tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77633801800410180952024-03-18T08:27:52.060-05:00PB+J BabesAmber Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992452665593824030noreply@blogger.comBlogger1098125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763380180041018095.post-44123797001663881642017-09-14T09:59:00.002-05:002017-09-14T09:59:45.798-05:00a new chapter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">pouring</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> my second cup of coffee before 7am- and my house is asleep. it sounds like a </span>healthy<span style="font-family: inherit;"> blend of an air field, the beach, and a rainforest. we have four sound machines going (Brady has two in his room.. because the other banshee babes that rule this house don't often know the definition of "inside voice") and a couple of fans blowing. not sure when I will have a silent house again. when the kids slept at </span>their<span style="font-family: inherit;"> BB's last week and the house was <i>100% silent</i> I found myself turning on all the sound machines in each room.. after almost 5 years of hearing them I've come to want </span>them on for myself! </span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">after </span><span style="color: #222222;">breaking</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> up the </span>fiftieth argument between the girls before lunch time I said to myself <i>"</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I'm going to lose my mind today, I think"</i>.</span></span><span class="m_-5616617564911720780Apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parker politely popped off <i>"just a little bit, mom."<span class="m_-5616617564911720780Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I get asked all the time how I get such great 'volume' and hold curl to my hair.. well, </span>I've<span style="font-family: inherit;"> got <u>a ton</u> of texture and I attribute that to the fact that I started </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">coloring</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> my hair when I was 15 years old. anyone </span>remember<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Sun In? my </span>natural<span style="font-family: inherit;"> color is <i>dark</i> brown and I went to </span>the beach<span style="font-family: inherit;"> with some family friends over </span>the<span style="font-family: inherit;"> summer and came back with orange hair. eleven </span>bottles of<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Sun-In later my dad sent me to the salon to have it </span>professionally<span style="font-family: inherit;"> corrected.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"smaal JOWEE! kahkar, smaall! (</i>smile jolie! </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">Parker, smile!<i>)</i></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>you want canneee?!" (</i>you want candy??!<i>)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">while getting </span><span style="color: #222222;">ready</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> for the day Parker is always right </span>under<span style="font-family: inherit;"> my feet.</span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="color: #222222;">Parker</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">: <i>mom, do I look pretty?</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;">me:<i> SO pretty.</i><span class="m_-5616617564911720780Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parker: <i>okay, well, you look pretty too, mom! just a little bit, tho..</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">it </span><span style="color: #222222;">didn't</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> take long for Baker to get on board with the </span><span style="color: #222222;">bodily functions..</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">anytime Baker smells something gross she always blames it on me. always. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">thanks, Jordan.</span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">I hate baths.</span><span class="m_-5616617564911720780Apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">I</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> really want to love them. but I just cannot bring myself to enjoy a bath. no amount of bubbles + bombs can get me into the tub. </span>we've<span style="font-family: inherit;"> lived in this house for over 5 years and I </span>have<span style="font-family: inherit;"> yet to get in the tub for anything more </span>than<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/02/35-weeks-embracing-end.html#.WbfPta3My9Y">a photoshoot of my pregnant belly</a>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Me: <i>what would you like for dinner, Baker?</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Baker: <i>ummmmmm..<span class="m_-5616617564911720780Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Baker: <i>RANCH!</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parker:<i> mom. do you have kids?</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parker:<span class="m_-5616617564911720780Apple-converted-space"> <i> </i></span><i>whoa. why?</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">I could throw myself into a wall to make the repeated <i>"mom mom mom mom mom </i></span><span style="color: #222222;"><i>mommy mommy MOMMMMYYY"</i></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><i> </i>STOP.</span><span class="m_-5616617564911720780Apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> it comes with the territory of having a litter of children, but omg.</span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Parker is very particular about how she wants her </span><span style="color: #222222;">hair</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> done these days. there is always a discussion about how she will wear it and if their </span>isn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I pay for it </span>after<span style="font-family: inherit;"> the fact. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="color: #222222;">Parker:<i> </i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">mom- I want a clip in my hair. Just one clip, mom. NO PONY. I want to look </span><i>beautiful</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;"> mom.</span></span><span class="m_-5616617564911720780Apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jolie: <i>when I get big I'm just gonna wear all your clothes, kay?</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">..and when I get </span><span style="color: #222222;">big</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I </span>don't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> wear underwear like </span>you<span style="font-family: inherit;">, mom. KAY?</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">we use the <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cr9rt57dye">"OK to wake clock"</a> to give the kids the alert when its okay to come out of bed. its set for 7:15am and </span><span style="color: #222222;">the</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> twins push the limit on it nearly every </span>morning<span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">me: <i>Jolie, the green </i></span><i><span style="color: #222222;">light</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>isn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> on, so you are </span>supposed to be in bed still until it comes on.</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jolie: <i>we watched a lot of shows today. I feel like it's time to go outside.<span class="m_-5616617564911720780Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">I don't even know who you are when you act like that.</span><span class="m_-5616617564911720780Apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="m_-5616617564911720780s1"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parker:<i> I AM Parker Jane, MOM!!<span class="m_-5616617564911720780Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">we have a behavioral clip chart hanging on the </span><span style="color: #222222;">laundry</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> room door (like<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/258605203586441147/"> this one</a>!). the idea is </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">that each child's clip </span>moves<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>from a<span style="font-family: inherit;"> color when behavior is </span>changed.. <span style="font-family: inherit;">our </span>amazing<span style="font-family: inherit;"> nanny is about to graduate with her degree in </span>elementary<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>education and she<span style="font-family: inherit;"> made it for the </span>girls<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>when<span style="font-family: inherit;"> she was coming several days a week. </span>after<span style="font-family: inherit;"> the first week of </span>using<span style="font-family: inherit;"> it Parker was explaining the concept to me:</span></span></div>
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bedtime is a collaborative effort. Jordan and I usually divide and conquer and often times our goodnight kisses and hugs overlap. I walked into Baker + Jordan singing their usual "Jesus loves me" before bed and I laid down next to Baker to snuggle her. she gave me a quick squeeze of my neck and looked me square in the face and said</div>
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Amber Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992452665593824030noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763380180041018095.post-13724930153860380472017-09-08T12:12:00.001-05:002017-09-08T12:12:31.814-05:00Five on Friday <div style="text-align: center;">
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<i>baker's first week if preschool!</i><br />
Baker had the BEST week! she started a Mother's Day Out program at a church up the street from our house and oh my goodness I am so excited for her this year! Tuesday and Thursday from 9a-2pm Baker will be in a classroom with about 12 other kiddos her age to grow and play with. <br />
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she loved carrying in her "pack-pack" and her <i>purse</i> (lunchbox).. she talked about her teachers and playtime and most of all about eating "MAH WUNCH!" sweet girl gets nervous at drop off and cries when I leave, but just a few minutes after I'm gone her sweet teacher, Miss Autumn, is sending me happy pictures of our Baker girl. <br />
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<a href="http://suttersisters.bigcartel.com/">bows</a> // <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cr6bii7dye">clip</a> // <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cr6bhw7dye">shortalls</a> //<a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cr6biw7dye"> tank onesie</a> // sneakers (<a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cr6bj57dye">similar</a>)<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jXujppUZ8dw/WbLELoIsbQI/AAAAAAAAqHA/c9wojtwM-bUXRj-YyW1DLX7zHv0aDnhvQCLcBGAs/s1600/baker2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="1600" height="410" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jXujppUZ8dw/WbLELoIsbQI/AAAAAAAAqHA/c9wojtwM-bUXRj-YyW1DLX7zHv0aDnhvQCLcBGAs/s640/baker2.png" width="640" /></a></div>
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her nervous habit- hands in her mouth.<br />
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<a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cr6bky7dye">back pack</a> // <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cr6bmg7dye">nap mat</a> // <a href="https://www.matildajaneclothing.com/vibekafalk">lunch box</a> // <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cr6bnk7dye">thermos</a></div>
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by day two this week she had the routine down for the morning and was off to her second day of school. love this girl and I'm excited to watch her grown and change this year! </div>
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<i>first taste of fall!</i><br />
my favorite time of the year is HERE!<br />
I'm as basic as it gets when it comes to the fall season- right down to my coffee! I try to stick to the lower cal options at Starbucks, and usually go with the skinny caramel macchiato, but this time of year I get picky when I order! I'm not a PSL kind of girl, just too sweet for my taste, I suppose, but I do LOVE salted caramel mocha! I got a ton of questions about how I order my coffee drink after I posted this to my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/masseya/">IG stories</a>! I ordered it with skim milk, no whip cream, and sub out the regular for sugar free mocha syrup! AND my shirt is from Albion fit! its long enough to cover my rear when I wear leggings and the thumb holes are <i>everything</i> this time of year! I actually bought this tee when I was pregnant with Brady last Fall and was excited to pull it out for the chilly mornings we've been having. find the exact top <a href="https://albionfit.com/collections/leisure-tops/products/go-long-crew-sweet-stripe">HERE</a> and more colors <a href="https://albionfit.com/collections/leisure-tops?page=2">HERE</a>. <br />
<b>use code MASSEYA15 for 15% off your purchase!</b><br />
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<i>one hundred.</i><br />
I hit 100 check-ins this week at camp gladiator! that means I have completed 100 hours of butt busting workouts over the last year or so and I have never felt so amazing in my life! they kinda make it a 'big deal' when you have your 100th check in and all I have to say is that there was WAY too much excitement going on at 5:30am that morning!<br />
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<i>fall fashion</i><br />
AGAIN. another reason why this time if year is my FAVORITE. the clothes!! working at <a href="https://www.stitchfix.com/referral/7240571?sod=w&som=c">Stitch Fix, </a>I love all the clothes..but the fall and winter apparel are AMAZING and those are my favorite Fixes to style. from cardigans to booties to sweaters to flannels! I got my <a href="https://www.stitchfix.com/referral/7240571?sod=w&som=c">Fix</a> this week (<i>I styled myself!</i>) and it was filled with a bomber jacker, flannel with elbow patches (!!!) and the coolest moto leather leggings evaa.<br />
these <a href="https://www.diffeyewear.com/collections/zoey/products/zoey-dark-tortoise-frame-gold-mirror-lens">zoey sunnies from DIFF</a> landed on my doorstep this week and, y'all.. I have about 6 pairs from DIFF and while I love all of them THESE are my favorite! a good friend mentioned that <i>they look like fall</i> and I 100% agree!!<b> you can use code AMBER25 at checkout to get 25% off a pair for yourself!</b><br />
<a href="https://www.diffeyewear.com/collections/zoey/products/zoey-dark-tortoise-frame-gold-mirror-lens">sunnies</a> // <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cr6bxp7dye">flannel</a><br />
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ALSO. I feel like I'm living with the CAPS LOCK on because I just cannot get over how amazing all the fall drops have been! I got these sweet little digs for Brady this week from Zara and I'm obsessed!! </div>
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<a href="https://lovedbyhannahandeli.com/collections/bear-collection-for-littles/products/grumpy-bear-infant-toddler-youth-tee">tee</a> // <a href="https://www.zara.com/us/en/kids/baby-boy-%7C-3-months---4-years/sweaters-and-cardigans/basic-quilted-jacket-c269287p4643545.html">jacket</a> // <a href="https://www.zara.com/us/en/kids/baby-boy-%7C-3-months---4-years/jeans/skinny-colored-jeans-c276501p4607139.html">denim</a></div>
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<i>festive jams</i><br />
last but not least.. its September, which means it completely appropriate to pull out the halloween jams. happy Friday, folks! go on and get a little festive! </div>
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Amber Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992452665593824030noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763380180041018095.post-60098387279542673872017-09-06T10:57:00.002-05:002017-09-06T10:57:33.771-05:00the road trip that didn't happen..<div style="text-align: center;">
well, we made it to Gurdon, Arkansas. population 2000. </div>
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I had grand plans for an amazing Nashville trip recap this week. we left for Memphis TN last thursday to stay one night and then on to Nashville for the rest of the weekend.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">we didn't make it. </span></div>
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the weather man had been talking about residual rain from Harvey but we didn't anticipate it completely ruining our time in Tennessee so we packed up the kids and dropped them with BB and Papa before heading out. we were abut 5 hours and three pitstops into the roadtrip, just crossed over the Texas-Arkansas border and all hell broke loose. the car started sputtering/stalling out and the "check engine" light started flashing. we pulled over.. confused and concerned because what the heck was happening with our car?! we sat on the side of the road in hopes to let the car cool off a little and maybe it would let us get to a place where we could get it checked out.. because there was <b>nothing</b> where we were.</div>
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we drove a few more miles up the road and finally were forced to pull into a gas station that legit looked like there wasn't a soul in site.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">..and then it started to rain.</span></div>
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..and whatever at&t cell tower was in or around this area blacked out. literally.</div>
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<u>so lets recap.</u></div>
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no phone. no internet. no CAR. and we didn't exactly know where we were at. we ran into the desolate gas station/truck stop and thank goodness there was someone behind the register! we asked her if she could point us in the right direction for finding a place that we could get our car looked at and she casually pointed to the shop that was <i>in the same parking lot</i> as the store. which also happened to be connected to a restaurant. </div>
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we pulled our car into the shop and the sweet young guys gave it a look over.. thought it could be the battery and then also thought it could be a sensor.. they had to call someone with a computer to come and hook the car up, so we waited and waited. Gurdon is about 30-45 minutes from the next town over in both directions, so there was a lot of waiting that day.</div>
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I checked "pumping in a truck stop" off my bucket list and we went to see about getting some lunch. still no cell service or internet at this point, but we were able to use our waitress' cell phone (thanks, verizon!) to call Jordan's dad. we were on the phone with him when the tower blacked out and the last he had heard was that we were having car trouble.<br />
so we sat. and sat. ate a grilled cheese and a fried pie..<br />
the cell tower booted up again around hour 4 of waiting (YAS!) and then waited some more.<br />
by the time hour six rolled around they had finally hooked the car up to a computer and determined that one of the sensors was firing incorrectly. OKAY. so there is still hope! they assured us that they could fix the car, but wouldn't be getting a part until <i><u>maybe</u></i> the next day. maybe?? at that point we started trying to figure out if we were going to have the car towed to a dealership about 35 miles up the road or if we were going to stay put until the next morning and let them fix it. <br />
oh and there happened to be a motel, albeit creepy AF, but there was some place to stay if we needed it. we talked to my mom, who was a life saver in all this helping us with hotel rooms (she works for Marriott). we cancelled all our plans for Memphis and eventually decided that our trip money was probably going to car repair.. so Nashville was off,<i> for now.</i><br />
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SUPER bummed, and I might have shed a tear, we started up the car in hopes that we would be able to limp the car down the road back towards home. the car would run, just not very well. <br />
UNTIL we started driving. nothing. no check engine light. no shuttering. no stalling.<br />
so we risked our chances over paying $500 to tow the car and drove about an hour back to a hotel my mom had helped us book last minute.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the car didn't make a peep. </span><br />
as we laid in our hotel room that night, still licking our wounds over the fact that the entire trip had been ruined, we watched the news reporting tornado warnings in Memphis. and the next story was flash flooding in downtown Nashville. I woke the next morning to a text from my mom saying that the hotel we were supposed to stay at in Nashville was evacuated and flooded.. the roads we were supposed to take were nonexistent at the moment.<br />
if we would have made it to Tennessee we would have been stuck there for a hot minute!<br />
we took the scenic route home and made a stop in Canton for <i>first Monday trade days</i> (basically the best flea market you'll ever go to.. and it happens just once a month) and made it home to these precious babies. <br />
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have you ever have one of those moments when you don't see the blessing in those exact moments, but as it all rolls out before your eyes you kinda go "<i>okay, Jesus.. I see you."</i><br />
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He totally took care of us on this one. I was bummed about the car, which by the way has yet to even flash an engine light, but the trip wasn't going to happen either way.<br />
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SO.. instead we spent the weekend at home with the babes. we didn't have 'plans' because we weren't even supposed to be here, so it was low key and enjoyable with my favorite people. we hit up the nephew's bday party on Saturday afternoon where we were reunited with Jolie, Parker, Baker, and Brady. Baker wouldn't leave my lap and I wasn't mad about it! we finished off the weekend with the <i>last swim of the summer</i>, ordered pizza and the kids crashed early because they were zonked! church on Sunday + brunch at our favorite spot then an afternoon outside while daddy threw some chicken on the grill. after Brady was down for the night we popped in The Lion King and snugged up with popcorn and theater candy before bed.<br />
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I took an unexpected hiatus from the blog the last couple weeks.. my plan was to get through <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYcGUK_g8Dz/?taken-by=masseya">my last week of work</a>, come back after our trip without kids with loads of blog content and feeling refreshed. but the truth is, we are still living out of suitcases that never even saw said 'vacation' and my house looks like a tornado casually dropped in. life sometimes gets in the way of our best laid plans. and it sucks and its so annoying and I find myself the most anxious when things just aren't going my way.<br />
