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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our sweet girl turned one two weeks ago and my mind has still not completely wrapped around the fact that my baby is a whole year old. From the day she was born until today she has been nothing but a ball of sunshine. (I mean, she HAS been a baby, so there have been plenty of long nights and fussy days but looking back on the year the only thing that stands out to me is how go-with-the-flow HAPPY she's been!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At her 1 year checkup, she rocked the charts weighing in at <span style="font-size: large;">23 pounds, 7 oz</span> and is <span style="font-size: large;">32. 75"</span> long. She has 8 teeth and the sweetest little curls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She's started to assert her independence lately and has a bit of a flair for the dramatic. When she first started taking steps she would take one step, deliberately lay down and put her head on the floor like it was so much work for her to take that one step that she needed to rest. This girl is always putting on a show! </span><br />
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more and more efficient every week and by the end, we weren't spending
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10-15 shots, most of them being good ones! She knew the drill and
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Flirting with everyone<br />Smiling<br />Music/Dancing (the girl has moves!!)<br />Socks (and carrying them all over the house)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Climbing the stairs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Running into the road</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Playing with her big brothers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Waking up happy, clutching the tags on her blanket :)<br />Saying the sweetest "Hi!" and waving to everyone she meets <br />Dogs!<br />Excitedly saying "Doh!" all day<br />"Dada" continues to be her favorite word (mama only when she's tired/hungry/hurt)<br />Playing in the rain<br />Being outside<br />Bathtime<br />Eating ice<br />Drinking from her sippy cup</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The day after her birthday, we had some family and friends over for an ice cream social to celebrate! It turned out to be the most beautiful day full of sunshine and sprinkles and thanks to our lovely niece, Emma, Ariya's cake didn't become a Pinterest fail :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are all head-over-heels in love with this girl who has brought more joy to our lives than we could've ever imagined. What an amazing year its been watching her grow into her sweet personality. XOXO</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And because I'm feeling sentimental about my babies getting so big, here's <a href="http://oliveinspired.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-big-one.html" target="_blank">AVERY AT ONE </a>and <a href="http://oliveinspired.blogspot.com/2015/03/cullen-james-is-one.html" target="_blank">CULLEN AT ONE</a></span>Olive Inspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249963150567316002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771629396906790488.post-401478948066450182017-05-05T21:46:00.002-04:002017-05-05T21:46:24.508-04:00Ariya | 10 Months!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a doe<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sn't get much <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">cooler<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> than s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he is right now<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. She's at <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">SUCH a fun stage whe<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">re she'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s be<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">coming more independent and particular about things <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but is just so, so HAPPY all the time! She<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> takes a few steps <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">behind walking toys, figured out a straw and cra<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wls <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">op s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">peed. She spends her days pulling up <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tanding on everything<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and walking behind me while hol<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ding my legs <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(she seems to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">think this is</span></span></span></span> especially fun when I'm trying to cook dinner or use the bathroom.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Even after already going through this stage twice before, I'm still amazed how quickly these babies start piecing things together; understanding things that seem like they should be above them and associating real words with things. Every time she greets people with her big 'ol smile and wave and says "Hi!" my heart bursts into a million pieces. Along with "Hi" "Dada" and "Mama", Ariya knows "Dog" and gets VERY excited whenever she sees one, pointing and shouting "Tsh! Tsh! Tsh! Dog!" She also associates pretty much any other furry animal with the word "Dog" right now too :)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I put Ariya<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> do<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wn to sleep for her <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">naps, I pla<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ce her on her tummy and then<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> watch her pull her feet up underneath herself and s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nuggle in<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's her</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
current favorite sleeping position and the cutest thing<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ever</span>. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />Ariya <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rock<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ed</span></span></span></span> her first Purdue baseball game!
(a first for all of us,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> which</span> it ended up being sort of a fail because all
Ariya wanted to do was crawl around a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">crowded hill <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">full of people </span></span>and eat discarded popcorn and
garbage off the ground<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, so we only ended up s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">taying about 4<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> innings<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. It w<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">as fun while it lasted though!) :)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Getting dirty and making messes is Ariya's favorite pastime and watching her in her element is so sweet I usually just let her enjoy those those messy moments, even though it means much more clean-up for me later. She is the third child after all :) <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">H</span>er clothes <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">have </span>all been brand new for her and she still doesn't own a single pair of pants that don't have stained knees. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Avery and Cullen <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">continue to adore A<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ri<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ya <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to pieces. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">T</span>hey are the always watching out for her and playing little games with her<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and she just eats it all up.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She is just loved to pieces o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ver here<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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the honeymoon has ended when it comes to ease-of-photo-taking. Gone are
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blissful days of plopping her down and talking to her while she beams up
into the camera at
any moment of the day. Now it's more of a 15 second photo shoot, 11
seconds of which are spent wrangling her back and smoothing the
backdrop. Thank goodness she's as happy as she is for those 4 good
seconds of face time :)</span></span></span></span></span></span>Olive Inspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249963150567316002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771629396906790488.post-13486167142631511502017-05-05T21:40:00.002-04:002017-05-05T21:40:57.712-04:00Ariya Marie | 9 Months!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya is <i><b>on the move</b></i>! On February 28, Ariya took her very first crawling stretches and she woke up on the 29th and was off like she'd been crawling all her life. The next day she pulled up to standing and now she's essentially looking like a toddler and I wasn't quite ready for it. </span><br />
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wants to play with anything that isn't formally considered a toy so we
basically have baskets of colorful, singing decor taking up space in every corner of
house while she happily spends her days hunting down and knawing on Nerf darts :) She puts <i>everything</i> in her mouth but thankfully (knock on wood) has yet to have any choking incidents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya is growing at about the same rate as her brothers did at this age: WAY too fast. At her 9 month appointment, she measured in at:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">29.5" long <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(95th percentile)</span></i><br />21 lbs <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(81st percentile)</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya eats finger foods almost exclusively now and is still a good eater. She very much prefers fruits to vegetables, blueberries, grapes and mango being a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">few</span> of her favorites. She will often clean all the fruit off her plate, throw the rest off onto the floor and whine for more of her beloved fruit... such a rascal. In other news, she's consume<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d her weight in dirt and sand and summer hasn<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'t even officially be<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gun ye<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yikes!</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya is such a celebrity when we go out and about. She smiles her big winner smile and just loves to have people talking to her. She's started saying 'hi' and waving when we pass people and going grocery shopping is the best, I just love watching her spread her light throughout the store. "Hi Dada!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">" is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">her</span> sweetest<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> phrase </span>and something she says very f<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">requently now when <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Justin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> walks into <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the</span> room. She ten<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ds to only say <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span>mama ma<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ma<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span> when she<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'s tired<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and wants to nurse, but I'll take what I can get :)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Clapping is still one of her favorites. She knows what 'no' means and when I do say 'no' and she listens, she immediately applauds herself and giggles. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Time is a crazy thing, and motherhood has totally warped my sense of it. I find myself wanting to take photos of everything or write things down more so I don't forget these<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>days, I'm so grateful <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I get to spend them with my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">babies</span></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A fun little photo project 39 weeks in and 39 weeks out:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And our sweet baby girl at 9 months old. This world is such a brighter place with her in it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://oliveinspired.blogspot.com/2013/03/9-months-avery-on-move.html" target="_blank">Avery at 9 months here</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">llen</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my bi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ggest helper and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">has an amazing memory and attention <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">span. He loves to<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> tell stories (with surprisingly accurate detail) and usual<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ly </span>has no fear talking to any<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">one and everyo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ne th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at will li<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sten.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> He<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">LOVES</span> to chew gum is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">kind of gu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y that</span></span> w<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ould offer up his very last piece of his<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> most</span> favorite gum without <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hesitation. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">enjoys getting wild and crazy with Avery but also needs down time <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to play quietly alone<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> - he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s usually aware <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">enough to know</span></span></span> what <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">it is </span>he needs when. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> loves to drive his 'dune bu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ggy' <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Power Whee<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ls e<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ven <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">though</span> he<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rarely</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">keeps his eyes on the road in front of him. He's a pro on his balance bike "monster truck/dirt bike" and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is slowly <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">beco<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ming more confident on his pedal bike (though h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e knows he's faster on the balance bike, so <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">us<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ually chooses it</span></span>) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cullen is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> host of up<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">downs<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> - the sweetest boy you can imagine and the sauciest litt<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">le threenager too, all within <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">an</span> hour's time. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">H<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e has a quick <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">temper and unfortu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">na<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tely knows<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>many more negative behaviors tha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> his brother did at this age (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">thanks to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">said brother's in<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fluence no doubt<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">) <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His go-to insult is '<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">dummy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">' (or something to the effect of: 'dummy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>summy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>w<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ummy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>dumb<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>dumb') When he gets tired, he loses <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">his sense of play vs. reality and plays the 'bad <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">guy' a little too <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">well.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (AKA, stay out of his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">path)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , 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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cullen is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">such a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">mama's boy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and loves to hel<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">p me out with whatever task I'm working on. Cooking, folding laundry, gardening, unloading <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">groceries<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. He's al<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">so usually <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">up for trying his hand at whatever project <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">set my mind on<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>(<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">W<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e've</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>grown to call these p<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rojects</span> '<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">exper<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">iments' due to their o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ften lacklus<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ter <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">results, ha!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>He's a bit <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of a clean freak and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">loves to</span> grab a handful of baby wi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">pes and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ta<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ckle<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> a sect<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ion of the house with them<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>He is </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cullen shares a room with Avery<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">! He sleeps on the bottom bunk and Avery s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">leeps on the top. Cullen goes to bed first a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd after he falls aslee<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">p, Avery sneaks in. Cullen's bedtime routine<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> includes<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> PJs,</span> brushing teeth, a story, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">aving</span></span> 3 songs sun<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g to</span> hi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">m </span>(ABCs, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are My S<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">un<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">shine, and "My Oh-maze" (Amazing Grace) - in that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">order) while having his back rub<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bed under his shirt<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, a blown kiss and a thumbs up before closing the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> door<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, and turning on his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">monitor music.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">About
two months ago, Cullen completely potty trained himself! He found some
little underwear in a box while moving into his new room with Avery,
decided he was going to wear them and we've never looked back, he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">even soemtimes gets up all on his own at night to go</span>!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> After it happened, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I realized he probably woul<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d've <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">trained earlier, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I just didn't even think <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to encourage him. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oops</span>! In the end, it was SO much easier and happened SO much fas<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ter because <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he was self<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-motivated.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">favorite <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of Cullen's current<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> traits is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that he</span></span></span></span></span> randomly t</span>ells us 'I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">love you'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> at freque<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nt times</span></span> throughout the day<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. It <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tends to happen</span></span> at the times I need it most, helping <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to keep u<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s all in the present. Kiddos are so good for tha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t, and Cullen is one <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in a million.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Sweetest boy ever.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On Cullen'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s bir<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">thday, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">we started the day off with some Moana cereal (!) and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a l<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ittle <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Look-a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd-Find for the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">birthday boy (his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">favorite!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">) <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then we</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>spen<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t the rest of the day at the Chil<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">dren'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s Museum in Indianapolis with grand<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ma and grandpa :) Such a fun time celebrating our big<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> three-year-old</span>!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">riya continu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">es to learn an<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d grow <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">so much faster than I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> can keep up with. She <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is an ab<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">so<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lute <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ray of sunshin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e</span></span> in our<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">days<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8 months in and I still can't get over what a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">happy</span>, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">agreeable</span> baby she is. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Every week<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I pull my camera out <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to take <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">her weekly photo</span></span>, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">she just <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">poses</span> and smiles her sweet<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">est smile. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The whole ordeal takes less than 5 minutes and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">somehow <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I still have <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the hardest time choosing <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">just one photo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> - they're ALL so cute<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya earned her 2 bottom teeth<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">! H</span>er first popped through on Jan. 10 and the second showed up not long after. In true Ariya form, she cut those teeth without batting a sweet little eyelash<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (although many dr<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ools were <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">c<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ertainly </span>drooled!)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya has her own room! At the end of January, Cullen decided he wanted to try sleeping in Avery's room (again) BUT this time, Avery decided he was ready to sleep on the top bunk. Apparently the stars aligned and this new arrangement finally took hold - which means Ariya moved into Cullen's old room and claimed it as her own. <br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She's grown out of her sleep-all-night-every-night routine a bit and often won't fall asleep until she's nursed and rocked about 3-4 times. Even then, she will get up at least once or twice a night, sometimes for extended periods of thinking it's morning when it's not. Despite losing her rockstar sleeper medal, she still wins the award for happiest morning baby- I really look forward to peering over her crib at her ecstatic little face in the morning! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She either takes 2 shorter naps, one in the morning and one in the late afternoon, OR she takes one monster nap in the middle of the day. Every day is a little different and, being baby #3, her naps are often interrupted or taken on-the-go. Naturally, she is A-OK with wherever the day takes her, as long as she has us around she's happy.</span><br />
