tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824557835645049442024-03-21T15:28:52.792-07:00The Vickery's Matthew. Emma. William. Paul.Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13480031116847385135noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882455783564504944.post-41586286028443734422016-04-07T21:39:00.001-07:002016-04-07T22:25:14.291-07:00We moved. Like, again.So remember that one time that we did something crazy and moved our family across the country to Florida. We lived on a cattle ranch and we had horses in our backyard. We could frolic in orange groves and sweat out of every pour in December?<br />
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That was what, like 2 months ago? It was actually from October-March so we are basically retired snowbirds. Don't we look great for 65.<br />
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You guessed it. We moved. Like, again.<br />
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Back in January when Matt and I traveled to Portland for his youngest brothers wedding, Matt's father jokingly said that he thought a position would be opening up in his office in Kennewick, WA soon. I looked at him stone cold in the face and said, "don't even talk to me about this. I'm never moving again."<br />
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See how good I am at making and sticking to goals. In fact, my New Year's resolution was to not move. I know New Year's resolutions are joked about as being a funny idea that you do for a week but I'm pretty serious about my resolutions. They are my jam and I totally failed... in March. <br />
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So as you may have gathered we are still working for the same awesome company but in a different location. The same location of Matt's parents in fact. Matt's dad is just down the hall--nepotism at it's finest. Just kidding guys. Disclaimer: Steven Vickery had no say in hiring Matthew. He just helped in creating an awesome human being people love to offer jobs to when we aren't looking for one.<br />
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We had so much fun in the Florida sun but it was pretty obvious that I am not a rancher or a Southern girl at heart. I have nightmares of cockroaches and alligators on the nightly. Having said this, I was fully geared up to adopt a baby calf, keep it in my backyard, and mother the crap out of it. Ranching does not come natural to me but embracing new ideas and lifestyles do. I love to experience different cultures and ways of life. If you try to recreate your day-to-day in a new location it almost never works. Besides, it is always way more fun discovering and learning new things. I'm sad it didn't last long enough to try some new things. I had my heart set on learning to ride a horse.<br />
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But instead, here we are in Kennewick Washington living the millennial dream--living with my in-laws... until our house is ready for us in May. I kinda feel like a total lame-o for turning 30 and living with my in-laws but communal living does have its perks, like built in babysitters and someone for Matt to watch sports with. <br />
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I'm getting ahead of myself.<br />
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So I went from severe anger ( I did not want to move one more freaking time) to excitement in the prospect of being so much closer to family. At the end of the day, I want my children to know their extended family. To look forward to seeing cousins because they know them. Our location here allows us to see almost everyone in our family in less than a days drive. We are not closer to my sister but even in Florida we were a solid 2 day drive.<br />
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Speaking of driving. Every time I see my car I have PTSD. We drove over 4000 miles in 2 countries, 2 provinces and 19 states with a 4 year old and a 2 year old. Woowza<br />
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You know in geometry when they teach you how to find the shortest distance between two locations? We did not do that.<br />
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I know what you're thinking. Why the hell would you do something like this? Are you mentally unstable? Are you aware of the airplane? It was invented 113 years ago.</div>
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I thought it would be fun. </div>
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How did this happen? Well, I really wanted to visit my sister in Montreal. Do you see Montreal on that map? It's the farthest most north-east point. Plus, if we went to Montreal we would be able to see some of the Northeast states AND friends and family in Ontario. I didn't know if it would work but then Matt sent me a map along with a tentative itinerary so I had to do it. love him. And I love that he loves maps. Man does he love a good map. </div>
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Our time in Florida was short but that definitely did not stop us from having some wild adventures, meeting incredible people and having a blast! </div>
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Matt drove Times Square at night and I helped by informing him of all the obstacles, "Car in the wrong lane!" "Person walking into our lane!" "Bike!" "Taxi!" It. was. crazy. </div>
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If anyone would like the experience of being in NYC without actually going, just open up your wallet and start throwing money out for no reason and in all directions. It's basically the same. I learned a few things in New York City, don't take your children. Don't. NYC is not meant for a party of four. Everything is small. Unless it's big, then its really big. Sidewalks-small. Restaurant tables-small. Subway doors-small. City- really big. We were basically a parade where ever we went. I'm sure there is a way to survive the city with children but in the 5 hours I was out of our hotel room, I did not find out. </div>
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Because this move and entire trip were pretty last minute we were grossly underprepared. Although it was blazing hot in Florida it was winter elsewhere, especially the Northeast. I tried but failed miserably to find a winter jacket or boots for the boys (in February in Florida). They were out of the stores and had even been pulled from the children's second hand stores. My sister came to the rescue on this matter but that left us with one little problem. New York. It was cold. While Paul was wearing William's hand-me-downs, poor William had only sweaters and winter boots. We set out to find hats, mitts and scarves, anything to keep us warm. We walked Times Square, Matt holding Paul and William holding my hand. Soon William became tired and cold so I started carrying him. It was a windy day so I was holding him with his head nestled into me to break the wind. We were right by the new years eve ball drop area and the street had been converted to a massive side walk with venders and outdoor tables for eating. William's head was blocking my peripheral vision and what I thought was a flat surface turned into an old street curb that had not been removed and I started to fall. Not wanting to crush my child I fell straight. on. my. knees and crushed them. William then fell from the distance of my knees straight back on the back of his head. Crunch. I mean I thought I had broken him. I started to shake in panic and just held on to him. Matt picked him up and miraculously his skull was still intact. He wouldn't stop crying and soon started closing his eyes and falling asleep. Suspecting he had a concussion, we found our way to the closest urgent care where William passed the responsive tests and seemed to be cured once offered a lollipop. Mom fail. I can only joke about it now because I'm done crying and his swelling is gone.<br />
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Matt has a cousin who lives in New York and they met us later in the morning for a walk around Central Park and lunch at the Plaza Hotel.. er, the Plaza's basement, that is. It was so fun seeing such a huge city. We were out of place and every New Yorker knew we were tourists. They helped us navigate the bus and subway system and were so kind to us everywhere we went. I guess we looked exhausted and so so confused.<br />
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Matt's cousin Jacob and his girlfriend, Chelsea. It was so comforting being with people who knew what they were doing and where they were going! </div>
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Even though our trip was tainted with head trauma I really would love to go back, stay longer and see some shows. But I'm going to need a whole new wardrobe so that I don't look like a hillbilly.<br />
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We made it to Montreal later that evening and the boys were SO excited to see auntie Lindsay, uncle Gilles and SNOW. Montreal is beautiful and felt much more like how I've imagined Europe to be and less like Canada. Lindsay and Gilles showed us around all kinds of fun spots. The boys were now equipped with winter gear and were much more comfortable despite the even colder temperatures. They did manage to have a colossal melt down while waiting for poutine in a restaurant but after a nice long nap things were like new. This was my first time in Montreal and it definitely sparked my desire to learn french again. All I can really remember from school are simple phrases and the word "fatigue"(fat-e-gay) because that's a fun word to learn in middle school. <br />
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Poutine after said meltdown. I submit that any day you fall asleep with a fry and a warm cheese curd in your hand is a good day.<br />
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We stayed a few days in Montreal, met some close friends of Lindsay and Gilles and really enjoyed our time. No one quite spoils our children like Lindsay and Gilles and they sure eat it up!<br />
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I took the opportunity to purchase maple syrup and chocolate in embarrassingly large quantities and now regret not getting more. My sister also treated me to a relaxing getaway for a hair cut. Because as a mother, ain't nobody got time for that.<br />
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We left for Ontario after a breakfast of croissants, bagels and hot chocolate and decided that we are totally cool with embracing the french culture. We're basically Parisian now.<br />
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I think Paul ate three croissants in a row.<br />
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Which is impressive because they're basically the same length of his face.<br />
