tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47733298402201776272024-02-18T21:14:21.932-08:00The Edwards EntriesTara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-67897878505778756142014-07-02T14:42:00.000-07:002014-07-02T14:42:00.232-07:00Baby LaineI don't think I wrote a post on my latest pregnancy. This one has been the most difficult, probably because this time I had two kids to take care of and one of them was just a little over 15mo. I was just beyond exhausted all the time. That's probably why I haven't written anything since April. I was about 16 weeks before I started feeling this looming cloud of fatigue and sickness float away. I had stated to feel closer to my old self at about that time, even though I was still going to bed at 10pm and feeling like I could sleep till 9:30am and still take a nap in the afternoon.<br />
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At 20 weeks Brian and I had our ultrasound appointment. Naturally, we were pretty excited to find out the gender of our baby, much like anyone one else is at this time, and on the drive up there, we really didn't think about much else. Like the REAL reason we have sonograms is to check how the baby is growing and to make sure everything is developing well. The gender reveal is actually second on the importance scale.<br />
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We walk into the sonogram room and we begin to see our baby on the monitor. Brian and I were clueless, but I'm pretty sure the sonographer saw right away there was a problem. She begins to look around a little closer and I mention to her that it seems like the picture is not very clear. This is where she tells us: it seems like I am running low on amniotic fluid. She continues to look a little further then tells us she really can't see anything and for us to go have our appointment with our OB Dr. In hindsight, this appointment went very differently then it did with Reese. Not only because of the lack of fluid which I was somewhat concerned about, but I had heard of these issues before, and they worked themselves out right? This time around, the sonographer was very rushed, she did very well to hide the look of concern on her face and she got us with our Dr. very quickly. When our Dr. came in, she told us she already had an appointment set up with a specialist for us in Frisco who had better machines and who delt with these issues all the time. We said ok, still not understanding the severity of this situation.<br />
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They literally rushed us out of the office and we drove to our next appointment. On the car ride over there, half of me was slightly concerned, but the other half (a larger half) just knew everything would be ok. We were still hoping that these new people, with their awesome machines, would be able to tell us the gender of our baby.<br />
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We get onto a room and a sonographer takes a look at our baby once again. Again she tells us I am low on fluid and that's why she can't see much of the baby. For the sonogram machine to work, there needs to be fluid to bounce off of. She still couldn't see the gender.<br />
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Soon after the sonographer leaves the room the Dr. comes in to talk to us. He gets the baby on the monitor again and tells us, "it's not that you have LOW fluid. You have NO fluid." Now, even I, in my ignorant "everything will be fine" state, knew something was terribly wrong and that the amniotic fluid is a pretty essential part of growing a healthy baby. He then tells us that the reason I don't have any amniotic fluid is because my baby doesn't have any kidneys. Our baby's kidneys never formed. He went on to explain that the amniotic fluid comes from the urine the baby produces, then swallows, to also help with lung formation. Since our baby didn't have fluid, or kidneys, our baby also didn't have lungs. It seems you can't have one thing without the other. This is when it hit me. Babies can survive without kidneys, people have transplants and survive all the time. But no lungs? Half of our baby's insides were missing. The only reason our baby still had a heart beat (not a great one) and was still growing (not very well) was because it was still attached to me and the organs it was missing were not essential for life inside the womb. This is called Potters Sequence.<br />
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Words cannot describe the feelings we were feeling when we heard all this. Devastated doesn't even come close. The Dr. said if we wanted an MRI to confirm and be 100% sure he would set us up for an appointment. We said yes and our appointment was set for the earliest time Parkland had available. Friday at 4:00pm. This was Wednesday afternoon.<br />
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Even though I should have been somewhat hopeful, I just knew the MRI wouldn't tell us anything we didn't already know. And since our appointment was at 4:00pm on a Friday, I was just praying we would have quick results and a clear sign for the choices we where going to have to soon make.<br />
I think here is where God really started to show himself to me. I was half expecting to get the MRI, they would file it away, and I wouldn't hear back from the Dr. till Monday or Tuesday. When I got there, I asked if I would be able to have the results after the MRI, and they told me yes, there was a Dr. on call 24-7. That was better then I could have even asked for. After I got my regular clothes back on, the Dr. had us back in her office. The Dr. Confirmed everything. Our baby had Potter's Sequence. She was so tender hearted and sweet, she actually started crying when I did. But there was answer to prayer #2. We would now be able to make a clear choice on what to do from here.<br />
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Earlier that day, I had called my Dr.'s office to see if I could go ahead and schedule an induction just in case they were going to be booked up. IF this was what we were going to do, I did not want to have to wait all week. We made the apt. for the upcoming Monday at 5:00 am with the on-call Dr. BUT if I wanted to go in that Friday night after the MRI, MY Dr. would be on call that weekend and she said she would do it.<br />
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God had just answered another one of our prayers. For direction and for a clear sign of what choice we needed to make. The choice was clear. I was going to go ahead and induce labor at 20 weeks and 5 days. I called my Dr. while in the car driving home from Parkland. I didn't need to wait till Monday, I could come in that Friday night and be with MY Dr. This was another answer to prayer. Not one that I specifically prayed for, but I was SO grateful that MY Dr. would be delivering my baby. Just a sign that God was in control, He was looking out for me and that this was the right choice.<br />
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We had to run home pack a bag and tell the girls goodnight. Thankfully it's summer time and my mom was able to stay with the girls. It would have been so much more stressful had it been during school season.<br />
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We got checked into the hospital and settled into our room. My nurses were great and God showed himself to us again. We started talking to my nurse and she told us she got into nursing because of situations like ours. She had gone through what we were experiencing more then once and felt like she could help others like her. And she did.<br />
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Labor was hard. Since I only had c-sections I had no idea what to expect this time around. They gave me some pain killers and eventually some Ambien to delay giving me an epidural, but it got to a point where I NEEDED the epidural.<br />
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It was probably close to 12 hrs. before I had my baby. Thankfully I was able to labor at night, so Brian and I were able to get some sleep. After a total of about 5 pushes, my baby girl was born. We named her Laine, since that is a girl name we thought of if we had a girl. <br />
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This is not an experience I would have chosen to go through. It is hard to bury a child, no matter how long they have been with you. Laine was with us for 21 weeks. She did not know us, but she knew her maker and she went to go be with Him before she even made it into this world. For that I am thankful.<br />
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This is not a perfect world. Horrible things happen all the time. Just because I am a believer, doesn't mean I get a free pass. But what I believe I do get, is the ability to see that God was with me the entire time. I did not go through that suffering alone and He put the people in my life that I needed. From family and friends who continuously kept us in their prayers, to the Dr.'s and nurses who happen to be in the same place I was. For this I am grateful. <br />
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-3730929609232064102014-07-02T13:58:00.001-07:002014-07-02T14:42:55.471-07:00Maddie and Reese- May and JuneMay was a fun month school wise for Maddie. She had field day, which was a day Brian happened to be Watchdog for at school so he participated with her all day. I went up there for a couple hours with Reese to watch and we all had fun.<br />
The PTA also put on a "splash day" for the kids which was fun also. I wasn't able to go up there for that, but I heard all about it when Maddie got home. Her Kindergarten class also had a "manners breakfast" where they invited a guest to come to their class and they served them breakfast and ate together. She chose Brian to be her guest and they had fun. <br />
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On the first week of June, Maddie had her kinder graduation. I can't believe I have a first grader! First grade seems so much older then Kindergarten. She won't be the baby on campus anymore. :(<br />
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About a week after school let out she started swim lessons with Cis. I was just as impressed with her progress this year as I was last year. By the end of it, her coaches said she became a good strong swimmer. I'm hoping she will continue what she learned at the pool we go to, but I have heard her say, she only wants to swim at Cis's pool. Ugh. <br />
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Now for a quick catch-up on Reese. She will be 21 months on Friday July 4th, so I may as well write and update now.<br />
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Reese has become a little more adventurous these past couple of months. She loves climbing on the coffee table and bouncing on the sofas. She also loves to color and it seems she might be left handed like her sister.- what are the odds of that? We are however, having a hard time keeping our crayons strictly on the paper. She has branched out on the sofas, tables and walls and I'm trying to figure out how to teach her that those are not correct surfaces to color on.<br />
