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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
All Things in Due Time
It's been a while since I've posted so we have lots to catch up on!
Joseph is coming into his toddler-hood and is cute and headstrong as ever. He is interested in the baby's room, but not in reading his big brother books (which talk about the baby coming). He likes to play with my tummy but ignores by belly when the baby kicks. I think he may have an adjustment ahead of him! I know he will be a loving big brother and I will try to help him adjust as lovingly and patiently as possible. He's still a momma's boy and it will be a hard couple of days apart for us both when I'm in the hospital. We plan on having him come with Dad to visit, but I think it will really be tough to have him leave at the end of the day. We are planning to continue Music Together and Lil Hoppers for Joe to help maintain his schedule while adjusting to the new baby.
Jud recently started his 10th grade year at Legacy and celebrated his 15th birthday. He is flying solo this year (without Sydney) and knee deep in Band. He's enjoying school and I think he likes the independence that comes with being a little older. Though he misses Sydney, he now has some room to be more than Syd's little brother. Actually, he's officially the big brother in the house these days - I think he kinda likes it!
Sydney moved into the dorm at CU last week. We were sad to see her go, but excited for her too. This is a chance for her to really spread her wings and be who she's going to be. I kept reminding Ruggs and Jud that she's not going to be too far away and that she'll come home on the weekends. However, turns out I'm the sappy weepy one when it was time to say goodbye. She is enjoying her classes and new found independence and I think she finds her Profs very entertaining. She is sticking pretty close to home with texts/phone calls and I think she maybe even misses us a little bit!
Darren is attending another year at Metro after spending a couple of weeks in Europe this summer. We're happy to see him enjoying school for the first time in a long time! He is also planning on trying out for the baseball team this weekend. Wish him luck!
In case you were unaware, Ruggs was promoted over the summer to Publisher of the magazine he's been working on, Sign & Digital Graphics Magazine. You can see the announcement of his new position here. He's enjoying the new challenges of this new position and it's keeping him plenty busy!
I'm looking forward to welcoming our new little boy home in a couple of weeks! I hope to get a chance to blog again after he arrives, but I know things will be hectic for a while. I'm hoping we can settle into a routine by Halloween and enjoy the holidays...
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| Joe checking out the baby's new bed. |
First, I'll start with baby. We had our growth scan on Wednesday and baby was already 8.5 lbs at 36 weeks. We are estimating that he would be 10.5+ lbs if I wait until 40 weeks to deliver. After talking with my Dr, we have decided to do an induction at 39 weeks on 9/12. The induction allows us to plan our hospital stay as well as hopefully keep the baby's size down. Since having the new baby will be a big adjustment at home and I'm going to need extra recovery time, I'm asking everyone to please come to the hospital to see us, if you're able, verses visiting us at home.
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| Joe enjoying Jud's birthday ballons |
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| He likes to do lawn work! |
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| Seeing a elephant up close at the Denver Zoo. |
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| His completion certificate for Lil Hoppers at PDRC |
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| Jud (back center) with his friends from band. |
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| Move-in day |
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| Darren plays a mean game of corn hole. :) |
In case you were unaware, Ruggs was promoted over the summer to Publisher of the magazine he's been working on, Sign & Digital Graphics Magazine. You can see the announcement of his new position here. He's enjoying the new challenges of this new position and it's keeping him plenty busy!
I'm looking forward to welcoming our new little boy home in a couple of weeks! I hope to get a chance to blog again after he arrives, but I know things will be hectic for a while. I'm hoping we can settle into a routine by Halloween and enjoy the holidays...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
All Things Baby
Since it's been over a month since I posted I decided to make this blog all things baby!
We have the baby's name picked out (and have since about 21 weeks), but we're still not sharing. I'm sorry we're still holding out on those of you who really want to know!
We're 32 weeks and I'm feeling more ready everyday for the new baby to be born. I'm feeling like my abdomen is stretched to the max already. I'm not sure how much bigger I'll get since the baby will officially start putting on a 1/2 lb per week until he's born. I did some math and if he's as big as Joe (9 lbs, 7oz) at 40 weeks that would put baby on the following weight schedule:
40 weeks - 9+ lbs
38 weeks - 8+ lbs
36 weeks - 7+ lbs
34 weeks - 6+ lbs
32 weeks (now) - 5+ lbs (most babies average about 4 lbs, 19" this week)
I'm rubbing copious amounts of Bio Oil and Mama Mio Tummy Butter on my belly 2-3 times a day. It's silly how much I'm using really, but I really feel like I need it. He moves around a lot. He's most active between 8-12 pm. Which does not help me get to bed!