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As we entered Ontario a flood of memories entered my mind. I hadn't been back to Ontario in forever and I was surprised with how at home I felt. Soon the scenery reminded me of my Nanny and Grandad's country farm and I called my mom to see if we were remotely close-- we were! Their exact address we couldn't remember because the road was renamed due to the growth of the last 20 years or so. My mom played detective and called us with the address, I plugged it into the GPS and we were .2 miles away from the exit. Right about there I started getting teary-eyed. My childhood is jammed pack with memories of that farm. My Grandad built their home so that he could build a barn and he built the barn so that he could build a sail boat. I don't know much about sail boats but his was pretty awesome. I'd go down to the barn and play in the boat's kitchen or climb into "my" bunk bed and even pretend to steer using the big wooden wheel. My Grandad passed away before we ever got to go on a sailing adventure but we took thousands in my imagination.<br />
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Grandad was in the Navy in WWII and chose to have a naval burial--his and Nanny's ashes were scattered at sea. Going to see their house and the barn was like visiting a grave site for me and I was overwhelmingly emotional. I met the new owner of the home and walked the property. It was bitter sweet seeing how the home and property had not been kept up like I remembered it. There were still maple trees being tapped and the toboggan hill was still there, although smaller than I remember. Somehow it seemed so different and the same all at once.<br />
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After leaving Nanny and Grandad's place we started on our way to Toronto. We stopped at my old house where again, I was emotional. It looked almost identical to how I remember it. Isn't it weird how something will stay so exact in your mind. I wanted to believe that every neighbor still lived where I remembered them, that only I had grown, moved and changed. I wanted to knock on old doors and see the same faces frozen in time but I didn't.<br />
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From here we had yet another emotional trip to the hospital to visit my Grandma Roselyn. Originally we had planned to surprise her and take her out for lunch but we learned that she had taken ill during our trip and was now in the ICU downtown Toronto. I am so grateful that I was able to see her one last time and that she was able to meet Matt and our boys. She passed away shortly after our visit. It was a somber and emotional day.<br />
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By this point I had spent most of the day crying and knew just who I could count on to cheer me up. I called Anna and we went out for dinner with her family before heading to London to see Erica and Matt. You know those friends where it really doesn't matter how long its been between visits because you pick right up like it was nothing?<br />
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Seems like just yesterday we were "young, single and potentially loaded."<br />
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The best thing to come out of Lethbridge, Alberta was my friendship with this lady!<br />
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I have some of the most amazing friends and it really did my heart good to see them.<br />
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From London we headed back down to the States and started our journey west. Our weather luck was amazing and we didn't hit any snow or ice on the roads. Even though it was a heck of a long road trip I was so happy we did it. Our kids were rock stars and blessed be the person who invented tablets.<br />
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The boys got really good at hotels.<br />
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And making due without a pillow.<br />
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So that's it. We're here. And like always, we are excited for our new adventure. <br />
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17935627460205902094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882455783564504944.post-87706183105834889522016-01-31T11:54:00.000-08:002016-01-31T11:54:33.483-08:00Annual Victoria Visit. Oh blessed Victoria, how I love thee.<br />
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Even though Victoria was not at all on the way from Klamath Falls to St. Cloud, we HAD to make a stop.<br />
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Moving day was a bit of a disaster but I'll spare the drama and just say that our hired movers were sub par and the moving company formally apologized, repaired our car they damaged and gifted us a visa gift card. Thank goodness we had amazing friends who rallied around us and helped all day and late into the evening.<br />
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Last girls night out in Klamath<br />
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This picture was just before we left on our journey. It was about 10:30 pm and we were exhausted. Since there was nothing left in our house and we were anxious to get on the road, we did. Our goal was to make it to at least Eugene but after running into late night road construction we somehow thought it was better to drive through the night than unload everyone and sleep for about four hours and then try to catch the ferry. We drove through the night and made it to almost Seattle as the sun was rising. Ugh.<br />
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It was all worth how tired we were once we made it to the ferry. Must be getting old but all nighters aren't as easy as they used to be!<br />
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My kids love the ferry<br />
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This was one of the few trips back to Victoria that I've been able to spend time with Sylvia and the fist time I got to meet her boy, Dirk. </div>
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It was a great trip (although very short) filled with wonderful people that I don't get to see very often. </div>
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I also thought it would be a good idea to get family photos taken-- this was not a good idea.<br />
My kids were exhausted and cranky and starting to get a cold (which I din't know until the next day when we started our drive across the country)<br />
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Also, when taking family photos it might be better to not rely on what you packed in a little suit case.<br />
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Due to a car running over my cellphone incident in Atlanta Georgia, I don't have any of the pictures that we took on the road.<br />
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Sadness.<br />
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17935627460205902094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882455783564504944.post-30626625736578026042016-01-31T11:37:00.001-08:002016-01-31T11:37:36.051-08:00Best. Halloween. Ever.Can I talk about Halloween in January?<br />
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I have had a rocky relationship with Halloween in the past. It is just not fun unless you put in effort. I usually view Halloween as the gateway drug to Christmas. Then I moved to the states and they have thanksgiving so late that it just messed up my normal routine of Christmas cheer.<br />
But I'm over it.<br />
Kind of.<br />
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This year we dressed up as Janet Snakehole and Burt Macklin from Parks and Recreation.<br />
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Im going to say that no one knew who we were and just assumed that I was a flapper and Matt was an FBI agent.<br />
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Janet Snakehole-- a very wealthy widow with a terrible secret<br />
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Matt killed it as Burt Macklin/ Chris Pratt<br />
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Finding an FBI costume jacket was pretty impossible (last minute on amazon) So I pulled out my felt stash and made my own. I love felt.<br />
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This was the fist year that William actually had an opinion on his costume. He wanted to be a race car. Since I felt like constructing a cardboard race car would take too much time and probably end up looking NOTHING like a race car, we settled on a race car driver. Maybe we've been subject to Florida's NASCAR scene for too long already.<br />
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Paul got the spiderman costume that William has worn the last two years. It was the first year that they were both so excited and their excitement definitely rubbed off on me.<br />
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Paul kept touching his chest and saying "SPIDER!"<br />
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Candy wasted!<br />
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This was at our ward Halloween party and on the actually day, Matt took me to see TAYLOR SWIFT!<br />
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Matt totally surprised me and when he told me about the tickets I just started crying. At first he thought he'd done something wrong but I just couldn't contain my excitement and burst into tears. Then I couldn't stop laughing at my own reaction and, well, I was just a lot of emotions.<br />
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The car ride there looked a little like this. #noshame<br />
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During this time I was desperately trying to win an online lip sync contest for a Sonnet James dress and Matt and I discovered a hidden talent. We did not win but found a new at-home date night activity.<br />
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William and I are very similar--outspoken, self-seeking and opportunistic. If you ever want to see your weaknesses highlighted, have children. These traits make it hard when trying to use them on one another. With our house on the market and trying to keep it extremely clean, finishing up my summer classes/finals and moving house, we sure became impatient with one another. Then we took a road trip across the country (plus some) to our new home. Everyone in that car developed a cold from lack of sleep, poor nutrition (love to hate McDonalds on road trips with children) and stress. September was a mess!<br />
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By the time October started we were in our new home trying to discover our new normal. William started Soccer and Pre-School, made new friends, got back on a schedule and we loved each other again.<br />
