tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24376615355422173632024-02-06T21:34:14.151-05:00Life with the B'sBreton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-32504423710579728412015-07-06T20:38:00.000-04:002015-07-06T20:38:42.610-04:00Birthday Eve<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I'm so behind on my updates on you...unlike with your sister, where I diligently updated the web every month on what she was up to, I have been a complete and utter slacker when it comes to you. Some say "second child syndrome"...I would contest that I'm much to busy loving and living with you to write about you <3</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">It feels like just yesterday that we found out we were pregnant</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">you were here and I couldn't imagine life before you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Since I last checked in you have grown to 21lbs and many inches (ugh sorry can't remember!)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">You threw us a curve ball of an egg allergy (I swear it's karma paying me back for being irritated about a peanut allergy at daycare...I know I know I get it now I'm SOOOORRY!) and even had a little eye surgery just to mix things up a bit (we can skip doing that again mmm k thanks).</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">You're jibber jabbering up a storm, crawling with lighting speed and I'm pretty sure will be walking any day now. The sun rises and sets on your big sister and she adores you too, even if the most frequently heard phrase out of her mouth is "OW! No thank you Holden!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I'm not typically a sentimental mom. Leaving behind bottles and pacifiers and accomplishing new things doesn't leave me in a puddle of tears, but I couldn't help get a little choked up as I laid you down tonight, your last night as my baby.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">You laugh is infectious, your kisses the sweetest and that smile will get your forgiven for just about anything. You're mostly your daddy with just a little bit of me which means we're in for some trouble!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Happy Birthday Bubba! Here's to surviving year ONE!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Poor guy...you're only six months old (sheesh that was fast!) and you're already suffering from SCS (second child syndrome). In my defense I'm just now feeling like my head is above water again so blogging? Last thing on my mind. I realize you have no idea what that means...trust me when I saw we've been busy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">The past three months have been filled with sitting up and rolling over. You've discovered your hands and feet and I"m already nagging you to get your hands out of your pants already!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Thankfully we got a little bit of snow and were able to go sledding on Christmas Day (It's tradition!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">We also had a little baptism. Following in your sisters footsteps you wore the same baptism outfit your older cousin wore made from Auntie Kim's wedding dress.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><strong><em>Age:</em> 3.5 months</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><em>Favorite toy:</em> Does his sister count? He hasn't gotten the hang of toys just yet but I'm sure he will soon with Harpers help. She likes to bring him things and put them in his hands although he could really care less, he just likes to laugh at her :)</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Seeing as though the little baby in these pictures is almost 3 months old I thought it was high time I wrote his birth story and update (and I may have gotten an email from my sister saying "don't you think it's time for an update?? Hmmm?")</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ok Birth story: Let's just put this out there. I chose to have a c-section. Yes I scheduled my sons birth. Did I want to attempt a VBAC? Hell no. My childbirth choices have been the topic of recent scrutiny apparently so let me say this. Bravo to those of you out there who have gone through labor and brought your little bundles of joy into this world the good ol fashioned way, I applaud you. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I myself went through 16 hours of unmedicated labor with Harper before being whisked off to the OR to have an emergency C-section due to fetal intolerance (her heart rate plummeted with every contraction) so I have had a taste, if only a smidge, of what you've gone through. It quite honestly was a terrifying experience that I had no interest in repeating. So knowing this was our last child when they offered me the option to schedule a c-section I said "yes please sign me up". If that makes me a wimp so be it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The morning of the Monday the 7th we arrived bright and early for our 6am check in. My dear friend Sarah was good enough to drag herself out of bed at an ungodly hour to come to our house and stay with Harper until it was time for her to go to school.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The Dr came in and chatted with us briefly, long enough for me to make sure she had in fact worn her lucky pink shoes (I will never look at a pair of sparkly pink TOMS and not think of her)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I can tell you being in the hospital with the second baby is a totally different experience than the first. You don't just have this one precious little person to care for, now you have two. Arrangements had to be made. Who's picking up Harper? Who will bring her home and feed her dinner etc etc. Shaun and I had both decided before Holden was born that he would stay with me the first night and then after that he would stay at home with Harper so she would have as little disruption to her schedule as possible. It was the best decision we could have made but that didn't mean she didn't get to take advantage of the birthing tub though ;)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The last 11 weeks have been filled with the laughter, tears and general mayhem you would expect in a house where a 2.5 year old and 11 week old live but we're slowly figuring it out. Harper loves her brother, lots of hugs and kisses, will come tell me when he's crying and give him back his pacifier when he spits it out among other big sisterly acts of love (like smothering him with her favorite teddy) After the first week (it was a shit show… I shudder to think…) we have been lucky to not have dealt with any jealousy/behavior issues because of Holden's arrival.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">A big part of feeling better came with running again (surprise surprise!) After having Harper it took a good 10 weeks for me to be able to jog without pain so I was pleasantly surprised when at 3.5 weeks post partum I started to feel the itch and went for a short tentative jog on Bad Larry. The love affair was on! Since then I have been slowly building up my mileage and am working on my speed (damn I'm slow) but just as with the baby weight…it's a work in progress :)</span></div>
