tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448243715177371322024-03-05T21:16:59.825-08:00The Good LifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045732259844123626noreply@blogger.comBlogger518125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244824371517737132.post-60121397986334395262015-11-01T14:07:00.003-08:002015-11-04T10:19:41.637-08:00Second Tri Second Time<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello second trimester! I am not surprised that this milestone snuck up on me. Between the last few days of the pregnancy hangover feeling, school, the girl, the husband, the house, and the dogs I haven't had much time to actually think about being pregnant. Thank goodness for this nifty Ovia app that keeps me up to date on what is going on because I definitely don't have time to read any books or calculate how far along I am this time around. It is strange how this pregnancy feels like it is creeping along and flying by all at the same time. Before we know it we will be rolling past Christmas and if you are a teacher you know it is all down hill from there. I know I wrote last time all about how different this pregnancy is from last time, but it is so true. Everything is different from what I am wearing this time around to how I forget every week to take my weekly belly pictures this time. I have maybe taken 3 or four pictures this time compared to the religious weekly pictures I took last time around. The good news is both kids will be equal on baby books because I still haven't finished Mckinley's and I might make one for the sweet pea. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 4 pictures I have taken over the last 14 weeks. </span></div>
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I started this new chapter of this pregnancy with a bang or maybe I should say an itch last night when I forgot to take my gluten free soy sauce to the sushi restaurant last night. I decided to say screw it let's dance gluten and I bet you can guess who won that fight. Good news is no hives just some swollen red and lots of itching. A little Benadryl and I slept better than I have slept in the last 3 months. It is funny to think how differently I ate during my last pregnancy. I wasn't yet aware of what was making me miserable and itchy and it wasn't until Mckinely was about 2 that everything changed. Now that the thought and smell of food doesn't make me want to run screaming out of the room I can hopefully get back to eating healthier. I am definitely in a better place than I started when I got pregnant with Mckinley and I am hoping my eating habits and activity level this time will help me not gain 50 lbs. this time. </div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">So far this week I feel as close to normal as you can possibly feel while growing a human in your uterus. I do get pretty tired a few days a week, but I will take a little tired over completely exhausted any day. I still haven't felt any movement that I can recall. I have had a few tickles here and there but nothing I would consider as big movements. Hopefully in the next few weeks this baby will give me some reassurance that he or she is doing ok in there. I go back to the dr. next week so I am praying for a nice strong heartbeat. My next appt. after that will be an ultrasound appointment and we are hoping to see which name we will be choosing come April/May. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I am still trying to figure out how to break the news to everyone, but I haven't decided on anything just yet. Last time I made cupcakes after we found out to share with our family over dinner, but this time I want to let Mckinley be a part of the celebration. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">If anyone has any good ideas send them my way because this mamma was up all night and stuck at home today with my sickly coughing first born and I am bored out of my mind!! Hopefully baby doesn't mind the three cups of coffee I snorted today!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045732259844123626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244824371517737132.post-8477267101095136042015-10-24T07:55:00.002-07:002015-10-24T13:59:15.124-07:00This Time Around<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Everyone has told me over and over again how each pregnancy is completely different and I can definitely tell you this is true. I am not sure if it is because they truly are different or if you just handle things differently the second time around because you have suffered through it all already and you now know what to expect. During my first pregnancy I remember every new experience being wonderful and magical. I read every book, knew what fruit baby was the size of, and wrote down every little detail. This time around this kid is lucky if I get to sit still long enough to remember how far along I am. Thankfully there is an app for that. I <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">have gone back and reread some of my blog posts I wrote during my first pregnancy and it has been interesting to compare how things are different this go-round. </span></div>
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First Pregnancy-During my first pregnancy In my first trimester of course I was exhausted. I would come home everyday after school and <strike>pass out</strike> nap on the couch. I had no one to care for (I didn't forget about you Brent you just could care for yourself) and all the time in the world to sleep. I slept great through the first and second trimester and of course once my need to pee every minutes and my belly got bigger sleep became virtually nonexistent. </div>
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Second Pregnancy- ha ha ha nap what's a nap?!?! This time I come home everyday and have another person to keep alive and happy so napping is completely out of the question.i am not going to lie, I have played many many board games in the bed and bribed the girl to snuggle with me in bed with me and watch Frozen and Cinderella. As far as sleep goes this time around I have basically slept like crap from the beginning. I am having crazy hormone dreams that are waking me up several times a night along with the need to pee. I have involuntarily passed twice now and slept for about 13 hours, but I am hopeful things are on the upswing.</div>
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First Pregnancy- Last time I remember feeling sick from the time I woke up to the time I fell asleep. I only got sick once but I just felt like I was dying all day long. I still have no clue how no one realized something was going on. I ate chip and drank ginger ale all day long.</div>