I'm not sleeping very well. Every time I have to change sides I wake myself up. Naps are becoming more and more longed for these days. I took a lot more naps when I was pregnant with Joe; sometimes it's just not possible with everything I have to do now and Joseph not being a great napper himself. It's just something that's helping me prepare because I have a feeling sleep is going to be nonexistent in a few months. I am feeling better with the iron supplements, but the 3rd trimester has been exhausting!
I'm definitely getting the nesting instinct as well. We have most of the baby's room stuff (crib, dresser, bedding etc). I'm still looking for a changing table that goes with his furniture. We didn't buy his set new so I'm hoping to find one on craiglist too, though, I may have to break down and buy it on hayneedle.com. It's the same set as Joseph's. We decided to choose something similar to Joe's to avoid any envy. We also wanted to use the soothing blue and brown colors again. I'm ready to get the baby's room put together in the next couple of weeks! I think I had Joe's room done by now so I feel like I'm holding out pretty well.
I have a few things planned ahead to help with bringing a new baby home again. I think we're better prepared this time as to what to expect. I'm going to have help with the house for a few weeks after the baby is born and I'm already cooking/freezing meals to use this fall. I'm still completely overwhelmed about how to juggle Joseph with the new baby. I feel like he still needs me so much and he's going to have a big adjustment with Syd leaving for college and a new baby all in the same month. It seems like everyone is coming and going all the time with Jud still going back and forth and Ruggs' travel schedule; I'm really hoping that eventually the new baby will add a sense of stability to our house for Joseph.
We are expecting another ultrasound in 4 weeks to find out how big baby is. It can be wrong + or - a lb, but it may help give us an estimate. I'm hoping to get a glimpse of his little face while we're there! I can't wait to have a squishy little newborn again!
We have the baby's name picked out (and have since about 21 weeks), but we're still not sharing. I'm sorry we're still holding out on those of you who really want to know!
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| Taken 7.21.12 in Estes Park, CO. |
40 weeks - 9+ lbs
38 weeks - 8+ lbs
36 weeks - 7+ lbs
34 weeks - 6+ lbs
32 weeks (now) - 5+ lbs (most babies average about 4 lbs, 19" this week)
I'm rubbing copious amounts of Bio Oil and Mama Mio Tummy Butter on my belly 2-3 times a day. It's silly how much I'm using really, but I really feel like I need it. He moves around a lot. He's most active between 8-12 pm. Which does not help me get to bed!
I'm not sleeping very well. Every time I have to change sides I wake myself up. Naps are becoming more and more longed for these days. I took a lot more naps when I was pregnant with Joe; sometimes it's just not possible with everything I have to do now and Joseph not being a great napper himself. It's just something that's helping me prepare because I have a feeling sleep is going to be nonexistent in a few months. I am feeling better with the iron supplements, but the 3rd trimester has been exhausting!
I'm definitely getting the nesting instinct as well. We have most of the baby's room stuff (crib, dresser, bedding etc). I'm still looking for a changing table that goes with his furniture. We didn't buy his set new so I'm hoping to find one on craiglist too, though, I may have to break down and buy it on hayneedle.com. It's the same set as Joseph's. We decided to choose something similar to Joe's to avoid any envy. We also wanted to use the soothing blue and brown colors again. I'm ready to get the baby's room put together in the next couple of weeks! I think I had Joe's room done by now so I feel like I'm holding out pretty well.
I have a few things planned ahead to help with bringing a new baby home again. I think we're better prepared this time as to what to expect. I'm going to have help with the house for a few weeks after the baby is born and I'm already cooking/freezing meals to use this fall. I'm still completely overwhelmed about how to juggle Joseph with the new baby. I feel like he still needs me so much and he's going to have a big adjustment with Syd leaving for college and a new baby all in the same month. It seems like everyone is coming and going all the time with Jud still going back and forth and Ruggs' travel schedule; I'm really hoping that eventually the new baby will add a sense of stability to our house for Joseph.
We are expecting another ultrasound in 4 weeks to find out how big baby is. It can be wrong + or - a lb, but it may help give us an estimate. I'm hoping to get a glimpse of his little face while we're there! I can't wait to have a squishy little newborn again!
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Time Flies When You're Having Fun
We are now 27 weeks and things are going fairly smooth. I have a little bit of anemia, but I am taking an iron supplement and I'm feeling less tired. (My new Keurig was getting a pretty good workout for a while!) He's a little mover and shaker! I feel him moving a lot more than I did Joseph (even without the caffeine). I'm starting to think about things I may need for him, though it's not a lot it still seems like time is going by faster than I'm ready for.
