tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76395027261099536002024-03-12T20:00:49.332-07:00Momma MEA day in the life of a first time Momma, including all the hilarious moments and experiences that come along with having a toddler. I'm the woman who married Mr. Wright.MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-16840420245753884112012-07-12T12:51:00.000-07:002012-07-12T12:51:46.196-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Wow..... Has it really been over a year since my last post???</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Wow, I'm speechless.... </span><span style="color: purple;"> AND that is an understatement for me, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(aka little Miss Chatterbox).</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">And life has definitely been crazy with a 2 year old. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">Yes... </span><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">I said it, Parker is 2 YEARS OLD.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Over the last year, I have been pushed to my limit as a mother, a wife, a Friend, and sister.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">But, all in all...</span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I am being pushed to the greater extents of motherhood & I love it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Besides enjoying my life & my family, I have finally gotten back into writing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">SO, <span style="font-size: small;">I am getting back into my blog.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Our family has gotten bigger by 1.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">& No... I'm not pregnant again (yet). </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">While the Hubbs and I lived in SF, we took in a 12 year old boy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Let's call him "The Kid"</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I'm just going to stick with the details as "It's complicated!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">We became guardians of "The Kid" for 2-3years</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">but, when we moved back to Southern California, </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">the Kid stayed with family up north.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Earlier in the year, we get a call from our now 18 year old.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">He was at a Taco Bell with his bags and no where to go due to unfortunate circumstances.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">So, the next thing you know, 7 months later... he's living with us again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have been trying to find my identity again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">So, before trying to find me, I put my faith in god again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And to make me even happier, Aaron found faith again too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I had just gotten back to work from lunch. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course, I'm stressing like the Usgh<em> (acronym for usual, IDK lol)</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"> (the position I was in was very demanding & a high stress environment)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I hear my cell phone vibrating over and over, but I ignore it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I'm not allowed to be on my cell at work.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">After the 7 call, I check the messages & my girlfriend writes, </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">"Lindsay 911 ASAP, call me NOW"</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I take a step outside thinking the emergency might be that she is just wanting to see me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">But no...</span> </span></span><span style="color: purple;">These next few seconds seemed like eternity,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"Aaron was just hit by a car and is being rushed to the ER"</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">At first the words didn't register.</span> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I thought she was exaggerating.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">That's when my dear friend began to cry...</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">And all the while, I am still trying to understand the words that just came out of her mouth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"Lindsay, he's badly hurt. There's blood everywhere"</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">my heart stopped beating, </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">my breath was taken away from me, </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">my soul had left my body.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">was just hit by a car on his bicycle and the person ran, </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">they left him bleeding on the sidewalk unconscious.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Still trying to register the dream like moment, </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I'm already in my car heading to the Emergency room.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">As I'm driving, thoughts racing through my mind, </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">all I could think about was the little things I could take back.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">I thought, am I gonna lose my husband right now....</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">But, the actual thoughts that made my heart break,</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">were the stupid fights we've had in the past, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">loving </span><span style="color: purple;">rather then wasting precious time on some stupid opinion or tiff.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">there were 8 doctors surrounding him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">"Well, your husband is <span style="font-size: large;">lucky to believe alive</span> right now, </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">his upper right leg was severed from the button someone would push to cross the street.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">there torso or heart would have been severed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">he was healed with a gigantic scar and a huge chunk of his thigh & muscle gone, </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parker turned two and has given this momma a whirl spin from the<span style="font-size: large;"> "Terrible Two's"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">except I love a little challenge and helping him learn more & more.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Daddy made "Bubba" his first surfboard, </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">he learned how to swim, </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But, one of the my favs is how much Bubba loves his Aunty </span></div>
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</div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-56138607758284980552011-02-05T08:50:00.000-08:002011-02-05T08:50:09.789-08:00HERE'S TO NEW BEGININGS...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>hi.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It has been WAY too long</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since I posted.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I lost touch with my favorite hobby...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Not just blogging,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">writing.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So Here I am</span>, back in action.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I just got caught up with life <i>(and my new job)</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Anyways,</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Parker turned 10 months this week</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MORE THEN EVER,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> he has me wrapped around that</span> tiny, little finger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, let's catch up... HERE'S PARKER!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Parker is <u>officially</u> the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">happiest</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> boy in the world. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He's in<b> LOVE</b> with the water, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">just like his daddy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>The last few months have changed more then you think.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LET'S START OFF WITH THE MOVE...</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In November, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">we had to move AGAIN</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i> (this better be the last time)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well, we wanted to move...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">because I found out our landlord was a....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> 'sex offender'</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">YES!!!</span> </b>I said it </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">& I couldn't believe it myself. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Basically, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u>scum bag</u></span> set up video cameras </div><div style="text-align: center;">in our next door neighbors house.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ALL</span></b> over the house, including</div><div style="text-align: center;">the mother's room, bathroom, closets,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> AND</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">her 16 year old daughters room too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, the cops were called and this horrible </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(horrific event that scared the young girl)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">WAS ALL OVER THE NEWS</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">BUT the scum bag <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>NEVER</u></b></span> told us when he moved in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">can you believe it?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, of course I had my hubby check the house</div><div style="text-align: center;">for video cameras of any sort.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u>AND </u></span>we finally had an explanation to why</div><div style="text-align: center;">our landlord was in jail, </div><div style="text-align: center;">he never came to the house </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(due to our neighbors restraining order).</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">BUT, we moved into the perfect HOUSE! </span><i>(sex offender free)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Christmas Came and went...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Bubba's 1<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">st</span> Christmas</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and it was <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">AMAZING!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">WELL OUR HOUSE IS FULL OF TOO MANY TOYS...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>don't judge, its not my fault EVERYONE gets him presents I can't return</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The beach lovers we are...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">spend every weekend at the beach. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">AND February is here already. </div><div style="text-align: center;">These next few months are going to go quickly. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Valentines Day, my birthday (the 26th), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">my BFF's baby shower, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(isn't her invitation gorgeous? Lily Lee Novak)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MY Hubby's birthday, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>(my favorite pic of my two boys)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">AND finally </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Parker's 1st Birthday (April 2).</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">MY LITTLE MONSTER...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I AM TOO MADLY IN LOVE WITH THIS BOY.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, I promise to write more and be back to my normal self.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Life, work, and Parker get the best of me sometimes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been a little down these days </div><div style="text-align: center;">because I thought I wasn't good enough.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not good enough to be a mom, </div><div style="text-align: center;">not good enough to be a wife, </div><div style="text-align: center;">not good enough to be loved.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">BUT I WAS WRONG </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">and slapped myself over the head with a brick of reality.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I will promise to be back and stay.