tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70469627358301150782024-03-12T20:29:42.254-04:00Lucky In LoveJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.comBlogger640125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-51573433048816819212017-05-23T19:20:00.001-04:002017-05-23T19:20:55.247-04:001 Year BackThe end of May will be my one year anniversary of moving back to Utah.<br />
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I'm going to be honest. I miss Florida. I miss it deeply.<br />
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Sometimes I wonder if moving back was the right thing to do.<br />
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Being away from family made me depend on my church and ward family. It made me more active in church than I have ever been in my life. And I think because of that activity, I was the happiest I've ever been.<br />
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We also depended on our own, tiny, family unit. We banded together. We spent a lot of time together. We did lots of fun activities. We went to Disney every week. We went swimming multiple times a week. We went to the park every week. We walked around the pond and fed the ducks every day.<br />
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I was also in great shape and had a great tan! :-D It helps when the sun is always out and the UV index is low.<br />
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It was also great not paying state taxes.<br />
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I look back on our time in Florida and I only remember positive things. It takes me a while to remember the bad things. Such as sleeping 5 or fewer hours a night, and never seeing family. Cockroaches in our cars. Fire ants in the grass.<br />
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Did the bad outweigh the good? Did it really? I'm not so sure.<br />
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Of course I can't talk positively about Florida without upsetting someone. When I first moved back someone told me, "All you ever talk about is Florida." In all honesty, it hurt my feelings to hear that. I thought people would care about where I lived for the past few years, and would enjoy hearing what we had gone through.<br />
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It was a really incredible time of my life.<br />
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I felt like I could not have a new baby without the help of friends and family. That's the main reason we moved back home.<br />
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But now I'm wondering... what if I had stayed in Utah for six months to have baby Lucy and get settled and then moved back? How would things be if we still lived out there? What if we bought a house out there?<br />
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I miss it.<br />
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We're stuck here now. That's not really a bad thing. We're really happy to be around family. I'm overjoyed to be near my sisters. We've grown closer together than ever before. I regret the days I spent dodging them, or ignoring them. I wish I had been a better big sister. But I'm here now. They can talk to me now.<br />
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I know, deep down, moving back to Utah was the right thing for our family. But it's really difficult when you have a yearning to go back and live where you've always wanted to live.<br />
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Maybe we'll go back one day. But for now, I'm happy to be raising my two wonderful girls in a safe, family friendly neighborhood. I'm happy that they get to see their cousins every week. I'm overjoyed to be near my sisters and sisters in law who love my children like they love their own.<br />
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I hope I can teach my girls the things I learned when I lived outside of Utah, such as acceptance and love. I hope I can expose them to people of all different faiths and walks of life. I want them to know about the atonement, and of forgiveness. But mostly, I want them to love. Love unconditionally. Love diversity. Love differences. Love everyone.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-68063318667727532772017-05-02T19:50:00.000-04:002017-05-02T19:50:05.408-04:00Snow!We've also got to experience snow for the first time in a long time! Even before we moved, it hardly ever snowed.<br />
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Luckily, this year, it has snowed a ton. And it's made it really fun, since Lily had never experienced snow before.<br />
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She has now realized that snow is cold and she doesn't like playing in it too much. I still need to take her sledding.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-60025451714234518032017-04-05T20:52:00.001-04:002017-04-05T20:52:17.687-04:00Lucy's Birth StoryOh my sweet Lucy.<br />
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I'm sorry this has taken me nearly seven months to record. I hope you'll forgive me.<br />
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Lucy, my pregnancy with you was pretty difficult. In the beginning I was weak and nearly everything made me sick. I craved baked potatoes with butter and seasoned salt. I ate one every day.<br />
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Soda make me sick. Artificial sweeteners tasted horrible. I was extremely addicted to Coca Cola, and the withdrawals were difficult to get through.<br />
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My grandmother passed away when I was about 3 months pregnant. I flew to Utah with Lily to spend time with my family. It made me realize that I didn't want to be far away from them anymore. We got to celebrate Lily's 4th birthday surrounded by my closest family and friends. I didn't want Lily, or you, to ever experience another birthday alone.<br />
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Daddy agreed.<br />
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So we started making plans to move back to Utah.<br />
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After the first few months, of pregnancy, all the sickness went away, and I felt fine again. However, my hips were almost constantly in pain, and my ankles started swelling at 20 weeks. Walking was difficult, but I still managed to take Lily to the pool every day, or every other day. The pool is where I felt the best.<br />
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Lily, and I flew to Utah at the end of May 2016. We lived with Grandma and Grandpa for six weeks without Daddy. We called him every day. You grew in larger and larger in my belly. Daddy stayed behind to finish packing up our stuff so we could move back to Utah.<br />
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I became addicted to Sodalicious.<br />
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My hip pain intensified, making walking even more difficult. Often the pain would cause me to double over and cry.<br />
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I gained nearly 70 lbs.<br />
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My blood pressure started to rise.<br />
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I started seeing stars.<br />
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I started getting light headed.<br />
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I told my doctor, and they sent me to the hospital to be monitored. Where of course everything checked out and was "normal."<br />
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My next appointment was a few days later, and they told me I could be induced if I would like to be. Induced means that they give you medicine to start labor, and get the baby to come sooner than it would naturally.<br />
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They offered me the same thing with Lily, but I declined. While Lily came on her due date, it was a very difficult and extremely long labor. I was worried the same would happen with you.<br />
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But also the pain in my hips/pelvis was so unbearable.<br />
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So I said I was done being pregnant. I was ready for you to be here. I couldn't wait to meet you!<br />
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I went home and packed a bag. Then we went to Cafe Rio where I ate a pork salad. I finished the entire thing.<br />
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When you're having a baby in the hospital, they don't allow you to eat or drink anything. You go hours and hours without food, and it makes it very difficult to get a baby here. So I chowed down, hoping that I would have energy when the time came to push you out!<br />
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We went to the hospital, got all checked in, and hooked up to the machines and pitocin and started the waiting game.<br />
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We played Hand and Foot with Grandma.<br />
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About four hours in, I couldn't stand the pain of contractions anymore, so I asked for the epidural.<br />
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Contractions with pitocin are far more intense and painful than natural contractions.<br />
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With Lily, the epidural only worked on one side. The same happened with you. I pressed the button for more medication almost as often as I could.<br />
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I had very good conversations with my nurse, Taylor. She was amazing. She talked to me almost all night long. She was concerned I wasn't sleeping, but I told her it was because I work nights! I'm not used to sleeping at night.<br />
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They gave me this giant ball to put between my knees. I would also roll over and change the side I was laying on every hour. This was hopefully going to help you not be posterior, like your big sister was. It wasn't the most comfortable thing to have between my legs, but I was willing to do whatever would help.<br />
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I loved my midwife, Amanda. She was so nice, and was such a good listener. She made me feel special, and she listened to all my requests and did her best to make them happen.<br />
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Around 4:00am I texted Grandma that it felt like you were coming out, so Grandma came back so she could be there for us.<br />
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At 4:30 my midwife, Amanda, and all the nurses and helpers came in to prepare for you to get here.<br />
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I pushed twice.<br />
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Then there you were. Perfect. Beautiful.<br />
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You did not cry. You grunted a little. They were worried your lungs weren't working. They let me hold you and talk to you while they observed. After a while, they let Daddy cut the umbilical cord, then they took you over to be weighed and whatever else it is they do. :)<br />
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You were born September 7th, 2016 at 4:46am. 7lbs, 10oz, 20 inches long. You were a wonderful snuggler. And you loved to sleep. And eat.<br />
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Mommy had a second degree tear. Apparently I started tearing before I was even pushing. But, Mommy would have never known if they didn't tell me. Healing went very well.<br />