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Second pregnancy- This time I have actually felt relatively good every other day. Going to work actually helps and keeps my mind off of the I want to die feeling this time around. I have definitely eaten my fair share of potato chips this time around, but baked potatoes and french fries have been my mainstay on the days nothing else has sounded good. Sadly I mistook the stomach virus for the beginning of my morning sickness at around 6 weeks I had been feeling great and then all of a sudden I was getting sick all day. I toughed it out and worked a full day with a smile on my face and sadly it wasn't until the girl got sick later that day that I realized I was a pregnant fool.Thankfully my dr. gave me some amazing medicine that has gotten me through the worst of it, but I still have my days where all I want to eat is a biggie fry and only drink sprite </div>
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First pregnancy- Last time my belly popped around 15 weeks. I ate eggo waffles and peanut butter all day long and was just down right unhealthy. I wasn't working out because I had ovarian cysts before getting pregnant that made me feel like I was going to pass out if I did any major movements so I was on a sad pregnant rollercoaster. </div>
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Second pregnancy- This time my weight gain is already much slower and I am all around much healthier. Before becoming pregnant I 80/20 paleo which meant I wasn't eating any processed foods and was much healthier to begin with. was The past few weeks I have eaten a lot more carb laden foods because it was the only thing my body could dtand to look at. I am slowly returning to my paleo ways and am now craving fruits, celery with ranch dressing, my mom's homemade soup, and spicy Indian and Thai food. I have only gained 2 lbs. at 13 weeks, but my belly has definitely popped and depending on the day the belly bloat can make me look way more than 3 months pregnant.<br>
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So far this pregnancy has felt like a lifetime, but I am hoping all of the holidays coming up and the fact that I have no time to even remember that I am pregnant will help these next few months fly by. Until then I will continue having my panicky moments that the baby actually has to come out and the rest of my time praying for a healthy and safe pregnancy and delivery. Thankfully we have already gotten back our first tri screenings and everything is normal so that is a huge weight off of our shoulders.</div><div><br></div><div>No matter the difference between the two I can't wait to meet this sweet pea and fall in love with whoever he or she will be. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045732259844123626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244824371517737132.post-68612869768933902152015-10-03T05:04:00.001-07:002015-10-12T20:30:06.532-07:00Here We Go Again<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Yesterday we finally broke the big news that we would be welcoming a new member to Team D. My due date is April 30 so we could have an April or a May baby so we will just have to wait and see if this pregnancy is similar to Mckinley's and I go over or if things are different. Either way I pray I don't go into labor during school!! </span><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1RVxNvVOG1F6reqY2tdhHXKqGyk4R7YCvHdV1AdIwBFJweScWWTEO4I8JzbDhNMW5ISIhzze5R5ARGP_6SqwFsd1d2oLqZYmZpSMhd0PHgXHG0WhwTNz0Q0m-_Z854Az2HwR5i-p34rV/s640/blogger-image-115986215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1RVxNvVOG1F6reqY2tdhHXKqGyk4R7YCvHdV1AdIwBFJweScWWTEO4I8JzbDhNMW5ISIhzze5R5ARGP_6SqwFsd1d2oLqZYmZpSMhd0PHgXHG0WhwTNz0Q0m-_Z854Az2HwR5i-p34rV/s640/blogger-image-115986215.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We are so excited to add this new member to our family. Life is definitely going to be more interesting and I can't wait to see how this tiny little person adds to the dynamic of our little family. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpzqeGNfnjBDcpxsxUrqKs1vKAsIdv7QXzulM-_3bWy9NdOxdYkjOp37Eq7d-OFNSE6F1UE0uvqVipXgIH0XgUXrNCqtu8CMzZ2y1wpwwpY6EkxgX2NNoGt2qPh_xT2HLugN4IaK3RKzWP/s640/blogger-image-2097078323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpzqeGNfnjBDcpxsxUrqKs1vKAsIdv7QXzulM-_3bWy9NdOxdYkjOp37Eq7d-OFNSE6F1UE0uvqVipXgIH0XgUXrNCqtu8CMzZ2y1wpwwpY6EkxgX2NNoGt2qPh_xT2HLugN4IaK3RKzWP/s640/blogger-image-2097078323.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">No one is more excited than Mckinley. She is already telling everyon le that she is the big sister. The night we told her we were snuggling in bed and talking and she asked me if God had really put a baby in my belly. Then she later her head on my stomach and said she could hear the babies heart beeping (beating). I just love her so much and I can't wait to see how she handles this big change. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88j0A8XcYvx2qBFdBHdsqVoi2VZuc6dVH_OjWgcCKOKssICIy0D4LToQcQnmQNdnb1ipOVQ1kiDBpERTrV4rTGrUjyGUuPl7GUk7XBVpDFvTN5M6UNPMQt7qS-IQSotCe72oG-KwPJhl2/s640/blogger-image-1669729949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88j0A8XcYvx2qBFdBHdsqVoi2VZuc6dVH_OjWgcCKOKssICIy0D4LToQcQnmQNdnb1ipOVQ1kiDBpERTrV4rTGrUjyGUuPl7GUk7XBVpDFvTN5M6UNPMQt7qS-IQSotCe72oG-KwPJhl2/s640/blogger-image-1669729949.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We have already started talking about how things will be different but the big things we will try to keep the same. One thing I know we will work very hard to continue is our nighttime bedtime routine. I used to put Mckinley to bed each night but I felt like Brent was missing out on this so we starte tag teaming it. Now Brent reads the books and I snuggle and say prayers with her before she lays down for the night. We are going to try our best to continue this because it is such an important part of our day so we will just trade off and maybe move bedtime around to make sure we can still get all of our snuggles in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It has been interesting to see how different this pregnancy is than when I was pregnant with Mckinley. I have definitely had many days where I have felt hungover, but for the most part it has been an easy pregnancy so far. It is definitely different being pregnant he second time around especially with your first born wanting to play my little ponies and Uno everyday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I haven't taken any belly pictures yet because nothing has really changed. Once I pop I will try to take weekly pictures again. I love looking back on my pictures and seeing how my belly grew and changed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am not sure when we will find out what baby D is, but I go back in 2 weeks to take a peek and do some tests. I will only be 12 weeks which is usually too early to tell. Mckinley of course wants a girl baby and mommy would love a boy baby, but a sister would be fun and easy because we have soooooooo much girl stuff. </div><br></div><div>Now all we can do it sit and wait to find out and pray I keep feeling good. Wish us luck and send any advice you have for raising 2 kids (gulp)!