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Breton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-64921997984492562762014-09-19T08:53:00.001-04:002014-09-19T08:53:27.793-04:00Miss me?<span style="color: blue;">Hard to believe I have one more week of maternity leave left and then it's back to work I go! As they often say the days are long but the years are short…I found this to be true of my maternity leave as well. So what the heck have I been up to over the last 11 weeks?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I went from this</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">in just one short hour (more on that in the next post)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">We celebrated Nana's birthday</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">(yes that's an entire cupcake in there…she is my daughter)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> (It only took us two days to put together…someone is very proud of himself)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> And daddy's birthday too</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">and I braved a bowling birthday party with both kids SOLO (wowza)</span></div>
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Breton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-22798259066323407592014-07-01T09:06:00.003-04:002014-07-01T09:06:46.022-04:0038 weeks <span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>How far along:</b> 38 weeks 2 days</span><div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Best/ Worst moment of the week: </b> This weeks a combo: As large as I feel I was shocked when my OB told me that I'm actually measuring 2 weeks behind where I should be. When you measure more than a week behind for 3 consecutive OB visits you earn yourself a free ticket to Maternal Fetal Medicine for an ultrasound which luckily for me they scheduled first thing the very next morning. I had been through this before with Harper so I wasn't AS worried as I had been the first time as my Dr very accurately put it "You probably just make small babies BUT we'd rather be overly cautious than neglegent". Sure thing Doc, I can get on board with that reasoning. I haven't heard back from the Doc yet, but from what the ultrasound tech told me the fluid levels and cord flow were both great and that's what they're looking for. She said he was measuring in the 14% (10% is where they become concerned) and her best guess at his weight was 5lbs and change. So it looks as though Shaun and I just make really small babies and DEFINITELY over shot the mark when we bought a size 3 mo coming home outfit! </span><br />
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<br />Breton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-28290183415597546712014-06-17T07:48:00.001-04:002014-06-17T07:48:27.295-04:0036 Weeks<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>How far along:</b> 36 weeks 2 days</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Gender:</b> Boy...hopefully that hasn't changed?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Weight:</b> Ummm didn't weigh myself this morning. I haven't been great about water consumption the past few days (I know I know) so I know it wouldn't have been accurate. I promise to be better next week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Stretch marks:</b> Even though it feels like my belly is bursting at the seams the little stretch marks below my belly button are holding steady.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sleep:</b> It takes an act of Congress to roll over but I have no issue falling asleep and staying asleep. As a matter of fact I barely remember my million trips to the bathroom througout the night...The other morning Shaun said to me "wow you were up alot last night" my answer "was I?" Yup. Tired.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Best moment of the week:</b> Had a great weekend celebrating a little ones 1st birthday at the lake and our all of our favorite men on Father's day. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Running:</b> 9 miles running 30 min hills on Bad Larry. Shaun likes to come down to the basement and shake his head in wonder at the spectacle that is me running....I'm so glad I have Bad Larry, I wouldn't scar other gym goers by engaging in this activity in public.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Breton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-14759600934663211882014-06-10T07:47:00.001-04:002014-06-10T07:47:17.212-04:0035 weeks<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>How far along: </b>35 weeks 2 days </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Weight:</b> 1lb --> 24.6 lbs total and feeling every oz</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Stretch marks: </b>Well....at least they haven't gotten any bigger?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sleep:</b> Sleeping pretty well despite the recent rise in temperature but I have found that regardless of what time I go to bed I am AWAKE at 4:45 with no hope of falling back asleep.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Worst moment of the week:</b> Ahhhhh so nice that it finally feels a bit like summer!!! However with the heat comes swelling and swelling for me = cankles with capital C. Not my most attractive look.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Best moment of the week:</b> My SIL was kind enough to take the little lady off my hands for the weekend so that I could go to a bridal shower on Saturday and the hubs and I could go on our first date since....ummmm...our anniversary in October <-- 8 months ago eek!!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went to dinner and bowling with friends, supported other friends competing in their first triathlon and spent a few hours meandering through the Old Port Festival (even saw a marriage proposal!) By Sunday afternoon we were missing our girl and ready for her to come home but dang it was good to be footloose and fancy free for a weekend....probably our last for quite awhile.