of clipping with only one tiny incident that involved the smallest amount of blood and screaming. . . sorry mom, I've already damaged your perfect grand baby ;) </div>
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9) <b>Social Life.</b> Jared and I are not the most social of people in the first place, but having a baby really puts a damper on any desire to go out and do anything. It's just too much work. Get baby ready, get diaper bag ready, hopefully remember to brush your teeth, realize baby pooped so change baby, put baby in carseat, watch as baby spits up on himself so wipe him up as best as you can, realize you forgot your shoes upstairs and listen to baby scream while getting shoes, put bink in, schlep baby and baby crap down to the car, see that the stupid mirror on the headrest is on wrong so spend 10 min trying to fix it while occasionally replacing the bink (like it honestly matters because even if you can see them crying, you can't do much for them while driving anyway!), start driving and say a bad word under your breath because you forgot the stroller, turn around and shove the stroller into the trunk, continue driving, finally make it to your sister's house to spend the afternoon and repeat while driving home listening to the little guy scream bloody murder because he just can't stand the damn carseat! Sounds like fun right?? (And I'm not even going to get started on grocery shopping, I've decided it's nearly impossible to get it done with a newborn!)<br />
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10) <b>Attachment Anxiety. </b> Yes, having a baby is crazy, hard, overwhelming and ridiculously frustrating at times, but I seriously can't even explain how much I love my son. Although it will be nice when he's not quite so dependent on us to meet his every need, I dread every day because it means he is getting older and one day he's not going to need his mommy and daddy. We get him for the next 18 years or so and I hope that we can teach him how to be a good, responsible person. I want him to be happy. I want him to know God. I want him to marry a nice girl (who likes me please!). I want him to have a successful career. I want him to remember the importance of family. I want so many things for him, but I know that there is only so much we can teach him and ways we can influence him. One day he will grow up and have to make decisions for himself and decide the kind of person he wants to be. I hope that Jared and I can do enough to send him along the right path. He is so freaking cute, I just love him!<br />
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Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-50303920926604175972013-10-22T19:26:00.001-07:002013-10-22T19:31:45.333-07:00Two MonthsI can't believe another month has come and gone, totally crazy! I feel like I have this huge baby now, even though I know that he still isn't that big. Here are some things I want to remember about Asher at two months. . .<br />
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- We started doing a bedtime routine with him that really helps settle him down at night. We feed him, do a bath, lotion and jammies, story time, song and then he's down for bed between 7:30 - 8:00. He's been great at falling asleep at night without fussing now. </div>
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- Speaking of the bink, we successfully weaned him off of it for bedtime and naps (although it took about a week and some tears). People probably think we are mean and/or crazy for not letting him have it to help him soothe himself for sleeping, but we decided it wasn't worth our sanity and the frustration of having to keep reinserting it every 2 min, especially in the middle of the night. We still give it to him when he's awake if he gets fussy though. </div>
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- He still doesn't like to be swaddled, and he'd always get his little arms out when I used those bambo blankets. We started calling him Houdini! I decided to get him one of those miracle blankets (a.k.a "straightjacket") which does a good job of keeping his arms down, even though he somehow managed to get his legs out a few times! </div>
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- He's still a good little eater and does about 4.5 ounces every three hours. He does this cute thing when he's eating where he grabs one of our fingers and like holds on for dear life, so funny!</div>
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Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-50811898184592662412013-09-17T18:17:00.000-07:002013-09-17T19:28:45.625-07:00One MonthI can't believe that it's already been a month since Asher was born. It has gone by so fast, but at the same time, some days have felt like an eternity! We are still getting the hang of being parents, but we love our little guy and are grateful to have him in our family. Here are a few things that I want to remember about Asher so far. . .<br />
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- At his 2 week appointment he was 8 lbs 5 oz (somewhere in the 40th percentile I think), 21.5 inches (somewhere in the 70th percentile) and his head circumference was 14 cm (30th percentile).<br />
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- He is still in newborn diapers, but he's had a couple of blowouts recently so I think we are going to be moving up to size 1 pretty soon.<br />
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- He only fit into NB sized clothes for the first couple of weeks. Some of our 0-3 month onsies are getting a little small too because he is so long.<br />
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- He slept in our room for about a week and then we kicked him out to the nursery because he kept grunting and moving around so much in his sleep!<br />
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- He does pretty well sleeping in his crib although some naps are hit and miss depending on what kind of mood he is in. He seems to want to be awake for long stretches after he gets up in the morning and then in the late afternoon before bedtime. We are borrowing a baby swing from a friend and he sleeps really well in there, like 3 hr stretches sometimes!<br />
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- Right now he eats about 4 oz every three hours.<br />
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- He loves sucking on his binkie. . . We are currently practicing putting him to sleep without it though because he wakes up if he loses it after he falls asleep. I have a love/hate relationship with the bink at the moment!<br />
