tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61450211908369327362024-03-13T14:03:35.548-06:00live in the currentyou must live in the present,
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find your element in each moment. -thoreauloverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-28196245464701427062014-11-26T21:35:00.000-07:002014-12-26T21:40:41.801-07:00jude, 11 months<br />
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loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-53423734620816475622014-11-22T11:21:00.000-07:002014-12-11T21:22:06.329-07:00jude, 10 months<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><em>age: </em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">10 months</span><br />
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loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-64121880219613850142014-09-30T21:42:00.002-06:002014-09-30T21:45:27.747-06:00jude, 9 months<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>age: </em>9 months</span></span></span><br />
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loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-20631858338161082082014-08-31T18:00:00.003-06:002014-12-11T21:36:00.939-07:00jude, 8 months<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>age: </em>8 months</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>diet:</i> all the foods! boy, she loves to eat her baby food. her pincher reflex is not very strong so she doesn't usually get finger foods into her mouth, but instead squishes them in her palm until they aren't very edible. i find this ironic as EVERYTHING else goes straight to her mouth.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>baby gear love: </i>a counter-mount "high chair" (ours was a hand-me-down). it is awesome to not have our floor space taken up by a bulky high chair. plus, then she can sit at the bar while i cook and we were able to take it camping where we clamped it right onto the picnic table. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-12585906705675496702014-08-05T22:24:00.000-06:002014-08-05T22:24:00.274-06:00jude, 7 months<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>age: 7</em> months</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>weight: </em>17+ pounds</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>length: </i>27 inches</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>clothing size: </i>6-9 month is ideal.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>nicknames:</i> jude bug, judabaga, jude girl, and sweet girl. i find myself calling her sweet girl a lot in public because she is often mistaken for a boy. which i don't know how i feel about this. i am not mad when people make the mistake, but i really haven't been able to either let it go or find a smooth way of telling the well-meaning waiter/barista/stranger.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>health: </i>she is in 60th percentile for weight, 77th percentile for height, and 88th percentile for head circumfrence. baby got some brains! no wonder rolling over was so hard for her!</span><br /><br />
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this was jude's reaction to hearing "hey jude" for the first time. we have chosen to embrace the reality that people will always sing her name back to her when she introduces herself, so on sunday mornings, while we drink our coffee we play the 7 min version of her song and she taps her feet in the mellow parts and "dances" around during the chorus. </div>
loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-11241780956264395532014-06-30T21:56:00.000-06:002014-08-04T22:09:15.656-06:00jude, 6 months<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>age: 6</em> months</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>weight: </em>unsure</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>length: </i>unsure</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>clothing size: </i>6 months and up, with a few of our favorite 3 month onesies stretching to their max.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>nicknames:</i> jude bug, judabaga, and jude girl. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>health: </i>rocking it!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-47863600713178583492014-05-26T13:29:00.000-06:002014-08-04T22:32:24.751-06:00jude, 5 months<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>age: </em>5 months</span></span></span><br />
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loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-72084288015987126112014-05-12T22:43:00.001-06:002014-05-30T13:29:58.623-06:00jude, 4 months<div style="text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>age: </i>4 months</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>weight: </i>13.9</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>length: </i>24 3/4"</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>clothing size: </i>a dwindling selection of 3-6 month things still fit, but she is creeping into 6 month sizes.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>nicknames:</i> jude bug, judabaga, and jude girl.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>health: </i>no problems for this little one, although the doc did say we will have to keep an eye on her birthmark directly above her butt, which can, in rare circumstances, be indicative of underlying spinal cord issues. [for the record: that was a horrible thing to hear, especially since there is ZERO we can do about it other than wait-and-see.]</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>sleep: </i>generally she zonks out at 8pm, but occasionally she starts rubbing her eyes even earlier, which creates a dilemma for me because i get home at 5:30, so when she goes down much earlier than 8 i don't get much time with her and that makes me sad, but then i don't want to force her to stay up when she clearly needs the sleep.</span></span></div>
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loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-30313422154849707592014-03-28T13:08:00.001-06:002014-03-28T13:09:54.137-06:00jude, 3 months<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>age: 3</i> months</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>loves: </i>recognizing extended family members, watching "dog rodeos," and time outside. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>dislikes: </i>her car seat. oh how she hates that thing! our 17 hour, 1/2 way across the country move and subsequent house-hunting drives may have something to do with her disdain.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>milestones: </i>she is growing more and more ticklish by the day, she has a full-on grunting laugh that usually comes out when she watches aforementioned dog rodeos, and she can now put her binky back in her mouth on her own.</span>loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-57386403945790315502014-03-03T21:53:00.003-07:002014-03-03T22:08:09.146-07:00our girl in our home.<br />
