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Sweet baby!</div>
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Cheering on Tommy at the soccer field.</div>
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Those cheeks, that smile, those hands...I want to eat him up!</div>
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He's delightful!</div>
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My dad started running marathons when he was 60! He's an inspiration! He's even gotten my hubby and boys to join him in different 5K races. Here's a picture from one that they all ran together. </div>
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Great memories!</div>
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Tommy is quite the funny kid. He's always making us laugh. There was one time (okay, a lot of times) I kept calling him one of his brothers' names instead of his own (you know how it goes if you have more than one kid...the right name doesn't always come out at the right time) so to fix the situation, he made himself a name tag. "There mom. Now you can read it and know who I am." Hahaha! He cracks us up almost daily!</div>
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He also likes to dress up. One of his most unique costumes was this combination:</div>
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Slicked back hair, light saber in his pants, spinning wheels, and a hanger stuffed in the back of his shirt...just in case.</div>
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He's my current window washer on house cleaning days (usually Fridays). Someday I even hope he will be a <i>proficient </i>window washer. Until then, he will keep practicing. ;) He is at the age where he wants to be my helper..."Can I help you wash windows?" (when I'm trying to <i>actually </i>wash them) or "Can I help you bake that?!" He is eager and so sweet. He loves "being big" with his older brothers, but he also loves snuggling up on the couch with me, telling me how much he loves me and wants to kiss my cheeks. Six is a darling age.</div>
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He's becoming such a good reader. He seems to catch onto his schoolwork quickly. He's not always eager to do his schoolwork, but it makes it more palatable for him that I work one-on-one with him for about an hour.</div>
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He started soccer this Fall and really liked it. He will play again in the Spring. It was adorable to watch his huge smile every time he got out on the field. He says he's going to play soccer "forever." We'll see... ;)</div>
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He walked into church on a Sunday morning and was greeted by a friend of ours who said, "Good morning, Tommy! Are you going to be a good boy in Sunday School today?" Tommy didn't even hesitate as he shrugged his shoulders and replied,</div>
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<i>That's</i> our Tommy.</div>
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We love you, goofy kid!</div>
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We had mice in our barn, so we thought it would be a good idea to get some cats to kill the mice. We brought home two cats from a local farm, and one of the cats had babies the next morning! </div>
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I loved watching that mama nurse those babies. The way they would snuggle into her and she would lay there purring contentedly, licking them occasionally. Nothing else in the world mattered at that moment except a mama nourishing her little ones with gentleness and warmth. </div>
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I know that feeling, and I love it. </div>
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<script src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06100479235759046714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965614136265363341.post-25051008207492294222017-01-14T12:15:00.000-05:002017-01-14T12:15:09.513-05:00Spring/Summer 2016 Fun!<div style="text-align: center;">
We thoroughly enjoyed this Spring and Summer. We went to the zoo, on day trips, camping, hung out by our pool and got to know the horses at the farm next door. It was full and it was fun.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our favorite after-church pastimes in the Summer. Walking along Grand Haven Pier and stopping for ice cream.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My birthday "day out". We saw a beautiful house. I am a house junkie. I am fascinated by intricate architecture and pondering how people used to and still do live in their spaces.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For our family camping trip this year, we went to the UP. This anchor is at Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, MI</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lydia and mama, spending time together after nursing Gerrit in the church nursing room. She went through a phase of never wanting to go to class (as in scream-bloody-murder- when-we-dropped-her-off-every-single-time-no-matter-the-consequences), so we finally decided to let her be with me in class or in the nursing room during class and she eventually grew out of it. She now loves going to her church class. I just remembered how long that phase felt from looking at this picture. Phases come and phases go pretty quickly, but it never seems to pass quickly when you're going through it. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our new-to-us playground</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute babies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TV at the Dr. office. Totally immersed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cute baby!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A talent show at a summer festival</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the horses</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the sun! Can't wait for that again! (Little miss sassy in the background)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bros</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">God's creation displaying its beauty while camping in Ludington</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This picture cracks me up! They are so dirty, their faces are brown! They LOVE camping!