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn't want to be so cliche and do the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"For my new years resolution I am going to write more"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">or</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"My life is so perfect and looks at these pics"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">or </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"My son is perfect, he doesn't wake up in the middle of the night still.. Pshhh"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">or</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">ANY OF THOSE STUPID EXCUSES. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to be real. honest. crazy?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just want to be me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">everything from being too over protective of my son,</div><div style="text-align: center;">too self conscious, </div><div style="text-align: center;">& just too many things to list. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So, here's to a fresh start.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and let's end with my favorite</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><u> blue eyed boys.</u></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LOVE, MOMMA ME</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">or lets use my real name from now on...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>LOVE, Lindsay </i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>(or you can call me Lindz)</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-25188693168363781692010-10-10T12:28:00.000-07:002010-10-11T12:18:33.449-07:00MY OBSESSION: Vintage clothes & Introducing 'THESE & THOSE"<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">IT'S SHOPPING TIME LADIES !!!!!!!</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">SO, If you know me </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">you know I <strong>HEART </strong>Vintage</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">EVERYTHING!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Recently, I found a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><strong>'hidden gem' </strong>on ETSY</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: large;">And now it's my new FAVORITE place to shop</span><br />
<em><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">(Below are pictures of my favorite items </span><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">& some prices)</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">DRUM ROLL PLEASE......</span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/rachelcq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyvu7RftRI5oDJ5MtI1grLyWFci-nvLFBWndxjX5HiQGsT-CuVg3mgfdJtGYbYdAfTAB6ZZBMRjf8vpircFWnKeKj9Lncbr0P6rALVD8nkqd2YzhQKcbtsvNMHgc5o7iluZXLr2YpFZ0/s640/iusb_760x100.7731594.jpg" width="640" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I get SOOO excited for Flea Markets </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">around town,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">but today <strong>'THESE & THOSE'</strong> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">have a booth at...</span></span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">THE PASADENA ROSE BOWL </span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">MONTHLY FLEA MARKET!!!</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/rachelcq"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6a6f1muYGlzKJXtGm-nYcNStWazhL2FNDEqufjygC8reM7LJSPHsNPJQYrwJwLCziOgO5iNTTqLm7omKBsgVgnjtdKYREX9U7DuSvQxtOIaRlKehxKbUL_LvYySQhTMcjXMxcUkj1aA/s400/37934_1621088084920_1167986598_1751692_2501627_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SO...</span> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">if you know me, </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span">you know </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I have an<span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span">obsession</span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> with </span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">vintage clothes & accessories.</span></span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>What???</strong></span> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You asked me if I'm a Shop-ahoilc?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>NO!!! I say</strong> <strong>investor, lol.</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Recently I found out that an old friend </span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: large;">is an awesome <strong><em>vintage</em></strong> <em><strong>merchant.</strong></em> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">SHE introduced me to her clothing line &</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> it just might be the <em>BEST</em> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I've seen in a <em>LONG</em> time.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: large;"> SO, I would like to Introduce...</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: large;"> Rachel Q & Megan from</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/rachelcq"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZ0CSlrkVPCZnMuEDHoQq5-Otvrt2BY__EjubqsWkD5W1aasQWMgU86ZNEQc3NWDP4KfntY5v59wfou0Iqr8Q5fvS1Jf5mOlnuGK8zCUJbt6ZGsM_bLAdDBhACgctXtPUHCNifjC6tKc/s400/39875_1549990627528_1167986598_1577139_5336119_n.jpg" width="202" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">(Left is Rachel Q. & her partner Megan on the right)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><strong>THESE & THOSE</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">sells hand-picked vintage clothing,</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">purses, shoes, jackets, accessories, & more.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">AND at the best prices around.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Each piece of clothing is individually tailored </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">with the current styles & fashion trends.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">These are the type of women </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">that know how to look beyond the hanger.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">The type of women that know </span><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">sometimes </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">a piece of clothing is </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><strong>FAB-U-LOUS</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">once you try it on!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAprX9-G2V1_nWGgqCcCRWWQpwmJNVqtIq1CW_zKJoSXLPB-01wCUYcbfjNav2iPGLX6Wdzm67OYwlz2J6dGB7art6s5d3Mn-XtCDJ5oNwOQQJ6R4aguWU-IxND5RJuJkz-wjDy2ZKRDw/s1600/tumblr_l90a80Dqf71qd7rbt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAprX9-G2V1_nWGgqCcCRWWQpwmJNVqtIq1CW_zKJoSXLPB-01wCUYcbfjNav2iPGLX6Wdzm67OYwlz2J6dGB7art6s5d3Mn-XtCDJ5oNwOQQJ6R4aguWU-IxND5RJuJkz-wjDy2ZKRDw/s400/tumblr_l90a80Dqf71qd7rbt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The first item </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I bought w</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: inherit;">as a</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>'Mini vintage emerald green dress'</strong> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">FYI </span></strong>I have ZERO make-up on </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span">& my hair is a mess, </span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span">so just imagine if I had actually got ready for the night!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><em>~ Here's the front, the buttons are BIG & gorgeous! ~</em></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HCTV6uMceIEAvvwzTCKPxJqZUw26Re21Lpz18f4-d-FfaR7eMcQx8uwa4o2WJK-pAoomhwIuHI_l_ERdH8u3hsqr7u0aBfjaNt2dRt2KBBhvthtORIKy2cJ3VyzCzzGyNJhGOshxKfY/s1600/FxCam_1285442312129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HCTV6uMceIEAvvwzTCKPxJqZUw26Re21Lpz18f4-d-FfaR7eMcQx8uwa4o2WJK-pAoomhwIuHI_l_ERdH8u3hsqr7u0aBfjaNt2dRt2KBBhvthtORIKy2cJ3VyzCzzGyNJhGOshxKfY/s400/FxCam_1285442312129.jpg" width="265" /></span></span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><em>~ Here's the back... strappy & sexy~</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnKtbQ3pndnrz70zkAzQHgCZcaOjld_2GvcEueOgcKA0CrIv0rBZauKWYPXvWj1K-hXXeI8sa9hWvNo5Z7WyN_CEuPxBg14-ogCWfLA4X5EHvLm9sDm43sIHXUp4-hAImvxIzPamdtXl4/s1600/FxCam_1285442332422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnKtbQ3pndnrz70zkAzQHgCZcaOjld_2GvcEueOgcKA0CrIv0rBZauKWYPXvWj1K-hXXeI8sa9hWvNo5Z7WyN_CEuPxBg14-ogCWfLA4X5EHvLm9sDm43sIHXUp4-hAImvxIzPamdtXl4/s400/FxCam_1285442332422.jpg" width="265" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">BELOW ARE A FEW MORE </span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ITEMS </span></span></span></span></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">FROM </span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;">THE ETSY STORE...</span> </span></span></span></span></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">(This Momma on a budget, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">good prices are the KEY for shoppng.)</span></span></span></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">MY FAVORITES:</span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> wanted these heels so bad, </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">but they are one size to small. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Who is a 7.5??????</strong></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">~ Look at the GORGEOUS detail and color ~</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em><strong>HEELS, ONLY $15.00</strong></em></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Xf31QQJVtbada5qL_Qbldwty18x52dCSmgLWr0fWwT6e4JpFVOASTBGLE_SqVkiGA_dCn4M4ibYPLFP2quYKaWWNrqOLW2iGbHqfevEBIWWOsOvgELCbse2DWvEWaH2WYs7BHw027kM/s1600/il_430xN.163365789.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Xf31QQJVtbada5qL_Qbldwty18x52dCSmgLWr0fWwT6e4JpFVOASTBGLE_SqVkiGA_dCn4M4ibYPLFP2quYKaWWNrqOLW2iGbHqfevEBIWWOsOvgELCbse2DWvEWaH2WYs7BHw027kM/s400/il_430xN.163365789.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am going to buy this</span> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">'Vintage Black Liz Claiborne'</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">dress this week </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span">(belt sold separately)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><strong>CLASSIC DRESS, ONLY $18.00</strong></span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvC10TomN8DahS-bvVjSup3R4cF0RwDYSQt_w1crgZUMz7wfMylSxMeliapTTInHnM7k_KArTS1zxiWpPLadAy6YJL0CPRHzIhxBlMaSghkNFmN24bL3ADlJyo2weJWmYSnXxcOWCctk/s1600/il_430xN.164168357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvC10TomN8DahS-bvVjSup3R4cF0RwDYSQt_w1crgZUMz7wfMylSxMeliapTTInHnM7k_KArTS1zxiWpPLadAy6YJL0CPRHzIhxBlMaSghkNFmN24bL3ADlJyo2weJWmYSnXxcOWCctk/s400/il_430xN.164168357.jpg" width="263" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal;">Below is the <span style="font-size: large;">perfect</span> Fall/Winter </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><strong>'Colored Houndstooth Pencil Skirt'</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Can you believe these prices?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><strong>SKIRT, ONLY $13.00</strong></em></span> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PjE0946Gm8EI1aMOKo13zsbdnf3u0d1uYLRf5Q9aM0baLbmnO1q0RNeX3clJ4GZnXmMJ6pwgPtoBMe_9NbP3JBisg1zsMZJl6f0-Ve10t06eyonXNDYfSSCCxpzP8JsjSg0D8vyo0EY/s1600/il_fullxfull.167538982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PjE0946Gm8EI1aMOKo13zsbdnf3u0d1uYLRf5Q9aM0baLbmnO1q0RNeX3clJ4GZnXmMJ6pwgPtoBMe_9NbP3JBisg1zsMZJl6f0-Ve10t06eyonXNDYfSSCCxpzP8JsjSg0D8vyo0EY/s400/il_fullxfull.167538982.jpg" width="225" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">So who wears size 6.5 or fits like a 7?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><strong>'Vintage tall black leather boots'</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em><strong>BOOTS, ONLY $35.00!</strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWDzwkOZeYQwOB-IxxvkqXFkbqVql4tuEI2Kawo49xjEvKBOjbDE5_kxbriFKOY87RbjDPeXD_mj4zeMVxPpYV6KEiNOEazmMKdE57M8K0EjZHYrXiXZq0LQBo5prdZR1nn1He7nX7Fc/s1600/boots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWDzwkOZeYQwOB-IxxvkqXFkbqVql4tuEI2Kawo49xjEvKBOjbDE5_kxbriFKOY87RbjDPeXD_mj4zeMVxPpYV6KEiNOEazmMKdE57M8K0EjZHYrXiXZq0LQBo5prdZR1nn1He7nX7Fc/s400/boots.jpg" width="250" /></a></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">This summer dress is super cute & FUN</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><strong>'Vintage Long Purple Floral Strapless Dress'</strong></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em>ONLY $30.00</em></span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKqDErexNsYEmbF_ri6Onw3ona3u-P4kXPLlscxhE-3amt07WKUdUiyQVHvj3-DRLeb-3mQXNK6zScCSTe1TiIhhGnmlQPWuaSVkkPVYWP_w8vQyVEY6fMVX6lYQo0abBlXyeoOEPhtw/s1600/floral+dress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKqDErexNsYEmbF_ri6Onw3ona3u-P4kXPLlscxhE-3amt07WKUdUiyQVHvj3-DRLeb-3mQXNK6zScCSTe1TiIhhGnmlQPWuaSVkkPVYWP_w8vQyVEY6fMVX6lYQo0abBlXyeoOEPhtw/s400/floral+dress.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Finally the last piece I am featuring,</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">another I am going to buy this week</span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">'Vintage Stripe Wrap Skirt'</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em>ON SALE NOW FOR ONLY $7.50</em></span></strong></u></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><strong><em><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"></span></em></strong></u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyVobx-FsM9-_4KKaJngsv1p6X4QLNm_WutaQ9R39iW0NAQOeWj_Xe5Egb9bl5ak1R3d70wfKgAuzd5LBanYNHMkl8QZKOfBRhrWP4-UD4Sd9YNr5RNzCdydEf6_bTbrQ9lpI6TYfr1o/s1600/Vintage+Stripe+Wrap+Skirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyVobx-FsM9-_4KKaJngsv1p6X4QLNm_WutaQ9R39iW0NAQOeWj_Xe5Egb9bl5ak1R3d70wfKgAuzd5LBanYNHMkl8QZKOfBRhrWP4-UD4Sd9YNr5RNzCdydEf6_bTbrQ9lpI6TYfr1o/s320/Vintage+Stripe+Wrap+Skirt.