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You had jaundice, and had to go to the hospital every day for the first week of your life to get checked out.<br />
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When you were a month old, we got thrush.<br />
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We had a rough start, but we made it through.<br />
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I love you Lucy!<br />
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Lily: 24 hours of labor, 19 hours natural. 5 hours with an epidural. 2 hours of pushing. Forceps. 3rd degree tears.<br />
Lucy: 12 hours of labor, 4 hours natural. 8 hours with an epidural. 5 minutes of pushing. 2nd degree tears.<br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-7462414476242061012017-01-20T01:16:00.001-05:002017-01-20T01:16:36.139-05:00Utah Without LanceI wrote this ages ago, but never posted it.<br />
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Lily and I have been in Utah for three weeks now, and the past three weeks have been a roller coaster of emotions.<br />
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It has not been easy, but I've tried really hard to stay positive, kind, and happy.<br />
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I miss my husband, most of all. I've never been apart from him for so long. I am a fairly independent person, but when he's gone I feel like I can't and don't want to do anything. But I've been pressing forward anyway, trying to occupy the time and really take advantage of all this extra time with Lily.<br />
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I don't have a car here, so it's difficult to do what I want to do, when I want to do it. I'm very lucky to have Elise with me all day. She works the same schedule I do. But she and Aziz share a car. So Elise is without a car until the afternoon, and then we have about three hours to get things done until she has to leave for work.<br />
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Adjusting to the new time zone wasn't difficult. Getting off of work at 1 am is much better than 3 am. But now instead of vegging out or taking a bath, I talk to my sisters, and sometimes Eric, and I still get to bed really late.<br />
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Lily can sleep upstairs, but I've enjoyed snuggling with her. I love coming into our room when I'm done working and see what silly position she's sleeping in. She wakes up with the sun, but I do my best to keep her occupied in our room until at least 9 or 10am. Then I roll out of bed at 11. When we have our own place I will get up earlier. But right now, with this living situation, the later the better.<br />
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My parents are currently hosting Eric's family as well as me and Lily. The owner of the condo Eric was renting decided to sell, and Eric and Katie are house hunting, so they're staying here for the time being. Elise and Aziz live here as well. The basement is mostly "theirs" but they've been gracious enough to let me use their second bedroom, and Elise lets me use her computer to work on after I put Lily to bed.<br />
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It's nice having so much family around, but not without its challenges. The biggest challenge is Lily and Mabel. They fight a lot. Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-25396221263434617312017-01-19T23:13:00.000-05:002017-01-19T23:13:17.981-05:00Lily's PreschoolToo busy to blog.<br />
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It's unfortunate because I like reading old blogs and I sort of feel like I have a six month gap in my memories now.<br />
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Here are some things I want to remember.<br />
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Me and Lily lived with my parents for 2 months, without Lance. It was really hard to be away from him for so long, but it was nice being close to family and friends again.<br />
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I flew to Florida to help Lance clean up our apartment and to drive with him and the dogs back to Utah. Once we got here, we lived with my parents for 2 weeks until our belongings from Florida arrived (via PODS).<br />
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Our new place is OK. It's really hard finding places to live that are<br />
A. Within budget<br />
B. Big enough<br />
C. Allow pets<br />
D. Not in Timbktu (figuratively speaking, of course).<br />
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But, we did what we could and we ended up in a town home in Saratoga Springs.<br />
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I used to have a chip on my shoulder about Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain. It was, like, so totally far out here.<br />
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I guess that was when the only way to get here was Lehi Main, and that street was BACKED UP, yo!<br />
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But now there's 2100 S Lehi, Lehi Main, and Pioneer Crossing. If we're heading up to Salt Lake, we take Redwood Road to Bangerter.<br />
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All in all, it's not too bad. Actually, I've grown to like it. I like it a lot. I like this neighborhood and the people around here. They are friendly, and I don't feel judged, so that's nice.<br />
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But yeah, our town home is small, and completely disheveled most of the time. There is ZERO storage space, so our stuff just sits around, getting moved place to place as is convenient for us.<br />
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It also doesn't help that we moved in when I was 8 months pregnant, this place has 3 floors, and I had Lucy 2 weeks early. I've never really caught up on anything. We aren't fully unpacked, and I've never felt organized. Every room has a box in it.<br />
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We've been here 6 months now.<br />
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Just in time to move again! But more on that later. *evil grin*<br />
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Lily started preschool at Knowledge Explorers. I found them on a yard sale site, but they're really good. They have 2 locations in Eagle Mountain. Preschool is held in the basement of a home, but it's got nice hard floors, a carpeted "circle time" area, and tables for coloring, writing practice, art projects, etc. Lily has her own cubby, and knowing her, she probably uses the same peg every day to hang her coat and backpack on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Day of Preschool - September 6, 2016</td></tr>
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This was also the day I was induced with Lucy. I feel like there's too much to say on that matter, so I'll try to gather those memories in another post.<br />
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After I had Lucy, for two months, Lance would take Lily to either his sister, Nicole's house, or my friend, Sierra's house. That way, Lily would get some love and attention while I was taking care of a new born and working The Cycle at my job.<br />
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(I took 10 days off, and then went back to work.)<br />
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So the first couple of months, Lily's hair is a bit disheveled. (Dad tried!) But it looks like she was happy and having fun!<br />
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Every preschool day (Lily goes twice a week) they post photos from that day on their private Facebook page.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Learning to write her name. She's improved so much on holding a pencil, and now can write her name on her own.</td></tr>
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Even though I was exhausted, I decided to keep Lily at home with me the day they went to the pumpkin patch, so I could go with her.<br />
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But afterwards, I took her to Nicole's house and went home and slept. Thank goodness we have family nearby!<br />
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They had a cute Christmas program for the parents to come see. Lily is SUCH a performer!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is from last week. She loves preschool!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's definitely confident and comfortable there!</td></tr>
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They use "Bob Books" to teach them how to read. Lily is currently on book 4, and I am incredibly impressed with how well she reads! She also got her first math homework the other day. She's learned and grown so much in the past 4 months. Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-42637822784831292752016-12-06T02:17:00.001-05:002016-12-06T02:17:06.678-05:00I Would Drive 3,000 Miles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I flew to Florida at the end of July to help Lance clean up our apartment and get his butt to Utah.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We celebrated our (late) anniversay at Ruth's Chris. They decorated the table so cute for us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I thought I was swollen. Hahaha, this is NOT swollen....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Texas is a GIANT state.</td></tr>
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-51536709992669057342016-08-14T23:58:00.000-04:002016-08-14T23:58:05.259-04:00Well-Seasoned FlyerI've been wanting to blog, but there is so much to cover I feel overwhelmed at this point.<br />
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Me and Lily flew to Utah on the first week of June. We left Daddy in Kissimmee for nearly seven weeks.<br />
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We did it this way because if I went to one more doctor's appointment at my previous doctor's, I would have to pay for all of the prenatal care AND the delivery fees. What? Yeah. So, Lily and I came to Utah early so I could find a new doctor and hopefully save some money in prenatal care.<br />
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Also, Lance's work bonus was at the end of June.<br />
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At this point in our lives, we've flown so much that Lily is an expert flyer. She knows just what to do and how to act, and I've learned how to keep her entertained. I enjoy flying with my little friend.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Little Pony + stickers = hours of entertainment.</td></tr>
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I don't think the future will bring as much flying as the past did. We no longer will be flying to Utah two to three times a year.<br />
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Tonight Lily's prayer was something like:<br />
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"I don't like this house. I want to go to the beach, but I can't go to the beach. I need to get on an airplane. Get on an airplane soon."<br />
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I love how she talks to her Heavenly Father. She just tells Him what's up.<br />