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- He is still getting used to his carseat. He screams if the car isn't moving, but if we are out for long enough, he eventually falls asleep.<br />
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- He is a pretty content baby for the most part. He usually only cries if he's hungry or when he's being a pill and trying to fight falling asleep.<br />
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- So far his only nickname is "Ashy" which our nephew Drake calls him. Jared and I usually just call him "Son" or "Sonny Son" something along those lines. I'm sure my family will come up with a few more at some point, they nickname everyone!<br />
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- He grunts alot, but the past few days he's made some pretty cute cooing sounds.<br />
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- I think he is going to be long and lean like his daddy, but we've noticed that his arms and thighs have started getting a little more chunky. His cheeks are filling in a bit as well.<br />
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- He is currently sporting a pretty awesome old main hairline. He's lost the really fine hair around the crown of his head, but he's still rocking a pretty sweet mullet in the back!<br />
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- He likes to be held, but he's also content to just hang out by himself on a blanket. He loves moving around, we call it "wiggle work" time.<br />
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- He doesn't particularly like being swaddled. He'd prefer it if we left at least one arm out of it, but then he ends up jacking himself in the face so we are mean and wrap him tight like a burrito!<br />
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- He's got super long finger nails and has scratched himself several times already. I've cut his nails once, but I'm nervous to keep doing it because I don't want to cut his skin.<br />
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And now for the picture overload for my mom. . .<br />
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<br />Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-45233643971697896212013-08-28T09:51:00.000-07:002013-08-28T09:57:32.598-07:00Asher Reed GibbonsEven though Asher has only been home a week, I decided to write everything down quickly so that I wouldn't forget the details. I was pretty miserable the whole month of August leading up to having the babe. I kept having Braxton Hicks contractions which would often come every few minutes apart for a couple of hours. It was super annoying and frustrating because they didn't hurt super bad but I could definitely tell they were contractions, so I thought if they were that close together that maybe something was happening down there. We actually ended up going to the hospital a week before I delivered because I had contractions 2-3 min apart for about 3 hours. I was already 3 cm dilated at that point, but I didn't progress while we were at the hospital so the nurse sent me home and said don't come back until I couldn't breathe through the contractions. I wanted to punch her in the face because that kind of description is super subjective to every person and still didn't help me know what to really expect!<br />
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Anyway, after the longest week of my life, I woke up around 5 am Monday morning (August 19th) to a bad contraction along with cramping. I got up to go to the bathroom and immediately the contractions started coming 2.5 - 3 min apart with painful cramping. I was pretty sure this was finally the real thing so I woke up Jared. I told myself I would give it an hour before heading to the hospital because I didn't want to get sent home again. By the end of that hour the contractions only got more intense so I headed downstairs where Jared was in the middle of breakfast. I think I said something like, "Eat faster, we gotta go!" so he started running around getting stuff to the car, it was kind of funny now that I think back about it, even though at the time I wanted to break my belly off!<br />
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The drive to the hospital was only about 15 minutes, but each contraction felt like cutting knives on the inside. By the time we walked into labor and delivery I was bent over and really couldn't function during each contraction. One of the nurses at the desk asked me if my water had broken, because according to my face, it "looked like I was in alot of pain." I replied, "Nope it just hurts like hell!" They got me into a triage room quickly after that and a nurse there checked me. I was almost to 5 cm and 100% effaced so I finally got admitted. I could have kissed that woman! I called my mom to tell her to start driving and went my merry (not) way.<br />
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Once I was in the delivery room, my nurse Aneisa came in (love her!) and got everything ready for the epidural. She gave me something to take the edge off the pain since the anestheiologst was about 30 min out from getting there. The drugs made me a little high so by the time the doctor got there, I was a pretty out of it, which I don't mind because I really didn't feel any part of the epidural being put in. A half hour later I was feeling pretty good.<br />
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Since my OB was out of the country on vacation, I knew I was going to have another OB from the same clinic instead. She swung by about an hour later to check me. She seemed pretty cool and Jared noticed that she had a stud ring in her tongue which made her that much cooler in my book! I hadn't progressed at all during that hour, so she broke my water and told me that the baby's head was down but that his face was up (looking toward heaven), so they needed to do these positioning tricks to see if he would roll over on his own. Aneisa got me through the different positions ("high sims" or something like that, I can't remember the name) which lasted about an hour and a half. At the end of that she checked me again and the baby had turned on his own, like a champ, and I was already at 7 cm!<br />