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><em>"We believe that vintage, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><em>street style and high end fashion are all </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><em>intertwined within themselves, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><em>feeding off each others styles and inspirations, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><em>it is the circle that keeps the fashion world going round."</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">-THESE & THOSE</span></em></div><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">You can visit the ETSY online store at: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/rachelcq">THESE & THOSE</a></span></strong> </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">OR Check out their blog:</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><strong><a href="http://vintageredeux.tumblr.com/">Vintage Redeux</a></strong></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><strong>NOW, I HAVE TO GIVE A QUICK</strong></span> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><u><strong>PARKER UPDATE:</strong></u></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Parker loves to swim!!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And daddy takes him swimming almost everyday,</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">or at least 4 times a week.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He's kind of grown an obsession with water.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIbT2_1cEKsR_rO3ZpuDrnMGsQN6PB_4amF4mbh9jHey5Pa8VF-FPY4_stdM8rpyYJtr8BBohLHdp8FDDRghc-C4zlZ3PDQ9QiK46CF6S3Xm4LzOEMvNbGoNXhFZA0XPRyK3Dk30ccE8/s1600/pool+2.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIbT2_1cEKsR_rO3ZpuDrnMGsQN6PB_4amF4mbh9jHey5Pa8VF-FPY4_stdM8rpyYJtr8BBohLHdp8FDDRghc-C4zlZ3PDQ9QiK46CF6S3Xm4LzOEMvNbGoNXhFZA0XPRyK3Dk30ccE8/s400/pool+2.bmp" width="397" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I predict he will be swimming by himself</span><span style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">within the next few months.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My husband started swimming </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">the stretch of an entire pool,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">jumping off the high dive </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">by the time </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">he was 2 years old. Uh oh!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I <strong>LOVE</strong> the Ocean &</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">my hubby is a die-hard surfer.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So we really hope our love for water</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">will be passed on to Parker.</span><span style="color: purple;"><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></span> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We actually have an on going joke and </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">openly say that Parker is going to be the next </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">World Champ of the WCT </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(World Championship Tour) </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">HAHA!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;"><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><strong><u>Did you know???</u></strong></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;"><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Kelly Slater is also an Aries, like little Parker </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">and his parents were also both Pisces </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">like my husband & I.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ Here is a pic of my hubby at a surf contest~</span></em> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple;"><br />
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</div></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-33515504845989279472010-09-27T11:28:00.000-07:002010-09-27T13:32:57.128-07:00Playing catch up<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It has been WAY too long.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I keep getting lost in Mommy world & work.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So, let's play catch up.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Here's the most recent pic of our family)</span></strong></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Parker is going to be 6 month's in the next week, Oct. 2. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Since I still have pregnancy brain, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I don't remember exactly where we left off.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Here is Parker, 6 months old)</span></strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Let me bring everyone up to speed. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> Parker is <strong><u>officially</u></strong> eating solids.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I attempted to actually make baby food, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">but </span><span style="font-size: large;">the end result was buying the organic, pre-made food.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I'm just too busy. And now I might try again.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Parker is sitting up all by himself. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>He loves it!!!</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">All he wants to do is play, sit up, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">do everything by himself, & put everything in his mouth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Every Sunday is <u><strong>Family day at the beach</strong></u>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">(On our way to the beach!)</span></strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">This past weekend was the first time </span><span style="font-size: large;">Parker was </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">actually alert at the beach.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Daddy was excited to finally use the tools we got when </span><span style="font-size: large;">I was </span></span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">6 months pregnant and Parker was excited too!</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ļ»æ</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGQq_IxO1fvuCYBFBtz7d5z97YIq_yQzZdT04Uoy_gpyE18ogOETDY-EuyzIhamFVRLvei_KNQzmxSa0jAYNCaizB0wYPlF7Cc9RKw2sghmdXXsez1iHMjzn4hCS_e0F7lmKzHsJvF6M/s1600/the+beach.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGQq_IxO1fvuCYBFBtz7d5z97YIq_yQzZdT04Uoy_gpyE18ogOETDY-EuyzIhamFVRLvei_KNQzmxSa0jAYNCaizB0wYPlF7Cc9RKw2sghmdXXsez1iHMjzn4hCS_e0F7lmKzHsJvF6M/s320/the+beach.bmp" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">ļ»æParker is officially rolling over and sitting up.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He is (<em><strong>imagine pushing together your index finger and thumb</strong></em>) </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">THAT close </span><span style="font-size: large;">to crawling.</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><strong>Step #1:</strong></u> sitting and thinking about what toy he wants</span></em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Besides, all these updates on Parker eating solids, sitting up by himself, almost crawling, etc...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Daddy and I have also been busy everyday.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">AND I OFFICALLY IN </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">THE BEST SHAPE OF MY LIFE!</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">I FIT INTO MY SKINNY JEANS. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">which took a tole on my heart, but gave my skin a little bronze.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">During the weekend away with the girls, </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I secretly ran off to call the hubby and find out that </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Parker would cry and scream "Momma" every night.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He has also become a little attached.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Some moms say that its bad for baby, </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but<strong> I don't care. </strong></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My heart melts every time he gives me that look,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">the <em><strong>"I only want my momma"</strong></em> look.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When someone is holding him, </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">thinking they could make him stop crying, </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">but no one can because I am in ears distance.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And he just wants me.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Every night,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I put him to sleep and take care of him when he's sad or hurt.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We will save the busted lip story for another time. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Besides Parker updates, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">here are a quick updates in my life.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our garden is growing magical and endless.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My dad had to have a surgery which has left him</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">with almost no mobility in his neck.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He was in a horrible car accident, </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">and left him with 6 discs in his vertebrate replaced.</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He can barely hold Bubba for more then 2 minutes, </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">but he tries and that's what makes the difference.</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">AND we found out the most AMAZING news of my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">My Best Friend (Sister) </span><span style="font-size: large;">of 22 years is pregnant. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Can you believe it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When your a little girl, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">you always dream of having kids with your BFF, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">but we did not think this was going to happen a year ago.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Congrats! I love you guys.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">AND Parker will either have a "partner in crime"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">or his future wife in a year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I could not be more happy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Love you Lala and Jordan!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So, here are your updates. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I promise to not let this happen again and</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I promise to update weekly.</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> MOMMA ME</span></em></strong></div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-72874676133474302052010-08-26T00:28:00.000-07:002010-08-26T00:35:25.961-07:00UPDATE COMING SOON<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>STAY TUNED...</b></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>An update is coming soon.</b></span></span></div></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I know, </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I havent posted anything in over a week.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have been busy with work, Parker, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">& getting caught up in everyday life!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>Parker is offically 5 months old!</b></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Parker keeps growing, </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">faster & faster everday.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I will wait to tell you more about all Parker's "first's" this week in my next post. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVE A FABULOUS WEEK! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Wishing You Love, </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Momma ME and Parker</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">One more... I just couldn't resist!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">Parker loves the beach!</span><br />