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its FRIDAY!! I slept in until 7am this morning + woke to a bed full of babies, so I would say its off to an amazing start. we don't have a ton of plans this weekend.. a family birthday party/dinner on Saturday afternoon but other than that we are just laying low. J is at the fire station so we may bring the toddler party to him!</div>
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<b>one</b>.<i> <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/491459992/camp-castle-play-mats-for-kids?ref=preview&token=0f2f278b">camp castle play mat </a></i></div>
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one of THE COOLEST toys we have ever had. I was introduced to Camp Castle through an acquaintance on Instagram (I love that place) and I was floored at the quality and detail of this mat when it arrived. I am OBSESSED! I have been watching my girls play on this mat for hours since it hit our doorstep and I think you guys should totally get in on this goodness, too. they are working hard to get their brand up and running for a final release around Christmas (<i>perfect timing</i>!!) its 100% wipeable surface with a matte texture (no pet hair!) and a grippy backing to keep it from sliding all over the place while the girls play. it pretty much has a permanent place in our entry way, but when its time to pick it up, I just roll it up and stick it in the hall closet until we are ready to play with it again!</div>
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<b>two</b>. <i>amazing giveaways over on the 'gram!</i></div>
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its been a busy week! I have partnered with two awesome brands to bring you a couple fun giveaways over on my Instagram page. enter <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYJmKjTAedy/?taken-by=masseya">HERE</a> for your chance to win one amazing swim suit of your choice from <a href="https://albionfit.com/">Albion Fit</a> (I'm wearing <a href="https://www.albionfit.com/collections/swims/products/orchid-crop-top">this top</a> in a size XS and <a href="https://www.albionfit.com/products/high-waisted-bottoms-white-black-stripes">these bottoms</a> in a size small!) I'll announce the winner on Saturday, but in the meantime use code: <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b>MASSEYA15</b></span><b style="color: #222222; text-align: start;"> </b><span style="color: #222222; text-align: start;">at checkout </span><span style="color: #222222; text-align: start;">for 15% off your purchase! </span></span></div>
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the other giveaway is for a <a href="https://www.4moms.com/">4 moms mamaRoo4!</a>! 4 moms is launching their new mamaRoo4, but also their collaboration and commitment to the non-profit <a href="http://www.projectsweetpeas.com/">project sweet peas</a>, supporting families that have experienced a stay in the NICU. I'll be selecting a winner today, but you still have time to enter + nominate a NICU mama <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYElw0ag9YH/?taken-by=masseya">HERE</a>.</div>
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<b>three</b>. <i>SAHM status</i></div>
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I mentioned <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/08/day-in-life.html#.WaBDNa3MxmA">in my post earlier this week</a> that I'll be a staying home with the kiddos.. actually working from home as a stitch fix stylist, but not having a commute and being home with the girls and Brady. I've had some (major) anxieties about it because I have always worked outside the home, but we have been praying for a long time about how we would make this work.. and finally its come to the point for us to pull the trigger. my last day is next week and I'm both nervous and excited! I will also be able to devote more time to the blog.. and have been working with <a href="https://www.katehandlingcreative.com/services/">Kate Handling Creative </a> for a major overhaul and new design, so stay tuned for that update, soon!! </div>
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<i><u><b>the cutest thing ever </b></u></i>has been happening in our house for about a week. Baker moved into a "big girl bed" a couple weeks ago and she's been doing an awesome job sleeping in her room! </div>
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we have been reading books together in Parker + Jolie's room at night before bed and one night last weekend Baker asked to "<i>stay</i>" while she was snuggled up in Jolie's bed. Jordan has been talking about Baker eventually wanting to sleep in the room with the twins, but I didn't think that would ever happen..but I was totally wrong. <i>Jordan called it!</i> Baker has been sleeping on the floor of the twins room on her crib mattress that we had stored in her closet after replacing it with her twin size mattress. the most adorable thing ever.. and now I'm contemplating moving a bed into the twins room for Baker?? we are in the middle of making a 'big girl' space for her in her room, but we actually still have the other twin size bed that the twins used stored in the garage.. maybe I'll set that up, too?</div>
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<b>five</b>. <i>NASHVILLE</i></div>
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me and my honey are heading to Nashville next week.. <i>just the two of us</i>! we are road tripping and stopping for a night in Memphis for some amazing BBQ and then heading to spend a handful of days in downtown Nashville. I've got a list going for places to see + yummy food to eat, but if you've been there <i>or live there</i>, send all your recs my way!! I am so excited for this trip! </div>
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happy Friday, ya'll! I hope everyone has had an awesome week.. lets hop into this weekend asap!</div>
Amber Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992452665593824030noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763380180041018095.post-26220908667207450142017-08-24T19:58:00.003-05:002017-08-24T21:41:01.651-05:00Brady Jordan | 5 months<div style="text-align: center;">
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five whole months! this little guy is literally the light of our world at the moment and we couldn't be more in love with his contagious smile, happy eyes, floppy ears, chubby cheeks, and uber squishy thighs! lots of growing and changing this month! </div>
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<a href="https://www.letterfolk.com/collections/letter-board/products/the-poet-oak-letter-board">letterboard</a> // <a href="https://modernburlap.com/">crib sheet </a>// <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/crpxs87dye">muscle onesie</a> // <a href="https://childhoodsclothing.com/">sweats</a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dRx_IfkC4Ww/WZ9upsVkMZI/AAAAAAAAp94/yoMpwzvAFTkm44ZRuP0YNAzvf85W-6f0wCKgBGAs/s1600/IMG_8508.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1201" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dRx_IfkC4Ww/WZ9upsVkMZI/AAAAAAAAp94/yoMpwzvAFTkm44ZRuP0YNAzvf85W-6f0wCKgBGAs/s640/IMG_8508.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">reaching out/grabbing and holding onto things. Brady is so interested in everything and is very alert and exploring and touching everything around him. the moment I lay him down on the floor or changing table he's immediately reaching for something/anything to grab onto. Brady has noticed my jewelry and plays with my necklace and earrings whenever I'm </span>holding or nursing him and its just so sweet!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">we ALMOST have a rolling babe! he will roll from tummy to back during tummy time, but hasn't mastered the back to tummy, yet.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">noticing his hands, feet, etc. Brady's feet and hands are his </span>favorite<span style="font-family: inherit;"> toy right now. he has been grabbing his feet for for about a month, but never really started 'using' them to his advantage- Brady rocks back and forth while holding both of his feet- and will give it a good swing to help push himself on over to laying on his side.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Brady has a super strong core. he will stand holding my fingers and sit/lean in my lap. he holds himself really well in the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">little bumbo seat and I think with a little more practice he will be sitting soon. I cant believe we are already to that point! he was just born like three days ago..</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">teething! drool.slobber.everywhere. there are no visible signs of teeth, </span>but his little gums are swollen here and there on occasion. he's also been a bit more fussy and will tear toys and teethers from his mouth while bitting down pretty hard. I'm tempted to try the amber necklaces-<span style="font-family: inherit;"> truthfully I am </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">skeptical, but I have close friends that swear by them. recommendations? </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">we went to the church nursery for the first time this month! he has been doing amazing.. and has been asleep every time I come to pick him up at the end of service. such a snuggly babe with his teachers.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">we got our first cold this month. it was terrible to seen him not feeling well. it lasted about four days before I decided to take him to the pediatrician because there was SO much snot and zero sleep for anyone. he ended up having an ear infection. </li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">getting upset/excited when we leave/enter the room. Brady is the most social baby of all four of my kiddos. I've noticed his face lights up when his sisters enter the room or his line of sight- he especially loves them. he wants to be in the mix of everything </span><span style="background-color: white;">all the</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> time- so when we leave Brady gets upset or starts to holler loudly, depending on what he's doing or his mood. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">he's rarely called by his name. most of the time we call him "bud" or "buddy"</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">he is totally teething and blowing raspberries is new this month.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brady is still in size 2 diapers.. although I just bought a box of 3's, wearing mostly 3-6 months and 6 months clothes. we took him to the pedi </span>just<span style="font-family: inherit;"> for a weight check and he weighed in at a beefy 16 pounds 11 ounces.</span></span></li>
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LOVES to snuggle! he is such an amazing snuggler. he snuggles up in the nape of my neck when he's sleepy and throws his arm around me should as if he was hugging me. omg I love it.<br />
LOVES his sisters. Like, a lot. A lot, a lot.<br />
LOVES Mickey Mouse. the girls watch a couple Disney shows in the morning and Brady usually snuggles up with one of the twins to watch, too! he particularly likes Goofy:)<br />
LOVES the mamaroo... which I different from the girls because they all hated it.<br />
LOVES to swing his toys back and forth to see if they make noise. the louder the better!<br />
LOVES to eat!!<br />
LOVES to hold hands while we rub his head<br />
LOVES to be carried and sleep in the solly wrap<br />
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HATES the carseat- but only about 30% of the time these days- we moved Brady out of the infant carseat and into a convertible carseat (<i>the maxi-cosh pria 70</i>) earlier this month and its been a game changer. he's sitting comfortably and more upright allowing him to see the twins sitting in the back row. those three carry on the entire time we are in the car and its hilarious! so he doesn't cry so much which makes trips to run errands so much easier.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm still exclusively breastfeeding when I am home and he gets three 6 ounce bottles of breast milk during the day when I am at work. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brady sleeps and eats and plays around the same time every day. 3 hours is normal between feedings, eating about 5-7 times every day. the usual 'scheduled' feedings: 6-7am every morning when he wakes and then 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm-8pm before going down for the night. MOST of the time we hit this </span>schedule<span style="font-family: inherit;"> pretty well- and I like the stick to it pretty strictly during the week because I feed him before I leave in the morning for work and occasionally get home in time to feed him at the 4pm bottle. if not I nurse him before bed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">while I didn't totally plan on starting him on solids yet, we did try some single grain cereal this month and have been practicing his motor skills with banana oatmeal for the last couple weeks. he's getting about a 1/4 of a cup mixed with 3 or 4 ounces of warmed breast milk before bedtime. Brady is definitely showing a clear interest in food, watching us eat and reaching for cups, bowls, spoons, etc. so I'm excited to see how he does with the solid food. I did a modified BLW with Baker and strict purees with Parker and Jolie and I think I am going to do a healthy mix of both with Brady. not true baby led weaning but I will offer him soft foods as the time comes, but will start with purees that I plan to make homemade:). why I'm feeling so ambitious, I have no idea.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">this sweet boy LOVES to play. he loves the play mat and he will lay there for a good 30 minutes at a time (with a full belly) and play with the hanging toys and chatter off at the music and lights. I have gotten good at getting the house straightened up and my breakfast and coffee made during that time in the morning. its perfect because it allows everyone to slowly wake up before the business of the day sets in. Brady's</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> interaction with his sisters has become more and more these days. the moment they come around Brady is all smiles, cooing and babbling in response to their silly faces. the big girls are always close by and love to play with Brady.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">f</span>or the most part everything goes straight to his mouth- we have a few favorite toys, and love basically anything that makes noise! if it doesn't make noise, Brady is slapping it on the counter or table or even on himself. he has really taken a liking to his longhorn wubby- he doesn't suck on the pacifier (he could care less about them..) but he chews on the feet and loves to play with it, especially while we are in the car. Parker did the same thing with her monkey wubby and I eventually cut the pacifier off the thing and she carried it around like a little stuffed animal. </span></div>
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well, we survived the 4 month sleep regression! I feel like we are finally getting back on a good sleep routine/schedule with Brady. he still has some rough nights when I can't seem to get him off the boob, BUT for the most part we are making strides and having some really great sleep! since adding in cereal to his evening routine, I bumped his bedtime to about 7:30pm. I feed him oats when the girls eat dinner so they are all on the same routine for bedtime. I mentioned <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/08/day-in-life.html#.WZ9lZK3MxmA">HERE</a> in my <i>typical day in the life</i> that if I'm solo he's not usually down until closer to 8pm because I like to get the girls in bed first. Brady will usually sleep from 7:30pm until about 3-4am.. he starts stirring and moving around and most of the time one of us has to go in there to comfort him. if he doesn't nurse then he's up by 6:30am to eat and if he does eat then he's asleep until closer to 7:30-7:45am.</div>
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last night I actually watched Brady self soothe on the monitor. I had literally just laid my head on the pillow to go to sleep and I heard him fussing over the monitor. I just laid there a second and he talked to himself in the dark for about a half a minute and then he was back to sleeping soundly.</div>
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we started practicing crib naps last month and he's gotten so great at them!! </div>
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he usually naps twice a day for about 2 or 3 hours. depending on what the he's up for the day, his morning nap is 9am-10am and will last about 2 hours. his afternoon nap usually falls in line with Baker's around 1pm and that one is longer.. sometimes 3 hours. maybe he'll be an awesome napper like Baker. I can only hope for that! </div>
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looking at pictures from last month.. oh brother! your have grown so much!! I cannot believe how big you are getting and how fast time is flying. I could probably say that this has been my favorite stage with you.. but last month was my favorite and I know that 6 months will be my baby JAM.. so lets just go ahead and state the obvious, you are pretty awesome, Big B. </div>
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we still gush over about everything you do.. the girls love to make you smile and laugh and when you talk to Baker she just gets so excited. <span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">your little boy personality is really shining through these days- especially when you have the attention of those sister girls. like.. limbs flailing around happy.. and if any of us make eye contact and say your name its never without a big ol' grin! s</span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">peaking of grins- you are smiling so much these days! and when you do, it is </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">adorable:</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> your eyes crinkle, your mouth opens in a huge grin, and then you immediately turn your head to the side and bury it into whatever is near. such a little flirt! </span></span> those girls can really get you going with the belly laughs and the screeches and squeals.. they are just too much! I sit with a constant smile on my face watching you grow and change everyday.. especially when it comes to the love that explodes between you and your sisters. life doesn't get much better than this.</div>
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time is blowing by I am doing my very best to savor these fleeting moments with you. I love spending time together.. even if its in the middle of the night because I don't get those moments back, buddy.</div>
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speaking of that nickname.. yours seems to be sticking, Bud. and I love it. you answer to "Brady" but also when someone acknowledges you as "Bud" you respond to that, too! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">your eyes and smile are contagious and you can </span><span style="background-color: white;">basically</span><span style="background-color: white;"> hear the joy coming off your face. you are so silly and literally have us in giggles most of the day. if there is a toy, book, food within arms reach you will stop at nothing to get it.. rolling your way around to it until you've got it in your mouth. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">so often we hear how </span>you<span style="font-family: inherit;"> are 'Baker's twin' but really over this last month you have completely come into your own self- you are Brady. JUST Brady. </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">your sweet gentle little voice.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">baby bird hairs.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">chuuuuby cheekies.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">and those pretty doe eyes.</span></div>
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definitely one of a kind. there is absolutely no one like you, baby boy.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5 M O N T H P H O T O D U M P</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">so many pictures!!</span></div>
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Amber Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992452665593824030noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763380180041018095.post-89264497462856621102017-08-23T11:31:00.000-05:002017-08-23T13:30:59.380-05:00jojo + PFAPA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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just in case you missed the (extra long) explanation on the<a href="http://www.instagram.com/masseya"> 'gram stories</a>, I wanted to share here about Jolie and what's been going on AND that we finally have a diagnosis.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">you have no idea what a relief it is to have some answers. </span></div>
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I honestly didn't see the effect it was having on me, my emotions, and my heart until I was basically walking on a cloud yesterday after our appointment with the rheumatologist.</div>
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taking you back a couple weeks ago, we got a call from the clinic because someone had cancelled their appointment and there was a time slot available. it happened to be a Tuesday, which is my usual day off during the week AND Jordan was off to be able to go with me.</div>
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truth is, I was a little hesitant about going and I sort of walked in with very low expectations of the appointment. our pediatrician had mentioned about a week prior to getting the call about the open appointment that we shouldn't worry about going if we had to wait until OCTOBER to get in.. and that she really feels like<i> infectious diseases</i> should be involved instead of rheumatology.</div>
