tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46106111232811796462024-03-13T08:20:53.094-04:00Rays of SunshineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger586125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-65328470392137029672020-03-31T11:43:00.000-04:002020-03-31T11:43:02.595-04:00Is that you, Corona?Today marks 18 days that our family has been in self quarantine. 18 days since our children have left the parameters of our little corner of the world. 18 days since they last set foot on campus of their beloved school. 25 days since we last set foot in our church building to worship the Lord together. Now we just sit in front of the computer and watch Jon do a FB live from the back porch. It works and is so uplifting but we are ready to be back at the building with all our loved ones!!<br />
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I picked the kids up from school on Friday, the 13th of March, and we came straight home. I didn’t leave all weekend because I knew it would be overcrowded at all the grocery stores so I waited until Monday, the 16th of March. Went to all 3 stores here in town and tried to stock up as best I could. But it's hard to really fully prepare for the unknown. I have prepared for so many hurricanes and “ice" storms that never amounted to anything, I guess I was somewhat reluctant to spend our entire life savings (kidding) on food once again. Not to mention the fact that I am an under reactor and not an over reactor so it was really hard for me to get my mind wrapped around the fact that I needed to buy food for HOW LONG??? How does one even do that? I got what I could think of without hoarding too much and came home. I have done one grocery pick up since then. I have also done a curb side pick up with a local nursery in Tallahassee, made a deposit at the bank and dropped off a package at the USPS. That’s it. NO where else.<br />
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The first two weeks were actually pretty good. J, A, and O were busy from 8-3 every day on their computers doing school work, connecting with teachers and classmates and even doing P.E. That kept their minds occupied and they never complained about being bored. And they actually haven’t even complained about not being able to go any where which is a miracle. I think that the fact that we literally can’t go any where has helped that. <insert emoji="" shoulder="" shrug=""> This week is their spring break and while we are lamenting the fact that our plans are canceled, they are getting pretty much un limited time on the xbox together and staying up to watch a movie at night. It’s not the road trip we had planned but it will do in a pinch! </insert><br />
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In an effort to keep a little journal during this time and give myself something to do other than stare at the four walls of this house, or be judge, jury and executioner over the amount of snacks my kids try to consume in a day, trot back and forth to the pantry myself looking for things that just aren’t there, looking at all the laundry that needs to be dealt with (why we aren’t going anywhere) and maybe slow down on the memes, I’m going to start actively taking pictures and blogging again. Hahahaha!!!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-61706776688452263222019-05-29T17:40:00.001-04:002019-05-29T17:40:26.939-04:00Hen HenI am not even going to say it. You all know what I want to say but I am not going to say it. It makes it not happen. So I will say this, this handsome little devil is 2 years and 6 months old as of yesterday!<br />
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A brief highlight of things he does and says. Theres so much more though. I’ve taken notes. Iv’e just got to write them all down.<br />
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Sing baby shark all.the.time. And he will even make up funny words to go with it! He’s very musical!<br />
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Streak around the house. We are in the middle of potty training. Sigh. He’s doing fairly well with it. He has good days, really good days, bad days and really bad days. But I think at least by the time summer is over we will have it down pat! He is obsessed with “flushing it out” and I have to keep the bathroom stocked with clorox wipes and paper towels though. The other day he came running into the room I was in and he was naked and I said, where are your undens wears (that’s what he calls them) and he said Ummmmmmm......dirty....old....wet....need to get new ones. And he pauses between each word that he says, too. It’s so endearing!!<br />
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He loves to come up to me and put his hands behind his back and say “Prize you, mom” and then pretend like he is giving me something.<br />
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He calls mosquitos skeedos.<br />
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And he has to have bandaids for EVERYTHING. And I do mean EVERYTHING!!! He calls them banaids.<br />
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He used to ask if he could hold the moon. If that doesn’t make your heart melt, I’ve got nothing for you here, friend.<br />
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He pronounces his F’s as S’s. So he says swip swops for flip flops, sish for fish and sider truck and sireman. Oh, the day he stops doing that will be a sad, sad day around here.<br />