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</span></div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-18835658790747151812010-08-13T14:09:00.000-07:002010-08-13T14:09:09.752-07:00Introducing Solids<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are suppose to introduce solids to Parker this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I might sound ridiculous, but I'm confused with this easy concept.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">I need someone to help me!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, I had to go back to work when Parker was only 7 weeks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Many women are fortunate enough to raise their children </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">or at least stay home for the first year.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(I am very jealous!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Since I work full time, my biggest fear is</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parker will forget me or not realize I'm his Mommy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My last post I wrote about</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">how I couldn't take Bubba to his 4 month check up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course, the one day I didn't go, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dr.McFunny and his evil sidekick (aka nurse who scares the beejesus out of parker)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">told Aaron about introducing solids </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and many more new changes we need to begin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Doc sent home this piece of paper with my boys &</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">it said to add one scoop of rice cereal to the formula in his bottle</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and add another scoop every day for 4 days.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Once we get to adding 4 scoops of rice cereal,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">we can try to feed him with a spoon.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">OK, SO I GET IT.</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Start with Rice.</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(but Parker wont eat off a spoon & cries when I try to feed him)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then after the rice cereal IT SAYS</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to add a single food (like sweet potatoes or carrots)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are suppose to feed one type of food for 3-5 days in a row</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and then we can introduce the next.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is where I am confused...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So there is a set of instructions stapled to the schedule.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It says for the first 4-6 months</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to only feed him rice cereal, oatmeal, and barley </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(accompanied with bananas, peaches or single fruits).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then at 6 months we can begin adding the veggies. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I call my doctor and the nurse tells me something else different...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">start with rice cereal and feed him from the spoon for each meal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(breakfast, lunch, & dinner)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If he's still hungry then I can give him a bottle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the first week feed him rice cereal,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the second week give him oatmeal,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">& the third week introduce barley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">HELP....WHICH ONE IS IT?</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I ask people what they did, no one seems to remember.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, Parker cries when I try to feed him by spoon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">or even by my finger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am suppose to feed him rice every meal but he wont eat it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-39113727366049522542010-08-09T16:14:00.000-07:002010-08-09T23:51:17.994-07:00Lesson Learned<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"></span></i></span><br />
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<i><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">There have only been a hand full of times</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I have heard Parker cry in pain,</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">the cry that is best described as heart breaking,</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's silent and filled with fear.</span></span></span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></i></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This cry causes his</span></span></span></em><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> eyes to fill with tears </span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">& quickly stream down his cheeks.</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This is the cry when Parker only wants his momma,</span></span></span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">to hold him & make everything all better.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></em><br />
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</span> </span></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">But, today was different...</span></b></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">today I couldn't be there.</span></b></span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<i><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We just found out that he weighs 18 pounds,</span></span></i></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">measures over 28 inches long, & he already wears 12 month old clothes.</span></span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">He is definetly going to take after his 6'6" father.</span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br />
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">BACK TO THE STORY... </span></span></em><br />
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</span></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> Here's a glimpse of what happens </span></b></span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">when I take Parker to the Doctor...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></b></span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">(I could only imagine how Mr. Wright felt today)</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Parker LOVES his pediatrician, aka Dr. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">McFunny</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">. </span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Every time he enters the room </span></span></span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Parker's smile grows bigger from ear to ear</span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> and with every visit.</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When we visit our doctor Parker gets </span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">weighed, measured, and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">poked at.</span></span></em></span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When the nurse enters the </span></span></em></span></em></div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">room with needles, silence slowly fills the air.</span></span></em></span></em></div></div></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEM03WpynqGN0dqA1jeP82Ny8N8X02X0UjMxBAWQ8ZbtrOgWuQkQ9T5tC_sBQenu9dwZhKnFFUkKuQnj6HBfsdNOBheoWnZZXtF4ZW270t6OBZtKzgj3ST7XOy8iqiT2kW8yE8L61RE2Y/s1600/FxCam_1281370597833.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEM03WpynqGN0dqA1jeP82Ny8N8X02X0UjMxBAWQ8ZbtrOgWuQkQ9T5tC_sBQenu9dwZhKnFFUkKuQnj6HBfsdNOBheoWnZZXtF4ZW270t6OBZtKzgj3ST7XOy8iqiT2kW8yE8L61RE2Y/s400/FxCam_1281370597833.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">~Here's a pic my little man from one of his appointments~</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></i></b></span><br />
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<b><i><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">OK I have confession... </span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have a phobia of needles!</span></span></em><br />
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</span></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If it was my choice,</span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> we would never get shots.</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But Parker is a growing boy that needs them.</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">All I can do is turn my head when they bring </span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">in the needles and hold him when it's over.</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">At this moment,</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">everyone in the office (in a 5 mile radius)</span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> can hear the infamous "CRY".</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It is best described as silence and </span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">pierces your heart.</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This cry sounds like the concepts of pain</span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> & fear were just created.</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Once he is pricked with the needle</span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this scream fills every inch of emptiness </span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">in the room.</span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">AND when the nurse finishes up, </span></span></span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I scoop him up with my arms and hug him </span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">as tight I can.</span></span></span></em></div></div></i></b><br />
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Once he's in my arms and feeling loved,</span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">his tears slowly run dry.</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The cry begins to fades into a whimper, </span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">& his tiny grip lightens around my arms.</span></span></span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Then his face slowly lifts up from </span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">hiding in my neck and i begin crying with him.</span></span></span></em><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">(It's just one big crying hot mess)</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It feels like yesterday we were on our first date and </span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we fell in love.</span></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It feels like it was yesterday when we were living</span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> in San Francisco and writing our version of the book of life.</span></span></span></em><br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> It's all history after that. </span></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJwzz75-sJQZw_W3KSTLZZWmWyXM4cR5UatLBPHKihHCNeAk8XrVieLk-6gQ97lr2RdMGvuKhoGJhif8KJK_Fz4Qp8XwfeIT1yXvz4g-9ppB3RqDIr3azEUDgHPyHXUOmmFDFBWWwXRA/s1600/kissy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJwzz75-sJQZw_W3KSTLZZWmWyXM4cR5UatLBPHKihHCNeAk8XrVieLk-6gQ97lr2RdMGvuKhoGJhif8KJK_Fz4Qp8XwfeIT1yXvz4g-9ppB3RqDIr3azEUDgHPyHXUOmmFDFBWWwXRA/s320/kissy.jpg" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br />
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<i><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">TODAY'S LESSON:</span></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I can't always be there for my kids, </span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">but I will try my best. </span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">But, today was Daddy's turn to comfort the tears. We both will teach Parker about different lessons what we have learned in our lives. </span></span></span></i></div></div></i><i><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So, I need to keep reminding myself</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> that sometimes Parker will only want his Daddy!</span></span></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UoafHxnJAOryQyX_w3XkBUoPOUpRkm4EWesKkwyoNZV5Xv10zMnx_KG6O0SXBD1GnpRfeepwqJ9Rlk6kEEUMIo0Fevf3ipdGGic-o8hpFJRY87SeGoK9oaJZdFGaLsp7B5S9w4mpsVs/s1600/39089_1574200517744_1317487396_1541425_6125000_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UoafHxnJAOryQyX_w3XkBUoPOUpRkm4EWesKkwyoNZV5Xv10zMnx_KG6O0SXBD1GnpRfeepwqJ9Rlk6kEEUMIo0Fevf3ipdGGic-o8hpFJRY87SeGoK9oaJZdFGaLsp7B5S9w4mpsVs/s400/39089_1574200517744_1317487396_1541425_6125000_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">HERE IS TO THE MOST AMAZING </span></b></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">FATHER OUT THERE.</span></b></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I KNOW I DONT SAY IT ENOUGH & NEVER GETS OLD, </span></b></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> YOU ARE VERY APPRECIATED </span></b></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">AND LOVED.</span></b></span></i><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">RESULTS FROM TODAY'S CHECK UP:</span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(We finally can begin solids since Parker is growing up too quickly)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">First, we will begin with simple rice cearel.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Then the next week we are suppose to add </span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">pureed single veggies to the menu.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">AND finally the third week is fruit</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and whatever combinations are his favorite.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(REMEBER to feed him only one specific food at a time </div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">for 3-5 days. Then you can add one more and so on...</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I can't wait to see what he does and take video)</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">***FYI </span><b>Tip # 1</b>: We add a small scoop of rice cearel into the bedtime bottle. (Ingredients: 8 ounces of H20, 4 scoops of formula, & a scoop of cerael)</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Tip #2:</span></b> Make your own baby food, which will also save on spending. I will have a tutorial next week on how to make your own baby food. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">***</span></div></div></div></i></div><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></em><br />
