tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25172108313012154952024-02-07T07:27:07.065-05:00smarten.kathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15374990959989694147noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517210831301215495.post-4309208578752124412013-10-17T15:03:00.001-04:002013-10-17T15:03:49.876-04:00that moment when your little baby turns in to a kid.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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and then you realize you are a really cheesy mom for taking above photo.</div>
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and then you realize its been like 2 months since you blogged.</div>
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and probably no one reads this.</div>
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yay!</div>
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but really, i cannot believe he is 6.</div>
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my first little baby.</div>
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i remember when i used to say "one day he will talk and lose teeth and be in KINDERGARTEN"</div>
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and look at that, he is all of those things.</div>
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happy birthday my sweet boy/kid.</div>
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i love you and every loose tooth in your mouth (there are 3)</div>
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also, i do a bit of <a href="http://www.shopgardenmarketplace.com/garden-blog/">this</a> now.</div>
kathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15374990959989694147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517210831301215495.post-40491623850411699432013-08-13T09:41:00.000-04:002013-08-13T09:41:30.797-04:00Rory Hanson<div style="text-align: center;">
like the good mom that i am, im telling the blog world about my newborn child...a month late. ah hell, he will never know ;)</div>
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BORN!</div>
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july 18, 2013- just as planned.</div>
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7 lbs 4 oz</div>
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19 3/4 in (our longest baby yet!)</div>
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and looks like me to boot!</div>
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Rory boy, welcome to the family babe.</div>
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because she is the best :)</div>
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so, its two weeks and a day to baby. but i mean, WHOS counting?</div>
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about a week and a half ago i started have the worst back pain ever. like, i could hardly walk.</div>
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so ironic, i thought, because this pregnancy has been my fittest, healthiest pregnancy.</div>
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with me paying special attention to my back and shoulders...</div>
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and now i cant walk without crying. </div>
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so ive turned to yoga.</div>
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30 minutes a day and i can walk without tears.</div>
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hooooooray.</div>
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now lets have a friggin baby!</div>
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and while on that whole baby subject, darby took some "boudoir" (as much as i would allow) pregnancy pictures of me (because she is half blind and could stomach it) back in april and im kind of glad i have them.</div>
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i dont know if this will be my last pregnancy...</div>
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we would like to adopt eventually...</div>
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but if it is, i have beautiful pictures of me during it. </div>
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thanks darbalish.</div>
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and yes, i realize it is a tiny bit odd that im a little cleavagey and whatever in these but hey, its my blog right? </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">all photos by <b>darby musha</b> (she is so sneaky you will have to ask me for her info, which you should)</span></div>
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kathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15374990959989694147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517210831301215495.post-64354408389952238722013-06-20T06:00:00.000-04:002013-06-20T06:00:01.877-04:00peanut is 2. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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today is that little peanut on the rights 2nd birthday.</div>
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like every mother has ever said, my how time flies.</div>
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but seriously, it does.</div>
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it has.</div>
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it is. </div>
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flyyying.</div>
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carrick james, you are the silliest, sweetest, most amazing little peanut and we love you to bits.</div>
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though you are in an extremely "2" phase, you make up for it with good snuggling and pretty cute apologies for hitting or kicking us.</div>
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im not entirely sure how you are going to handle this new baby brother of yours.</div>
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on one hand, you loooove babies. </div>
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but on the other, you can be a teensy bit possessive of me and your ahem, toys.</div>
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i guess we shall see sweet boy.</div>
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happy happy day.</div>
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you make our family that much better everyday.</div>
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i love you to the moon.</div>
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and back.</div>
kathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15374990959989694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517210831301215495.post-87998535029066382092013-05-08T20:19:00.002-04:002013-07-02T20:03:13.132-04:00nesting.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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tooooootally what i look like when i clean. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">image via pinterest</span></div>
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about a month ago, we decided to wait to buy and house and stick it out another year, with three boys, in our little two bedroom house. which is fine. really. except that all of my nesting and creative instincts should be going in to a nursery. and i have none. bummer, yeah. but at least we have a roof over our heads!<br />