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He used to refer to himself only as Hen Hen and it was the absolute cutest thing ever but over the last few weeks he has started to drop that more and more.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-80155044687288513022018-06-15T07:49:00.000-04:002018-06-15T07:49:18.417-04:00So far...So far in the first 3 weeks of Summer vacation we have had the stomach virus, strep throat and a raging case of impetigo. Oh, and a teething baby cutting molars. That counts as a sickness, right?<br />
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Tuesday afternoon of this week it was nice and sunny out so I decided while the teething baby was napping I would go lay out on a towel and try to catch some rays so I won’t fry like a pice of bacon on our upcoming trip. The next thing I knew, a little girl with the cutest snaggle tooth mouth came out with her bathing suit on and plopped down right beside me! A few minutes later the others started trickling out and pretty soon this was the scene:<br />
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We had the best afternoon!!!!! Who needs a pool when you have a 5 gallon bucket, kiddie pool and a cooler???? And that teething baby slept 2 1/2 hours and was in the best mood to come join us!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-29549070303123353672018-06-12T09:08:00.003-04:002018-06-12T09:08:52.651-04:00Slowly but surely7. feet<br />
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I couldn’t decide which one was the best/my favorite so I decided to pick both!!! I love how in the first one its like a woman having to look way over her pregnant belly to see her feet!!! And then of course the 2nd one is just so precious. Big feet, little feet.<br />
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8. things i cherish<br />
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Lazy summer mornings with my peeps. Especially when they are getting along, which, amazingly they were for a few minutes of fun in the rain yesterday morning!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-66749913015247306542018-06-07T08:57:00.001-04:002018-06-07T08:57:24.227-04:00On My PlateI’ve missed a bunch of days and am going to make them up but for now here is yesterday’s prompt from The Bethadilly 365 Challenge Day 6, On My Plate.<br />
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Replace the Ezekial bread with butter for a couple pieces of bacon and this is my favorite Whole30 breakfast. Not only is it delicious but it makes a beautiful plate!!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-71987435844694424172018-06-05T07:32:00.001-04:002018-06-05T07:32:42.908-04:00CommitmentYou read it here first, folks. I am committing, COMMITTING, myself to a Summer photography challenge. And committing to doing it right here on this blog and NOT social media. I am deactivating my social media accounts for the Summer. Yes, the whole, entire SUMMER. I’m scared y’all. Like really super, duper scared. But I am looking forward to it. I want to get back to blogging and the only way to do that is to cut that social media habit for a while and get back into the swing of this being my only outlet. I.can.do.this. I can. Wish me luck and check back daily for a new blog post and photograph!!!!!<br />
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Henry is 18 months now, believe it or not! He can say: Mama, Daddy, Bubble, Bubba, NoNo, Uh-Oh, PawPaw and something really, really close to Mickey and Daniel. He’s got so many teeth now and just got finished cutting some molars. Took 14 days for those puppies to both fully break through and he was the crankiest, the clingiest little boy around. But it never interrupted his sleep so I will NOT complain. He could eat his body weight in blueberries and strawberries most days. He loves whole grain waffles (plain or blueberry) avocado, cereal, gold fish and pizza. He knows what a pizza box is and what leftover pizza looks like in a container so there’s no fooling him and he will eat 1 whole piece if not 2. In these pictures he was not interested in playing in the sprinkler or little pool as it was windy yesterday so kinda cool if you were wet. He plopped down in this spot and sat here watching a fly buzz around him for a solid 10 minutes until I got my camera out and then he sat there for another 10 at least. Just sitting there, laughing, watching flies and pretending to eat rocks so I would tell him NoNo and he’d laugh. Then Audrey came out and he started fussing for her to pick him up. He loves all his siblings so much and has started giving them hugs, especially when they pick him up.<br />
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I woke up to a noise around 4:30 and saw the light on at the top of the stairs and after a few moments had passed and it did not go off, I got up to check. When I entered the hall I saw the living room door was closed so I went in there thinking someone was confused at the day and time and was watching television. But nobody was in there. Making my way to the kitchen I saw James standing at the island and then he told me Audrey was in there, too. I didn’t even care what they were doing because I really thought they were confused about the time so, I didn’t ask any questions I just sent them back to bed telling them it was 4:30 in the morning and they must go back to sleep.<br />
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Two hours later when my alarm went off I hit snooze for 8 more minutes and then got up. I noticed that no lights were on upstairs so, thinking they were still asleep after their early morning, I went to go wake them up but no one was up there. I am sure you can imagine the look that came across my face upon the discovery of no children and no other noise in the house at 6:30 in the morning. I go back down to the living room and still didn’t find them. I was really curious at this point because I knew they had not gone outside (not that they would) because the alarm was set so where on earth were they and what the heck were they doing? I made my way to the kitchen once again through the dark dinning room and all of a sudden I hear 3 little voices yell Happy Birthday and then a light comes on and I see 3 little faces beaming with pride!!!<br />