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Reese just now switched to size 5 diapers and she is wearing size 24m clothes. She has most of her teeth and I'm pretty sure she has started working on her 2yr molars. Those are rough.<br />
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Reese also went on antibiotics for the first time. She randomly got strep. Then she gave it to Maddie. I had both girls on antibiotics at the same time.<br />
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This month Reese started gymnastics at ASI. We are doing a mommy and me type class and she loves it. She is a little more of a goof ball then Maddie was at this age, so she's not AS good on the circuits as I thought, but she's having a blast doing it, and I enjoy doing it with her, so, all in all, it's good time spent together.<br />
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Now that we are done with swimming, Maddie wants to start gymnastics again. I guess that's ok because it goes along with my "one activity at a time" rule.<br />
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We went to the Arboretum in May and got a year long family pass. The new kids area is really fun.</div>
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Reese at gymnastics </div>
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They love bath time together </div>
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Maddie got a new bike for graduating kindergarten. (she needed one desperately, she was still riding a little radio flyer trike and her knees hit the handle bars when she peddled. ha!) </div>
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After swimming </div>
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This is possibly one of my favorite photos of the girls. </div>
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-2471492555332458352014-04-09T19:07:00.001-07:002014-04-09T19:07:13.099-07:00Maddie's 6th Birthday and DisneylandWe have been wanting to take a trip to Disney for a couple of years, and finally, it came a time when I was not pregnant or buying a house or going through something life changing, that we decided to go ahead and pull the trigger. We had been planing this trip for months. We decided to go during the spring so we could also celebrate Maddie's 6th birthday at the park. Best decision ever made.<br />
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The week of her birthday, on a Tuesday, we had a small gathering of some of her friends from church come over for pizza and cake. She chose to have a FROZEN theme birthday and honestly, even though it was small and at our own house, it was just as fun as some of the enormous birthday celebrations we have had for her at bounce houses and birthday places in the previous years.<br />
We would be leaving on our trip on that Friday morning, so on Thursday, I took cupcakes to her class and they sang happy birthday to her there. (I felt that would also make up for the small crowd at our house since she wanted to invite EVERYONE)<br />
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Brian or I had never been to Disneyland, only to Disney World, so this would be new to everyone.<br />
The reason why we decided to do Land over World was because my sister's in-laws live in California about 30min away from Disneyland. They absolutely love my girls (since they don't have g-kids of their own yet) and have been wanting us to come out there and stay with them. Also about the time we where planning our trip, their middle son, Jimmy, got a part time job at Disneyland, so he came with us a couple of days and kind of gave us the ins and outs of the park. <br />
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Our trip out there went ok. It was a 4 1/2 hour flight and Reese slept about 30min of it on my lap. The rest of the 4hrs where spent shuffling her between Brian and I taking turns trying to keep her entertained. Before we left, I downloaded some apps for Maddie on the ipad and that pretty much took care of her.<br />
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Saturday morning, March 1st, Maddie's 6th birthday, we got up early and headed to the park as planned. What was NOT planned was all the rain California suddenly decided to get after weeks of a drought. Of course it WOULD rain the weekend we where there. Back in January I made reservations at the PLAZA INN to have breakfast with the characters especially for her birthday. Another best decision ever made. <br />
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Even though I made a reservation, we still had to sit on the patio, which was ok, just not what I had visioned. The curtains where down so we didn't get cold or wet and the Characters made their way just fine outside to see us and Maddie never new the difference. The breakfast was a buffet of ALL kinds of food including mickey mouse shaped waffles. Maddie really liked those.<br />
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We spent the rest of the day walking around, riding rides and trying to avoid the rain. We spent part of this first day at California Adventure, which was just across the way from Disneyland. This was a fun park too, but Maddie was not able to do several of the rides, and with the non stop rain, we spent a lot of time just hiding out, trying to not get to wet.<br />
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In California Adventure we saw A Bugs Land, and also Cars, which was just amazing. We also saw Monsters University. I know there was probably more for us to see, but the rain made it quite impossible to do much else. <br />
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We spent 3 total days at the park and we had so much fun. My feelings comparing the two parks are as follows: Disneyland was perfect for the age of our girls. Maddie was able to ride just about all rides except for maybe a couple. She was even able to ride Space Mountain and Splash Mountain and absolutely loved them both. Reese was also able to ride several rides, and the ones she couldn't Brian and I where able to switch off waiting in line and riding a ride with Maddie, while the other waited out with Reese. When the ride was over, the parent riding stayed with Reese while the other parent got back into a no-wait line with Maddie to ride the ride. This was awesome. That way we where all able to ride the rides and not waste any more time waiting in line.<br />
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I would like to go Florida when the kids are older and would be able to experience all the parks that Disney has to offer there. I think it would have been a waste of money for us to pay for things and not be able to enjoy them because our kids would have been to small. These parks where perfect.<br />
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Maddie was able to meet several of the princesses and this just totally made her day. She met Cinderella, Anna, Ariel, Aurora, Mulan and several characters at the breakfast and then later through out the park including Mickey, Minney, Daisy and others. This age was perfect.<br />
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Along with visiting the parks, we also took a small tour of Southern Cali. We went to LA and Hollywood, which actually was not impressive and quite trashy. Not at all what I had imagined, they warned us, but I just couldn't imagine going to California and not experiencing the stars walk of fame. I wanted to tour the Dolby Theater, but they where still cleaning up from the Oscars from the night before, so we weren't able to go in. But I did take a picture with Mr. Oscar who was still standing outside.<br />
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After Hollywood, we went to Beverly Hills and took a picture in front of the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel. We would have gone inside, but we had the girls with us so we didn't. Instead we drove down Rodeo Dr. and had lunch at a Cheesecake Factory.<br />
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After lunch we drove down to Santa Monica and walked down the pier and on the beach. Its not the most impressive beach I have ever seen, but iconic non the less. Maddie didn't know the difference and it was to cold to spend to much time there anyways. To my surprise Reese didn't like the beach. I don't know if it was the sand or the cold water, or a combination of both, but it was funny to see her. <br />
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We had a great trip, even though it wasn't a "relaxing" vacation on the beach, we had so much fun and I cant wait till Reese is old enough for us to do it again so she can experience it like Maddie did.<br />
Our trip home was a little better, Reese slept 1 1/2 hrs on my lap which was better then the first time around, and after being gone from Friday-Wednesday, we where all ready to be home. It was a great vacation AND 6th birthday. <br />
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-66652706251697480472014-01-07T09:37:00.001-08:002014-01-07T09:37:31.149-08:00Reese-15 monthsWe just got back from Reese's 15 month appointment. She is 24lb's -75% and is 31 1/4" in length -75%.<br />
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Reese has definitely begun throwing tantrums. I know I've mentioned that she had been showing signs of that in the past, but now its the real deal. I'm hopping that as her vocabulary develops, her attitude will change. She is still a very sweet baby and loves to cuddle, but when shes not happy about something....watch out.<br />
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Reese understands simple commands like "no", "sit down", "be gentile" (we had to teach that early due to hitting people when shes mad), "come here", "give hugs and kisses" and others. She also knows words like "eat", "night night", "snacks", "buy buy" and several others.<br />
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Reese loves to sit and "read" books and play with her toys. Shes also very attached to her lovie, a little giraffe. I asked Brian's mom to find me another one so I can have a spare while one is being washed. <br />
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The big milestone Reese has reached this past month is walking. She is now walking all over the house. Its funny when kids learn how to walk they are very aimless about it. But its easy to see how proud she is in her new accomplishment.<br />
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Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-26386743939993598632014-01-01T18:34:00.000-08:002014-01-01T18:42:51.770-08:00Christmas and Happy New Year! I almost cant believe I'm able to sit down to do this and its NOT a post about Reese's monthly progress. But don't worry, her appointment is next week, so you wont have to wait to long. :)<br />
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Christmas this year was good. It was definitely different then in the past, since this was the first year my brother and sister where not with us. On Christmas Eve, we went out to eat with my parents and grand-pa, then on the way home Brian, the girls and I drove around Willow Bend to look at the lights. We met my parents back at my house (after they dropped off my grand-pa back at his house) and we opened presents. We don't normally open presents on Christmas eve, but my parents had gifts for the girls and we wouldn't be together the next day, so we just decided to open gifts that night and see what Santa brought the next morning.<br />