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William is a party wherever he goes. He has the amazing ability to meet people and be instant friends. He literally walks in to a new situation saying, "Hi friends! lets play!" I really hope he keeps his excitement for life and ability to adapt to new situations without reservations.<br />
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Despite being selfish and viewing situations on scales of personal benefits, William has the biggest heart. He is aware of others feelings and will usually help someone when their down. Unless it's his brother and then sometimes he'll kick him while he's down and <i>then </i>console him.<br />
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Ever day in October I was woken up to these demands<br />
"Good morning mom, can I snuggle you?"<br />
"Can you make hootnannies and bacon?"<br />
"Can we go to the beach today?"<br />
"Can we go to nanny and grandad's house in Florida?"<br />
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As a result we went to the beach at least once a week and I went through about 20 dozen eggs.<br />
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By the time William's birthday came around (29th) I knew exactly what he wanted to do that day.<br />
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Pancakes<br />
Bacon<br />
Beach<br />
McDonalds<br />
A green cake<br />
Nanny and Grandad<br />
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William fully embraced the birthday week filled with care packages form aunt Lindsay of green bow ties and Canadian chocolate.<br />
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Grandma and Grandpa Vickery sent William some cash to go shopping and you would have thought they sent one million dollars based on his excitement level. He insisted on holding his cash in hand the entire time we were in target. "I get to pick whatever I want because it's my birthday from grandma." While the concept of the amount he had was hard to grasp-- he picked out a bike, scooter, remote control monster trucks and a massive car transporter... somehow we finally narrowed our search down and he chose a Lightning McQueen car and helicopter. <br />
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His actual big day when a little like this.<br />
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Aunt Lindsay sent us a teepee as a thoughtful attempt to stop my boys from ripping off all the couch pillows and piling blankets to make forts. This has not been the outcome not but now the teepee is included in all the madness.<br />
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The teepee was a hit. It is the most favored hide-and-seek hiding location and runs a 98% probability that William, Paul or both are hiding inside. If there's any question you can just refer to the yelling, "I'm in the teepee, come find me!"<br />
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Birthday breakfasts have candles. Every year on their birthday I make a pancake in the shape of the number they're turning. I love traditions, especially ones that don't take much planning or effort. This year I had some left over whipping cream from Will's cake so we made chocolate whip cream to cover the pancake, which melted and mostly covered the four. He was elated.<br />
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After our nutritious breakfast we were off to the white sand.<br />
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Where we stayed until it was time for McDonald's or "Old McDonald's" to William. The things we subject ourselves to for our children!<br />
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After lunch we came home for a nap, because my four year old still naps. Hate me all you want because you're right, it <i>is </i>awesome.<br />
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When he woke up Nanny and Grandad had arrived<br />
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and so did this...<br />
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It turned into quite the haul on a birthday. I asked my dad why he bought William one of these when he never got one for me as a kid. He claims that he doesn't remember me asking for one. Just for the record, who didn't want a Barbie Jeep? amiright ??!!<br />
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Because my Dad ( David William 64) and William (4) have close birthdays (Nov 2 and Oct 29) we always celebrate the William's together.<br />
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William requested a "green cake" so I made the most delicious chocolate mint cake in the world! recipe credit: bon appetit and Michelle Davis for introducing it to me. I am serious when I say this is the most amazing cake ever.<br />
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Cake is a big deal around here<br />
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While the Williams played with the 4 wheeler all day, Paul and Nanny cuddled.<br />
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Matt and I had purchased a bike for William but we ended up giving it to him a few days later because he couldn't register anything besides the 4 wheeler.<br />
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By the end of the day I decided that I wanted to turn 4, it looked like way too much fun.<br />
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An interview with a four-year-old William:<br />
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What's your favorite color? "Red."<br />
What's your favorite food? "Hoonannies and bacon and cherrios and hot dogs and I like ice cream and cake."<br />
What's your favorite thing to play? "uh blocks and balloons"<br />
What your favorite thing to do " I like to clean up." (no he doesn't)<br />
Who's your best friend? "John and William Eckholdt"<br />
What's your favorite thing ever? "I like to read books, hey Momma can you read this to me now?"<br />
Whats your favorite thing about Florida? "The beach and the park"<br />
What's your favorite country, "uh Canada and Washington"<br />
What was your favorite part of your birthday, "the balloons and 4wheeler--I love my 4wheeler"<br />
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"Hey mom, I don't want too much talk because I'm tired and need to have a nap, could you read this book quickly?"<br />
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17935627460205902094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882455783564504944.post-51540752303660756562015-12-27T20:56:00.002-08:002015-12-27T21:05:29.895-08:00Florida's First ImpressionsI know I have a lot of catching up to do on this blog but I wanted to type out my first impressions of Florida before they're no longer "first impressions." Plus, these blog entries are my favorite to re-read.<br />
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First let just say that I might have ugly cried all 4110 miles from Klamath Falls, OR --> Victoria, B.C. --> Kennewick, WA--> Emmett, ID--> SLC, UT--> Who cares, NE --> Children screaming, KY --> Car ran over cell phone, GA-->Melbourne, FL and then on to St. Cloud.<br />
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Oh how I miss Klamath Falls, Oregon and the entire North Kardashian West. This was a hard move for me and it broke my little Canadian heart. It felt/feels like I left Canada all over again. I know that might sound silly but Oregon <i>looked </i>like British columbia, kinda. It <i>felt </i>similar. I was there with my hippies carrying cloth grocery bags and discussing the horrors of processed foods or carbon footprints. We ran together, organically gardened together and I dreamed of owning an oversized bike to ride my children around in. Sure Klamath Falls was less populated with these people than Eugene but I still discussed communal gardening with neighbors. I loved our new home, loved our neighbors, loved Matt's job, LOVED our friends, loved being back at school, life was pretty rockin'.<br />
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And it still is, but it's very different. <br />
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1. It is HOT. But serious. Why is it so hot? All. The. Time. I'm not really a fan of this extreme heat, let's blame the red hair, shall we. My people are not meant for this. Today is December 18th and my car read 92 degrees yesterday. 92 degrees! I have a permanent sweat mustache everyday. I am disgusting. I used to think that I didn't really sweat but now I realize, I just grew up in paradise where its perpetually spring and fall with a dash of summer. I have never pitted out of a shirt in my life and now I know why-- all of my sweat glands are located above my upper lip. How am I supposed to make friends when I have overactive glands? Is there a cream for that? #swstash<br />
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2. It is humid and I have Monica Hair. They said the humidity would be gone by now and it is not. I think it's some kind of sick joke to expose my sweatstash. Before me moved, I cut my bangs and was loving them. Within the first week of moving, I realized that bangs were just not going to happen here. In about 5 feet of walking they turn into a sweaty mass pushed off my face with wind--resulting in a pea-cocking affect rivaling William's bed head. As you can tell, this move has greatly affected my attractiveness in new and humbling ways.<br />
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My hair was perfectly straight and this was after an hour at the park. This picture is more flattering than it actually looked and I had already wiped my sweatstash.<br />
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3. There are bugs. Big ones. Weird ones. Flying ones. Poison ones. Everywhere.<br />
Everywhere.<br />
Always.<br />
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4. There are fire ants and William is terrified of them. I am too.<br />
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5. There are alligators. I underestimated the size and quantity of alligators. Everyone keeps playing down the alligator infestation but they are everywhere. I will never swim in non-salt water ever... unless it is a public pool where I can clearly see that the bottom is gator free!<br />
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6. When you think of Florida what do you think of?<br />
If you think palm trees, old people and a coastline then we basically had the same expectations.<br />
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I'm 85% sure we actually life in Africa and Matt just didn't tell me. We're Definitely in the middle of an african rain forest.<br />
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7. There are beaches. Beaches everywhere and glorious they are. Every time the fire ants or the humidity kick my trash we head to the beach. We've been a lot.<br />