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She has said a few times that we need to "go home," but I don't think she's unhappy. I think she's enjoying it here. She just misses going to the pool and the beach and Disney all the time. But at least now she has cousins close by to play with, and a mommy that is awake during the day. ...Even if I am extremely pregnant and not super active.<br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-34115231957948999222016-06-01T04:48:00.003-04:002016-06-01T04:48:44.766-04:00Another New Beginning?Some of you may not know that we are planning another big move.<br />
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Mentally, I've started this blog post a hundred times, but I never know what to say. I never know where to start. I guess, the beginning? But where is the beginning? All of the decisions we've made have been closely entwined with other circumstances and whatnot so a beginning is hard to find. </div>
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I guess, the beginning is the beginning of our time here in Kissimmee. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holy shiz, have we changed, or what? Also, that dress... I LOVED it so much. One of the first things I learned in Florida is that if something gets wet, you cannot simply throw it in the hamper to be washed later. It will grow mold and stain and never be able to be worn again. *cries*</td></tr>
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Why did we move here in the first place? That is SUCH a difficult question to answer, and a question we get asked a lot. "What brought you to Florida?" Again, a long list of circumstances, including but not limited to the death of my in-laws, the moving of my parents to North Carolina, this inner feeling of needing a change, a desire to get away from reality, a love of Disney and warm weather. </div>
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In all honesty we ended up getting a lot more out of it than we expected. Sure we had Disney passes and went a lot, but we also spent a lot of time together as just our family. That never happened in Utah. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but we would always go and do things with extended family, and never just be a family by ourselves. I think it's important to be a strong family unit on our own, and I guess in order to do that we had to separate ourselves. But boy did we miss everyone. </div>
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We had to step outside of our comfort zone. Need a babysitter? You have to entrust your child to a stranger. Going out of town? Better be prepared to pay big money for someone to take care of your dogs. Want to have lunch with a friend? You better pick up that phone and call or text that nice girl you met at church last week. </div>
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Being an introvert with mild social anxiety, making friends is terrifying. I haven't done a very good job, but I'm still working on it. </div>
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We have experienced SO many fun things as a family. And I truly love Florida with all my heart.</div>
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I love the weather. I love humidity. My eczema? Gone. Alligator skin? Gone. Eyelid rashes? Gone, unless I wear the pink eyeshadows I'm allergic to. Haha. :-) My hair, skin, and nails are all healthier than they were. </div>
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The year round activities are amazing. We've been to the beach in the middle of winter as well as fall and spring. I never liked the beach before living here. It's warmer than the west coast so you can actually swim in the water. Plus, seeing how much Lily loves the beach makes things fun.<br />
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Of course there is Disney. Three years of season passes. Endless memories. I'm a big foodie so I loved trying the hundreds and hundreds of restaurants. Some favorites are Cinderella's Royal Table, Beast's Castle, Sunshine Seasons, and Flame Tree BBQ, and any food stand at the Food and Wine Festival. In general, the cost outweighs the quality, but those places were never disappointing.</div>
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Disney Springs has been one of my favorite places to go. It's a great atmosphere. They have a giant 5 story arcade, a movie theater that also has a dine in theater. Dine-In is obviously more expensive, and the food is overpriced, but it's definitely a fun option. Also at Disney Springs, you can take a free boat ride across the lake. Earl of Sandwich was our go-to place for a quality meal with a good value. Recently, Lily and I tried out T-Rex Cafe and I have to say that was the best plate of food I have ever had on Disney property. I highly recommend it!</div>
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They just opened a new section of Disney Springs with new stores and restaurants, and Sprinkles Cupcakes and Amorette's Patisserie have already become favorite dessert places for me. Pricey, but totally worth it. The new MAC and Sephora stores are majorly damaging to my wallet so I try to avoid them at all costs.<br />
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Celebration was and still is my dream town. I'd love to live there. I love going around Christmas time and looking at all the elaborate light displays, and let's not forget the snoap!!<br />
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We have some great parks and playgrounds near us, as well as a splash pad. Lily and I have spent many afternoons hanging out and playing. And being so close to a large lake has had some exciting moments of watching nature. We once saw an otter catch a duck then heard it chomping down and chewing. Yum! Lance and Lily once saw a baby alligator.</div>
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The pond by our house is where we like to walk the dogs. We've seen lots of ducks and ducklings, interesting-looking birds, and turtles!<br />
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There is always something to do or see. We never made it out to Miami or to the Keys but that's ok. We will vacation here in the future, just like we did before we moved here. The difference now is that we know a lot more cool places to see. We also have friends we can visit and see when we go to church on Sunday. </div>
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I'll definitely miss this ward. I have grown so much here! My self confidence is miles beyond what it was. I've met some amazing people who have been great influences and examples to me. Lily will miss her friends too.</div>
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We are going home. We need our family. And our families need us (even if they may not realize it. ;-) ). </div>
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I'm not sure if I'm ready to go back to church in Utah. I don't want to poke fun or stereotype, so I'll just say it's different. The people are different. I love being surrounded by converts. Of all the people I've met and served with over the last 3 years, maybe 5 were born and raised LDS. It's quite the opposite of Utah, and diversity is a beautiful thing. It's also helped me to realize that I don't have to be an expert to teach, and I don't have to be perfect to serve. It is through our weaknesses and struggles that we are perfected. So stumbling through your terrifying calling is something to be proud of and something to admire in others. We are all growing and learning, let's help each other on the way.</div>
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I am ready to be with family. I'm ready for camping trips, and cookouts (excuse me, I mean BBQs ;-) ). I'm ready for snow and sledding (It better not be a sucky winter this year.). I'm ready for Lily to be close with her cousins. I'm ready to get some help with my soon to be two daughters. I'm ready to throw dinner parties and have movie marathons with friends and to eat good food again! Cafe Rio, Zupas, Kneaders... I'm coming for you!</div>
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We will struggle. Yes, Lance will have to start over at another new job, AGAIN. I have to find a new doctor and transfer my prenatal care. Money will be tight, family drama will happen, and it's not going to be easy. But it will be worth it.</div>
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Because family is everything.</div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-18514153655916942112016-05-13T03:13:00.000-04:002016-05-13T03:13:18.832-04:00April Was FUN!I opened my phone and quickly typed this up so I wouldn't forget:<br />
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Me: Will you throw me a birthday party?<br />
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So let's see, what have we been up to...<br />
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We've been working a lot, and sleeping a little. Lily and I have been going swimming a lot during the day.<br />
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Our Chrysler has been in and out of the mechanic for the past month, so that means Lance gets to drive our Kia to work and back each day, and Lily and I get stuck at home with no way to go anywhere.<br />
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It's not terrible, except that groceries are nonexistent. Lance does a good job running to pick stuff up while I'm working, though.<br />
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I would like to be able to plan a menu and get some groceries on my own. We've eaten way too much fast food lately.<br />
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So, since Lily and I can't drive anywhere, we've been having fun by going to the pool every other day. I'm currently on my third sunburn... I love it.<br />
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Lily has not burned, I'm much better about sunscreening her up. For me, I just sunscreen my face and chest.<br />
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We just found out that we are having a baby girl, and I am so excited! I've been feeling her a lot lately. It makes me happy.<br />
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In April, we had a visit from Elise and Aziz and a visit from Jared and Adree right after. It was wonderful! We love our family!<br />
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Elise and Aziz wanted to go to Universal, so Lance and I decided to go ahead and get 3-day passes for the three of us so we could join them on two days, and go by ourselves at a future date (which ended up being like a week later). It was really fun! But, Universal says "no pregnant women" on basically every ride.<br />
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I rode them anyway, but, some of them I probably should have not.<br />
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Lily's favorite ride was the "monster ride" which means Men in Black. She loved shooting the aliens and spinning.<br />
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She's so funny.<br />
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Jared and Lance ran a race while Jared and Adree were here. Then we went to the pool and the beach and had a nice relaxing weekend.<br />