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</div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-13247114706158612662010-08-04T08:29:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:43:13.639-07:00Wall Art Tutorials & a NEW Family Poem<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>I keep seeing women using creative ways to build </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>wall art or new tutorials for decorating your house. </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>I would love to have this poem put </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>onto a piece of art like some of my favorite blogs have been doing.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mommagoround.blogspot.com/2010/08/tutorial-childrens-subway-art.html"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>At Momma go round</em></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><em>,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>she simply used her favorite songs that she sings with her son. </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>And </em></span><a href="http://littlemissmomma.blogspot.com/2010/08/vinyl-wall-art-canvas-tutorial-made.html"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>Little Miss Momma</em></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><em>,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>she had a fabulous tutorial on how to use decals in your art.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>A friend of mine that lives far away (cough, ERIN SACKS, cough),</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>has always given me the <strong>best</strong> parenting advice and </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>recently she posted this poem</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>I thought it would be just perfect for my</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>own little art project.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>"Read to your children.</strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>Have the courage to say āNO!ā at times. </strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>Create meaningful family traditions. </strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong></strong></em><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Make home a place where your </span></strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">children want to be. </span></strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Have Family Dinner every night. </span></strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
<em><strong><span style="color: purple;"></span></strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>...Teach your children to work ā </strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>and work with them. </strong></em></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>Support your childās interests. </strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>Talk with, not at your children. </strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
<em><strong><span style="color: purple;"></span></strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>Listen. </strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>Say āI love youā often."</strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">So.... I will post pictures </span><span style="font-size: large;">of the project <strong>if </strong></span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">I actually complete</span></em><span style="font-size: large;"><em> the task.</em> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<em><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">OK... I have a confession...</span></strong></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>I have this <strike>little itsy bitsy</strike> problem where I begin a project... </em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><em>stop... </em></span><span style="font-size: large;"><em>and never return to finish because </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>I have started 5 others projects I thought of. </em></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">NEW GOAL:</span></strong> </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">To complete each project that </span><span style="font-size: large;">I attempt, </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">so </span> <span style="font-size: large;">I can teach Parker to always finish what he starts </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>(unlike his forgetful Momma). </em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><em>HA-HA!!! We'll see if this one sticks...</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>***Here's <strike>a little</strike> sneak peak on today's pic sent to me*** </em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><em>**from Mr. Wright** </em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><em>*I <strong>Love</strong> my Boys!*</em></span><br />
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</div></div></div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-17877858066066860772010-08-02T10:09:00.000-07:002010-08-02T10:23:21.283-07:00More ~FOLLOWERS~ Monday<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><ahref="http: littlebgcgreviews.blogspot.com?target="_blank"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><strong>What's </strong></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>"More {Follower's}Monday"</strong></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>you ask????</strong></span></span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab214/CGBG/MoreMondayButton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="MoreFollowersMonday" border="0" src="http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab214/CGBG/MoreMondayButton.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">WELL, one of my favorite blogs, <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mama B</span></strong>, </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">has a great new way to find more Mom Blogs and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">help you get more followers for your own.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The hosts to this great new idea are Mama B (of course),</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Little BGCG, & Baby Dickey.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><strong><em>How do you join???</em></strong></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">1) Follow the hosts on Google Friend Connect: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://babydickeysgiveaways.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Baby Dickey</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://mamabmy.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mama B</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, & </span><a href="http://littlebgcgreviews.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Little BGCG</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">AND then follow me, MOMMA ME!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>(Click on the link in the left column)</em></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">2) Create your own <em>More {followers} Monday</em> post! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Use the button, make sure to link back to </span><span style="font-size: large;">the </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">3 hosts & MOMMA ME! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Then tell everyone what itās about, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">and say a bit about yourself for all your NEW followers!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">3) Link up your post with the links below </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">and find some great </span><span style="font-size: large;">new blogs!</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>I'll Start....</strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">My name is Lindsay, I'm 26 years old, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">& I'm a first-time Momma! </span></span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">I married </span><span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Wright (A die hard surfer).</span></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We met when I was 16 years old, but didn't begin dating</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">until I asked him out 5 years ago.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>Yep, that's right ladies... I asked HIM out.</em></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We live in Southern California and <strong>LOVE</strong> going to the beach. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(My husband is <strike>dedicated</strike> on a mission to train our </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">little boy, aka Bubba,</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> to become the next World Champ of surfing)</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I began this blog when we got married on August 1, 2009. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After being sick for weeks on end I finally thought... </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><em>"Wait, AM I pregnant???"</em></span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">SO....we get back from our honeymoon and </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I pee on 6 pregnancy tests </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>(YES I said 6! FYI...half of them said negative, isn't that weird?)</em></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Anyways, we finally find out i</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">t is True...</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">we are in fact having a baby. </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><em>You ask was it a little Fast? Uh...Yea.</em></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">But, was I excited? <strong>MORE THEN LIFE!!!</strong></span></em></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So... as I juggle my full-time job in the Wind Energy Industry </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">& my 4 month old baby boy, known as Parker (<em>aka Bubba</em>)</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I find myself always wishing that</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">someone would have told me more about </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">being a parent or even just a heads up </span><span style="font-size: large;">on all </span><span style="font-size: large;">the </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">trials and tribulations.</span></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So, I want to help other Mom's with </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">the little mistakes I have made, the obstacles we have come across,</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">share the happy moments of having a baby </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(which I feel only other </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Mom's can relate),</span></em></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">AND all the funny situations my </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">life continues to have </span><span style="font-size: large;">married to <span style="font-size: x-large;">Mr.Wright</span>.</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So, if you want ME to become a follower of your blog, </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> leave a comment below, so I can link up to you.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">AND if you want to find more blogs, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">join me on the blog hop below. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>Have a GREAT Monday!!!</strong></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><strong><em>With Love, </em></strong></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></strong><br />