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Maddie slept in our room on Christmas Eve because I didn't want her waking up and seeing what Santa brought without catching it on camera.<br />
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In the morning we all got up probably about 7:30 or so, and Maddie could hardly wait to see what Santa brought. We had a leisurely morning with cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then getting ready for Brian's parents to come over for dinner.<br />
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We had dinner with Brian's parents, opened gifts with them and just hung out and played some new games Maddie got earlier. <br />
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New years eve, we where going to have friends over, but I had to be a terrible friend and un-invite them because Reese was sick with a really bad cold, that and a combination that I haven't slept in a couple months due to her molars coming in, I woke up new years eve morning and just wanted to cry from exhaustion. So instead, my parents came over with some food and they played games with Maddie and we watched the count-down on TV. The life of a family with small (sick) children. I was in bed before 12:00 but that's ok. Its just a faze of life and even as lame as it sounds, I do like hanging out at home just spending time with my kids and family. <br />
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Christmas morning, Maddie and Brian playing a new game. </div>
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Maddie showing off her gifts from Santa. Including an A.G. doll. Marie Grace. </div>
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And also a playground for the back-yard.</div>
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Reese snuck a bite of left-over cookie crumb that had been left for Santa. </div>
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Christmas Eve dinner. </div>
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Reese and her new Princess Cinderella dress from Mrs.Karen. </div>
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Goodies Santa left. </div>
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We also celebrated our 8th Anniversary (a little late due to the ice storm) at the Melting Pot in Addison. A fun tradition. We had also gone to the Nordtrom Spa at Northpark Mall. Heavenly! </div>
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Work in progress. A lot more work then Brian anticipated. He has done a great job. My dad has come over some to help, but for the most part, hes been working on it all by himself. Maddie LOVES her new swing set. I look forward to being able to watch the girls play back there. (while I lay in the shade reading a book :) ) </div>
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There haven't been just a whole lot of changes since last month. She still eats just about everything, and she wears the same size diapers and clothes.<br />
The biggest change this month is that she has become more confident in her cruising abilities and she also has become aware of her ability to stand without being supported. We have started practicing with her walking back and fourth between Brian and I and she will take one step before diving head first towards us. We have some work to do!<br />
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This past month I have been busy with photo shoots for Christmas cards and getting started in Christmas decorating and shopping. This year we did our family Christmas on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Dubbed as "Thanksmas." This was the year that Ashlee and Michael will be in California and Corey and Rachel will be in San Antonio for Christmas. We will be here as always, but will be having Christmas with Brian's family. The only time we would all be together was at Thanksgiving break, it was only logical we had our Christmas at that time.<br />
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We had a great Thanksgiving break. Maddie was out of school for a week and I was very happy to have her home. We had a fun time together playing, shopping and getting ready for Thanksmas.<br />
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Before our family got together for Thanksmas, we celebrated Brian's 30th birthday! His birthday wasn't for a few days, but he wanted to celebrate while everyone was in town. His restaurant of choice was Club Schmitz in Dallas. Its actually a pretty well known hamburger bar despite its "appealing" curb appeal. Apparently some famous people have frequented this bar back in the day. So after the girls shopped in Allen all day we drove to meet the boys at the bar after their ALL DAY round of golf. I'm glad he got the opportunity to do something fun like that, especially on his "birthday".<br />
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The little girls fell asleep on our way to Dallas after shopping all day. Ashlee was on head reast duty.</div>
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This establishment actually has a special place in mine and my families heart. I have been a patron of this place since I was little when my family was home on furlough. My grandpa used to live on Lover's Lane in Dallas where my dad grew up which is quite close to where this bar is. My grandpa knows the owner and his family and everyone knows who my grandpa is and what he will be eating and drinking when he comes in. When I was little he used to go every Saturday. Since he's been retired he goes on different days during the week to meet his other old retired friends. They eat, drink and play pool. They also have a shuffle board which Maddie tries to perfect her skills when she goes.<br />
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The next day we had our Thanksmas celebration. It was fun preparing the food and getting everything ready in my house. Having little kids, its so much easier to host. Plus, my parents house is undergoing a huge remodel so their house was quite out of the question anyways. <br />
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Classy Reese. </div>
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Maddie was excited about The Grinch. </div>
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That wraps up November. Merry Christmas! Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-43543563419578189522013-11-04T18:30:00.000-08:002013-11-04T18:30:24.570-08:0013 months and other happenings Reese is 13 months TODAY!<br />
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Reese has recently started cruising along on everything. Even the walls which is kind of funny to watch. She's not confident in walking by herself yet, but she loves her new stage of mobility. Maddie was about 15 months before she was walking independently, and I suspect Reese will be about the same. I am not in a hurry.<br />
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I have also started teaching Reese sign language for "more" and "all done". Its very helpful to have this new mode of communication as simple as it is. She's pretty good at it, but she doesn't like to be "all done" so she favors the "more" sign. Even though I can see that her tummy couldn't bulge out any larger she still asks for "more". <br />
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Reese's food variety has also been growing. I have been giving her more of the food that I make for the rest of us for dinner. I think I am finally ready to put away my baby food processor. If I cut up the pieces real small and mash them with my fork, she seems to eat whatever it is very well and so far, there really isn't anything she doesn't seem to like. <br />
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Reese understands a lot and her personality always makes us laugh. She is such a sweet girl. I love my Reese's to pieces! (this will never get old) <br />
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This past month we had good friends that drove up from Houston come stay with us for a weekend and we went to the TEXAS State Fair which is a tradition we try to keep up with.<br />
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We also had Halloween this month. For the kick off of this sugar infested holiday we walked down Ballard Street in Wylie for their special event called "Boo on Ballard". Several of the store and shop owners gather on the street to pass out candy. They also have a live band and the Wylie fire department come out with their fire trucks to pass out candy as well. Maddie had fun, but I think I had the most fun, because I wondered into a store and bought this:<br />
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I could not be more excited about this china cabinet. Its an authentic vintage piece and it has my name written all over it. We are slowly trying to furnish our house so finding this gem was awesome. I know this will be a piece I'll keep forever. <br />
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After we came home that night from down town Wylie, this happened:<br />
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My big girl lost her first tooth! It was an ordeal, but she was excited when it finally came out. It was hanging on by a thread, but it took some working to get it completely out. Brian played the surgeon and at last we have a spot where a tooth should be. The tooth fairy visited that night and all was well with the world again. I had mixed emotions though. I think I will always be a little sad when my girl hits a milestone from now on. It seems like from the point of entering kinder and on, these milestones signify that my big girl is truly getting older and no longer in the little girl faze.<br />
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After Boo on Ballard we had Trunk or Treat at church (which I forgot my camera so I only have phone pictures) and we also did this to our kitchen: <br />
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We painted! We will be picking up the china cabinet on the 15th this month and it will go on the wall behind the table. I have also started chalk-painting the kitchen table and chairs. I'm really liking this chalk paint. I think I'm also going to paint the tables in the living room. Since most of our furniture is what we had in college, its nice to give it a fresh new look.<br />
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After that, we had our first Halloween in our new neighborhood. Maddie had a lot of fun trick-or-treating and we will have candy to last us all year long. Brian dressed up as Gumby and stayed home to pass out candy and I took the girls in the wagon and we went around the neighborhood. Maddie was Izzy from Jake and the Neverland Pirates and Reese was a Reese's Pieces. But it got cold so I changed her into her pink glow-in-the-dark skeleton shirt.<br />