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faith, a photographer here in laramie, came to our house to capture jude during her first few days. while we loved the images she got during that session, we hoped for a few more family pictures. </div>
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days after that finding out that we were moving away from laramie and our first house, the place where we brought this baby home, faith contacted us to see if she could do a photo shoot in jude's nursery. she offered to give us the images at no cost if we let her use them for her promotional materials. it was a pretty hard sell, as you can imagine, but we agreed. :) </div>
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i don't have all of the digital images yet, so i can't upload them, but here is one and the rest are on <a href="http://honeybeeshutter.com/jude-natalie-one-month/" target="_blank">faith's blog</a>.</div>
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these pictures do such a wonderful job of capturing the room we worked hard to make just right for jude's arrival. i will miss our little laramie bungalow a lot, but i will especially miss jude's room. thanks for capturing all the special details faith!</div>
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in other news, our house sold after being on craigslist and zillow for all of <u>three days</u>. we had multiple offers and a bit of a bidding war going on over our little place. brandon keeps referring to jude as our change agent, because since she came along nothing has been still. we hope that facing three of the big life challenges (new baby, new job, and moving) in a short period of time means we can find a bit of reprieve once we get settled in oregon.<br />
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as for the chickens, they were itemized in two of the offers we received. so they get to stay put and we get to avoid the headache that would surely accompany moving a brood of hens halfway across the country. i think we have enough to worry about with our crazy dog and newborn! at least there are dog-friendly hotels; i highly doubt any best western between here and bend would be willing to accommodate 8 chickens!</div>
loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-57953611210085806602014-03-01T10:14:00.001-07:002014-03-01T10:15:47.004-07:00jude, 2 months<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>age: </i>2 months</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>weight: </i>9lbs 9.5oz</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>dislikes: </i>when brandon torments her by blowing in her face or when the waistband on her pants are too tight (who doesn't hate that?).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>milestones: </i>she had her first giggle this week--the tiny stuffed koala brandon's advisor gave her fell off of the mobile on her swing and into her lap, which sent her into an adorable little giggle fit. jude also had her first overnight trip and hotel stay this past month. she was a traveling champ, despite the cold temps in keystone and less-than-ideal driving conditions.</span>loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-27608006291425324612014-02-22T20:21:00.005-07:002014-02-22T20:21:47.574-07:00jude and her daddy<div style="text-align: justify;">
this girl of ours is generally pretty happy, but she is starting to show her joy with cute little laughs and coos. boy do we like her a whole lot! </div>
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i'm happy i managed to catch her cute little noise there at the start. i've been trying to catch it for a few weeks, but each time i bust out the camera, she gets quiet. we sure love this little wiggly, talkative girl!</div>
loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-2345032622271701192014-01-30T14:31:00.000-07:002014-01-30T18:01:46.240-07:00jude, 1 month<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">caveat: this blog has quickly turned into being all about jude. i suppose it follows the classic middle-class american blog trajectory: blog about your adventures, then about your dog, then about your home remodel projects, and now about your baby. oh well, such is life!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">also, her eyes are a steely blue and i am eager to see what color they will turn out to be. there aren't any hints of brown, but i'm not sure they will stay as they are now.</span>loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-73944214335138337122014-01-30T10:37:00.001-07:002014-01-30T14:32:37.110-07:00the plungewe envisioned using cloth diapers for jude, but during her first month she was too small and i was too tired. however, this week we took the plunge. we don't yet have enough to get through more than a day and half, so our plunge has been gradual, but i am pretty impressed with how uncomplicated they are. plus, she looks so darn adorable in these giant colorful diapers!<br />
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we are getting a little better at life with jude as we learn her needs and cues. she has taken to a bottle, so i get up for the middle of the night feeding but brandon does the early morning feeding, allowing me to sleep in a smidge. i think brandon enjoys being able to participate in feeding her and i really enjoy sleeping in! </div>
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the other night brandon did the middle of the night feeding, so i went without seeing jude for about 10 hours. i swear she grew up in that time! it was incredibly strange for me to go that long without seeing her!</div>
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today we instituted a christmas eve tradition (can you call something a tradition on the first go round?): a sunset ski followed by bowls of grandma's delicious clam chowder. brandon nailed her chowder recipe and it was an incredibly comforting meal after our short ski up at happy jack. </div>
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loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-46373906522811199852013-12-22T10:09:00.001-07:002013-12-22T10:11:36.341-07:00always wanting what you can't havethe biggest want i have this year for christmas is to meet this little one occupying the greater portion of my abdomen. but it looks like that wish is very unlikely to be fulfilled, given the lack of signs of labor.<br />