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Once she announced that, it was a little crazy in our room for the next 15 minutes or so. A couple nurses came in to get the internal fetal monitor set up, a CNA came in and got a bunch of Grey's Anatomy type instruments ready, Aneisa was in and out doing whatever she was doing. I seriously thought I was about to start pushing in like 30 minutes and it freaked me out because I was not ready! I figured I would be in labor for a really long time since it was my first, and I haven't heard of any 1st time mom getting an epirdural without having to get Pitocin to speed things up. When I realized I still had a little ways to go I relaxed and eventually everybody left the room. My mom and sister got there about 15 min later and we all just hung out for another hour or so until I was at a nine and ready to get the show on the road.<br />
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The only thing I didn't like about the epidural was not being able to really know how to push effectively. It took 15 min or so to figure out how and where to focus the effort (for lack of a better way to describe it) and then the doctor came because the little dude was ready to come. Everybody kept saying "Oh it looks like he's got lots of dark hair" but I was completely out of it and trying to recover from the feeling of popping my head off every 2 minutes! The whole experience was a little out of body for me. I could mentally comprehend that I was bringing a child to earth but at the same time I couldn't believe what was physically happening, I remember saying once between contractions, "I can't believe I am pushing a child out of my crotch!!" which made everybody laugh. Two pushes later and Asher arrived! He was 8 lbs even and 20 inches long. Everybody kept saying how long his eyelashes were, which was pretty inevitable considering Jared and I both have freakishly long lashes. Overall, I labored from 5 am to 2:30 pm.<br />
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It was an incredibly emotional and humbling experience to hold him for the first time and know that he was here and he was our son. Even though there were other people in the room, it seemed like it was just the three of us. After he was checked out, we did skin to skin and it was the best 30 min of our lives. He was so alert and just stared at us, he didn't make a peep. The rest of the day and night were a blur of family visits and vital sign checks. The next day we just spent time together and got ready to come home since my recovery was going well.<br />
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Now we are home and we couldn't be happier. He has been a good little boy so far, pretty laid back, although we don't have much to compare it to. I'm sure things will get harder once he starts getting bigger, but I will enjoy this time together for now and try not to think about all the craziness in store in the very near future!<br />
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<br />Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-44523885935182257052013-08-01T14:54:00.000-07:002015-03-30T11:32:18.748-07:00Just come out already!Now that I have experienced pregnancy, I realize why people like to question how a pregnant lady may be feeling, but it makes me wonder what people actually expect to hear in response to that question. So in case you are want to know, today I am sick of being optimistic and saying, "oh yeah, I feel pretty good overall, can't complain too much," because honestly, the past couple of weeks have been crappy and I am not looking forward to a couple more weeks of this shit! Thus I've complied a list of reasons, in no particular order, why our baby needs to make his appearance into this world asap.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Disclaimer: Unless you are somewhere between 37-40 weeks pregnant, any kind words of encouragement will be ignored entirely on my part. In reality, I know that I'll be happy once the little dude gets here and pregnancy/birth is a miracle blah blah blah, but right now I don't want to hear it unless you are feeling the same pain as me :) Also, this is just me venting, please take it with a grain of salt and feel free to laugh a little at me being overly dramatic!</span><br />
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1) I've decided the whole pregnancy metaphor "you have a basketball shoved in your belly" is inaccurate. People, a basketball is full of air, it weighs like 2 lbs. My baby is a solid, 7+ pound, mass that is always pushing on my insides. Everyone has constantly mentioned how small I look considering how far along I am. Well too bad this baby isn't proportionally as small as my belly, he is huge and measuring a week early! Which brings me to my next two points. . .<br />
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2) He has nowhere else to go right now, so when he wants to move or stretch out, my ribs, stomach, bladder etc. are the victims of his boney extremities. The constant sucker punches to my crotch are getting really old. The kid must know exactly where to hit me to maximize the pain (he brought tears to my eyes last night with one well placed punch down south).<br />
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3) I can't remember what it feels like to sit comfortably in an upright position. Sitting in church is a freaking joke these days, driving is just as laughable and even our soft couch is rough. I can barely breathe because the little stinker's back and butt is shoved so far up into my ribs. I probably look real funny sitting in Sunday School every week trying to push my stomach down so I don't suffocate!<br />
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4) Oh to be able to sleep on my stomach again. It will be a glorious day when I'm not tossing and turning for a half hour or more trying to get into a comfortable position before I drift off to sleep.<br />
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5) An equally glorious non-pregnant day will be free of approximately 97 trips to the bathroom!<br />
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6) Speaking of trips to the bathroom, supposedly pregnancy has made me slightly anemic, so my OB told me I have to start taking iron supplements. Well unfortunately taking all that iron makes me constipated. . . enough said right there!<br />
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7) My lower back and pelvic region are the bane of my existence right now, not to mention I feel like I have pulled muscles in places I didn't even know had muscles (such as my crotch, what the hell is up with that?!)<br />
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8) I can't remember the last time that I went to sleep without a stuffy nose. I had no clue that pregnancy causes some women to become congested, and it's seriously the pits!<br />