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045732259844123626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244824371517737132.post-78923721996721390432015-08-15T12:12:00.001-07:002015-10-15T19:05:42.374-07:00Feeling All The FealsMy sweet sweet girl started 4k this past week and I am not sure how I feel about this. I think her birthday and the beginning of the school year being so close together is just too much for this mamma to handle. To make things worse when it was time for her to go to her classroom she started running out of the room without a kiss or goodbye and I had to force her to come back and act like she loves me more than school. I guess I should be happy she loves school and doesn't mind leaving me but she could atleast pretend like she is a little sad to go. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSVlCKmitcDHBnWZ9_EiRG-qk5b7__E3RH8u_EDWz8whca1T_N7lAyLaBTCRQHR9epqQY9U3VbgFbvWfVcoQbtmdGo-6xyhLEQkl9Qgd4PZ_paI0fP_PACAJKcA_0zGLG58pCoL-KcY3O/s640/blogger-image-701597881.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSVlCKmitcDHBnWZ9_EiRG-qk5b7__E3RH8u_EDWz8whca1T_N7lAyLaBTCRQHR9epqQY9U3VbgFbvWfVcoQbtmdGo-6xyhLEQkl9Qgd4PZ_paI0fP_PACAJKcA_0zGLG58pCoL-KcY3O/s640/blogger-image-701597881.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> I can't believe how much my baby has grown since the first day of school last year! She has lost so much of her baby face and is really starting to look like a big girl. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIF0b4WiNLi6NeJyoBhdPaSiiKzyVlBMeO8SfzZgncvYphzk4k3TsmrDkbF53UYaVolSHjTS6bhD1k161XhiiRPKu85LZVvvJGkOhyphenhyphenzv30x3Udga5Yaste3lplfhyphenhyphen_ML61_8L90dGEUwA/s640/blogger-image--193254500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIF0b4WiNLi6NeJyoBhdPaSiiKzyVlBMeO8SfzZgncvYphzk4k3TsmrDkbF53UYaVolSHjTS6bhD1k161XhiiRPKu85LZVvvJGkOhyphenhyphenzv30x3Udga5Yaste3lplfhyphenhyphen_ML61_8L90dGEUwA/s640/blogger-image--193254500.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I know she is going to have an amazing year with Mrs. Nicole and Mrs. Veronica!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2tlDHHaQmrw5ZoZ0qJlGKV6N93IG8fg__AGmRkVFDleHxgZZCnBkdC4x9AqTl_bDs07fnfUlx6lORmx27vM_cE23-X8NQHcWhkqv3vHBPVRuwYty054PXZ9XZ02ipv5lQqN979l94Z1_/s640/blogger-image--221512494.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2tlDHHaQmrw5ZoZ0qJlGKV6N93IG8fg__AGmRkVFDleHxgZZCnBkdC4x9AqTl_bDs07fnfUlx6lORmx27vM_cE23-X8NQHcWhkqv3vHBPVRuwYty054PXZ9XZ02ipv5lQqN979l94Z1_/s640/blogger-image--221512494.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045732259844123626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244824371517737132.post-61377382893940223652015-08-02T18:09:00.000-07:002015-08-02T18:18:16.299-07:00Fail To Plan. 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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To make things even easier on myself I have a very loose schedule of what types of meals I make each day which helps me plug everything into my nifty difty handy dandy dry erase calendar. Every Monday I use one of my crock pot freezer meals because it is Monday and I am usually exhausted on Mondays plus the fact that it is Monday makes me sad so I want to make everything as easy as possible. Tuesday is Taco Tuesday and we typically make turkey tacos or chicken fajitas or some sort of stir fry this day. Wednesday we have spaghetti or some sort of pasta (zucchini noodles with chicken meatballs, inside outside ravioli, etc). Thursday is typically another crock pot day because it is the end of the week and I don't really feel like cooking. Friday isn't really planned out because we usually have leftovers or we have date night so we usually grill out and every now and then we go out. This is a very tentative schedule and we throw in a meatless night every now and then to shake things up.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lecremedelacrumb.com/2015/02/slow-cooker-broccoli-beef.html" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Beef and Broccoli</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/easy-pepper-steak-recipe/?crlt.pid=camp.QjDcE0FpP92i" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pepper Steak</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.spendwithpennies.com/easy-chicken-fajitas/" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chicken Fajitas</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.thetwobiteclub.com/2014/08/stuffed-pepper-soup.html#_a5y_p=2216289" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stuffed Pepper Soup</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.tastesoflizzyt.com/2014/09/24/paleo-sweet-potato-chili/" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sweet Potato Chili</span></a><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">8 lbs. Ground Turkey $20.00</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2Red, 2 Green, 2 Yellow </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bell Peppers $7.58</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bag Sweet Peppers $4.99</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Frozen Bag Broccoli $1.50</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4 Zucchini $1.93</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4 Sweet Potatoes $2.97</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tomorrow to save my sanity while cooking I am taking my child to the redbox and letting her pick 2 new movies which I will let her binge watch while I cook, prep, and bag everything! Typically I would be doing all of this on the weekend while Brent is home, but I know my child and if I don't entertain her somehow she will ask me every 5 seconds when I will be done cooking so we can play hungry hungry hippos. Now don't get me wrong I absolutely love playing with my girl and we spend most of our time at home playing hide-n-seek, hungry hungry hippos, hi-ho cherry-o, sneaky snacky squirrel, puzzles, my little ponies, to name just a few things. Tomorrow I need about 2 hours of non interrupted cooking time so I figured I could let her watch a couple movies