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i have been incredibly lucky this pregnancy, with being able to keep moving freely and the absence of limitations. were it not for the snow storm in early december and the subsequent sub-zero temps (resulting in perma-crusty, slippery roads and sidewalks), i know i could have ridden my bike to work up until my last day. but the roads are still an icy mess and my concerns about wrecking my bike kept me playing it safe, so i haven't been getting my usual exercise.<br />
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i keep hearing/reading that walking is one of the best ways to get labor going. can i just say that sounds dreadful right now? i don't walk these days: i waddle. slowly and cautiously. so the idea of walking the multiple miles i would likely need to get labor going sounds like torture.<br />
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but a ski, that sounds nice and peaceful. i know it would be difficult and likely awkward, but it would mean i was up among the trees, slushing through the snow, watching my crazy mongrel of a dog bound around joyfully. this sounds far more up my ally than being drug around the park with said dog whining with discontent that there are squirrels in HIS park, while i waddle along in shame.<br />
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i knew pregnancy wouldn't be glamorous and that parts of my body would change, but i did not expect that my feet would look like they belong to a morbidly obese person nor that they would pulse with discomfort. some days, my toes look like they are going to pop. my feet ache with each step i take right now; all this water-weight does not equate to walking on pillows of air, as my friend mia optimistically hoped. and i currently have two pairs of shoes i can tolerate wearing, so that really limits my wardrobe and comfort options. the other downside to these distended feet: they won't fit into my ski boots. sigh. so i sit here on the couch, with my feet up, hoping for relief and wanting to beg santa for three things this year:<br />
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<li>to have my ankles back.</li>
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our tree has come a long way from it's home in the woods last weekend. we even got a few of our favorite ornaments up before baby o's arrival!</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>what i miss</i>: not having a laundry list of things that i need to do every night. between the last stage of our kitchen remodel, my grading (for 4 classes!), and projects for the nursery, i wonder how i will get all this stuff done.</span></span></div>
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loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-23472965519739248802013-10-09T15:50:00.004-06:002013-10-09T15:51:52.987-06:00did time suddenly speed up?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>best moment this week</i>: feeling the love of my many laramie (and elsewhere) friends at my shower this past weekend!</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>what i miss</i>: my normal face. pregnancy "fat face" has set in so in all my photos i look super puffy!</span></span></div>
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loverstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423746509372224353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145021190836932736.post-48395769286679126652013-09-27T08:34:00.000-06:002013-09-27T08:34:03.954-06:00but, i still love technology<div style="text-align: justify;">
i tried to make this blog private, only for invited readers, but due to browser and workplace firewall issues, that just isn't gonna work! so, we are back to normalcy for the blog, but i'll work on maintaining some anonymity to try to keep our family safe-ish on the internet. mostly i get creeped out by the strange comments i get from people i don't know, but the reality is that most of those comments are from robots, so maybe i can change the comment settings? (if anyone knows how, i would love a comment tutorial!) ah, technology.</div>
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we spent last weekend in kentucky, visiting friends who welcomed their first son into the world this past june. meeting oliver was a treat--he is at such a great stage, where he takes in the world with his big, brown eyes and is quite happy in just about anyone's arms (provided they also offer him a bottle!). </div>
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we went to a bourbon distillery on our trip, because bourbon and thoroughbreds are apparently the two commodities of central kentucky (and no one in our group can afford a thoroughbred currently). at the gate we learned that tickets for the tour were in short supply. at $7 per person--with two people who couldn't even participate in a tasting--none of us were eager to get in on the tour, so we opted to walk around and look at the grounds. picture a 7-month pregnant me, plus a new momma toting her tiny baby, and two hippy-looking guys wandering the grounds of a fine bourbon estate. we casually traipsed down the lawn towards the creek before i turned around to see a very prim middle-aged woman rushing towards us, walkie-talkie in hand. after politely indicating we were not to be in that area without a tour guide, she repeatedly stated: "i just can't believe you made it this far. i just can't believe it." what? did we saunter past the armed guards or something? </div>
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we honestly didn't know we had done anything wrong, so we apologized and told her we would walk back to our car, which she said was not permitted. no, we had to wait for a bus to pick us up otherwise the very same bus might run us over on our 100 yard walk back to the car. perturbed, alex inquired about using the stairs marked "visitor center" but the oh-so-kind woman told us that the "visitor center was currently off-limits to visitors." oh really? the woman radioed for a bus to remove us, but got no reply, so she insisted we wait with the tour group and ride the bus with them. we felt like convicts getting on the bus, which, of course, traveled at a top speed of 7MPH. i could have waddled up that road quicker than the bus! </div>
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you can imagine we didn't exit through the gift shop as they would have liked. no, instead we rushed to the car, laughing about how unsophisticated we all are. some things never change, even with the advent of parenthood. </div>
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