tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274524162024-03-13T05:47:08.920-06:00GET UP AND PLAYBarbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.comBlogger873125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-88412388134468267262016-10-13T22:21:00.002-06:002020-06-04T21:48:52.157-06:00Family update October 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
The company where John works underwent a huge rebranding and changed its name from Creditera to Nav Technologies. It has grown a lot in the 2 years he has worked there! He loves the supportive environment, the focus on integrity and family, and feeling like he is making a difference in the world. He has some great friendships there and often stays late on Fridays to play a card game called Magic. He continues to play the organ in sacrament meeting about once a month and was just released from being an Elder's Quorum teacher after serving for a couple of years in that calling. He has been continuing to focus on his health and mental wellbeing and as always, puts his family above all else. He's a hands on, patient, understanding, fun dad. He takes Charlie to school in the morning and really enjoys that time with him every day. </div>
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Barb stays busy with the kids, the house, doTERRA, church, and her millions of projects and different commitments on her time. She's learning to reign in her FOMO (fear of missing out) while still nurturing her innate extrovert and "gatherer" personality. She has focused on incorporating exercise into her life this year and enjoyed doing yoga and a high intensity aerobics class called High Fitness. She's been teaching Relief Society this year and is still the ward choir director. She and John also spend a lot of time on Sundays helping the kids stay in their primary classes. Sometimes it's all hands on deck to make that happen. </div>
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A big focus for Barb and our family this year has been our niece, Bridget, who was born in October 2015 with severe health challenges. With John's support, Barb has traveled to Las Vegas twice to help Catherine and Richard and their family, as well as helping when they travel to Salt Lake to meet with specialists. In July, Barb and a friend, Rachel Watson, organized a large fundraiser/music show in support of "Boosting Bridget". 250 people attended and it was a night to remember. John was incredibly involved and supportive, and many friends, neighbors and family members attended or participated in the show. </div>
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Charlie is in 2nd grade at Crestview Elementary. Last year, he finished up his at home ABA (behavioral) therapy and finished 1st grade strong with the help of his teacher, Miss Aste and his full time aide, Lynne (Kelch). He achieved his goals so well last year that this year he only needs an aide for part of the day. His teachers, Ms. Saltas and Mrs. Hepworth (SpEd), are dedicated and fun, and really seem to "get" Charlie. He's still excellent at math, and often explains how he's figured out complex concepts in his head. He seems to be a very visual and logical learner. He excelled at swimming this summer and continues to take breakdancing from Chacho at The School of Dance. He loved his soccer camp over the summer, as well. He lost 5 teeth last year!</div>
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George just started his 3rd and final year of preschool. He will be the oldest in his class his whole life because his birthday is in September. We think this a great place for him to be! He attended Wasatch Presbyterian Preschool last year (in the same class as Jude!) and is at Cottonwood High School's child development lab preschool this year. He LOVES it. He is sensitive, emotionally intuitive, and loves to keep up with his big brother. He's a great artist, with a deep and abiding love of rainbows. He loves to sing and play Dad's drum kit. His favorite song is "We Will Rock You". He loves warmed up chocolate milk, scrambled eggs, Paw Patrol, and hugging Bonnie. He got really strong at swimming over the summer and participated in a tap/ballet class and recital last year. He was the only boy in his class and did so great! Mom got teary-eyed more than once watching him from backstage. He and Charlie are now in the same breakdancing class but that may not last for long. </div>
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Bonnie just turned 2 and has become a little girl and not a baby. She's potty trained (which she did by herself), a great sleeper, and talks in long, complete sentences. She wants to be just like the big kids and keeps up with them pretty well! People always comment on her signature haircut (an a-line bob with sweepy bangs), her beautiful eyes, and how much she looks like John. She loves chocolate milk, as well as baby dolls and stuffed animals, and has amassed a large collection. Her favorite songs are There was a Tiny Turtle, Little Sir Echo, and Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam. She likes being a helper- she loads the silverware into the dishwasher with mom and takes the garbage out with dad. She is loud and talkative and feisty and determined and funny! That is, until someone other than our immediate family looks at her or talks to her. Then she gets clingy, scared, shy, refuses to talk and sometimes cries. She is very attached to Mom. She loves to do things "by self!" and yells at the top of her lungs, "I talk to mama first!" </div>