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Paul is gradually warming up to the beach but much prefers the safety of the sand.<br />
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8. The grocery stores are different. While I cry offer the loss of Tillamook I rejoice in the british food selection. I have purchased two sleeves of penguins since arriving. If you don't know what those are, I'm really sorry for you.<br />
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9. There are frogs and geckoes everywhere. While I know they are harmless, they still scare me. So far a frog has jumped into our house and car. William seems to be fearless of the beasts and has done an excellent job protecting his mother. I would say that William has been the best at adjusting to our new home. While he is still an Oregon boy who overheats easily, he has embraced the ranch life. He still thinks that cows stink but really, can you blame him?<br />
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10. I would NEVER have imagined that I would live in Florida, let alone a cattle ranch. I really don't know which one of those things is more comical. But I do and we are experiencing all kinds of first.<br />
First time ever seeing a massive cockroach (I'll never be the same).<br />
First time in an air boat<br />
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First time eating biscuits and gravy and learning what "chicken fried steak" was.<br />
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First time opening the front door to a neighbor on a horse.<br />
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First time seeing wild hogs. These were caught by our neighbors and were parked in the driveway about 4 houses away from us.<br />
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First time running in the morning and fearing for my life because I thought I heard a wild hog.<br />
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First time seeing an armadillo<br />
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Florida is a strange new world for us (mostly me). Sometimes I feel out of place and like I don't fit in and other times I'm so excited my boys get to experience a taste of a ranch experience. I'm slowly figuring it out and buying humidity shield hair products by the gallon!<br />
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Oh Canada Day, your are one of my favorites! This year the actual day found us on the road en route to Idaho for a family reunion (more on that later). </div>
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I couldn't let the opportunity to celebrate pass us by, so we celebrated in August.</div>
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I had found awesome Photo Booth props and was too excited to not use them.</div>
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And Matt printed the Biebs off for me because he's awesome. </div>
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My sister and parents had mailed me poutine and chocolate supplies so I couldn't eat them all on my own... </div>
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We enjoyed Canada Dry, Nanaimo bars, Poutine, Ketchup chips, Chocolate bars, and other things. But really who needs anything more than Poutine and Nanaimo bars?</div>
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I didn't take any pictures of the decorations or the food, which is too bad because they were awesome.</div>
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I did however take pictures of these cool cats</div>
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Since moving to Klamath Falls, last August, I enrolled in school. I've been working towards my set aside goal of becoming a dental hygienist. I've been doing really well and enjoying it more than expected. I am currently done with summer classes and have a longer break until Fall term starts up. I wouldn't have been able to do so well without Matt and his willingness to help and support me in my goals. Another large shout out goes to my 3.5 year old for still taking a two hour nap at the same time as his brother. It would have been impossible without these two things. </div>
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This is my favorite room in the whole house. I have always wanted a formal dinning room (to display the china from my grandmother) and having one is just as awesome as I thought it would be. </div>
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My other favorite thing would have to be our front door. Call me crazy but I love a good door. This one comes with an old mail slot. William retrieves the mail each day and thinks it's pretty magical. I do too. </div>
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and therefore I am sensitive to the struggle second children have. Less pictures, hand-me-down clothes that don't fit, second hand bikes outgrown by an older sister. Older "cool" friends coming over and not being allowed to play with them, going to bed earlier than a sibling, I could go on. </div>
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I had high hopes for myself when I was pregnant with Paul. No second child cliché<span style="text-align: center;">s I swore. </span></div>
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I have failed.</div>
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So, so badly.</div>
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Happy Birthday, Paul! We got William a new car seat so that you could use his old one!! </div>
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While talking to my mom on the phone about Paul's upcoming birthday we decided that I had better destroy all pictures of <a href="http://matthewandemmavickery.blogspot.com/2012/11/williams-birthday-party.html" target="_blank">William's first "over the top birthday party"</a> or pull up my sleeves for Paul. </div>
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I used an empty tuna can.</div>
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Chicken of the Sea does not sponsor my blog but let me tell you, it made the perfect little cake for my babe. </div>
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Tuna can for the win!</div>
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You look, act and behave older than you are.</div>
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For the record, William and Paul preferred this cake over the chocolate cupcakes I made for the party. </div>
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That night we had a little cake celebration and I cried myself to sleep. </div>
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How is my baby so big!</div>
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I don't remember being this emotional when William turned one.</div>
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Before I start with our Christmas and New Years, as the title would suggest, lets first take one last flash back to summer... because I was going through pictures on Matt's phone.</div>
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Matt's co-workers both had livestock in the fair and he wanted to check it out. </div>
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First of all, can I just say that I NEVER paid any attention to the animals at a fair. In fact, I'm not 100% sure there even were animals. Fairs must be different in America, but in my family, fairs meant rides and funnel cakes.</div>
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William went around the corner just fine but after the first downward slide his face contorted into something I've never seen before.</div>
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Because the fair is not the quietest place the operator mistook his screams of horror as cheers of joy.</div>
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Christmas 2014 was affectionately renamed the "Rein of Debbie"</div>
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I had been sick with the flu a few weeks before and was demanding my body to be better by the time my sister and Gilles arrived to celebrate. </div>
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I was weaker and a few pounds lighter but mostly feeling back to normal. Lindsay and Gilles arrived and all was well. We had a wonderful Christmas Day. No one was sick and William was overwhelmed by christmas cheer, attention and new toys. He attached himself to aunt Lindsay and deemed her the honorary reader of all his books. </div>
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And this is where William would perch, demanding them to "talk into the book"</div>
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We made it up to Medford for some shopping before Gilles had to head back home. I felt bad that he got the short end of the vacation stick and couldn't do many of the things we had planned. </div>
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Our snowman, complete with mango nose</div>
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Anyway, as I was rocking out in the kitchen to youtubes greatest hits list of Ms. Morissette and it made me think.<br />
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I'm old.<br />
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It all started when I turned 26. Hear me out. I was 26 and someone asked me how old I was. "25" I replied. No, I wasn't trying to be a year younger. I just genuinely forgot how old I was. And that, as we all know, is the first sign of getting old. "What year is it?" "How old am I?" and the mathematic equations that follow, are truly a tell tale sign you are no longer 16 and three quarters.<br />
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Don't get me wrong, I love being 28 and I'm fully aware that 28 is not <i>that </i>old. I am merely addressing the comedic moment when I realized that I had a "this is what my parents must have been thinking" moment, which is always unsettling. <br />
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So, as I had one hand in my pocket, the other one was scratching my head thinking how the crap did this happen. I am my mom AND my dad.<br />
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I used to tease my father saying, "Didn't you listen to this music enough years ago? why don't you listen to someone cool like No Doubt or Ace of Base. Just to give my father some credit, he was the one who purchased "Jagged Little Pill" and what he was listening to I now realize was much better than "I saw the sign." although, only sightly.<br />
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In later years my parents have started listening to more current music. Lets just say nothing quite prepares you for the moment when you hear your mother singing along to Rihanna "chains and whips excite me" cause that happened. In all fairness, I should have seen it coming. I've also been there when she was belting it out to "it's getting hot in here" and "I kissed a girl and I liked it" so...<br />
