tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58482854872790736742024-03-13T09:27:13.365-06:00the walkerskarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-49165240310450206372015-05-24T19:44:00.000-06:002015-05-24T19:47:08.041-06:00Norah's Birth Story (Part 2) My mom had booked her flight in January for March 7-15th and like I said earlier, I was convinced that I would go over my due date and my mom would have to go back to Utah not having met Norah at all. However, Friday we had called all our family to let them know I was in labor and my mom was getting ready for her red eye flight to arrive 8:50 AM in Ohio... Perfect timing to meet baby sister. Pierce went and grabbed her from the airport, stopped by to have her cuddle Norah and then they went to relive Robyn from Emmett duty.<br />
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We had asked the nurses to wait for Pierce to help give Norah her first bath, and he ran back to our house to grab a couple things before getting my mom and they took Norah to weigh her and all that. So I found myself closing my eyes. Next thing I know, I hear her crying thinking they've done the dreaded heel prick but looked over to see this random nurse bathing her!!! I was so upset becaus Pierce wasn't there AND no one was getting any pictures. My wonderful labor nurse Erika came in to say goodbye and I stated that I was wanting pictures since Pierce missed it all & would be very upset... She grabbed some great photos thankfully but still sad missed daddy moment. They need to really let the dads be involved more during this whole process, am I right?<br />
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Spent all of Saturday cuddling and nursing and eating and sleeping. All the nurses were really so so nice. I felt weird in the sense that I hardly got any pain pills or ice for down there... Funny delivering one kid in a different state to another state and hospital.<br />
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Sunday morning I was ready to go. They technically could've waited until Monday but I was ready to get home to see my mom and Emmett and since I had her help while Pierce went back to school that next day, it was better to rest there.<br />
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<img src="webkit-fake-url://08ad864b-e138-4cb4-bf12-ab8ac3359c5e/imagejpeg" />karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-8784389622916251132015-05-24T19:29:00.001-06:002015-06-27T09:25:56.754-06:00Norah's Birth Story (Part 1)I better write this post before I truly forget all the magical details. I guess it's not entirely bad that I'm busy with two precious babies:)<br>
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I had my 38 week appt on March 2nd, where the mid-wives were both gone that day so I had the NP. She offered to check me & my original plan was to also ask about getting my membranes striped but since she wasn't my delivering mid-wife, I knew she wouldn't be able to. She checked me & nothing. She said she was sorry she could even tell me I was effaced at all but my cervix was at least ripe & soft. Boo! I was SO mad... I was in a horrible mood the rest of that day.<br>
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I called my mom to tell her that I wasn't close to anything & knowing my luck, I wouldn't even have this baby while we was here for 15 days.<br>
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I then posted on FB about labor-inducing ideas... My cousin's cousin Kara said something about labor cookies... Well I was trying pineapple & herbal teas & primrose oil. So I figured, let's give it a go & maybe if I eat a couple in the next few days, she will arrive on her due date (March 11th). I went to the store on Wednesday to get all the ingredients.<br>
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Side-note: Wednesday, Pierce asked if I was ok enough to not go into labor if he went and played basketball with the law school friends. I encouraged him to go and then later got a call that he had really hurt himself. Great! I thought! I felt horrible for him but said there wasn't much they could do at the Urgent Care if he had torn something so I think he waited until Thursday morning to go.<br>
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These cookies were SO yummy! I made the batch Thursday afternoon & also made some delicious dinner. Pierce was late coming home that night so I ate dinner without him & ate 3 cookies! I also heard that if you insert primrose oil up there, that can help soften your cervix even more, so I put 2 capsules up there before bed.<br>
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Friday Morning: felt fine and pregnant still... Had 4 labor cookies (they are delicious ok!!) for breakfast; even Emmett liked them lol.<br>
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Emmett had some friends come over that afternoon to play and their mom set up the church for the YW fundraising dinner and I got an hour or two of work done. I think the rest of the day, I just layed around while Emmett played. Pierce was home about 4 & asked how I was feeling... Which was great so I wasn't happy about that ha. We debated to go to the YW banquet at 6:30-7ish and I was just too tired so we ran to the grocery store and ordered Chinese from their in-store restaurant & we bought ice cream while we waited. I was walking around the grocery store and started feeling sick. We got home and ate and just hanging out and my stomach kept feeling blah, suddenly probably around 8 I was like "maybe these are contractions"... So I thought I would time them next time it got bad. 8:40 finally thought ok I'm going to start recording these for real! I got Emmett ready for bed & packed him a couple things in case we decided to drop him off to our neighbor instead of having her come over.<br>