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EATS! She will gobble up 1-3 baby bullet servings for breakfast, lunch
and dinner along with a bunch of finger foods. She loves to eat and is
so good at feeding herself. Her current favorites are kale, apples,
mango, sweet potatoes and avacado/pear. She tried some cheese for lunch
today and pretty much thought it was the greatest thing ever - a true
Wisconsinite at heart :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The love Ariya has for her brothers is so strong and so obvious, she ADORES them and all of the loud and crazy games they play. The boys are so, so sweet- always making silly faces, kissing, singing or tickling her and she repays them by giving them nothing but smiles and giggles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As long as I am nearby, Ariya is generally happy and oh-so-smiley with <i>everyone</i> she comes across. I love to watch her smiles light up everyone around her- her brothers, our friends, or perfect strangers at the grocery store. Her happy energy is contagious and makes my day - every day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a st<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rong girl <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">er circle of destruction is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">growing larger by the day </span></span>as she inches closer and closer to crawling<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. It will be a bittersweet day for<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> all of us </span>when she becomes fully <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">mobile<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Keeping</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> her away from cho<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">king haz<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ards is going to become my full<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-time job </span>and although t</span></span></span></span></span>he boys try<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> all day to get her to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">crawl, I do<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">think they <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">truly grasp <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">what this means. They love little sis <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">like <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">crazy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, but they love her on their terms. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We will see how <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">well they adjust to her being all up in their business <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">all day. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya, my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">dear, you're <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">welcome to stay put just as long as you'd like :)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ariya loves to play games that get a reaction out of us, this one was especially funny this day - that belly laugh!! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At her 6 month well<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-baby checkup, Ariya weigh<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ed in at 18.5 po<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">unds and 28" long, in the 90<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">/</span>95 per<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">centile. She wears <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a few 9<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-month out<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fits but is on<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to</span> </span></span>mostly 12 month c<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lothing<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">skin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ny pants for infan<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ts are sort of a joke...right?<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">) </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Her first tooth <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(on the lower left) <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">popped through yesterday (Jan 9)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and she's been <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">chewing on everythi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ng in sight.</span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Although s</span>he<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> will tolerate <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">being on her tummy for short perio<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ds, it's not<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> her favorite so she's mastered sitting and crawling isn't even on her radar <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">yet. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(Which is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">just <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e with me<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ve been <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">working on</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hiding away the small jewels, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">L</span>egos and coins that I find <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but somehow <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">new ones <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">keep appearing.) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bout a month</span> ago, Ariya moved from sleeping in a cradle in our room to sharing a room with Avery and sleeping in a crib! After numerous failed attempts at getting Avery and Cullen to share a room, it just made sense to put our best sleeper (Ariya) in with our <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">oldest sleeper</span> (Avery). So far, it's working out great and Avery is so proud to share a room with his li'l sis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We spen<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t our holidays at home this year and </span>Ariya en<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">joyed every bit of her first Christmas<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. She is at THE perfect age for it<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> - old en<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ough to get joy f<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rom all the little things like wrapping paper and lights<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> but young enough to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">stay where I put her <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> not EAT said wrapping paper and lights :) </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Avery a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd Cullen continue to love love <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">LOVE <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. For as much as they bicker with each other, they are nothing but sweet<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, kind, and gentle with li'l sis. This little girl is so loved, by so <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">many. She's brought so much joy to ou<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">r life<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, I can't imagin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e what we would do without her! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are excited to welcome 2017 and all the adventures that await! </span></span>Olive Inspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249963150567316002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771629396906790488.post-85986539936246458342016-10-20T22:55:00.002-04:002016-10-21T14:37:31.807-04:00Ariya is Four Months Old!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our sweet Ariya is already 4 months old She smiles and chatters all day long and is so alert and curious about everything around her. At her <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4 month che<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ckup, s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he weighed in at 16<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># and is 26.5<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">" long<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in the 90th percentile for both. WHY must I have the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fastest growing babies of all time?! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya</span> is SUCH a good baby<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, so <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">predictable and easy to please. She's such a joy - to all of us. Her brothers couldn't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">be more <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">smitten</span> with her if they tried<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, they just radiate love<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> -</span> </span>I</span>t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">makes my heart swe<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ll. For as much as they pick fights<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> with each other, they have nothing <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but sweet <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wor<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ds <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and gentle touches for <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">their little sis. Their "little missy." </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya</span> continues to sleep like a rockstar, 8-10 hour stretches <i>every single night</i> and a solid nap in the middle of the day (along with a couple small catnaps in between) S<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'s unreal<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I think Avery slept through his first night when he was...<i>11 months</i> and Cullen was maybe <i>6 months</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. She was 2 WEEKS and has done it consistently since then.</span> </span></span></span></span>She still sleeps in our room and until we can figure out how to get Cullen and Avery to sleep in the same room together, that's where she will stay. She brea<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ks out of her swaddle <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">every night but usually <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">falls right back to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sleep with her fist<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s up around her <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ears.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Her favorite spot to nap is on her tummy on our <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bed. </span>When she doesn't fall asleep nursing, she prefers to be cuddled in the cradle position and have her bottom patted. It works <i>every time</i>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya loves bath time<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and </span>kicks half the water out of her infant tub before she's finished. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Her neck and core are getting so strong and she tries to pull herself up every time she gets a hand to grasp. She would rather sit up (with support) to look around than play on her tummy, though she tolerates it for short periods (the m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">irror <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">helps<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">). </span></span></span>She <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">she's only rolled over a couple of times</span> but enjoys grabbing her feet and rolling from side to side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When she gets scared, she lets out a very high-pitched squeal and if what's scaring her doesn't stop, the squeal turns into a cry. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAcr9yllE2IcUXAR9aS18ETp1i4i4n2uSi7BsY2_vY50RJ_Nkbq8LO_bxBtirPGuSi7BWkZlFcqV0Qnt3JAPd_oi6wE4PoIa0gZmsMMUn8qZ7328vDne41VKYufh2KdaLIP9sCm44BIk6/s1600/DSC_0628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAcr9yllE2IcUXAR9aS18ETp1i4i4n2uSi7BsY2_vY50RJ_Nkbq8LO_bxBtirPGuSi7BWkZlFcqV0Qnt3JAPd_oi6wE4PoIa0gZmsMMUn8qZ7328vDne41VKYufh2KdaLIP9sCm44BIk6/s400/DSC_0628.JPG" width="265" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya's taken up the two-finger-chew (like her brothers did at this age) and drools all over everything. She LOVES watching her brothers and having them up in her face entertaining her is her favorite. She's especially fond of Avery right now because he takes his big brother role so seriously and knows how to anticipate her needs. He wipes her <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">spitup, alerts me <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">when he di<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">aper get<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s full and knows all her favorite<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> toys. </span></span></span></span></span>He's very proud that he can help her sit up when she's fussing and she LOVES this arrangement :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For as sweet and calm as she is, she has a 'fussy time' from 5-7 <i>every</i> evening - like clockwork. It makes preparing dinner and rounding up dirty boys from outside pretty difficult when all she wants is to be held. She often gives her lungs a good healthy workout during this time ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">never could<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'ve imagine<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d how perfectly this sweet <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">little person would fit <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">into our <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">life</span>. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I love to see her so aware and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">learning <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">so much every day</span>, but <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">f<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">eel a little tinge of sadness every morning<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I wake up and see how much she<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'s g<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rown<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> during the overnight hours. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I spend every hour of every day with her and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">somehow <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I still can't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">keep <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">up with <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">how <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">quickly the time is going.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm so grate<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ful for the time I have <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with these three babies<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> of mine. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've been <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">enjoying looking back on these <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">blog posts from Avery<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and Cullen's baby days. I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> love them so much, I'm going to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">make a point</span> to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">con<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tinue with Ariya's updates - I knew I would app<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">reciate <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">taking the time to write <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">all of this down!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<a href="http://oliveinspired.blogspot.com/2012/10/avery-4-months.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Avery @ 4 Months</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya nurses like a champ, has smiles for miles, holds her head up and is most happy when she is able to be up and looking around. She's getting good at following her brothers around with her eyes and her face lights up when they get in her face to talk to her. We think she's going to be our social butterfly- most of the time she cries it's because she's just lonely and wants someone to be talking, singing or dancing for her. Easily fixed around our house! Tummy time is a breeze for her if she has her buddies around to keep her company. She's even rolled over a few times already!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Avery and Cullen have nothing but love, so much love, for their little sis. A few of their nicknames for her: Li'l Sis, Baby Sisser, Li'l Missy, Sister, and Cullen still loves to call her Ariya Marie. They love when they can get her to smile and watching them put on a show to get those smiles is the greatest. They just can't give her enough kisses in a day! (she's probably the most germy baby ever because of it, poor thing) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Above all else, Ariya SLEEPS! She slept through the night for the first time when she was only a few weeks old and has done so many times since. (It took the boys almost a YEAR to do that!) She usually does gets up a time or two to nurse during the night but gets what she wants and goes right back to sleep. She knows that her mama needs sleep now more than ever and, bless her heart, she gives it to me. She takes a solid nap in the middle of the day on the couch while her crazy brothers drive trucks and build houses around her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the evening, she tends to fuss between the hours of 5-7 every day and is really only calm if she's being held (dinnertime gets pretty tricky) or if we are pushing her in a stroller. When she's fussy or tired, patting her bottom helps her to calm the quickest. She consistently goes down to sleep between 7-7:30 and then gets up an hour later for a little extra nursing before sleeping a 6-7 hour stretch. Every night! EVERY NIGHT! I used to think babies like her didn't even exist, this girl is just too good to be true. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are all enjoying watching this girl grow into her own little personality and from what it looks like it's going to be a pretty sweet one. I'm sure we'll pay for this angelic behavior when she's a toddler - or a preteen. BUT, for now, we are soaking in every moment because every morning she wakes up a little bit bigger and wiser and a little less like the tiny infant I gave birth to last week (or so it feels anyway...) Alas, she's ever so healthy and happy and we couldn't ask for any more than that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We love you, sweet Ariya.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An entire MONT<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">H has <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">passed since this little sweetie joined our crew and our f<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">amily feels mo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">re complete than ever. The boys have <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">shown nothing but love and adoration for little Ariya from the very start and she's been <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">such a rockstar baby<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">totally <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">oing</span> with the flow<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> As long as she <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">doesn't have to wait too long to eat and has a clean diaper, she happily plays on the floor, travels around <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with me in the sling and falls asleep when she's tired. This third baby thing i<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s the real d<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">eal - she's just <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">pure</span> joy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Although she is a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n angel b<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">aby now, o</span></span></span></span></span>f all 3
of my pregnancies this one was the most uncomfortable for me. My body
felt really heavy and achy and with the hot days setting in, I was just
so ready for little miss to be here. I was hopeful after hearing from so
many people that third babies 'often come early' that this would be the
case<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, bu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t a</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t my
last couple of wee<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">kly </span>appointments I had progressed - and sadly, stalled - at
2-3 cm dilated, even after having my membranes stripped once. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our</span> girl had plans of her own! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Justin
and I convinced ourselves that baby girl was going to come early and
come quickly and that left us a bit panicked as to what the boys would do if
that were the case. Justin's mom, Jodi, was all packed and ready to come at a
moment's notice but seeing as she had a 4+ hour drive from St. Louis, we
weren't sure she would make it in time. So when we asked her on
Saturday if she was willing to come stay with us early, she made the
trip the next day. As it turned out, baby decided not to come until
Thursday but we all got some good quality days with grandma and that<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> is</span> never <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">im<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e </span></span></span>wasted. While she was here, I wore ruts in the sidewalks
around the neighborhood walking laps to help move baby down and entice
her to come out. Of course it didn't work, and I was extra exhausted
every evening<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> but it ga<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ve me something productive to do! </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>June 16 - baby girl's due date! </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Throughout
my entire pregnancy, I'd had some crazy Braxton Hicks contractions that
had been getting more and more uncomfortable by the day. When I woke up
to use the bathroom in the wee hours of the morning, I was really
excited to feel what I thought were some real contractions beginning. In
the morning I announced to everyone that today WAS going to be the day!
(<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a little p<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ositive thinking never hurts, right?<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">) </span></span></span>I had an appointment with my midwife at 9:00 and at that point she said
I was about 4 cm dilated and baby had moved way down, so <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">finally some </span>progress over
the week before! She stripped my membranes really well and said she was
sure baby would be here before the next morning. (yay!) <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">During my early labor, which turned out to be <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">most of the day, w</span>e</span> h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ung</span> out around the house, t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ook a few</span> walks and play<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ed</span> on the construction
equipment in our neighborhood (I had a funny moment of 'wow, how life
has changed' <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">as I was leaning</span> up against a huge dirty loader tire to work
through a contraction. Ha!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>6:45</b></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After
dinner, my contractions were about 3-4 minutes apart and lasting almost
a minute at a time. We called Amanda, the midwife on call, and she said
she would meet us at the hospital. We left the boys happily playing in
the pool with grandma and made the 1<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2</span> minute trip. At this point, my
contractions still weren't very painful and the ride didn't seem very
uncomfortable at all so I was a little nervous maybe we were going in
too early but I was set on trying for a water birth again and wanted to make sure I had time to labor in the tub for a
while before baby was ready to come. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7:15</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After
getting all checked in, we headed up to delivery room 6 (the same room
both Avery and Cullen were born in!), I was hooked up to a monitor for
20 minutes and my IV was placed while the tub was being filled. Baby's
heartbeat was regular and strong and soon I was able to get out of the bed and into the
water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>7:40</b></span><br />I
have nothing but super positive things to say about laboring in a tub.
Somehow the warm water makes contractions so much less intense and being
able to sway <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wit<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h</span></span> the water and lean up against the inflatable sides has
proven to be my ideal laboring position. The next hour or so was spent
chatting with Justin and Amanda between contractions, listening to Live
on Pandora, and focusing on blowing ripples on the water to block out
the pain. I was so much more aware, calm and confident this time around
and thanks to Justin sticking mint and lemon oils in my face upon
request, I'm happy to say I didn't get sick once! (more than I can say
for my last two deliveries!) <br /><br />As contractions became more
intense, my water broke and I was ecstatic (as ecstatic as one can be at this point of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">labor)</span> to find that the fluid was
clear so I would be able to stay in the water to deliver! (unlike both <a href="http://oliveinspired.blogspot.com/2012/06/avery-is-2-weeks-old-today-already-he.html" target="_blank">Avery</a> and <a href="http://oliveinspired.blogspot.com/2014/03/cullen-james-olive-birth-story.html" target="_blank">Cullen</a>'s
deliveries, where I had to get out at this point due to having
meconium-stained fluid that meant <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was considered higher risk and couldn't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">continue with a water birth</span></span>) After my
water broke, contractions started to get much more intense and right on
top of each other. I started to push a little through each contraction
until Amanda checked and announced that baby's head was ready. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8:56 </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I
pushed two big pushes, one to deliver her head and one for her body -
and she was here! Amanda caught her and handed her over to me under the
water and I pulled her up and out onto my chest. </span><br />
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the next 15-20 minutes or so, I was able to just cuddle sweet Ariya and
soak in that post-birth high. I distinctly remember there being such an
overwhelming sense of calm and quiet in the room. (except for me saying
over and over that "It worked!" I'd hoped and prayed for a water
birth<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> -</span> and it finally worked!) Unlike when the boys were born and a team
of NICU nurses were crowded in the room, this time it was only Justin
