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| 02:57pm 12/10/2009 |
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I never seem to have anything to write about anymore. Or maybe I just never have time to sit down and write.
Life is flying by... I have a walking, talking (mostly gibberish), wild little man to occupy my time.
He is 16 months now and I can't believe my baby has turned into this crazy little toddler.
I thought about sitting here and listing all of his new accomplishments... instead I'm going to go clean house for a bit until he wakes up.
Hopefully I can find more time to write, so that I don't feel like I have to catch up on the last 6 months with each post. |
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| 03:15pm 09/06/2009 |
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At this time last year I was on the couch, big as a whale, sulking and crying that my baby was never going to come out.
Little did I know that in just a couple of hours my water was going to break and I was about to start this crazy journey of motherhood.
We had Nolan's birthday party on Sunday, though his actual birthday isn't until tomorrow.
Here's a sneak peek at the pictures until I get time to post more of them.
This is Nol after finishing up his 1st birthday cake.
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| 02:28pm 01/04/2009 |
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Time is flying.
I can't believe my baby is going to be 10 months old in just a little over a week.
He waves, nods and shakes his head no, crawls, and eats just about everything we give him. It is crazy how fast he has developed into this little guy, when it feels like just yesterday I had a newborn.
I am loving every minute of this. |
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| 04:26pm 14/01/2009 |
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I'd say a good 70% of the time I enjoy being a stay at home mom. Being able to spend so much time with Nolan means the world to me, and I generally don't ever feel the need to get away from him.
But, in order to keep my sanity during the week, I depend on weekends being family time. A time for Brian and I both to take care of Nolan, so that I can get some adult interaction and not just spend more time by myself with the baby.
Unfortunately, Brian wants to spend every Saturday working on remodeling the dining room. At first he told me it would just be 4 hours each Saturday, now he's saying that he'll be working for 8 hours this coming Saturday.
I feel extremely selfish for feeling like this, because I really do think it's great that he's productive and wants to better our home, but I just want to scream at the idea of spending another 8 hour day alone with Nolan. |
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| 09:03pm 31/10/2008 |
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Man, I'm old.
Brian and I were trying to figure out how many trick-or-treaters we had in years past, and I said I would just check LJ since I was certain I had written it in here last year.
Apparently it only felt like a year, because in reality it's been 4 years since I've written in LiveJournal on Halloween! |
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| 09:35pm 27/10/2008 |
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My baby is sleeping in his own room for the first time tonight!
Neither of us have been sleeping while for the past week so hopefully this will help, but it still makes me nervous and a little bit sad. |
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| 12:42pm 30/09/2008 |
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Day 2 of being a stay at home mom.
Things are going well so far. The kid and I are fed, bathed, and dressed. I swept the whole house, mopped the living room and hallway, cleaned the bathroom sink, and made the bed.
Nolan has been sleeping an insane amount the last two days. He's also congested, so I don't think he's feeling very good.
I honestly never thought I would want to stay home. But as much as I love my job, so far this just feels right. |
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| 03:06pm 27/08/2008 |
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Crap!
Is it worth it to go back to work at all when I'll be paying out 2/3rds of my salary for childcare?? |
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| 06:52pm 11/07/2008 |
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Brian bought me an item called Chilada, it's a mix of Budweiser and Clamato.
It's like the ghetto version of a bloody mary, and I'm pretty excited.
Also, we had professional pictures taken of Nolan yesterday. Holy crap, my kid is cute. |
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| 01:26pm 28/06/2008 |
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We put Nolan down in his bassinet last night at 11:30, he slept until we woke him up to eat at 3:00, and then went back to sleep until 6:30!
It was pretty amazing. |
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| 11:07pm 09/06/2008 |
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My water broke about 15 minutes ago!
I've been wanting him out for weeks, but now that it's really here I'm a bit terrified.
I'm not having many contractions yet, so I guess we're going to try to get some sleep! |
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| 07:21pm 14/05/2008 |
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Tomorrow is the start of the one month left countdown.
At this point I'm praying he's ready to come out before his due date. I'm so, so uncomfortable.
I'm extremely crampy, my back hurts, and my cankles are huge and sore.
Not that I would give it up for anything. I'm so excited to become a mom.
Just getting a bit impatient. |
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| 07:03am 04/04/2008 |
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Oh man.
I know pregnancy dreams are supposed to be extremely vivid, and I've had a hell of a time lately with realistic nightmares, but last night's dream takes the cake.
I was back in college and sitting at a desk smoking a cigarette. In reality, the most I've ever smoked is one little drag off of Jessie's cigarette when I was like 16, but I thought I was pro in my dream. Until... I sucked in the cigarette butt and all of the ash! It was so disgusting tasting that it woke me up immediately, but I've still got a bad taste in my mouth from it. Yuck!!