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Earlier that day I carved a pumpkin and Maddie watched because it was too "gross" to do anything else. She picked out the Hello Kitty for me to carve. I however, have never carved a pumpkin, (I grew up in Brazil, so don't judge) so I didn't know there were actual carving kits and what-not. I'm pretty sure I'll develop carpal tunnel after this endeavor, but I made memories, and that's all that matters. Right??<br />
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That was October in a Nutshell. I have a feeling November will be just as crazy. Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-48607624450055015632013-10-12T10:00:00.000-07:002013-10-12T10:00:10.560-07:00Reese's first birthday<div style="text-align: center;">
REESE IS ONE! </div>
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Now I have a one year old and a five year old. Life is crazy, but I'm really enjoying the stage we are at right now. I think I've even said that before. Reese is such an easy baby. So complete opposite of her first 4.5 months of life. We were all so miserable back then, its amazing she has such a sweet disposition at this time. <br />
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We got our check-up at the Dr. yesterday. (Maddie also missed school for the first time. She was running a fever and had some cold-like symptoms, so I took her in for a sick visit with Reese's well visit. It turns out she has strep throat. A first for Maddie.) Reese weighs 22lb's 75% and is 29 in. 75%.<br />
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A few things to add on to last month, Reese can now go from crawling to sitting to standing while holding onto furniture. She can move her feet a couple of steps, but that's about it as far as cruising. She will move her feet a little bit if I hold her hands also.<br />
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She plays well by herself, even if she is getting into EVERYTHING. Her favorite is to mess with the TV sound system and turn it off and on. Reese also imitates well. I am trying to teach her sign language starting with "more" and "all done". I am actually impressed at how well its going.<br />
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Reese also has a new game she learned. When you ask her "where did Reesey go?" she will cover he eyes with her fists, hold for a couple of seconds then show her eyes again. <br />
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Reese still loves to cuddle - especially before bed time and she still loves her lovie giraffe. I don't usually let her play with it outside of bed time, but when its with her, she will take him wherever she goes. <br />
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She is still in size 4 diapers and wears 12months clothes (not for much longer) and mostly 18 months.<br />
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For her birthday we had a small gathering and the Theme was Reese's Pieces. I had a lot of fun with that. I will probably be doing that theme again in the future. This theme was also easy to do at this time of year. Everything is orange and black, so it wasn't hard to find. <br />
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Reese had her own smash cake, a large Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (only it was a vanilla cake with chocolate icing) </div>
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-51974321594181815112013-10-07T13:53:00.000-07:002013-10-07T13:53:05.337-07:00Kindergarten School. It has begun. At least this time its not for me. Although it might as well be since I'm also the one having to wake up at the crack of dawn to get sister fed and ready to go. Maddie has to be there at 7:20 a.m. and it's been rough on all of us. She has told me before "Can you not wake me up and just let me wake up by myself?" oh how I wish I could let you do that. <br />
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Her first day was an exciting/terrifying day. We had just moved into our house the Friday before, so this was a lot of change in just a 3 day period. Brian had taken off of work for the move, so we all went together to drop Maddie off. The Kindergarteners were gathered in the cafeteria and that's where we were supposed to drop them off. (new system, not quite happy about how they decided to do things this year) We stood there with her for a while, but melt-downs started happening when the parents where dismissed. Brian was holding Reese and Maddie had her arms wrapped around my leg as if her life depended on it. She was almost hysterical. I could not let her go. I had to call Brian for re-enforcements. He gave me Reese and peeled Maddie off of me so he could try talking to her. I took Reese and walked out of the cafeteria before I went hysterical like some of the kids. I did see other moms crying as they were walking away too, so I wasn't alone. <br />
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It went kind of like how I imagined. I had been gearing up for this day since May, so there where no surprises. According to Maddie, the day went really well and according to Brian, (who takes her to school on his way to work) drop off for the rest of the week went well. On Friday of that week we where finally able to meet her teacher (Maddie didn't get her teacher assignment till Thursday afternoon) We ALL once more dropped her off at school, saw her classroom and met her teacher. She again had a minor melt down, but this time her teacher was able to comfort her and she had a great rest of the day. <br />
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Maddie is loving school. She still comes home tired from the long day and still misses the fun special activities she did at preschool, but I just have to remind her shes in kindergarten now and shes doing things she didn't get to do in preschool. I am nervous about the high expectations they are placing on kids these days - its amazing the academic expectations they have for these little kindergarteners already. Its forcing them to grow up to fast and that's sad.<br />
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Second week of school. </div>
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Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-80470996423067015982013-09-25T12:29:00.001-07:002013-09-25T12:31:09.650-07:00Moving inWe have been in our new house exactly 31 days. We closed a month ago yesterday and its hard to believe we have had so many life changes in such a short time span.<br />
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On Friday morning, Aug. 23rd Brian and I left the girls with my mom and we came out to the house for our final walk-through. Surprisingly we had blinds on our house and I was very happy to see them. There had been a mistake in our order so we weren't supposed to get blinds for another 3 weeks. After our walk-through which took about an hour, Brian and I drove to Terrill to close. I don't even know why they use a closing office in Terrill, but whatever. It didn't take us as long to get there as we thought so we had time to venture out into the city.<br />
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We started our venture at a family owned TexMex restaurant. I told the host we needed a table for two and his replay was "smoking or non smoking?" Smoking? what? I haven't heard that in years! It caught me so off guard. I guess I need to get out more. We ate leisurely and still had about an hour and a half to kill, so we walked down to a family owned furniture store and played on their recliners. When we got bored with that, we decided to google a Home Depot location because we new we had to buy lots of things necessary to keep up a house.<br />
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Finally it was time to head to the closing office. All day I was worried that for some reason our money wouldn't fund. I think I've heard too many horror stories, and even though Brian assured me that we where in no danger of that happening, I was still on edge. We signed all sorts of papers, and obviously our money funded and I could sigh a sigh of relief.<br />
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We drove back to the house to get our keys and started the move immediately. All four of us spent the night in our new house that night and continued the move through Saturday. We actually still have a few yard toys that need to be brought over here, but for the most part, we are pretty settled...<br />
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That is, until last weekend when it rained and our "office, craft room" got flooded. There was a problem with the roof and now we are waiting for it to be fixed. Everything had to be boxed up again and thrown into the garage. Annoyed is really the word for what I feel about it. I understand and accept human error, however they are kind of dragging their feet on getting it fixed. We will see what comes of it.<br />
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Our first meal together in the new house </div>
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I will blog about the first day of school later when I get around to it.Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-58837458583497396372013-09-16T14:26:00.002-07:002013-09-16T14:26:22.186-07:00Reese - 11 MonthsLots has happened in the past 3.5 weeks. One of which Reese turned 11 months on the 4th. I failed at getting her picture up here mostly because of how busy we've been AND because it took Verizon 2.5 weeks to get us hooked up with cable/internet. I had no connection to the outside world except through my tiny little iphone which was under limited usage because we only have so much data we can use. But those doom and gloom days are over and we are up and running again!<br />
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Reese turned 11 months on the 4rh and this month she has learned lots of new tricks.<br />
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The two biggest ones is that she can wave back at people when they say buy buy and wave to her. She can also clap her hands together now. I was particularly excited about this one because I wanted her to be able to clap her hands for her birthday. <br />
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She can also give kisses when prompted to. She has been able to do this for a while, but I just got a photo of it. <br />
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She is still army crawling, but she is able to stand while holding on to something without support. She may be one of those kids who go strait to army crawling to walking. We will see. She loves her new found independence and her favorite thing to do is crawl under the side table away from the living room towards were our dog lies and annoy her. <br />
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Reese still eats the same kinds of foods as last month. I'm having a hard time being creative in what to give her- since I'm trying to move away from pureed foods, but they still need to be soft enough for her to be able to chew with her 8 front teeth.<br />
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This past weekend (on Friday night) was also a first experience for us. Something she ate (something I gave her, mommy fail :( ) made her sick and she threw it all up. She was in bed trying to go to sleep when it first occurred and of course it got EVERYWHERE. Poor thing. We had to completely strip her bed and give her a bath. Fortunately it only lasted a couple of hours, when there was nothing left in her tummy. She was exhausted and fell asleep while I rocked her, then we put her in the pack-n-play in our room for the night. I'm so glad it wasn't a stomach bug! <br />