and I, our midwife Amanda, o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ne</span> nurse, and another nurse that ran
in right as she was born (I'm not even sure she made it in time). It was
such a wonderful environment for baby to be welcomed into. Ariya was
very alert and looking around right away but I think because of the peaceful,
warm spot she was nestled into it took her a few minutes to cry (if
that's not a testament to how calm the place was, I don't know what
is!). One of the nurses started to rub her back and got her to cry so
they could make sure her lungs were good and clear, and a healthy cry it
was! She scored a 9 on her first (and second) APGAR and when the cord
was done pulsing, Justin was able to cut it. </span><br />
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few minutes after, they took her to be weighed while I climbed out of
the tub to deliver the placenta in the bed. (By far the worst part of
delivering baby #3 was the horrendous tummy massaging the nurses had to
do afterwards to make my uterus contract - SO MUCH more painful than it
was the last two times!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ariya
is a spitting image of her brothers as newborns (especially Avery) She has Avery's eyes/nose and Cullen's squishy little mouth and chin. Her
hair is all her own - it's DARK (darker than either of the boys' was) and pretty long in
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Grandma Jodi brought the boys to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">visit the n<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ext morning, they were SO excited to see her! Cullen <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">kept saying<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Just <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">born!" and Avery couldn't stop <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ogling</span> over her tiny toes and fingers and they BOTH couldn't stop <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">kissing her all over<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. So much love for this little sister from the very beginning. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are SO SO SO thankful to Jodi for being with us all week and for keeping the boys so happy while we were gone. It makes the transition much easier knowing that they were having a little mini-vacation of their own at home with grandma, they sure do love having her around!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are all adjusting well to being a family of five. It was such a treat to have Justin home from work for a couple of weeks, we've never had so much time together at home - ever! It was awesome! We're slowly figuring out logistics and our juggling acts are pretty polished already at four weeks in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've taken more photos over the last month than I have in the history of ever. Unfortunately, most of those photos have yet to make it from my camera to my computer. Maybe someday I'll have a few hours to sort through them... although probably not anytime soon. I'm soaking up every minute of this newborn snuggle time and when I'm not, there's playtime to be had with bears. And wolves. There will likely be tractors involved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As I type this, my floors desperately need to be cleaned, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">laun<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">dry <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">baskets are</span> piled up <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in need of folding, </span>there are</span></span> soggy swimming shorts drying on the patio and my boys are <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in a deep sleep after a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> long, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">full</span> day.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But somehow, I know we're ready. This 'readiness' has taken on a much different form than it did the first and second time around. My freezer meal stockpile is<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nearly what I w<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ould like it to be</span></span></span>, my house is never truly clean and baby girl doesn't have an elaborate nursery <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ready and waiting for her</span>. (She actually doesn't even have a room yet, just a little space in the corner of our room where she will be for the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">forse<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">eable future</span></span>) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And that's all ok. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Because she will be more loved than she can ever imagine. Avery and Cullen are so SO excited to meet her and all that new-mom anxiety is all but gone completely the third time around, leaving me with a certain sense of peace <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">as I think about heading into labor/delivery. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I also have little to no an<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">xiety about <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">how the boys will <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">deal with</span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">me going into labor<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (like I did when I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was pre<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gnant with Cullen)</span></span></span> With A<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">very being older, I can explain the situation <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to him and he understands and as long as Cullen is with Avery, he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">will be</span> A-Ok.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I haven't posted much about my pregnancy this time around. Not because I haven't been documenting, but because taking time to sit down and write it out in this blog hasn't been high on my priority list. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This has been my most difficult pregnancy. Not terrible by any means, but definitely harder. I've been pretty exhausted and with Avery not napping anymore, I haven't had a consistent downtime for myself everyday like I had with each of the boys. Also, my boys rarely stop moving. Like ever. I think that's been the hardest part for me, not being able to keep up with them like I'd like to. I thank God they have each other to wrestle and run with when all I want to do is put my feet up for 15 minutes. I must be getting old! </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-p7TVpiNB_YqP6YSoU7IdqGDyfW69lW-LzZG0G5lP7b97KN5MRIWPSGd7w0B68XVvrDl5MKSVm9AFNwElcZUeSjjvm0RnQC6wOp9ICZiaeQkcaIysodOgBORgWDjhan_yqg30FbcPmJu/s1600/DSC_1412bb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-p7TVpiNB_YqP6YSoU7IdqGDyfW69lW-LzZG0G5lP7b97KN5MRIWPSGd7w0B68XVvrDl5MKSVm9AFNwElcZUeSjjvm0RnQC6wOp9ICZiaeQkcaIysodOgBORgWDjhan_yqg30FbcPmJu/s640/DSC_1412bb.jpg" width="424" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Avery is SO ready <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to meet baby sister. He ask<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lots of questions and comes up with all ki<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nds of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ideas of things that we <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">should do when baby sister arrives. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have no doubt he will be every bit of the amazing <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">big brother he<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">naturally was when we brought Cullen home, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and then some. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He's been <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">very excited to take all my belly pictures for me <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">during Cullen's naptime, it's been a fun time for us and he's a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n amazing litt<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">le budding photographer!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ade up <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">his own joke that he thinks <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is hilarious:</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Mom, I know what we can name baby sister!"<br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Rea<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lly<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">?<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> What should we name her?!"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Maybe"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Maybe?"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Yeah, Maybe Baby!"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> laughed SO hard <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at this<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> because it was the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">first deliberate joke <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he's made and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he was so proud of himself. He is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">such a ham!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cullen is more needy than he's ever been. He doesn't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">want anyone else to change his diaper and </span>still insists on being rocked <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">before bed</span></span> by nobody else but me. (even though getting comfy on my gigantic belly is a big challenge for him <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>and me<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>, I'm still his only choice) And I must rub his neck... While humming... And rub his back when I place him in his crib... And blow him a kiss before I close the door.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> He's very particular <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">about things he must do himself and things he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">still wants done for him. For reasons like this, I am a bit conce<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rned about the logi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">stic<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s of having 3 and being outnumbered<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, especially in the beginning. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I fear Cullen isn't going to be as willing to share my attention as Avery was. He's <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">got a strong personality and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">isn't much for listen<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ing to logic a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">his curre<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nt <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">st<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">age :) I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">does make me feel better tha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t Cullen and Avery have each other and play so well together. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They are <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">such good little buddies,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">know</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">their bond will only bec<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ome stronger after baby sister comes home.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh, and I have to share the one thing I have made in preparation for baby girl - her quilt! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've been dilated to 3 cm for over 2 weeks now, with no 'real' contractions (although I've had Braxton Hicks for months). With 2 days until her official due date, I am walking loops around the neighborhood and bouncing around the house trying to coax this baby out. We're ready whenever you are, baby girl! </span></div>