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9) I'm so sick of thinking about labor and wondering when it will happen. My stomach feels rock solid half of the time already, so I don't even know what the heck to expect from the real thing. People have said, "Oh you'll know for sure when they are real contractions," ha, whole lot of good that does me now considering that answer does not provide any descriptions as to what "real contractions" feel like, ya dummies! I just want my water to break so I can go straight to the hospital and not even worry about timing contractions and all that crap.<br />
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10) And last but not least, it will be nice when he gets here and we'll get to hold him, give him a name and love on him. . . and he won't be kicking the crap out of me anymore!<br />
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Well that's about it, stay tuned for my next list of "Reasons why I was a complete idiot to think I could take care of a helpless newborn baby" because I'm sure I'll freaking out here in the next few weeks!Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-17823648891785152642013-05-15T13:55:00.000-07:002013-05-15T13:58:48.865-07:00Baby (and other) Updates<span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;">Well, I've received a few complaints the past couple of weeks that I haven't done a good job updating the blog, so I thought I'd throw a post together today. Jared and I are back in SLC and things are good so far. We are living in a townhome in Sandy, and we really love the location, it's close to everything! For those of you who are wondering (which is basically every single person that we talk to these days), Jared is liking his job here 100,000,000 etc. times better than Trek, so no need to worry about that anymore. He's currently working on a project for a big client that should take up most of his time until our baby comes in August. He's done some really cool stuff with it so far, and once the rebrand goes public, I'm sure he'll post some pictures on his website for people to see.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">My days are pretty much up in the air most of the time. I work from home on a </span></span><span style="color: #4a4a4a;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">research</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"> project I started during graduate school and have continued doing the past few years. I only spend a couple hours on it each morning though. Other than that, I run errands, hang out with my sister and my friend Dana a couple times a week, make dinner, play piano etc. It's nice to not be working full-time right now, but I am getting a little stir crazy here. Luckily the pool in our complex opens next week, I will probably be found there most afternoons now :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That's us in a nutshell. I'm feeling good and baby is doing good too. He kicks quite a bit and lands the occasional one to my ribs, which doesn't feel so great, but other than that he has been pretty nice to me I guess. Here are some pictures of the "baby tum," sorry if you've seen some of them already on instagram!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I saw this pregnancy question thingy and thought it would be fun to fill out since I like reading the ones my friends have done in the past. </span></div>
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<strong style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How did you find out you were pregnant?</strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I took a home pregnancy test.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How many?</strong> I took two</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What were your first symptoms? </strong> I remember feeling a little queasy for a couple of nights in a row, but I waited until I was a few days late to take a test.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Who did you tell first?</strong> Jared was there, and then after that it was a few friends in Wisconsin because we wanted to wait to tell our families in person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Who was with you when you found out? </strong> I got home kind of late from a girl's night but Jared was still awake and I needed to go to the bathroom, so I thought, "what the heck, might as well try it out and see," so it was just the two of us at our apartment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">First reaction:</strong> We were really excited and happy. I had it in the back of my mind that I was pregnant, but I didn't want to get my hopes up too high, so when we saw the positive sign we were just happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Was your baby planned?</strong> Yep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">When was the baby conceived?</strong> Um. . . I don't know for sure, but sometime around Thanksgiving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How far were you when you found out?</strong> I was probably around 5 weeks or so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How did your parents react?</strong> Both of our parents and families were really excited. We surprised them with the news over Christmas. </span></div>
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<strong style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Due Date:</strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> August 20th, 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Do you know the sex? </strong> A little boy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Any names? </strong> We have a few in mind that we like, (Parker, Liam and Graham) but we probably won't make a decision until we see him, and our preferences could change before then anyway!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Any Ultrasounds?</strong> We had one around 11 weeks and then 17 weeks to find out the gender. We also did the 20 week ultra sound and everything looked good, so we are grateful he is growing healthy and strong so far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Have you heard the heart beat?</strong> Yep, at every doctor's appointment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Who do you think it will look like?</strong> I wouldn't have a clue, we both have brown hair and green eyes, so it would be fun if he had the same. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Have you felt the baby move? </strong> Every day. It was weird because I didn't know what it felt like at first, but then he sucker punched me pretty good a few times so then I knew what it was like. He now keeps up a constant flow of acrobatics in there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Did you have morning sickness?