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So here are photos the past few weeks....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did I tell you we've gone swimming a lot? You should see the tan lines on this girl's bum.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is when we went by ourselves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily wanted her photo taken by the books.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy and Lily on the Pteranodon Flyers ride.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turning on a fountain in Hogsmeade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily is really excited to ride the Jurassic Park River Adventure.<br />Lance was pretending to be scared and Lily pats him on the back and says, "Don't be scared, Dad. There's nice ones!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy and Lily on the Woodpecker ride.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily picked some flowers "for Grandma and Grandpa."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my bump. It's a bad angle. And it's bigger than it looks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How we spend our afternoons.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way to find out the gender of baby #2! (It's a girl.)</td></tr>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-40869547648895705502016-04-11T03:19:00.001-04:002016-04-20T17:03:02.004-04:00Pregnant Ramblings<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thank you, What to Expect for this article. I've felt like a huge blob of failure for the past four months. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Anyone who visits a pregnant woman should anticipate that her home won't be spotless. Why? Because she's growing another human being and has no extra energy for details like toilet bowls! Working moms especially know that it's hard enough to get through the workday and come home to collapse -- much less continue our pre-pregnancy days of Martha Stewarting or Ree Drummonding.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And after baby comes, it's okay if you are living out of takeout containers and your nursery isn't yet <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/wholeparenting/nursery-inspiration/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pinterest-worthy</a>. All visitors should bring food, wipes, and a gift, in order of importance. And they should tidy up your kitchen and throw in a load of laundry."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I had a really rough recovery with Lily. I hated having company because it meant I had to put on pants and I had to cover up when I nursed. And yeah, I guess the latter isn't a "have to" but I don't really enjoy people seeing my naked breasts. Even my own mother.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So there's that. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">My mom helped a ton while she visited me and I was very sad when she left. I wondered if I could handle it all on my own. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Of course all help, and meals were greatly appreciated. I had really bad PPD so functioning at all was a challenge. I hope and pray that labor, delivery, and recovery are easier on me this time around. Let's hope baby isn't posterior and that I don't have back labor, and that I don't push for two hours before the discovery of baby being posterior thus making it stuck and needing forceps to literally rip it out of me. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Third degree tears. And an additional tear in the inside where the forceps cut me. That one took forever to heal. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Once again I'm going to attempt a natural birth, but not in a hospital. I'm planning on going to a birthing center and having a water birth. There will be no IVs or constant monitoring. I will be free to move and labor how I want. And if baby comes in 19 hours or less I'm sure I'll be fine, because that's how long I labored drug free with Lily. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I can do this. I hope I will recover faster. I hope I will be happier this time and able to enjoy all the little moments, rather than feeling like my baby hates me and me crying every day for 5 months. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I had my 16 week appointment recently. Everything is going good! My weight gain is on track. She (my doctor) said my blood test came back with everything normal. Next month will be the big ultra sound where we learn the gender! We are struggling with names, so having a gender will help, I hope.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I'm feeling pretty good. I've noticed a pattern where if I have a busy, active day, I'm 99% useless the next day. The dogs might not get taken outside at all unless I open the door and pray they don't chase someone, or that someone doesn't see the poop I don't pick up on those days. No cleaning will happen. Dinner probably won't get made. And I'll definitely take a nap before I start working. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Most days are pretty good. I take a walk with Lily and the dogs (and I DO pick up their doo doo). I do dishes. I make dinner. I wash and fold a load of laundry (putting it away is another story). I play toys with Lily and read her stories. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I'm feeling a little sad that Lily won't be my one and only anymore. I love her so much and I love all the time I get with her. I'm kind of a selfish mom... I don't like lily to learn new things when I'm not watching or cheering her on. I don't want to miss a moment of her life. I'm going to have an extremely hard time with preschool next year. She's my whole world and I can't imagine time without her.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I'm sure it will all work out. I'm just scared of the change. </span></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-13791661548659879342016-04-05T11:54:00.000-04:002016-04-06T01:15:49.262-04:00Long Update<span style="font-size: medium;">It seems I haven't written in a while. 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Last night, we found out we are pregnant.<br />
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My period was late. Later than usual. Normally I have 30-32 days in my cycle, but it was day 37 and I still had nothing. I had some suspicions since I was feeling really tired, and my chest region was feeling uncomfortable. But, I've had so many negative pregnancy tests in the past 3 years, I did not want to get my hopes up. But at the same time, I wanted to get it over with and know so I didn't have to wait around for another period to show up.<br />
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I took the test, and set a time to come back and look at it. I wanted to be pregnant, but I was trying really hard to tell myself that I'm not pregnant and I shouldn't even be taking a test. You know, to keep my hopes down (even though they were already sky high, as usual...).<br />
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Lance thought that since one of the lines on the "plus" was faded it meant we weren't. But we're totally pregnant!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Finally.</span></i><br />
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Today I've been so excited all day! All I want to talk about is being pregnant, and babies, and baby stuff. I feel really bloated and have a lot of pressure in my lower tummy area. I'm really tired and I wanted to take a nap, but I couldn't sleep because I'm so excited.<br />
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Today we told Lance's sisters and my brother Jared. I also told my boss, Donni, since my due date directly affects my job's busiest time of the year when they normally ask that we don't take extra time off.<br />
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September 22nd, is my due date.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">January 30</span></b><br />
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Monday I took Lily to EPCOT. We rode Nemo, Living With the Land, The Grand Fiesta Tour, Test Track, and Spaceship Earth. It was a great afternoon together. I figured I shouldn't ride exciting rides much longer, so I want to get a last few in before it's too late. </div>
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So back in November, Lily told us we needed to buy presents for our baby. "It's got eyes and a mouth and it looks like a girl," she told us.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">February 4</span></b><br />
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I'm 7 weeks today!<br />
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My boss and friend, Donni, told me that extra iron helped her during her pregnancies "at an advanced age." When I was pregnant with Lily, the iron in my blood was low, and my doctor recommended that I take extra iron. So because of that, I figured it would be fine to take extra this time. I'm currently taking over 300% of the daily recommended value of iron and I feel great! Too great! It's only been a couple of days, but I'm starting to feel so good that I worry what that means for baby.<br />
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Food aversions are getting better, but they're not perfect. I went to the grocery store and bought everything that sounded good, and then none of it sounded good the next day. Or any day after that.<br />
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Today I made chili and roasted potatoes for dinner. It was ok. But I really miss food being wonderful. It's such a chore lately.<br />
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I took Lily to Hollywood Studios yesterday. We had fun together. We went to the Frozen singalong, and I didn't feel emotional, but I had tears pouring from my eyes. Lily was adorable singing the songs. It was super cute!<br />
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Today I went to bed at 4am, and Lily was up at 6am. At 10am I finally convinced her to come lay down with me. And we both slept until 2:30. It was awesome.<br />
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My main pregnancy symptom is fatigue. But, I was already always tired, so no biggie, right? Wrong. I can't do jack. It's hard to get out of bed before noon. It's 1:15 right now and Lily has woken me up every hour since 9am. Lance's alarm woke me up at 5:45. So that means the longest uninterrupted stretch I slept last night was 6am to 9am. </div>
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My house is a disaster. Lance has helped, but cleaning once a week does nothing in the big picture. We have laundry everywhere, both clean and dirty. Dirty dishes are piled up, cereal is spilled and ground into the carpet, and a %&#@$ dog that thinks the office is a toilet. I can't take care of myself, let alone a toddler, husband, two dogs, and a house, while also working full time in the middle of the night AND being pregnant. I am over the edge. I need help but I have no one. I am alone. I am depressed. <br />
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I started locking the dogs in the office at night. Lily used to let them out of the office in the morning and scream and chase them around and I was tired of it waking me up. I also thought maybe it was stressing them out and that's why the poop but it hasn't helped. And yes, I'm taking the dogs out enough. There also was an incident where Bentley bit Lily on the face. Before this happened we have tried explaining to Lily not to tease the dogs. We've yelled at her. We've given her time outs. And spankings. She will not listen. So no, I wasn't surprised. I believe Bentley did everything she could to get away from Lily. But Lily chases them, squeals at them, pulls their legs and traps them in a corner. It was Bentley's last resort to bite Lily, and it didn't break the skin, which also told me that Bentley didn't want to hurt Lily, she wanted Lily to leave her alone. I don't know what to do. Obviously my dogs aren't good with kids. And no, this didn't teach Lily anything. Her behavior has not changed. I even went as far as showing her the picture of my dad after a dog ripped his nose off. It goes both ways though, if Bentley starts growling at Lily, I send Bentley out of the room. </div>