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Cravings: </b>Seafood. Satisfied that craving at the Old Port Fest. Shaun and I went to the Portland Lobster Company to watch a band I've been wanting to see for quite some time. He went to get a beer for himself (jerk) and a soda for me and also came back with a delicious lobster roll for me which I scarfed down in roughly 2.2 seconds. Had he told me he spent $18 on the damn thing I would have given it the attention a sandwich of that price deserves.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Anything making you sick/queasy:</b> There isn't any one "thing" making me feel sick/queasy but I have had bouts of just not feeling "well". The other night when we were out to dinner I just felt dizzy and just off. Since then I have had similar sporadic episodes but I'm chalking it up to the heat and being well...pregnant!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Running: </b>I managed a solid 9 miles this week. I was no longer running at this point in my pregnancy with Harper so I consider this a milestone to be proud of :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Looking forward to:</b> My first 4 day work week, a lovely ladies 1st birthday this Saturday and a trip to the lake house for Father's Day :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Different this time around</b>: I'm still running (thank you Bad Larry) and "Bruce's" room isn't finished yet (oops) otherwise everything else seems about the same.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Breton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-66513943129696945452014-06-04T15:47:00.001-04:002014-06-04T16:20:31.424-04:0034 weeks<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>How far along:</b> 34 weeks 3 days</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Stretch marks:</b> *sniff* yes *sniff* This was a source of a teeny tiny (HUGE) meltdown this week. I had been feeling as though my poor stomach was just stretched to the absolute max for the past few days when one morning I got out of the shower and was applying my daily lotion....HO-LY SHMIDT....there they were two tiiiiiny stretch marks on either side of my belly button.... "Bruce" is clearly not the little peanut his sister was and I won't be escaping unscathed as I did the first time around. Bikini's are overrated right??</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Worst moment of the week:</b> Work has been BUUUUUSY!!! The past two weeks have been the final push at my morning job. I know I will appreciate the extra money during maternity leave but mama is TI-RED!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Health:</b> Another day....another cold...another trip to the hospital for breathing issues. Such is our life. Here's to hoping (and praying) she outgrows this and that her brother does not inherit the same issues! (Otherwise she's doing great)</span></div>
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This little gem is the Radio Flyer 4 in 1 trike. I have been looking at this contraption since just before she was 1 but balked at the $99 price tag. It's the kind of bike that grows with you (stage 3 is shown above). Harper is now at an age where she wants to be riding something but doesn't quite have the whole peddling thing down yet. Shaun and I both spent a few weekends hunched over pushing her on other bikes, big wheels etc etc...trust me when I say the push bar in the back is the shmidt! My only regret is that I didn't buy it sooner! Harper asks to go for a ride every day...worth the money and then some.</div>
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First Movie!!! </div>
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We knew it would either be awesome or awesomely awful so we picked a Sunday matinee at Smitty's so that it wouldn't be crowded and she'd have her own huge seat to squirm around on. She ended up in my lap the whole movie go figure, but thanks to a steady stream of snacks and a cute movie it was a success!!</div>
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First walk into the ocean</div>
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I love the ocean...I really do, and Harper had a great time as well, but with this little gem at the end of my street I forsee us spending more time there. No parking...no crowds...forgot something? No problem I'll just run home and get it. Especially with an infant on the way this is a win/win!</div>
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Nana's new lake house! Lots of bedrooms and bathrooms and a child friendly yard to play on? Thanks for buying<strike> us</strike> your new digs in Maine!!</div>
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This little playground is less than .25 miles from our new house, you should hear this child squeal when realizes where we are "SLIIIIIIIIIIDE!!!!"</div>
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<b>Diapers:</b> Still a size 5. I've begun the fun (ahem expensive) process of buying a case of diapers for both kids at the same time....potty training anyone? Speaking of which, they have her trying at school because that's what the big kids do and we try at home as well. Sometimes it works...sometimes it doesn't. Nothing we're ready to push yet.</div>
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<b>Diet</b>: We're in a good groove right now. She's eating without much protest so hopefully we're over the "picky" hump...for now at least. I'm sure she'll throw another curve ball at me right around the time I have a screaming infant to contend with as well :)</div>
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<b>Likes:</b> First and foremost this girl loves rocks...yes rocks. Every single time she steps outside the first thing she does is pick up a rock which she then holds for the duration of whatever we're doing or wherever we're going. We've had to tell her that rocks live outside so that we could stop finding them all throughout the house. She also loves all of the above activities (playground, beach, bike etc etc) drawing on driveway</div>
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<b>Dislikes:</b> Having to be patient for anything. When she gets really upset (remember that sass I told you about? mmmm hmmmm) I can tell her to stop and take a breath and honest to god she does...and most times keeps on crying after but still. It's the funniest thing ever, I keep trying to get it on video. It's also been confirmed after more than a dozen tries she HATES red sauce in any form on any food (weirdo, she gets that from her father)</div>