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As I'm contemplating all of this, I realize that my kitchen windows don't have blinds AND being new to the neighborhood I suddenly felt sheepish. I continue listening but took it down a notch and start looking at Wayfair for couches online...obviously<br />
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"Why are you listening to Allanis Morcette? are you emotionally stable right now? Is everything okay?" Because I was laughing too hard to answer any of his questions he walked over to the computer and then said, "oh couches, you're happy and rocking out, okay." <br />
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until we looked at these pictures we didn't even know he had seen a wink or could physically do it</div>
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I didn't know what was in store for me when I became a mother to two boys</div>
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Now I can't envision anything else. I love playing trains, cars, dinosaurs and play fighting. I love watching them get covered in dirt and explore. I love my little boys. </div>
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I hope that they'll be friends always, as they are now</div>
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William looks like such a big kid in this photo</div>
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17935627460205902094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882455783564504944.post-72562521887770301982015-03-09T23:13:00.002-07:002015-03-10T09:04:19.630-07:00Will Da Beast turned 3William's birthday celebrations started a few weeks early, like all birthday celebrations should. My parents came on their annual October visit, AKA joint William and David William Birthdayness<br />
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The birthday celebration not on your actual birthday was a little hard to grasp but quickly embraced.</div>
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Not the most impressive cake I've ever made, I ran out of M&M's half way around but decided to go with it. </div>
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We called in some reinforcement from next door to help with cake consumption.</div>
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In case you didn't know. Thomas the train is kinda a big deal in this house.</div>
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Nanny and Grandad support this addiction. In fact, between my parents and my sister, Matt and I have not purchased a single piece out of his millions. </div>
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The latest- Thomas takes a naps periodically in his assigned quarters. I fear he may suffer from narcolepsy.</div>
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Not to take away from their generous nature, but I think it is a mutual obsession.</div>
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William and Dad played trains their entire visit.</div>
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Did you know how many places have them? EVERY store. Did you know there are usually lots of them? Cause I do. Where ever we go they are pointed out and re pointed out if I don't express enough believable excitement. If they have one at the cash register he asks the person working if they can turn it on. </div>
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I searched Klamath Falls high and low for a baby green fan but it seems no one shares a love of miniature personalized fans like my 3 year old. </div>
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That's right I bought him a little green fan and he was thrilled. He asked to take it with him where ever we went and I allowed it once. He wouldn't stop plugging it in and out all over the room. Air must properly be ventilated, you know! I got too many weird looks from other mothers, appalled that I would let my child near an electrical outlet. He is no longer allowed to bring "fan" out of his room.</div>
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We then took a temporary break form his birthday to go with our realtor to see some potential homes.</div>
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Because his hands were occupied from holding on to his McDonalds halloween bucket, his head took the blow.</div>
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I can't remember if this was on the same day, but our little pre-school group had a halloween party and William still had his bandaid so it must have been within 48 hours of first application.</div>
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YOU are hilarious! Every day you have me laughing with you're outrageous comments.</div>
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You are a shrude negotiator. "Mom I would like some milk, okay? I just wan't it so that's your options." </div>
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"Mom I just don't want to clean up because I don't, how bout you do it."</div>
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"William please finish your lunch." "Okay mom I'll finish it and then I get a treat."</div>
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"Mom, can we go to the store and buy chocolate?"</div>
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You're smooth. "Mom it makes me happy when you give me a treat." "Mom, you're beautiful. Can I have ice cream?" "I love you just the way you are, can we go to friends house?" "It would be so fun to have chocolate milk!"</div>
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You are very sensitive to emotions of others. When some one is sick you like to bring them your blankets or a glass of water. When I'm frustrated or stressed you look at me and say, "Mom, are you happy?" and then you say "Mom, I like you just the way you are."</div>
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With the discovery of our almost-lost-forever-but-really-just-in-the-glove-compartment-of-the-other-car-camera, I bring you extra photos of our first trip to Canada and some more from our second. </div>
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Our second adventure took us to Black Rock Ocean Front Resort in Ucluelet. </div>
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It is basically paradise</div>
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Meet Karli, She is kind, intelligent, sweet, funny, strong willed, driven, humble, uplifting, genuine, thoughtful and has been a friend/sister since the 4th grade. Sure we had our emotional/hormonal melt downs but I love this powerhouse of a lady! And applaud her choice in wedding venue.<br />
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We had a pretty rocking September. First we went up to Portland for our second annual HERO UP HALF. Due to pregnancies I have yet to run the half marathon, 2015 will be my year. </div>
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Because I know nothing about super heroes I did a quick google search, "red head super heroes." Turns out there are quite a few. I decided on Ms. Poison Ivy because I thought the costume could be made easily enough. I underestimated the discomfort involved in running with fake leaves hot glued to my crotch- rookie mistake. Matt's costume was more functional. </div>
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Klamath Falls is the smallest town that I have ever lived it. It has no mall, no costco and no target.<br />
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It has exactly one Indian restaurant (which are always my favorite) that also sells french fries and therefore I feel morally obligated to never go. It is also named "Hurry Curry," which I have questions about.<br />
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Let me just tell you that when we moved form Eugene I cried like a baby. Eugene is were I learned how to be a mother. Where we stretched ourselves to learn new things. We befriended the most wonderful people from all over the world and had many great experiences. Eugene taught us how to be better, less judgmental and more open to new ideas. Eugene changed us for the better.<br />
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Shortly after moving here, I attended a baby shower for someone I didn't know terribly well. Lots of other moms and their children where there celebrating and enjoying a summer afternoon at the park. William instantly began playing with children and Paul was fussing in the baby Ergo about ready to pass out. I was introducing myself and meeting new people. </div>
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Add that experience to a long list of others entitled "Did not see that coming when I signed up to be a mother."<br />
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We are about half an hour from the California border and when some friends told us about the Lava Bed National Park we jumped at the chance to go. I'm so glad we did because it's probably one of the coolest things I've ever seen.<br />
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This cave was literally a fridge, used by Native's of the land for their marbled or spiced meats, I assume. The deeper we went the cooler it got. These metal hand rails were freezing and so William had to hold on to my hands instead.<br />
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Our camera has been missing for months and last week Matt found it!!! So now, Canada Day.<br />
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But first, this picture of Paul.<br />
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Glorious and fatty poutine.</div>
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My parents send me Canadian treats to hand out as prizes and I love it.</div>
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Aren't these girls and their Canadian sugar cookies the cutest?! Oh I miss these faces!<br />
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Brandon said he wanted to dress Canadian and I think he nailed it.</div>
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As usual I did the "group" shot after people had already left, cause I'm awesome.<br />
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But it was still a great day and an amazing time with cool people celebrating the mother land.<br />
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Matthew and I decided to till the earth and try our hands at gardening. Well, my hands. I've never gardened before, like ever. Unless you count a mini cactus that I thought was cool in the 5th grade or my aloe vera plant that I basically never watered yet somehow survived. However you look at it, my credentials are low. </div>