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Reese wears size 12-18 or 18-24 month clothes and size 4 diapers. <br />
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I cant believe she will be a year old next month! Where has time gone? <br />
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-59854000476254776222013-08-20T09:20:00.000-07:002013-08-20T09:25:47.996-07:00Reese- 10 monthsOh wow, we are WAY past due with this one!<br />
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Reese has been 10 months since the 4th of this month. Today is the 20th, and I am just now getting around to taking her picture and posting it. I'll just say, there has been a lot going on this month. There has been a lot of packing and de-cluttering and organizing. None of which I have been very motivated to get accomplished.<br />
Its been very hot, and trying to pack up things you and your kids use on a daily basis is nearly impossible. I think on Thursday I'm just going to get a box and shove everything else left over into it. Showers and personal hygiene is overrated. I told myself the next time we move, my kids will be old enough to pack up their things themselves.<br />
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Here, Reese is being a helper while I pack up her room.</div>
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This past month she has tried and eaten a lot of different foods and she loves them all. Last night I made spaghetti for dinner. I threw some meet sauce and noodles in the baby bullet just to get the large chunks out and gave that to her for dinner. She loved it. She still only has about 6 front teeth but she gums that food like a champ! She has also tried cut-up bananas (not mashed) cut up peaches and black beans. I like that she is starting to feed herself. This is new territory for me since Maddie ate pureed foods till she was 15months old. Maddie would not want anything to do with "real" food.<br />
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Reese is still in size 4 diapers and wears 9-12 month clothes and she can get away with wearing 12-18 months as well depending on the brand.<br />
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Reese has also started crawling this past month. Its more like an army crawl, but it gets her places. She can go from sitting to crawling, but hasn't figured out how to get back to the sitting position. She has also started trying to pull up on things, like the bumper on her crib.<br />
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Reese isn't saying any words other then typical baby babble, but she understands quite a few words. She understands: Reese, No, come here, kisses (and she gives kisses when asked) dance, bounce and milk. Any time music is playing she will sway her body back and fourth as if dancing and she will also fake laugh. This is hilarious. I cant explain how she does it, but its really funny. She can also whistle. I know, my baby is a genius. She puckers her lips and blows in, which makes a whistle sound and that's how she woke me up on the monitor this morning. She also loves to imitate us. Whistling, blowing raspberries, laughing...Her personality has really developed this past month. I can also see traces of tantrum throwing in our future, but hopefully we can nip that in the bud.<br />
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Reese is a sweet sweet baby and I cant get enough of her. She also loves playing with her sister and Reese knows when Maddie is not in the car with us. It will be interesting to see if Reese notices Maddie's absence while shes at school. <br />
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Brick on the back</div>
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Master shower- don't know what i took that crooked. </div>
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Guest bath (girls bath) </div>
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Master shower with bench and grout added </div>
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Counter tops in master bath </div>
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We got our fixtures! </div>
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Tile and counter tops in kitchen </div>
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Back of the house coming along- it took FOREVER to finish the brick on this house. </div>
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Fixtures in master bath </div>
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Magazene rack in the master bath. </div>
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girls bathroom with fixtures</div>
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Front entry fixtures </div>
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Master bath- DONE!! </div>
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Master bedroom with carpet- DONE!! </div>
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Kitchen/living room floors DONE!! </div>
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(This is not our front door. They will put the one that goes there when they get closer to finishing) </div>
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Girls bath -DONE! </div>
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Laundry Room- DONE.- Its not interesting, but we do have one, so I thought I would show it. </div>
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Maddie's Room- Finished. I made the window seat cushion the other day as well. </div>
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Reese's Room- Done. (minus the window that wont lock. It got damaged when they had to remove the window and move it up several weeks earlier, and since then it wont shut all the way.) </div>
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4rth bedroom/office/craft room- Done! </div>
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Dining room/Play room- Done! </div>
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Back view of the living room. </div>
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Almost done with Brick/Stone. </div>
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Frame for the front steps and side walk </div>
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I really cant believe we are already here. We started this process in April and back then, August felt like a lifetime away. I feel like I have a million things to do, but at the same time, I can't really do those things until the week we move. How do you pack up toys and everyday things when you and especially your kids use them everyday? Also, can I just talk about the fact that we close on Friday the 23rd and Maddie starts Kinder the following MONDAY? If I don't make any public appearances a few weeks after that, its because I will be in the house "unpacking" and not huddled up in the fetal position trying to remember life before my 5 year old became a big girl, going to big school, making friends on her own and living her life without me. Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-66439945766690013812013-07-09T14:00:00.002-07:002013-07-09T14:00:38.317-07:00Reese-9 monthsReesey turned 9 months on the 4th this month. This was a crazy day, so I wasn't able to post a cute 4th of July picture of the girls. I had a cute outfit picked out and everything, but in between swim lessons, coming home and getting ready for some friends to come over, then our AC going out, me feeling very hot and tired and on top of it all, I feel like I have strep, but I know its just allergies. By the end of the day, It was all I could do to get the girls in bed early so I could shower, get cooled and lay down. Brian was here too, but he was busy trying to figure out what was wrong with the AC, and I was ok with that. It was either that or we would be going on a stay-cation to a nice cool hotel.<br />
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I convinced Brian to call a repair man and they said since it was a holiday, they would have to charge $150 an hr. to come out to see what what wrong. I think the guy took pity on us because he pretty much gave Brian step by step instructions on how to fix the AC over the phone. It turned out to be a blown fuse which Brian was able to buy at Lowe's for a mere $30. God was definitely showing us some mercy on that one. The house was cooled by bed time and all was well with the world again.<br />
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As for Reese, there haven't been too many changes since last month except that she's rolling everywhere. Especially at bed time. I had to remove the bumper off her crib because she was pulling up on it and using it as a pillow. Brian also lowered he crib for that very same reason. I think if she spent more time on her tummy she would be crawling by now, but she just really hates it. When shes on the floor playing, she much prefers to be sitting up. I also think that if she was mobile she wouldn't get so frustrated and bored. But then, I would have to baby-proof and with the move and things going everywhere, that would be one more thing to worry about. I have been getting on to Maddie about leaving her small toys out where Reese can get to them in the common play area. I have already caught Reese with things in her mouth that could have definitely been a huge hazard. <br />
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I place Reese on the floor to play on a large blanket, so when she spits up (sometimes she still does that, I think she over-eats) it gets on the blanket and not the rug. It also keeps her from putting carpet fuzz etc... in her mouth as well. However, she has learned that to get to the toys that are out of reach, she can just pull the blanket towards her to get said toys, instead of moving her own body. What a clever little stinker! <br />
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Reese has also gone swimming, per my post a few days ago, she loves the water.<br />
Reese has also been eating lots of things including most fruits and veggies, and so far, there isn't anything she cant eat. She also loves Cheerios and is mastering her "pincher" fingers quite well. This is the only non-pureed food I have given her. I am thinking about starting mashed bananas and avocado to see how she transitions out of pureed food.<br />
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Reese is wearing size 9 month and 12 month clothes. She CAN wear size 18 months, depending on the brand. She is also in size 4 diapers.<br />
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Reese clearly was not in the best of moods when I took these photos, but I had already waited long enough and had to get them done. </div>
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-69741078467354327662013-07-02T14:40:00.000-07:002013-07-02T14:46:30.771-07:00Progress There has been some progress on our house since the end of April when we signed the contract. We were running a little behind, but the contractor said we could expect to close by the third week of August.<br />