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Breton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-14043582544420956902014-05-27T07:38:00.002-04:002014-05-27T07:38:14.673-04:0033 Weeks<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>How far along:</b> 33 weeks 2 days</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Maternity clothes:</b> Yup, and bored with them all</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Stretch marks</b>: None</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sleep:</b> So not an issue. Try as I may to stay awake most nights I am fast asleep on the couch by 9pm....Shaun will be having a conversation with me only to look over and zzzzzz...he says I am F U N ...</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Worst moment of the week:</b> I've never been one to think of myself as "delicate" however being 33+ weeks pregnant does put some restrictions on your body, none of which I seem to be aware of until I have overdone it and am already paying the price. My excitement of getting the bins of baby clothes in the basement sorted and organized led to a few sore/achy/crampy days this week. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Miss anything:</b> All things running related....speed, distance, my lovely lovely workout clothes</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Cravings:</b> Seafood...welcome to summer</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Different this time around:</b> I took a peek back at my 33 week post last time and I can honestly say nothing is different. Sleeping the same...craving the same...feeling the same...running the same...even weight gain is the same :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Breton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-33769705114230391572014-05-21T14:37:00.001-04:002014-05-21T14:37:29.653-04:0032 Weeks<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>How far along:</b> 32 weeks 3 days</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Maternity clothes:</b> Yes ma'am, trying really hard to make what I have stretch for the last few weeks </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Belly button in or out:</b> Nowhere to go but out</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sleep:</b> I've been doing really well with my water intake...which means a few nightly trips to the bathroom. I'm so used to it I barely wake up anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Worst moment of the week:</b> Sick kids are the pits. But kids who can't even get a common cold without breathing issues therefore landing us in the hospital is the absolute worst. Our wonderful weekend ended with Harper working very very hard to breathe which in turn landed us at QuickCare for 3 or 4 hours. She's on the mend now but it was not the highlight of the week that's for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Best moment of the week:</b> Saturday my sister in law got my best girls together to throw a little sprinkle to celebrate little Bruce. Unlike my first shower this was a small affair which was so nice because I actually got to visit and chat with people and enjoy their company. From beginning to end it was a great day :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Running:</b> 11 miles for the week, and I fought for every one of them. I thought that running pregnant with Harper at this stage...man this is a whole new ballgame. Bruce is definitely sitting much much lower and wreaking havoc on my bladder and pelvic bone. Thanks to the convenience of Bad Larry I'm still getting in more miles than I was at this point last pregnancy but I'm coming to grips with the fact that it won't be long now before walking will have to become part of the regular routine. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Breton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-83385757654808161812014-05-13T11:31:00.000-04:002014-05-14T12:25:28.820-04:0031 Weeks<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>How far along:</b> 31 weeks 2 days</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Weight:</b> well on the upside the strawberry shortcake, hot fudge sundae and coffee shake I had throughout my birthday weekend were FAB-U-LOUS, the downside is that I packed on a solid 1.6lbs this week for a grand total of 21lbs </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">****Correction--> Somebody got a talking to by their OB yesterday for being super dehydrated and swollen (oopsie) After slamming a few gallons of water last night and this am I hopped on the scale and viola--> .6 lighter. Lesson? Drink your damn water it makes a difference</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This may not be impressive to some but my watch showed 8:30's-9:15's after the first mile for the rest of the race and I assure you I haven't seen numbers that low in WEEKS. I finished in a respectable 29:18 a full 3 min faster than when I ran the race pregnant with Harper and beating all my non pregnant friends (BOOM)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Miss anything: </b>So many things, but that's to be expected when you've been pregnant for what feels like forever and still have 8 weeks or less to go. Instead I'll choose something I'll miss when I'm NOT pregnant anymore....Bruce has been VERY VERY VERY active this week and feeling him move, dance, poke my ribs...bladder etc is probably the coolest feeling ever and something I will definitely miss.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Cravings: </b> Summertime weather has brought out the fruit and veggie craving full force. Nightly bowls of cheerios & strawberries are still a must as well as cucumber sandwiches for lunch. Salad? Yes please. This is probably a good thing considering my healthy weight gain these past few weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Looking forward to:</b> My SIL Kim has been nice enough to organize a little celebration for Bruce this Saturday. Because we bought gender neutral colors the first time around we have most everything we need. with the exception of a few items so we only asked for clothes. EEE GADS we need help!!! I have not bought one single item for this poor child (not one I swear)! I'm excited to spend an hour or two with some of my most favorite ladies :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Different this time around: </b>Oh the pelvic pain... If you remember a few weeks ago I was raving about the return of my ball chair...well, turns out that chair is not all it's cracked up to be, at least this time around anyway. Over the past few weeks I started to notice that while sitting on the ball chair took care of the back pain I had been feeling, as soon as I would stand up there was a whole other problem. After talking to our company's masseuse (yes we have one, yes he's amazing) and his guess is that pain I'm feeling is my pelvic bones being allowed to stretch because of sitting on the ball chair and when I stand up I'm asking those same bones/muscles to go back into their normal position (ouch believe me). So it's either a regular chair and back pain or ball chair and lady part pain....I'll choose back pain thanks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Maternity clothes:</b> Busted out the spring/summer stash and packed up the winter preggo pants FOREVER!