</strong> Honestly, not really. It was actually the worst when we were in Utah over Christmas for a couple of weeks, and even then, it wasn't too bad. I know, I'm lucky!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Have you had any cravings?</strong> Not too many so far. Most random ones have been tuna fish (don't worry, I only eat it every once in a while, I'm not going to OD with the mercury), toaster strudel, and fries. Luckily, I've been able to eat and keep down pretty much anything, so my diet really hasn't changed that much with pregnancy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Have you had any mood swings?</strong> I was wondering if this was going to happen to me, because I've never really had mood swings in the past, and luckily I haven't had anything too bad yet. I'm a pretty laid back person, so I'm just going with the flow, and I try not to get to anxious about all the changes that are coming (and expenses, that's where I can easily let myself get worked up). I could probably manage tears a little easier now then before given anything remotely sensitive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Are you a high risk pregnancy?</strong> Nope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Any complications?</strong> Not so far, thank goodness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Formula or Breastfeeding? </strong> I don't have super strong opinions either way. I want to breastfeed, but I'm also not opposed to using formula if/when needed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Have you bought anything for the baby yet? </strong> We got a ton of hand-me-down stuff from my sister, but we have bought a few little outfits and we are in the process of figuring out what kind of carseat, stroller, etc. we want. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">When did you start to show?</strong> Well according to many friends and family members, I still don't look that pregnant. It really just depends on what I'm wearing and how I'm standing though. I look pregnant to myself, and I've noticed it more the past month, so I guess 22-23 weeks?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How long could you wear your regular clothes? </strong> I'm still wearing regular shirts. I've tried on some maternity jeans and shorts and they are still way too big for me, so I just bought some jeans a size up the other day that I'm going to cut off and use as shorts for the next while. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Will you keep the baby’s clothes?</strong> Considering 90% of the clothes he wears will be thanks to my sister, we will probably give them back to her when he's grown out of them :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Home or Hospital?</strong> Hospital. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Natural or Medicated birth? </strong> I'm all for an epidural. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Who will be in the delivery room with you?</strong> Jared, and probably my mom and sister. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What’s the first thing you might say to the baby? </strong><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I don't have a clue, I'll probably be talking more to Jared than the baby, but maybe something like "Hey there little man" or "I'm glad you can't kick my ribs anymore you little stinker!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Will you let anyone video tape the birth?</strong> My sister will probably be taking pictures, which is great. I haven't thought about taping anything though. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Are you excited? </strong> Yeah definitely. It's kind of hard to believe right now that we are actually going to have a baby, and if I think too long about it, I kind of get freaked out because I know everything will change. . . but for better or worse, this kid is coming!</span></div>
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<strong style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Who will help you with the baby after the birth?</strong><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> Well, I think my mom and mother-in-law will both come and stay with us for a bit.</span></span><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> A bunch of our siblings live around us, so I'm sure we will have no shortage of visitors after that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What is your favorite thing about being pregnant?</strong> It's really cool being able to feel him move. I also enjoy the free back scratches that Jared so willing gives me before bed whenever I ask him (I used to have to trade for similar services before!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What is the worst thing about being pregnant? </strong> I really can't complain because I feel like I've had it pretty easy up to this point, but some of the downsides. . . sore back, bending over, nasal congestion, feeling hot and wearing garments (seriously, the. worst.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What’s one thing you miss doing since being pregnant?</strong> Being able sleep through an entire night without having to get up multiple times to pee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Any days you wish you were not pregnant?</strong> Not really, but if our AC ever breaks, then I'll probably be cursing up a storm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Are you ready for a baby?</strong> We still have a few months to go, so the easy answer is no. I'm sure once we it gets closer we (and especially I) will feel ready and excited to meet him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Do you have insurance?</strong> Yes, even though we just found out yesterday that our monthly premium is going to triple starting next month. . . awesome, thanks Obama. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How many kids do you want? </strong> We’ll see how the first one goes, but probably 3-4.</span></div>