Joe is 20 months old and growing fast! It really feels like he went from my baby to a little boy over the last couple of months! He's enjoying our weekly music and tumblers classes. He's also learned his A-B-Cs, colors (red, blue, purple, pink, orange, green, white and yellow), shapes (circle, oval, square, cross, triangle and star), numbers (he can count to 10 on his own), and he knows numerous songs by heart (twinkle, twinkle is his favorite). He's usually singing or talking and always moving! He loves swimming, going to the zoo and playing with friends. He also loves to play games on Ruggs' Ipad. I try to keep us busy during the week - it's not hard to do in the summer!
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| "Cheese" |
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| Snoozing at The Bay |
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| "Cool Dude" |
The summer months are always busy for us. Thankfully we are busy doing what is mostly fun activities! Between Mother's Day, Sydney's graduation, the family graduation party, Father's Day and all of our summer activities we've been go, go go!
Sydney had a great graduation and is full steam ahead getting ready for CU this Fall.
We had a family party for the 4 kids that graduated from high school this year. It was a great time and we were happy to have everyone together...
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| Grads & Dads |
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| Our 4 2012 Graduates! |
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| Mamas of the Grads. |
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| Cousins enjoying a beautiful day! |
We visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo again. Feeding the giraffes never gets old!!
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
FAMILY EMERGENCY BINDER
I ran across this idea on pinterest. Not only did I not want to pay for the templates, I also didn't want to have a "template" since our family situation is unique and we have older and younger kids with different emergency info.
I recently found this step-by-step instruction on another blog and I wanted to repost the idea. It could really save time, lives and be truly helpful on an emergency situation! I plan on doing this in way less than 20 weeks, but it could be a nice motivator for those who don't think they'd have enough time to get it all done at once....
FAMILY EMERGENCY BINDER INSTRUCTIONS
If you had to suddenly leave your home due to impending natural disaster, and had only a few minutes to gather everything you would need, including important papers, family history, and treasured pictures, how long would it take you?
Week 1-Locate or purchase a 2” binder with 50 - 100 plastic page protectors. Purchase tabbed dividers, if desired, to divide the book into sections. Store the Emergency Plan in the binder.
Week 2-Locate birth certificates for all family members. Make copies and put in binder.
Week 3-Locate Social Security cards for all family members. Make copies and put in binder.
Week 4-Make copies of driver’s licenses and put in binder.
Week 5-Make copies of passports and put in binder.
Week 6-Make copies of important phone numbers and addresses and put in binder. Include family, friends, doctors, dentist, business and other important numbers.
Week 7-Scan non-digital photos and burn all digital photos to a CD or flash drive. Put in one of the sheet protectors in the binder.
Week 8-Copy family history records to a cd or flash drive and put in binder.
Week 9- Locate voter cards, make copies, and put in binder.
Week 10-: Locate three years of tax returns, make copies, and put in binder, or copy tax files to a CD and store the tax software with the tax files in the binder.
Week 11-Locate recent investment statements, one for each account including 401K, make copies, and put in binder.
Week 12-If you use electronic money management programs such as Quicken or Microsoft Money, copy data files to CD and put cd for software program in binder.
Week 13-Locate your most recent bank statements, make copies, and put in binder
Week 14-Locate credit card statements, make copies, and put in binder—or alternatively, make copies of front and back of all credit cards.
Week 15- Locate loan payoff papers, make copies, and put in binder.
Locate recent Social Security Statement, make copies, and put in binder.
Week 16-
1. Locate all car titles and registrations, make copies, and put in binder.
2. Locate auto loan papers, make copies, and put in binder.
3. Make copy of recent auto insurance statement and put in binder.
4. Locate copy of any extended warranties, make a copy, and put in binder.
Week 17-Locate all Life insurance policies, make copies, and put in binder. Make a copy of your wills and put in binder. If you have a trust, make a copy and put in binder.
Week 18-
Make copies of:
Marriage License (Divorce/custody papers)
Citizenship Papers
Military Records
Prepaid Burial contracts
Adoption Papers
Week 19-
Prepare list of medications for each family member.
Make copies of any important medical or dental records and put in binder.
Make copies of all health and dental insurance cards, both sides, and put in binder
Make copy of living will and put in binder.
Locate all Immunization Records, make copies, and put in binder.
Week 20-
Make copies of any professional licenses and put in binder.
Make copies of any important business papers and put in binder.
Make copy of updated resume and put in binder (includes job and education dates that may be difficult to remember.