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Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-288923426551906202016-01-24T23:38:00.001-07:002016-01-24T23:38:23.103-07:00Big brother CharlieTeaching some math to George using Play-Doh to make a 10 tray for addition. Then Charlie and I made a 100 tray to work on multiplication. <div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1csXWVlslYZLjJbeCQ4QCp_u9gB7ws-ueV3bCap5VAH_6IbRqELbKv8xgY8y_64OL97BpKkvR5fq29_dzRPYNy3ViGmBE6KdFiGGDhTtu7JdM0QgUE8GPRRnGWYbbdzAulmM6dg/s640/blogger-image--1441749357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1csXWVlslYZLjJbeCQ4QCp_u9gB7ws-ueV3bCap5VAH_6IbRqELbKv8xgY8y_64OL97BpKkvR5fq29_dzRPYNy3ViGmBE6KdFiGGDhTtu7JdM0QgUE8GPRRnGWYbbdzAulmM6dg/s640/blogger-image--1441749357.jpg"></a></div>Reading Bonnie a book. Makes my mom heart soar!!!<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAmrOHWzvdpsfezcWLmivB4-T-uobqQFlaUhsdq2sX0QXE3RMwtp-8Yue4PxJCxvMlYPJEBUBXwiwrn1a4lM9UFoJ-HLxYlhPOabNHNUa5s47wggO_pw2wObY5nYqZkpGuZWvQw/s640/blogger-image-259580615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAmrOHWzvdpsfezcWLmivB4-T-uobqQFlaUhsdq2sX0QXE3RMwtp-8Yue4PxJCxvMlYPJEBUBXwiwrn1a4lM9UFoJ-HLxYlhPOabNHNUa5s47wggO_pw2wObY5nYqZkpGuZWvQw/s640/blogger-image-259580615.jpg"></a></div></div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-54309249028181860372016-01-24T23:35:00.001-07:002016-01-24T23:35:54.783-07:0010 years<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ERtSzxAN6AEgnkS2z9j3A0sNZVT5LxqCGKZU24k60wwvOIlmuHCEDVhF6OCfQaVPSi5EMK7YxG0aRWYhOfVU5GLo1Jigs-GzvZZRSBEHlLWWl-zL2fjy98zgjG9UpLZRr_goKA/s640/blogger-image-1979926617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ERtSzxAN6AEgnkS2z9j3A0sNZVT5LxqCGKZU24k60wwvOIlmuHCEDVhF6OCfQaVPSi5EMK7YxG0aRWYhOfVU5GLo1Jigs-GzvZZRSBEHlLWWl-zL2fjy98zgjG9UpLZRr_goKA/s640/blogger-image-1979926617.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ct-cZBYsAUjr7sf1jXkBYtr7J0YjKJ1-xKdsuOnP6OHrjVBnjjg5q3yCXC7OuaJOQz3zWRGu-liocByMCqzi5B3AoBtf7E9miNS3kIM4tOf0L-MPU7K6CsvOzAWAD4uPLukM5w/s640/blogger-image-91907316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ct-cZBYsAUjr7sf1jXkBYtr7J0YjKJ1-xKdsuOnP6OHrjVBnjjg5q3yCXC7OuaJOQz3zWRGu-liocByMCqzi5B3AoBtf7E9miNS3kIM4tOf0L-MPU7K6CsvOzAWAD4uPLukM5w/s640/blogger-image-91907316.jpg"></a></div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-92163452884633637432016-01-11T13:57:00.001-07:002016-01-11T13:57:05.234-07:00Charlie's Christmas Tooth Fairy wishCharlie's greatest wish came true- he lost his second tooth in Christmas Eve, so the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus came on the same night!! He had a wiggly tooth for days and days and waited and waited. Finally, in Christmas Eve, he asked me to tie a piece of floss to it and he pulled it out! <div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6xVPb9lZdsrVaVgdZsrmTIV9WFwM_aRI68nJmJ-WowFdTkHtdZnwf4BexOwJnyZL8SacIzwgUuTtGPkzpnqeenU4hC6KfFNjnzBcjob7mrup0MKOVmvusLW2XkHe-lg9g9Qi6g/s640/blogger-image--1005312697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6xVPb9lZdsrVaVgdZsrmTIV9WFwM_aRI68nJmJ-WowFdTkHtdZnwf4BexOwJnyZL8SacIzwgUuTtGPkzpnqeenU4hC6KfFNjnzBcjob7mrup0MKOVmvusLW2XkHe-lg9g9Qi6g/s640/blogger-image--1005312697.jpg"></a></div></div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-17912898618085833652015-12-16T21:21:00.002-07:002016-01-09T23:41:47.853-07:00Conversations with Charlie"Just try to stay calm mom."<br />
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Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-60561161181194323602015-11-02T07:33:00.001-07:002015-12-16T21:21:04.225-07:00BridgetI had the incredible opportunity to go visit Catherine and Richard and their four kids for 5 days. What a sacred, special experience. Bridget, their 4th baby, was born with some unexpected health challenges and Cat needed some additional support. They have felt so strengthened by the power of prayer and the priesthood through this trial and I feel like some of that oozed over into my little family. I've never been able to leave my kids that long and have everyone do so well in my absence. It was miraculous. I left all three (first time leaving Bonnie!) with John and they all thrived.<br />