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sleep: </b> Definitely noticing a change in my sleep this week. I'm having to get up more to pee in the middle of the night and overall just more restless.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Worst moment of the week:</b> Hands down the worst moment this week was my creepy encounter with another customer in Dunkin Donuts. I caught her and her 5(?) year old daughter staring at me and when I looked over she took that as permission to open the floodgates. She proceeded to tell me she was also pregnant, 3 mo along (even pulled up her shirt to show me her bare belly to prove it) and then proceeded to recount her entire reproductive history, miscarriages stillbirths and all, and told me she hopes this ones a boy and makes it because "all the dead ones have been girls". </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Best moment of the week:</b> I've hit that stage of pregnancy where I constantly have an elbow...knee...butt...head....poking out or jamming me in the ribs. It is at the same time holy crap uncomfortable and very very cool. Because my uterus is being retired after this baby I'm trying to enjoy it as much as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Running:</b> Ended the week with 15 miles. Last "race" this coming Sunday :) In other news I am quickly running out of running clothes that fit....</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Milestones</b>: Her vocabulary is really starting to take off! We haven't quite progressed to using alot of phrases yet but her use and recognition of new words is amazing! She has always been a lover of Pixar movies (who isn't?) but we've noticed recently that instead of simply watching parts of the movie she reacts to them. If it's funny she laughs, scary she hides, when the prince kisses the princess she smooches whoever is lucky enough to be close by. It's hilarious to watch. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">She's also developing quite a sense of humor... When she is given something if she doesn't say/sign Thank You on her own I prompt her with "What do you say?" she'll typically respond with "Nah New" (thank you) so I follow up with "Thank you mama?" and without fail she'll laugh and say "No daddy!" If I ask again "No! Thank you mama?" She gives me a deep belly laugh and says "NO! Thank you Dada!" 21 months old and she's got jokes....</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Baby gear love:</b> Our idea of baby gear these days is a sand bucket to collect rocks on our daily walks but I can say that Harper is fascinated with the baby gear that is slowly coming up out of the basement and being set up around the house. There has been a different doll in the rock n play every day this week. She's going to be awfully upset when they are evicted when Bruce gets here :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Outtings:</b> We've been to the East End Beach (Harper LOVES the dogs!!) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Deering Oaks playground and bridge where Shaun and I had our wedding pics taken</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">First trip to the DENTIST!!! She wasn't so keen on them sticking their hands in her mouth....until they offered her a shiny new toothbrush, after that they were BFF's</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Diet</b>: Still hit or miss depending on the day but we're having many more hits than misses as of lately (knock on wood). I've found that she's more apt to eat the food in front of her if it's in interesting shapes. Maybe it seems silly to some but I'm willing to take the two minutes to use her <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0076LAGQ4/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1">sandwich cutter</a> if it means she'll eat it. I've mentioned before that I'm not going to force her to eat. My pediatrician (as well as Shaun and I) strongly believe that if she's hungry she will eat BUT that little bugger will sometimes turn down food (something nutritious) and ask for something else (something delicious) Not that I can blame her, I want animal crackers over a hamburger sometimes too but sorry little girl that's not going to fly. </span><span style="color: purple;">She's at an age where I can reason with her in the "one more bite department" so when I notice she's up to these shenanigans and legitimately not declining all food I ask her "Do you want animal crackers? Yes? Ok one more bite of (whatever) first" Works like a charm...this I"m sure will change just like everything else lol :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Likes: </b> Backpacks, ice cream, rocks (obsessed actually), necklaces, birds, baking with mama, dogs, playgrounds, any kind of flower....basically see all the above pictures :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">We've also discovered that Harper prefers the men in the family to women (mama is the obvious exception to this rule) If given the choice she will go to Grandpa, Uncle Greg, Grampy Rick etc etc before she'll go any of the lovely ladies in the family and of course Daddy is the ultimate apple of her eye. What can I say she loves the boys....this could be trouble...</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Dislikes:</b> Still not a fan of the word no or being told to wait although she really tries her hardest. Won't eat anything with red sauce and really really wishes mama would let her bring all the cool rocks she finds inside rather than being told "Rocks stay outside" all the time.</span></div>