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Those darlings had fixed me a birthday breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast with butter, a banana and a glass of water! (I guess teaching them how to make coffee is next, haha). The macaroon pictured above was also sitting next to my plate on the little napkin and it is with out a doubt the most wonderful, most beautiful birthday cake I have EVER or will EVER have!! And not just because it is a pistachio macaroon, haha!! It’s the precious thought behind it.<br />
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They put so much thought into their actions this morning I couldn’t help but cry and I may or may not be whimpering as I type this :) Olivia exclaimed she had been waiting for this day all week and was so glad my birthday was finally here! Their daddy had instructed them to make my birthday special since he had to be out of town for work and they did. They said they fixed my breakfast and wanted to keep it warm so they almost turned the oven on to keep it warm but decided not to. That proves that they really do notice the little things that I do but I am really glad they decided not to since they had my food on a paper plate! After they made the breakfast they put it on the table and hid in their spots waiting for me to get up. When they heard my alarm they got all excited and were like “this is it! shhh!” But then I didn’t get up for another 8 minutes!! LOL!!<br />
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Their daddy took them to the store after school one day last week when I was a funeral and they purchased me the Instant I’ve been wanting for months!! They had wrapped and they each had me a birthday card and my sweet boy gave me two of his own gift cards. I don’t want to keep them but the look in his eyes when he gave them to me was so genuine I could NEVER give them back.<br />
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But I can promise you that the monetary gifts they gave me this morning don’t matter, even though I’m super excited to finally get that InstantPot, the actions and the thought they put into those actions are the most precious, most wonderful gift they could ever give me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-34790638628834226512017-10-21T10:00:00.000-04:002017-10-21T10:00:14.685-04:00SuSu brought these youngin’s <strike>a few </strike>500 water balloons on their last visit. The next weekend their daddy was gone and we needed a good activity that didn’t require money or leaving, so, I let them fill all the balloons they wanted and we went out in the front to have a fight. It was a lot of fun and I am so glad I took my camera out with us. I captured some great memories and it was one of those nights that will be etched in my mind forever and hopefully theirs, too!!<br />
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This last one...cracks me up. Cant help it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-20471796084567556952017-10-19T13:46:00.003-04:002017-10-19T13:46:47.826-04:00Baby Goat <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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JH here is nothing but a little baby goat! He loves to eat paper, cardboard books, twigs, leaves, anything that he can chew on and try to swallow before I dig it out of his mouth, he will!!! You forget how time consuming having a newborn is. And then once you are over that shock of remembrance you get slapped in the face with the harsh reality of a not so new baby who can move around on his own. This boy here would explore the entire house with out stopping until he either A. fell asleep or B. got so hurt he couldn’t shake it off. That toilet paper tower in the background may or may not have come in contact with BoBo’s head a time or two yet, he keeps going back for more!! </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-51341342599624673622017-07-10T10:00:00.000-04:002017-07-10T10:00:05.441-04:00How many likes do you get?One evening James’s little friend was riding home from church with us and I overheard James tell Cason: "Mama posted this picture of me on Instagram with a fish and I got 46 likes!!"<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-25111695568142481122017-07-06T10:00:00.000-04:002017-07-06T10:00:02.568-04:00Double-namedOn our trip to New Orleans at the end of May, Audrey rode with me out there and Olivia rode back with me. Now, I need to take this moment to say that Audrey was an absolute dream! <i>She is the one you</i> <i>want with you on long rode trips</i>. N.e.v.e.r. made a peep. Never got frustrated with Henry. Never asked when we were going to stop for food, lol!!<br />
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Olivia was so excited to get to FINALLY sit next to Henry in the car! She did great for the couple hours or so. Tending to him, giving him his pappy and handing him toys and then it all just got to be to much for her and I heard her double name him and <strike>say</strike> yell:<br />
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You started flexing your wrists and it’s the cutest thing in the world!<br />
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You like to chew on one finger, usually your index finger but sometimes your thumb.<br />
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You visited Birmingham for the first time.<br />