for a few hours kind of like how I am watching The Office right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I am so very thankful that I have a job that lets me spend all summer with my favorite girl and this summer has by far been my favorite. Now that my girl has made it around the sun one more time I can reflect back on our previous summers and why this one has been the best so far. For me this summer has been the best because this age has been the best for us.Our first summer was spent trying to survive as new parents, our second summer was spent running around half naked because we were potty training, and last summer she was 2 so that speaks for itself. We never had knock down drag out terrible two's, but 2 was definitely the longest year for us because we did suffer through about 2 months of tantrums which made me think we might never have another kid. Thankfully looking back I realize we made it out alive and it really wasn't that bad so maybe we won't make her be an only child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This summer was so relaxing and so much fun! It may or may have been because we didn't have to drag a ton of stuff around with us and could just get up and go without a lot of thought and preparation. To start off our super fun summer we made a summer bucket list of things we wanted to do and I think we did a pretty good job of having fun as we possibly could this summer. </span></div>
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Last summer Mckinley took swimming lessons, but I wasn't too happy about their technique of basically forcing the kids to do things so this summer we decided to let her get go at her own pace and now I can happily say my four year old can swim. She still needs to grow a little bigger so she can touch the bottom, but this kid has turned into a fishy this summer.<br />
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How oh how is this precious angel already four. I still remember everything about the day I had her so there is no way it was four years ago! We had a small party at our house with pizza and princess cupcakes and spent the day with our family at the Children's Museum and it was perfect!</div>
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We try to spend as much time as we can with our families which is pretty easy to do since they all live relatively close by. The grandparental's are always requesting sleepovers with the wild child so she gets spoiled by one set or the other practically every weekend. Now that it is summer time we are spending even more time with family especially my mom since she is a crazy get up and goer like us. We have also tried to squeeze in as many play dates and grill outs with friends to squeeze every bit of fun out of this summer.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are only 4 days into summer break and I am already exhausted from my girl asking me when we are going here or there. I racked my brain to come up with something that would help her not make me crazy everyday and I finally thought maybe if she had her own calendar she would stop asking me 20 times a day when we were going to camp. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We ran to target hoping to find a poster board calendar like you might find at a school supply store, but of course that wasn't available and I knew we would have to make what we wanted. I wanted to let Mckinley pick everything out to make it more fun and to make her think this was all her idea because that is sometimes the only way to get them to do what you want. Once we found the poster board section I could see the gleam in her eye when she spotted the shiny silver hologram poster and I just knew that monstrosity would be hanging in my kitchen. Next we had to figure out a way to put all of our info. on our calendar but it had to be easy to move around and change since our plans always seem to change as soon as we make them. Thankfully we found a small pack of colorful sticky notes which would be perfect for color coding activities for the girl and easy to remove when our plans change. Last, but not least we had to figure out how we would section everything out and that was when I spied the washi tape section and prayed the girl didn't choose the hot pink leopard tape. Thankfully she chose the perfect accompaniment for her super shiny poster board and highlighter colored sticky notes, the polka dotted washi tape (My girl fears no pattern). Now that we had all of our supplies and I found a new bathing suit cover for our beach trip we were ready to head home and get to work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Now that the girl was fed we could get to work on our new calendar. I started off by deciding how it would be layed out. I knew I wanted an area to write the month, a row for the days of the week, and enough rows, to make an entire month. I also wanted it to do a little double duty and created a place to add some chores in for the girl. The green sticky notes are days not filled with activities just yet, orange sticky notes are the days we have summer camp, pink sticky notes are days we are hanging out with friends or going special places like the zoo, and blue sticky notes are swim days. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So
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was trying to figure out how we could mark when McKinley does each of
her chores and my awesome sister suggested using clothes pins like I use
at school so McKinley could be on charge of marking each one which is
another twofold skill. She is using her fine motor skills to squeeze
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It has technically only been 2 days so far we have already had a blast our first few days of summer break. My goal this summer is to do as much as we can and be at home as little as possible. We have already created a bucket list of things we want to do this summer and so far we have already marked off a few things. </div>
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The first thing we marked off of our list was a visit to the zoo. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thankfully we have passes so we can visit anytime we want and our favorite thing to do it get there really early right when it opens to beat the crowds and enjoy the animals </span></div>
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Tentatively playing in the geysers and ran screaming every time the big one blew. I had forgotten to throw a bathing suit in our bag, but I did however have our trusty backup tye dye dress so we threw that on after she was done running and screaming.</div>