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Breton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-82978957647902909942014-04-29T08:30:00.002-04:002014-04-30T10:09:46.702-04:0029 Weeks<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>How far along:</b> 29 weeks 2 days</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Maternity clothes:</b> over it....seriously. Every morning I look in my closet and groan. I feel like I recycle the same outfits over and over and over again. I have bins upon bins of my regular clothes downstairs calling my name....</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Stretch marks:</b> none thank you very much. I laugh when I think about the $$ I spent on fancy lotions that would supposedly prevent me from getting stretch marks...this time around? Good ol' Jergens every day with the same exact result....ahhhh what a rookie.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sleep:</b> Sleep is fantastic (minus waking up with this hacking cough I can't seem to shake)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Worst moment of the week:</b> Well this is more like a best/worst combo. Saturday we celebrated the life of my grandfather. Let me just say that in my experience funerals + pregnant lady hormones = hot blubbery mess. Isn't it sad that I actually have experience with this? I will say that I did remarkably well this time holding it together...until they did the military honors. That ceremony always gives me goosies and tipped me over my hormonal edge and tears were shed. It was a lovely service filled with god awful singing (we Damon's are not known for our vocal prowess). He will be very very missed <3</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Best moment of the week:</b> Also a best/worst combo. Due to the bereavement time given to me by my company I had 1/2 Wed, and all of Th and Fri off last week. This gave me some good quality time with the munchkin and also time to visit with my mom and Rick who happened to be in town from Texas to open up their new lake house. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">**Side note: SAHM I don't know how you do it. I am now convinced I am a better mother for working. Enough said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Miss anything:</b> Endless clothing options (Breton, pity party of one)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Cravings:</b> Cheerios and strawberries...every night please and thank you. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Anything making you sick or queasy:</b> Still trying to shake the last remnants of the cold Harper gave me last week. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span id="goog_2143879040"></span><span id="goog_2143879041"></span><br /></span>Breton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-1082433707857183592014-04-22T07:32:00.000-04:002014-04-22T07:32:14.737-04:0028 weeks <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>How far along: 28 weeks 2 days --> Hello 3rd trimester! So good to see you for the last time!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Gender: Boy </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Weight gain: 1.8 lbs. I'd like to blame it on poor water intake but I'm pretty sure it has more to do with Easter..oops.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Maternity clothes: Yes, starting to pull out the spring/summer stash</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Belly button in or out: Out, which Harper finds hilarious and keeps poking at it making me feel like the Pillsbury Dough Boy</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sleep: Pretty good for the most part although turning over in my sleep is starting to require more effort (read more grunting)</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Worst moment of the week: Harper sneezing....which means here we go with yet another cold. We've taught her to share so well that she even gave it to me, isn't she nice?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Best moment of the week: The Dr called with good/bad news this week. Good news is that I passed my glucose test...yay Easter candy *ahem* boo 1.8 weight gain. Bad news is that I'm anemic which simply means more leafy greens and steak for me (mmm steak!). </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Shaun and I also hosted our first holiday at the new house! My mom and her husband are up from Texas for the week so we had a nice quiet Easter dinner. Living so far away we don't often get to see them for holidays so that was a nice treat :)</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Different this time around: I've been so busy with Harper, work, the house, running that this 3rd trimester has totally snuck up on me! I'm excited and a little panicked at the same time....I have work to do!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Maternity clothes:</b> For sure</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Busy weekend coming up again! Hurricane Claire (my mom) is set to touch down this Saturday for about a week as well as a triple birthday celebration this coming Saturday for my nephew and my friends twins and of course EASTER on Sunday! Rarely do I get to celebrate holidays with my mom so this holiday will be special and our first one hosted in our new house! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>How far along:</b> 26 weeks 2 days</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Best moment of the week:</b> This week was Shaun's annual lay off week from the Post Office. He typically works such long crazy hours six days a week that it was a real treat to see how the other half lives ;) As always he was very productive and got his whole "Honey do" list done and as an added bonus I didn't have to pick up/drop off at daycare ONE time and dinner was always ready. He'd make one heck of a househusband I tell you, but I think he's going a bit stir crazy and is ready to go back to work :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">My other best moment would of course be my successful completion of the Race the Runways 1/2 marathon (recap below and pics above)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Craving anything:</b> Shaun found a recipe for avacado deviled eggs so of course I am craving those now...</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Looking forward to:</b> This weekends main event is the baby shower for my friend Steph and her little girl Avery due to arrive mid May :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Different this time around</b>: I'm closing in on the end of my second trimester so the big thing I'm noticing is how fast time is flying!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Race recap</b>: A HUGE big thank you to my girl Melissa for running this race with me. Despite my best efforts sometimes I tend to forget that 26 weeks pregnant is NOT the time to be aggressively pushing oneself in a race so she was there to keep me in check. I'll save you the mile by mile replay but the bottom line is that even with two porta potty breaks and four 30 second walk breaks I still finished in 2:12:23 -->4 minutes FASTER than in 2012! I only have one more official race in the books, the Mother's Day 5k (another pregnant racing tradition, </span><span style="color: blue;">I will be 31 weeks pregnant</span><span style="color: blue;">) but am more than happy to be retiring double digit mileage until after Bruce is born :)</span></div>