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so to channel my need for cleanliness and productivity ive been cleaning! oh! the amount of bon ami we have gone through! the grout! the bathtubs! the baseboards! needless to say, by the time im done dust and fingerprints will be a thing of the past.<br />
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anyone else having sudden (or not so sudden) cleaning urges lately? or any cute nurseries i can be jealous of? ;)kathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15374990959989694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517210831301215495.post-24043603488947724302013-04-17T10:04:00.003-04:002013-04-17T10:23:21.900-04:00our little family.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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it would be lying if i said i hadnt been "inspired to blog" lately. im actually feeling full of inspiration (more lack of energy at this point) and my brain/body are in full nesting mode. but really, before we embark on adding another little body of testosterone to this household, im trying to really just enjoy our family as it is now. we have this flow going, a good routine and jeffrey and i feel like we've "got this". hahaha i laugh because of course right when we feel that way, its alllllll about to change. anyways, here are some of my favorite shots that <a href="http://www.1313blog.com/">sarah, ashley and reagan</a> took back in february. our family as it is now- 4 here, 1 in heaven and one growing. </div>
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today is also my parents 30th anniversary!! my parents marriage is the perfect example to me of how life isnt perfect, or easy but with God as the stronghold between you, 30 years can happen ;) plus, they look about the same as they did then! love you guys!</div>
kathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15374990959989694147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517210831301215495.post-77561454104023091052013-04-04T07:00:00.000-04:002013-04-04T07:00:00.863-04:00trash to treasure, yo.you guys, after a seriously long and pretty crappy day last week, jeffrey and i took the boys downtown for pizza and then drove around the lake, looking for homes like we always do. and some silly person had gone through their garage (treasure trove) and thrown out furniture! and, to be honest, a lot of other crap too (floppy disks!) and i found me a something that i liked!<br />
we had been "needing" (its all relative) a sideboard/buffet type thing in the dining room for a steal, aka free, and this piece fit the bill. so i went to lowe's, grabbed some paint, rifled through my knob collection to come up with a random assortment of clearance anthro knobs that i seem to accumulate and the hubs painted it for me. what a winner, am i right?<br />
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<a href="http://www.1313blog.com/sarah/">Sarah</a> asked us to do a little family shoot (which as I am pregnant I would normally refuse but I wanted pictures of the boys so badly) and it was featured on one of the cutest family/kids blogs, <a href="http://www.100layercakelet.com/2013/03/29/spring-family-shoot/">100 Layer Cakelet!</a> Obviously it is so fun to be on there but I really am just so grateful for these captured memories of our growing family... Thanks Sarah and Ashley and Reagan!!<br />
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i guess we could start with our most pressing news...ahem, its a baby. yep, another baby boy is making me friggin fat again, surprise! its taken me a while ( about 3 months) to really wrap my head around another baby when we kinda (okay totally) werent expecting it, but i think im getting there. plus, the boys are beside themselves excited.<br />
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my mom and i have been pretty busy over <a href="http://thistleandtulle.blogspot.com/">here</a>, which is also pretty darn exciting.<br />
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umm jeffrey todd and i went on our first ever trip without children to upstate new york and vermont and that was delightful.<br />
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wow, im super out of order butt...on our sweet Campbell's third ( i know, its been three years and i still cant believe how quickly its gone by and yet how long it feels ive been without her) birthday, my brother proposed to his longtime girlfriend and she said yes! so come december, this whole fam is going to be wedding mode! ( i realized i was pregnant on the ten hour drive home from birmingham btw. with screaming kids in the backseat. a joyous moment, to be sure.)<br />
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oh! jeffrey todd is running his first half marathon this weekend! and yeah, im going to carbo load with him. its the LEAST i can do.<br />
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and now here we are. 5 months until new baby. 4 months until my current baby is 2. just a small amount of time before my oldest boy is in kindergarten (?!) and throw some weddings in between there and basically life is going way to fast for me.<br />
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happy birthday jacksy bear.</div>
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that my baby is 15 months.</div>
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carrick is truly on his way to toddlerhood (its a word, i swear)</div>
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instead of saying hi, he now always says "hewooo!"</div>
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he is still crazy over Jackson- whenever he wakes up he immediately calls out Jacksons name and goes looking for him</div>
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this weekend, i will have been married 5 years to that ^ guy.</div>
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lucky me.</div>
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for real.</div>
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in our 5 years of marriage, we have experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of the lows.</div>
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i love you everyday.</div>
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happy anniversary!</div>
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this summer we went on vacation with jeffreys family.</div>
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all of his family, was born and raised in michigan.</div>
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they have all since, moved to other delightful places but we thought, hey!</div>
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lets go back and see this beautiful place!</div>
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(i had never been)</div>
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and it was really, truly great.</div>
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first, the road trip.</div>
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thats right, 24 fun filled hours in my mother in laws odyssey.</div>
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all i can say is, thank goodness i didnt have to drive.</div>
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an early morning visit t detroit rockcity! </div>
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this began our vacation of eating.</div>
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we had delicious greek pastries and a sketchy real breakfast then made our way to rochester hills...</div>