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Before we left I thought it would make our special day even more special if she got to pick something from the gift shop. We have never done this before so she was really excited. There was so much to choose from, but we finally narrowed it down to a soft white polar bear.She loves him just a little.</div>
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Another one or our favorite things to do during the summer is walk around the pet store and visit all of the little animals. Bonus if there is an adoption that day. Today we fell in love with the ferrets and wanted to show them our new polar bear, but the were too busy fighting to really appreciate his fluffiness. </div>
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Once again I can't believe the school year has already come to an end. This year was so much more emotional because it was also my babies first year of school which definitely brought the ugly cry out even more yesterday. So after lots of hugging, lots of pictures taken, and maybe a little wine I put together a few pictures from Mckinley's first school year.</div>
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Mckinley on her first day of school and last day of school.</div>
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Mrs. Barbara and Mrs. Joy made Mckinley's first year of school so amazing! I will never be able to thank them enough for making this year so wonderful!</div>
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When I signed Mckinley up for dance class this year I wasn't really sure what to expect. Would she be the kid rolling on the floor and hanging upside down on the bar or would she be the one crying in the corner the entire time. Thankfully it was not a waste of time or money because she absolutely loved it. We also had a pretty kick ass ballet teacher who has the patience of a saint so that definitely made the entire experience amazing!</div>
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Every Thursday Mckinley would wake up asking if it was dance day and skip into school carrying her dance bag with her tiny leotard, tights, and leg warmers (you better believe we rock some leg warmers). At first she was a little shy, but it wasn't long before she warmed up and started acting like her ole crazy self! After months of practice and I am sure a lot of blood sweat and tears from Mrs. Miller the big day arrived.<br />
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We had a LOOOOOOOOOONG talk when she woke up that morning about acting like a normal person because mommy wanted to take pretty pictures today and as you can see she really took that conversation to heart.<br />
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I celebrate you ladies who spend their days wiping snot with your hands and putting things back for themselves at Target so you can get those cute shoes for your little, you are loved. To those who are waiting for their precious bundles to arrive whether it be by delivery, adoption, or other form of arrival, you are loved. To those hopeful ladies who are searching for answers, you are loved. To those women who have lost children before they got to meet them or met them and lost them, you are loved. And to those ladies who want to be nurturers and caregivers in other ways, you are loved. </div>
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11 more days people! 11 more days!! Not that I am counting or anything! About right about now I am thankful that I have killed myself to get all of my lesson plans done for the rest of the year, assessments are done, and I am starting to prep a few things for next year. All of this work means I have gotten to enjoy myself and relax a little bit this past week. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We have been so thankful for the beautiful weather we have had recently and we have taken full advantage of it which means every night is a bath night these days. </span></div>
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Mckinley's class have been working on putting together a lemonade stand all year and all of their hard work payed off! I am so proud of all of these cuties for raising so much money. </div>
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Mckinley got her first non mommy hair cut. I may or may not have messed it up right before Easter so we went to the professionals to straighten everything out.</div>
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Mckinley won $15 at out school Easter egg hunt so she got to spend it on whatever she wanted. She choose a Frozen light up singing microphone and a bucket of ocean creatures.<br />
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Mckinle's first Star of The Week poster.</div>
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Tiny Taco at our school's lip sync competition. Her group won for most creative costumes.</div>
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Working out with mommy.</div>
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Papa and Yaya took her to a fair. They brought me back a member of KISS!</div>
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Nonni couldn't wait for her actual birthday to give her her Elsa costume. Everyday when we get home she takes off her uniform and requests to put this on.</div>
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Another day in her Elsa costume. Eating black beans in a box.</div>
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Mckinley's first Race For Education.</div>
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The first of many princess birthday parties.</div>
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I love when something comes into your life at just the right time. For me the right thing at the right time was a tiny little pin and magnet. Last summer I searched high and low for the perfect light weight comforter for our bedroom and wouldn't you know I found it at my favorite store good ole target. It was perfect for the summertime. Then the super cold snowy/icy winter hit and we were not prepared. We like to keep our heat as low as we can possibly stand which means we like to bundle up at night and my beautiful light weight comforter wasn't cutting it, but I didn't want to have to buy a whole new comforter just for a few months. Thankfully I remembered I had an old down comforter tucked away in the attic and quickly threw it on our bed under my pretty cover. And that was when things went all wonky and it wasn't pretty. There was a bit of cover pulling during the night and inevitably one of us would end up shivering under the lighter blanket while the other was nice and cozy and everything ended up looking like a big ole jumbly mess.<br />