Make copies of company benefits statements and put in binder.
Make copies of degrees and professional licenses and put in binder.
Week 21-
Locate recent house payment statement, make copy, and put in binder.
Locate homeowner’s insurance policy, make copy, and put in binder.
Locate all recent utility bills including cell phone, make copies, and put in binder
Conduct a home inventory, print and put in binder.
Take a video or pictures of all items in your home, burn to CD and put in binder. binder
I recently found this step-by-step instruction on another blog and I wanted to repost the idea. It could really save time, lives and be truly helpful on an emergency situation! I plan on doing this in way less than 20 weeks, but it could be a nice motivator for those who don't think they'd have enough time to get it all done at once....
FAMILY EMERGENCY BINDER INSTRUCTIONS
If you had to suddenly leave your home due to impending natural disaster, and had only a few minutes to gather everything you would need, including important papers, family history, and treasured pictures, how long would it take you?
Week 1-Locate or purchase a 2” binder with 50 - 100 plastic page protectors. Purchase tabbed dividers, if desired, to divide the book into sections. Store the Emergency Plan in the binder.
Week 2-Locate birth certificates for all family members. Make copies and put in binder.
Week 3-Locate Social Security cards for all family members. Make copies and put in binder.
Week 4-Make copies of driver’s licenses and put in binder.
Week 5-Make copies of passports and put in binder.
Week 6-Make copies of important phone numbers and addresses and put in binder. Include family, friends, doctors, dentist, business and other important numbers.
Week 7-Scan non-digital photos and burn all digital photos to a CD or flash drive. Put in one of the sheet protectors in the binder.
Week 8-Copy family history records to a cd or flash drive and put in binder.
Week 9- Locate voter cards, make copies, and put in binder.
Week 10-: Locate three years of tax returns, make copies, and put in binder, or copy tax files to a CD and store the tax software with the tax files in the binder.
Week 11-Locate recent investment statements, one for each account including 401K, make copies, and put in binder.
Week 12-If you use electronic money management programs such as Quicken or Microsoft Money, copy data files to CD and put cd for software program in binder.
Week 13-Locate your most recent bank statements, make copies, and put in binder
Week 14-Locate credit card statements, make copies, and put in binder—or alternatively, make copies of front and back of all credit cards.
Week 15- Locate loan payoff papers, make copies, and put in binder.
Locate recent Social Security Statement, make copies, and put in binder.
Week 16-
1. Locate all car titles and registrations, make copies, and put in binder.
2. Locate auto loan papers, make copies, and put in binder.
3. Make copy of recent auto insurance statement and put in binder.
4. Locate copy of any extended warranties, make a copy, and put in binder.
Week 17-Locate all Life insurance policies, make copies, and put in binder. Make a copy of your wills and put in binder. If you have a trust, make a copy and put in binder.
Week 18-
Make copies of:
Marriage License (Divorce/custody papers)
Citizenship Papers
Military Records
Prepaid Burial contracts
Adoption Papers
Week 19-
Prepare list of medications for each family member.
Make copies of any important medical or dental records and put in binder.
Make copies of all health and dental insurance cards, both sides, and put in binder
Make copy of living will and put in binder.
Locate all Immunization Records, make copies, and put in binder.
Week 20-
Make copies of any professional licenses and put in binder.
Make copies of any important business papers and put in binder.
Make copy of updated resume and put in binder (includes job and education dates that may be difficult to remember.
Make copies of company benefits statements and put in binder.
Make copies of degrees and professional licenses and put in binder.
Week 21-
Locate recent house payment statement, make copy, and put in binder.
Locate homeowner’s insurance policy, make copy, and put in binder.
Locate all recent utility bills including cell phone, make copies, and put in binder
Conduct a home inventory, print and put in binder.
Take a video or pictures of all items in your home, burn to CD and put in binder. binder
Friday, May 25, 2012
Sunflower Farms
We met some friends at Sunflower Farm this morning and though the weather wasn't great we all had lots of fun! I had to drag Joe out of there after 3 hours. We will definitely be going back in the Fall when they reopen daily again. (We may even drag Dad down one Friday night this summer.)
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| Carrie & Jack with Britte & Ida |
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| Fluffy bunnies! |
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| Joe & Ida |
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| Joe with Joy, Rebeka & Danielle |
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| Joe & Joy |
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| Carrie & Jack |
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| Carrie & Jack with Joe |
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| Carrie & Jack |
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| Jack |
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| Jack & Joe |
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| Jack & Joe |
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| Jack & Joe |
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| Jack & Joe |
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