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within just a handful of minutes of visiting with Dr. Stewart at the Children's Hospital of Dallas she had a diagnosis for us. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, Cervical Adenitis (PFAPA) is a syndrome that consists of recurrent episodes of fever, sore throat, mouth sores and swelling of the glands in the neck.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Jolie</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> has all of these things. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">she has fallen into a </span>period<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of 4-6 weeks between episodes and her episodes of 104+ fevers last about 7-12 days. these fevers completely knock her on her rear. </span>she's<span style="font-family: inherit;"> lethargic, </span>doesn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> hardly interact or play, and </span>definitely<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>doesn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> eat. </span>occasionally<span style="font-family: inherit;"> this is </span>coupled with nausea and the lymph nodes in her neck swell and become painful. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #333333;">in regards to the mouth sores.. I've noticed they come about a week before the episode. and as a matter of fact she complained about her mouth "burning" a few days ago.. I didn't think anything of it then but now I know what I know, and she's been 6 weeks fever free, so I'm anticipating a fever any day now. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: large;">ugh.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #333333;"><u>we do have a plan, though</u>. for now, we are going to watch and treat her for the symptoms as they come. maintenance medication is the last option for both us and the doctor mainly because the side affects of these drugs can be hard on her little body (stomach upset, damage on her liver, ect.). we could also treat with steroids with the onset of fever.. but steroids have a track record of causing the dormant time of these episodes to become </span></span><span style="color: #333333;">shorter (i.e.<i> 2 weeks between fevers instead of 4 weeks) </i>which we experienced when we were treating her for what we thought was an infection in her lymph node when all this mess started.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #333333;">we go back to the rheumatology clinic the first week of January and most likely we will plan the surgery to have her tonsils and adenoids removed. 100% of the comments I received talked about their success with the tonsillectomy- and Dr. Stewart agrees that this would be the best option for Jolie to find ultimate relief in these symptoms. apparently tonsils house a ton of bacteria and can be the root of all these issues Jolie is having. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #333333;">AND most importantly we don't want to be walking into kindergarten with these fevers, you know? </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">I hate this for her, BUT I am thankful for answers. I shared the news on IG stories yesterday and the amount of people that came out of the woodwork to offer encouragement because they have directly gone through this with their child or know someone that has, was incredible. something so foreign to me is actually much more common than I could have imagined! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #333333;">the tips and tricks and trial and error so many mamas offered was phenomenal. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #333333;">I cannot thank you all enough!</span></span></div>
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I usually get my coffee and breakfast the moment I get home.. Im starving by the time I finish bootcamp and need something asap. if Brady has eaten already I'll take this time to pump while I eat my breakfast and catch up on emails or style a handful of<a href="https://www.stitchfix.com/referral/7240571?sod=w&som=c"> stitch fix clients</a>.</div>
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the babes slowly start to trickle in, usually Parker or Baker first.. then Jolie, and if Brady isn't awake already he's in the bathroom with me!</div>
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I usually lay out the kid's clothes the night before.. even if we aren't going anywhere and its literally a tank top + yoga shorties, I have a plan for what they are going to be wearing for the day. and then there are those days that their clothes sit on the floor of their room all day and we stay in our pj's instead:)</div>
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the twins are able to dress themselves and Baker, that sweet girl, really tries her best but ends up stuck in her shirt sleeve and with two legs in one side of her shorts.</div>
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I finish getting myself "ready".. usually just minimal makeup (foundation + bronzer are my lifelines) and if I didn't wash my hair I blow dry the dampness out from workout, tousle it with dry shampoo and touch up the curls with my flat iron.</div>
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if it is a day that I am working, I throw on my scrubs and I hit the door.. but on a day that I am home (usually I have one or two days off during the week!) our days are literally filled from start to finish! </div>
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playtime happens all day long. my house is a mess moments after the crew wakes..and I usually only pick up and organize after they are down for a nap or after dinner while the girls are winding down for the night. I've been trying to find fun things for the girls to do this summer that don't require me going out and spending a ton of money..and its so darn hot outside. that sort of limits what we are able to do outside when I have an infant in tow. </div>
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mornings usually consist of errands.. picking up groceries (I order online and pick up at the store.. seriously changed my life!), running to Costco or making quick shopping trips for whatever we need. I end up putting together a list every week as the things come up of "things to do" and so my days off are FULL. I'll usually pack a lunch for all the girls and we eat on the go. BUT I am not beyond a swing through the drive through for chicken nuggets for Parker, a jr. burger for Jo, and a grilled cheese for Baker. </div>
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I try to make it home by early afternoon so that Baker can take a nap. afternoon nap for Baker has fallen in line with Brady's long nap of the day (he takes one morning and one afternoon nap everyday) and even though the twins don't usually nap anymore, they have quiet time and color, watch a movie, or read books in their room. </div>
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I'll usually take this time to style more stitch fix clients, blog ahead for the week, or catch up on emails. </div>
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<i>::I'm on my way home from work if its a "work day" for me:: </i></div>
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these warm afternoons of the summer are spent at the neighborhood pool, in the backyard on the patio with scooters + mini trikes.. and occasionally I pull out the blow up pool. earlier this summer Jordan and Papa put together a swing set, so we spend a lot of time playing outside in the backyard.</div>
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after a couple hours of playing its time for dinner. I usually cook on the nights that Jordan is at home (not at the fire station or on shift at the hospital). I plan our meals the week before and create a<a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/08/we-eat-this-week-81317.html#.WZw_Fq3MxmA"> mini meal plan schedule</a> which helps me to make sure I have the ingredients on hand to cook a meal for the family. on the nights that its just me and the kids dinner often looks like boxed mac + cheese or baked chicken nuggets or even breakfast for dinner. we usually have left overs from the night before and Jolie is a big leftover eater but Parker and Bake aren't, so I kind of just make whatever sounds good to everyone at the time. </div>
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the bed time hustle takes forever right now. by the time I get everyone bathed.. usually I stick all three of the girls in the shower while I bathe Brady in the tub, its a solid forty five minutes before everyone is in their jammies. on nights that Jordan is home we divide and conquer and he reads books to the girls while I feed Brady and get him down for the night. when I am solo Brady just hangs out with us while I get the girls in bed. getting them in bed first seems to be much easier on me than trying to get Brady in bed while they are still awake.. we play a game of in and out of his room and Brady never really seems to settle down enough to fall asleep and it takes forever! </div>
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my goal is to have every one down before 8:30pm. lately, since starting the <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/08/sleep-coupons-method-to-madness-of.html#.WZw_Ba3MxmA">sleep coupon</a> + reward system with the girls, its been a much easier time of day. bedtime easily could be my most stressful time of the day. </div>
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after the kiddos are in bed I usually hop back on the computer to finish my stitch fix clients, blog for the next morning or do absolutely nothing at.all. I try really hard to be in bed before eleven, but sometimes its midnight or I get in bed when the kids are finally down because I'm completely whipped.. and then sometimes Brady wakes before I even get in bed at night and I'm up for another couple hours..</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">life is full these days. </span></div>
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transition into having four babies hasn't been seamless, but we are managing. one thing that we've talked and prayed about for a couple years now is my staying home full time. I have about a 45 minute commute to the hospital in the morning and sometimes over an hour coming home. Jordan works about 35 minutes away from home.. the twins are starting kindergarten next year and being that far away from home sort of stresses me out. about a year and a half ago the application for stitch fix fell in my lap and I feel like the Lord was laying ground work for me to be able to finally be home full time with the babies. I didn't see it then but looking back it was clear as day the plan that He had for us. after Jolie started struggling with health issues and Parker's anxiety hit an all time high the value in being home with my kids became most important than anything. </div>
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that being said.. being a SAHM is freaking hard. my days off with the kids can be EXHAUSTING and so I need ideas! <u> cheap ideas</u> to keep these babies entertained! this is all new territory for me, so I need all the advice I can get! </div>
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photography by: <a href="http://www.bfaithphotographydfw.com/">b faith photography </a></div>
Amber Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992452665593824030noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763380180041018095.post-78593944838217558122017-08-18T06:00:00.000-05:002017-08-18T06:00:05.526-05:00sleep coupons | a method to the madness of getting my kids to sleep through the night<div style="text-align: center;">
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sleep. an ongoing issue in my house for the last four years. the twins have never really slept that great.. so then Baker came along and was sleeping through the night at 6 weeks and would go down like clock work at 7PM and not wake until well past 9AM once she hit a year old. I was floored by how well she slept because I thought all kids just sucked it up in the sleep department. </div>
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as we approach year five with the twins things have progressively gotten worse and most recently its just been plain terrible. no other words to describe it and I have never been so tired IN MY LIFE. an infant waking me a couple times at night is one thing but couple that with two other kids up and down for hours every night and I'm basically running on fumes.</div>
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I've been searching for ideas and ways to work through this stage with them, and much to my surprise its not just my kids going through this. a lot of other mamas have the same issues surrounding sleep and going to bed and staying in bed.</div>
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<i><u>phew. </u></i></div>
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a couple weeks ago I had mentioned to a friend about these struggles and it happened that she had recently brought it up to her pediatrician and he mentioned that with his older kids he does sleep coupons.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">SLEEP COUPONS?! </span></b></div>
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collecting sleep coupons for getting in bed at night<u> and staying all night</u> will earn them one coupon and they can "spend" it however they please.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>the method.</b></span></div>
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the biggest part about this method is offering the kids a real explanation about what to expect. allowing the girls to have control over their sleep habits with a reward has proven to be really beneficial! I roped Baker into this because she wants nothing more than to be included with the "big girls" and while I don't know if she will truly understand "saving" her coupons for something 'bigger' she has totally kept up with the concept since we started this about a week ago.<br />
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they each get a coupon before going to bed at night and they are allowed to keep the coupon as long as they go to bed without a fight and stay in bed all night. if they wake at all for something other than to use the bathroom (<i>or they are puking.. I'll give them that. but only if they wake their dad first.) </i>they have to hand over their coupon in the morning. I don't take the coupon away at night in the moment mainly because I don't want to cause a FREAK OUT fit. so I wait to deal with that consequence in the morning. </div>
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NIGHT #1:: on the first night Jolie woke just twice (normally its about 4+ times) and in the morning I talked her through her waking up and why I was going to be taking the coupon. since it was the first night and a brand new concept, gave them a trial pass, but explained that if she woke me up the next night I would indeed take the coupon away.</div>
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NIGHT #2:: Parker fought me quite a bit about going to bed but after a gentle reminder that she was going to lose her coupon if she didn't settle down + lay down she chilled out pretty quick. AND no one made a single peep all night!! normally it takes at least an hour or longer for bedtime, but not this time. <br />
NIGHT #3:: no fight at bedtime! they got into bed after putting their coupon in their little box on their dresser and talked about what they were saving their coupons for.<br />
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<b>it was SO CUTE how excited they were.</b></div>
Jolie is saving her coupons for a Doc McStuffin's toy and Parker has her heart set on a tiger's blood flavored sno cone.<br />
NIGHT #4:: HORRIBLE. it was raining off and on and we are not a fan at all about the rain and thunder over here.. but Jolie had me up about 6 times and Parker just once. the next morning I told the girls to go get their sleep coupons off their dresser and turn them in to me since they didn't sleep through the night. they handed them over and I told them that we would try again that night.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>the reward.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>2 coupons</u></b> :: 30 minutes of iPad time</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>3 coupons</u></b> :: ice cream or sno cone</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>6 coupons</u></b> :: nail salon for a mani and a pedi with mama</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>9 coupons</u></b> :: trip to target to pick out a toy of their choice </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>12 coupons</u></b> :: movie date night + pop corn and candy</span><br />
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I had my girl Sarah, creative brain at <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/crgkcb7dye">CKFireboots</a>, put together the perfect little coupon for us to use- complete with unique personalization + darling little figure on the front. I designed them with the girls' favorite colors in mind and dressed in cute little pajamas. you can find the custom listing for these sleep coupons <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/crgkcv7dye">HERE</a>!<br />
I downloaded the PDF and sent them over to office max or something of the like to be printed and laminated so they will hold up well with use.<br />
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AND, before I forget, Sarah so graciously offered my readers a discount!<br />
<b>use code MASSEY10 for 10% off your entire purchase<i>.</i></b><br />
<i>(btw: everything in her shop is ridiculously affordable with or without the discount code!</i>)<br />
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I'm really excited for the girls and for this random trial and error with the sleep coupons. we haven't spent any coupons YET, but when we do I think it is going to really drive home the point of this method with the girls.<br />
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as always, I want to hear from other mamas about their experiences with sleep! send me all the tips and tricks:)</div>
Amber Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992452665593824030noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763380180041018095.post-35623585540356936082017-08-15T12:12:00.002-05:002017-08-15T15:03:25.175-05:00We Eat {this week} | 8/13/17<div style="text-align: center;">
meal planning. </div>
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something I used to be SO good at. I used to meal plan every single week.</div>
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I also used to make a hot meal every night and attempted to continue that trend when the twins were born.. and sort of fizzled out after Baker arrived. pregnancy keeps me tired and <i>not hungry at all</i>, so prepping, planning, and cooking dinner falls off my to-do list and its taken me a hot minute for me to be able to get back into the swing of things! I also would love to be more intentional in planning ahead meals for the big girls for both lunch and dinner instead of leaving it to the microwave or toaster oven to do the prep for me.<br />
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SO here I am attempting to get back into the swing of being in the kitchen. </div>
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meal planning looks a lot like me skimming my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/Ladymassey/pins/">Pinterest</a> boards, which mainly consists of food.</div>
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I used to write my own recipes. and then I had kids and quick and easy became my favorite two words when it came to describing my cooking.</div>
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nothing wrong with that, you guys!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">BREAKFAST</span></div>
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breakfast everyday looks very similar for me as it does my kids. I eat peanut butter and banana toast or oatmeal and they will do the same! we mix it in with some toaster waffles (we love Van's or Kashi brand) or if we are rushing out the door, granola bar and skim milk with carnation instant breakfast is where its at.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">TODDLER LUNCH</span></div>
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<b><u>::monday::</u></b></div>
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<i>pasta salad + carrots + ranch dressing for dipping</i></div>
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<b>pasta salad</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">cooked whole wheat ziti mixed with fresh zucchini, tomatoes, sweet peppers, </span>turkey<span style="font-family: inherit;"> pepperoni (I like Boar's Head), and mixed with Italian dressing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>::tuesday::</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>no bake energy balls // low fat yogurt</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">easy recipe for energy balls <a href="https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/no-bake-energy-bites/">HERE</a></span></div>
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I usually offer the girls 2-3 for lunch. as for me, I eat 2-3 as a snack.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>::wednesday::</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>deli turkey + cheese roll ups // wheat thin crackers // grapes + watermelon </i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>::thursday::</b></span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white;">white meat chicken </span>nuggets (Tyson brand) // macaroni + cheese (Annie's brand)</i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>::friday::</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>scrambled eggs + mozzarella cheese // peanut butter on toast // strawberries + melon</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">FAMILY DINNER</span></div>
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<u><b>::monday:: </b></u></div>
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<i>crock pot cilantro lime chicken tacos // Mexican creamed corn </i></div>
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<b>cilantro lime chicken tacos</b></div>
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2 pounds chicken breast mixed with ranch dressing seasoning packet, cilantro lime skillet sauce packets (I LOVE <a href="http://www.fronterafoods.com/products/cooking-sauces">these skillet sauces</a>- I buy them at Target and Kroger) or you can use a jar of green salsa. cook on LOW for 6 hours</div>
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corn tortillas</div>
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guacamole + sour cream + pico + fresh cilantro</div>
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<b>Mexican creamed corn </b></div>
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6 corn on the cobs roasted in the oven for 45 minutes, husks on. remove from the oven and allow to cool enough to be able to cut the kernels off the cob. throw in a preheated skillet pan and stir in 3-4 chopped fresh jalapeños, 1/2 block low fat cream cheese and fresh jalapeños. season with smoked paprika and taco seasoning to taste.</div>
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<b><u>::tuesday::</u></b></div>
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<i>left overs from Monday:)</i></div>
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<b><u>::wednesday::</u></b></div>
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<i>grilled guacamole and gouda burgers // sweet potato fries</i></div>
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<b>burgers</b></div>
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1lb (93/7) lean ground beef + minced garlic + salt + pepper to taste, formed into patties. grill or cook in a skillet pan- about 4 minutes on each side.</div>
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top with left over guacamole from Monday and melty gouda cheese</div>
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<b>sweet potato fries from the frozen food section:)</b></div>
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<b><u>::thursday::</u></b></div>
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<i>crispy black bean quesadillas // roasted squash</i></div>
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<b>black bean quesadillas</b></div>
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2 cans black beans, rinsed and drained.</div>
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Mexican cheese blend</div>
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veggie oil</div>