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I've been cooking, but cooking is hard when all food makes you want to puke. I haven't puked, but the aversions are extreme. Basically all I want to eat is salad and potatoes. No meat, no cheese, no onion. Even most dressings are gross. Baked potatoes with butter, sour cream and seasoned salt are my staple. Most food gives me heartburn. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">March 19</span></b><br />
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The past month has been a bit of a roller coaster. I'm trying to be better about at least getting the dishes done each day. Most days I have to do them twice. Especially if I'm cooking dinner.<br />
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You probably thing I'm exaggerating the state of my house, but I can assure you, I'm not.<br />
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My sweet grandma passed away two weeks ago. My heart broke. It's hard because I know the last couple of years were miserable for her, but I still didn't want her to go.<br />
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I miss her.<br />
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When I was pregnant with Lily, she would call me every week just to see how I was doing.<br />
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I wish I had seen her more. We went to her house every once in a while, but I never really made it a priority.<br />
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At her funeral, my aunt Carla said, "How else would each of her 20 grandchildren think they were her favorite?" And I just thought to myself, "I never thought I was her favorite." I know she loved me, and she always made me feel special, but I don't open up and connect with people very easily. It's hard to be someone's favorite if you don't even open up to them.<br />
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On a slightly related note, what is up with people who I love dearly passing away when I'm pregnant? Lance's dad died when I was first pregnant with Lily. Now my grandma, with baby #2. Let's not repeat this again, ok?<br />
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Also, apparently I can only have babies on leap years. ;-) Lily was born in 2012, and this one will be born in 2016.<br />
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4 years apart, that's quite the gap. But Lily is so, so, excited. She has been to my first two doctor visits, and she loves seeing the baby.<br />
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Daddy was scratching his tummy the other day, and Lily looked at him and said, "Your baby is growing!" Hahaha! He has a bit to lose around the middle, I guess.<br />
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At my last appointment, my doctor asked what my pre-pregnancy weight was. I gave her the last number I saw on the scale. Then she told me we were already at +10.<br />
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And then I realized, we're comparing a butt naked weight, to a fully clothed in jeans and shoes weight.<br />
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And then I also realized, my battery died on my scale last summer, so my "pre-pregnancy" weight is from 6 months ago. Before Christmas, and a Utah trip, and Emilee's wedding trip.... So I got online and looked up my weight from my first visit. It was the same as my second visit.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">In pernicious anemia (macrocytic), </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">MCV</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;"> can range up to 150 femtolitres. An elevated </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">MCV</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;"> is also associated with alcoholism (as are an elevated GGT and a ratio of AST:ALT of 2:1). Vitamin B12 and/or folic acid deficiency has also been associated with macrocytic anemia (</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">high MCV</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">numbers).</span><br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-18329746925357732042016-04-03T05:03:00.000-04:002016-04-03T05:06:03.801-04:00Goal UpdateI read somewhere recently that when you share your goals, you're less likely to achieve them.<br />
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I can't help but think it's because of all the naysayers out there. Negativity. People who expect you to fail.<br />
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Now, personally, on my blog, I don't sense any of that. I'm behind a screen, you're behind a screen. Unless we discuss goals in person, I don't feel any negative influence at all. Besides Satan. But, he's another story.<br />
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In other news. it's 5am and I just got done working. Thank goodness it's conference weekend. Conference starts at noon, and I plan to sleep until then.<br />
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I missed conference today. We were at Lily's dance class for the AM session, and I totally fell asleep during the second session.<br />
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But, one amazing thing about living right now is that I could listen and/or watch conference while I worked tonight. So, I listened to both of today's sessions, as well as the Priesthood session.<br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-84186047417764438742016-01-18T15:19:00.000-05:002016-01-18T15:19:28.235-05:002015 Photo Review!Before I went through my photos from 2015 I thought it was a really boring year. However, it turns out it was a really fun year! We traveled a lot, and had lots of people visit us! 2 of my favorite things in the world!<br />
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We desperately needed a second car, so in January we bought a commuter car. Lance really wanted a convertible. Not the best choice because it's hanging on for dear life right now.<br />
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In February I got a burst of motivation and started planning a big birthday party for Lily. We took tons and tons of pictures for her invitations. Her birthday is in March, and the party ended up being really fun! Even if we only had 2 kids show up.<br />
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Side note: The hardest part about living far from family is knowing your child doesn't have very many people to play with.<br />
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We took a trip up up to Jacksonville in March.<br />
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Lily and I loved going to see the baby ducks after they hatched in April.<br />
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I went to Vegas and Utah in May, while I had a sinus infection, bronchitis, and strep throat. Worst flight of my life, by the way. The flight was 6 hours after starting antibiotics and my ears were hurting so bad I was crying. Later I found out that I could have burst an ear drum and next time I should not fly while sick with sinus issues....<br />
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Lily started dance classes in June.<br />
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July was a really busy month. Emilee came to stay with us. Lance and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary (and my makeup was on fleek!). We went to Cocoa Beach to try to watch a rocket launch. And I went to Utah (again) for a work meeting.<br />
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In August we went to Tampa We also got flooded and had our first hurricane warning where they gave out free sandbags to everyone. I became a Jamberry consultant. And we took Emilee to some Disney parks!<br />
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Emilee left, and Betty came to visit us in September, and we spent 1 day at Epcot, and 2 days at Animal Kingdom.<br />
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The only activity of note for October is of our ward's Trunk Or Treat. I do believe we were recovering from pretending to be normal people while my sister and my friend were here. ;-)<br />
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In November we went to visit my brother Jared (who lives in Maryland), and also visited DC, and Philly. Then a week later, they came to visit us for Thanksgiving!<br />
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In December I went to Utah again for a company Christmas party (no photos of that). And all of us went to Vegas for Emilee's wedding. Lily and I flew separately from Lance, but that is a story for when I post about Vegas (Coming soon!). :)<br />
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Happy new year!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-58002081964454265392016-01-04T14:59:00.001-05:002016-01-04T14:59:09.936-05:00Lilyisms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't know how all parents feel about their children. Judging by how I feel about Lily, I can imagine. But I have no idea how that grows or changes as you add more (although, I wish I did!).</div>
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Lily is my best friend. She makes me a better person. She teaches me to have fun and laugh. She tests my patience and my communication skills. She makes me smile. She makes me cry. She's constantly doing things which cause me to glow with pride.</div>
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I feel sad when she makes wrong choices, especially when they are made because of a mistake I made, either in explaining something to her or being a bad example to her. I feel sad when I lose my patience with her and yell. And usually within a minute I'm next to her cute little self, giving her a hug and telling her I'm sorry. Then we talk about why mommy got upset, and how we'll both try harder next time.</div>
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She's three. But I feel like she's known me for a lot longer than three years.</div>
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I cry when she says, "Mommy, I love you."</div>
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I get sad and scared when I think about things I've been through in life, and decisions I made because I want her to be better and do better than I did. I worry about the friends she'll make and boyfriends she might have some day. I want her to stay home and be my friend forever. But I also want her to learn and grow on her own. I just hope that she'll always be willing to share with me what she's going through.</div>
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We live in a world where if someone is happy, people want to make them sad. If someone is wealthy, people want to see them struggle. If someone is beautiful or liked by many people, others find a flaw or notice what's not so pretty about said person. If someone has something nice, people want to see it get ruined. It's rare to find someone who is truly happy for your success, unless they themselves are also successful. And if they are successful themselves, they need to make sure they are MORE successful than other people.</div>
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Honestly, I think all the above is due to people's insecurities in themselves. I'm better learning how to listen for that, and not take things personally. Like when someone brags about something, all I really hear is, "I feel insecure, so I'm telling you something that I hope will make you jealous." I wonder if it surprises them when I respond with genuine enthusiasm.</div>