<div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><strong><em>Lindsay, aka Momma Me</em></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibEkP8Fb60omzL97dK2Zc_OB6YqTUBgoybWZEfoAvMq2-RQUabQqLM6llnalfgg7ZLSCnCl7lfa6x8jFgGF-FgcyQP63JQ6CmPxnLdeBGdhSjrvF0fyCGK4ofw8zhgyxEVrdcLRBaIwOE/s1600/Me+and+Bubba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibEkP8Fb60omzL97dK2Zc_OB6YqTUBgoybWZEfoAvMq2-RQUabQqLM6llnalfgg7ZLSCnCl7lfa6x8jFgGF-FgcyQP63JQ6CmPxnLdeBGdhSjrvF0fyCGK4ofw8zhgyxEVrdcLRBaIwOE/s320/Me+and+Bubba.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">**** PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL TO ALL THE MOMMAS HERE****</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">MOM'S.... I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE, </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">AN ANONYMOUS READER LEFT A NASTY COMMENT ABOUT </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">MY 4 MONTH OLD SON </span><span style="color: black;">& </span><span style="color: black;">I WANTED TO DECLARE...</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">"I'M HUMAN, I'M A MOM, & I MAKE MISTAKES </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">JUST LIKE </span><span style="color: black;">EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS BIG WORLD!"</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">MOST WOMEN ARE HERE TO HELP ONE ANOTHER, </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">SUPPORT EACH OTHER, SHARE LIFE STORIES, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">& GIVE ADVICE TO ONE ANOTHER.</span></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">I AM HERE TO LINK UP WITH OTHER MOM'S AND SHARE UPDATES ON PARKER'S NEWEST ACHIEVEMENTS WITH OUR FAMILY THAT LIVES FAR AWAY! </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">I <strong>DO NOT APPRECIATE</strong> RUDE COMMENTS FROM ANONYMOUS READERS. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">DON'T ATTACK MY CHILD IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">NOT EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD IS GOING TO LIKE ME, </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">BUT DON'T READ MY BLOG THEN. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">ITS THAT SIMPLE! </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">JUST LIKE ANY MOMMA BEAR, </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">MY CLAWS WILL COME OUT </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">IF YOU ATTACK MY BABY BEAR!</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Mr. Wright and as I sit here I have </b></span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>I married Mr. Wright on August 1, 2009.</i></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This last year has been amazing and </span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> spun our lives in a 180. </span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It all began in March 2008... </span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I surprised Aaron with a vacation to </span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hawaii for his 30th birthday. </span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">& he surprised me by proposing on the beach. </span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The perfect happy ending to our new beginning. </span></i></span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> I want to let my hubby know that I love and appreciate everything he does for our family.</span></span></i><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How he has made me feel like the </span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">only woman in the room &</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how he always knows how to make me smile.</span></span></i><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How he kisses me ever so soft when I'm sleeping.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How every decision he makes, </span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">he makes for our family.</span></span></i><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How he always puts others first &</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how he is dedicated to make me smile everyday.</span></span></i><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How he holds me when I cry &</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how he is always there with a shoulder or ear.</span></span></i><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How he is my best friend and<b> soul mate</b>.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7IrZHa-cJdlLFgto-sZHFlR4wVswbElTaGlcOIsVbRC3OwIArMqMd_7XaKPLoOIj-p_TsBgVufHHyQCEx7e9NzAoEc0_W1Tld6d0YOZLAAcaLcHX6eqlpM60srDpfm5jDs1PKM7GYy0/s1600/7121_143587746919_523416919_3048671_473133_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7IrZHa-cJdlLFgto-sZHFlR4wVswbElTaGlcOIsVbRC3OwIArMqMd_7XaKPLoOIj-p_TsBgVufHHyQCEx7e9NzAoEc0_W1Tld6d0YOZLAAcaLcHX6eqlpM60srDpfm5jDs1PKM7GYy0/s640/7121_143587746919_523416919_3048671_473133_n.jpg" width="492" /></span></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I never believe him, </span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but he always says that he has loved me</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">since the first time he laid eyes on me.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He never stops telling me how I have made his life worth living & my love is all he needs.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br />
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</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Today is the day I will remind him of </span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how much I love him </span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">& everyday spent together is cherished</span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and stored in my heart.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>Babe,</b></span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>I am more in love with you </b></span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>then I was yesterday.</b></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>Everyday is a journey, but with you </b></span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>by my side nothing else matters. </b></span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>Whatever path that lies in front of me, </b></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>I know you are by my side. </b></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>I promise to be here for you my entire life. </b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>You are my heart & soul.</b></span></span><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>Every breath I take is for you</b></span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>& I love you with all my heart.</b></span></span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>Yours Always,</b></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>Lindsay </b></span></i><br />
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</div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-28936950388100220872010-07-29T20:18:00.000-07:002010-07-29T20:18:19.997-07:00My Boys and One Year Anniversary<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am pretty madly in love with these guys!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Sunday, August 1, will be our one year annviersary as Mr. & Mrs. Wright!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I know the weekend is going to be PERFECT because</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my hubby let's me know every second of the day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He LOVES me!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My hubby is between jobs and waiting to begin at a new medical facility. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He just finished going to school to become an MA and continue</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">untiltoe be a Physcians Assistant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">SO, while this Momma goes to work at 7:00 am,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">these guys get to stay and cuddle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGTumtWd4WfZQ_5ZtIvPb-pjlSd0eOkGfHXgrOoH4XnDXbHEkYg8j7KglkAVL9jl39acZhB-EQBActFHHg8LK3KeSxMmE6S7_uuRCI8XN0PsoYmqmVTFTjDBElC7AF8enjOnXqgGwxnI/s1600/FxCam_1276149062727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGTumtWd4WfZQ_5ZtIvPb-pjlSd0eOkGfHXgrOoH4XnDXbHEkYg8j7KglkAVL9jl39acZhB-EQBActFHHg8LK3KeSxMmE6S7_uuRCI8XN0PsoYmqmVTFTjDBElC7AF8enjOnXqgGwxnI/s400/FxCam_1276149062727.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How could you not want to stay in bed with THIS face! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I get to work at oh 7:25 a.m. which of course early, but late for me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(I get to leave early if I come in early)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So, I usually get to work, grab my cup of coffee, and day dream</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">that I was home. But, the hubby makes sure to send me stuff</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">like this.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc68ESqrMvQ2lNkDQcYqp6W7JnF25ke_MVFXyn_0kLXn1jVGiAduc_eOk026Fqx9HMTw6Zpc-A7AXIyWbuPATTK3XujP7uPkfK6rbYy7WF14ETB0tZ7rdqbrvuunlIb0Yket59-YOT4Qw/s1600/FxCam_1278101061973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc68ESqrMvQ2lNkDQcYqp6W7JnF25ke_MVFXyn_0kLXn1jVGiAduc_eOk026Fqx9HMTw6Zpc-A7AXIyWbuPATTK3XujP7uPkfK6rbYy7WF14ETB0tZ7rdqbrvuunlIb0Yket59-YOT4Qw/s400/FxCam_1278101061973.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and this...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">running arrands and I get this...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and then back home with this...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and then I get off work at 3:30 and get one more....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So I drive home as quick as I can and like always I come home to a kiss </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">from my hubby and s amile from Bubba strectched from ear to ear hysterically laughing while kicking his feet up in the air.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ahhh, my boys! </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I just wanted to start our ONE YEAR Anniversary weekend off right.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Friday get off work and go home to the hubby. Grandma is watching Parker so we can </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">get massages & a date night, CHECK!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday, sleep in and relax with my boys, CHECK!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday, OUR ANNIVERSARY SUPRISED FILLED DAY.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span></div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-28743032624250433412010-07-28T11:02:00.000-07:002010-07-28T12:03:59.336-07:00MIDNIGHT FEEDINGS: Momma always knows best!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Every new parent know's or hear's about the dreaded "MIDNIGHT FEEDING" with a newborn and wonders "when will the day come when my little angel sleeps the ENTIRE night?"</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This week, my hubby and I have had an on-going debate about who knows the best techniques for the midnight wake up from Bubba (FYI Bubba is my nickname for Parker) at 5 a.m. We always talk about how to put Bubba to bed, how to feed him, how to change him (so he doesn't piss on you), rock him to sleep, & basically everything for the dreadful hour (but of course I love the time spent in the wee hours of the morning cuddling because I know there will come a day when I won't be able to hold him in my arms like I did last night).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We usually NEVER argue (I know, we are the perfect couple, *wink, wink*)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ Here's the perfect pic of us... me trying to be sassy and, OF COURSE, blinking right at the moment of capture & my hubby sitting with a puzzled look as though he was saying "Huh? What did you say? Cheese? Where's the cheese?" Hahaha. (sorry Hun!)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We usually always just give each other advice on different techniques when it is our turn for the dreaded "SHIFTS". But this past week I have been trying to engrave my technique into my husband's brain because I am sick of him always getting the horrible "SHIFTS".</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There isn't a whole drawn out schedule. We simply switch every other night with one another, so one of us can get their beauty rest (but for me its been listening to Bubba cry as my hubby takes the shift for the night.)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My hubby tries his best & really is the best father I have ever seen. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He doesn't realize that all the time he is spending with our new baby is priceless. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Normally, most Dad's don't get to.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, let's begin with MY routine nights on the "SHIFT". (Moms always remember the KEY word: <span style="font-size: large;"><strong>ROUTINE</strong></span>)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, of course, I make myself and hubby an amazing dinner...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Once we have finished our feast and the dishes are washed, I get Bubba's bottles ready for the night.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 8:00 p.m. ~ fill each bottle with our FAV formula, ENFAMIL Gentle ease, BUT in </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> his next bedtime bottle I add a scoop of rice cereal to keep him full</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (Many people told me this trick but I was unsure until I tried it, works like a charm).</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 8:30 p.m. ~ I hold Bubba in my arms or over my shoulder and slowly rock him to sleep.