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They just finished the sheet rock so hopefully they will be texturing and painting this week. Within the next couple of weeks we hope to see baseboards and moldings go up and also the cabinets. We have also been waiting on the brick and stone to go up, but they are having a hard time finding mason's to do the job. Apparently there are just way to many new houses going up (not just with our company, but all builders) and not enough workers. Fortunately, we have reached a point where they can work on the inside without having to wait on the outside. We have been taking pictures along the way so I will let the pictures do the talking. <br />
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Outside Sheething</div>
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Roof</div>
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Inside the dinning room, looking into the kitchen</div>
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Master bedroom</div>
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Master bath</div>
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Maddie's room with a bench seat</div>
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In the hallway looking into the living room/door to the garage</div>
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Us in the dinning room/play room</div>
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Hallway into the other 3 bedrooms</div>
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This is what we have so far. I think the updates will be quicker from now on. Hopefully! Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-43617927771935212462013-06-27T16:29:00.000-07:002013-06-27T16:29:59.854-07:00Summer timeIt seems like I haven't been posting much lately. Probably because there hasn't been much to tell. Since summer has started, we have pretty much been doing the same things. Over and over again. It is SO hot outside all I want to do it just lay around or go to the pool. But the children need to be entertained.<br />
Every once and a while I'll let Reese skip her afternoon nap and we will spend the afternoon at the gym. I'll work out while the girls play, then I'll take them to the pool. But let me just say it is EXHAUSTING doing all that by myself. I've only done all that twice. It sounds simple enough, but wow.<br />
My first attempt at this suicidal task went as follows:<br />
I packed everything I needed for the day so I wouldn't have to come back home. I also realized I didn't have any swim diapers for Reese. I decided to put a regular diaper on her under her swim suit and told Maddie to put her swim suit on and some clothes over it. I put on my work-out clothes and packed my swim suit, floaties, tubes, sun screen and all things needed to have a fabulous outdoor experience. In the 95 degree heat, I loaded up the car and headed down to Walgreens for swim diapers. It's quite annoying when it takes longer to get in and out of the car then the amount of time I spend in the actual store. So the girls and I truck our sweaty selves through Walgreens on a mission for diapers, then back into my oven on wheels. (The AC in my car works fine, its just THAT HOT.) <br />
I parked the car at the gym and laid Reese on my legs to change a simple wet diaper. WRONG. Little had I known her diaper was quite dirty. I was sitting on the middle back seat with Reese's bootie up in the air, I had no were to go and the wipes where in the front seat. Awesome. I asked Maddie to crawl up to the front and fish around for the wipes box. After a few minutes she finds the wipes box with no wipes inside. Again, awesome. I had to resort to using a Wet One. Thank goodness for hand sanitizer wipes. Her bottom got extra clean that day. After I get her all cleaned up, I get the new swim diaper on, then her swim suit, then the cover-up she was wearing. All from the back middle seat. On my lap. They really should make baby swim suits that snap on the bottom. That would have made the changing of the diaper a little easier instead of having to strip her down completely. On my lap. <br />
I got the girls to the play-place and I did my thing on the treadmill. Goal: running one mile. Achieved: NO. <br />
When I got the kids after my work-out, I took them to a "family" restroom (that doesn't have a toilet, only shower) for me to change. As I change into my swim suit, Maddie says: "Mommy, I need to go potty."............. If I had ever wished my kids were not potty trained, it would be at this moment. I do what I can to cover myself with my towel over my swim suit and lug everything all around the building to the restroom area. I always take Maddie into the stall to make sure the seat is clean and cover it up with toilet paper for her. I then lift her and sit her on the seat ever so gently so my efforts to avoid coming in contact with Hepatitis don't go cascading down the toilet. On this occasion however, I turned a blind eye and just waived her into a stall. There was no way I could get all three of us plus the stroller and all of our swim gear into a 2x4 stall. I cringed a little as I watched her. Public restrooms are really NOT my thing. As I sat there waiting on Maddie, Reese got really fussy. I knew she was not hungry, and it was not nap time. I lifted her out of the stroller and felt that her bottom was wet and lo and behold, Another dirty diaper. As I think about the next move to make, as in, where should I change this baby since I have yet to see a baby changing station, I realize I had left all the swim diapers in the car. Maddie comes out of the stall, I pray she doesn't have a contagious infectious disease and we make our move back outside in the 95 degree stale heat. I change Reese in the car (where I do whenever we are out, because again, I hate public restrooms) and head back inside. (Which is actually a chore in of itself. There are 4 different doors to go through from the parking lot to the pool area, and when you have a stroller and your hands are full of everything else imaginable to get you through the day, it is very difficult to push a stroller and open doors at the same time). We FINALLY make it to the pool. After lathering the girls with sun screen they are finally able to enjoy the freshness of the water. About an hour had passed since I picked them up after my work out and all I wanted to do was take a nap on a block of ice.<br />
So there you have it. This is why I really don't enjoy summer time. Unless I'm on a tropical island, this concrete jungle we call DFW, does not appeal to me.<br />
But aren't they the cutest? <br />
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-41342876255582370032013-06-05T09:11:00.001-07:002013-06-05T09:11:22.306-07:00Reese- 8 monthsI cannot believe my little baby is already 8 months old! I literally feel like I just had her. <br />
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Reese's personality is really coming through this past month. She pushes things away when shes done with it, weather it be her bottle, a pacifier or a toy. When shes being fussy and I try to give her a pacifier, she pushes it away and fusses more because she knows what I'm trying to get her to do. -Stop fussing. This is mainly when shes tired and I've kept her past her bed time. This can also be seen as signs of temper tantrums because she does that to toys as well. I'm trying to keep her distracted and she knows it. <br />
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Reese also likes to laugh. She really only does it with me, Brian or Maddie though. Its funny to see other people try to get her to grin because she only reciprocates with a blank stare. She really only seems to like people she knows. She has major stranger danger, which is quite inconvenient at the Gym or bible class. Or anywhere else I may leave her. I can work out at the gym for 30 min. tops and that's stretching it before I hear my name in the loud speaker. So much for loosing this baby weight! <br />
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Reese is a very sweet girl, she still loves to cuddle and loves her little lovie giraffe she sleeps with. <br />
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Reese has also tried a large variety of food and likes most of what I give her. I still make most of her food, but some foods that are hard to find organic or just simply to hard to make, I will buy in a pouch and squeeze it out for her in a bowl. I tried giving her little puffs the other day and she didn't care for them. I think I will stick to cheerios. She is working on her pincher fingers for little snacks like those.<br />
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Even though she's rolling over and having lots of tummy time, she hasn't displayed any interest in being mobile yet. She seems to be content where she is and having big sister give her things. Which Im fine with because im not ready for a mobile baby quite yet. <br />
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I'm really enjoying this stage she's in. Shes a fun baby.<br />
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Here are a few photos I took of Reese and Maddie the other day. These where for Maddie's 5 yr. photos, and I included some of Reese as well.<br />
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-15122483511188206932013-05-18T08:05:00.002-07:002013-05-18T08:05:19.533-07:00Latelly...Wow, have we been busy little bees these past few weeks. <br />
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First off, I will start with two new things Reese has done. First-SHE ROLLED OVER! yay! ha. Yes. She is 7 months old and has just now rolled over. Like Maddie, I have never been concerned about not reaching this mile stone most children reach as early as 3months. My girls never seem to be interested in being on their tummy's. I do see how this could be a concern, but they did move around on their play mat every time I put them down. They were also reaching other mile stones like sitting up etc... Maddie didn't care to roll over until after she started crawling. Reese did it for a different reason.<br />
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The other day, I just had a lot going on and I was trying to buy some time before Reese's last feeding and bed time, so I put her down to play on her play mat. I knew she was very tired already so I didn't sit her up. By doing this and walking out of sight made Reese SO mad! I guess she wanted to show me who was in charge because Maddie came in to my room shouting that Reese had just rolled over all by herself. I was skeptical at first. I rolled her back and a few minutes later she got mad again and rolled over a second time. I was there to witness that one. She did it one more time after that, and then I picked her up to get ready for bed. She hasn't done it since, but I bet that if I lay her down and she gets real mad, she may do it again.<br />
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Another first for Reese is she learned how to blow raspberries. Its very cute to see her expressions when shes doing it.<br />