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<br />Olive Inspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249963150567316002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771629396906790488.post-4900086257284387792016-06-06T15:21:00.002-04:002016-06-06T15:21:58.800-04:00Avery is FOUR! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Avery turning 4 is sort of surreal for me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I think it probably has a lot to do with the fact that I'm sitting here waiting on baby sister to arrive exactly 4 years after I was waiting on this little <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">boy</span> to join us and make us a family. My first baby. The one that would totally turn our lives upside down and make life so much more full and happy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(an<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d, on occasion, more fru<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">strating too</span></span>). </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Avery is such a joy in our days. I can't even believe how fast he is growing and learning, it's hard for me to keep up.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> He continues to have the most <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">creati<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ve and active imagination ever<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. H<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e loves nature and learning about <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">everything around him. He asks so many good questions, I love wat<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ching his wh<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">eels turn and am amazed at <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">all the information he can retain.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the last year, Avery has matured so much<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. H</span>is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">speech has <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gotten s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o clear and he's come ou<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t of his shell quite a bit. He's still a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">pretty quiet, laid-back dude around others but has really come a long way. He's also learned what to say and do to push our buttons, how to whine<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span> how to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">instigate and pick <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on his brother<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and how to use his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">newfound <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">independence and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">stubbornness</span> to</span></span> drive his mother to the brink of ins<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">anity ;)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some things I don't want to forget about Avery as he turns 4:</span></b></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Avery LOVES: </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Singing.</span> Hi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s favorite songs are </span>"Bear N<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ecessities<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">" <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and </span>"I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just Can't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wait to be Kin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">P</span></span>laying bear, deer h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">unter<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span></span> and bad otter (based on<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> the 'bad otter' in the movie Zootopia<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... it had quite the effect on him)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bir<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d watching</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Talking about <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">p</span>oop</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Writing his name<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (mom, dad<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and Cullen too) and dr<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">awing big b<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ucks and funny monsters</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">W<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ild Kratts</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Firefly/butterfly/frog catching</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Teaching <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cullen everything he knows... <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the good and the bad</span> (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I taught Cullen that!")<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Making up games for he and Cullen to play together</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Playing with dad - he is OBSESSED with Justin, h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is daddy is truly his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hero </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Riding</span> his scooter like a c<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hamp<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. He'</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s also getting more confident on his big bike</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dancing - <u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You Think You Can D<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nce</span></span></span></span></u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is BACK! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span> Jump<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ing</span> on the trampoline<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. He</span> is very <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">adamant</span> about not jumping unless the ne<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t is sec<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">urely zipped (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">after a little <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rolling<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-out episode<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span></span></span>he learns quickly!)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">W<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">earing sunglasses <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and his favorite outfit - Black sport pants and a neon green long-sleeve shirt</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">S<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ince</span> about 6 mo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nths ago, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">very s</span></span></span></span>neaks into our bed every night (we<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> have nickname<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d him our 'bedbug' because he's so sneaky)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and I've adjusted to sleeping with my back to him to p<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rotect my belly from his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">twitchy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> kicking legs<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In turn, h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e's <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">adjusted to sleeping attached<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> to me</span> with his head be<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tween my shoulder blades. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Somehow<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I've <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gotten used to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this... <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">although it could <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">get interesting when baby sister takes up residence in our room<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> very soon. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Happy as can <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">be <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">playing <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in mountain streams<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">! </span></span></span></span> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Flash</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">20/52<br />The sweetest little under-bite I've ever seen :)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Two years ago, life changed all over again <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">when</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">we were given this <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sweet little <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">boy</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> an<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">our days became so much more full and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">even more happy than we could've imagined.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At two years old, Cullen is<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <i>fiercely</i> independent and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">insists o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n doing everything his way (and on his time). <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This may be climbing <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">into his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">carseat in his own roundabout way, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">pushing his stroller around the block instead of riding in it, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">helping himself to a snack</span> or cleaning up his own milk spill<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He eats his san<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">dwiches inside out and often pre<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fers to cut his own food. </span></span></span>He<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> recently <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">moved out of his high <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">chair and joins u<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s at the big table for meals<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> where he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">politely</span> leans over h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is plate<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wipes <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">up any drips with his napkin and</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span>carries h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is own dishes to the sink when he's fin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ished. (<i>and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lso</span></span> </i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>usu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ally</span> yells something like 'poo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">p</span>' or 'stinkpot' back and forth with his brother at </i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>some point throughout the meal, followed by <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">intense giggling</span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span> <i>You can't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">win them all ;) </span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cullen is so sweet a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">has very good manners, but often <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">says<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> 'welcome' when he means to say 'thank you' which is pretty funny<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> :) He's a very go-with-<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the-flow kind of guy, unless of course you try to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">dictate his 'flow', then h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is temper flares aw<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fully quickly<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveW4p_OTzTad0nCQ_eIjqLuRhkBhd7h2LB3dcFFPc240GgUNqsoe-fP1dlIiCHyPR_sbB_H9ASYT_xF1sMasTZ36PTHERZo3n4p-AkquYsOemM3m3NJLPG2YSArFLnBQfna6IZAGUJZid/s1600/Puddles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveW4p_OTzTad0nCQ_eIjqLuRhkBhd7h2LB3dcFFPc240GgUNqsoe-fP1dlIiCHyPR_sbB_H9ASYT_xF1sMasTZ36PTHERZo3n4p-AkquYsOemM3m3NJLPG2YSArFLnBQfna6IZAGUJZid/s400/Puddles.jpg" width="266" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Monkey see, monkey do.</b> For better or for worse, these words sum up every one of our days.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cullen <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">watches everyone -<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> especially Avery -<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> very</span> intently and catches on<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to things very quickly. He <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">follows Aver<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y into the bathroom and uses the potty almost every day, all on his own. He also bites his na<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ils<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (</span>even though h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e has no idea wh<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">) because he sees his big brother do<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ing it<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> all too frequently<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and has a pretty quick temper (and fist)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>when he feels he's been <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wronged<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> in some way</span>. (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Much to Avery's disappointment, he can<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> no longer 'trick' his brother into d<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">oing what he wants <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">him to to)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cullen</span> LOVES <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Avery. It<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> often seems more like a love-hate <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">judgin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g by how many spats they have <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but at the end of the day Cullen looks up <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to Avery <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with such high reg<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ard, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he's just his best buddy. He never wants <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Avery to be out of his sight and wants to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">do EVERYTHING big <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">brother does. All the time. I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t makes my hear<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t so happy to see the bond that they<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> have.