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Hopped online and found a contraction counter that helped time them. They were 10-15 mins apart for about an hour... Then suddenly they were 8-9 mins. I knew you had to call when they were less than 5 but around 10:30 I called my midwive just to tell her how quickly they were. She said that I probably was going to be like this for the rest of the night since I had been at 0 on Monday and they just started a few hours ago. I got in the bath and braided my hair (horribly I might add) and texted our neighbor that I might be calling in the middle of the night for her help with Emmett.<br>
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Before that I will say that around 9:30, Pierce had called our sweet bishop over to help give me a blessing and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to sit through it but luckily we got a beautiful blessing in between and then I excused myself to go downstairs while Pierce chatted with the bishop for a couple mins. I was really trying hard to not scream while he was there hahaha!<br>
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I put on some foundation and mascara but truthfully I don't know how people feel good enough to get ready in between contractions because HOLY COW they started getting so so bad. My midwife had kinda bugged me because she was like "I don't want you to go in and be lower than a 4 and have them send you back home" and I knew it was she wanted some sleep too haha! So I just kept telling myself that maybe they weren't bad & just to go to bed. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hYVkHBkTdM8/VY7Afo67PzI/AAAAAAAAEb4/EVQFR_o7ufM/s640/blogger-image--218013268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hYVkHBkTdM8/VY7Afo67PzI/AAAAAAAAEb4/EVQFR_o7ufM/s640/blogger-image--218013268.jpg"></a></div><br>
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About 11:30, we called Pierce's aunt Michelle and I was just crying through every contraction at this point and she told Pierce I was ready. I called the midwife and told her I was going to get ready to head to the hospital because we had to wait for a babysitter and we lived 20 mins from the hospital.<br>
I also ate an apple and some string cheese in case I really was in labor and would have to starve (Emmett's labor was 22 hours so I was HUNGRY after all of that!). My friend Robyn came over and we hopped into the car. There wasn't traffic but we kept hitting every light! I was so uncomfortable in the car and crying so I think Pierce might have ran a light or two;)<br>
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We pulled into the hospital and I didn't know where to go at night because the hospital front doors were locked! So this sweet officer told Pierce to go park in the ER parking lot and grabbed me a wheelchair and wheeled me all the way over to the ER and up to the maternity ward. We got into our room at 12:30 and they had me change before they would check me and hook me up.<br>
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They checked me & I was at a 5!! I felt so happy that I really was in labor and had labored a good portion at home! I requested an epidural ASAP but they had to run my blood work and all that. I was having a ton of back labor so my midwife got me to lay on the labor ball and stretch and she rubbed my back and oh my heck, suddenly it all changed and wasn't as painful! Bless her heart my midwife! <br>
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I got my epidural around 2 AM and felt amazing within minutes! My nurse was getting ready to insert my catheter & suddenly my water broke! She checked me & I was at a 6-7, so my midwife said for all of us to get some sleep & she would check in at 5-6AM! <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F5-MrjbnSww/VY7Agrw4dmI/AAAAAAAAEb8/gXFnreCr7jE/s640/blogger-image-1755899458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F5-MrjbnSww/VY7Agrw4dmI/AAAAAAAAEb8/gXFnreCr7jE/s640/blogger-image-1755899458.jpg"></a></div><br>
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Pierce & I got some rest & then I woke up about an hour or so later & said I felt pressure like my catheter was bugging me. My nurse came in went to check... And said "that is the baby's head, I better go wake up the midwife" and "DO NOT push". Her and another nurse then had to steal a labor table from another gal bc it was all set up outside her room but I was progressed much further and faster. I was ready to push and had been trying to keep my legs together. Everything was set up and the midwife walked in around 4:12 and I pushed for a few mins.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-daGGcSjE2yc/VY7AedVEKDI/AAAAAAAAEbw/3Me-WEiYqiA/s640/blogger-image-1751106382.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-daGGcSjE2yc/VY7AedVEKDI/AAAAAAAAEbw/3Me-WEiYqiA/s640/blogger-image-1751106382.jpg"></a></div><br>
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Norah Ruth was born at 4:23 AM after a wonderful and quick labor. 8 lbs 19.5 inches of perfection. My labor process was almost completely opposite from Emmett's for both the good and bad. We are just blessed!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1xYOO2CMwoU/VY7AdVhqmUI/AAAAAAAAEbo/ksiN7yZ6qjw/s640/blogger-image-1728559625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1xYOO2CMwoU/VY7AdVhqmUI/AAAAAAAAEbo/ksiN7yZ6qjw/s640/blogger-image-1728559625.jpg"></a></div>karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-90902689103879833962013-07-08T15:43:00.001-06:002013-07-08T15:43:37.053-06:00{my little one year old}I've been postponing this post for a couple reasons: 1. waited to get pictures of Emmett as a 1 year old and finally did that Saturday 2. I don't want to own up to the fact that I have a 1 year old.<br />