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Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-38856790902516118942015-11-01T23:36:00.001-07:002020-06-04T21:51:42.701-06:00Halloween 2015This has been my most low key Halloween ever. A big reason for that is because Baby Bridget was born earlier this month, and we have been concerned and focused on her. Her precious life is such a powerful reminder of what is most important. <div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div>Recently, I have also been practicing to tame<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> the FOMO beast (Fear of Missing Out) and feeling so much peace in doing so. We carved our one pumpkin on Halloween night. I didn't decorate the house other than that. I wore a very low key costume (stay at home mom Dorothy Gale) to only one event, and John didn't wear a costume at all! That doesn't sound that big of a deal, but almost every year of our marriage we have done a coordinating couple costume or family costume theme and decked our house out in decorations. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;">We had plenty of Halloween outings- parties at school and preschool and playgroups and church- so I really didn't need to do anything other than those to show my kids a good time. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I had a crazy busy day on Thursday with a dance class party for George at the same time as Charlie's school parade, plus Charlie and George's class parties at the exact same time. Charlie was also Star Student that day AND had show and tell. Luckily, I had help making it all happen- John took the morning off of work and my friend Jessica picked up George from dance (her little boy was his guest to the dance class party) and kept him all morning, fed him lunch and then took him to preschool. </span></div><div><div><br /></div><div>I had a lot of fun helping in Charlie's class, making an apple juice and dry ice witch's brew. When I asked Charlie if I could wear a costume to help at his class party, he looked at me horrified and said, "No!" One of the other moms let me borrow her witch hat so I was more legit. <div><br /></div><div>On the night of Halloween, we skipped the neighborhood parties and potluck and our kids opted to stay home and pass out candy instead of trick or treating. We went to our next door neighbor and that is it! Normally, I would have felt defeated and sad, and in the past sometimes we've missed out on things for kind of sad reasons, so it isn't only my FOMO that has made me feel down. But this year we are having such a lovely October, everyone is doing so well! So to choose to stay home just because we felt like it was really quite wonderful. </div><div><br /></div><div>We had such a fun night together. We watched The Princess Bride for the first time ever and all day today Charlie has been quoting lines and laughing at parts of the movie with me. He's even said, "Mom, as you wish" a few times with a little smile and gleam in his eye because he knows in the film it means, "I love you." 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Does anyone else feel like the first birthday party is really about the mom? Um, yeah. I had fun planning this shindig and I had lots of helpers to make it fantastic and fun. Lily helped me with the labor of love rainbow layer cake. John watched the kids all day so I could make it. My in-laws hosted at their home, many others brought food, my sister made a backdrop for me, and my brothers-in-law Sam and Richard took pictures. Most importantly, we had our loved ones with us to celebrate our Bonnie Rose. </div>
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<br />Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-82643129299371547652015-07-08T20:41:00.000-06:002015-10-17T22:05:30.735-06:00My best life teacher My children are my best life teachers. Charlie, in particular, has stretched and humbled me. Partly because he's my first child and I'm learning as I go, but partly because of who he is- an extremely bright, capable, curious, creative, active, strong little person who also happens to have autism.<br />
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I remarked to my therapist the other day that in their own ways, my children are each my favorite. I'm sure that feeling is familiar to other parents. My relationship with each kid is so unique and poignant in its own way. </div>
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The reason Charlie is my "favorite" is because our relationship is so hard won. We are fiercely bonded. Our highs are soaring and our lows are devastating. We are so similar in some ways- our need for physical touch to connect, our stubbornness, our hot tempers, our tender hearts. I speak that language of his fluently, because it is how I operate, too. He has other traits that I don't understand as easily. I have come to know that part of him by observation, as an outsider. He is analytical, scientific, and mathematical, often solving complex problems in his head. He's creative, building complex and unique things out of unexpected mediums. This week alone he has made a tornado out of aluminum foil, a camera out of LEGO, and giant zombie sculptures blocks in his Minecraft video game.<br />
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I feel so lucky to be his mom. </div>
Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-73749620944496747992015-05-02T21:51:00.001-06:002015-10-17T21:50:17.959-06:00California trip- January 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Bonnie was the best little travel companion for this trip! I went to California to support, teach and train my doTERRA team members there. Kate and Jeff went, too, and took their kids, but mostly I was on my own with Bonnie. It was great to get some alone time and quality time with her, but truthfully, I missed my family like crazy!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was perfect time to leave Salt Lake- it was so gray and cold and polluted and gross</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So funny and fun to run into my friend, Katy, on her way to Disneyland with her mom and kids. We were on the same flight and using the same rental car place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Taking our monthly picture in a hotel room- beautiful Bonnie, 6 months old!</td></tr>
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<br />Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-66203737460258491012015-05-02T20:48:00.001-06:002015-12-16T21:24:34.954-07:00Hard day, good ending, lots of gratitude4/28/15<br />
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Today was not a particularly easy day. In fact, most of the day was pretty rough. But it ended well, so I wanted to document it.<br />
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I'm not sleeping well these days, because the kids take turns waking up at night. Last night was a particularly bad one, with George and Charlie both waking up a few times in the night. I got my period for the first time since having Bonnie- a little TMI for the blog, but it accurately paints the picture of how I was feeling- grumpy and uncomfortable and bloated. I was behind on laundry so I wore ill-fitting and unflattering clothes all day, just enough to make me feel frumpy and gross.<br />
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A rough morning led to the decision to just keep Charlie home from school- a mental health day for him and for me. He'd had a bad day yesterday and the school called me to take him home early. So I just gave him and me a break from the morning get-to-school grind.<br />
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The rest of the day was busy and crazy- emailing with his school, doTERRA emails, texts, and planning, housework, making dinner to take to two families tonight, teaching preschool co-op (six 3 and 4 year olds, plus Bonnie and Charlie.)<br />
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There were fun and good moments, but for the most part, my day with Charlie wasn't very positive. During his ABA therapy today, he wouldn't comply about using the iPad for only 6 minutes at a time, balanced with 6 minutes of work at the table. This led to an hour of crying and whining and yelling and "stupid, mama!" or "You're fired!" I was well supported during this time because our ABA tutor, Scott, was here, but it still wasn't pleasant. He was able to pull out of it and have a "break" of just playtime- he and Scott built some pretty impressive LEGO contraptions.<br />
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I had a headache, but still got the dinner made and even went to the grocery store for last minute dinner items (thanks to help from my Mom and Dad so I didn't have to take all the kids with me).<br />
I had a doTERRA class tonight I was supposed to attend (luckily not mine to teach) but I decided to skip it and just take care of myself and my family. My beloved and favorite babysitter, Abby, arrived so I could take the dinners I'd made to the people who I'd promised them to. John was at URUG, a monthly computer programmer user group that is his "out" and fun recharging time.<br />
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Taking the dinners was pleasant- it felt good to be of service and also spend time chatting with my friend and admiring her beautiful twins who are a month old.<br />
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I came home to the boys playing in the backyard and Bonnie crying in her bed, trying to go to sleep. I had some dinner while chatting with Abby and was so grateful for her supportive presence. She cleaned up my cooking mess, did the dishes and had fed the kids. I went in to nurse Bonnie in total peace, knowing the boys were being watched. Abby helped me get the kids in pajamas and teeth brushed and in bed. Then I finally got them settled and started my routine of singing to them and staying with them until they fall asleep.<br />
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Charlie was having a harder time than usual settling down, so I stood by his bunk bed (he's on the top bunk) and tickled his head and arms while singing to him. In his sweet, quiet way, with his gorgeous eyes looking at me, he started gently rubbing my arm and face, returning my tickles and cuddles. He got sleepier and sleepier, but he persisted, gently caressing my arm. He is so sweet and his soul yearns for connection, especially with me. And yet, connecting is often the thing he struggles with the most. I'm so grateful for that moment and all the other tender, wonderful, amazing moments I get to have with Charlie. My relationship with him is so precious to me because it is so hard-won.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-69995580534721293632015-04-24T21:28:00.001-06:002016-01-09T23:37:47.954-07:00The boys recently- winter and spring 2015George-<br />
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Stupid head (a not-so-lovely thing he's learned from his brother)</div>