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ice cream on our Ludington camping trip!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gerrit. You are such a delightful child. You make me smile every single day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love our camping adventures with friends</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My crazy Tommy and his "camping hair"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More camping hair from Matthew Bud!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like father, Like son. Nate and Jonny in Ludington watching the Badger come in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carrying the cat, whether she wants to be carried or not. Lydia you make us laugh!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His drink of choice. ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking in a friend's campaign parade. Go Matt!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More of that hands on learning stuff.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adorableness</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes he loved his playpen by the pool and sometimes...not. But at least it saved his life multiple times. I LOVE that thing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These curls are just the best!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet girl!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See kids, I am fun. ;) Jumping off the pier in Holland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holland Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This view. Ahh...Can't wait for this again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have a large picture of this to hang in Lydia's room. I love it. Her facial expression, her hair, the way the skirt is blowing in the breeze, "Bully" who always bites and pulls on the fence. Perfection.</td></tr>
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Our biggest adventure this past year was moving. Twice. Once into a house that we purchased as an investment property and then again three months later. We'd like to stay awhile in this house. Moving twice in three months isn't something I necessarily recommend. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our old house - we lived here for almost 8 years</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of special memories are connected with this house</td></tr>
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We made some fun memories in our "three month" house with each other and with friends. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, that's exactly what it looks like. Feeding the baby whipped cream. Gerrit's Best Day Ever.</td></tr>
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And we started school in our new house! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First day of homeschool 2016</td></tr>
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It's been almost a whole year since I wrote last. I contemplated quitting this blog because of the things that have happened in the past year or so. My outlook on life has changed. We have grieved with two close family friends who unexpectedly lost
their beloved spouses, and just a week ago, we celebrated my godly grandma's
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Life is precious and memories are good. We are not guaranteed tomorrow. </div>
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In all we do, I pray our family brings honor to God and enjoys this life and these people He has graciously given us.</div>
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That is why I wanted to post again.</div>
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A celebration of each day. A place to laugh and ponder what we have been given.</div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span class="passage-display-bcv">Exodus 35:30-35</span><span class="passage-display-version"><br /></span></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span class="text Exod-35-30" id="en-NIV-2562">Bezalel and Oholiab</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span class="text Exod-35-30"><sup class="versenum">30 </sup>Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,</span> <span class="text Exod-35-31" id="en-NIV-2563"><sup class="versenum">31 </sup>and <u>he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills</u>—</span> <span class="text Exod-35-32" id="en-NIV-2564"><sup class="versenum">32 </sup>to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze,</span> <span class="text Exod-35-33" id="en-NIV-2565"><sup class="versenum">33 </sup>to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts.</span> <span class="text Exod-35-34" id="en-NIV-2566"><sup class="versenum">34 </sup>And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.</span> <span class="text Exod-35-35" id="en-NIV-2567"><sup class="versenum">35 </sup>He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work
as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn
and fine linen, and weavers—all of them skilled workers and designers.</span></span></div>
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He's really good with schedules and organization too.</div>
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I can't say that I was super excited about the color coordinated schedule while we were making it up. In fact, I had a headache, I was grumpy, and I just wanted to get in bed. I may have even told him how it probably wouldn't work because...it just wouldn't. So there.</div>
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I'm not completely fanatical about the schedule. It doesn't rule me. For example, this morning, I woke up with (another) raging headache (typical for me while nursing) with ringing ears and dizziness, so I took a nap while our oldest babysat the little ones and the boys watched shows. Some days you have to do what you have to do to survive. :)</div>