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Then the worst thing possible happened and my pretty comforter slid off the bed onto the bedroom floor and with two large dogs there is always dog hair everywhere no matter how much I vacuum and I had had enough. I was just about to run back to Target to pick up a heavier comforter to keep us warm when I received a very interesting email asking me if I would like to try out <a href="http://www.pinionpins.com/" target="_blank">Pinion Pins</a> and write a review about them. After reading about them I thought they could help out with my dilemma.<br />
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A few days later my package of Pins arrived and I immediately got to work pinning things together. I wasn't sure how the pins would actually hold together and stay on until I was unsnapping them to put them on the covers. They are like magic little magnet pins with a magic little magnet that releases them. I wish now I had held onto my old duvet cover that I got rid of because the down comforter inside was always sliding around and getting lumpy down at the bottom because these would have been perfect for holding everything in place. I strategically pinned 8 pins pinning the top cover to the down comforter underneath.<br />
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The top button part of the pin is clear so it just blends into the pattern on our comforter so you don't even see it. On the back of the pin is a little white button that slides on the pin part and magically stays in place.<br />
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Now here is where the magic happens. if you want to remove the pins a little magnet is included in the package. All you do is tap it on the white button on the back of your pin and it will magically release. trust me when I tell you I tried to pull the buttons off without the magnet and they do not budge!<br />
Now when I wake up in the mornings my bed looks a little less crazy and all I have to do is pull both covers up together and I have a pretty room again.<br />
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Thank you Pinion Pins for saving my sanity these past few weeks! I hate that I will have to take them off because it is starting to warm up here, but they will definitely be stored in a safe place ready to be pinned again next year.</div>
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So you may remember when we were iced in for a <strike>month </strike>week.My girl and I played Hi Ho Cherry O so many times I wanted to flush all of those tiny cherries down the toilet, but then I knew we would have to move on to Candy Land so I poured myself another cup of coffee and dumped my bucket of cherries out for the millionth time. I don't sit still very well and sitting back and relaxing makes me nuts! I need to be up and moving until my head hits the pillow and when you are stuck at home in a teeny tiny house you end up running out of things to do and clean real quick like. This is what my house ended up looking like after day two of being trapped at home. I even got on my hands and knees and scrubbed the grout with a <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/275564070924574799/" target="_blank">mixture </a>I found on Pinterest. My floors didn't come out as sparkling white as the ones posted, but it was definitely a noticeable difference.</div>
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We were both BORED! and in desperate need of something new to do besides watching Peppe Pig episodes and water coloring old coloring books. Thankfully I was contacted by <a href="http://greatpretenders.ca/us/" target="_blank">Great Pretenders</a> a few days before icemageddon 2015 asking if we would be interested in trying out one of their Colour Costumes and we of course said yes because we love art projects and we love dressing up and what is better than an art project you can wear! The companies products and story seemed like it aligned with our family perfectly. As a preschool teacher I could relate to their search for not only fun, but educational activities. Play is such an important part of every child's day at school and at home. I can sit and talk to my class of four year olds all day long about bumble bees, but giving them cheetos and a bumble bee ring and telling them to pretend they are bumble bees flying around the room and pollinating flowers by rubbing their cheeto covered fingers on paper flowers is when the real learning occurs.Free play is not only important because it gives the child
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I wanted Mckinley to choose the cape she wanted so I let her check out the boy and the girl sections for the Colour Capes. She ended up going with the <a href="http://greatpretenders.ca/us/products/girls/dresses-and-gowns/color-costumes/colour-a-costume-butterfly-fairy-wings.html" target="_blank">Butterfly Fairy Wings</a>, but the <a href="http://greatpretenders.ca/us/products/boys/color-costumes-172/colour-a-costume-spider-superhero.html" target="_blank">Spider Superhero</a> was a strong contender. Our packaged arrived and we got to work coloring all of the fun details.</div>
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We both loved how easy the markers colored on the pretty shiny fabric of the cape. The markers are washable and anything that got on our hands because it remains a little wet after coloring washed right off with barely any scrubbing. We also loved all of the colors provided and how well they stood out on the white background.<br />
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Since I am stuck at home once again due to this damn winter weather I figured I would share how I make it look like I can keep it together like a normal person! It has taken me a while to get to this place and I am by no means a super organized person and I probably never will be, but I definitely know how to fake it like a pro! So to waste some time on this snow/ice day I figured I would share how an unorganized person can pretend to have it all together!</div>