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heat 1 tsp oil in skillet and add one corn tortilla. add beans and cheese to one side of the tortilla and fold over with a spatula. cook 3-4 minutes on each side, flipping in between until golden and crispy.</div>
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<b>roasted squash</b></div>
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chop zucchini and yellow squash into medium thick sticks. drizzle with olive oil and salt and pepper. roast at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.</div>
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<b>::friday::</b><br />
<i>breakfast burrito bowls with spiced butternut squash + quinoa </i><br />
bowl recipe <a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/breakfast-burrito-bowl-with-spiced_6/">HERE</a><br />
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the lunch ideas above are definitely geared towards feeding your kids but can also be prepared for yourself! my breakfast and lunch look very similar from day to day and you can find my daily food plan <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/08/eating-for-two-keeping-up-my-supply.html#.WZNNqq3MxmA">HERE</a>. </div>
Amber Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992452665593824030noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763380180041018095.post-88804290401498941482017-08-14T11:18:00.002-05:002017-08-14T11:18:44.390-05:0012 years (8/13/2005)<div style="text-align: center;">
12 years of marriage.</div>
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we've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly and yet Jordan has remained by my side through it all.</div>
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the good times have been AMAZING + great.</div>
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the bad times have been heartbreaking + confusing + sad.</div>
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but we remain a unit and a team.</div>
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life is a joint effort between this handsome guy I call my husband and I absolutely wouldn't be able to get through it without him- he's the glue that holds all the pieces together, you guys.</div>
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taking a look back..</div>
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I've got (digital) pictures from about year three of our marriage to now.. and we were BABIES</div>
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this weekend we spent time away from the kiddos. we got a hotel room in downtown dallas and went out with friends to the house of blues. <a href="http://www.bfaithphotographydfw.com/">Brittany's</a> husband Tanner is an amazing musician (Texas country.. think: Pat Green) and he was opening for Mike Ryan on Saturday night, so we HAD to go out and support!! </div>
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::check out his debut album <i>This Town</i> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/this-town/id1211042237">HERE</a>::</div>
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we got a night without kids. and it was the best! </div>
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we got dressed up and ready to 'party' like adults without kids might like to do..</div>
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we started the night with dinner at <a href="https://stampede66restaurant.com/">Stampede 66</a>.. a mix of Texas + Louisiana + Mexico.. true southern flavors. Jordan had the chicken fried buffalo + mashed potatoes + green pea salad and I enjoyed the best shrimp and grits I've ever eaten! </div>
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with full bellies and a bottle of wine later we hit the HOB and waited for Tanner to take the stage. </div>
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his friends and family were all there to support- seeing many that we recognized and knew from other family events (i.e. birthday parties..) but don't get to hang out with very often made the time even more fun.</div>
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selfie in the elevator at 2:30AM. like we were 20 and 23 again.</div>
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except I'm about to be 33 with four kids at home and was desperate for my breast pump and pajama pants when we got back to the hotel room- ha!</div>
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Sunday morning came much too quick after pouring ourselves into bed after 2AM. I'm getting so old. the 32 year old self wished she would have given us a curfew on Saturday night to take advantage of getting all the sleep that I'm not getting at home:) cant hang like I used to!</div>
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nothing an amazing Sunday brunch couldn't cure. we hit up <a href="http://www.breadwinnerscafe.com/menu/">Breadwinners</a> before heading back to the 'burbs and back to the babes. </div>
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this is 12 years. the good, the bad + the ugly.</div>
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but mostly the GREAT.</div>
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happy anny, babe.</div>
Amber Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992452665593824030noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763380180041018095.post-55455898231132834152017-08-08T06:00:00.000-05:002017-08-08T06:00:14.617-05:00eating for TWO: keeping up my supply + exercise <div style="text-align: center;">
I couple weeks ago I asked for Q's regarding breastfeeding on my stories and you all delivered! which in turn I have written the longest post EVER.. so stick with me..and if you make it to the end, well then you're a rockstar:)</div>
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I've breast fed four different babies in the last four years and all four experiences have been totally different. </div>
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<b>well, except for four simple things::</b></div>
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1. they all got formula (at some point)</div>
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2. they are all healthy + happy</div>
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3. I felt attached to that <i>stupid</i> pump 24/7.</div>
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4. I ate around the clock.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">breastfeeding is HARD WORK.</span></b></div>
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with the twins I felt like a slave to that pump. I was working 40-50 hours a week after going back when the twins were just 9 weeks old. I busted my tail to give them <i>all of me</i> when I wasn't present to do so. I did supplement with formula when they were just a few weeks old because of their size and while waiting for my milk to come in, Jolie more so than Parker. I supplemented with a few ounces of fortified breastmilk after she would nurse until she was about 6 weeks old.</div>
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I breast fed Parker and Jolie for 13 months.. by the end of it I was pumping 40 ounces/day while I was at work and then nursing them as much as I could when I was home. I <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2013/09/tips-tricks-breatfeeding-travel.html#.WYhukK2ZO9Y">even lugged my pump to Mexico </a> when they were 8 months old to keep up with those two while I was away. </div>
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finally at 13 months Parker self weaned after a weekend of pure agony for the both of us- she was DONE with me and not interested in the boob any more letting me know it by screaming in my face for a half hour every time I attempted to feed her. since I was producing enough for both of the girls to nurse on one side and be satisfied, I went ahead and weaned Jolie as well. nursing and then pumping the other side after Jolie ate brought back nightmares of when the twins were tiny and pumping 8 times a day to build up my supply for the twins.. wasn't going to do that again!</div>
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with Baker, life was a little less stressful in regards to work.. less hours + much less stress, but I had two toddlers running around and pumping wasn't something I was able to keep up with very well because they seemed to run like banshees around the house every time I pulled out the pump. she and I had an amazing 10 months together before she started to really cut teeth and had trouble finding a good latch because her gums we so inflamed. she would nurse for just 10-15 minutes and my supply tanked. around that time Jordan and I were headed to Mexico (again) so I weaned her right before we left. I had enough milk stored up for her to get through to 12 months, supplementing with about 8-10 ounces of formula/day but mixing it in with my stored breastmilk. </div>
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..which brings me to Brady. I have fallen in love with breastfeeding all over again. big B and I are still in the <i>honeymoon stages</i> and since going back to work I've been able to keep up my supply pretty well. working in a (baby-friendly) hospital my boss is a huge advocate for me to be able to pump when I need to and as often as I want. some days are better than others as far as my confidence in providing for Brady goes. I posted <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BWd_rH8gMkM/?taken-by=masseya">this picture on IG</a> and got a LOAD of support from amazing women and mothers just like me. same struggles, similar stories.. all walking the same breastfeeding road as me. while I haven't had to supplement with Brady (yet) that day might still come as it did with the girls. he is growing like a weed and already eating more from a bottle than his sisters did at 12 months! so you can imagine my concern on the days that I exclusively breastfeed him like.. <i>are you getting enough?? </i> </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">eat with balance- the basics for maintenance</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">occasionally, your calorie or fluid intake can affect milk production. excessive dieting can reduce milk supply, but <i>sensible dieting</i> is generally not a problem. I have read that it’s best not to do anything consciously to lose weight until after the second month. this gives your body enough time to successfully establish a healthy milk supply that is less likely to be adversely affected if your caloric intake is restricted. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">b</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">reast feeding a singleton baby you need an additional 300-500 calories/day. </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">t</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">here are no foods that you should avoid simply because you are breastfeeding. it is generally recommended that a nursing mother eat whatever she likes, whenever she likes, in the amounts that she likes and continue to do this </span><i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">unless</i><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> baby has an obvious reaction to a particular food.</span> when Brady was struggling with reflux in his first few weeks I suggested to cut out milk/dairy from my diet and our pediatrician recommended that I don't simply because if he does have a milk allergy getting the antibodies built up in my milk would allow him to have a lesser chance in maintaining that lactose issue. </div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">of course, whatever your pediatrician tells you/recommends for you to do.. I would absolutely follow that. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>::boosting my supply::</b></span></div>
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when I feel like Ive had a dip in my supply I know its time to increase my water intake, decrease my caffeine intake and change the types of food I'm eating. it is recommended that you <i>do not restrict </i>your food intake below 1500 calories/day. I'm burning about 2200 calories/day on the days I work out (<i>according to my Fitbit app</i>). which means I aim for 1800-2000 calories/day to maintain my current weight and keep up with my milk supply.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>::my workouts::</b></span></div>
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I go to bootcamp 3-4 days/week for 60 minutes. check out my workouts <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/search/label/camp%20gladiator#.WYlB4K2ZO9Y">HERE</a>! </div>
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you can check to see if there is a camp gladiator location near you <a href="https://campgladiator.com/camp-gladiator-regions/">HERE</a>.</div>
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I have been loving the group exercise scene and have been working out with CG for a little over a year.</div>
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when boosting my calories I try to snack on healthy fats + protein sources from dairy and vegetables/grains. I usually reach for hard boiled eggs, hummus, and peanut butter for something quick and easily accessible! I LOVE those mini cups of guacamole, hummus, and peanut butter! its easy to throw one of those in the diaper bag with some crackers or an apple. I also strive to keep myself hydrated with at least 120 ounces of water/day and some days its easy to do so, and then others is a struggle because I would rather down a Diet Coke at lunch or guzzle more coffee than one should ever consider. I don't actually drink those things for energy, although these days they are totally appreciated, but more because 1. I am obsessed with carbonation. I even craved that burn down my throat while I was pregnant. and 2. I actually <i>really</i> love the taste of coffee. the darker the better. my best measure for the amount of water I'm taking in is how many times I'm filling my water bottle every day. I carry around a 40 ounce bottle (<a href="https://www.hydroflask.com/40-oz-wide-bottle#92=58">this one</a>, in case you're curious!) and try and fill it at least 3-4 times throughout the day.</div>
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<b>dietitians recommend women that are attempting to really boost their supply and produce a high fat milk thats healthiest for their baby should consume whole fats themselves. adding in at least 3 cups of whole milk, whole milk yogurt, and full fat cheese every day will dramatically help in your milk production! you'll also need to make sure you are eating at least 12 ounces of protein and include about 8 ounces of whole grains every day. </b></div>
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<u>5AM:</u> (<i>pre-workout</i>) 100 calorie granola bar </div>
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<u>9AM: SNACK </u>(<i>work out</i>): 2 hard boiled eggs + pepper</div>
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<u>10:30AM: SNACK</u> (<i>non workout</i>): skinny pop rice cakes + 2 string cheese sticks</div>
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<u>12PM</u>: Starbucks reduced fat turkey bacon sandwich + 2% greek yogurt</div>
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organic chicken + quinoa + kale bowl (I buy <a href="http://www.mygoodgrains.com/products/organic-chicken-quinoa-and-kale.html">THIS</a> at Costco) + 3 tablespoons hummus or guacamole </div>
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1/4 c. black bean hummus on double protein english muffin (I buy <a href="https://thomasbreads.com/products/double-protein-english-muffins">these</a>!) + boar's head honey maple turkey</div>
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grilled turkey + cheese sandwich and tomato soup (I buy <a href="https://www.target.com/p/organic-tomato-basil-soup-17-3-oz-simply-balanced-153/-/A-14632254?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Grocery+Essentials+Shopping&adgroup=SC_Grocery&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9027290&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1p2B2N3G1QIVzmV-Ch1kTQbzEAQYASABEgIU1_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds">this kind</a>!)</div>
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<u>2:30-3PM</u>: 2% greek yogurt OR peanut butter + banana toast (same as 6:30AM breakfast above)</div>
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<u>10PM</u> (occasionally): 2% greek yogurt ( I love 2% FAGE) or bowl of Cheerios </div>
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right now we don't usually eat with the kiddos. I am an advocate to eat as a family, and we are getting there! we got into the groove with Parker and Jolie and then eventually with Baker, but still getting the hang of all four of them now. Baker is out of a highchair and sitting at a booster seat at the table with her sisters, so once Brady gets to the point of sitting in a highchair in the next few months we will be eating as a family again. right now Jordan and I like to eat together after the kids go down for bed, and even though it seems like its super late to eat a meal, this is worth it for the down time we need to have a conversation:)</div>
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I plan to update our family meal plans and share with you all SOON, but for now check out these <a href="https://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/search/label/Toddler%20Food#.WYk1_q2ZO9Y">weekly toddler menu plans</a> and <a href="https://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2014/07/we-eat-healthy-toddler-snacks.html#.WYk2Ya2ZO9Y">this MEGA list of toddler snack ideas</a>! I used to write and share those meal plans <i>every single week</i>! I really need to get back in that habit of sharing those. it kept me accountable, too!</div>
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my supply is also affected by something as simple as adding in a couple of pumping sessions every day. usually I pump right after I feed Brady for the first time in the morning and then right before I go to bed at night. usually I will pump about 6 to 8 ounces in the morning and 4-6 ounces before bed. my supply always seems to be lower in the evening/night and I've read that it 'peaks' about 2 am in the morning- which is why that first pump always produces the most I get throughout the entire day. I will occasionally get more than the 4-6 ounces in the evening because I've been giving Brady a bottle before bed to make sure he gets a full belly before he goes to sleep for the night. anything to get him to sleep longer! usually the moment I stick him on the boob before bedtime he passes out and the bottle forces him to stay awake to finish because the flow is much easier. speaking of bottles.. we are loving the <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cq7wxw7dye">como tomo bottles</a>. we were introduced to them when Baker was a wee babe and have been using them with Brady and he's doing great! I think the key to transitioning from bottle to breast with ease is to breastfeed as often as you are able! if you are home/around your baby nurse nurse nurse! it is also common for the baby to start waking more often at night again after the mother goes back to work (ALL of my kids have done this!) just to cluster feed and be close to mama.. best piece of advice is to let them nurse! don't cut it short at all and allow that bond to remain if you plan to breastfeed long term.</div>
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WHEW! I think that covers the best of it! you guys are amazing with all your awesome questions. do you have your own tips and tricks for breastfeeding and keeping up your supply?? </div>
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I had the amazing pleasure to contribute to the '<i>how does she</i>' series over at <a href="https://www.littlemissdessa.com/blogs/littlemissdessa">Little Miss Dessa! </a>the interview was posted over there last week (<a href="https://www.littlemissdessa.com/blogs/littlemissdessa/amber-massey-how-does-she-do-it">HERE</a>), but I loved sharing a little bit about our day in the life I wanted to share it over on my little corner of webspace, too! this was one elaborate interview and it took me a week to think through and complete:) </div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm a 32 year old married mama to 4 babes. My husband and I have been married for 12 years this August and we live in a suburb about an hour outside of Dallas/Fort Worth. We made this our home about 5 years ago while I was pregnant with the twins. We have four year old twins, Parker and Jolie, Baker Bree who is about to be 2 in July and a 12 week old baby boy named Brady. I've been a Registered Dietitian for the last 8 years and have worked as a personal chef (pre-babies), nutrition counseling, and currently work 4 days/week in the NICU at a hospital. As if I wasn't crazy enough, a little over a year ago I started working from home as a Stitch Fix stylist for fun and have fallen in love with the company.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Right now a day in the life is all up in the air… we are all still getting to know Brady and he's finally on a regular "schedule". We are able to plan around his eat/sleep times during the day and I'm on maternity leave. Usually we are all up by 8am in the morning- Parker wakes me often before 7am and I send her back to bed until at least 7:30am because it’s hard for me to function before then, ha! The twins drink smoothies for breakfast and watch Disney channel or read books in their room while I nurse Brady and then Baker wakes by 9:30am (she's an amazing sleeper!) and she has her own smoothie. If we have errands we usually leave the house by 11am and we are out and about making Costco runs or hitting up the splash pad now that the weather is warming up. I pack a lunch for all the girls and we often eat on the run! Usually home by 3-3:30p and I put Baker down for a late nap while the girls color or chill out and watch a movie or a couple of recorded Bubble Guppies on the DVR. I take that window of quiet time to straighten up the house, unload the dishwasher, or play catch up on email and the blog.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh my goodness- YES. 100% yes. I am so thankful for the help that I have. First of all, my husband is amazing. I wouldn't have survived the twins, let alone have two more after the fact if he didn't help me the way that he does. He does the laundry, manages the kiddos, runs errands with all four in tow, and he and I take turns cooking. He is a firefighter and his work schedule allows for him to be home a lot more than a normal 40 hour 9-5 type job. We also have a housekeeper that comes every two weeks. Jordan and I both tend to put actual cleaning at the end of our list of To-Dos and we can agree that we would literally give up our cell phones to keep our wonderful housekeeper if it came down to it. Since the twins were born, my mother in law has kept the babies on the days that I was at work and Jordan was on shift- about 2 days per week. After Brady was born we made the decision to hire a nanny three days per week to replace the help my MIL has given for the last 5 years. </span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As I mentioned above, my husband is around quite a bit, but that also means that I am home alone often, too. Days that I am solo with all four of them for 24 hours while he's on shift can be exhausting! Because of that he makes it a priority that I get in some “me” time. So about once a week or every other week he allows me to go to Starbucks and work on the blog, meet a girlfriend for brunch, or get my nails done. Just about 2 hours of uninterrupted time to myself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Since Brady was born we are still figuring that out :). I usually like to go to the gym early, around 5am to get it in. Jordan and I both go to the same boot camp, so if it’s been a rough night or I just can't seem to get myself out of bed at 5am, we go together with all the kids! I try and get in 60 minutes about 3-4 days/week. I also eat relatively healthy- of course I love my fair share of junk and Vente iced coffee is my weakness, but over all we maintain a balance pretty well and try to limit eating out to once a week, for both health and financial reasons. Some weeks we stand by that rule and other weeks its pizza every night! Regardless, feeding five mouths, including a toddler that out-eats everyo</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ne, can be so expensive!