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Summer 2015 is winding down.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diaper rash cream should never have been invented. But since it was invented, I'm glad that Dawn Dish soap has also been invented to assist mothers of 2 year olds.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lydia fell asleep on Daddy while on a pontoon we rented while camping.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little pirate girl...she's a hoot!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And our oldest. 6th grade this year! She's growing up fast!</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_804168873">We are enjoying the last days of Summer, but also looking forward to starting up another homeschool year. We will start our lessons at home on Tuesday, and Classical Conversations starts on Thursday! </span><br />
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Click on <a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/2012/05/the-habit-of-a-mother-who-changes-the-world/">this link for a great blog post..</a>.</div>
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Recently we went camping for 8 days. </div>
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That's the longest camping trip our family has ever taken. We all survived - and even thrived!</div>
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We had a fun time with just the 8 of us for the first couple of days and then with a great group of friends for the rest of the trip. </div>
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In the second picture you'll see that I have a black and white striped thing on my head. That "thing" was a life saver for this trip.</div>
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Have you ever heard of <a href="http://www.coveredgoods.com/">Covered Goods Nursing Covers</a>?</div>
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Best nursing cover ever!</div>
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Seriously.</div>
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I have tried numerous covers over the past 11 years, and this cover is BY FAR my absolute favorite.</div>
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It is lightweight for hot summer days and super soft for delicate baby skin. </div>
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It FULLY covers you - front and back - and the baby so there are no embarrassing/revealing moments when you are nursing in public.</div>
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It also makes it super easy to walk around while nursing.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Touring Maple Moon Sugary in Petoskey, MI</td></tr>
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While we were on vacation, we went on three different tours. I was comfortably able to participate in each one because of this nursing cover.</div>
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Some of my friends kept teasing me that they wouldn't know who I was unless I had that "striped thing" on. :)</div>
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I contacted <a href="http://www.coveredgoods.com/">Covered Goods</a> to see if I could get some sort of offer for my blog-reading friends so they could buy one of these awesome covers for themselves or as a gift at a discounted price, and they said yes!</div>
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You can get 15% off if you<a href="http://www.coveredgoods.com/"> buy a cover</a> (or a few!) today, August 26, through Saturday, August 29.</div>
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Just put in the code <span style="color: #cc0000;">dearlylovedmist15</span> at checkout.</div>
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I've already bought two covers (at full price - one for myself and one for a gift) and I intent to buy more - that's how great these covers are! </div>
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Head on over to <a href="http://www.coveredgoods.com/">Covered Goods</a> to see the cute patterns.</div>
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Born on July 23, 2015<br />9lbs 7oz</div>
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In June, Nate and I got away for a night to celebrate 13 years of marriage.</div>
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We stopped at one of our favorite little towns, Pentwater, and did some shopping.</div>
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I bought the cutest lavender plant at a boutique. Wish I had a picture to show you what it looked like when I bought it.</div>
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After less than a month, it looked like this.</div>
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So, I got online to see how to care for my pretty little plant that was clearly dying.</div>
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My daughter teases me about this fairly often.</div>
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We were at a friends' house enjoying their pool the other day, and I started watering their flowers.</div>
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Emilia said, "Mom! What are you doing? You're going to kill their flowers!"</div>
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I marvel at others who can actually keep plants alive.</div>
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We went to the Holland State Park Beach last weekend.</div>
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Nate and I are reading "Smart Money, Smart Kids" together and sometimes the kids listen. :) It's been really good to think through how we're teaching our kids about money...and what kind of examples we are being to our kids as we go about life spending, saving, and giving the money that the Lord has given us.</div>
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Even though I've experienced this with each of our children (from 2 - 14 days overdue for all of them), I've never quite gotten used to it.</div>
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I'm "supposed" to just relax and enjoy this time before the baby comes.<br />
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My back hurts, my belly hurts, my ankles are beyond swollen and my mind is completely consumed with thoughts of, </div>