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Tum here, right now! (He likes to be the navigator in the car)<br />
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Mama, best friend. (Mom, you're my best friend.)</div>
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Mama, I missed you.</div>
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Baby Sister is sleeping- no, I nice! (He says this when I ask him to be quiet because I've finally gotten Bonnie asleep and he's coming into my room to find me.)</div>
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Baby Sister is looking at me!</div>
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Please I have...? (Then I remind him to say, "Please, *can* I have...?" and he'll say, "Please, I can have...?" It's a work in progress.)<br />
You're fired! (He yells this at me. I think he thinks it's pretty mean. And depending on the day, I have to resist saying, "You can't fire me because I quit!")<br />
Close your eyes, Mom, I'll tell you when it's safe to go. (Charlie's frightening version of "helping" me drive in the car. Needless to say, I don't comply with his wishes.)<br />
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George is into the marble run, cars, carrying toys and things around in his backpack or tote bag, hot cocoa, staying up late and yelling for me to come in his room, Baby Sister, trying to convince me to let him wear a diaper all day, healthy snacks like apples, pears, carrots and celery. He likes to sing with me- I recently taught him I Love You a Bushel and a Peck to sing to Bonnie.<br />
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Charlie is into paper airplanes, writing notes and hiding them for me or John to hunt for, building Lego sets (he earns at trip to Target to buy them for good behavior at school), and having his friend Reese over to play.<br />
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George is yelling more and tends to get kind of pushy with his peers. He also recently stuck a small ball of paper up his nose!<br />
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Charlie has been running away from his teachers/classroom at school and hiding, resulting in a few days where I've had to pick him up early. His behavior has gotten much, much better in the last few weeks with a new behavior chart implemented by his aide with rewards daily for good behavior plus our Lego reward, too.<br />
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She's not sleeping very well these days which I'm sure is connected to the separation anxiety. She only wants to nurse to sleep and fights the swaddle but has a hard time getting to sleep without it. I see some sleep training in our near future- which will be interesting. We may have a massive bedroom shuffle to facilitate that.<br />
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We celebrated my Mom and Aunt Barb's birthday- it's fun to have twin grandmas!<br />
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We had a short visit with Aunt Kerry- we love her and miss her family so much!<br />
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See that little arm around? So sweet...<br />
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Baby cousin playdate! George was so happy to have two babies to play with. Theo is already crawling, and Bonnie was trying to scoot around after him.<br />
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A very typical scene- George way too into hugging Bonnie a million times a day and Bonnie kind of worried about it.<br />
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Showing off her cute outfit from Kerry and Lily, and also a great shot of her almost grown out of her car seat!<br />
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Mmmm.... marshmallow<br />
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My little valentine...<br />
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That big, opened mouth grin is just the cutest thing. I'm dying.<br />
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We call her Bonnie bright eyes, can you tell why?<br />
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Can you spy Miss Bonnie snuggled in between my friends, Michelle and Louanne, at book group?<br />
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Aunt Breea is always game to hold this little sis, which comes in handy when I'm busy with the boys.<br />
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Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-68532823232419204282015-01-31T20:47:00.000-07:002015-10-17T21:45:25.318-06:00Bonnie girl- 5 months old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Bonnie went on an adventure this month- she went to southern California with me as I taught classes and trained my doTERRA team members there. We enjoyed our "girls" trip and quality time quite a lot- I even took her to Newport Beach one evening to see the sunset. Kate and her family were there, too, and we loved seeing them, but we also had a lot of alone time together. It was a nice little recharge for mama. </div>