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<b> </b>Before I had a child I was a roll with the punches type of gal when it came to getting ready for the day, but now that I have a replica of myself to care for and keep alive I needed to figure out a system to make me not want to pull my hair out every morning. I started this system when I returned back to work after having Mckinley and it just stuck and has made my life so much easier. This is my routine almost every single night and let me tell you I fully regret the nights I don't get everything done and it is so worth it to take the little bit of time to pre plan and lay out everything. It only takes 10-15 minutes to get everything set and ready to go and saves me time and sanity in the mornings. Brent and I also have a nice morning routine down pat. Depending on the day I typically get the girl dressed and fed, but if I am running behind (days I don't get everything ready the night before) Brent will throw on the girl's uniform I already have set out or will go grab something if it isn't already out. I do hair, Brent brushes teeth, and I pack everything in the car and we are off. It never fails I always forget something like my second cup of coffee I really need to make it through the day with 22 four year olds and I keep a deodorant at school just in case <br />
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<li>My clothes set out. Undergarments, socks, shoes, outfit, jewelery, everything I will place on my body the next day.</li>
<li>Mckinley's clothes set out. Undergarments, uniform, socks/tights, shoes, etc.</li>
<li>Mckinley's Milk cup filled and in fridge </li>
<li>My Coffee set and ready to go</li>
<li>My breakfast pre prepped on the weekend (Frititta with eggs, spinach, homemade sausage or chopped canadian bacon) and homemade sweet potato hash browns.</li>
<li>My lunch packed in the fridge.</li>
<li>Mckinley's lunch packed in the fridge.</li>
<li>Mckinley's book bag packed with snack unless it needs to be refrigerated</li>
<li>I always keep Mckinley's dance bag packed in my car until class on Thursday when I shove it in her back pack because if I don't then it will get left at home. </li>
<li>My school bag packed.</li>
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It has only been three days since the ice fell, but it feels more like a month! We have crafted, we have played Hi-HO Cherry-0, and put together every puzzle we own, we have sledded, I have worked out for an hour each day, and cleaned everything I could possibly clean. I can't take it anymore! I already know I am not cut out to be at home all day long because I am home for 2 months during the summer and 2 months is long enough for me! Some people may think I am nuts, but I will actually be working 2 days a week this summer at a summer camp that Mckinley will also go to. It will be good for both of us plus I will make some money to pay the girl's tuition so win win.<br />
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Brent came home from work really early on Monday and we busted out the sled my parents had dropped off the day before. We didn't stay out too long because it was so dang cold, but we definitely had fun while we were out there.<br />
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I still can't believe we don't have school tomorrow and we will definitely be wandering out to grab some groceries and possibly spend a few hours meandering around Target with a coffee and some popcorn. Hopefully the forecast for Friday isn't as nasty as this last storm and we won't spend our entire weekend trapped inside. <br />
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Anytime the temperature gets above freezing my body craves the outdoors and thankfully the girl loves being outside as much as I do.We are lucky (some may not enjoy it as much as I do) that where we live we have pretty mild winters with a few warm weather days sprinkled here and there. We are also very lucky to have an amazing park, botanic garden, and zoo in close proximity to where we live and we have yearly passes to several of these attractions and we take advantage of them as much as we can. This weekend we were blessed with a beautiful day and we didn't waste a second of that 60 degree weather and hit up the zoo.<br />
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After being quarantined for 5 days with the worst stomach bug in the history of stomach bugs this mamma ready to get out of the house for some fresh air. It was of course beautiful outside the entire time I was sick and all I could do was lay in bed and pray I would eventually feel the sun on my face again. By day 5 I felt somewhat normal again we jumped at the chance to visit our local botanic gardens which has an AMAZING children's area.We had a blast playing with friends and breathing in the non infected air!</div>
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Let's rewind to March 2013 when I started feeling very sick and started suffering from pain on my head and my neck. After a few months of being in pain I finally listened to my precious husband and made an appointment with my family dr. to see if she could help figure out what was going on. We talked for quite a while and then she checked me out and sent me home with some antibiotics due to the inflammation on my scalp. After a few weeks I experienced no change and went back for blood work to see if that gave us any answers. My dr. started to act pretty concerned about this time, but she was very happy when my blood results came back because when lymph nodes are concerned the first thing they check is for cancer! So after a process of elimination, lots of antibiotics, a few blood draws, and ruling out lymphoma (The scariest day of my life!) my Dr. sent me home to experiment with an elimination diet to see if my recent jump from eating a complete Paleo diet (no wheat, dairy, etc) back into a full blown pasta and bread everyday habit had anything to do with my issues. Low and behold my head stopped hurting and my neck got better because my lymph nodes were not swollen anymore. I felt great for a while but started experiencing swollen eyes and lips and I was having more stomach issues than I already had. These aren't new issues for me because I have have dealt with this for most of my life, but they were becoming more and more prevalent.It finally took breaking out in hives all over my face and chest for me to finally go see an allergist.<br />
Here I am icing down my face to try and calm the hives all over my eyes, cheeks, and chest. <br />
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Long story short the allergist pricked me 80 times all over my
back and his diagnosis after 15 itchy minutes was a black pepper and orange
allergy. So I had some answers and stopped eating processed foods all together, because pepper is in EVERYTHING! Fast forward almost a year later and I am still dealing with
swollen eyes and lips. I didn't really care for the first dr. I saw so this time I decide a new allergist might give me a few