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Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-78786054961164287582013-02-01T16:08:00.000-08:002013-02-01T17:39:10.260-08:00Well. . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-85971444840580339492012-11-27T20:15:00.000-08:002012-11-27T20:15:00.246-08:00Thanksgiving and 28th BirthdayWe decided to spend head to Cleveland to spend Thanksgiving with my Oma this year. We had a really fun time! Oma is the best and took care of us all weekend, and it was fun for Jared to be able to meet some more of my family out there. We had a delicious turkey dinner on Thursday and then just hung out the rest of the weekend. We did a little Black Friday shopping with my cousins and then celebrated Jared's 28th birthday on Saturday. I told him on the way over that he was going to get the best birthday cake he's ever had, and I wasn't lying! My aunt and uncle own a bakery out there, and they seriously make the BEST cakes hands down, and Jared's was way good.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">1. We will pay off our student loans, only 4 more months to go baby </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(We are so close. When I wrote this in January, I was only considering Jared loans, which we did pay off, but we still have a little ways to go with mine that kicked in after I finished Grad School.)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">2. I will finish writing my thesis-of-doom and graduate with a Master's Degree!</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">(Speaking of Grad School, I kicked the crap out of my thesis-of-doom and I officially graduated back in August.)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">3. Jared will get a roof rack for the Subi. . . already has half of it now </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Yeah he got the rest of the rack, I will admit that it looks pretty cool.)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">4. We will pay off my car loan </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Paid in full!) </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">5. I will continue to make dinner most nights </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Most is the key word here people, and I can say that I have done well to keep trying new recipes.) </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">6. Jared will continue to go on lots of bike rides </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Puritan;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">(This is the biggest understatement of the year.)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">7. We will be moving up toward the SLC area, not sure where exactly, but somewhere north of Provo!</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">(Bahaha, not so much, we are currently 2000 east of that destination.)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">8. I will turn 25, the big quarter century year! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(It's a perfect square year too, 5 x 5 = 25, there's really only 9 realistic perfect square years one could reach, so I thought it was a pretty cool, math geek here!)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">9. Jared will turn 28 this year. . . nothing special about 28, other than it sounds old haha </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Yep, his b-day is Nov 24th and we will celebrate with some delicious cake from my Uncle's bakery.)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">10. We will watch the rest of the second season of The Walking Dead </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(We finished watching the 2nd season and starting watching the 3rd season a few weeks ago. This past episode really pissed me off though, so I'm boycotting the rest of it!)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">11. I will exercise only when I feel like it, which is not often haha! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Perfectly true statement here, I definitely have not exercised very often this year, although I did try out a Zumba class with a friend of mine, it's actually pretty fun!)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">12. Jared will continue to curse the crappy Utah drivers on his commute to work. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Now he curses the crappy Wisconsin drivers. . . I don't think the location really makes a difference, everybody is a crappy driver in his eyes :) ha) </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">13. We will be watching alot of basketball in the next four months and then alot of summer Olympics after that!</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">(I watched the Olympics all day, every day. It was the best part of not having a real job over the summer!) </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">14. I will continue to watch our budget like a hawk because I'm a little OCD when it comes to finances </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Guilty, we just had a little budgeting pow wow last night before bed, it's amazing how fast you can blow through money if you aren't careful.)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">15. Jared will design some sweet stuff at work and will likely pick up some free lance projects on the side </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(The verdict is still out on whether or not Trek will actually implement some of Jared's good designs. . . )</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">16. We will spend alot of evenings hanging out and relaxing together, we just aren't the most social people on the planet! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(This is even more true now that we are living in Wisconsin)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">1. We want to get some new couches, we are thinking a sectional </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Haven't made this purchase yet, we are still making due with my parents 15 year old hand-me-down couches.)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">2. I want to fly back to Cleveland sometime over the summer so that Jared can meet the rest of my extended family back there </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(One perk of living in Wisconsin is that we are close enough to drive to Cleveland. Jared has been able to meet alot of family back there, and he will get to meet even more when we go for Thanksgiving.)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">3. Jared wants to get fog lights for the Subi </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(No luck there yet, it's further down the list now that he has access to discounted Trek merchandise) </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">4. We want to see the Hunger Games movie </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Good show)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">5. I want to find a new apartment that is big enough to fit my piano</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">(Done, just in a different state then originally planned when writing this list!) </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">6. Jared wants to find a new apartment that is big enough for all of our biking and camping junk! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(See above)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">7. We want to go on a fun road trip somewhere with friends </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Hmm. . . if we count each other as friends, road-tripped to Cleveland, and we plan to road trip to Lambeau Field this weekend haha)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">8. I want to get a job as an adjunct professor at BYU teaching math (this is a freakin long shot but it would be cool!) </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Well I did get offered that job at BYU, but we moved to Wisconsin, which still counts for something I'd say! At least I'm still working at the college level out here, much better fit for me than public school teaching)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">9. Jared wants to get a job at REI Headquarters (another long shot, but this is a list of "wants" people!)</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">(I'd say Trek is a pretty good deal for him)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">10. We want to go to see a Jazz game when they play Jimmer's team </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">(</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Never ended up getting tickets to watch the Jazz when they played Jimmer's team, not that it mattered because Jimmer is not a very good NBA player as of yet.)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">11. I want to learn how to cook some good German food like schnitzel and spaetzle </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(I'm going to have my Oma teach me over Thanksgiving if there is time)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">12. Jared wants to design a christmas card for us this year (I don't know if he really wants to, but I'm going to make him!) </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Considering it's still just the two of us, I figured a legitimate Christmas card from us would really be underwhelming for friends and family. . .)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">13. We want to do something cool for our anniversary this year as we've always been too busy with school and family stuff the past couple of years </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Yes! We stayed at an awesome place in downtown Madison and spent a great weekend together, it was great!) </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">14. I want to get pregnant. . . totally depends on where we are at toward the end of the year and what I feel like I should be doing with my career at that point in time, but we aren't gettin any younger folks and we want to start having kids sometime in the next couple of years. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Working on it, and that's all I will say about that)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Puritan;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> A lot has happened this past year and we still have almost two months to go! I would say it's been one of the best although bittersweet years of my life. Best because we've really been blessed with good jobs, a nice place to live etc. but also bittersweet because we are now so far away from our families. But overall, it has been a great year so far and I look forward to many more great years, regardless of who the dang President is!</span></span>Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-11617773554878258782012-10-21T18:30:00.000-07:002012-10-21T18:31:27.047-07:00SlackingI guess I've officially joined the club of people who are slacking on their blogs. I'll try to be better for the sake of our family who probably reads this. . . but I'm not making any promises. The past couple of months have been busy, but good. My job is going well. I like teaching and my class is fun, which makes it easier to go to work everyday. The hour commute both ways gets tiring by the end of the week, but I really like my students and it's cool to see the progress that some of them have made. It's different teaching college freshman, makes for some pretty entertaining moments at times! I try to keep it light during class, their favorite thing to do is call me out whenever I spell something wrong on the board, which is about 3 times a day, no joke! Anyway it's going well and I'm lucky to be doing something that I love and that I am good at.<br />
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Jared's job is good. It's still been a struggle pushing new ideas in the creative department at Trek, but he's been making some progress which is encouraging. He had a business trip out to Vegas last month for a couple of days, and so he was able to spend some time with my family in STG. I'm jealous he got to visit without me, but he had a great time and I'm glad he was able to go! He decided to buy a bunch of winter riding gear so that he can keep riding to work even when it's cold. . . like 25 degrees outside, no thanks! </div>
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We went back to Cleveland for my friend Addie's wedding a couple of weeks ago. I was pretty lame and didn't take any pictures, but it was great wedding and she was a beautiful bride. We stayed with my Oma and she was excited to cook for us :) Jared hooked up her new blu-ray player and we coerced him into watching The Sound of Music with us. He'd always bagged that movie even though he'd never seen it before, and now he admits that it's actually good (or maybe I might be putting words in his mouth)! </div>
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My parents came to visit this past weekend which was really nice. We saw some cool sights here around Madison and then we took my dad over to the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee yesterday. He was in heaven! It was actually a pretty sweet place to check out, even though I'm not way into motorcycles. Only down side now is that Jared is set on getting one in the future, we'll see about that. I am slightly obsessed with the show "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" (a.k.a Triple D) that's on the Food Network and I got my parents hooked on it a few months ago. There is this little diner in Milwaukee that was on the show, so we decided to check it out after the museum. It was pretty good and my parents thought it was cool to hit up a Triple D joint! Anyway, it was really nice to have them visit us, even though it was too short and it makes me miss all the rest of our family even more now. </div>