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Definitely NOT! There are some days (when I don't leave the house) that I stay in my pajamas all day. The kids don't get dressed either! Other days I throw a ball cap over my dirty hair, do a little touch up with some concealer under my eyes and + tinted moisturizer and get whatever errands I need to get done wearing a t-shirt and jeans or leggings. Honestly, these days, if my hair is fixed I feel put together, more so than a full face of makeup. I wash my hair about twice a week and I'm lucky that it only takes a little touching up with the flat iron between washes (including those days that I hit up boot camp) I just blow dry that sweat right out! Outfits are never curated unless we have set plans for the day (lunch date, church, family outings, etc). I have found that if I have an idea of what I want to wear before the rush of getting one billion people ready for the day it helps with the overall management of chaos.</span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Totally! There was a time in my life before kids that I would never leave the house without a full face of makeup and a shower. I dressed very conservatively for work (slacks, blouses, blazers, and heels) so that carried over into my weekend life, too! Big chunky accessories (early 2000's that was all the rage, am I right??) and I didn't understand how valuable sneakers were to my life until after I had children. These days I wear scrubs to work and live in my favorite boyfriend jeans and a casual tee, and sneakers. Oh how I love my sneakers. </span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm usually in bed between 10 pm-11 pm and I'm up at 4:30 am for my 5 am workout OR if I don't get up that day for boot camp I'm getting up about 7:30 am. I'm dragging by dinner time and then will get my second wind around 8 pm after the kids go to bed. So I would say between 6-8 hours at night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm such a stickler for my house being "put together". It sounds silly, but it drives me batty to come home a messy house (like the playroom turned upside town, or dishes in the sink). That being said, it comes last on the list when we have somewhere to be or if I have to work on getting something done. No matter what, the house is put together and the kitchen is clean before I go to bed at night, so it might fall under "a clean house over sleep" ha!</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Because of Jordan's schedule I only cook about 2-3 nights/week. We try to eat out just once or twice/week and the other days me and the kids just eat whatever we feel like (macaroni from a box, cereal, peanut butter toast). When I meal plan I do it early in the week while I'm making my grocery list so I have all the ingredients on hand and it keeps me motivated to actually cook the meal when I have a plan in place.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was a time before Baker was born that I felt like I couldn't get in the groove of life with kids. I was trying to find my voice, routine, and manage working and being a wife, too. Thankfully I have a husband that is a huge advocate of ME. He knows how important it is that I have “me” time and allows me to do pretty much do what I need to feel secure in my role, both at home and professionally. </span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jordan is a huge help to my day to day but also as my number one supporter in this crazy life we live right now. I can literally look at him and say "I need a break" and as long as its an appropriate time he will let me go decompress or take off and grab a coffee by myself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Jordan and I are a TEAM, an incredible team. We work together to manage our kiddos and some days we are going through the motions of life to just make it to bedtime, but we always make time to catch up. Date nights are few and far in between these days, but we try to chat in the car, before bedtime, and always ask each other "how are you doing" looking for the real answer outside of "fine". We have learned the right time to actually ask these questions is when we can actually finish the conversation and the wrong time is to try to have this conversation in the middle of wrangling babies for bath, dinner, and bed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thankfully my closest girlfriends and I have all sort of grown our families at the same time. I have met some of my closest mommy friends through social media! It is such a powerful platform to meet amazing women.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I start back to work soon, and we have a nanny helping us when I am away. She came for a "trial run" a couple weeks ago and I totally didn't explain a million things that probably would be helpful in knowing before she starts watching my FOUR kids! She didn't text me to ask (which is probably better) and just figured it out on her own (which is awesome!). After I got home she gave me a rundown of questions she had for next time. I felt so defeated in that I was NOT ready to go back to work and not ready to leave my kiddos with someone else other than myself. I regrouped, bounced ideas off on Jordan for helping me remember what the nanny would need to know for next time, and hopefully she'll be set up for success when she starts!</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wash my hair. I am thankful I am able to find time to actually shower, but washing my hair is the last on my list of to-do's! </span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Balance does not come easy. It is something that is constantly changing and my once type A personality has taken a major backseat to the ins and outs of motherhood. We work hard at attempting to keep everything in order and balanced, some days it works and some days it totally doesn't.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love style and fashion. I have been a dietitian for a long time, and still love food and nutrition, but would absolutely love to grow my career with Stitch Fix. Styling and helping women (and men!) find themselves comfortable in clothes that are perfect for them is so much fun!</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've become a night owl since having kids. I still wake up early, and actually prefer to be an early riser, but giving myself at least an hour or two to chill out, watch reality TV, or surf social media is something I've learned that helps me get through the end of my day. My mom always stayed up so late growing up and I couldn't ever figure out why, well I have three brothers and now I can completely relate to her!</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I didn't really grow up with dreams and aspirations to be a mama, let alone having four babies of my own! I always thought in the back of my mind that I would have children, but even when I was dating Jordan very seriously, children didn't cross my mind very often. I have discovered that now I was born to be a mama. I would have ten more if Jordan and my body would let me! So, my question for you all is: Looking back now, starting with your first thoughts of becoming a mother as a little girl, how does it feel to watch your children grow up now?</span></span></div>
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we've been dealing with a sick little babe over here! Brady caught his first cold and it has been a doozy! we left him in the church nursery for the first time last weekend and by Tuesday evening he was so congested and coughing up his little lungs.. breaks my heart! I'm running on about eleven hours of sleep over the last five days, but I think we are seeing the light! I ended up taking Brady back to the doctor on Friday to make sure the congestion wasn't in his chest and sure enough he now has an ear infection (so many eye rolls!). we've dealt with colds and sniffles with the big girls, but I think Brady is much younger than the girls ever were when they caught their first cold.</div>
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I've come up with a handful of 'must-haves' for surviving Brady's first cold, and I think my fellow mamas will appreciate these! as always, I'm open and welcome other remedies and resources! </div>
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YOU GUYS. this thing changed.my.life. when we received the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/nosiboo-Nosiboo-Pro-Nasal-Aspirator/dp/B01N33R3CU/ref=pd_bxgy_75_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=A0ME4MRZPNX6T456EYKE">nosiboo</a> pro to try a while back I was kind of skeptical. its the cutest thing I've ever seen.. sort of looks like a little bear. never would I think that this thing would be the best snot sucker ever invented. I, personally, don't have the lung capacity to manually suck the really nasty thick stuff- I make Jordan do it because he seems to be pretty productive with it. BUT, add the electric component and I'm golden. this has truly been such an awesome device to have on hand, not just for Brady, but for the big girls, too! no one was actually sick when we received the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/nosiboo-Nosiboo-Pro-Nasal-Aspirator/dp/B01N33R3CU/ref=pd_bxgy_75_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=A0ME4MRZPNX6T456EYKE">nosiboo</a> pro so I didn't see the real value in it until Jordan, pulled it out in the middle of the night to give it a whirl on our stuffy headed baby. I woke up the next morning to the cute little bear sitting on my counter..along with his report of "<i>this thing is AMAZING."</i></div>
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since infants do not breathe out of their mouths, having a stuffy nose has been the culprit for lack of sleep in the majority of my motherhood life! this helps combat the sleepless nights but also allows Brady to be able to successfully nurse/take a bottle without having to unlatch and relatch to breathe in between.. hello gassy tummy! bottom line.. new moms, seasoned moms.. looking for a gift for a mom!! you need it. I promise you won't be disappointed. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/nosiboo-Nosiboo-Pro-Nasal-Aspirator/dp/B01N33R3CU/ref=pd_bxgy_75_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=A0ME4MRZPNX6T456EYKE">this product runs you about $149 on amazon</a>.. but alas, the friendly folks at nosiboo pro have offered a special discount for my readers!! </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">use code AMBER017 for 20% off <a href="https://www.amazon.com/nosiboo-Nosiboo-Pro-Nasal-Aspirator/dp/B01N33R3CU/ref=pd_bxgy_75_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=A0ME4MRZPNX6T456EYKE">at check out on amazon</a>!</span></b></div>
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hands down one of my favorite + must have baby items. for safety reasons, the cool mist option is better for children versus the warm mist humidifiers that allows risk in burning if the humidifier is touched or tipped over. the cool mist adds moisture to the air to help ease cough and congestion while the baby sleeps.</div>
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be sure to keep your humidifier clean! I refer to <a href="https://www.hunker.com/12001775/how-to-clean-a-crane-cool-mist-humidifier?p=d">this post </a>for the how-to of proper cleaning </div>
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a stuffy nose can be 'de-stuffed' a couple of different ways. saline mist/drops are awesome ways to break up the snot and hopefully allow the snot to be removed easier AND allow the babe to be able to sneeze it out, too! I usually will spray this in each nostril before I use the nosiboo, but then also will spray it here and there without sucking anything from his nose. I've been giving Brady a steamy bath every night to help break up the mucus as well! very similarly to how the cool mist humidifier works!</div>
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there are a billion options for these on the market. and they are all equally awesome at getting the job done. poor Brady has a raw nose because its literally a faucet at the moment, so I have these on had in every room in the house. I am quick to grab a paper towel (even with Kleenex sitting right next to the stand..) so I have gotten into the habit of having them close by to gently wipe away snot and drool.. along with his poor watery eyes.</div>
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it can be rather controversial, using oils on my infant, but there isn't a lot to offer as far as over the counter remedies for a baby. so, I sought out an old friend, Jayme over at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cedarandcitrus/">citrus + cedar</a>, for her advice. I briefly attempted oils while I was pregnant with Baker and couldn't get the hang of it at all and here I am again with Brady. I think being educated is a huge component of remaining consistent with oils and Jayme has been an amazing textbook of knowledge about whats safe/appropriate for me and my family. I am not <i>oily</i> by any means.. in fact, I'm terrible at it and Jayme probably thinks I'm insane + annoying for the amount of information I'm asking of her to share. </div>
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when Brady came down with a cold I asked for her guidance in finding something for relief of this horrible congestion.</div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><u>congestion for infants blend: </u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i>-1 drop frankincense</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">supports a healthy inflammatory response, cellular health, & immune system. super helpful with congestion, mood, skin imperfections, overall health. perfectly safe and effective for little babes.. I mean there must be a reason why they put in on Baby Jesus :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #666666;">-1 drop cardamom</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">aids in congestion, emotional balance, fevers, stomach issues. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i>-add in 2 tablespoons of fractionated coconut oil or fill the rest of the 10 ml roller bottle.</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(I have been using </span><a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqxjyv7dye" style="font-family: inherit;">these roller bottles</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> for all my little blends and they are awesome and cheap.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">when using oils, dilution is a MUST, especially for infants and kiddos. for infants, 1 drop is all you are going to need, heavily diluted with 2 tablespoons of fractionated coconut oil. these diluted oil blends are b</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">est applied to the bottoms of their feet because that is where the skin is the thickest and has the most nerve endings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">for the record.. these dilution ratios are below the </span>recommended<span style="font-family: inherit;"> amount- playing it extra </span>safe over here! for more info in oils.. I am not to person to ask! its Jayme! check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cedarandcitrus/">citrus + cedar</a>, instead!</span></div>
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I'm writing this to give a much warranted update (even though there isn't much an update to offer on Jolie), but also because we have been going through some emotional things with both Parker and Jolie that I hope to never have to deal with again, but if I do, I'll be able to walk through this experience with knowledge and someplace to look back on if I write all this out on paper.. err, the internet. I started this blog as a documentation of our life, but also as a place for ME to look back on of memories as well as for times when I'm thinking to myself (in regards to the other two babies in the house) "<i>what the heck did I do (in this situation) with the twins?" </i>I read the monthly updates of all the kids more often than you might think, ha!</div>
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many of you have been praying, emailing, messaging about Jolie and I am SO thankful. we have been covered in prayer and those prayers have been felt! I don't want you to think that I'm just dangling you along and carrying on our merry way when our daughter has been going through some very scary things for a 4 and a half year old. because thats not the case. </div>
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<b>Jolie Grace</b><br />
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there is little update to give, and honestly I wish I had more to type here about her. </div>
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a couple things.. NO FEVERS. its been three weeks of a <i>completely fever free Jolie</i>. YES. AND she has been acting more of herself as far as my normal joyful JoJo versus the BEAR of a child we witnessed during the last several months. we <i>finally</i> made an appointment with a rheumatologist for OCTOBER.. and I'm sure the poor lady setting our appointment could tell my frustration with that time frame and quickly asked if I would like to be on the cancellation list.</div>
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<i>"um, yes. thank you."</i><br />
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after running through some details and events over the last several weeks with our pediatrician she thinks that autoimmune could be a stretch. OK, so more unknown and misinformation and a complete reach for a diagnosis. don't get me wrong- I am positive they are seeking the greatest possible care for our girl and finding a diagnosis is at the top of their list, but they just don't know what to do because her symptoms are very inconsistent. the west nile virus has now been thrown on the table. its a very violent disease and apparently there are two types- one is viral and presents like what Jolie has suffered with and the other attacks your nervous system and is completely debilitating- much like meningitis. I've watched a friend deal with the latter and it is the scariest thing I've ever witnessed <i>in my life. </i>so, in this situation, I am thankful Jolie doesn't have that. while, health wise, things are looking up for our girl, emotionally she's wrecked. I was walking through all this with Jordan (we talk about it daily it seems..) and have placed blame on ourselves for not explaining to sweet Jolie about what she was going through. dozens of doctors and procedures and blood draws.. putting her little body in tube after tube for tests and never once did we really sit her down to walk through what she was about to do or why we were doing these tests on her. WHY? WHY didn't I/we explain it??? I think part of it was that I was trying to figure out myself how to process what was happening with her and I completely forgot to include JOLIE in this.</div>
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<b>parenting 101 and I got a BIG FAT 'F'. </b><br />
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she's been traumatized through her experiences and has now developed severe anxiety thats keeping her connected to my hip 24/7 and up all night long in fear of who knows what.</div>
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I can't even sit them down for dinner and walk back to the bedroom to pee without her following me back there in tears because I <i>"was taking too long".</i> if I am putting a baby to bed she will sit outside the room against the wall waiting for me to come out. bedtime takes about an hour once we get them in bed- the up and down and more reassurance and kisses and hugs.. she's starting in her room but wakes almost nightly with night terrors and screaming, so we basically have a permanent palette on the floor next to the bed.</div>
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<b>Parker Jane</b><br />
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she's always been the more emotional one of the two girls. she's also the sweetest most gentle soul I've ever met. this girl has SO MUCH love to give. she also has developed this emotional anger that I have no idea how to control. this started after the first weekend we separated them to take Jolie to the hospital over several days for tests and exams. they had never been apart for more than 24 hours and Parker was with her BB and Papa for 3.5 days. we FaceTimed and sent pictures, of course. the person Jolie cried for after coming out of her first CT scan wasn't mom or dad or BB, it was Parker.</div>
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<i><b>"I need my Parker."</b></i></div>
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we FaceTimed Parker and they were both in tears before the call was over. </div>
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after Baker was born Parks had some anxiety just to the extent that she needed a little extra love before bedtime, but this time its overwhelming the amount of stress this girl has. my going back to work has put her over the edge, coupled with Jolie getting extra attention, PLUS a new baby.. its a lot for her little heart to handle right now. I've gone on multiple dates, just Parker and me. Jordan has done the same and her BB has picked her up a time or two just to spend some quality one on one time. all those things have helped! <br />
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goodbyes and bedtime are the most stressful time of the day. leading up to me leaving for work or saying good bye to the nanny <i>(she's with them three days a week</i>) can last up to 20 minutes and still end in a tantrum because I didn't wave from my car goodbye or say I love you eleven hundred times.. even though I DID.<br />
the tantrums. so bad that I've googled "<i>psychiatric disorders in children related to tantrums</i>".</div>
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<b>truth. </b><br />
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one time she was throwing a fit so out of control that it took me and her Papa holding her down in the carseat to buckle her in and then she puked all over my car in exhaustion from screaming so much. she freaked out on me at 2am one night (of course when Jordan was at the fire station) when I told her to go back to her bed and that tantrum consisted of nearly kicking a hole in the wall, woke everyone in the house and lasted over 60 minutes. she's lashed out at her sisters. kicked the nanny. told me she hated me numerous times..<br />
thrown food all over the floor and destroyed a handful of toys.<br />