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It has been a few months since I was undiagnosed with my pepper and orange allergy and since then I have been pretty lax with my eating especially when it comes to cheese because I freaking love cheese! Sadly cheese and dairy does not like me. I am officially 100% gluten and dairy free and am officially back to my Paleo ways and I already feel better. I was planning on completing another Whole30, but being too restrictive with food has been such a huge part of my life the past 2 years that I just want to focus on being healthy and not focusing on every single bite of food I put in my mouth.<br />
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This Christmas felt like a complete whirlwind! We were out of town so much it is a miracle we got our tree up before the actual day! I have to say this may have been my favorite Christmas with Mckinley so far because I think she actually understood everything this year. We went light on our Christmas decorations this year and really made it Mckinley friendly with her penguin countdown calendar and her chocolate advent calendar Jen Jen got her. These really helped her to be able to understand that we had to wait until we counted down to Christmas Day before we could celebrate and open presents.</div>
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We ( I ) begrudgingly attempted the Elf On The Shelf, but it was a bust from the beginning. I knew our Elf wouldn't be very naughty since I always used him in my classroom in positive way. Instead of running off and telling Santa if the children had been naughty I had the children show the Elf all of the good choices they could make. Our Elf adventure started off with him perched on top of the Christmas tree hanging from the star with his book below the tree for us to read. Well this did not go over well and MCkinley did not even want to read the book or name her Elf which is funny because she is a bookworm and she usually loves anything Christmas. After a while she finally decided to name her Elf Bubbles. The next day her Elf was on the hand sanitizer in the bathroom and she was VERY upset he was touching her stuff. Last, but not least Bubbles the Elf was resting in a bowl of candy canes which Mckinley considers as her candy and after that she lost it and said she wanted the Elf to go away. </div>
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It has been quite some time since I posted around these parts so I thought I would catch up on what has been going on around these parts.<br />
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In October we celebrated our favorite book characters at school. Mckinley was Eloise and I was Mrs. Frizzle from the magic school bus. <br />
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And we celebrated Halloween with our besties Team Hampton<br />
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One of the biggest events of November was being part of my dear friend Nicole's big day. <br />
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It didn't hurt I got to spend the entire weekend with my girl Hayley.<br />
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I am a very lucky girl!<br />
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We spent a weekend with our friends at their families cabin. We ate a lot of good food, sipped a lot of wine and basically relaxed all weekend by the fire.<br />
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Mckinley celebrated her first school Thanksgiving party. <br />
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We made these super cute Turkey cookies for the event<br />
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I love being right down the hall so I can always be there for her important events<br />
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We spent 4 days in Mt. Nebo Arkansas with Brent's family over Thanksgiving and it is my new happy place<br />
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As you can see Mckinley had absolutely no fun<br />
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We have been on Christmas break the past 2 weeks and have all been sick off and on for the past month. Mckinley had her first round of strep a few weeks ago and I had what was diagnosed as a cold, but I was so sick I am still convinced it was the flu. Brent thankfully has stayed well because I could not function for 2 whole days! Not to brag, but my husband is amazing! Not only did he take care of his two ladies, but he cleaned the house spotless and raked 30 bags of wet leaves.<br />
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Thankfully when we weren't sick we got to have a little fun.<br />
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We threw an AMAZING ugly sweater Christmas party!</div>
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Visited friends in Nashville<br />
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To top it all off we ended this amazing year with a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! <br />
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I am trying to catch up with what has been been going on lately with Team D and one of my favorites I couldn't miss was Mckinley's night at the fair. Let me just start by saying I did not want to go to the fair and tried to think of every way I could get out of it while I was at work, but what I thought was going to be a very hot very miserable night (I was exhausted because it was one of the first weeks of school) turned out to be an amazing evening. </div>
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This little adventure was concocted by the grandparents and I think this will be a yearly tradition now. We all had such a fun time especially the little lady. Hopefully Noni will get to join us next year.</div>
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We rode every ride my tiny girl was tall enough to ride</div>
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After riding the Carousel the first time I was feeling pretty motion sick so Yaya rode the last time around to use up our last few tickets<br />
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I actually rode on one of the rides with her and it was a little intense for me, but she loved it!</div>
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We petted and fed every animal we could find</div>
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Our favorite were the baby pigs<br />
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We ate pizza</div>
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We rode ponies.I had promised Mckinley we would ride a pony ever since I had told her we were going and thanks to Yaya chatting with the pony carney we got a super long ride.</div>
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