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I've always had this little image in my mind of living in a cute English cottage style home, driving my bicycle everywhere, hugging trees, recycling and being self sufficient with a kick ass organic vegetable garden. After Matt explained to me the type of bugs that coexist in a vegetable garden, I was conflicted. </div>
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While our apartment was slowly being drowned in oversized zucchini, Matthew was studying. He quit both of his jobs to live, breath and even daydream Barbri. We managed to fit a trip down to Klamath Falls to scope out apartments and watched an hour of fireworks on the forth of July but that was basically all the "free-time" he had from June-August. Summer 2014, you'll be easy to beat.</div>
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Just kidding guys, I had a great time. I spent the days with my amazing friends and neighbors, playing with kids outside and reading. You know, being supportive. </div>
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The boys and I decided to head up to Canada for a little vacay, "aka" let Matt sleep through the night in peace and quiet for 2 weeks before the bar. </div>
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I know that taking the Bar is hard and stressful and all but I think I deserve a metal for driving from Eugene to Victoria in one day with two children. At least one hour of the drive was spent listening to Paul crying and William screaming, "PAUL DON'T CRY. PAUL DONT CRY. PAUL STOP CRYING!" I couldn't even turn up the radio to cover it. </div>
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My mom met me at the ferry and I abruptly threw my children at her so I could go pee and eat something. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">We had been talking to William for weeks about the giant boat he would take to get to Nanny and Grandad's house. </span><br />
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I was so happy to be home. Isn't going home great?! If I don't make it back to Canada at least once a year I get pretty depressed and start dreaming about Tim Hortins in my sleep. </div>
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A public thanks to my Dad who played with William tirelessly the entire time. I was a mother of one the whole trip. William had a schedule of trampoline jumping, car and bike riding, pool swimming and hockey, soccer, frisbee, and basketball playing.</div>
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We decided William needed the true Canadian experience- Ice hockey and swiss chalet.</div>
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These pictures melt my heart because I remember vividly Dad doing the same to me and almost felt my freezing cold toes in tightly laced skates. I could never tie them as tightly as he did.<br />
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Will was overly confident on the floor and was walking around no problem.<br />
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He knew the red support was lame and wanted out. Plus there were other kids without one.<br />
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These pictures are fuzzy because my Dad can't use a smart phone, love ya Dad.<br />
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Paul had to join in on the action<br />
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William's over confidence quickly took another turn<br />
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I know I look like a bad parent for taking so many photos of my child crying but I was laughing to hard to have strength to pick him up. So that makes it better.<br />
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I needed that ocean air after sleeping for about 2 hours the night before. Why don't children sleep on vacations??!!</div>
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I love my sweet Paul.</div>
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Don't worry William was having fun too. He was next door playing Hockey with Tyson Berrie, defenseman for the colorado Avalanche. NBD. </div>
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Probably the proudest moment for my Dad, ever.<br />
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We really did have a blast and things only got better when Matt arrived.<br />
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We went straight to Pagliacci's with Karli and Greame to celebrate. Sadly this was the only picture taken. Paul enjoyed his first trip to Paggs, too.<br />
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Matt graduated on a Saturday and was back at school the following Monday. Happy graduation... Graduating Law School is a giant let down. Congratulations... you are now qualified to start studying for the BAR. For the next ten weeks he'll be studying twelve plus hours a day. Our slogan for Summer 2014 is LAME! No fun and all study makes Matt something something. (Simpsons quote... anyone...?)</div>
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When I first met Matthew, he was working at a soils lab on BYU's campus. Law school was not on his radar but then within a few months of being married, he decided to take the LSAT. I think the process of studying, taking the exam and applying to schools happened within three months. Waiting for response letters seemed to take forever. I still remember the first acceptance package that arrived, I couldn't wait for Matt to get home so I drove up to his work and surprised him. I just started jumping up and down as I passed it to him and continued to do so while he read.</div>
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But mostly, it sends me down a mushy and sentimental memory montage of long nights, early mornings, deadlines, resume revising, on campus interviewing, saturdays in the library, moving six different times, journal meetings and the dreaded blue book. I almost burnt that blasted blue book on at least three occasions. </div>
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And with all that said, there are happy memories of babies being born, trips to the coast, voodoo donuts, friends that became family, training for our first half marathon, first steps, pumpkin patches, library story time, ice cream at prince pücklers, splash pool, bowling and mini golf.</div>
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The ceremony was wonderful and a lot more entertaining than I had expected. William spent a lot of time out in the hall with Nanny (thanks mom for taking one for the team!) My favorite quote of the night was, "People say that what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. After law school I know that's not true. Whatever doesn't kill you, only makes you cry in the shower" - Frank Lin</div>
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So here's to our next adventure and our seventh move in four years of marriage. We are packing up the family and heading three hours south of Eugene to the small town of Klamath Falls. Matt accepted a job as the deputy director of a non profit organization. He'll be representing agricultural water rights in the Klamath basin.<br />
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17935627460205902094noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882455783564504944.post-20541706303392516622014-05-22T15:40:00.001-07:002014-05-22T15:40:19.799-07:00Picture PerfectA few weeks ago our amazing friend, Michelle Davis took some family photos for us. She claims she's not professional but lets face it, these are pretty awesome.<div>
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This years Spring break was extra special--it was Matt's last one. It's hard to believe that Law School is wrapping up (in two weeks) and we will be leaving Eugene (in two and a half months) but that's another post.</div>
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Spring break coincided with my birthday once again. It was a magical week of sleeping in and family time. Well, sleeping in relatively speaking/not at all.</div>
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We took the boys to the Zoo in Portland. This was William's (and Paul's) first time at a zoo and they LOVED it. It took William all of five minutes to figure it out and he began to chime in and say, "Okay let's go see another animal!" I think his favourites were the fish and the sea otters because he could watch them swim all around him and walk right up to the glass. Paul was a stud and slept in his stroller the entire time. We had so much fun and completely forgot to take pictures. William is just getting old enough to really enjoy things like this and I loved watching him react to the animals and make their corresponding noises. I have many fond memories of the Toronto Zoo growing up and it was fun to share a similar moment with my boys.</div>
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When it came time to go home Matt decided he wanted to go to the coast, so we took a large detour home and drove to the ocean. Growing up on an island I can confidently say not many things make me happier than dipping my feet in to the freezing cold ocean. Now I know there is one thing that beats it-- having my son do it with me.</div>
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We made it in just enough time to watch the sun set. We payed for William's late night the next day but it was worth it. I would never have taken William on an all day car ride when he was 5 weeks old but Paul as the classic second child didn't really get a say.</div>