life has been TOUGH. as tough as its been for me and the rest of the house, I know that she's having an even harder time trying to process her feelings. we recently met with a social worker in hopes she could offer some help and insight as to how we should be dealing with her- because nothing is working! thankfully, after she assessed her history and chatted with her a bit she didn't think this was a permanent emotional disorder. <b>girlfriend is just really anxious. </b><br />
in turn, we have changed the way we do bedtime (reading stories, no television, sleeping in our own bed) and have started practicing saying goodbye and good night so they don't last forever and end in distress. I've also begun reading a recommended book '<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17574740-anxious-kids-anxious-parents">anxious kids, anxious parents</a>' and have come up with tools to help Parker work through her emotions while also keeping my cool.. it is SO EASY to lose my mind on this girl when she is misbehaving.<br />
theres a FINE line between discipline and managing Parker's fits.<br />
good news is that the tantrums have subsided from everyday multiple times a day to less often. I think/hope that we've been able to make her feel comfortable enough to work through whatever emotions she's dealing with at the moment as well as diverting her attention to something else, which is actually working really well. </div>
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obviously, you all basically see the 2x2 happy highlights of our life- and why shouldn't you??</div>
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assumptions can easily be made by what it looks like from those posts, and yes while <i><u>most of the time</u></i> we are living a happy life, you will not see the time when Parker has torn her room to shreds and taken a bite out of my leather couch in pure uncontrollable anger and frustration..</div>
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I'll also spare you the terrifying moments when Jolie is running through the house screaming "<i>MOMMY!!!</i>" in fear searching for me at 1:37am in the morning because she's had yet another night terror. <br />
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tears are rolling down my cheeks as I type and relive some of these events of the last month or so- partly because I have never been this stressed out and exhausted in my life and also because I feel vulnerable to share all this after I get many complements for <i>how well I handle 4 children</i>.. well here it is:: I feel completely hopeless as a parent. not in my wildest dreams would I think that I would be dealing with this kind of thing EVER, but here we are. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I can. I've got some happy and healthy kids- life is chugging right along and I'm loving being a mom to Parker, Jolie, Baker, and Brady. BUT- do not assume that I have my crap together because I most definitely DO NOT. tomorrow I'll follow up this post with something light and cheery, lets talk about makeup or food.. or what we did over the weekend! but not because I'm sweeping over the hard stuff in my life, but because its helpful to remain positive during the hard times Jordan and I have been dealing with. we have a very strong faith and leaning on each other as well as pressing hard into the Lord allows us to keep a smile on our face. it is EASY to fall into the doom and gloom "poor pitiful Amber".. but we won't. life moves on with or without us and dwelling on something like this is easy, trust me. </div>
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the good, which is about 90% of the time is SO GOOD. we are so blessed and life is SO good.. just going through some tough stuff right now. <br />
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we will get through this stage of life and move forward.. looking back to forget the really hard stuff and focus on how we grew as parents, in our marriage, and as a family from this experience.</div>
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just like that, another month has FLOWN BY. I don't know where the time went! this boy is the light of our lives right now! after buzzing the wispy baby hairs on his head, I don't even remember what he looked like before! love his bald baby head.. and his bright smiles! I swear he's the most expressive baby of the bunch.</div>
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we went for our four month well check yesterday afternoon. our healthy baby boy gained four pounds in two months. tipping the scales at almost 15 pounds I'd say he's getting plenty to eat:) everything looks great on his growth charts and nothing new to report! he is still taking Zantac and we've moved it to three times a day over twice (morning and night) to maybe help with a bit of fussiness when we are trying to get him down for the night. he seems to be fighting sleep right now and his morning dose of medicine is probably wearing off by the time he's ready for bed, so reflux could be the case.. (more on that below)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Weight: 14 pounds 12 ounces (48th percentile)</span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Birth: 7 lbs 4 oz</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Height: 25 in (55th percentile)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><i>Birth: 20 in</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Head: 40.6 cm (15th percentile)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><i>Birth: 34.5 cm</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I was taking pictures of Brady while we waited for Dr. Butler to come in and remembered I had taken some of Baker around this age..<b> turns out that they are basically twins</b>. I cannot believe how similar they look! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">they are both four months old in this picture. I texted this to my </span>mom and dad and neither realized that they were two different babies. crazy! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">I dont remember the girls being this way about nursing. I've even gone back to old blog posts a time or two to see the difference developmentally and while they are pretty much on track, his eating habits are much different. a lot of it could be out of comfort related to his reflux, but I feel like all he wants to do is nurse in the afternoons. we've hit a growth spurt and he's been waking through the night again to eat. I also have noticed him getting hungry about 2 hours after nursing or taking a bottle.. so Jordan decided to bump his bottle by an ounce and he gobbled the entire thing! Brady eats about 8 times a day, every three hours or so. I nurse him in the morning and twice after I'm home in the evenings during the work week and while I am gone he's taking three 6 ounce bottles. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">the pedi gave us the go-ahead to start solids if we wanted. I waited until 6 months with Baker, but did start cereals at four months with the twins, so I haven't decided what I am going to do yet with Brady. I feel motivated to make his baby food this time around and sort of a mix in solids and puree's for the first couple months and then move into more solid foods after that. I did a mixture with Baker this way and she did really well with it. not true BLW, but it worked for us.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">social butterfly, this guy! Jordan will correct me when he reads that I just called our son a "butterfly", but its true. he is known for his coo's and shouts from the play mat, as if to get someones attention to come play with meeeee. its rare there isn't a sister girl in his face and I think he prefers it that way. this social characteristic also means that Brady STILL hates the car seat. he'll give me about 20 minutes in the car before he's done done done with it and starts his scream/cry/sob. there have been times when I have just reached my hand back there to hold him arm or rub his cheek and he calms down pretty quickly. such a sweet boy! but totally wears me out with that carseat.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">I was reading <a href="https://www.thewonderweeks.com/the-mental-leaps-and-wonder-weeks/">the wonder weeks </a>app the other morning while feeding Brady and it mentioned that he's in his fourth developmental leap. this leap includes grasping and being able to see longer distances. this week he just started to grab toys and bring them to his mouth along with recognizing me and making eye contact from across the room. he is nearly rolling over to his tummy. Brady hangs out on his side most of the time, and I have to be very careful where I leave him. I used to be able to lay him on the bed and run to the restroom or grab a drink from the kitchen but not anymore! he scoots himself all over the place and a time or two I've found him about two feet away from the play mat where I left him, ha! get a move on, brother!</span></div>
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sleep has been a rough go this month. four month sleep regression is REAL.. coupled with a growth spurt and mama is tired. he went from sleeping through the night.. about 9pm until 6am and back to sleep until about 8am. </div>
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his bedtime is still around 9pm, which he's been fighting me with everything he's got. last night he wasn't in bed until 10:30pm.. so basically we are all over the place and on zero schedule whatsoever. he's waking through the night sometimes twice or three times.. last night I was SO thankful for a seven hour stretch. but I know he was probably just gearing me up for tonight's all night milk binge. </div>
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we have been practicing crib naps during the day! most of the time he's napping about an hour in the morning after the 9am feeding and then in the afternoon he will nap a good 2 hours or more. we have just started laying him down awake and trying to teach him how to go to sleep without nursing or rocking. its going okay- often times he will chatter for about a half hour and then start to fuss- to which I'll go in and rock or nurse him to sleep. we are <i>slowing</i> making that transition (no CIO, just for the record..). the pediatrician mentioned yesterday that this<i> self-soothe to sleep</i> ability sometimes isn't mastered before 6 months of age. so we've got some time.</div>
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hello bud!! oh you just keep getting better and better. each month I think is my favorite, but four months has got to be the best yet! you are developing such a sweet little personality and your smiley reactions to pretty much everything is just the best! your sisters cannot get enough of your interacting with them- and even Baker comes running to tell me that you are <i>smilin</i>' in the thickest southern drawl. you've become a bit more patient and entertain yourself well- cooing at the mirror on your play mat or chatting up Mickey Mouse- so darling to watch!</div>
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you are going through that "4 month sleep regression" and have taken a step backward in the sleep department- your daddy says that you miss me so much during the day that you want to snuggle all night.. so we will go with that. you love to roll to your side while you play- both hands in your mouth + muffled squeals explode from where you sit. if walls could talk in this house they would say that you are the MOST loved babe ever. between your sisters and your mama + daddy- we gush over just about everything you do.</div>
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you have started to giggle this month- you are VERY ticklish! little giggle bursts will come about when we tickle your neck or the sides of your tummy. we have been very busy this summer with birthday parties and travel and lots of water activities- you LOVE the pool. we took you for many dips in the pool this month and you just relax in the floaty like you have done it a million times before. I'm glad you seem to love the water because its an easy way to beat the heat in a Texas summer.</div>
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you also had your first haircut- courtesy of your daddy! we had been joking about giving you a buzz to get rid of the "old man" hair and and a couple weeks ago we were enjoying the evening outside and your daddy walked out with the clippers in hand- no turning back now!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">I am so thankful you, for the most part, are a chill babe. maybe that comes with the territory of being the fourth kiddo?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">your mama and daddy are short on time + sleep + energy these days.. the house is a total disaster, and most of the time we are sitting in and amongst 851 tiny toys courtesy of your big sisters- but we are loving life with the addition of you in it. you have us totally smitten, even when you don't sleep for hourssss at night. I always offer a pep talk before bed about sleeping well, and then you don't.. but I love you anyway, little stinker.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">you smile a ton, blow spit bubbles and purse your lips to make everyone around you laugh.. you've mastered bringing toys (well EVERYthing) to your mouth and you're the most curious little dude there ever was. you are quickly distracted during most feedings and if the television is on, you are indeed attempting to watch it. you'll lounge in your daddy's lap in the mornings while he watches the news and just contently gaze at the bright images on the screen. you are growing and looking more and more like Baker's little twin.. the same eyes, brows, lips..and your expressions are nearly identical. </span></div>
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hands down my FAVORITE party to date. there are so many things you can do with a summer birthday and Baker's flamingle was no exception. it usually takes me a handful of months to put together one of my parties, and having just given birth to a baby I wasn't totally motivated to get this thing pulled together. randomly, I was shopping by myself and picked up a bathing suit at old navy that was just adorable- pink with a couple of flamingos on the front.. </div>
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THATS IT! we shall have a "flamingle".</div>
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and so the planning began.</div>
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you might recognize this stand from Baker's first birthday (<a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2016/07/bakers-berry-sweet-first-birthday.html#.WXAymsbMy9Y">HERE</a>). after browsing pinterest for ideas I came across a painted stand similar to ours and texted Jordan a picture.. </div>
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<i>"can you paint ours pink??"</i></div>
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I was halfway kidding, but secretly hoping he would be on board and much to my delight he quickly said "sure".. and so we painted it pink!</div>
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these cupcakes were absolutely amazing! I ordered three dozen for less than $30 and added my own sprinkles I found online. those baking cups and glitter flamingo picks make the entire thing come to life! I love it.</div>
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don't mind the "A".. it popped as I was blowing it up just one hour before the party (my worst nightmare..) so my mom ended up fixing it just enough to keep it inflated a bit.</div>
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owell- no one noticed:)</div>
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after lunch the biggest surprise pulled around the front of the house.. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kona-Ice-of-Denton-276283765900614/">KONA ICE</a>! there is nothing better on a steamy day than sno cones! we're big fans and it was a hit among the party guests! the kiddos kept eating the "cones" off the top of their cups and then requesting more to be shaved to make the cone <i>again</i>.. and the sweet gal in the truck was very gracious to accommodate our requests! </div>
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before the party was over we HAD to sing to this special girl of ours! the party was going and going and going..and I finally looked around and thought.. we should probably get into that cake! top off that sugar <i>cone</i> with a sugar <i>cup</i>!</div>
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..in true texas fashion the cake was totally melting.</div>
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Baker wasn't too sure what to think about all the singing, and of course the candles!</div>
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after the singing crowd cleared she requested a cupcake and for me to "hold you".. sweet girl had no problem sharing her sweets. love her so much.. and loved this day celebrating her!</div>
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photography by <a href="http://www.ashleymccauleyphotography.com/">ashley mccauley photography</a></div>
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invitations: <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/bvrgks7dye">CK Fireboots</a></div>
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tissue paper flowers:<a href="https://www.happywishcompany.com/product-page/floral-fairy-tissue-paper-flower-set"> happy wish company</a></div>
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gift boxes + swim headbands c/o <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqkwfu7dye">shelby chic boutique</a></div>
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custom frosted cookies: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Mrs-Vs-Cookie-Company-338177499621890/">mrs. V's cookie company</a></div>
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flavia flamingo: <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqkv527dye">anthropologie</a></div>
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flamingo cupcake topper picks c/o <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/bvretd7dye">pearl + jane</a></div>
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cupcakes: <a href="https://www.marketstreetunited.com/">market street</a></div>
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sprinkle mix: <a href="https://bashpartygoods.com/products/flamingo-twinkle-sprinkle-medley">bash party goods</a></div>
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floral baking cups: <a href="https://www.papereskimo.com/product/baking-cup-floral-escape">paper eskimo</a> </div>
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cake: <a href="http://www.jennylaynebakery.com/">jenny layne bakery</a></div>
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"two" cake banner c/o <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqksg57dye">pearl + jane</a></div>
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pennant banner c/o <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/bvretd7dye">pearl + jane</a></div>
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circle backdrop banners c/o <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/bvretd7dye">pearl + jane</a> </div>
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foil fringe: <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqkwg57dye">amazon</a></div>
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flamingo cut-out banner c/o <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/bvretd7dye">pearl + jane</a></div>
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flamingo print: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/refinerynumberone/">refinery number one</a></div>
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gold glitter flatware: <a href="https://bashpartygoods.com/collections/pink-champagne-party/products/gold-glitter-flatware-set">bash party goods</a></div>
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paper straws:<a href="https://www.happywishcompany.com/product-page/flamingle-paper-straws"> happy wish company</a></div>
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paper cups: <a href="https://www.papereskimo.com/product/paper-cup-mint-to-be">paper eskimo</a></div>
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smile squeeze bottles: <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqkwge7dye">amazon</a></div>
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yard flamingos: <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqkwhj7dye">amazon</a></div>
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slip + slide: <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqkwh57dye">wow super slide</a></div>
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yellow + pink child size sunnies: <a href="http://m.orientaltrading.com/childs-nomad-sunglasses-a2-13651210.fltr?keyword=child%20sunglasses%5C&mode=Searching">oriental trading company</a></div>
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"2" birthday hat c/o <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqkw6q7dye">little blue olive</a></div>
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highchair banner c/o<a href="http://rstyle.me/n/bvretd7dye"> pearl + jane</a></div>
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ya'll its Wednesday and Ive just now gotten my act together to share about our weekend. I suppose Monday I was recovering/cleaning/organizing the mess..and Tuesday I was actually STILL organizing the mess/recovering.. very little cleaning is happening these days, so don't be fooled. </div>
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ANYway- this weekend, in particular Saturday, was SO FUN. the day started at 5am and I didn't crawl into bed until well after midnight. it was a full day but it was really good! </div>
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I plan to do a full party recap sooooon- <a href="http://www.ashleymccauleyphotography.com/">Ashley McCauley</a> is the talent behind the camera and I'm waiting (<i>patiently</i>) to get those beautiful pictures back. OOOH I can't wait! </div>
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in the meantime, here are a handful of pics I snapped with my phone from that day! </div>
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our day was fun all around, but when an icy cool treat arrived in the front drive, it was such a fun surprise for everyone!</div>
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these might be my favorite pictures from that day. </div>
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Baker was SO excited for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kona-Ice-of-Denton-276283765900614/">sno cone truck</a> to arrive- it was a HUGE hit!! I can attribute that idea to google + my nursing a newborn at 2am.<br />
baker's <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqkbx57dye">suit</a> + <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqkb2p7dye">headband</a> // <a href="https://www.kortnijeane.com/collections/crop-top-swimsuits/products/scoop-back-top">my suit</a> + <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqkbzt7dye">mini bow</a></div>
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the adults got in on the slip + slide water fun action.. I don't have a ton of pictures of it because I took so many videos of grown men barreling down the slide..</div>
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I can't stop laughing at this video of Jordan.. </div>
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..or this one of my brother, Patrick.. like a scared cat or something!