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The day we got back from Birmingham you found your feet! I had layed you down in your bed to go do something and when I passed by your room a few minutes later I saw you laying on your back holding on to those chubby little feet. Now, you are always holding those feet. It’s like there are no bones in your legs!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-70274886136866485672017-07-03T10:00:00.000-04:002017-07-03T11:18:53.476-04:005 months with Henry (April)At five months old, Henry:<br />
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You Bring our faces close to yours.<br />
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You give a little cough when you get excited.<br />
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You have started to be very ticklish.<br />
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You love to grab daddy’s hair and his beard (daddy had to trim his beard way back because of this!).<br />
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You smile at EVERYONE.<br />
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You wear 9 month footed pajamas and 6 month onesie’s.<br />
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You started getting your foot stuck in the slats on your crib. When it first started to happen you would just lay there quietly until someone checked on you but you’ve since changed your mind on that approach!<br />
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You had rice cereal for the first time this month and you cry out when you don’t get it fast enough.<br />
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You sort of like to take water from a bottle.<br />
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You kept waking up giving me an awful fit in the middle of the night so I put you on your tummy finally to sleep and you started sleeping all night!! Praise.the.Lord. Praise the Lord!! We also extended your feeding times from every 3 to every 4 hours. That was such a wonderful, glorious day.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-38422405116963612712017-07-01T08:26:00.000-04:002017-07-01T08:26:39.998-04:00Cant think of a titleI have been wracking my brain the last few weeks trying to figure out what has changed. Why can’t I blog consistently? Looking back over the last 8 years, I blogged about everything!! And I had fun doing it. It wasn’t a chore, I didn’t have to make myself sit down and do it out of guilt. Isn’t that funny? Blogging out of guilt. Have you ever?<br />
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Well, I finally have it figured out. The source of the inconsistency. The reason for the sheer torture of sitting down and trying to think of funny things to say about the cute things the kids have done lately. It takes to much time and I have 4 kids. Insightful, I know. But wait, there is more. That’s not the actual root of the problem. The root is actually a person and his name is....Steve Jobs. Yes, yes, that’s right. Steve Jobs is the real reason I don’t enjoy blogging so much any more. May he rest in peace.<br />
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He invented the iPhone, y’all. I know, real insightful but, do y’all see where I am going with this yet? 3 years ago I got my first iPhone and found Instagram and then Chatbooks came along and the rest is history (pun intended). It's so much faster to take a pic on my iPhone, open Instagram, do a few adjustments and add a fairly short caption to said pic and then press that share button. And then, after 60 photos are posted, Chatbooks automatically makes a book for me and ships it directly to my house. Hello!!!!!</div>
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I don’t know about you but I feel much better after my revelation. I am documenting just as much as I did a few years ago, just in a different way. A much easier way.<br />
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All that being said, I have tons of notes in my handy dandy iPhone about Henry and all he’s been up to the last few months and a few things the older kids have said that are just too funny to be forgotten. I am actually going to take the time TODAY and write up a bunch of blogs and set the automatic posting schedule thingamajig to post once or twice a week. Wow!!! Aren’t you all impressed? I know I am.<br />
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Field day for Olivia is where we will pick back up.<br />
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She was so excited, it being her very own field day and all. And I had a blast watching her!<br />
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I did not take pictures during J&A’s this year. It was at 1:00 in the afternoon and it was just to hot for all that. I stayed in the shade best I could and learned very quickly that <strike>they</strike> James does not need or want my help at field day any more. **Sigh**<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-71511902118327293082017-05-03T14:51:00.005-04:002017-05-03T14:51:35.963-04:00Breastfeeding 102<i>DISCLAIMER: IF YOU ARE A MAN AND YOU CONTINUE READING, YOU HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF. JUST SAYING. </i><br />
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James, bless his heart, can make things so very awkward. So very awkward but he gets it honest. I will let you decide who he gets it honest from. :) Add that to being almost 10 years old and then throw in a first time nurser that has to let it all hang out in order to get the job done right and you end up with a hermit mother that goes to her bedroom every 2-3 hours and locks the door when the kids are home. Yep. I did that. Still do to some extent. Oh and I never talked about it. They thought I fed him from a bottle because they were around on the few occasions that he has been fed from a bottle. And here is where this story begins.<br />