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9:00 p.m. ~ He is FAST asleep where nothing can wake him up. Now me and the hubby can</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">have some alone time.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 10:00 p.m. ~ On my way to bed, I grab the two bottles for the night (only filled with formula)</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ somewhere between 4:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m. ~ Bubba begins to wake up, making little "Mommy come get me sounds"</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I grab the bottle, fill it with the correct amount of water, scoop my angel up, and head to his room. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(KEEP IN MIND: He is still sleeping in our room in the bassinet)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is where my hubby and I do things different...</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">1.</span></strong> I feed him FIRST</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">2.</span></strong> Once finished feeding, I change his full diaper</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">3.</span></strong> I don't talk to Bubba while changing him because he begins to smile & laugh, which will result in him waking up for the day.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">4.</span></strong> I scoop him up, lay on the couch or just stand, and slowly rock him back to sleep</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">5.</span></strong> Once asleep, I keep rocking for about 5 minutes, and then I put him back to sleep</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>AND THEN I'M BACK IN BED WITHIN </strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>20-25 MINUTES TOPS!</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The rest of my day is filled with birds singing because I got my beauty rest, full 7-8 hours. LOL!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As for my hubby, well... his latest post on his blog </span><a href="http://surfer-dad.blogspot.com/2010/07/sometimes-parker-decides-he-wants-to.html?spref=fb"><span style="font-family: inherit;">SURFER BLOG </span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">(click to view)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">is about his night of the "SHIFTS" (Here is a short entry from the post)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Last night he woke up at 3 am squirming around and farting. So, i wake up and felt his diaper to make sure he's not sitting in Doodie and pee. He goes crazy right after he dumps, usually. I pick him up, and yea the diapers full, and I'm struggling to wake up. As i am taking off his diaper and getting him a new one, I realize my arm and neck are getting really warm. I reach up to feel it and it's wet, and then it sprays me right in my eye. Parker has been pissing on me for a little while now and i didn't even notice. YUUUUUUCKKKK! I covered him up and waited for him to finish then changed all his clothes, and the changing table cloth . Not to mention all my clothes which are soaked in piss, and the poop filled diaper that landed face down on my bare foot when i jumped back to avoid the piss." </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>POOR DAD.</strong> This is what happens almost every night. Either Parker starts crying uncontrollably to the point he wakes up or he just wakes up consistently all night.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">MY THEORY: FEED HIM FIRST, THEN CHANGE HIM!</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Other Momma's out there, your baby might be different, but Dad's... please remember "Momma ALWAYS knows best!" Maybe tonight my hubby will listen and just try my technique, so he can get more sleep (then Bubba wont cry waking me up too!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another lesson learned by <strong><em>~ MOMMA ME</em></strong></span></div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-53910069414080822872010-07-28T08:26:00.000-07:002010-07-28T08:26:54.956-07:00Little Miss Momma Giveaway: featuring BARN OWL PRIMITIVES<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Check out the NEWEST giveaway at Little Miss Momma, a blog I follow that will make you want to keep reading. She inspired me to write this blog. BUT, I WON the last giveaway of the Charm Design Clutch, I picked the Fresh Poppies Fuchsia (light blue). I am so excited. Sooooo... Go become a fan, let her know I sent you, & enter in to win.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Luckily, my hubby helped me out and made me feel much better. So, that is what the entire week entailed. I have been trying to take care of myself and get enough sleep because all Momma's know even if baby wakes up during the night, we still need our sleep. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So, finally when I began to feel better I had to go to my friends wedding in Oxnard, CA. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This year everyone and their mother is getting married, its the new PINK. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">HAHA!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But, Seriously... my friend Jen is an interior designer and she did EVERYTHING. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She drew the invitations herself & the ambiance was incredible.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">SOOOOOO, for all you Brides-to-be. Get creative and do what you want! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Check out all of Jen's ideas. She really inspired me that ALL the little things matter. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(The theme was the girl next door because she married her next door neighbor, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">she even put cool vintage keys on everything.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She designed her dress herself and found someone to make it, AMAZING!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The pictures of them as children were adorable. She hung all the pics from mini wooden </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">clips so it looked kind of like a clothes line. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">SO CREATIVE!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The flower and color scheme was perfect for a July wedding.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She had a silver/gold theme. She found the wine glasses with silver rims and silver napkins</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">from a caterer who sells stuff like this at the end of every year. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Only place I could think of to find 200 wine glasses. LOL.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">SO the buffet tables outside were old vintage doors held up by wine barrels. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Everything was perfect to a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"T"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I found this vintage piano at the front entrance.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The barn where the reception was held was lit by candle light and gorgeous antique chandeliers. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">BEAUTIFUL!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZlqUDLGpknSnh_7P2aXjSPCJIMfdUMtImcjiOdPz9SsLNF8t-BV0XQjGnOVDcC_skNe5dEX94xy5j3ZkdFFGDrsM1_xpDXAzC-xYIO4tAL2YWS3kGNExeyEm-n7rWaZBDml4TozPVq4/s1600/IMG_9515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZlqUDLGpknSnh_7P2aXjSPCJIMfdUMtImcjiOdPz9SsLNF8t-BV0XQjGnOVDcC_skNe5dEX94xy5j3ZkdFFGDrsM1_xpDXAzC-xYIO4tAL2YWS3kGNExeyEm-n7rWaZBDml4TozPVq4/s400/IMG_9515.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">They got married under this gorgeous tree where she hung long strands of flowers &</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">crystals that glimmered in the sun.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Remember that its your day and you should do it exactly how you want.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My hubby and I got married almost a year ago. Our one year anniversary is this Sunday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Just for fun, I will post some pics from our wedding on Sunday.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">SOOO, keep posted and I'll be back to share my Special Day!</span></span></div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-47080026215186536242010-07-22T22:43:00.000-07:002010-07-28T08:33:24.317-07:00Shopping for Fall Fashion vs. Onsies<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So, ever since I had little Bubba I have not gone shopping. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">NOT ONCE</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Every ounce of money we bring in goes to diapers, formula, cute little Run DMC Onsies, & basically anything I can dress my little pooping machine in.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(I found these cute plaid short, "surf rider" tank, & hoody by Koola)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, I have found myself just throwing on what ever is most </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">EASIEST</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> comfortable to wear. Please see below, is this pathetic?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOklcv1Qs-8VmYneEiZaGJwv0GUB7bxkvNA68X9_Q0hlfK5tuQv0cFpp3o6fj1bd-IulhYie0eWjR0Gn7iBdVZXL4Mmuf_r_pS0xA7hkofRs7tc_-tudmcmP1efReEwKPo4LxuuCWKFkE/s1600/IMG_9345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOklcv1Qs-8VmYneEiZaGJwv0GUB7bxkvNA68X9_Q0hlfK5tuQv0cFpp3o6fj1bd-IulhYie0eWjR0Gn7iBdVZXL4Mmuf_r_pS0xA7hkofRs7tc_-tudmcmP1efReEwKPo4LxuuCWKFkE/s400/IMG_9345.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If you know me, you know I have the hereditary disease of a Shopaholic, thanks to my mother.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My sister also has this unfortunate problem too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">SEE... when we get paid, we find ourselves running to our </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">closest</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> favorite store</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">& begin to try on everything. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My obsession began with shoes and jackets. But right now I'm stuck with the Bjorn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61_2pxvB0RDyV4wv5FHmvEz09q2JqYSx_zkPOTHnYNS74qosXNivlhl6Rr_81JvmBFwL7jwNtgPf7syabEKdeVEZ_SnXw10ZZiLUo2oE6E-n74lrEAPc_SttUYgmyt0_hN-5kCvOVLNs/s1600/FxCam_1277061127848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61_2pxvB0RDyV4wv5FHmvEz09q2JqYSx_zkPOTHnYNS74qosXNivlhl6Rr_81JvmBFwL7jwNtgPf7syabEKdeVEZ_SnXw10ZZiLUo2oE6E-n74lrEAPc_SttUYgmyt0_hN-5kCvOVLNs/s400/FxCam_1277061127848.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But, now has grown to purses and cute vintage dresses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">SOOOOOO, whenever I have one of those moments...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">where I want to shoot from the rooftop "I found the cutest pumps!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am just going to post links for all my readers </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">& so I don't forget how to find it again because believe it or not?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I still have pregnancy brain, but I think that's from my mother too?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My Predictions for Fall: What is more PERFECT then a new coat and a leather clutch?</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">favorite</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> fashion blog, </span><a href="http://www.refinery29.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.refinery29.com/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> is featuring my 2 favs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #313737; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span></div><h2 style="color: #2f3535; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 33px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="title" href="http://www.refinery29.com/peep-tenoversixs-perfect-fall-line.php" style="color: #2f3535; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 33px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Peep TenOverSix's Perfect Fall Line</a></h2><div class="author" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By: Kate Mulling</div><div class="keywords-tags" style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Keywords:</strong></h3><ul style="color: #1875bd; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.refinery29.com/fall-fashion" style="color: #1875bd; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Fall Fashion</a></li>