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We also had fun time with our cousins this month and supported Grandma and Grandpa as my dad had brain surgery twice. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rare moment- she fell asleep in my arms after I nursed her and then I was able to transfer her into her car seat without her waking up. This was at a doTERRA leader brunch. Delicious baby and food. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where to begin? That round, soft cheek, that sleepy, relaxed hand, the cosy sleeper jammies- I adore co-sleeping with my babies. </td></tr>
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<br />Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-36024034479721314292014-12-22T22:41:00.002-07:002014-12-24T11:01:57.964-07:00Bonnie Rose- 4 months oldHow did we get so lucky to have such a delightful child? She is our little gem. We love her so.<br />
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Her mellow personality is just what we needed. She is quite attached to me- she goes almost everywhere with me. And she's so easygoing that I happily bring her along! I've taken her to two movies and she slept the whole time through both (in my arms and nursing, but I'll take it! I never did that with Charlie or George). She's also attended doTERRA convention and a weekend doTERRA training, and I'm planning two upcoming trips to California with her along as well.<br />
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Because she's almost always with me, I haven't been able to teach her to take a bottle or a pacifier. Which is only a problem when I absolutely have to leave her- like for the recent Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert. She did alright while I was gone, but it stressed me out to leave her. She's almost getting too old to be flexible and sleep anywhere, so I anticipate being more home bound for the next few months (except for my doTERRA commitments). I honestly don't mind it- it's a short season of life and I'm so grateful to have her.<br />
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She's laughing and smiling at the boys and us so much now. She's so cute and chubby and we all get a big kick out of trying to make her laugh or smile. The boys will sing her songs and play peek a boo and fake sneeze to get that laugh!<br />
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She's almost rolled over a couple of times. She doesn't get a lot of chance to practice except in her bed or on my bed. She's hardly ever on the floor just hanging out. Our house has too much hardwood and too many kids. :) I remember that with George, too, but he got it eventually. Charlie rolled over at 3 months- maybe because we lived at my parents and there was carpeting? Who knows?<br />
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She loves her hands and sucking on her fingers, fist and occasionally her thumb. It isn't super consistent in a way that makes me think she'll be a thumb sucker for sure. (Although my primary care doctor saw her calm herself down in her car seat with her hands and commented that she was good at self soothing.) It could go either way. I'll take it or leave it- there's definitely pros and cons to both. :)<br />
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Her hair is starting to grow in a little bit, although she still has an impressive bald patch on the back of her head. I think I'll miss it when it's gone because it's such a cute, newborn thing about her.<br />
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She loves to reach for toys and is getting better about holding onto them. She tries to get her feet in her mouth but isn't quite strong enough yet. She's changing and growing so much every day! It's going too fast!!<br />
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I've been sharing these photos of Bonnie's many Christmas outfits on Instagram and my friend Andrea came up with the hashtag #deckthatbonnie . So I've had even more fun dressing her up in her holiday finest to show her off. </div>
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Charlie and George love her a lot. George especially. He checks on her every hour, cries when I take her somewhere away from him, hugs her, kisses her, and brings her toys. If she's crying, Charlie tells me, "Milk her, Mom!" George will run to me and say, "Help her, Baby Sister!"</div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />This past month she was given a blessing, got her immunizations, went to Mommy and Me yoga, took a bottle one time (there's hope!), had a few stints away from mom and did great, was a rainbow for Halloween, and charmed people wherever she went! </div>
Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-38306625800423651202014-10-20T23:35:00.000-06:002016-01-11T13:53:49.164-07:00Soccer disasters- fall 2014Somehow, I thought it would be a good idea to sign the boys up for soccer. There were a couple of problems with this plan.<br>
1- I had a newborn<br>
2- they were on separate teams and both teams played twice a week, each on a different weeknight and then back to back on Saturday<br>
3- John was often still at work when I had to take them to their games<br>