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">B<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ef<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ore he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">goes to sleep<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cullen want<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">read 2-3 s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tories (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he usually wants to 'read' himself</span></span></span>) and rock on <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my lap</span> for 5-10 minutes whi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">le humming<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span> He <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">won't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">go down into his crib unless he has <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">one hand <i>on</i> a book and one cuddling his baby.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>In the morning, h</span>e greets us with the most enthusia<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">stic "</span></span>HI!" when we <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">go in to get him<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">usually found lovingly rocking<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> his baby (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Mah Bebe<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">")</span></span> or 'changing her <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">poops'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span>('poop' is one <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of his favorite<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> wor<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ds. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So</span> lovely.)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cullen <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">has <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">become <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a very <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">intent caretaker of his bab<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Most <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">days he<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'s got a baby along with<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> him <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wherever he goes <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(even if the mode of transportatio<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n isn't what <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">one m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ight consider '<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">safe' for <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a baby so small<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and he cuddles and coos them <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ever<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-so-gently.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">her favorite wor<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d? "<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cookie!" He's constantly <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'making <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">cookies' or <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'eat<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ing cookies' or<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> p<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">acking 'cookies' <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(in the form of paper, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">play food, play-doh, etc) </span></span>into his p<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ockets<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cullen calls animals and vehicles by their<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> sounds<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. "woo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">f" <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"me<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ow" <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"ssssss" "w<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h</span>o"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "choo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>choo" "weee<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>ooo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>wee<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>ooo" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His vocabulary is growing a ridiculous amount every day.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> He's very ea<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ger to learn new words and will repeat them <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">over and over until he gets it just right.</span></span> If <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">we can't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">understand <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a word he's trying to say, he shifts gears <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tries to get us to gues<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s in a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nother way<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span> by us<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ing hand mo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tions and sound effects or taking us by the hand to show <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">us.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>Cullen is </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">very shar<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">p and e</span></span>very day he </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>surprises us with something ne<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">w that he's figured out<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. We often call him <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'boy genius' because of some of the things he says o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">r concepts he connects. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cullen</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">'s favorites:</span></b> Babies, trucks, his 'cape' shirt, rocking to sleep, his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'phones' (a purple princess flip phone, a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">calculator, a remo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">te, </span>and a number keypad<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">), birds, telling s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tories, sin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ging songs, </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">making <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">cookies'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, blue, the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">mber 2<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, the letter E, swinging, putting on way too much lotion (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">or 'soap' as he calls it), cooking wit<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> his mama</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cullen's not-so-fav</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">orites: </span></b>Being left out of anything, being told 'no',<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> H<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ving anything done for him<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> when he wants to do it on his own</span>, having anyone <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">besides mom change his diaper (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lucky me)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br /></span> </span></span>W<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e all love you so much, our little rascal boy. I can't wait to see <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ll the new</span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">new things you learn -and teach us- in th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is next year<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> :) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7/52<br />My <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">little</span> wolf boy</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">9/52<br />Just getting way too big.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">9/52<br />That scrunchie nose gets me every time :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3/52 <br />The artist hard at work!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in the last week, h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">love for drawing -that was totally <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">non-existent</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> before- <br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">has totally <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">blossomed and he can't get enough! I LOVE IT!!) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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Olive Inspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249963150567316002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771629396906790488.post-30677455680549143552016-01-31T09:23:00.001-05:002016-01-31T09:23:27.952-05:0047-52/52 < 2015 Wrap up! ><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">48/52<br />Avery teaching Cullen everything he needs to know before June :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">49/52<br />Such a resourceful boy, who's likely destined to be a gymnast :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">52/52<br />Bedtime stories with daddy, Aunt Jessi and baby <strike>Charlie</strike> Jesus </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">52/52<br />Feeling a little under the weather, Cullen didn't want to play outside in the fresh </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wisconsin</span> <br />snow but was perfectly content to sit and watch the fun from the window.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />What a year! We can't wait for the changes and adventure 2016 has to o</span>ffer! Olive Inspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249963150567316002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771629396906790488.post-27258664378226505992015-11-22T21:06:00.003-05:002015-11-22T21:06:37.083-05:0039/52 - 46/52<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've been failing horribly at posting anything lately and I think this is just the way this little blog space will be for now. I'm proud to say I've kept up on taking weekly photos of the boys but when it comes down to organizing those photos and posting them here, I rarely take the time. So here's another marathon photo post and I plan to continue these because I really do love scrolling through them - I hope you do too :)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">39/52<br />Avery posed himself for this - and LOVED it :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">39/52<br />Always such a rascal... with the sweetest little smirks</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">40/52<br />Always enjoying the little things </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">40/52<br />His sleepy face reminds me that even if he wants me to think otherwise, <br />he's still my baby.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">41/52<br />Hat season!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">41/52<br />He may be small, but he's strong ;)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">42/52<br />So ready</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">42/52<br />My redhead has turned into a blondie!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">43/52<br />Getting awfully big and spelled out his name for the first time without any assistance from me :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">43/52<br />A rainy start to Trick-or-Treating didn't bother this superhero one bit!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">44/52<br />Such a ham - he LOVES posing himself and having his photo taken (on his terms, of course) <br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">44/52<br />He takes his art very seriously.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">45/52<br />An extra from our holiday photo shoot!</span></td></tr>
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<br />Olive Inspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249963150567316002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771629396906790488.post-86671630956247671782015-09-29T21:53:00.001-04:002015-09-29T21:53:29.952-04:0034-38/52<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This boy. I remember thinking before he was born how I was sad that we would never share the quiet, calm, cuddly days together the way Avery and I did but now that he's here and very much his own little person, I don't think he would've much cared for quiet, calm days anyway :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-efKW_bI8y3sKZKTgkGEWbd0rnXcrfjGHd4Wz46XTRGIKowLC72O0xE0Cwgy6k0SiuxpeVwQwJB_D6sO4vK66YpZIXx3azsfTtCo19xg8x70TCcHXhHrknR8hqoLyfiSRIt4cIFZdblE/s1600/DSC_0887b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-efKW_bI8y3sKZKTgkGEWbd0rnXcrfjGHd4Wz46XTRGIKowLC72O0xE0Cwgy6k0SiuxpeVwQwJB_D6sO4vK66YpZIXx3azsfTtCo19xg8x70TCcHXhHrknR8hqoLyfiSRIt4cIFZdblE/s400/DSC_0887b.jpg" width="265" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cullen brings so much joy to our days and keeps us on our toes. He's exactly like his big brother in some ways and the most polar opposite in others. He has a very strong personality and is so independent in every way. He is so brave and will try anything he sees Avery do (he has the bumps and bruises to prove it). He can do, say and understand way more than I feel he should be able to at his age, maybe it's just having so many more experiences under his belt due to having such a good big brother for role model to follow around all day. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cullen