In other news, I'd like to consider myself a fairly good cook, but I've never been big on baking. For some reason though I decided to attempt it this week, so I made a pie last night. It looks good, but I haven't had the chance to taste it yet. I guess we'll see... |
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| 04:31pm 28/01/2008 |
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We've reached the halfway point in the pregnancy, and while we've had a couple of scares, so far it looks like everything is going fine.
We had our 20 week ultrasound today, and the baby looks perfectly healthy, and is definitely a boy!
Now we are back at square one on names, we had a girl name picked out, but so far we haven't had any luck agreeing on a boy's name.
I have definitely got a belly now, and while I don't think it's very obvious, I have had people ask when I'm due who didn't know I was pregnant, so I must be showing more than I think.
I can also feel him kicking at this point, so that's pretty cool. It's not alot yet, but I've been feeling movement for about a week and half now.
Alright... off to research boy names! |
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| 01:00pm 10/01/2008 |
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A tornado in Vancouver! Crazy!
It looks like it's gone now, but from what I've seen on the news it looks like there is some damage.
We've got lots of family that live right in the area (Hazel Dell Ave. & 78th), so hopefully everyone is ok.
I thought the thunder and lightning seemed a little odd today, it was constant thunder claps for 15 minutes or so, but I just ignored it. Apparently, it wasn't normal though.... |
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| 08:43am 07/12/2007 |
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Pregnancy is making me feel like I'm 13 again.
The roller-coaster emotions and breakouts are not something I wanted to relive anytime soon, but I guess it's worth it. |
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| 03:45pm 29/08/2007 |
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We are back from the honeymoon, and we have been married for 10 days now!
The night before the wedding Karli, Meghan, Molly, and Mara came over to help put together the bouquets, corsages, and bouts. We were up fairly late, but I managed to get some sleep.
I woke up insanely nervous that morning, and tried to choke down some yogurt.
We headed out to Forest Grove around 7:30 AM in the rain, and started putting together centerpieces. We eventually decided that the weather was probably not going to clear up, so we agreed to have the ceremony outside in the garden like planned, and move the reception to our inside space. I was a bit disapointed, but it turned out beautiful anyway.
The morning went by super fast, and around 10:45 I got to my hair and makeup appointments. The building we got married in has their own spa, so we used that for our hair and makeup. They did a great job, and it was so nice to have them on location.
After hair and makeup us girls got into our dresses and the photographer led all of us around to different locations for pictures until guests started showing up. At this point my bridesmaids and I went and hid in a hotel room, and I tried to convince myself not to throw up from nervousness.
The ceremony started at 3, and everything went off without a hitch. The sun broke through the rain just in time for the ceremony! It was perfect timing. The flower girl (Brian's adopted little sister) was so, so adorable. She took about 5 minutes to walk down the aisle because she very carefully picked up one petal at a time and layed them down in a line.
When it was time for my dad and I to walk it was just extremely surreal.
I spent most of the ceremony willing myself not to cry, which in hindsight was silly because I missed alot of the experience.
The reception started around 3:45 and it was decorated beautifully. I had planned all of the centerpieces and stuff, but was too busy to put them together that morning. Luckily, my mom, sister, and others did a great job putting it all together.
The reception went by so quickly, that I feel like I don't even remember it all. We had a soup and salad buffet for food, and it was excellent, and our wedding cake was absolutely beautiful.
There was lots of dancing, and lots of mingling. I am the world's most awkward dancer ever, so the first dance and the dance with my dad was a bit embarassing, but all in all it was great.
I haven't gotten the professional pictures back yet, but we also hired my sister's best friend to take pictures and she did an excellent job so I will post some of those ( under a cut... ) |
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| 11:29am 16/08/2007 |
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mood:  pissed off
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It's supposed to rain on Sunday. |
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| 07:31pm 04/06/2007 |
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The wedding is getting closer!
Right now the big project is getting invitations mailed out. We sent a big batch of them last weekend from Bridal Veil, Oregon. They do a cute little postmark with hearts since the place is called Bridal Veil, and after seeing the post office I would imagine that wedding invitations are the only reason anyone goes out there!
This is the post office we sent them from:
Anyways, We are sending out the final invites this week, though we probably won't make it back out to Bridal Veil with these ones :)
Everything else is coming along too, and I'm no where near as stressed as everyone made it sound like I would be. I've had a couple bridezilla moments, but for the most part I really don't care about the details. I just want us and our guests to have fun at the wedding, and most of all I just want to be married. |
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| 10:51pm 04/05/2007 |
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I just finished my last paper ever!
No more school!
(Until I get bored and decide to go back for grad school. Heh.) |
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