4- They both didn't really want to play that much. George spent most of the game running away from the field chasing his friend, Sam Plumb, or doing somersaults, or sneaking the end-of-game treats early. Charlie wanted to explore the nearby river or climb the baseball bleachers.<br>
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It was a rough time. But we did have some laughs, at George's games especially because many of our friends had signed up as well (ironically, many of them with newborns, too. What were we thinking???) And Charlie did have some good moments on his team and I got to practice my skills of being his mom advocate without crossing the line to helicopter mom. I exchanged many, many emails with his coach (who bless his heart, is a volunteer parent after all!)<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See that kid in the maroon jersey? Yup, that's George and that's Phil Plumb running after him. </td></tr>
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We love this sweet Georgie boy. On his actual birthday, we were still in the throes of Charlie's first week of kindergarten and all the emotions and logistics involved with that. So I was grateful that he's still young enough to be oblivious to the calendar. We celebrated the next day with doughnuts and a candle and later in the weekend with our families. George got just what any 3-year-old would want- a chance to sing "Happy Birthday" and blow out his candles over and over. (The only catch was that only he was allowed to sing.)</div>
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Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-73015388141438646372014-08-31T15:09:00.001-06:002014-09-20T21:01:35.558-06:00Baby Bonnie, three weeks oldThis is a dreamy, happy, cuddly, sweet baby. She has brought a peaceful joy into our home. We all love "Baby Sister" quite a lot.<br />
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-Everyone still calls her Baby Sister or Sister almost all the time. John and I call her Bonnie and Rosie (and Sweet Girl and Peanut). George likes to tell everyone her name is Bonnie. If you ask Charlie what her name is, he says with an impish grin, "Elsa" (from the extremely popular Disney movie Frozen.)<br />
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-She's given a couple of purposeful smiles already and I can't wait until that smile comes to stay! It's such a joy when babies start smiling at you! I'm pretty sure she has dimples, which is my personal favorite.<br />
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-She sleeps so SO well. I hope it sticks around when she's outgrown this sleepy newborn phase. At night, she usually sleeps from 10 pm to 7 am, nursing once or twice during the night. She likes to suck on her hands and we are experimenting with different levels of swaddling to help her sleep the best (one arm out? just one hand out? both hands in, but loosely swaddled? tightly swaddled? You'd think I'd have figured this out by my third kid, but no.)<br />
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-We have been a LOT of places, considering she's just a newborn. Part of it is that my recovery has gone so well and I have felt physically great! Part of it is that it's the last few days of summer and we want to be out and having fun! And a huge part of it is that the kids and I do much better when we get out of the house. I'm trying to be really careful of germs and people and also not overtire myself, but it's a hard balance to strike.<br />
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-She has already had two mild fevers (99 degrees). It makes me so sad! But such is the life with two older brothers. The first week of her life, Charlie had strep and a fever of 103!<br />
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-People comment on all her dark hair, how big and healthy she is, her elusive dimples, and how she looks like her brothers!<br />
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-She's pretty good with the pacifier and we are working on the bottle. I'm determined that she will be my one that gets it!<br />
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Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983045210766395899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27452416.post-66932792582838849242014-08-14T06:00:00.000-06:002014-09-20T21:02:15.294-06:00Baby's first pool day!We are lucky enough to have a group of friends that meets regularly for playgroup. This summer, one of the friends is living in her in-laws' home while they serve on a mission for their church. This home has a gorgeous pool that they are generously sharing with us! It's been so fun to have a non-crowded place to swim all summer, especially while I was so pregnant!<br />
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When Bonnie was one week old we went swimming. I recruited lots of help to make it happen and rolled in like Kanye West with a giant entourage- our babysitter, Abby, her little sister, Libby, my niece, Lily, and my Mom all came along to lend a hand. It was so relaxing and fun- I wish I had that many helpers every day!<br />
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