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Look who's 20 months old!!</div>
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<b>Sleep:</b> Like a champ. 7:00 it's two books and a little bit of a show then at 7:30 it's hugs, kisses and LIGHTS OUT...see ya at 6:00am. Let's hope this continues when we transition her to a BIG GIRL BED this week...</div>
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<b>Milestones: </b>This little girls independence never ceases to amaze me. She has weekly chores that she does: cleans her room, puts her dirty laundry in the basket, takes care of her own dishes after mealtimes and gets the mail every day (we train em young in the Breton household). Her language is exploding (both signed and spoken) she is now spontaneously using "please" and "thank you" appropriately without prompts which says to me she "gets it". She's starting to run and jump and makes attempts at skipping but..well we're still working on that one. Her tibial torsion kind of gets in the way of her running but the dr is keeping an eye on it feels that it will straighten itself all it needs is time and gravity.</div>
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<b>Baby gear love:</b> I'm kind of at a loss for this section this month. There isn't any particular gear that I'm loving right now aside from the usual things we use, stroller, backpack, sled etc etc. I'm thinking we're about to enter the season of OMG I LOVE HER NEW TRICYCLE!!! though and I'm sure the cozy coup is about to make another appearance!</div>
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<b>Outings:</b> As per the norm Harper and I are always out and about. This month she had her very first haircut (bye bye baby mullet) My mom asked me if I cried and I laughed and said "no! do people really cry about that??" I've never been one to get weepy when big milestones hit or when we move out of one phase and into another. Who has time to cry about it when the next thing happening is so exciting and fun to watch??</div>
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Tin snips was great and Harper was enthralled by all the things to look at but $12?? The appointment lasted all of 2 min, long enough for me to get her to look down and SNIP! They gave me her hair in a packet and took her picture but $12??? </div>
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<b>Diapers:</b> Size 5 Pampers. I've tried them all and am a die hard Pampers fan. They don't leak, they don't feel cheap, and at Sam's club I get the most bang for my buck.</div>
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<b>Diet:</b> Toddlers are fickle. Some days we struggle and the next day I'll try the same food and she gobbles it down and asks for more. I've learned to look at the big picture of the whole week instead of focusing on the day to day. One of my biggest mistakes was that I was presenting Harper with her entire meal at the same time. She would (of course) go straight for the carbs/starches and fruit and then say "all done" without touching most of the veggies or any meat/protein. I was getting reports from daycare that she was eating all of her lunch (veggies and protein included) so I asked them to PLEASE share their secret. They said the rule at lunch time is "nutritious before delicious" so they are served the less popular items first and then they move on to the delicious stuff. GENIUS!!! Following that rule has been a game changer at meal times. (Why didn't I ask sooner?)</div>
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<b>Likes:</b> Daddy, Playdoh, Bubble guppies, tinkerbell (ugh hate that little fairy), being outside and phones..oh lord does she love phones. She brings a phone to bed with her (we only allow one) and god forbid it fall out of the crib...it's the only thing that will wake her at night. We'll hear her sobbing "Noooo....nooooooo....phone!" it's kind of comical. I'm not quite sure where this love of talking on the phone comes from, if she was obsessively texting I'd totally take the blame but I'm not a big talk on the phone person and neither is Shaun. <br />
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<b>Dislikes:</b> Well....she's a toddler. We have meltdowns about things unbeknownst to me...perhaps the wind is blowing East instead of NorthWest who knows. She hates having dirty hands which makes playdoh a double edge sword for her. LOVES playing with it but doesn't like it when it sticks to her fingers. She's still not a big fan of being told "no" but I'm not a big fan of letting my toddler run the house so she's going to have to get used to it :) </div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Saturday I hit up Old Navy to buy Harper some tshirts and leggings that daycare could send home ruined without me almost losing my schmidt (we've lost three good shirts in the past two weeks and I'm like ugh!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Old Navy is at the mall and parking is TOUGH! They have 3 prime parking spots right in front of the entrance to the store for expectant mothers (Holla!) I never use these spots before I'm actually showing because I feel like a fraud. Even when I'm with Shaun I tend to not use the spots because I feel like someone else should get to. But if it's just Harper and I? Yes maam I'll take it!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">So anyway we arrive to Old Navy and I can see there's one "mama" spot left but the car in front of me takes it...dang!!! I drive around and find another spot further away, unload Harper and off we go to the store. As we're walking up to the store I see a DUDE getting out of the car, no pregnant lady with him, just a dude and a toddler. SAY WHAT!?!?!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I did what any logical pregnant woman shleppping a 20 month old into the store would do... I unzipped my jacket so the baby bump was on full display and I walked in front of his car right next to the "EXPECTANT MOTHER" sign and stopped....pointed to the sign, pointed to my belly... and said "Would have been really nice if <b><i><u>I</u></i></b> could have parked here" and walked away.</span></div>