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Last month some time, Jon was taking James to the coast for the day to fish. That left me with the suckling infant and the 2 girls. I wanted to take the girls shopping for Easter dresses so I knew the day had come to tell them what really goes on behind that closed door.<br />
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I told my self to stop being so silly and just tell them. They are girls. They will be women one day. And that day is approaching sooner for Audrey than I like to think about so I told my self this was the perfect time to start awkward conversations with her. Maybe it will help in the future because I am determined to not be awkward with my girls about life and what all it means to not only be a mother but a woman. So, I pulled those granny panties I’ve been sporting the last few months up around my neck and this is how it went:<br />
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Me: Girls, do you know there are 2 ways to feed a baby?<br />
Girls: No ma’am<br />
Me: Well there is, one with a bottle and one called breast feeding. (Ugh! There is that word again!) Do you know what that is?<br />
Audrey: Well, I know what breasts are.<br />
Me: Well, okay.<br />
Olivia: I don’t know!!<br />
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<i>One most know that in our family we call nipples/boobies, boogs. Yes, boogs. Audrey started it when she was just a wee little thing and it has stuck!</i><br />
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Me: Well Olivia, breasts is another name for your boogs. So breastfeeding means.....<br />
Audrey: <i>Looking at me with a very weird look on her face</i><br />
Olivia: So Henry sucks on your boog to get the milk out???!!!???<br />
Me: Yes!<br />
Olivia: Ewwwwww!!!!! That’s so gross!!!!!<br />
Audrey: OLIVIA!!!!<br />
Me: It’s not gross, that’s how God designed a mama’s body to be able to feed her baby.<br />
Olivia: So, you squeeze your boog and squirt milk into Henry’s mouth?<br />
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At this point when she says that, she literally throws her self on the couch dying in laughter. Like, uncontrollable laughter. Audrey doesn’t know what to think. She wants to feel awkward but wants to laugh at Olivia and what she is saying. So she looks at me and when she sees that I am almost crying from laughing at Olivia she joins in. What a great moment in my life, yall!! We had the best day after that. They were curious and Olivia wanted to look and all that stuff and had several comments to make like how can he sleep and eat at the same time? That sure is a big boog, mama. :)<br />
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Like I said, we had the best day after that. I could feel that they felt special for me letting them in on my “secret.” We definitely bonded over it. Sometimes I feel like such a nerd for being weird about it but, then I wonder, if I had been candid with them about it from the beginning would we of had that same great experience?<br />
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<i>****update since I actually wrote this*** Olivia asked me the other night after coming into Henry’s room abruptly "so did Henry suck all the milk out of both your boogs?” bahahahahahaha this child!</i><br />
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I would like to start out by saying that I am writing this post for my self and my daughters. I want to remember how I felt during this period of my life and I want my daughters to have something to reference if they ever are blessed with children and choose to breast feed.<br />
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First off, I’d like to say how much I don’t like that word. Breastfeed. It really annoys me. I'm not sure why it does, it just does. Maybe its because I am on old fuddy duddy and saying the word breast so freely makes me uncomfortable and perhaps that in itself is weird. Something I defiantly need to get over! But when I talk about it, 95% of the time I say nurse/nursing or feed.<br />
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Lets talk about my history with it. For obvious reasons I did not nurse James and Audrey. I did however pump for 2 long, arduous and, grueling months. Fast forward 3 1/2 years and Olivia came along. I had big plans to nurse her but that didn’t work out. The days leading up to her birth and the week after were extremely hectic and stressful and SHE HURT ME LIKE CRAZY so I thought something was wrong. I did not have good support in the hospital and things were just different then. So basically I panicked and gave up, turning to pumping and then formula because that's what I was used to. I felt comfortable and in control with it.<br />
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Then Henry came along and I had every intention of pumping for as long as I could. And then, in recovery, the nurse asked if I wanted to try breastfeeding and just laid him up on me. She exclaimed “OH!!! Look at him! He’s a natural! This is going to be so easy for y’all.” I believed her and decided to give it a shot. Plus I had Jon over my shoulder encouraging me to do it. I’d like to go back and find that nurse and stick a note on her forehead that says LIAR! LIAR! PANTS ON FIRE!! Hahahaha!!<br />