loves to eat. Pretty much anything, anywhere, at any time. If he gets
grouchy, 90% of the time the fix is a snack. He </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">prefers to eat his sandwiches inside out (bread isn't his favorite) and is a pro with a fork and spoon.</span> Ironically, at his 18 month
appointment this week, he had <i>lost </i>2 ounces but gained <b>2 inches</b>
since his 15 month appointment. He's reached the same point in his
development that Avery did at this age - goodbye chubby baby and hello
tall, lanky little boy!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cullen won't allow me to be put him into his crib unless he has a book in hand. He doesn't necessarily read it, he just likes to fall asleep while touching it. His favorite bedtime story is <u>Goodnight Moon</u> and he refuses to let me read any other page of <u>The Very Hungry Caterpillar</u> than the Saturday page (the page full of junk food, he just loves it!) If he wakes up during the night (not often, but it does still happen) I pick him up and he gives me a quick squeeze before reaching back for his bed. It's almost like he's just checking to be sure I'm still nearby and can hear him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">gets out of his high chair (a behavior learned big brother I am sure). If he spills his milk, he rushes to the sink to grab the towel and wipes up the entire mess before putting the towel back where he got it. If he walks past drawers that are left a couple inches open, he closes them. He helps unload the dishwasher by putting away all of the silverware and any piece of clothing he finds on the floor, he places it in the washer. He's just the sweetest thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cullen still absolutely hates having his diaper changed. He's a strong little bugger and keeping him in place while changing a diaper is nothing short of what I can only imagine wrestling an octopus must be like. The potty is definitely on his radar though, and every time he sees Avery go he pulls his pants off and demands a turn too. Hopefully this means potty training will happen sooner rather than later! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Some of Cullen's favorite words: Truck, Tractor, Bella, Please, Mama, Dog, Shoes, Clock, Fish, Snack, Ears, Nose, Ball, Yuck, This? <br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cullen is our rascal boy and is just hilarious. He knows how to play tricks on us and then just laughs and laughs and laughs. He has a resting worried face and comes off as very timid and shy but he is really quite the opposite. When he smiles, his entire face transforms and is absolutely contagious. We're in for trouble with that sweet rascal face :)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">31/52<br />Avery's sweet little love gesture - after I tuck him in at night, <br />this is the last thing I see as I close the door<br />And some days I get a couple bonuses. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We've been enjoying
everything summer has to offer and both A and C have grown light years
in these last 2 months. They are hilarious, obnoxious, sweet and salty
and are just plain fun to hang out with. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />Cullen
(and his sweet little scowl that he hasn't grown out of) is beginning
to dodge my camera a bit while Avery hams it up and asks me to take his
photo more than ever. <br /><br />Avery tells Cullen numerous times a day
how much he loves him and calls him his 'best baby' and Cullen wants to
be wherever Avery is - all the time. These two are truly best buddies and share so many hugs (that usually turn into wrestling matches)</span><br />
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sensitive and aims to please. I swear they each do something new every
day, be it learning how to speak a new word or write one. Watching them
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">25/52<br />A smile this big from this a rare thing to be caught on camera these days<br />(and it's only because he thinks he's doing something naughty)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">28/52<br />SO so so proud of his new big boy bike.<br />I can't even handle this cuteness.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Olive Inspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249963150567316002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771629396906790488.post-4637760938690188172015-06-28T15:30:00.000-04:002015-06-28T15:38:30.201-04:00My Big Three-Year-Old!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One night as we were taking a walk, I decided the stars were aligned and the weather/lighting/attitudes were just right for an impromptu photo shoot in the field. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Because I didn't want to waste time choosing an outfit and risk missing the moment, I decided that being being shirtless with tousled hair and markered arms is just the way a 3-year-old should look in photos anyway :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This was a rare day because Avery was more than willing to model for me and let me follow him around with a camera while Cullen was the one that wasn't really into it. Avery made sure he made it into a few shots though - he continues to amaze me with the love he shows toward his little brother. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I even got Justin in for a few sweet photos. These three... I am one lucky mama.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And now that <i>So You Think You Can Dance </i>has started a new season, it's all dancing all the time at our house. Avery made up 'the ticket game' where he pretty much just role-plays being on the show and receiving a ticket at the end of his dance. Here's a sample of one of the 'games', I added a music overlay because usually he just dances to the music in his soul :)</span><br />
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Olive Inspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249963150567316002noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771629396906790488.post-35608931809495132952015-06-09T14:35:00.004-04:002015-06-09T14:38:11.336-04:00Three.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On Saturday, my baby boy turned three years old. Birthdays are always so bittersweet; I love to reflect on how Avery has grown but in doing so I remember him as a squishy little newborn and wonder how that baby has been on this earth for three whole years already. I've never before experienced time passing so quickly and so slowly all at the same time.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Avery has developed the most magical little personality ever. He picks up on everything and has a beautifully wild imagination, always telling stories and acting out incredibly detailed scenes (usually involving hunting or some sort of work with heavy machinery)</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He is still the world's best big brother (minus an incident involving a can of sunscreen and Cullen's face)</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and goes out of his way to look out for his little brother and teach him new things on a daily basis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Big trucks/tractors/machinery</b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(his construction birthday party theme was inspired by this obsession!) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Every morning, we ask Avery what he wants to do that day and the first thing he says EVERY day is 'play Monster trucks'. It's a simple request and the majority of our days revolve around just that - monster trucks in the living room, excavators in the sandbox, tractors in the stairway, dump trucks in the kitchen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hunting.</b> He 'hunts' bears, deer, scary cats, coyotes, and occasionally snakes with a golf club. He stalks quietly throughout the house making strange noises he says are animal calls until he spots one and takes it out. Sometimes he recruits me or Cullen to be a fellow hunter and other times we're the [insert whatever animal is in season for the day]. This child is all boy. In part, he was born with this love of the hunt, and partially encouraged by dad's stories and the few survival shows he's seen on TV) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bird watching.</b> We have a bird feeder out the window next to our dining room table and are entertained during every meal by the birds that hang out there. He knows them all by name and has little conversations with them over his oatmeal.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Dancing.</b> He's been a strong rhythm/movement guy from the start, but after accompanying me to Zumba a couple of times a week he now puts together actual routines and can associate moves with different songs. And now that the new season of <i>So You Think You Can Dance</i> has started, he's adding all kinds of new moves to his repertoire. It's a dance party every night in the Olive house!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Motorcycle riding.</b> He calls his balance bike a motorcycle and will correct you if you call it otherwise. He LOVES it and is getting really good on it, so good that he has no interest in learning how to pedal. Something to work on in year 4 ;)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Gardening.</b> His excitement when he sees that plants are growing or producing some fruit/vegetable is amazing, he really has a love for watching things grow and I hope that only continues to grow within him.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hugging/tackling Cullen.</b> It's become a daily occurrence in our house, one boy goes in for a 'hug' that is really sweet for about 20 seconds and then one of them tackles the other to the ground and they both break out in a fit of giggles. I just sit back and make sure nobody gets tackled into a wall, I see no point in trying to fight nature here ;) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Fishing.</b> He is SO proud when he helps reel in a fish and after only fishing a couple of times, will hold the fish all by himself (shoot, I won't even do that!) and gently release it back into the water.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mowing the lawn.</b> He is a very dedicated helper when it comes to mowing, and will walk with dad behind the mower for the entire time. He breaks concentration only to give me a thumbs-up on his way by. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Sunbutter and Jelly sandwiches every day for lunch.</b> Thank God for sunbutter - Avery doesn't have to miss out on that childhood staple because of his peanut allergy.</span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Giving hugs/kisses/high fives. </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Avery is much more willing to open up and talk to people (other than Justin and I) than he was 6 months ago. He has also become more comfortable giving hugs/kisses/high fives to family and friends, even those he doesn't see very often. My shy boy is coming out of his shell and makes "best friends" with every little person that he meets. Sweetest thing ever.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Avery has his moments of defiance and tests me daily, but overall is a really reasonable boy and listens very well. If he gets cranky, I know he's tired, overheated, hungry or not feeling well. 99% of the time if I remedy these things, he's back on track. He's at a really fun age right now where his vocabulary has become much more clear, he's hilarious and he's so excited to learn and see/do new things.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Avery knows his ABCs, recognizes almost every letter and knows it's sound, counts to 30 (but gets a little tripped up with the teens), knows every color (and knows what colors make up other colors - art teacher mama for the win!), bites his nails, is so genuinely kind and polite, wants to pray at dinner and say what he's thankful for, is fully potty trained during the day (still wears a pull-up at night), and still sleeps in his crib with no less than 6 friends that must be accounted for before he will rest. (big Tigger, little Tigger, Panda, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Seahorse, and depending on the day - baby Charlie.) </span><br />
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Olive Inspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249963150567316002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771629396906790488.post-20081368247695438322015-05-18T21:34:00.002-04:002015-07-06T14:34:07.447-04:0012-19/52<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I
promise I haven't given up taking weekly photos of the boys, I have just
failed to upload them here. We've been enjoying spring to the fullest,
playing outside ALL the time -rain or shine- and all the excitement has
made this mama pretty wiped by the end of the day and not very motivated
to open up my computer. <br /><br />Looking at this post full of photos
makes me realize that I need to post more often, look at how they've
grown in these eight weeks!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">12/52<br /><i>That squishy face.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">14/52<br /><i>The boy with the sunglasses becomes the boy with the funny tan lines.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">14/52<br /><i>Puddles. Dirt. And a big smile.<br />All boy.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">15/52<i><br />That under-bite grin.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">15/52<i><br />Just chillin' in the swing.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">16/52<br /><i>Sunscreen mohawk.<br />And a battle scar from an unfortunate incident with a toppling bike.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">17/52<i><br />He's a natural in the garden.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">17/52<i><br />He fell asleep during our walk, sitting straight up.<br />At least he had a good grip.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">18/52<br /><i>He gets a huge kick out of spraying himself in the face with water.<br />It helps get the outer layer of dirt off ;)</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">19/52<br /><i>Sunday morning comic.</i></span></td></tr>
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