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I know this makes me sound like a hippie BUT there is something about the power of the ocean that instantly makes me happy. Simply put--the ocean is my drug.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">In typical second child fashion, I'm just getting to Paul's birth story 7 weeks later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">On <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_123178971" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday January 3rd</span></span> I entered the hospital in the middle of the night experiencing 6 hours of intense false labour and a partial breaking of my waters. Can that even happen? Yeah--new to me too. The nurse was convinced we were having the baby that night. Here's a few things she said to me: "You're having this baby tonight hun." "Your baby will have to go to the NICU for at least a week. He'll probably be okay but it's just policy before 36 weeks." I was exactly 35 weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">My usual over prepared (OCD?) self is not proud of this fact BUT Matt and I ordered Paul's car seat from our phone that night in the hospital room at approximately <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_123178972" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">4 a.m.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">At <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_123178973" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">6 a.m.</span></span> my Dr. arrived to check me--I hadn't dilated. Quickly every monitoring device was stripped off of me and I walked back to the car and we drove home. Shaken up, confused, and so grateful that I would, hopefully, carry him full term. And that he would arrive after his car seat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">I sure got my "wish."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">I'm not sure if it's like this with everyone but false labour really did something to my body. I felt like I had experienced real labour and my body was physically exhausted. From then on things were considerably more uncomfortable. My legs started giving out from under me while walking. I had pelvic bone pain and basically everything hurt. I also kept experiencing contractions. Every time I bent down to open a drawer or put on William's shoes, I had a contraction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">As my due date came closer I continued having contractions but nothing was consistent, or at least not consistent for long. The contractions started getting stronger and I wasn't surprised when a week before my due date the Dr. checked me and I was dilated to a 3 and fully effaced. We were all pretty convinced this baby was coming soon. Now I just hoped he would stay in until my Mom arrived. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Anyone who has gone past their due date knows this simple fact- IT SUCKS. Everyone looks at you like a ticking time bomb, which basically you are plus E-VERY-THING hurts. "Getting up"or should I say hauling your body sideways and hoping for the best, takes so much effort you're ready for a nap. Thank heavens for my Mother who made us meals, washed dishes, played with my energetic toddler and took care of basically EVERYTHING. I seriously don't know what I would have done without her helping and willing hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Because Eugene is not equipped for snow and doesn't plow roads unless they are major freeways we were pretty much snowed in. Matt went out to clear the car hourly and put chains on our tires just in case. At this point I was basically miserable and surely not fun to be around. I was over due AND snowed in, I didn't know which annoyed me more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">After my due date passed and the snow started melting, I sheepishly called my Dr's office to make an appointment. This time I was at 4cm and the baby was at a +3. We decided to schedule an induction on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_123178974" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">February 12</span></span> (five days after my due date), none of us believing I would keep that appointment. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times-Roman;">It's a pretty weird feeling to enter the hospital and reach the counter, "Yes, good morning. I have a </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_123178975" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-family: Times-Roman; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">6 o'clock</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times-Roman;"> appointment to have a baby come out of me." I was all hooked up with monitors and an antibiotic by </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_123178976" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-family: Times-Roman; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8 a.m.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times-Roman;"> and could comfortably walk around with my pitocin in tow. After four hours of the antibiotic in my system the nurses increased the dose of pitocin to really start my labour. Contractions were manageable for most of my labour and I contently watched the olympics (couples freestyle dance--which, sadly, the Americans won). Things didn't get real until my bag of waters was broken at </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_123178977" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-family: Times-Roman; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">12:45 p.m.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times-Roman;"> Then I started having "piggybacking contractions" (just when you'd think it's starting to get better it would come back and punch you in the cervix). After a few of these lovely things I asked for the epidural. The anethesiologist came in and kept trying to talk to me and ask me questions. By this point, my eyes were mostly clamped shut and I was breathing through contractions so I didn't really take in much of what he was saying. I kept thinking, "please shut up and give me the epidural." He didn't have much time between contractions to administer but he did. The nurse took one look at me and said, "You'll let us know when you feel like pushing okay..?" to which I replied, "I feel like I need to push."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Dr. Beyerlien had anticipated a quick delivery and stayed just outside my door after he broke my waters. He came in and quickly donned his gloves, tucked in his tie and told me to push. In the time between my next contraction he set up the sterile area and put on his lab coat in time to catch the baby-- my next push. Paul Westbrook Vickery was born at 1:25 p.m on February 12, 2014. I was told he came out like superman, one arm raised in a fist. I'll thank him for that later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Because he came so quickly and his nose was smushed, he was faintly grunting instead of breathing clearly. They suctioned out his mouth and listened closely to his lungs. I was able to tell them that the same thing had happened with our older son and that they kept a close eye on him. This time they didn't take my baby off to the NICU and I was SO grateful for that! Instead, he quickly started nursing and we spent some time just getting to know one another. The nurses let us snuggle and waited an hour before weighing and measuring him. They kept saying he looked big but I couldn't really tell. Paul weighed in at 9 lbs 10 oz and was 22 inches long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">I stayed in the hospital two nights and couldn't wait to get home to my own bed. I <i>was</i></span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> a little hesitant to return to "real" life and be responsible for two children though. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Paul's first few days home were great. I still had my Mother helping with absolutely everything. Paul had his days and nights in the right order and was proving to be a great sleeper. And he ATE. ALL. DAY. leaving the rest of his time for snuggling. He rocked the car seat and I took him all over the place because I already physically felt great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">At Paul's two week check, he weighed 10 lbs 10 oz (94th percentile), was 23 inches long (95th percentile), and his head measured at 15 inches (96th percentile). My back hurts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Then Paul hit 3 weeks and decided it would be super fun to cry a lot during the day and be cranky but sleep well at night. He also instituted a 1 hour time period (<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_123178979" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5-6 a.m.</span></span>) of constant loud grunting brought on my flatulence. This makes him a terrible roommate during those times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">At week 6 he slept 7.5 hour stretches for 2 night in a row. That has since stopped but I remember those nights fondly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">William is so good to Paul. He often brings him toys or "bobbits" to share. He'll read books to Paul or build him a block house and say, "Look it's Paul's house!" He's also very concerned if he can't see Paul at all times, just incase mom forgot him. He's woken Paul up from a few naps trying to give him his "piece-of-fire" or pacifier if you're not a 2.5 year old. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Being a mother of two is HARD work. Sometimes William is crying in a time-out because he's not listening and Paul is crying because he wants to be picked up and it's <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_123178981" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3pm</span></span> and I haven't eaten lunch. It's in those times I wonder if other parents have just forgotten how hard it is or if they were better at juggling it than me but I hold on to the sweet moments in the day when I have them both in my arms and we're all snuggling. I know one day they won't be this small. </span></div>
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William has always enjoyed reading and demands I read to him an hour a day, usually more. Once Matt comes home, he pretends that I've neglected this need and uses his powers of persuasion on Matt. He has recently been calling the books by their titles and requires a particular order in which they should be read. Note: you can not under <i>any</i> circumstances deviate from this order! It's simply not tolerated and usually ends up with the book forcefully removed from your grasp and the new one inserted into your lap.<br />
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I've always enjoyed reading to William but now that I'm pregnant and my feet swell I <i>really </i>love it. William does get frustrated by my growing belly and will sometimes look back at it as if to say, "You're taking my spot and I don't appreciate it." After a few tries we usually find a way for him to squish that is mostly comfortable for us both.<br />
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Yesterday William surprised us both when he busted this out. </div>
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It's times like this where I just sort of stare at him and see the "big kid" he's turing into.</div>
<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13480031116847385135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1882455783564504944.post-46552180113978562802013-12-06T22:00:00.000-08:002013-12-06T22:13:43.334-08:00It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. I'm usually the one bugging Matt to put up the Christmas tree as soon as Halloween is over but for some reason I just wasn't as anxious this year. I think part of it has to do with the fact that I don't even have our pictures up on the wall (since moving back at the end of August!) I keep waiting for "nesting" to start but so far I'm too exhausted to care. Having said all this, we put the tree up December first (which is still respectable) but it was due to Matt's excitement and not my own. <br />