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Motherhood has been every bit of challenging and rewarding as I had hoped. I am awe struck that I have such a healthy beautiful little boy who loves to make messes and throw everything. I know others aren't so lucky. And while some days I don't know if I will make it to 5 pm or the moment that Pierce walks in the door, I had my kid over to get a break, those days do not outweigh the days that my buddy snuggles up to me, falls asleep on my chest, smiles and laughs and learns how to clap, blow kisses or wave.<br />
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Emmett has learned and grown so much in this past year and possibly Pierce and I have grown even more. Learning about ourselves as parents and spouses. We've loved watching an innocent 8lb bald baby turn into a wild-haired child who chomps and flashes his dimples every so often.<br />
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I'm ever so honored to share my birthday with my little monkey. It allows me to enjoy why I was born: to become a mother and wife.<br />
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<br />karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-73402567650269459532013-06-10T13:12:00.003-06:002013-06-10T13:12:43.804-06:00{Happy Birthday Video}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My sister will probably kill me one day for posting this, but it's just way too dang funny!!<br />
She sent it to me on mine and Emmett's birthday!karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-82877726118134924782013-06-10T13:10:00.002-06:002013-06-10T13:10:21.800-06:00{Emmett's Birthday Party Part 1}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-39699222845776570272013-06-09T16:18:00.002-06:002013-06-09T16:18:59.481-06:00{25 things cont.}<span style="font-family: inherit;">I said I would share all the things that Pierce's family members put for why they love Pierce. I wanted to share them on here so that we have it for our records & to remind you all of how amazing my husband really is!</span><br />
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Liz (Mom):</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">1. He is hysterically funny.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">2. He married well. Really well.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">3. He makes beautiful children.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">4. He is a great coach, but a better friend.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">5. As good a friend as he is, he is an even better son.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">6. His eyes are of an indefineable color.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">7. He is mischievous.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">8. He is known to be the President of the TMC, but this in only an allegation.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">9. Locke calles him 'Papa Pierce' and he likes it.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">10. He is a snuggler.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">11. He has my twin pinkie.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">12. He is a great athlete, but an even greater fan. (Ask D Wade)</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">13. He is a dedicated teacher.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">14. He has rhythm. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">15. He gets up way early on a Saturday morning to help wrestle Louie to the groomers.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">16. He is kind and thoughtful. Like bringing me a Jamba when I am ill.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">17. He cares about his family.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">18. He cares about his wife's family too.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">19. He is a patient and tolerant cousin. One word; Corbin. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">20. He has great taste in music. One word; Buble</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">21. He loves animals with abandon. Not even married one week before Jack joined his family.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">22. He loves and tolerates Granny. Hepburn that is.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">23. He loves and tolerates me.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">24. He has a strong desire to be better everyday and makes commitments to that goal.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">25. He made it easy to come up with the previous 24 thoughts in a heartbeat!</span></span><br />
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<dt class="comment-author blog-author" id="c9004011447180302103" style="background-color: white; background-position: 0px 1.5em; border-top-style: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin-left: -45px; padding-left: 45px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14895680569888993856" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Helen</span></a></dt>
<dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-9004011447180302103" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; margin: 0.5em 25px 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. P is a good guy. A great dad & a great husband to one of my favorite girls & takes really good care of his family<br />2. He is a good boss & coworker<br />3. He is a good listener<br />4. Also a good talker. A good balance of both!<br />5. He is funny<br />6. He is smart<br />7. He is a hard worker<br />8. He loves his nieces & nephews<br />9. He is trustworthy<br />10. He knows who he is<br />11. He genuinely cares about people<br />12. He is honest<br />13. He's a good brother<br />14. He acts tough, but I think he's really a softy (this is an endearing quality!)<br />15. He's tough too though<br />16. He is spiritual<br />17. He is charitable<br />18. He loves his family<br />19. He loves K's family too and is a great big brother to her siblings<br />20. He loves Greece!<br />21. He is kind<br />22. He is a good cousin & nephew<br />23. He is a jokester<br />24. Hes a prankster and gets people good!<br />25. He thought we were the same age for a long time only to find out I'm a year younger than him! Haha thanks for making me feel young, P! :P Happy birthday!!!!</span><br />
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Chelsea</span></dd><dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-8836154627057288266" style="margin: 0.5em 25px 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Pierce knows what to say to get you to spew any drink out of your mouth.<br />2. He is so on top of things with work and I can always count on him getting back to me ASAP.<br />3. He is a really fun uncle and seems to actually enjoy playing with his nieces and nephews.<br />4. He has a great hair color, one of which my own son seems to be blessed with.<br />5. He has always had such a passion for caring for animals, and he is the first person I call when I feel concerned about anything with Spud.<br />6. He is a great spouse to Karissa.<br />7. He loves sports and it makes me love the teams he roots for.<br />8. He is a smart financial person who always knows where his money is going.<br />9. He has always been a huge cheerleader for me and my family and we really appreciate it.<br />10. Pierce is always a great person to chat with on the phone.<br />11. He is always so generous with his service. I am pretty sure he will drop anything he was doing to help someone in our family or Karissa's.<br />12. He is a movie guru and we always watch what he recommends because he has great taste.<br />13. He is a great coach and I know players still go to him for advice even when he isn't their coach anymore.<br />14. He is a real thoughtful gift giver.<br />15. He is one heck of a lacrosse player.<br />16. He is such a good Dad to Emmett and I love seeing E light up when Pierce is around.<br />17. He is a very thoughtful brother and he is always someone who calls to check in on me or calls to just say hi. Especially when he is driving :)<br />18. He knows his church history and loves it.<br />19. He is someone who will stand by you til the end of time defending you.<br />20. He is one heck of a prankster even if he wont admit it.<br />21. He is the type of person (and so is his wife) who fly across country to help us pack up and move into a new place without complaint. And made the whole transition so much fun.<br />22. He is very creative.<br />23. Pierce is incredibly loyal. Not just to family, but also to friends and acquaintances. Anyone who has him by their side is very lucky.<br />24. Ava wanted to say this one- Uncle Pierce is SO funny, is he moving to Utah with us? Hahaha<br />25. Pierce is just an overall great guy and I am blessed and honored to be his sister. </span><br />
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<dt class="comment-author blog-author" id="c1505482096727532838" style="background-position: 0px 1.5em; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -45px; padding-left: 45px; padding-top: 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cade</span></dt>
<dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-1505482096727532838" style="margin: 0.5em 25px 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Pierce is a player of percussion<br />2. Pierce is a perky performer of pleasantries<br />3. Pierce is perpetually poised for playing<br />4. Pierce is pragmatically precocious<br />5. Pierce can procreate<br />6. Pierce produces periodic periods of peace<br />7. Pierce pees.<br />8. Pierce’s personality is planetary<br />9. Pierce is pointedly (im)proper<br />10. Pierce’s perception is propheti<br />11. Pierce is prompt.<br />12. Pierce is pretty pragmatic<br />13. Pierce is purposeful<br />14. Pierce is publically principled<br />15. Pierce is pastorally patient<br />16. Pierce is pale<br />17. Pierce is passable in pretend Prussian<br />18. Pierce is patriarchal<br />19. Pierce perfidiously persuasive<br />20. Pierce is passionate for pets<br />21. Pierce is patriotic<br />22. Pierce plays paltry piano<br />23. Pierce is philanthropic<br />24. Pierce is poised for penultimate posturing<br />25. Pierce is sexy. </span><br />
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<dt class="comment-author blog-author" id="c5132640694540024497" style="background-position: 0px 1.5em; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -45px; padding-left: 45px; padding-top: 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Travis</span></dt>
<dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-5132640694540024497" style="margin: 0.5em 25px 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Pierce is a good problem-solver.<br />2. He loves his family, both immediate and extended.<br />3. He knows how to get the job done.<br />4. He is creative.<br />5. He can be both the maker of a joke and the butt of it.<br />6. He is thoughtful.<br />7. Pierce is hilariously inappropriate.<br />8. He gives great advice.<br />9. He is ambitious.<br />10. He is dependable.<br />11. He is trustworthy.<br />12. He is competitive and pushes others to do their best.<br />13. He is a magnificent husband and father.<br />14. His testimony is strong.<br />15. He is nonjudgmental.<br />16. He knows what he wants and knows how to get it (in a good way).<br />17. He is not a fair-weather fan.<br />18. He brings out the best in people.<br />19. He drives a nice car.<br />20. He has the same hair color as my son: Sexy.<br />21. He is selfless.<br />22. He is a good friend, the kind that you list as an emergency contact.<br />23. Pierce is an example of the believers.<br />24. He is multitalented.<br />25. Pierce is as strong as an ox, but soft enough to cry at the end of Old Yeller.</span><br />
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<dt class="comment-author blog-author" id="c1247058244561861725" style="background-position: 0px 1.5em; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -45px; padding-left: 45px; padding-top: 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chase</span></dt>
<dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-1247058244561861725" style="margin: 0.5em 25px 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Without question, Pierce is the funniest guy I know.<br />2. Pierce is the master of the tease.<br />3. Despite being the master of the tease, Pierce can be really tender-hearted.<br />4. Pierce is driven.<br />5. Pierce is thoughtful and considerate.<br />6. Pierce is a really loyal friend, fan, and family member.<br />7. Pierce knows how to break the ice and cut the cheese.<br />8. Pierce is someone who you can count on.<br />9. He is also someone really fun to travel with.<br />10. Pierce has an opinion- which I like.<br />11. Pierce knows everything about the Heat, sports, and stuff like that (Clearly so do I...)<br />12. Growing up, Pierce was always someone who would play imaginary games or write and preform plays with us.<br />13. Pierce has a testimony, and chooses when to share it.<br />14. So many people look up to Pierce.<br />15. Pierce is a good, fun, and considerate father.<br />16. Pierce knows how to have a good time (that didn't mean to sound percy).<br />17. Pierce is super smart- and knows how to work/study hard.<br />18. Pierce is the closest thing we have to someone black in the family because he's tall and plays basketball and has swag.<br />19. Pierce has good style.<br />20. Pierce basically got Corbin, Gleason, and soon to be Nate on a mission.<br />21. Pierce has a great way of making everyone feel comfortable- even when he doesn't even know the people he's making feel comfortable.<br />22. Pierce is inappropriate- but in a really good way- most of the time. :D<br />23. Pierce is a good coach, and not just for lacrosse.<br />24. Pierce is a good husband to Karissa- from what I've seen... i like to watch...<br />25. Pierce is one of my best friends. Period. </span><br />
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<dt class="comment-author blog-author" id="c3798898227260873153" style="background-position: 0px 1.5em; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -45px; padding-left: 45px; padding-top: 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jeff {Dad}</span></dt>
<dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-3798898227260873153" style="margin: 0.5em 25px 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Pierce is one fun guy to work with, so long as you don’t count Kelly.<br />2. Pierce loves Church history, independent of any outside influences.<br />3. Pierce is a favorite uncle, making all of us wish we were his nieces and nephews.<br />4. Pierce is a true Heat fan period.<br />5. Pierce understands both boys and girls lacrosse, yup boys and girls.<br />6. Pierce loves Greek history, its just Greek to the rest of us.<br />7. Pierce loves gardening, especially cutting down trees.<br />8. Pierce looks like the tallest in the family.<br />9. Pierce is great with animals, and dogs too.<br />10. Pierce speaks multiple languages and will take summer term classes to prove it.<br />11. Pierce is a true believer and God loves him.<br />12. Pierce is indeed a handyman to the delight of his landlord.<br />13. Pierce loves to organize – almost anything, almost anytime, almost anywhere.<br />14. Pierce is wise and not just for his age.<br />15. Pierce has a dependable jump shot and I understand can take a mean charge.<br />16. Pierce can balance a checkbook, and not just his own.<br />17. Pierce has a pretty amazing collection of bobble-heads.<br />18. Pierce is an unusually good drummer, not so much on the cornet.<br />19. Pierce is ambitious in all the right ways.<br />20. Pierce’s hair is holding surprisingly strong.<br />21. Pierce has his own distinctive sense of style.<br />22. Pierce loves his family most of the time more than we desire.<br />23. Pierce loves being Emmitt’s dad making Emmitt one very luck son.<br />24. Pierce loves Karissa and luckily it appears that Karissa loves Pierce too.<br />25. Pierce is loved by his dad more than he could possibly fully know.</span></dd><br />
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<br />karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-59290532041891181402013-06-09T16:14:00.001-06:002013-06-09T16:14:41.352-06:00{Anniversary: 3 Years!!}Wow, I can't believe that we've truly been married for 3 years! Life has a way of going so quickly, quicker than I would like. I guess officially we aren't newlyweds and that makes me a little sad but at the same time, I do feel like we've grown so much and learned and can give a sliver of advice to others? Probably not, but we'll pretend:)<br />