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<span style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Kristen Lee and Brady Cunningham's entire fall line</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></b> The camel Tommy coat is the dreamiest Fashion Week coat everāunfussy, simple, makes just a loud enough statement to get you snapped by all the right fashion photogs, and just pair it with a little Bodkin T-shirt and you'll have your <strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">SoCal winter uniform in the bag</strong>. And because this retail haven is known for their adorable clutches, it makes sense that we spend a good 20 minutes drooling over their new handbag collection. The supple fall leather clutches come complete with super-long and lovely fringe to <strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">add just enough drama and movement to your evening look</strong>. Plus they're debuting a leather backpack that has a detachable compartment to stash a pair of ballet flats and it even morphs into a great evening satchel. Trust us, we'll be getting cozy with this killer fall line, and we recommend you <strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">hop on the waitlist</strong> before it's too late.</div><div style="font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">AND for our LA Fashion Mommas: </span></span></span></b></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"></span></span></div><h2 style="color: #2f3535; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 33px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">L.A. Sales: Vionnet Jewelry Trunk Show And More...</h2><div class="author" style="color: #666666; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By: Jessica Minkoff & Lisa Dionisio</div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="entry-full-detail" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="vionnet-jewelry-trunk-show-la-sales-072110.jpg" class="mt-image-left" height="400" src="http://www.refinery29.com/img/vionnet-jewelry-trunk-show-la-sales-072110.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="300" /><strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Vionnet's Jewelry and Accessories Trunk Show</strong><br />
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What:</strong> The ladies of Vionnet are celebrating all things sparkly and beautiful with a huge jewelry and accessories trunk show. Stop by and check out their crazy selection of baubles and bags by Lee Angel, All for the Mountain, Wendy Mink jewelry, Decolette, Dannijo, Giles & Brother, and so much more.<br />
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">When:</strong> Starts Thursday, July 22, through Thursday, July 29<br />
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Where:</strong> <a a="" href="http://www.vionnetboutique.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1875bd; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Vionnet Boutique</a>, 158 North Robertson Boulevard, (between Beverly Boulevard and Alden Drive); 310-289-9202.<br />
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<div style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Milk Sale</strong><br />
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What:</strong> Milk boutique's summer sale is still going strong with in-store and online discounts of up to 75% off. Scoop sale merch from Rodebjer, Rag & Bone, Sonia Rykiel, Yigal Azrouƫl, and more.<br />
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">When:</strong> Ongoing sale<br />
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Where:</strong> <a a="" href="http://www.shopatmilk.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1875bd; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Milk</a>, 8209 West 3rd Street, (between S. Harper and S. La Jolla avenues); 323-951-0330; and online at <a a="" href="http://www.shopatmilk.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1875bd; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">shopatmilk.com</a>.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So, I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">pray</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> hope that I am able to get back my shopping agenda.</span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">HOPEFULLY I will be able to buy those cute royal blue strappy heels I stare at,</span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">OR the cute new vintage sun dress I cut out of magazines,</span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but for now I am going to do my best with what I've got.</span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm a Momma on a Budget.</span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So, I hope I help others with these cute finds. AND I'm going to be </span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">SOOOOOOOO</span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">jealous if anyone goes out and buys the camel Tomy Coat or the black fringe leather clutch. </span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">J/k!!!! I will be so excited bc hopefully I can borrow.</span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Until then all I want to do is spoil my lil man.</span></span></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div></div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-32566060706064054102010-07-20T16:41:00.000-07:002010-07-28T08:33:52.945-07:00Little Miss Momma: Charm Design Clutch Purse GIVEAWAY<a href="http://littlemissmomma.blogspot.com/2010/07/charm-design-clutch-purse-giveaway.html?showComment=1279663524625#comment-c869396997678683249">Little Miss Momma: Charm Design Clutch Purse GIVEAWAY</a><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Check out this awesome blog I follow AND the featured give away. The giveaway is with Charm Designs and the cute clutches created. I hope I win!!!!</span></span></div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-9185718406693213182010-07-20T08:33:00.000-07:002010-07-28T12:04:28.783-07:00Never Jinx the sleeping Bubba So, for the past few months our new baby boy has not been <em>TOO</em> difficult. Bubba took to the bottle easy, likes his pacifiers (but doesn't <em>NEED</em> it 24/7), and always laughs and smiles. This week he will be 4 months and we still aren't sleeping throughout the night. Last night had to be the most difficult. Let's begin when I was at work, shall we..... <br />
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I looked at my computer and realize it's 1:30 p.m. and I still haven't eaten lunch. I rau out the front door, jump in my car, and grab the infamous Taco Bell. After I eat and get back to work, I look at the clock and realize it's past 3:30 p.m. and I was suppose to meet my lovely mother at 4:15 p.m. across town. So, I speed to Oak Park and meet my mom at the cleaners to find Parker sleeping soundly in his car seat looking like the little angel he is. My mom said that he was innocent, laughing, and just enjoying the day. ~~~Today is the day I want to say <em>THANK YOU </em>(again) to my mom for watching my precious little man and giving me a break sometimes.~~~ <br />
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But, I had no idea that my life was going to spin into a tornado later that evening. And <em>YES</em>, I am poor Dorothy stuck in the tornado with toto. <em>AND YES </em>I would have to say that my new baby is the tornado. (This is a metaphor moms, I love my boy to death)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div> Here is a quick overview... Aaron and I have gotten Parker on a sleeping pattern so he has his last bedtime bottle around 8:30 (with our secret ingredient a tiny scoop of rice cereal to keep him full throughout the night). Around 9 he is out cold and lets Momma and Daddy have their alone time. Well, I am of course finally having sometime to myself, so I begin working on "Momma Me". I glance up to find that it is almost 11:00 p.m. WHAT!!! I have to be awake in 7 hours, are you kidding me? In Momma time that means between 5-6 hours of sleep. This is because I will wake up at 4 am for a bottle and diaper change. Then I'm back in bed around 4:30 and have to be up in about an hour.<br />
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Here is where it all began.... @ 9 p.m.<br />
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(I should have known when I saw this face, it's the "I'm so innocent face")<br />
So, me and the hubby are off to bed, sleeping finally after a long night. Sometimes Parker gets sooooo tired that he begins to be fussy for about an hour and then falls asleep. Every position I put him in is the wrong position, every move I make he whimpers, so I just have to stand there holding this 15 pound butter ball. <i><b>AND</b></i> he likes to sit there sucking on my shoulder letting spit up, drool, and whatever slowly make it's way down my back. Finally after "shhing" for a solid 30 minutes, when my arm is literally about to give out, he goes to sleep. <br />
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My eyes begin to open and I look for the clock wondering when the hubby is getting up to feed Parker because it's his night on the "baby shifts". <i><b>WHAT!!!!!!</b></i> It's only 1:00a.m. and Parker is wide awake in his crib wanting his bottle. <i><b>WHAT??????</b></i> Now, keep in mind he sits there for a while "cooing" to wake us up and by the time we get to him & change his diaper, that innocent face has turned into the "FEED ME!!!!!" face. (To show you I'm not exaggerating, please see the sweet picture below...)<br />
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So, now both Momma and Daddy are awake <i><b>VERY</b></i> annoyed. In these moments, I refer to Bubba by his full name, Parker Osten, because I am an upset mom that didn't get her beauty rest. Now, I am wide awake, watching the clock at 1 a.m., tossing and turning until about 3 a.m. As I open my eyes to let out a sigh of aggravation because I have to be awake in 3 hours, my hubby beat me to the punch. Yet, his sigh was more of a question, "WHY ME????" Right when we begin to fall asleep Parker Osten wakes up again and we are in and out of sleep until 6:30 a.m. I just decide to get up and go to work early, so I can try to leave early (to never experience this day again). <br />
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My poor hubby should be awarded the "BEST DAD FOR A LIFETIME!" award because he knew I had to wake up early, so he took our crying baby into the nursery and slept on A 4 ft. couch (FYI my hubby is about 6'6"). When I came out of the bathroom and walked downstairs my two boys are back fast asleep and the house is finally in silence. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> So, the moral of this long and sleepless story is.... Don't ever jinx your sleeping baby. The first night he slept the whole night I told everyone I knew, posted update after update on my facebook status praising the heavens, thinking that I was finally free but that was only one night. You have to train them to sleep the full night, unless your one of those so-called "lucky moms" who's baby decides to sleep the full night only after 4 weeks. Just always remember that the day will come, rather if it is sooner or later, but one day your baby will sleep. Just remember to be patient. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Off to another day of work, exhausted and wanting to cry, but I still count my blessings and love having my two boys. I will let you know when I begin sleeping thru the night and when I start to be myself again. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">~ Momma ME</span></i></span></div>MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-92004380765868335692010-07-19T17:40:00.000-07:002010-07-28T08:34:16.138-07:00STARTING FRESH<blockquote><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I am starting fresh on my blog with a combination of things I am learning as a mom and what I wish someone would have told me. More to come soon....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the meantime, enjoy some laughs from Bubba.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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So, we are coming closer and closer to the day when Parker will be in our lives and we are so excited. Last week we had our 28 week check up and our Doctor told us that Parker will be coming a little bit sooner then planned and should arrive towards the end of march rather then April. We are really hoping he is a Pisces just like us. :) Each week my stomach is growing more and more. He kicks so much and moves around so frequent I don't notice some days. This Thursday, January 21 we are having our 29 week ultrasound and we couldnt be more excited. Everyone always tells us how the 3d ultrasounds look exactly like your baby. Aaron thinks Parker will look like him but have my eyes. Who knows...<br />
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Everything is ok right now and thank you for all the warm thoughts when we found out I was highly anemic and having preterm labor symptoms.MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-87030664155738490242010-01-04T12:23:00.000-08:002010-07-28T08:40:21.271-07:003 more months and countingSo, we have offically hit the third trimester and it seems like everything has gone by so quickly. In a short 3 months we will have a baby join our family and we can't wait. This Saturday, January 9, Aaron and I are getting a tour of Los Robles Hospital and we are begining our birthing classes over the next several weeks. Here are a few pictures of me at 25 weeks and we will take more as each week progresses. <br />
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So, we had our 24 weeks check up last week and everything is great. All of Parker's organs look good, his heart beat is strong, and he is growing faster then ever. I had to take the gestational diabetes test today and our next check up is in the middle of Janruary. I feel like the pregnancy is going by so fast and he will be here before we know it. I can't wait for the day when Aaron and I get to bring Parker home from the hospital and just spend sometime as a family. <br />
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So, since the holidays are just a few days away I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week and enjoy every moment. I will post pics up as soon as I can.MOMMA MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18233434281417480868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7639502726109953600.post-58378549131835352932009-11-16T18:08:00.000-08:002010-07-28T08:39:38.139-07:0020 weeksPHOTOGRAPHS BY MARGARET ANTHONEY<br />
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HERE IS A VIDEO I TOOK OF PARKER. HE NOW LAUGHS ALL THE TIME AND I CAN'T GET HIM TO STOP TALKING. :) ENJOY!!!!<br />
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