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Breton11http://www.blogger.com/profile/07846340299452772450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437661535542217363.post-69552206443393681072014-03-25T07:54:00.001-04:002014-03-25T07:54:18.167-04:0024 weeks<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>How far along</b>: 24 weeks 2 days</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Maternity clothes:</b> Nothing new here, it's all stretchy waist bands and shirts with side rouching (blech). My issue these days is with running clothes. I have enough long running tanks to get the job done but due to how much lower Bruce is sitting pants/shorts are causing a real issue. I have a hard time justifying spending money on bigger shorts due to how long I'll be wearing them but I also have a long way to go and have to buy something...TJMaxx here I come!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Sleep:</b> As long as it's just the hubs and I in bed I sleep just fine...on the rare occassion we bring tsunami Harper into bed with us we start wondering what all the co-sleeping hype is about, get out of my bed kid!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Worst moment this week:</b> attending the wake of a dear friends father. I am a classic sympathy crier. Left to my own devices I'm as stoic as they come. Put me in a room where someone else is crying...forget about it. Add pregnancy hormones to that and it's game over before I've even started. Shaun and I were saying the other day that in our 5 short years together we've averaged 1-2 funerals a year...we'd like a few years off please and thank you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Best moment of the week:</b> I think probably the most fun moment this week was taking Harper for her first haircut. She was enthralled with everything in the store and sat like a little lady while they chopped off her baby mullet :) (More details in Harper's 20 mo update)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Looking forward to:</b> This weekend is the first in a 6 week stretch of busy weekends. First up celebrating the upcoming arrival of baby boy McPheters!! Mommy gets two free hours to oooh and ahhh of baby stuff while all the daddy's entertain the littles at another location mwahaha</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>different this time around:</b> IIIIIIITCHY dry skin. I think this has less to do with it being a second pregnancy and more to do with the fact that it has been a loooong flipping cold winter. Either way this mama is in some dire need of some sunshine. My dr also confirmed at my last appointment that I'm in fact measuring right on track despite my feelings of being larger this time around.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Maternity Clothes:</b> ummm yup! So tired of pants..is it skirt season yet?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Sleep: </b>Like a champ!! But never enough of it...most nights I barely make it past 8:30, the hubs says I'm super fun :) I told him to wait a few months and we'll be up ALL the time together and we can catch up then ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Worst moment of the week: </b>Silly drama with the contractor/painter of our house. It's a long long story (but man is it a GOOD one!!) and has no place on a baby update but let's just say petty drama + preggo hormones = me a mess and husband MAAAAAD (at them). </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh and the little thing about my company's payroll system being breeached and our names, dob, ss #'s, pay info, financial info etc etc all being compromised...THAT's been fun too!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Best moment of the week: </b>Harper is finally feeling better, I got to visit with a few friends this weekend as well as get in a nice long run this weekend which is always good for morale. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The moment that probably gave us the biggest chuckle though was on Sunday. Shaun, Harper and I were at Lens Crafters picking out my new glasses when this man approached us and said "Excuse me, I have to ask....were you in a commercial?" We laughed and said yes and he looked at Harper and said "Is THAT the same baby??" again we laughed and said yes, the commercial had been shot when she was 11 weeks old. That was definitely a first. #totallyfamous.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Looking forward to our last quiet weekend, the next 5 are jam packed with baby showers, races, memorial services (boo), birthday celebrations, Easter and family visiting from out of town....phew I'm tired just thinking about it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Different this time around: </b>I'm getting the feeling that little Bruce isn't as little as his sister was. He is lower and feels much heavier than she did at this point. I remember being so proud of the fact that I was "small" when pregnant with her only to have that lead to all sorts of scary ultrasounds and monitoring towards the end of the pregnancy. So when I look at my weekly comparison and think "Whoa I'm BIG" I have to remind my self nope, just normal :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Apparently I can't get my act in gear to sit down and write about my sweet girl and what she's been up to. Every time I mean to the whirling dirvish (Harper herself) distracts me and *poof* I forget and hope to do it another day. Since we're almost into her 20th month I'll save the full update for then and in the meantime hopefully pictures will do :)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jam....mmmm good</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">damn nebulizer, thought I'd seen the last of you!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">train em young and put em to work!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't move my arms!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practicing for little brother </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brand new step stool = big helper in the kitchen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look what's for dinner!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">warming up my running shoes on race morning</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OBSESSED with this doll, she hugged it in the box all the way through the store<br /><br />See you in a few days with a REAL update (pinky promise)</td></tr>
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