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We spent our day just working-- Pierce stopped by for lunch with a Jamba Juice and some flowers. He is extremely thoughtful. That night, we wanted to go to Mt. Fuji but the wait was going to be too long, so we ventured over to Olive Garden. We enjoyed their little doughnut dessert things- I don't know the Italian name for them but they are SO good. We then went to see Now You See Me, which was REALLY good. I highly recommend it! My mom watched Emmett for us, and while we've been really busy lately and dropping him off with people, this was the first date night we've had just us two in a while. So great.<br />
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Pierce,<br />
You know I love you. Thank you for being my rock and my best friend. Thank you for making me laugh til I cry (or pee) and for reminding me to be a better person. 3 years has been a joy and blessing. Eternity could never be enough but I guess it will have to do:)<br />
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Thanks to my SIL Helen, she filmed the surprise and us singing to Pierce for his birthday!!<br />
Thanks for filming, taking pictures & showing up y'all!karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-11184273072452719672013-05-10T10:43:00.000-06:002013-05-10T10:43:17.520-06:00{Pierce's 25th}<div style="text-align: center;">
Well it seemed to be a week full of celebrating my favorite person. I am so glad that he has family and friends who love & care about him just as much as I do! Wednesday night, we went out to Mt. Fuji- Pierce's favorite place with his family! It never disappoints! Then we went back to Jeff and Liz's for cake (which was <b>DIVINE</b>) and presents. Pierce was spoiled with a grill from his parents & some Rainbow flip flops he has wanted for about 2+ years now. He also got a great quote in a frame for his office-- of course it is a Miami Heat LeBron quote P.E.R.F.E.C.T. for my husband!</div>
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Thursday morning, I got up & made him some breakfast, he took his parents to the airport. He cleaned his car (this is a treat not chore for him) & got his hair cut! He worked a little bit and then came home & we hung out!</div>
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Thursday night was the surprise I've been working on.... To try and pull a fast one on Pierce is <b><u>HARD</u></b> and I am not someone who can lie very easily anyway so I really had to prep myself for multiple scenarios & questions I might get throughout the day. My sister Bree came over to "babysit" Emmett while we were just going to go get some dinner. We went to TGIF and then over to Macy's to get a new tie and some hankies for Pierce for church. While we were out and about, people came over for a dessert party for Pierce. I had a Miami Heat cake made & ordered with help from my SIL Helen a cool Miami Heat cake topper. </div>
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Pierce had <i>NO</i> idea & wanted to go look around some other stores but I said that I was tired and just wanted to go home. We passed multiple people's cars including my mom's and he didn't even notice! Whew! When we walked in, everyone was hiding behind the barrier-wall and jumped out and shouted surprise! He was speechless!</div>
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Thank you to all that came and to his family for making 25 easy on the old fart :)</div>
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Happy 25th Pierce, love you babe! </div>
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Pierce's best buddy-- Cam</div>
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Emmett got upset when everyone yelled!</div>
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karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-30203322537593860972013-05-06T09:21:00.003-06:002013-05-06T09:21:56.618-06:0025 Things<span style="font-family: inherit;">In honor of my sweet hubby's 25th birthday this Thursday, his family all posted 25 things that they love about Pierce. I will share those all sometime this week, so we have them for our record but here are mine:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">1. He is romantic and cheesy. Always thoughtfully so. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">2. He is smart. Best semesters ever these past two and they've been his hardest!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">3. He is the type of daddy that makes a boy sad to see him leave- every.single.day.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">4. He honors his priesthood. Always offering to give blessings.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">5. He is loyal. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">6. He is protective.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">7. He betters me as a wife, mother & as a person.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">8. He is spiritual and obedient.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">9. He is funny. He promised me that I would laugh every day if I married him, so far, that's been fulfilled.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">10. He entertains me and pretends I'm funny sometimes too.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">11. He is a good boyfriend. Always keeps the tradition of date night.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">12. He is clean & organized. We always get lots done Saturday when I have his help!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">13. He can be obsessive. Lacrosse & Miami Heat, however, he always makes himself most obsessive with his family.