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it was SUCH a fun day.. the party went on for hours.. it was hour 5 before everyone had finally left. </div>
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we ended the day with pizza at our favorite place- enjoying our little blondie officially becoming a two year old.</div>
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I can't wait to share more! stay tuned:)</div>
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I'm SO excited for tomorrow! today is full..and you can probably find me in full party mode + running like a chicken with me head cut off! my parents and brother will be in town this weekend- the first birthday party they have ever attended for one of my kids, so thats a new milestone for all of us and I'm excited to have them here! </div>
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here are a few ..err five favorites for this summer birthday party!</div>
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<b>one</b>. <i><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/pearlandjane">pearl + jane</a></i><br />
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ya'll. I don't know what I would do without this gal. Amy and I have been working together for the last couple years and I can't express my gratitude towards her creative brain when it comes to making these parties come to life! I pretty much come up with an idea, throw a few things out there (theme + color, etc.) and she does the rest. I literally have no idea what the decor is going to look like until it hits my doorstep! opening her big box of goodies is actually like Christmas morning anticipation. and she never ever disappoints! <br />
you can see some of our other parties together at Baker's <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2016/07/bakers-berry-sweet-first-birthday.html#.WWfDvMbMy9Y">summer strawberry themed first birthday</a><br />
and Parker + Jolie's <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2015/12/parker-jolies-milk-cookies-party.html#.WWfD18bMy9Y">milk + cookies themed third birthday</a>, and <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2016/12/parker-jolies-paint-party.html#.WWfDb8bMy9Y">paint party party fourth birthday!</a>!<br />
stay tuned for a fun giveaway soon:)<br />
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<b>two</b>. <i><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShelbyChicBoutique">shelby chic boutique</a></i><br />
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YOU GUYS. I've been following Veronica for over four years on social media, back when she was making amazing cakes for a living and since then she's created a huge impression on the small shop world with her sparkle bows and poolside wraps! we have about a billion to our name, and when I asked V to make Baker and the twins <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqevd27dye">some special head wraps</a> for the party she suggested <i>all our little friends </i>get one as well! yaas! she was gracious and even sending me pictures of fabric options for the perfect wrap for the party. I about fell over when her package came along with these ADORable gift boxes for each little gal at the party. Veronica is literally among my most favorite people on the planet and I am so thankful for her!<br />
<b><i>use code PBANDJ at check out for a special discount code that never expires! </i></b></div>
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<b>three</b>. <i>custom invitations</i><br />
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for all things party, Sarah of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ckfireboots">CKFireboots</a> delivers! we've worked together since the twins first birthday and have gotten to the point of me sharing ideas and a little bit of inspo and she takes off and creates the most amazing party invites and printables! I usually have her print my invitations for me, but when it comes to food tents and prints I take the digital file and have them printed at Office Max or some place similar. Baker's party invitation this year is MY FAVORITE EVER.<br />
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<b>four</b>. <i> <a href="https://loveylake.com/">lovey lake </a></i><br />
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lets talk about how sweet this little peplum top and bloomers from lovey lake!! when I saw them on her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/loveylake/">instagram</a> I immediately HAD to have them for the celebration! flamingo everything!<br />
ALSO- this little hair bow from <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqevue7dye">pemberley handmade</a> is the perfect to match:)<br />
..always with the baby dolls! her BB got her a new baby for her birthday and it hasn't left her arms since!<br />
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<b>five</b>. <i>BBQ food = the best food!</i><br />
we're sticking to the basics for Baker's BBQ bash and making hamburgs and hot dogs on the grills.. a variety of chips and a couple of yummy side dishes to round out the meal! this <a href="https://spicysouthernkitchen.com/caesar-pasta-salad/">caesar pasta salad</a> recipe looks phenom, and if you know me you know I love a good caesar salad! we will also have a couple options for chip dipping' with a <a href="http://4sonrus.com/2017/02/26/mexican-street-corn-salad/">Mexican street corn salad</a> and the easy peasy <a href="https://www.kimscravings.com/best-damn-salsa-ever/">homemade salsa</a>.<br />
OF COURSE there will be cake and cookies for dessert and maybe a special appearance for a frozen treat!<br />
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SO excited to celebrate miss Baker tomorrow. after the chaos of life these last several weeks we need some fun. I appreciate everyone's support, love, and prayer regarding Jolie and while there isn't a ton of new information I plan to share a little update next week:)<br />
happy friday! </div>
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we celebrated Baker's second birthday on Tuesday with a full day spent with family complete with swimming + pizza + cake. our day started bright and early with my two early risers..</div>
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<b> eight.</b><br />
I ordered these darling donuts from a little mom + pop donut shop right up the street from our house. <br />
Baker's favorite thing in life are donuts. so she basically had a stroke when she woke to these colorful sweets made special just for her!</div>
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<b> nine.</b><br />
her chocolate mouth and my makeup-less freckle filled face.<br />
I can't believe she's two!<br />
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<b> ten.</b><br />
2 year well check! just mama and Baker went while daddy stayed with the other three gremlins. I was feeling really confident when we walked into the pediatrician's office for her appointment with a black eye + diaper rash (<i>she's got the most sensitive skin and everything makes her booty red!</i>) + and a burn on her finger from grabbing Jolie's burnt out sparkler last week.<br />
<i>mom of the year!</i><br />
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Baker's birthday party is this weekend and we will have cupcakes and cookies with all our friends.. but on her actual birthday we made a stop at Costco and picked up a cake to blow candles out on. ya'll.. does everyone agree with me that Costco has THE BEST CAKE??<br />
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<b> twelve.</b><br />
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..and even took a ride on a giant pool flamingo.<br />
she hated it, but somehow we pulled a smile out of the birthday girl.<br />
float <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cp972j7dye">HERE</a> // birthday hat <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cp972r7dye">HERE</a> // sunglasses <a href="https://www.diffeyewear.com/">HERE</a> (<i>use code AMBER25 for 25% off!</i>)</div>
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Brady doesn't hate life. we got <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cp97gs7dye">this little float </a>when the twins were tiny and we've used it with all four of babes now! </div>
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Baker literally having the best day! <br />
her cute <a href="https://www.leotudes.com/collections/swim-soups/products/swim-crop-top-stripes-1">little crop top</a> is from <i>leotudes</i>.. not pictured are the AMAZING <a href="https://www.leotudes.com/collections/swim-soups/products/copy-of-swim-cartwheel-shorts-personalized">personalized shorties </a></div>
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cousins. also.. why does Parker look like she's 14 in this picture?</div>
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<b> six.</b><br />
Baker's other love language:: pizza.</div>
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<b> seven.</b><br />
of course we sang and danced in this girl's honor.. and then it was time to blow out the candles!</div>
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sisters in their jams! we dressed them for bed before heading home.. sunscreen greaseball hair and all! meh, they can get a bath tomorrow.. </div>
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<b> nine.</b><br />
drank her bedtime milk with her eyes closed and literally tucked into a ball the moment we laid her in the crib. </div>
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<b> ten.</b><br />
good night! well, good night until 1:34am for this guy.</div>
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so excited to celebrate her some more this weekend. we love our special girl!</div>
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Baker's Fist Birthday <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2016/07/baker-is-one.html#.WWZ2JcbMxmA">HERE</a></div>
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its been two whole years since we <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2015/07/introducing-baker-bree.html#.WWRbLMaZO9Y">welcomed our rainbow baby</a> into this world. we were blessed with Baker at the most vulnerable time in our journey as parents and to this day I am still in disbelief how lucky we are in having her in our lives to make it the most colorful it can possibly be. </div>
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I was feeling sentimental and scrolling through old pictures and watching videos from this time last year, and my bald, round-faced, wobbly walking littlest Baker girl has changed SO much. </div>
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while I feel like this season with her as a tiny toddler has gone by extra fast with the newest addition of her baby brother, I absolutely love this age and these new milestones with her. I am doing my very best to soak them in and not miss out simply because "I'm busy". </div>
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so many memories have been made in this 2nd year with our third little girl.</div>
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Happiest Birthday, my precious, precious Baker Bree!</div>
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TWO YEAR STATS:</div>
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<i>height </i>34.8 inches (76th percentile) // <i>weight</i>: 28 pounds (67th percentile)<br />
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miss Baker Bree experienced a TON of firsts in her second year- even more so than her first year of life, might I add. she has gained a rather hilarious toolbox of words she uses at the most opportune times.. she bosses me in full sentences, and probably my most favorite phrase has to be<br />
<i>"MAMA!! where ah yuuuu??"</i><br />
..and then when she says "<i>can you help me, peese</i>"<br />
OH, AND when I ask her a question she looks at me with the most sincere eyes and simply says "...<i>um</i>.." so many things she's picked up from her big sisters and so many things she's developed into her own. I just love her so much! I cannot imagine what this life of ours would be like if Baker wasn't exactly the way she is. <br />
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<a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2016/09/five-on-friday_23.html#.WWRO4MaZO9Y">she met her nana + duke for the first time</a>..and fell in love with my dad.<br />
<a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2016/11/texas-state-fair-2016-fall-family-photos.html#.WWRPfMaZO9Y">we went to the Texas state fair </a>.. and Baker ate her first corndog! </div>
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Cool weather came upon us and the fall festivities began- family fun at the <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2016/10/weekend-pumpkin-everything.html#.WWRQOcaZO9Y">pumpkin patch</a> + the <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2016/10/october-love-list-checking-off-weekend.html#.WWRQX8aZO9Y">arboretum</a>.</div>
<a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2016/11/photo-every-hour-halloween-2016.html#.WWRPIsaZO9Y">h a l l o w e e n.</a> was. THE best! I loved those <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2016/10/a-few-funky-flamingos-halloween-2016.html#.WWRPP8aZO9Y">three funky flamingos</a>!<br />
we visited the zoo a handful of times.. and <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/03/weekend-in-pictures.html#.WWRRN8aZO9Y">the most recent trip</a> was the most fun with this girl.<br />
<a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/03/baker-bree-19-20-months.html#.WWRppsaZO9Y">Baker got ear tubes</a> and all the sudden life around her was LOUD.<br />
had <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/03/bradys-birth-story-part-ii.html#.WWRQ3caZO9Y">sleepover's with Auntie + Uncle J</a>.<br />
Baker got her<a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/06/five-on-friday-life-lately.html#.WWRNFcaZO9Y"> first haircut.</a><br />
she unwillingly tossed the paci.. and has been such a rockstar about it. I think I miss it more than she does.</div>
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perhaps the biggest milestone of this year has to be when Baker <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-big-girls-meet-brady.html#.WWRRBcaZO9Y">became a big sister. </a></div>
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these are just a <i>few</i> of the highlights. our life is so full. with so much Baker fun in between.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Baker has an incredible appetite. this girl </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">will</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> pretty much eat EVERYthing you put in front of her- that is.. if she feels like it. she does have her moments of picky eating- I notice this mostly when she is cutting teeth or of she isn't feeling well. for the most part she'll try what we offer her at the very least. Baker will also eat all day long if I let her. she has started to help herself to the pantry, and I've learned to put easy (and pretty healthy) snacks on the lowest shelf of the pantry within her reach or else she'll be climbing. something she learned from her big sisters.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">pasta, pizza (omggg she loves pizza!), chicken, rice - especially </span></span><i style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Mexican</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> rice, cheese, turkey deli meat, grilled cheese.. ALL fruits and yogurt is definitely something she requests at every single meal time. "sauce" </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">isn't her thing</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> at all, but she requests ketchup and ranch any time we have chicken or fish. she really does love to dip a chip in salsa, queso, and/or guacamole. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><b>PLAY</b></span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I am obsessed with watching Baker interact with her older sisters.. as well as with her little brother! the way she loves him is out of this world- you guys I just cannot express how amazing it is to watch your children fall in love with each other. "<i>hey buh-ddy!!</i>" comes out of her mouth 847 times a day. and when she can't see Brady, or her big sisters are in her space, she will look at me and say "<i>I just want to see my buh-ddy!"</i> w</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">atching the big girls play together brings me so much joy. they love to run run run outside and play hard- lots of mid-yard dance parties, and </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">chasing each other while squealing with delight while they pay chase down the back fence.</span></span></span></div>
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Ah, my girl. you are equal parts sweet and sass. perhaps on some days your sass-meter is tipping towards the 75% mark, but for the most part you seem to be pretty even keeled. there is absolutely nothing like your sweet smile and it brightens up the entire room. we are complimented every single time we are out about your glowing personality and you just have a way about you that no one can put into words. you consume everyone's attention, and you know very well that is what is happening because you eat it up, girlfriend. you know how I know? random bursts into crazy side grabbing giggles, speed twirling, running like a nut job through the house and nose diving into the sofa or dog bed.. and not to mention the opera singing. anything to get attention, you are right in the middle of it, Baker Bree.</div>
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you have the biggest love of your sisters. you have finally learned to call them by name and its just THE BEST sound when I hear you chatter on about "Parker and Jowee". it also surprises me when you come toddling to my feet to tell on one or both of them. that happened quick.. </div>
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you are an amazing sleeper and usually a solid 30-45 minutes of crib play is required before you are ready to get up for the day. any moment before then you can be the biggest grouch! although it was a rough go without the paci for a handful of nights, your spirits in the morning have much improved and we all love to see your smiling face first thing! the big girls cannot wait to get you up and out if your crib! verbally, you are much more inclined to repeat whatever we are prompting you to say- you have some really impressive annunciations - your 'I love you' is one for the books and it is never said in a normal decibel. its always a shout to the face in all caps <i>"WUV YUU!</i>" I am still trying to get that on video, but holy moly it is quiet humorous. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">your favorite phrase is "NO!" even when it has absolutely nothing to do with </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">anything</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> going on right then. it is </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">always</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> your first </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">response</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> to any question asked, and then </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">occasionally</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> you will spit out the sweetest '<i>yea</i>' and I'm a puddle.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">you love to skip, </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">dance, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">twirl, run, and jump. your running can be best described as bent knees, head forward, and arms flailing at this sides - running </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">with the</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> smallest steps in between - so it looks like you are bobbing up and down and </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">your</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> crazy hair flies from side to side. it is SO cute. you </span></span><i style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">love</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> singing and will follow along every tune to Bubble Guppies. actually- when there is any kind of beat or </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">music, you are tapping your feet and humming along. music is in your soul, and you most definitely sing to your own tune.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">you have turned into quiet the little mama. you adore your little baby dolls, feed them, swaddle them, rock them, and of course, sing to them. this carries over into the love you have for Brady. GIRL, I could have <i>never imagined</i> in my wildest dreams that you would be so amazing with your little brother! it is overwhelming to watch your baby self be such a big girl- helping tend to him just as the twins to. I know you have learned from the best when it comes to Parker + Jolie and </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">it all just seems to be engrained in your sweet mind, </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">and</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> it is outrageous how </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">precious</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> it is to </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">watch. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">you don't let anyone pull a fast one on you.. oh no, you are far too smart for that! you run the show when it comes to your older sisters and I often see you taking the roll as ring leader of this crazy circus of ours.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">you are still a laid back little bit and with the most free spirit and sweet demeanor any one could ask for. you have changed they very most over this last year, and I have found myself to fall in love with you more and more </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">everyday I spend with </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">you have absolutely changes our life, Baker Bree, and I thank the Sweet Lord every day for blessing me with you. </span></span></div>
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Man I am riding the struggle bus to keep up with the daily happenings of this crew of mine. a little recap for ya of our weekend and fourth of July holiday festivities.. lets start with Sunday, well because thats the only day I got dressed and snapped any kind of photos to share:) </div>
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Sunday morning we made it (barely) to the early service at church and me and the girls were really feeling the boho vibe, and so Jordan kindly snapped a pic for us. Baker is the only one looking and her eyes are closed.. so this is a perfect depiction of my life right now- ha! everyone going in different directions, and I'm in the middle trying to keep the plates spinning! </div>