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I'm off on a tangent, but the point I was getting at is that Lily is a beautiful, happy, fun-loving, caring person. I can see her having a lot of friends, but I can also see other people intentionally trying to hurt her. And what will I do when that happens? Hopefully before that day I can teach her enough about Jesus Christ and His love for ALL people so that she too won't take it personally. She'll realize their issue with her really has nothing to do with her at all, and she will still show love to those who treat her poorly.</div>
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I wish I had realized years ago that when someone treats you poorly, it really has very little to do with you - no matter how much the other person seems to think you are the problem. Happy people don't go around making other people miserable.</div>
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I pray Lily will never have fake friends nor will she ever be a fake friend. Both things I was guilty of.</div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-265823455744837022016-01-02T22:01:00.002-05:002016-01-02T22:01:33.900-05:002016 Goals!I made some goals last year. How did I do? Not so great.<br />
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<b><u>Monthly Enrichment night</u></b><br />
I stopped going in the springtime. No real reason, I just got lazy. I won't be including this in my 2016 goals. It's just not a priority for me.<br />
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<b><u>Cook dinner 3 times a week</u></b><br />
I also stopped this sometime in the spring or summer. We've been sick a lot this fall and winter and I know it's because we have been eating horribly. I will definitely be trying this one again.<br />
<b><u><br /></u></b><b><u>52 Week Money Saving Challenge</u></b><br />
When Lance took the job with Disney, and unexpected expenses came up, the money we had saved disappeared and we stopped adding more. We will be using a different money saving method this year.<br />
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<b><u>Monthly date night</u></b><br />
No, this was a big fail. I think we went on maybe 2 or 3 dates this year. But I'm OK with that. I don't feel deprived. And Lily is really cool to hang out with.<br />
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<b><u>Weekly crafts with Lily</u></b><br />
Um, no. I probably did one or two.<br />
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No. I suppose I pick up here and there, but my house didn't get nearly the attention and scrubbing I wished I had given it consistently.<br />
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<b><u>Remember friends' and family members' birthdays</u></b><br />
I sent everyone a card except for Jared and my brother in law Chris. Jared's I just kept forgetting. It's sitting here next to me, still. I forgot the entire time they were here. I forgot when we went to their house. I forgot when we met in Vegas. I just forgot! I'm so sorry, Jared! For Chris, his birthday is on Christmas, and I'm sure you can understand how I forgot to get him a card in the mail. But I feel terrible. Birthdays on Christmas are already an afterthought, and I feel horrible I didn't make more of an effort to recognize his birthday.<br />
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I did better on the goals I didn't share publicly, oddly enough. :)<br />
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1. Get pregnant<br />
2. Cook dinner 5 times a week<br />
3. Save money<br />
4. Walk 30 minutes a day<br />
5. Quit soda<br />
6. Travel somewhere I've never been<br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-7801308127165241132015-12-23T01:34:00.001-05:002015-12-23T01:34:20.933-05:00From Fall to NowSo, I've been gone for a minute. If you didn't notice, then that's cool. But welcome back! XD<br />
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I've had a few crazy busy months. I overbooked myself on Jamberry parties (Did you know I was consultant? Now you do.), my "real" job has been busy, and I've been doing my best to balance work and family. Cooking, cleaning, and laundry are another story.<br />
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Priorities, people. I have mine straight, I can assure you.<br />
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So, let's see... I got a visit from my friend Betty!!!!! It was so much fun to be able to show her our life here and to go have fun at Disney.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Betty and Me near Japan at EPCOT</td></tr>
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Betty came during the best part of the year: The Food and Wine Festival!!! It's my most favorite thing, ever. We ate our way around EPCOT... and got rained on twice. So it was a good time. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily wanted her picture taken in front of the fountains.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going on a safari!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting Meeko!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Pocah, my new BFF.</td></tr>
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I also FINALLY found a new hairdresser! And the next time I went to make an appointment with her at the salon where she worked, they told me she quit.<br />
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Oh joy.<br />
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But I've still been going to the same salon, but the new person I have cutting my hair still doesn't get it quite right. So, I did get ONE decent haircut while out here!<br />
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I put Lily in some tumbling classes. I still can't decide if I want her in tumbling or dancing. Either way, it's good for her to be in some kind of structured class,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her teacher, Miss Jenn, is helping her do some "inchworms." Check out how strong she looks doing that (crooked) plank!</td></tr>
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We went to our ward Trunk Or Treat. Lance and I didn't dress up this year, and Lily's "costume" was a total cop out. But she still had fun. I told her to say "thank you" really loudly, so she basically shouted it in people's faces after they gave her candy. It was magnificent.<br />
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My little family went to visit my little brother's little family for a quick weekend trip. We went to Washington DC and Philadelphia and it was awesome!<br />
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I didn't take very many photos. Story of my life.<br />
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Then about a week later, Jared and his family came to visit us for Thanksgiving!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They introduced me to Firehouse Subs. Delicious!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to the beach. The water was warmer than the air! And Aaron loved playing in the sand!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily had way too much fun.</td></tr>
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Then a couple weeks later I went to Utah for my company's Christmas party! Lance's work wouldn't give him the time off, so Lily and I went by ourselves.<br />
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The flight went MUCH BETTER than <a href="http://777luckysevens.blogspot.com/2013/09/flying-with-lily.html" target="_blank">last time I flew alone with Lily</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to rock!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She is the cutest flyer, ever!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how sad and lonely Lance was while we were gone. ;-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I experienced this weird Mormon bar. Just kidding. I had heard of Swig, but not Sodalicious. I'm still craving the Southern Gentleman. It's Dr. Pepper, vanilla, and peach! MMMMMM!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily had SO MUCH FUN playing with her cousins, and Carita.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at this cutie! Taking selfies with my camera. What a stud. And of course there's Jessica with an instrument. I LOVE how there is always live music at my parents' house!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the flight home, Lily was entertained with stickers for nearly three hours. It was glorious.</td></tr>
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After I got home, we started our family Christmas festivities. We have started some traditions here where we go see the "snoap" in Celebration, and the lights on Jeater Bend, which, by the way, was on ABC's Christmas Light Fight this year! They didn't win. But it was cool to say, "Hey, they're in my ward!" and "I know them!" and "Hey, that person gave Lily an LED balloon when we were there!"<br />
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And then this past weekend we went to the lights at Hollywood Studios. This is the last year they'll be doing them, and it makes me so sad. They are truly gorgeous to behold. The photos below are just a fraction of how much they really do. And they are all linked up to music. And it snows. It is magical.<br />
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So that is what we've been up to for the past few months. We're about to head out on another trip. This time to VEGAS and this time it's all three of us. I'm so excited! My sister, Emilee, is getting married there. And I plan to take complete advantage of being in Vegas. I love that city so much!<br />
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Merry Christmas!!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-29297132425274902732015-10-10T09:23:00.001-04:002015-10-10T12:13:57.132-04:00Thoughts From a Sleepless MindSo I unintentionally pulled an all nighter. Woo. I went to bed super early, which for me, is 1am. My dog Bentley decided to start crying at 3:30 am. It is now almost 9am and I haven't been able to get back to sleep.<br />
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Getting pretty sick and tired of the hypocrisy I see all over the place... I forgot that being a good person means to only treat people well if they treat you well first. I also forgot that you can judge who you want however you want, and stereotype people, but no one better do the same to you!</div>