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I have never experienced such pain in my life. I cried and I sobbed and I cried some more. Almost every time he would nurse for almost two weeks, I cried. And then at one of his check ups for jaundice the pediatrician asked if I wanted to see a lactation nurse. I almost shouted at him YES! before he could finish the thought. Vickie was an angel from heaven. Even though I really did not want to hear the things she was saying because I was looking for any excuse at all to fold like a deck of cards, she told me things I needed to hear to put on my big girl panties and do it. She told me I had to let go of the control of knowing exactly how much he was getting and trust in my body to do what it needed to do to nourish him. She told me to dig down DEEP to find the strength to fight through the pain of the first few weeks and it would get easier. I can still remember how those words “dig down deep” made me feel. It made me feel strong and determined to follow through what I needed to do. To not give up. And I didn’t. Even though there have been many a nights where I say “That’s it, we are switching to formula tomorrow” when I wake up the next morning I say, ok, I can do this one more day. And that is really what has carried me almost 5 months down the road of being a nursing mom. A breast feeding mother. A mother that whips her boob out to feed that baby.<br />
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At Henry’s two month check up the pediatrician told me how proud he was of me for pressing on with it. Especially since I had three previous bottle babies. He said the average time period for breastfeeding moms is 1 week. I told him I can understand why it is only 1 week and he agreed because it is SO HARD. I told him it is the hardest thing I've had to do since having to survive newborn, premature twins and then get them to 18 months old still alive with all of their extremities attached and my sanity still in place, even if it was hanging on by a thread!<br />
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This month has been very challenging. February and March were really a breeze but April has been tough. We started out the month by Henry deciding a growth spurt of 36 hours worth of feeding every 2 hours was a good idea. He couldn’t of picked a worse time since it was Spring Break and Olivia got really sick with some type of mysterious cold virus that made her run a high fever for the whole week. To make it worse, I insisted Jon and the twins go on with out us and follow through on our SB plans. For 5 nights and 6 days it was just the 3 of us: one suckling infant, one very sick 5 year old and one mother that was running on pure adrenaline. The rest of this month has just been exhausting. He refuses to sleep through the night and still wants to eat every 3 hours. I went and bought a bottle of formula because I keep threatening to switch and thought if I just give it to him at night time maybe he will start sleeping. But alas, I cannot bring my self to do it!! Last night I had an ephiniy and thought about rice cereal!!! So I called the breastfeeding goddess, my sister, and she made me feel so much better. She told me things I needed to hear and gave me excellent advice for a plan to move forward and try to get this kid to sleep at night and to space out his feedings better during the day! Even though I had to get a cup of coffee and pop 2 ibuprofen so I could sit here and write all this, I feel rejuvenated about pressing on.<br />
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To wrap up this post, I will say I am very glad that I pressed on this time. That I reached deep down inside and found the strength to hang in there and do what my body was designed to do. I am so very grateful for my amazing husband who has encouraged me every step of the way. Especially in those early weeks when I wanted to give up the most. Most of all I am thankful for my Creator, the one who designed my body to do such amazing, awesome, incredible things like give life to a human being and then to be able to nourish that tiny human from the same body. And for giving me the strength and fortitude to hang on for dear life, even if I did have to dig down so deep to find it.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-72959115846809324402017-03-31T13:40:00.005-04:002017-03-31T13:40:45.572-04:004 Months Old So I’m a few days late with this post. Does that really surprise you? No? Didn't think so!<br />
Moving on.......here’s what Mr. Henry has been up to this month:<br />
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He has really started babbling and cooing and gurgling and laughing this month.<br />
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He is ticklish!<br />
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He LOVES to be thrown up in the air and gives the biggest cackle. Although, his mother really prefers it when she’s the one to toss him up. When daddy’s does it he throws way to high!<br />
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He has rolled over a few times from stomach to back.<br />
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He loves to lay in his crib and watch his mobile go round and round. He will lay there a good thirty minutes before he starts fussing to move on to something else.<br />
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He rode in his baby k’tan at the grocery store for the first time this month and he LOVED it! Now I don’t have to wait until the evening when I am bone tired to go.<br />
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He watches me intently and when I look down or over at him his entire face lights up like a Christmas tree and he smiles the biggest, most beautiful smile you have ever seen! He is my heart.<br />