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..side note.. my pants are like 5 years old from LOFT, but I LOVE them. Definitely my favorite for summer.</div>
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Sunday afternoon we laid by the pool and grilled and filled up on homemade ice cream that never turned into ice cream because the motor of our maker quit on us after just a couple minutes of spinning. so we drank them as milkshakes.. and even still I use that term loosely. </div>
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Brady looking so dang cuteeee in his trunks and hat. give me all the baby boy hats. all of them.</div>
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you can find my sunglasses <a href="https://www.diffeyewear.com/collections/bella">HERE</a> (use code AMBER25 for 25% off!); my hat <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cp3d7s7dye">HERE</a>, swim top is from KJ <a href="https://www.kortnijeane.com/collections/crop-top-swimsuits/products/sweetheart-peplum-top">HERE</a>, but the print is no longer available. layered necklaces <a href="https://www.jaysandjewels.com/">HERE</a> (I'm wearing 14" and 16")</div>
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Brady's hat <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/GeorgeHats">HERE</a> and trunks <a href="http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=1031957&vid=1&pid=709144002">HERE</a></div>
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our weekend ended, but not for long before it was time for more fun on the fourth!</div>
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I wil forever match these baby girls together.. well until the day they tell me they are over it and how "uncool" it is. but until then.. (<i>insert dancing red dress emoji)</i></div>
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big girls shirts <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cp3ef97dye">HERE</a> and their shorts <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cp3ehw7dye">HERE</a>.. Baker's bows <a href="https://brickyardbuffalo.com/">HERE</a> via <a href="http://suttersisters.bigcartel.com/">Sutter Sisters</a>. shortalls <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cp3ei97dye">HERE</a> and her cute little top <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cp3eib7dye">HERE</a></div>
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we headed out to meet Auntie + Uncle J and then headed to the Freedom Fest in Frisco.. but first, it didn't happen without a photo, right?</div>
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thanks to Uncle J for his mad camera skillz</div>
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you can find my tee <a href="https://mindymaesmarket.com/collections/tops/products/america-tee">HERE</a> and my shorts <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cp3ees7dye">HERE</a> (on sale!)</div>
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my hat is from the texas rangers ball park..I haven't been able to find it online yet:)</div>
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lots of people. lots of herding cats. lots of sweat.</div>
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waiting patiently for cool A/C and the best pizza we have ever eaten!</div>
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we didnt last long after dinner.. y'all it was SO freakin hot. we hit up the dip'n'dot tent and then headed back to Auntie + Uncle J's house to view the fireworks show from the park near their house. sparklers were a hit! we stopped at a stand to grab some and I'm so glad we did- sweet Baker and Grayson were new to the sparkler scene and had such a good time with them! Baker kept saying "whoa!" everytime to fire works exploded- SO cute.</div>
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I hope everyone had a safe and happy fourth!</div>
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I recently had my eyebrows microbladed and I'm SO glad I finally pulled the trigger. first of all.. I'm way behind on the whole<i> filling in your brows </i>thing. my poor eyebrows have been through <i>the worst</i> of it.. when I was about Baker's age I got stitches in my left brow, so they grow funky on that side anyway and when I got into high school I started plucking them myself and they were terribly short and thin.. like, SO BAD you guys. I finally let them grow out and have been getting them waxed in my adult years, but even still I've never kept up with them well at all. it was only recently that I started filling them in. after getting a brow wax (I love the gals at the <i>benefit bar</i> at Ulta!) she took some time and gave me a mini tutorial on filling my brows in- which actually gave them some shape and I thought- <i>okay this is a major game changer</i>! so, I went from never doing anything with them to filling them in the best I could every day. regardless, they were still uneven and pretty patchy. </div>
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now, with four kids under my feet, I REALLY wanted something to help create a quicker and easier makeup routine.. not to mention, on the days when I have zero makeup routine at all, I still have a semi-pulled together look. enter in miss <a href="http://thefountaintx.com/">Tia Parks </a>. I hadn't mentioned it before (or after) getting them done, but the first time I posted a photo with my "new brows", people started asking about them! it makes such a difference, more than I expected, actually. so, with the interest shown on IG, I wanted to share about my experience and maybe what to expect if you are considering having your eyebrows microbladed:)</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Tia is </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">actually</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> running a </span></span>special right now<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> for the procedure and is charging $250 (!!!) . a touch up is recommended in 4-6 weeks from the initial application and she charges $50 for that.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">from start to finish, </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">including</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></span>consultation<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> and the actual microblading itself was </span></span>about<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> 2.5 hours. Tia did mention that there are some cases that it can take longer (up to 3-4 hours), just </span></span>depending<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> on the </span></span>existing<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> brow shape.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">first</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> thing's first, the eyebrows are assessed, measured and drawn on with a pencil. she fills in (with pencil) where she might like to fill </span>with<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> the ink and then numbing cream is applied (and all throughout the process). color is matched, the microblading is done, and color pigment is applied all over the brow for a few minutes to </span>absorb<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> into the strokes that were created.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">7-10 days and up to two weeks! Tia made sure to walk me through the healing process very </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">thoroughly- they started out really </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;">dark, almost unnatural looking and then progressively get lighter and finally evened themselves out in the permanent color within that first 10 days. <u> they will peel </u>during the healing process, and the most important thing was to keep them dry and makeup free during those first couple weeks to allow for the best pigment protection. some might even recommend to skip the showers and workouts for the first couple weeks to prevent anything from hindering the healing brows. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">this is </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">directly</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></span>related<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> to how you care for them, but up to 2+ years before you would need to </span></span>get<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> them done again. this surprised me the most about procedure.. I had no idea it would last that long. while this procedure fills in your eyebrows, the maintenance of them is the same, so regular waxing/threading/plucking is still required to maintain the shape.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">does it </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">hurt</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">?</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">like a mother. I think my problem was that I wasn't sure what to expect? I had heard that "it was painless" but ya'll, it was definitely NOT painless. the best way I can </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">describe</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> the procedure is that it feels like she is scraping through my brows. it does hurt, but she applies numbing cream</span></span> throughout the time she is working on my brows. for whatever reason my right eyebrow hurt worse than my left (?)<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> but I LOVE the end result, so it's worth the little bit of pain</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">if you are local, in </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">the</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> DFW area, I highly recommend <a href="http://thefountaintx.com/">Tia</a>! she is located in Grapevine and can be contacted through </span></span>phone<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> or </span></span>her<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></span>contact<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> page <a href="http://thefountaintx.com/contact">HERE</a>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">if you are not in the DFW area I would look for someone that is certified in microblading. before/after photos are pretty </span></span>standard, so check out a few photos online before scheduling, too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">the truth is.. I had to google </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">this. the initial answer is that its <i>not recommended</i>, but it also comes with personal judgement. after reading a ton of conflicting information on this, I still felt a little uneasy, so I called my pediatrician and asked her opinion about it while nursing Brady and she did not see a huge issue with having this procedure done. to me, its sort of along the same lines as limiting my caffeine intake and being careful with certain foods that might upset Brady's stomach. I do know of some spas that will not perform microblading while nursing (definitely not while pregnant) unless you have a doctor's note. something to look into before booking your appointment, for sure:) </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">yes. 100x YAS! it was annoying to go </span>through<span style="font-family: inherit;"> the </span>whole<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;">scabbing/flaking process, and worrying about keeping them dry. attempting to not put makeup on the but around them.. but it was/is totally worth it! its cut a solid 5 minutes off of my routine in the morning, which is HUGE considering I usually only get a handful of minutes to throw myself together. she changed the arch of my brows and made them more even and I just love them! </span><br />
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THIS tiny beefcake! life with Brady is getting better every day. I swear this boy will never know the value of personal space because there is always someone all up in his grill smothering him with kisses and hugs. the entertainment value of Brady when it comes to Parker, Jolie, and Baker is priceless.. after all, he is their very own real life baby doll!</div>
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we're 14 weeks old today, and while I don't know exactly how much he weighs I swear he's probably tipping the scales at 14 pounds, at least. he's wearing 0-3 month size pretty comfortably, but 3-6 month is in our near future along with filling out size 2 diapers. his belly is awfully round, but I have to say that this boy is SO long. when his legs are stretched out it makes him look huge! I have a feeling we won't be getting a ton of use out of his infant carrier. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">the usual 'scheduled' feedings: 6am before I leave for work and then 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm 9pm before going down for the night. we hit our 3 month growth spurt- and while the day time hasn't been completely terrible, its the nights that have been tough. he was sleeping from about 9pm until 7am until the last week or so. waking around 3:30a-4am and again at 5:30am and refusing to go back to sleep until he eat AGAIN by 6am. that early morning cluster feeding business is all over the place- and I'm exhausted!</span> <i> </i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">we are all smiles.. and he's even let out a tiny baby giggle a time or two. he smiles in response to anyone saying hello and talking to him in a sweet voice. he especially loves looking and 'chatting' with his sisters, especially miss Parker Jane. the moment Parker comes near or he hears her voice he lights up and starts searching for her until she gets close enough for him to be able to focus on her. she scoops him up and pure joy spreads across his little face. he thinks JoJo is totally hilarious and Baker is all over him ALL the time and he's such an amazing sport about it.</span></div>
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Mickey Mouse - Brady is completely mesmerized by the Mouse and will sit in Parker's lap watching TV for a solid 20 minutes. he's content as long as he's involved in whatever is going on around him. if its at all possible for an infant to have FOMO (<i>fear of missing out</i>), Brady has a severe case! </div>
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I have a confession to make.. we have slacked terribly on tummy time with B. he's got awesome head and core control and can be held on my hip without being too floppy and in the times we have laid him on his tummy to play he raises is head up and moves around as he pleases with ease. I have noticed that he's starting to turn himself to the side when he's laying in the swing or in the dockatot, so I don't think it will be too much longer before he's rolling over.</div>
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<i>Other developments..</i></div>
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-<i>hands</i>! he's basically stuffing his entire fist in his mouth. there is also the DROOL thats coming along with stuffing one's hand in his mouth. I don't think this related to teething, but more about the fact that he's found his hands finally and he's completely infatuated with them!</div>
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-<i>blowing spit bubbles</i> and playing with his tongue! I'm following along with his milestones on my <a href="http://www.thewonderweeks.com/about-the-wonder-week-app/">Wonder Weeks app</a>. which by the way, if you don't have this app, <u>you need it.</u></div>
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-<i>mimicking sounds</i>. Brady totally tries to mimic his sisters and follows their lead when they make the 'oohhhh' sound. </div>
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-<i>he bats at the hanging toys</i> and will even shake his toys that make noise. we are slowly but surely working on holding objects, but we really need to get him more toys.. the girls like to hand him things and get so excited when he grasps them out from their hands.</div>
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I'm feeling pretty lucky that this boy has turned into a great sleeper. he takes 1-2 long naps during the day - usually about 2 hours in the morning and 2+ hours in the afternoon around 2-3pm. occasionally he'll take about an hour long cat nap in between either of the two "bigger" naps during the day. he's falling in line with how the twins napped at this age, whereas Baker always just took one solid nap. if I am home to do so, I'll nurse Brady to sleep, just to top him off in hopes to promote a longer nap:) we are working on taking naps in his crib- quite literally since <i>today. </i>before now he's been just napping wherever but mainly in the swing or in the rock'n'play, but its definitely time to get him into his crib, for naps at least! he is still sleeping in our room in the dockatot, but most likely we will be moving him out in the next month. I'm not ready to move Brady out, and I don't think his daddy is either.. having him right next to us in the bed is so comforting and I still wake at night on my own to check on him and its easy to just reach over and rub his head and back when I feel like it. I love having my boy close. </div>
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you give me such baby fever little one. I want to bottle you up and keep you in my purse for all eternity! you have become the absolute LIGHT of our world- and your sisters just adore you- you've hung the moon for all of us and I couldn't be more thankful for that. I don't even remember what life was like before you came in it. I mean, I'm sure I was sleeping a little bit more, but who needs sleep?! you are in your fourteenth week of life, and the last 14 weeks have been such a joy.. even when your mama feels like she's chasing her tail most of the day just to keep up with you and your sisters. Ive been trying so hard to make the best of the crazy that comes along with adding a fourth babe, and the moment you let out a sweet coo or offer me a huge full faced smile all that goes out the window. you have become one of the happiest babies I've ever met and how lucky am I to be your mama. I love sitting and snuggling your sweet cheeks over and over.. which makes it hard to ever want to get anything done. you are the most social little guy and want to be in and around all the commotion and sit wide eyed while the house just gets louder and louder. </div>
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I tell you a million times a day that I think you are HILARIOUS and you just smile back at me in agreement. you are so playful and sweet and those eyes just say a million words but I only wish to know what you are actually thinking about all of us. </div>
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you are so ticklish! I can hardly run my fingers down your back without your squirming. mama blew raspberries on your feet the other night and I could see how bad you wanted to laugh at me! you haven't quiet figured out the relationship between the tickles and the laughing, but in no time I know we will have you giggling with the rest of them. </div>
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you had a few fun milestones this month! we introduced you to baby Carter as our besties welcomed their second boy to the mix! you guys will have the best time growing up and I can't wait for you to run around and do all the boy things with C and his big bro Grayson!</div>
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we also took you out to the ball game again! you went to your second and third baseball game and you're always the best little date and form of entertainment in between innings and bites of hot dogs + giant tubs of tater tots.</div>
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we also got to celebrate your daddy this month- his first Farther's Day with a baby boy! </div>
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you are a mover and a shaker- bouncing your little bootie around as you kick your legs about., especially in the bath! oh how you love bath time! we usually soak in the tub for about 20 minutes or longer before bed at night and you just lounge in your chair without a care in the world. </div>
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you've found your hands and have them in your mouth 99% of the time. if they aren't in your mouth they are in front of your face with balled fists. you have become so vocal and will screech with excitement at anyone lending an ear to your babbles, but also the ceiling fan and especially that little duck hanging from your carseat. my favorite time with you has to be a toss up between your baby naps on my chest and the sweet little conversations we have in between. I cannot get enough of you. even at 4 in the morning, you still make my heart beam with pride as I study your sweet baby nose and squishy ears and those amazing eyelashes- okay, THOSE LASHES! ladies pay big bucks for lashes like those, brother! and that amazing olive skin tone you've got. I could trace your baby nose and chubby cheeks all night.</div>
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your mama is quite smitten with you and I'll thank you forever for making me a "boy mom". an experience that is beyond anything I could ever imagine. </div>
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Amber Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992452665593824030noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763380180041018095.post-11271504503565422372017-06-20T09:33:00.000-05:002017-06-20T09:33:34.456-05:00Father's Day at the lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/06/jo.html#.WUkwchiZNmA">after last week's drama and craziness with Jolie</a>, we needed a break. mentally and emotionally drained coupled with the exhaustion of my first week back to work + Brady's first cold (allergies!!) I was DONE and needed to decompress.</div>
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we had planned another lake trip with our <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/search/label/Supper%20Club#.WUkwxhiZNmA">Supper Club</a> before we even left <a href="http://themasseyspot.blogspot.com/2017/05/mothers-day-weekend-at-lake.html#.WUkwORiZNmA">the last time</a>- which happened to be Mother's Day weekend, but it couldn't have come at a better time. two days of uninterrupted fun and zero plans but eating, drinking, and playing with our closest friends + the kiddos that have grown up together since birth. the weather was perfect, not scorching hot like I was afraid of, and there was even a little breeze off the lake. we lounged on the giant back porch, drank beer punch (which is AMAZING) and made huge pots of spaghetti for dinner + about 400 sandwiches for lunch to feed this crew of babes. we celebrated Landon turning 6 years old with cake and ice cream and then loved on the dad's on Sunday for their special day. looking at these pictures from the weekend makes me realize how lucky we are to be surrounded with such a core group of people to do life with. people I trust, love, and would do anything for. and all these kids!! how FUN (and chaotic) life will always be. </div>
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