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<li><span style="color: white;">I'm not a huge candle person, but I do love Scentsy and other off brand wax melts. My favorite scent for the fall would have to be a Febreze wax melt in the scent Sugared Cranberry. It just smells so sweet and fruity!</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: white;">I am a lipstick junkie. I have so much lipstick that I have to keep finding new places to store it. It was hard to choose, but I'm going to go with Bite Beauty lipstick in the shade Palomino. It's a gorgeous fucshia shade, but it's much richer and deeper than all my other pink lipsticks. The formula of this lipstick isn't glossy, but it also isn't matte. My lips are super dry so matte lipsticks and I do not get along very well. This one is really comfortable to wear and it looks awesome!</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: white;">Behold. In all its glory. The Starbucks Vanilla Bean Frappuccino with CARAMEL. I know what you're thinking... Ok, actually I don't know what you're thinking, but I can assume. So I'll answer those assumptions here... </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: white;">You know what else is BOMB at Starbucks?? The Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate! O.M.G. Basically just anything with caramel at Starbucks. Although... Ghiradelli also makes wonderful hot chocolate...</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: white;">Alright, fall makeup... I don't really change my makeup a ton for the fall. I guess I draw away from the bright pinks on my cheeks, but then the cooler weather adds that back in naturally anyway... But, I'll play along. I love the blush Spell Bound by Makeup Geek. Makeup Geek makes AMAZING makeup products, and they are SUPER affordable. I'm talking MAC quality at L'Oreal prices here. This blush is a matte blush so I won't be looking springtime sparkly in the fall. It's a very nice neutral color that just gives me a healthy glow.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: white;">I recently purchased this shirt from Target, and it's my new favorite fall clothing item. Plaid flannel just screams autumn!</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: white;">I mean... come on. Are you surprised? This is my favorite show of all time, but it starts up again in the fall. Woo! I don't care if they change to be called Dancing With the Homeless, I will still love it! Probably more so, because how cool would it be to get people off the streets, teach them a new skill, and pay them while doing so? Awesome.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: white;">You guys. Thanksgiving is coming up! Eeeeak! I have lots of favorite Thanksgiving foods, and I cannot choose between sweet potato pie and stuffing. And homemade pomegranate-cranberry sauce. I need all three in order for it to be considered Thanksgiving. Any other applicants need not apply.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: white;">The idea of this category is that it's a costume that YOU have been. And my favorite that I have ever been was last year. I put in the most effort I ever remember putting in, and I became Effie Trinket. It was so much fun!!</span></li>
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<span style="color: white;">Not many people have been updating their blogs lately, so if you're reading this, I tag YOU! Ok, that's a lame cop out, but I really don't know who reads this. So here are some specific people:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-7924847509414638982015-09-14T00:35:00.003-04:002015-09-14T01:58:32.886-04:00Sometimes You Have to VentSo, I've made a pretty significant change in my life. And I've come to realize that I can't really talk about it to very many people.<br />
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I joined Jamberry. I sell Jamberry.<br />
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News flash! Just because I'm talking to you about it, doesn't mean I'm trying to sell you. I'm excited about it. LET ME BE EXCITED ABOUT IT!!!! Just because <i>I'm </i>excited about it, doesn't mean <i>you </i>have to be. All I expect is a little respect. Don't shut me down or cut me off.<br />
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You see, if you talk to someone about what you did at work that day, usually they listen politely and whatnot. If you are in a company like this and you talk about what did you did at "work" that day, people shut you down and tell you why you can't do what you're doing, and why the product is no good, and why you should give up.<br />
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That's OK. They're not really listening to me. So I won't listen to them either. I can do what I want.<br />
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I've learned a lot in the past month. I've grown as a person. I've improved areas of my life that were weak. I've become more confident in myself.<br />
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And I've had awesome nails while doing it.<br />
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Thank you, and good night.<br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-81665779818517875672015-09-04T11:51:00.000-04:002015-09-04T11:51:19.076-04:00End of Summer!Ok, so, it's been a little while since I've posted. We had a busy summer.<br />
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I've gotten totally behind on birthday cards. I still haven't sent out the ones from June! I'm sorry. Consider it a random surprise when something shows up in the mail, OK? Great, thanks.<br />
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Soo... back to August. We went on a little road trip with the family.<br />
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And I mean, the entire family...<br />
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I love taking the dogs on road trips. We took a trip down to Tampa. Dogs are free at La Quinta, so that's where we stayed. Originally we weren't going to stay the night, but it ended up being a good price, and it was easier on all of us.<br />
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We spent a few hours at the beach! I love those sandy butt cheeks.<br />
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Lance went to a Braves game. (...We ALL know this is the real reason we went to Tampa...) Lance loves his Braves! He was the only one who went, and he got a really good seat!!<br />
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Emilee, Lily, and I stayed back at the hotel. We watched America's Next Top Model and snuggled, and ate candy.<br />
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Side note: I've never been in to ANTM. Tyra drives me nuts. *whiny voice trying to sound sexy* "Do you wanna be on top?!" Um, no. No I don't. And how would you know what it takes? You're not on top yourself!<br />
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However! It was very interesting. There is something fascinating about watching senseless drama unfold on television. I swear they PAY people to freak out over NOTHING. "Hey guys... the more drama you create, the bigger your checks will be! Play it up!"<br />
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Tangent over.<br />
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Tampa was fun.<br />
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We went to Ulta to play with makeup, and while I was helping Emilee with something, this little STINKER grabbed a tester, opened it, and applied it to herself. Her application skills need a little finesse, but, I'd say she did a pretty good job. She has excellent color taste!<br />
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I went to sushi with a friend. Check out how awesome this Dragon roll is!! (It was delicious too.)<br />
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We took Emilee to EPCOT. EPCOT is my favorite park. In Mexico, we found these blankets. Straight out of my grandma's basement! Seriously! I saw this and was immediately transported back to my childhood. I swear my grandparents have this EXACT blanket.<br />
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Lily wanted to ride next to Emilee on Spaceship Earth. They so cute, so cute!<br />
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Emilee just HAD to go home and go back to school. So now we're back to normal, sad, lonely, life.<br />
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In other news, I tried a sample of Jamberry. Became obsessed when it completely outdo my expensive nail polish.<br />
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Ordered all the things.<br />
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Lily picked out her own wraps. She wanted the sharks! After we ordered them, she asked every single day, "Are my sharks in the mail box?!" Seeing her be so excited was so cute. She sat very nicely for me while I applied them (which didn't take very long).<br />
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Side note: They're still on today (it's been 8 days), except for her thumbs. One thumb she sucks, so that one came off after 2 days. The other thumb I think she peeled off.<br />
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And that's all the photos I have! I've been slacking. I mean, three of the photos posted aren't even mine. I stole them from Emilee!<br />
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So yeah, busy summer. I'm SUPER excited for fall! It's my favorite around here. EPCOT's Food and Wine festival is coming up! They open up a ton of extra food booths and you can basically eat your way around the world. My friend Betty is coming down to visit and we are TOTALLY going to ride that train. I'm super excited!<br />
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I hope you all had a nice summer.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-3953627182273773802015-08-11T01:27:00.000-04:002015-08-11T03:25:10.765-04:00Summer Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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We went on our usual walk around the pond with our dogs. This was Lily after asking me to take her picture. She's making a "grumpy" face. Sounds a lot like my sister, Jessica, when she was three. Jessica asked my dad to take a picture of her, then she gave him a grumpy face.<br />
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PS: Those bangs. So fetch.<br />
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Any time I get up during work, Lily will take over my chair and say she's working. She's the cutest worker, ever.<br />
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We went to the beach to watch a rocket launch. We could see it launch from our house, but we thought this would be fun. We were about 10ish miles away from NASA, close enough to feel it launch.<br />
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Unfortunately, they delayed the launch until the following night. I had to work the next night, so we missed it.<br />
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But being at the beach during sunset is gorgeous!<br />
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Lily had her performance and they invited us into her dance room to watch. She was so adorable. It was just the last few classes where Lily finally looked comfortable. I guess she just took a little while to warm up. She did great at her dance! And now she performs it for us every day in her bedroom.<br />
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I keep forgetting to sign her up for preschool. I'm so disappointed. I hope it's not too late...<br />
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I went to Utah for a company meeting. I of course had to visit Kellyanne, my hair stylist, so I could get a proper hair cut.<br />
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I didn't take very many pictures while I was in Utah, but the highlights were (in chronological order):<br />
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<li>Getting a haircut and awesome style</li>
<li>Going to Ulta and Kneaders with Sierra and Elise</li>
<li>Playing Cards Against Humanity with Aziz, Elise, Mitch, Sierra, and Paula (Sierra's mom).</li>
<li>Going to a movie with my company, as well as my mom, dad, Elise, Aziz, Jessica, and Mabel.</li>
<li>Going to dinner with some friends, Betty, Mike, Jenni, and Jake</li>
<li>Getting Cafe Rio with my dad, Elise, and Aziz</li>
<li>Seeing my cute maternal grandparents</li>
<li>Sharing my coleslaw with my nephew, Charlie</li>
<li>Getting some one-on-one time with Eric, and chatting for a bit</li>
<li>Playing Settlers with Jessica</li>
<li>Driving my dad to work in the morning with my mom</li>
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Utah trips are emotionally exhausting. There are so many people I want to see, and I'm never there for long enough.<br />