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">14. He is a great communicator. He never has yelled in our marriage.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">15. He is honest.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">16. He is adventurous. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">17. He loves to snuggle.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">18. He gives the best hugs.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">19. He is a hottie. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">20. He loves with no hesitation.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">21. He is the most non-judgmental person I know.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">22. He is a mentor.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">23. He is grateful & gracious.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">24. He is full of surprises.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">25. He is a cheerleader of those he loves & is true in his support. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">26. I'm probably the only one that can say this- He is sexy!</span>karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-8901621120753706102013-05-03T12:36:00.002-06:002013-05-03T12:37:45.809-06:00{Emmett: 11 Months}<div style="text-align: center;">
Emmett is now 11 months and 3 days... Time is flying by and this little man gets more hilarious and grows every day. </div>
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- can clap, just won't do it all the time</div>
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- loves pulling the books off of shelves</div>
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-loves to swing outside & go down the slide at the park</div>
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Love you E man!</div>
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karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-80763564619461858702013-04-03T12:59:00.000-06:002013-04-03T12:59:24.098-06:00{Emmett Jeffrey} 10 months<div style="text-align: center;">
Here is our little stink! I cannot believe he is in the double digits! Less than 2 months until his 1st birthday! I've already started brainstorming ideas for the party of course-- Sock Monkey! </div>
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Things Emmett has done in the past month:</div>
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- He crawls! Everywhere! It's crazy. I have a baby gate that should be arriving tomorrow to help restrain the boy!</div>
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- He stands up on furniture & kinda cruises, he doesn't purposely do it yet but will take steps without realizing it.</div>
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- He talks more and more and blows raspberries constantly!</div>
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- He loves our swings in the backyard, loves walks and putting things in his mouth like a dog and crawling around.</div>
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Such a funny little dude. We love him more each.and.every.day!</div>
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Emmett at 9 months:</div>
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Emmett now:</div>
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-rolls around crazily! </div>
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- eating more and more baby foods, trying some puffs and a couple solids</div>
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- still sleeping like a champ although he has been having little nightmares lately, breaks my heart</div>
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- makes noises with his mouth and then bats his hand back and forth on his lips to make more sounds</div>
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- gives long hugs (such a sweet boy we have!)</div>
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Emmett at 8 months:</div>
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- has two full teeth on the bottom</div>
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-loves to drink water</div>
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- is having a bit of stranger danger</div>
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- loves any electronics, the phone, remote, laptop, TV anything! </div>
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<br />karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-44655015610962271162013-01-04T12:05:00.001-07:002013-01-04T12:05:49.275-07:00{New Year, New Me}My sister in law Melisa does a word every year that she wants to make her year about. I love this idea. Instead of my list of things I want to do, don't want to do and things I know won't be "resolved", I think this year I am going to do a word as well. I want the year of twenty-thirteen to mean "Growth".<br />
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I want growth as an individual. I have many things I would like to grow in personally. My relationship with the Savior, scripture studying, personal prayers. I would like to grow physically and mentally. Working out, getting dressed (some days that seems like an accomplishment), learning new hair styles, painting my toes. Things I would like to do more often for myself but don't. I think I need to learn to take care of me as well as taking care of my family and friends!<br />
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I would like my relationship as a wife grow. I want more growth in my bond with Pierce, as parents and as best friends. 2012 was a great year, I felt closer and more united with Pierce than ever. We "discussed" less and "argued" even lesser. We are becoming great at communicating and exploring what works for our relationship and I want 2013 to continue that growth.<br />