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where we began the drinking (and more eating).</div>
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after a massive whole foods trip with my sister in law and seriously jamming out to some xm radio air musique (thank you canada!)</div>
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we headed north to the lake house...</div>
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where there was a lot of manliness...</div>
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we fished, we swam, we went to mackinac island which was beautiful and while there we visited the old fort and somebody learned to walk...(that face is so bizarre and yet so endearing- probably because of the snorting it accompanies)</div>
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it may have made it on to our "possible places to live" list.</div>
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i must say i dont know how any mother finds time to do anything over summer besides feed, entertain and sleep.</div>
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all variations of those three things.</div>
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on vacation, at home, when they are sick, when they are bored, when they are hot, hungry, fighting, busy, dirty, happy.</div>
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but ive decided to come back.</div>
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here i am!</div>
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photo from our michigan vacation this summer...post on that tomorrow!</div>
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last saturday we celebrated our little one year old with a very rainy red white and blue party.</div>
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(totally inspired by laura of ascot friday)</div>
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like any one year old, he wasnt super in to it but we had family and friends over who celebrated this little munchkin with us...</div>
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yesterday was my birthday. (whats with the day after birthday posts?)</div>
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25 years of life.</div>
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jeffrey is out of town for business so the boys and i are hanging out with my parents and sister.</div>
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it was a good day;</div>
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run in the am, eggs bene and mimosas for brunch, a little thrifting, starbucks, mellow mushroom, and an attempt at getting my sisters nose pierced.</div>
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we laughed a lot.</div>
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and i am so thankful that this year, my birthday wasnt spent in a hospital with my baby :)</div>
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so thank you for all the calls, texts and love sent for my birthday.</div>
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i felt super special :)</div>
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carrick james, today you are one.</div>
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your first day in this world wasnt quite as smooth and welcoming as i had hoped, but you have endured.</div>
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you are the sweetest, happiest little boy and i will cherish the way you snuggle on me.</div>
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i know that God gave you to us, not only to bless our lives but to pull us out of the depths of our sadness after losing your sister.</div>
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what a vessel for joy you are.</div>
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those big brown eyes always twinkling and capturing my heart.</div>
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you have a brother who (mostly) adores you.</div>
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a father who you think hung the moon.</div>
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and a mother who cannot believe your sweetness.</div>
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we love you so much carrick...</div>
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happy first birthday my little one!!</div>
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(and now, a true montage of pictures...)</div>
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7 days old</div>
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4 months old</div>
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6 months old</div>
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8 months old (photo by sarah morris, 1313 photography)</div>
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10 months</div>
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today! you are one! and i cant believe it!</div>
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when you "sign up" to have a baby, i feel most people dont realize that you also become a parent.</div>
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sort of way.</div>
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plus you have all the "im going to do it better than my parents" idealisms in your head...</div>
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and when your eldest child is a mini version of your husband but and emotional clone of yourself...</div>
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you wish you would have read the books sooner.</div>
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we have come to a point where i have to choose not to fall apart, just because he is.</div>
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i know he wont be 4 forever.</div>
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i love this kid more than words.</div>
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and praying for strength and wisdom to be his mother-</div>
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a good, creative, nurturing, loving, compassionate and godly mother- </div>
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is becoming my new hobby. :)</div>
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i dont know about you, but ive never been a huge fan of brownies.</div>
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which is weird.</div>
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because i love chocolate and i love baked goods, why not combined?</div>
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to me, brownies from a box have always been blah.</div>
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tasting of fake chocolate and syrupy sweet- and i dont like them warm!</div>
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so when i was thinking of something simple to make for when my in laws came over, i thought brownies would be good...</div>
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i stumbled upon some grey sea salt brownies, adjusted them (as usual) to what i had and to my taste and they were. so. good.</div>
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adapted from <a href="http://www.zupas.com/2011/11/heavenly-gray-sea-salt-chocolate-brownies/">this recipe</a></div>
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it seems so unbelievably boring to post about a weekend that is only spent cleaning the house an running errands, so thats why the past few have been exempt.</div>