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The Harley Museum</div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Well the summer is winding down out here, which is a good thing and a bad thing. It's a bad thing because I've really enjoyed having a relaxing summer to recover from my grad program, plus it's been nice having no obligations and being able to do whatever I want, when I want. It's a good thing because I'm ready for something new. I'm excited to start my job and to meet new students. I never thought I would admit this in a million years, but a bunch of friends have been talking about going back to school lately and it's really weird knowing that I'm not going back to BYU this semester, I might actually it miss it a little (other than the thesis writing, homework doing, finals studying etc.) Anyway, here's an update in pictures of this past month. </span></div>
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Trek has a big trade show every year in Madison where they show off all of their new bikes. These are the spaces Jared designed for it. It's been a learning experience for Jared in how marketing and design functions from an organizational standpoint when working for a big company like Trek, but I think he was pretty happy with how this project turned out. He was able to push through more of his own ideas, and hopefully the higher ups are starting to realize he is capable of showcasing the brand effectively, and that he really knows what he's doing, even if he's only been out of school for a year. </div>
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I've been hanging out with my friend Char and her kids quite a bit this summer, another perk of having so much free time. I told her I've adopted them as our nieces and nephews since ours are so far away. Her oldest son Tyler is obsessed with sports, my kind of kid. Jared and I played Bocce Ball with him and his little brother Jaden last week, and I went over and played basketball with him this week, good times! I found out that Jaden, is obsessed with all things Legos. I told him Jared has a box of old Legos (thank you Carolyn for forcing us to take those off your hands when we moved! haha) and that I'd take some over for him to play with. We have been BFFs ever since, and he affectionately calls me his "lego buddy" now haha. Then her youngest Kambree thinks I'm the greatest babysitter around because we make playdough, watercolor and do nail polish. Fun kids!</div>
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Our nephew Cole had his birthday a few weeks ago, so Jared was able to hook his parents up with a good deal on a bike. This was the pic Heidi sent us, she said he was pretty excited about it! Jared is already corrupting the young minds, this will be our own kid in another ten years or so!</div>
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Overall, things out here are still good. Some days are better than others. Obviously we miss our family and friends and wish we didn't live so far away, but we are happy and just taking things day by day.Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-36784226243191685812012-07-25T21:15:00.001-07:002012-07-25T21:15:28.791-07:00Cleveland WeekendThis past weekend we spent several days in Cleveland with my extended family and luckily my mom was there visiting too. I haven't been out there in about 6 years and Jared hadn't met most of my family there so we thought it was a perfect opportunity to go now that we are in Wisconsin and it's only a drive away. For the most part we just hung out with everyone and didn't do a whole lot other then eat delicious food, but that was okay by us!<br />
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The house I grew up in, still looks the same</div>
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I got to see my best friend Addie, we were inseparable as kids!</div>
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Jared loved hanging out with my Oma's dog Scottie</div>
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He got new cycling glasses, he looks like Cyclops!</div>
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It was a great time and we loved hanging out with everybody, thanks Oma for letting us crash your place! Thanks Tet for always making sure we were stuffed to the bone, I'm still trying to recover from the food intake!</div>
<br />Stacie and Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852902386991777021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235104624630452133.post-73394317527984609562012-07-11T20:43:00.001-07:002012-07-11T20:43:08.964-07:00Good News!For those of you who are waiting for the announcement of a baby Gibbons you'll have to wait a little longer. . . BUT, I did get a job today, which is really good news! Before moving out here I had applied for several math positions at the community and liberal arts colleges around the area. I didn't think much would come of it because I honestly didn't know how competitive I'd be coming right out of school, but luckily a college here about an hour away had me interview and offered me the job today! My official title is a Developmental Math Specialist, so I'll be working in the Student Support Services department helping students who are struggling or behind with math. I'll teach a remedial math class and then spend the rest of my time helping students in an individual or small group setting. Only bummer is that it's a bit of a drive, but I'll only have to do it 4 days a week this coming semester and hopefully I can cut it down to 3 days a week for the next. Distance aside, it's going to be an great opportunity for me and I'm lucky to have found something so quickly out here, kind of a small (alright big) miracle! So we'll both be slaves to the professional world come August, but at least our students loans will get paid off more quickly!<br />
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Got myself a road bike the other day, awesome perks of having Jared work for Trek. I decided that I need to get into better shape. It's not that I think I look bad or anything because I don't mind the way my clothes fit or whatever, but I just don't <i>feel</i> healthy ya know. Anyway, I went on my first ride this morning and it felt good, did 12 miles in just under an hour so I was pretty proud of myself!<br />
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