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I want growth as a mother and as a family of 3. I want Emmett to always see progress in his parents, that we are always working to achieve something as a family unit and individually. Whether it be schooling, working, playing, saving $, etc. Emmett will quickly be on the move and growing too quickly. I would like to grow in priorities. To slow down, to savor the moment, to take more pictures, to have more meaningful memories. I want growth in Emmett, not only physically or milestones but to know that we are proud of any exploring and chasing we have to do this year with him.<br />
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To 2013. To growth. To my family and my love. And to me.karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-12643702973933787432013-01-01T14:19:00.001-07:002013-01-01T14:19:34.488-07:00{Christmas Card 2012} I sent out some Christmas cards this year with our family photos. It's so fun to send them out now that we have a baby to show off! I only really sent them to family members so if you didn't get a chance to see it, here it is!<br />
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Emmett has grown by leaps and bounds these last two months! I love this little boy so much, such a good baby and fun personality. I thought I would have to learn a ton of patience being a mom, but with Emmett, it's not tested very often! </div>
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-celebrated Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Year's!</div>
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My baby boy is 5 months old. It's so bittersweet. He is in such a good, easy & fun stage but I miss the newborn stage!</div>
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Love, you Bubba!</div>
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Well October was such a blast & busier than ever! I am excited the holiday busy-ness is upon us!</div>
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First, we had <a href="http://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2012/10?lang=eng" target="_blank">General Conference</a> which is always so great & uplifting! </div>
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Our sessions consisted of snuggling our handsome little guy!</div>
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While the boys went to Priesthood the girls got pedi's! Here Charlotte & Emmett are playing. She is just waiting for him to actually be a little bit more mobile and then they will be mischief makers together! </div>
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We also had a delicious brunch Sunday morning with Pierce's family and our family friends the Krogs.</div>
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Of course when you think of October-- you think of Halloween! The festivities started a few weeks early when I went to the Witch's Night Out at Gardner Village with my step-mom & sisters. My Aunt & cousins also joined us along with my step-mom's sister Jackie! We went to dinner at Chili's and then headed over- it was PACKED so we didn't stay long-- just long enough to get fudge :)</div>
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I call mine "I want my Mummy" & Pierce says his design is "The Joker"</div>
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karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848285487279073674.post-68689531425298674122012-10-01T15:52:00.003-06:002012-10-01T15:54:21.692-06:00Emmett: 4 Months old<div style="text-align: center;">
I now get the saying "Growing the weeds". </div>
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Emmett is a weed.</div>
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He is now 4 months old! </div>
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He is still such an amazing baby, I don't know how we got such a mellow kid!</div>
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Like, today at his Dr. Appt. The Dr was checking him out and he was just giggling and laughing at her. </div>
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Then the shots came, the nurse laid him on the table and he is just smiling at her so big. </div>
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She gives him the shots and he cried for maybe 3 seconds and then smiled again at her!! </div>
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Honestly, what baby does that? </div>
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His stats for this Dr appt were awesome: </div>
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Weight: 15 lbs 3.5 oz (75%) </div>
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He is one tall baby boy! The Dr. even said he is the length of a 6 month old! </div>
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She cleared us for rice cereal so we might start that tonight!</div>
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- laugh!</div>
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This little man slept in his own crib last night & he did awesome! We put him down around 8:15....He woke up around 3:30 and was a little scared I think. I went in there and he was looking around getting familiar with the place so I grabbed him and fed him since he hadn't finished his night bottle before dozing off. Then he put himself back to sleep at slept until 8 this morning! Our baby is growing much too quickly!karissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09647678928620291971noreply@blogger.com3