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this weekend, however, felt like we were running around like decapitated chickens.</div>
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saturday we drove down to the middle of nowhere florida for jeffreys work picnic.</div>
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he works at a mine (in an office) so all the kids got hard hats and dug for fossils, jackson was in heaven.</div>
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did i mention sno cones?</div>
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straight after the picnic we drove up to orlando for my sisters first prom.</div>
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nothing like a good drama filled prom afternoon to remind me why i am so glad im not 16 anymore right?</div>
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except for the pre baby body, the careless lifestyle and the no responsibility!</div>
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she looked beautiful in my moms vintage dress!</div>
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sunday was filled with errands, a missed morning at church but quiet time for me, a super fun birthday party, dinner with the in laws, grey sea salt brownies (tune in wednesday) and this semi chubby munchkin.</div>
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how was your weekend?</div>kathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15374990959989694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517210831301215495.post-75857423274630058762012-04-20T09:59:00.001-04:002012-06-27T08:28:13.046-04:0010...a big fat hen.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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its been a week of good intentions that have generally failed quite miserably and now, as the sun sets on the work week- we are left utterly exhausted.</div>
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besides needing a nap (and choosing to blog instead of taking one) today, it is also the tenth month of my small baby boys birth.</div>
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ten months since i went in to labor at chipotle and couldnt eat my veggie burrito bowl (such a waste).</div>
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ten months since they tried to stop my labor but you decided to come anyways.</div>
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ten months since your sweet and tiny face was pressed against mine for the first time.</div>
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ten months with you, cutie.</div>
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the last time i recalled <a href="http://smartenupbykpi.blogspot.com/2010/10/10-months.html">ten months since the birth of my child</a> was ten months without <a href="http://smartenupbykpi.blogspot.com/2010/03/story-of-campbell.html">Campbell</a>.</div>
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its hard to see how much time has gone by and how much our life has changed.</div>
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there are moments in each day where it hits me hard; we are continually moving forward without her.</div>
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carrick will never know his big sister.</div>
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jackson still "remembers" her and we talk about her freely and often, but the more we grow and change, the further from her life i feel we go.</div>
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which is true, its just not ideal.</div>
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and then i look at this sweet face and i am overwhelmed with gratefulness.</div>
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and his health, and happiness and how he lights up our home.</div>
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so to you carrick james, happy ten months bubs!</div>
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and to my sweet campbell, i miss you desperately and wish you could meet your baby brother.</div>
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i love you both,</div>
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mom</div>kathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15374990959989694147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517210831301215495.post-71498644527849188652012-04-11T21:51:00.000-04:002012-04-11T21:51:25.574-04:00wednesday; what we baked<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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strawberry shortcake, not just a semi- hit (in my mind) show from the eighties.</div>
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it s a dessert.</div>
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or a breakfast.</div>
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ever since i can remember my dad aging, it has been his favorite, and lucky for him his birthday happens during california strawberry season.</div>
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(i feel a nature v nurture debate on that one...)</div>
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anyways, a few weeks back when my mom and sister came over to go picking with me and the boys, </div>
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upon request, i made strawberry shortcake.</div>
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and quite tastily, i might add.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>strawberry shortcake</b></span></div>
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recipe adapted from epicurious website </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1 3/4 cups sifted all purpose flour</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2 tbsp sugar </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1 tbsp baking powder</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1/2 tsp salt</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">6 tbsp (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">3/4 cup chilled whipping cream ( i used 1/2 almond milk and 1/4 half half just to see and it worked well)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">preheat oven to 400.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">mix dry ingredient in a bowl. cut in butter, then slowly mix in the cream until a stick dough has formed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">dust lightly with flour and knead 2-3 times forming a ball.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">roll out approx. 1/2-3/4 inch thick and cut circles ( i use a wine glass).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">put on a parchment or silicone lined baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes.</span></div>
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with an electric beater, beat one carton of heavy whipping cream with 4 tbsp powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla.</div>
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beat until firm but still soft.</div>
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cut biscuit in half, layer with fresh whipped cream and sliced strawberries then top with other half.</div>
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as always, this is best served with coffee (decaf if you must) or would be delightful with a glass of champagne!</div>
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