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We also had Baby Dedication Sunday. I love this Sunday. Its such a special time for the new babies and their families. Reese did well on stage, no melt-downs to that was great. Sunday mornings are always tough. If she doesn't fall asleep in my arms, she winds up missing two naps by the time we get home after lunch. Sometimes we don't even make it to lunch. But she did great and it all went well. <br />
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A first for Maddie this past week was her preschool graduation. The program was adorable, the 4's were Who's from Whoville. I did shed a few tears during the graduation/end of year slide show. She did so well performing and then going up on stage to receive her diploma. She had a blast. We've been talking a lot about her new school and Kindergarten, so I hope it will be a smooth transition when the time comes. I enrolled her in the G.O. summer camp this summer to get one last time there with some old friends.<br />
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Maddie also had her last day of preschool this week. On Tuesday they had Fun in the Sun day which the kids always look forward to. I got to sub that day and It was fun being there with her one last time on such a fun day.<br />
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On Thursday they had their end of year party. The kids had fun and I shed some tears on our way home reading the sweet note her teachers wrote in her folder.<br />
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I loved having Ms. Dina and Ms. Robyn as her teachers! </div>
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I'm glad I still have another baby to hold on to that hopefully will also be making her way through G.O. like her big sister did. I know we have all been greatly blessed by this preschool. Now, If i can just learn the ropes of "big kid school" we will be in good shape. <br />
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-66726580374580919092013-05-03T15:15:00.000-07:002013-05-04T20:08:50.090-07:00Reese 7 monthsToday Reese is 7 months old!<br />
Not a whole lot of changes since last month. I'm guessing she weighs close to 18lb's now. She's still in size 3 diapers, but it looks like she will be out of those pretty soon. I just bought a huge box of diapers and I'm contemplating exchanging them for a size 4 because I don't think they will last. She is in size 6-9 month clothes and also 9-12 depending on the cut and brand. <br />
Reese is sitting up all by herself now and only occasionally when she's trying to reach for something she falls over.<br />
Her schedule is also more predictable now, which for me is a little easier to plan my day. She takes 3 naps a day, averaging to about an hour each. Sometimes one will be a really long nap like 1.5hrs +, then the other 2 will be shorter. She sleeps about 13hrs at night, going to bed at 7:00 pm and wakes up between 7:30-8:00. But that also all depends on how well she sleeps at night. Lately she hasn't been sleeping so soundly because shes teething. These past few nights Ive been getting up repeatedly to give her more Motrin, teething tables and her pacifier.<br />
Reese continues to be a cuddle bug. But it is becoming increasingly difficult to get her to go to sleep in my arms when we are out somewhere when its nap time, like church or mom-to-mom etc... She's too distracted with everything else. She LOVES her bed. When its bed time, I hold her and giver her a pacifier and a little stuffed giraffe she cuddles with. She will grab on to the giraffe and lay on me for a minute till I lay her down. She will usually play or talk to herself for a little bit, then lay on her side and fall asleep. Its the cutest thing. <br />
Reese has reached a really fun age. She loves to play, loves sitting in her bouncer/exsersaucer and loves to play with Maddie. Maddie will jump up and down and make silly faces at Reese, and Reese will belly laugh at her. Its so funny.<br />
Reese is also loving solids. The two new ones I have given her is papaya and squash. But her favorites still seem to be the combo of avocado and banana. I still only feed her once a day. I'm hopping this summer when our schedule is a little less crazy I will be able to get on a good feeding schedule for Reese. (I'm referring only to solids. I do feed my child. Clearly.)<br />
<u>Another first</u>: Reese got her first bad rash/allergy attack the other day. I have no idea why or how it happened, but we were outside, then all of a sudden her right eye got real red and watery and itchy, then the whole right side of her face got red and splotchy. I still have no idea how or why happened, but I can only assume it was something in the air that must have bothered her. Thank goodness it hasn't happened again. But thanks to an after-hours call to Dr. Kellum, I will now be prepared with the amount of Benadryl I can give her if I have to.<br />
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Loves Sister!</div>
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-3014493899592290012013-04-23T19:05:00.000-07:002013-04-23T19:05:03.455-07:00Design centerToday was the day I've been looking forward to for about 3 weeks! I couldn't wait! Today Brian and I got to go to the design center for our house.<br />
We started the day by dropping Maddie off at preschool and driving down to Grapevine where we would be picking out everything for our house. Reese went with us and surprisingly, she did ok playing in the stroller while we talked.<br />
The design center was SO FUN! We had a two hour block for picking house things, then we had another two hour block for picking out the electrical things, but that only took about 30 min. The electrical consult wasn't near as exciting as the other one and we weren't buying any electrical upgrades seeing as my dad used to be a master electrician in his hay day. So if we want any add-ons, we will ask him to do it for us later.<br />
I didn't quite know what to expect before we arrived at the design center. All I knew was that I had a design idea in my head that I wanted to go for.<br />
Our design consultant was so nice and helpful. She took us step by step and room by room showing us our choices and giving her opinion only when necessary.<br />
About an hour into it she told us (me) how impressed she was about our (my) decisiveness. I never told her I had a background in design and that I had been planning this moment for YEARS!<br />
The only thing that was tricky for me was that I wish I had more choices in granite and tile colors that where not considered upgrades. Of course the ONE cabinet color I wanted was an upgrade. We went in there thinking we would not do any upgrades except for adding extra tile to the entry way. We walked out with that, the cabinets I wanted and an extra set of kitchen cabinets for above the refrigerator. I won't be able to reach them, but the extra storage will be nice. For all the add-ons they had to offer, I think we did good.<br />
We go back to the design center Friday to make any changes we might want to make and sign off on all that paperwork.<br />
We also have a couple more meetings with the builder next week. They should be laying down the pipes within the next few weeks and they will be pouring the foundation by the end of May. This should be a fun process and I'm excited to see how the house progresses.<br />
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This is the frame for the mirrors in the master bath, the counter tops for bathrooms and the large tile in the back is going in all wet areas and kitchen back-splash.</div>
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This is pretty much everything we picked. The white cabinets, counter tops, and the small rectangular decorative tiles will go in the master bath. </div>
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Our brick color </div>
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Fireplace, carpet and a small view of the paint color. I'll get a little more bold once we move in. But I'll do that myself. </div>
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Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-9858329885413433922013-04-10T17:22:00.000-07:002013-04-10T17:22:36.455-07:00New HouseBrian and I also have some awesome news to share.<br />
Last Thursday we bought a house! YAY!<br />
It still hasn't sunk in. We had been house hunting for about a month, and even had received a counter offer from another house, but we soon realized it was not the place for us. I loved the location of that first place, but it just wasn't meant to be. We searched some more but just couldn't find anything we REALLY liked so we decided to wait until this summer when more homes come on the market. The whole process was quite exhausting. A few days later, on Good Friday, Brian just happened to be looking at houses on line and found a great house in our price range. It was a new build home, so Brian called the sales guy and he gave us the code to go look at the speck home they had already sold. <br />
We immediately got in the car and drove by and walked through the house. We loved the neighborhood and loved the house. The area is great and the school Maddie would be going to has nothing but great things to be said about it. This is the first time we felt 100% about a house and its location. We immediately called our realtor and he set up an appointment to talk to the sales guy the following Monday.<br />
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After the appointment on Monday, our realtor called Brian and told him it was a great deal and we should take it. They made another appointment for us to go sign papers on Thursday. I could not wait!<br />
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On Thursday we drove to the model home and met the sales guy and our relator there. It took us 1.5hrs to sign and talk through everything. We wont actually close on the house until its completed, but we signed "intent to purchase" papers so its pretty much ours. The only way it wouldn't happen is if we lost our financing, which I don't see how that would happen unless Brian lost his job for some reason. After we were done at the model home we drove up to our lot and stuck a "SOLD" sign on the "AVAILABLE" lot sign. <br />
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We have also made our appointment with the design center for the end of the month. We will get to choose everything from our brick color to cabinets and counter tops. That part should be really fun! We even have an electrical appointment. <br />
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After we came home from signing the paperwork, we got a little freaked out and wondered what in the world did we just do. But ever since then, we have been getting reassuring feelings and we feel at peace about our decision. Everything will work out. God has never forsaken us and He's not about to start now. I still don't understand His timing, since Brian and I have been dying to buy a house for YEARS now, but I do know that especially with all the medical issues I have been facing it was a blessing to be here and had we owned our own home then, it would have been a terrible financial burden. Not to mention Brian was still trying to climb up in his career and I have been blessed to do what I've wanted to do since I was little. Be a stay at home mom. <br />