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"Wonder if my water will break today?" </div>
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"Oh! This is a hard contraction...wonder if this is the day?!"</div>
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"Wonder how many more times I will have to do the laundry/cook dinner/make my bed, etc. before this child makes his appearance?"</div>
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I'm like a bomb just waiting to explode.</div>
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It's fairly annoying being a bomb. </div>
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They're going to admit me to the hospital on Thursday when I'll be 12 days over my due date. <br />
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They break my water to get things moving.</div>
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I wish it was Thursday.<br />
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But, since it isn't Thursday, and since I woke up (yet again) without being in labor, we went blueberry picking.<br />
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<i><b>Child #1:</b></i> 11 days overdue, 23 hour long induced labor (broke my water) with epidural and Pitocin, threw up, no fun. <i>8lb 15oz Girl</i>.<br />
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<i><b>Child #2:</b></i> 2 days overdue, 7 hour all-natural labor with
no pain medications. Almost bit my husband's finger off - most horrible pain
EVER (why'd I choose to experience the full effects of the Fall of
mankind??!! <span style="font-size: xx-small;">see Genesis 3:16<span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span></span> Broke my water when dilated to a nine - <i>9lb 2oz Boy</i>.<br />
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<i><b>Child #3:</b></i> One week overdue, 5 hour induced labor (broke my water) with epidural and Pitocin. Went well. <i>8lb 2oz Boy.</i><br />
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<i><b>Child #4:</b></i> Two days overdue, 5 hour induced labor (broke my water) with epidural and Pitocin. Went well. <i>8lb 4oz Boy</i>.<br />
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<i><b>Child #5:</b></i> 14 days overdue, scheduled to be induced that day at 6am, but went into labor first! 4 hour labor. Almost sent me home from the hospital because they were "short-staffed" - Ummm...NO. Broke my water. Wanted epidural, but two emergency c-sections came before me, so I had to wait. Finally got epidural one hour before I delivered. <i>9lb 8oz Girl.</i><br />
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<i><b>Child $6:</b></i> ???<i><b></b> </i></div>
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The girls moved into the boys' old room and the boys separated (2 and soon-to-be 2) into the other 2 bedrooms we have.</div>
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This change has enabled Emilia to have all of the sewing stuff in her room and she couldn't be more happy!</div>
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I have been planning for our 7th year of homeschooling.<br />
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And a 4th grader, a 2nd grader, and a Kindergartener (he's pretty excited to be "officially" joining the ranks!)<br />
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I feel like I finally have a grasp on how this year should go. Last year was a learning curve, a good one, but a curve nonetheless. It will be nice to have a "general plan" for the year.<br />
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I'm going to add lapbooking to our curriculum this year. We've done it before with unit studies, and my kids loved it. So, I decided to buy <a href="http://www.wisdomandrighteousness.com/resources/memory-work-lapbooks-for-cycle-1/">these lapbooks</a> (only the first 6 weeks to start just to make sure we use them). They look great!<br />
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We've been listening to <a href="https://shop.keysforkids.org/c-93-complete-audio-book.aspx">Redrock Mysteries</a> as a family for awhile now. The kids (especially the older two, ages 9 and 11) <i>really </i>like it. If you click on the link above, you can download each book for a fee. (By the way, I'm not recommending this because I get money if you order. This is just something we enjoy.)</div>
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During our Bible reading one evening, Nate started singing the Psalm, which the kids thought was HILARIOUS.</div>
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The top two books have been what I've been reading for myself. I recently finished <i>Own Your Life</i> by Sally Clarkson and it was great. I can't think of a book of hers that I don't like.</div>
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I just started the middle book and so far it has captured my attention. It's one of those books I don't want to put down.</div>
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The last book in the stack is a book I've been <i>slowly </i>reading to the kids. My first and third born enjoy it. The others usually listen for a bit and then run downstairs to play. :) </div>
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<script src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06100479235759046714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965614136265363341.post-46100767426885917042015-07-12T07:59:00.000-04:002015-07-12T07:59:22.482-04:00Just Waiting<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm officially "overdue" as I was with each child before.</div>
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I know this about myself, but I'm telling ya...</div>
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It's hard to be overdue.</div>
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Every single time.</div>
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I'm trying to look on the positive side today.</div>
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I only have two more weeks to go before they pull this child out of me!</div>
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Happy Sunday,</div>
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