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This is William's third Christmas but the tree will forever remind me of that first one. I was up until the wee hours with him, nursing by the lights, and remember how much he loved staring at them.<br />
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This is the first Christmas that he was able to help decorate the tree.</div>
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The first morning he woke up and ran out to turn the lights on and said, "Kiss-mass tree!" he then kissed the tree and turned to me and said "Kiss the tree?"</div>
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"jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell, fun, hey!"</div>
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The snow was pretty flakey in the morning but we managed to create a few respectable snowballs.</div>
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I didn't know how William would do having to wear a hat and mittens- he's not an accessory man. He did rip of his mittens and dive his fingers into the snow once. He quickly learned of their usefulness and kept them on the rest of the time. I would also like to document that the hat he is wearing was given to us as a gift for our current unborn child. It's labeled 6-12 months and was a little big for him. His head is in the 12th percentile ahah. </div>
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William and Matt made snow angles too, although William was less impressed with that snow activity.</div>
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Because it defiantly wasn't packing snow at 1030 this morning, this little snow man was quite the engineering miracle. The hat I actually made at a knitting class last month and we decided it was a perfect fit. William mostly wanted to knock it down but was moderately impressed with the finished product.</div>
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Today marks 31 weeks of pregnancy and starts a single digit (week) countdown. Only 9 more to go! </div>
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Anyone in their third trimester probably wont be "up beat" about their current situation. If you ever meet someone who is- don't trust them, they're bat crazy! There's a huge difference between feeling crapy but having a positive attitude about the blessing of a baby. BUT lets not go over board and say you love it. Because you don't. You just don't. </div>
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"Oh yeah I just love having heartburn when I drink water. Okay great I'll stay away from spicy food. Thanks for your expertise"</div>
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"Excuse me, I can't read out loud and breath at the same time, hold on."</div>
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"Nah, I love getting my husband to take on and off my boots. Independence is over rated"</div>
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During my first pregnancy, it took a long time for me to start "showing." Sure, I looked bigger than usual but for the most part I was in an awkward "is she just fat?" stage. It was terrible. I would get comments from people like, "Is everything <i>okay </i>with the baby?" Here's a tip- never say that to an overly hormonal pregnant woman. Ever. </div>
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I was completely convinced otherwise. It was a total shock for both Matt and I when the ultra sound tech said boy. Clearly I have zero motherly intuition when it comes to that sort of thing. Everyone told me that pregnancies of boys feel so different from that of girls. Since day one this has been entirely different so there blows that theory. </div>
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Still feeling pretty good and can comfortably bend to put on shoes.</div>
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Here's a comparasen of 22 weeks. Although, to be truthful I think the one on the left is actually 23 weeks. If you can pick a favourite child based on pregnancy then William's the golden child so far.</div>
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Here's a 26 week update.</div>
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Either I'm carrying this child significantly higher or he's significantly bigger because everyday is a fight against my rib cage. William never once came in contact with my ribs. He preferred soccer punching my bladder. I haven't decided which one I prefer.</div>
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Baby #2's preference of ribs has enabled me to keep up my running. When I say that please know that my time per mile has increased by at least 2-3 minutes and I never run over 4 miles. I figured I would run until it got uncomfortable and that hasn't happened yet so I continue. </div>
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29 Weeks. Large and in charge </div>
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Over thanksgiving weekend we ran the Turkey Trot 5k (30 weeks pregnant)</div>
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In other pregnancy news I have been wanting to consume an entire dove chocolate bar a day. The other night I told Matt that I was having a pregnancy craving and was in need of chocolate immediately. I then said that this baby better come sooner than later because of all the chocolate I was eating. My loving husband looked at me square in the face and said, "Emma, it's not the baby." </div>
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I am growing more and more impatient every day. I think because I had William in October I felt as though this baby should have been here by then to. Obviously that would have been terrible and I want him to stay in until he's healthy and strong blah blah blah. I want this baby in my arms. Like, now!</div>
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and I think I'm okay with it.<br />
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Firstly his stats:<br />
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Height 34 1/2" 54th percentile<br />
Weight 28.2 lbs 53rd percentile<br />
Head 18 1/2" 12th percentile<br />
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William has turned into a full fledge 2 year old complete with meltdowns over sharing toys and brushing his teeth. I've heard lots about terrible twos and would say that <i>so far </i>they are much better than his mood swings at 18 months. William seems to have learned enough vocabulary to get his points mostly across and that has helped SO MUCH.<br />
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When we were at the Dr's office she said, "He's supposed to have a vocabulary of 20-25 words but I think he's said 50 since I've entered the room five minutes ago." This little boy is a talker. He has a voice and wants it to be heard! He is also stringing words together into sentences which is really making me laugh because sometimes they don't entirely make sense or apply to the situation. Others I question his comprehension and attribute it to just having heard it before.<br />
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He is very social and waves to say hello/good morning/goodbye to almost everyone in every store we go to. He's become pretty possessive of toys and will say, "No, won't take it" ALL the time whenever a child so much as looks at what he's playing with. He actually is pretty good at sharing once he establishes the personality of the child he is playing with. A certain level of trust must be established before sharing takes place.<br />
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His favourite things are his train set, anything with wheels, and his duplo blocks (larger lego). He's started to create things with his blocks and have an imagination about what they are. I could watch him play with them all day. He most frequently builds a "tall tower" "air plane" "tractor" and "under" (bridge)<br />
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He's gotten better at eating different foods but his favourites are butter chicken, curry and chocolate. I didn't know anyone who loved chocolate more than me but I think he just might have me beat. William is also obsessed with shoes. He will try to wear anyones shoes once they have come in and left them by the door. Big, small, high heels, slippers it doesn't seem to matter. I've taken him to the new Nordstrom Rack a few times and when we walk down the isle of shoes he'll squeal with delight, "oooh shoes!" and then want to hold them all. I see many shoe and chocolate shopping trips in our future together. I should note that his shoe of choice in any weather or wardrobe are his batman rain boots.<br />
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As his phrases and vocabulary have increased it has become more and more fun playing and interacting with him. It's also been interesting to see the things that he notices. I am always notified when there is a "big truck" "city school bus" or any form of construction equipment. He names each truck individually and correctly. I just take his world for it when he says, "skid steer" because I don't actually know which one that is.<br />
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October is one of my favourite months. I love fall and all it's activities. This October also re-kindled my love of Halloween. It's just so much better with kids. </div>
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We went out kinda early to just a few of our friends apartments. William picked out one candy when he got home and ate it. After that we just pored his candy into ours that we handed out. He woke up the next morning and said, "all gone chocolate." Pretty sure it's not going to be that easy next year. </div>
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Breakfast of a 2 year old champion</div>
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William and I had a great day filled with all of his favourite food and activities. Matt was busy at school but that weekend we took him to the science factory as a family. </div>
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Even though it was pretty low key I know he had a blast and so did I. I love spending my days with this sweet boy. Happy 2 years, Son. We love you!</div>
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October also held Canadian Thanksgiving. It was delicious and we had a party with great friends but I'm too tired writing about October so you'll just have to take my word on it and salivate over the picture of our turkey. </div>
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It was hands down the BEST turkey I've ever had and that is saying something because my mom makes a mean bird! Matthew, I would have married you for your poultry expertise alone. </div>
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