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Living here as really taught us that God is in control and His will be done no matter what. I have learned how to be OK with whatever the world has to throw at me because God is bigger and he can handle it. I don't have to. Even living with Meniere's has taught me that. Its a concept I feel we are taught over and over again, but you don't really get it until you live through it. Kind of like having kids. Or getting married. You THINK you know what its going to be like. But then reality kind of slaps you in the face. <br />
<br />Since we wont move in till probably end of August or early September, I'm having mixed emotions about this summer. I'm dying to make the move, but I'm not ready to send Maddie off to Kindergarten. I will have to take it one day at a time. Hopefully in a nice cool swimming pool. :)<br />
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-6961033373602882412013-04-09T16:07:00.003-07:002013-04-09T16:07:32.697-07:00Reese-6 MonthsReese is 6 months!<br />
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I cant believe she is halfway through her first year!<br />
This has been one crazy month! Since my last post Reese popped out two bottom teeth. Pretty much the same week she turned 5 months. I was as shocked as ever. Now we've been waiting patiently for the top ones to come in. She's biting and shewing, but nothing so far.<br />
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At Reese's appointment she weighed 17lb's -85% and she is 26in -50%. Her visit went well. She is on track developmentally and becoming more and more social. She has also started to babble. She says dada, gaga, and mama so far. She mostly does this in the mornings when she wakes up in a good mood and talks and plays with herself. She is such a sweet girl. She loves interacting with the people she knows yet still lets me know when she's tired or is uncomfortable in a situation. <br />
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Since she has started solids last month, she has tried rice cereal, bananas, apples, sweet potatoes and pees. She's not to crazy about bananas or rice cereal. Surprisingly, she loves pees and sweet potatoes. Today I made and froze avocados, carrots and pears for her to try this week. <br />
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-27788817657328013512013-03-04T17:38:00.001-08:002013-03-04T17:38:58.777-08:00Reese-5 MonthsReesey is 5 months today!<br />
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Not a lot happening in between well visits, but I do know that she weighs a little over 17 lb's because I had to take her in last Wednesday. Reese got her first cold last week. It started on Sunday night and progressively got worse. By Thursday night she was coughing so bad she was throwing up after she ate and Brian and I took her to Acute Kids because she couldn't catch a breath. Scary times. <br />
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She got checked out and it was still just a cold and nothing they could do for her. Great.<br />
Since then, she's been waking up about 1:30 a.m. and coughing profusely. The first night I wrapped ourselves in a blanket and took her outside to breath in the cold air then back inside to rock her. I keep her upright hoping that gravity will do it's job and move any gunk she has in her chest down. Since then, she's still been waking up coughing but I've just been rocking her and the cough seems to be subsiding. <br />
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By today she's doing much better. I can still hear gurgles from her nose and chest, but its probably just what has lingered from last week. I'm hoping that tonight will be the night she will not wake up coughing.<br />
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Since all this cuddling has been taking place, which despite the circumstances, I LOVE, the fondness she once had for her bed has gone and replaced by the need to be on me at all times. We have been struggling with major separation anxiety and we are having to re-learn how to sleep by ourselves in our own bed. And by we, I mean Reese. <br />
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Other then that, she is a sweet baby, she loves to smile and laugh at familiar faces. She loves to be naked and bath time.<br />
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We also tried rice cereal for the first time today and it went a little something like this:<br />
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<br />Tara Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731314971600054579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773329840220177627.post-41706048628999313192013-03-01T15:34:00.002-08:002013-03-01T15:34:44.353-08:00Maddie's 5th BirthdayMaddie is 5! How time does fly by! I can't believe I will soon have a kindergartener and life will change forever as I know it. She will no longer be a sweet little preschooler, but soon be referred to as a "big kid." How do I bottle her and all of her innocence up and keep it forever? I do not want things to change. And as hard as I try to hold on to this little girl, she in turn, can't wait to get older.<br />
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She had her 5 Year check up today and is 38.6 lb's 50% and 41.5 in 40%. I think those lower scale percentages will follow her all her life. She is right on track on growth and developmental stages. Her teachers said she was doing well at school and her progress report was great. I am excited about the Kinder she is going to though. She will be going to Gem Express in Lucas. It's a M-Th school 9-2. I feel so much better about this decision then having her go to public school right now. I think going to school all day every day is so rough for a 5 year old. There will be two other friends from GOCP that will be going there also, so she will see some familiar faces. I feel blessed we are able to do this for her and comforted as well. <br />
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Last Saturday Maddie had a birthday party where she invited friends from preschool and went ice skating at the Allen Events Center. The kids loved the party. I on the other hand, thought it was a little crazy. There is something to be said about parties where there are coordinators that set up and tear down for you. I had my mom taking pictures and friends helping set up and taking video footage. I had to work on calming Reese down who was having a melt down AND make sure all kids had a wrist band that allowed them to skate. Brian was busy doing other things as well, and like I said before, if Reese needs to be comforted, its going to have to be me to do it. Since I am the queen of multi-tasking, I was ok doing all those things, but in turn I wasn't able to enjoy the table setting I had worked so hard to plan out, nor was I able to really enjoy the party itself. We had to be in and out of the room in 1 hr. So in between setting up, snaking, singing, eating, cleaning up and putting on skates, it was crazy town. But, the kids didn't notice a thing and they loved all of it, and that's what matters. <br />
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On Thursday Maddie had a little party celebration at school together with another little girl from her class. They celebrated with donuts and Brian stayed home from work to celebrate with her. While she was at school Brian worked on putting together her birthday gift from us and my parents and her reaction was priceless when she came home and discovered the play house outside.<br />
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Per request, we are going to Panera Bread for dinner tonight. She will have the usual ham/cheese sandwich with a side of yogurt. <br />
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The other day Maddie asked me if we could go to Firehouse subs for lunch and I told her we couldn't that day, but maybe on her birthday we could go. She said ok, then asked if we could go to Panera Bread for her birthday dinner. I said yes. We can go there for dinner. Then she asked if we could also go to Sunny Street Cafe for breakfast. I said um...no.....two meals out was probably enough for one day.<br />
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I'd say it was a great birthday and even though its sad to see her not be a baby anymore, I'm anxious to know what God has planned for this sweet, tender-hearted, easy to please wonderful little girl.<br />
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The Theme was Strawberry Shortcake. I made cupcakes, strawberry and pound cake skewers with cool whip to dip and white chocolate covered pretzels. </div>
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We had our 4 month check up today and she is 90% for weight at 15lb's 14.5oz and 25% for height at 23.5in. She is doing well and everything is on track. Reese got stabbed 4 times today poor thing. In the midst of screaming out in pain, I had to keep thinking its for the greater good. She is in size 3 diapers and wearing 3-6 months clothes. <br />
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This past month has not been an easy one as per my last post. However, these past couple of weeks have been much better. We have been given her probiotics in her bottle which have really helped any issues down under she had and also with her gas. It also seems like her colic and intense reflux has gotten much better. Occasionally she has bouts of screaming like before, but now It has become few and farther between.<br />
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We have also been working on sleeping. I just couldn't handle her waking up after 30 min then me having to rock her back to sleep every time. Especially because she wakes up a lot at night because she wants her pacifier. When we knew she wasn't hurting, we let her cry it out one night and it didn't go as bad as I thought. I thought we would have a blue faced little girl and throw up all over the place. But no. The first night she cried for about 20 min total with us checking in on her starting with 5 minutes with increasing increments of 2 or 3 minutes. The second night she screamed again but it didn't last as long. By now, she knows how to put herself to sleep witch is so nice. She still needs to be in her bed, swaddled, one arm in one out. But as the days go by, bed time -naps or night time, is so much better, which have even made car rides not AS bad as before. I still love to rock her and I do, but its nice to be able to lay her down when there are times I cant sit and rock. <br />
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I have also been giving her Tylenol for her gums. I have noticed an increased amount of drool and she has been chomping on her fingers. The pediatrician couldn't see anything on her gums, but I think they are hurting her. I tried giving her some medicine just to see if I noticed a difference in her behavior, and I did. When I gave her Tylenol, she wasn't so cranky and she didn't try to chew her fingers off. So I think I found a culprit. Crazy how just as soon as the colic wears off, sore gums take its place.<br />
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Reese is a sweet baby. When she's in a good mood, its easy to make her laugh and play. Maddie has already been able to enjoy playing with her some.<br />
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