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He has slept through the night a handful of times since he was born. But never more than once in a while. This week since Sunday he has slept 4 out of 5 nights ALL NIGHT LONG!!!!!<br />
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There have been quite a few nights in the last 6 weeks or so that he has woken up to eat and then after he had his belly full and I put him back in his bed, he has just laid there and played. And by played I mean kicking and cooing and cackling, basically making the cutest baby sounds in the whole world. The ones that make you want to get up and play with him! He did that the one night he didn't sleep all night this week and I just layed there listening wanting to get up and play but I was just so tired. Lol.<br />
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He LOVES his giraffe! Its the first thing he reached for and grabbed. He loves to “hug” it and chew on its nose. We all love watching him play with it. And it makes for seriously cute pictures!<br />
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He went to the doctor for a well check yesterday and had to get shots. I hate shot day! He was super duper fussy last night and I had to swing on the porch with him for over an hour last night to calm him down. Its hard to see him so upset because he is always so happy! He has slept most of the day today and been a little fussy. He weighs 14 lbs and 13 oz and is a little above average for length and has a slightly less than average size head. Over the last few weeks I have really seen A LOT of baby Audrey in him! He has the same size and shape head as she did, petite! I find this quite amusing because there is nothing else petite about Mr. Henry! He has chunked up quite nicely and has some delicious fat rolls. He’s definitely a snap on baby :)<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-46036601073934930152017-03-21T09:56:00.000-04:002017-03-21T09:56:04.758-04:00Forgetting to RememberI'm going to have to start a blog journal for topics. Several times a day lately I’ve had thoughts that would be good to document and every single time I have sat down to blog my brain shuts down and all I can think is “Now what was it I wanted to remember?” And I sit here for several minutes while my brain short circuits trying to remember until I finally give up and go fold laundry or something that doesn’t require thinking. Hisssssssss boooooooooo.<div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-34341700294824682162017-03-03T13:54:00.003-05:002017-03-03T13:54:48.985-05:003 Months BigHenry <strike>is 3 months old today</strike> was 3 months old on Tuesday. Hard to believe so much time has passed already. Here is what he’s been up to lately and what he enjoys doing:<br />
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Laying on his play mat and looking at himself in the mirror on it.<br />
Watching videos of himself on my phone<br />
Looking at the bright light of the screen on my phone<br />
Watching his Baby Einstein video, Baby Mozart<br />
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LOVES talking to his mama and always smiles when he sees her face :)<br />
LOVES talking to his daddy and always smiles when he sees his face :)<br />
He gets so excited sometimes talking to us that he does this little cough<br />
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Gets so excited when we lay him in his crib to watch his mobile go round and round<br />
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Eats every 3-4 hours<br />
Sleeps 5-6 hours in a stretch at night<br />
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Just graduated to a size 3 diaper<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-48891856369828091592017-03-03T11:07:00.004-05:002017-03-03T11:07:56.635-05:00Getin52-Last WeekI’m enjoying the Getin52 project but am so behind on posting. Last week I had the great idea to film Olivia and I doing her homework like we do every afternoon on the couch. And I kept it real. Except for the random piece of food (I think it was a cashew) under the side table that I just had to edit out.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610611123281179646.post-37093958408069833212017-02-16T14:07:00.000-05:002017-02-16T14:07:01.485-05:00ComfortableHenry is the best baby ever. He hardly fuses or cries. He’s just so content and happy all the time! My daddy asked if my other babies were this good and I said Olivia was. James and Audrey were not but I firmly believe thats only because they were always having to wait on the other, haha!! Henry hardly ever has to wait and if he does, he certainly doesn’t have to wait long! His brother and sisters are always so concerned if he makes the slightest the noise that could signal him getting upset. 'Mama, he’s upset! Mama, Henry’s is crying! Mama, where is his pacifier? Who ever invented pacifiers is a genius.’ Yes, yes they are!<br />
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Someone made a comment about it being hard on me with the new baby and everything else and I had to be honest and tell them that it’s really not. I’m not stressed out all day. The twins were, well, we all know what the twins were! Olivia was a great baby but I had two 4 year olds at home all day. I was stressed and tired. With Henry, I’m just tired and that is such a blessing for all involved! And since Henry is such a good baby, its super hard to come up with any interesting material to talk about! But, I am constantly making the kids laugh at me lately because I seem to be saying all the wrong words and it will take me two or three tries to say the right one sometimes!<br />
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