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Lately Lily has been loving putting on my shoes and walking around. She's pretty great in heels.<br />
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On Wednesday we took Emilee to Animal Kingdom. It was pretty fun. During the safari ride, the baby elephants were wrestling in the pond. It was so adorable!<br />
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This is Lily's selfie. I think it's cute.<br />
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She asked Emilee to take pictures of her.<br />
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Yes, most of the time her hair is wild and free. So what?<br />
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We took a Sunday drive to the temple. The weather was nice, and the temperature just right. I love the Orlando temple.<br />
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We found some orange trees on the temple grounds. I thought that was really cool.<br />
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This week we are going to Tampa. Lance wanted to see the Braves play, and they're playing in Tampa this week. So we're driving two cars over there and spending the afternoon at the beach. Then Lance will go to the game in the evening, and me, Emilee, and Lily will go home.<br />
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We only have two more weekends with Emilee, so this weekend is the beach/Tampa, and next weekend is EPCOT. EPCOT is my favorite Disney park, so I'm super excited to show it to Emilee.<br />
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I'm going to be so sad when Emilee leaves. It's so nice to have someone to talk to and hang out with. And the help with Lily is just amazing.<br />
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Lily is quite the fireball. She thinks everything is negotiable, and she's extremely smart. She's so full of fun and love. But sometimes she will be snuggly. She was snuggled up to me during Sacrament meeting on Sunday. That was really nice. Then when Lance wakes up in the evening, she likes to snuggle with him while they watch a movie.<br />
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She's growing up so fast.<br />
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A little while ago I signed up for Influenster. Influenster is really cool! You basically tell them about yourself, and they send you free VoxBoxes full of items. The catch is that they want you to review those items, and tell all your friends about it... which, doesn't really bother me.</div>
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They sent me some totally cool and useful stuff!<br />
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<b>Red Vines</b><br />
I ate the Red Vines basically as soon as I took the picture. I love Red Vines!<br />
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<b>Non-Drowsy Naturals Dramamine</b><br />
Lance and I already used some of the Dramamine... we're getting older, and we don't recover quite as fast from spinning and intense rides as we used to. So the non-drowsy Dramamine worked really well for us. We each took two pills before we went to a park, and we were fine the whole evening. We rode Tower of Terror, Aerosmith's Rockin' Roller Coaster, and Star Tours. All are pretty intense, but neither of us got that dizzy, light headed feeling.<br />
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My mom used to give me Dramamine on road trips, and it would totally put me to sleep, even the non-drowsy kind! So I was a little worried this would make me tired, but luckily it didn't!<br />
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<b>Attitude Hair Care</b><br />
Lance uses the Attitude 2 in 1 shampoo and body wash. It smells good and it's convenient. I feel like it dried my hair out a little bit, so I didn't like it as a shampoo, but I did like it as a body wash.<br />
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<b>Blue Lizard Australian Sunscreen</b><br />
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<b>Hada Labo Tokyo Ultimate Anti-Aging Facial Mask</b><br />
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So yeah, Influenster. Pretty rad!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472601419286119955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046962735830115078.post-11791777562833011212015-07-17T01:53:00.004-04:002015-07-17T02:00:08.323-04:00Seesters!I love my sisters. I really do.<br />
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I feel like I wasn't the greatest big sister when we all lived at home. Or little sister to, to Eric. I was just that sibling that wasn't ever around, that never wanted to be around, and who cared about no one but herself.<br />
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I'm sorry.<br />
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Saying I'm sorry doesn't really fix anything. It doesn't change how I acted, or how I treated anyone, and I can only move forward and try to make future interactions positive ones. Which I am trying to do. I still mess up. I still say mean things sometimes. I'm still selfish sometimes (ok, most of the time). I'm not perfect.<br />
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I'm extremely grateful for the chance I got to be a real big sister to Emilee and Jessica when my family moved in with them in 2013. They both told me they never really knew me before we lived with them. Hearing that was a wake up call.<br />
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Family is the most important thing in the world.<br />
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I'm so happy that Emilee decided to come stay with us for the summer. She is a lifesaver! She gets up early in the morning with Lily, so I can stay asleep after getting off work at 3, or 4, or 5am, and Lance can go to bed when he comes home from work at 9am.<br />
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She does dishes.<br />
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Unfortunately, I am really OCD about laundry. I hardly ever do it, because I'm very particular, and it's a pain in the butt. Things need to be sorted just so, and I have to get EVERYTHING that is not in its proper place, and either fold it and put it away, or wash it, then fold it and put it away. So, I hope I didn't hurt her feelings when she tried to help with the laundry. I appreciate the help. Absolutely!<br />
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Lily LOVES having Emilee here. It's going to be a sad day when she leaves.<br />
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We're trying to convince her to stay until her wedding in December.<br />
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I mean, school is important, but... family!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emilee took this photo, but I just had to get my hands on her face and do her makeup. She chose her own lipstick, and I must say she can definitely rock a bold lip.</td></tr>
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Lily was so cute in her dance class! She did great at her exercises. Still not sure if she really likes it or not. I have decided NOT to sign her up for the school year. We will just be (hopefully) doing preschool, if I can ever get my bum over to sign her up.<br />
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We took Lily to a movie! Lance and I were so excited. We haven't been to a movie together in over a year. Lily has not been to a movie as a mobile person. The last time I remember taking her to a movie we saw The Avengers. I believe it was the first one. Lily was very good throughout it, and she stayed in her car seat for most of it. Afterwards, we went to change her diaper and noticed that there was poop all the way up to her neck. That was glorious.</div>
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We saw Inside Out. It was amazing! I cried big fat tears, and Lily was worried about me.</div>
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Lance's best friends' mom passed away last Tuesday, so he made a last minute trip to Utah.</div>
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On Thursday, Lily and I were going to go to the park. I got our drinks and treats loaded up in a cooler, jumped in the car, and BOOM. Flash flood. It wasn't really a flood, it was just a normal rainstorm, but it was too heavy to safely drive. You couldn't really see anything, even with wipers on high. So, we parked the car and hung out until the storm lightened up. I was hoping we'd see some cool lightning, but we did not.</div>
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The next day, Friday, we went to the park for real! Then a nice lady walked by, and commented on how hot it was. It was really hot, upper 90s. Pretty high humidity. Lily was the only one at the park, and the lady said, "Did you know there is a splash pad on the other side?"<br />
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Whaaaat? I had no idea! I knew there was another playground, but it was for older kids. But apparently there is also a really good splash pad. So we went over to check it out.<br />
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Lily loved it! And I could watch her from the shade. Definitely going back!<br />
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Lily loved that alligator. There were lots of other things to play on, but this was her favorite, I guess! Afterwards, I needed to stop at the store really quick, but Lily was asleep in the back seat before I got there.<br />
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I woke her up, and loaded her into a shopping cart with her blanket. I got some really strange stares, but it was fine. She was tired! And I wasn't about to leave her in the car.<br />
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Lily had her nap, and afterwards, we made a fort and the s'mores and watched a movie.<br />
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It was really fun. We watched Alice in Wonderland. The s'mores turned out really good! I actually think they tasted better without the "campfire" taste.<br />
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I put marshmallows on graham crackers and put those in the oven until they were golden. Then I took them out, placed a piece of chocolate on each one, and topped it with another graham cracker. Then we let them cool while we ate dinner and built our fort.<br />
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The chocolate was gooey when we ate them, and I think they tasted better the next day, after the chocolate had time to set up. I kept them in a Ziplock bag so they wouldn't get stale.<br />
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On Saturday, Lily had another dance class.<br />
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I'm not sure if she likes dance class or not. She goes just fine, but in the middle of the week if I ask her if she wants to go to dance she says she doesn't.<br />
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I'm thinking about trying out the Tumblebears class, which is a gymnastics class. I think she might like that one better than this one, Creative Dance, which is more like ballet. I'll definitely try it out before signing her up for the full school year.<br />
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I think it's good for her, but if she doesn't like it I'm not going to make her stay.<br />
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This week, Emilee is coming late Tuesday night! It's going to be a partay!<br />
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