tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103741802012-02-16T13:56:58.810-06:00The Pickershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04583558977213297339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10374180.post-12751949595113591972011-11-30T13:34:00.005-06:002011-11-30T13:54:48.043-06:00

Yesterday, I was holding my baby boy in my arms for the first time. Then, I blinked, and today he is running all over my house! I can't believe my little man is one! What a joy he is for our family! Here are some things about Ian:Weight: 22 lb.s 4 oz. (25-50%)Length: 31 inches (75-90%)Head: HugeIan loves to play with anything that has wheels, and balls. "Ball" is probably his favorite word

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Is it November? Really? That cannot be possible, right? Where does the time go? It seems like once October hits, things are busy, busy, busy, and it stays that way until Christmas is over. We've had a good, but busy fall so far, and are looking forward to Thanksgiving in Peoria, followed by Ian's first birthday. Again, how is this possible? I'll quit asking questions and leave you with a

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Although Ian doesn't have tons of hair, it was starting to grow over his ears and down his neck. Since Wednesdays happen to be "Kids Day" at the nearby salon, I took him in today for his first cut. He did a great job and sat there like a champ! It's not super noticeable that he got a cut, but it does look much cleaner.

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No updates today on my kiddos, or what's going on around here, I'll do that soon, I promise. Instead, I have a guest post from a friend, that also happens to be a cousin-in-law!Mary Beth and I met at Harding and were both in Zeta Rho together. We got to know each other even better when she started dating Jeremy's cousin Casey. In fact, her and Casey were engaged shortly after our wedding, and

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Ian is on the go...all the time! I don't know if it's just a difference between girls and boys, or if my girls were just calm and laid back, but this little guy gets into everything! With the girls, I could set them in the middle of a room with some toys and for the most part they would sit and play. If I put Ian in the middle of the room with toys, he looks at the toys and then begins looking

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Pretty much as soon as I published my last post, Ian decided to make a liar out of me! How dare I publish on the world wide web that my 9-month old son does not know how to crawl??? Well he showed me! (Please excuse my annoying voice on the video, I was just so excited!) We now have a crawler on our hands folks!

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My sweet thumb-sucking boy is 9 months old! We had his check-up today, which was not pleasant at all due to a missed nap (sorry Dr. John!) He was fussy and just not himself. In fact I was so flustered by his crying while trying to get us packed up to go home that I forgot to grab the paper that had his stats on it. I think I remember them though for the most part: Weight: 19 lbs. 14 oz. (25

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How time flies! We now have a first grader on our hands...a very excited first grader to say the least! Kennedy woke up at 6:15 today as happy as could be! She had her first day of school outfit all picked out and ready to go (which she thought was super cool) and we quickly got ready and headed out the door to a special first day of school breakfast...at Steak 'n Shake. After her

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Recently my girls have said some pretty funny things. The other night we had a conversation like this: Jeremy: I'm ready for dinner. Kennedy: Me too! Ansley: Me too.....Actually.....me three! Friday night we went over to the home of one of Jeremy's coworker's. Kennedy needed to use the restroom so I took her. As she was finishing her business, she exclaimed "This is NOT toilet paper! It must

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This little girl starts first grade next week. Where has the time gone? She is so excited and is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the special piece of mail that tells her who her teacher will be. The other day she said "Mom, I bet you'll be glad when I go back to school so you don't keep hearing me say 'I'm bored. What can we do?'" She's a pretty smart little girl. I do feel a little bad

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We've had a fun summer so far! Following Kennedy's birthday party, my mom and Dave came for her actually birthday. We had a fun time at Purina Dog Farms and the World Bird Sanctuary with them. They bought Kennedy a bike for her birthday and she has been having lots of fun with that. Her other favorite presents were a Barbie laptop, mp3 player, and new TwinkleToe tennis shoes from her Nana and

The Pickershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04583558977213297339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10374180.post-8558654942391168822011-06-05T21:36:00.003-05:002011-06-05T21:48:31.124-05:00

Ian's 6 month appointment went well, and it seems his growth is finally slowing down a bit. He weighs 18 lbs. 9.8 ounces and is 28 1/4 inches long. That puts his weight in the 75th percentile, and his height in the 90-97th. He had to get 3 shots, but at his next appointment shouldn't need any!Kennedy had her 6 year old check-up, and is 44 inches tall, and weighs 43 pounds. She is in the 25-

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I'm getting bad at this blogging thing. I put all the blame on my hubby. He bought me this fancy new iPhone for Valentine's Day and I hardly ever get on the actual computer anymore! So it's all his fault. Just kidding, Jeremy, you know I love you! Let me update you on all the Picker happenings since Easter.May has been a busy month! With all of the end of the year school activities, and

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Here are some pictures from our day yesterday. We had a great time with Jeremy's parents and his sister and her husband!

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We are so proud of our Kennedy Joy! Her school district has what they call a "STARS" breakfast at the end of the school year. We had no clue what this was, until we got a phone call the other day that Kennedy had been chosen to be honored at it this year. Two students are chosen from each grade (Kindergarten-12th) and honored at a breakfast based on their character.So this morning, we got up

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So, Ian looks like his Daddy. There is no denying that! However, I personally think he looks more like Kennedy did when she was a baby. But almost everyone else says he looks like Ansley did. Honestly, I think he's a perfect mixture of the two. So here are a few pics of the girls when they were around three or four months old. What do you think?AnsleyKennedyAnd here's one of Jeremy when he was

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Here's my little chunky monkey and his current (4 mos.) stats!Weight: 17 lbs. 1.8 oz (90th percentile)Length: 27" (97th percentile)Head: 17 3/4" (97th percentile)Ian is doing great! He's working on rolling over these days, but his big belly just won't let him accomplish his goal quite yet. He's still trying to figure it out and gets very mad when working on it! I think he's working on some

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So I'm finally updating the blog. It's been over a month. That's not like me, but there's just something about having a baby around along with two other kiddos that makes the time to sit down and blog rare. So this post will be full of a hodgepodge of information for my three readers.We'll start with the oldest child and work our way down. The current excitement in Kennedy's life is this:Yes,

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Today I decided Ansley, Ian, and I needed to get out of the house. Ansley and I decided we should go to the outlet mall about 20 minutes away to play on the huge playground and share a pretzel--which happens to be Ansley's favorite part about any mall.Well, we had done just a teensy bit of shopping; I had gotten my favorite italian cream soda at Joe Muggs; and we had played on the playground.

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When my kids say something funny, everyone always says "you need to write that down." Well, this is the easiest way to do it, so here you go!(disclaimer) *I'm nursing Ian and many of these revolve around that. Consider yourself warned.One day Ansley and Kennedy were playing "mommy and baby." Jeremy and I overheard Kennedy say "Baby, it's time to come eat your dinner!" Ansley crawled over to

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Right now as I type, Jeremy is at a Daddy/Daughter dance with our two girls. Excited would be an understatement for those two! They both picked out their fanciest dresses, accessorized with the jewelry of their choice, and begged Jeremy to wear a bow tie, which he did. Kennedy really wanted to wear makeup (hello, you're 5!?!) but I compromised by letting her put some glittery stuff on her

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These last three weeks have been brutal! Between snow days and sick days, Kennedy has been at school a total of five days! The first week, she had a sore throat and fever. The next week her and Ansley both had Strep Throat. This past week, Kennedy improved, but Ansley still had a fever. The poor girl was sick on her birthday. In fact, she has yet to eat a piece of birthday cake proving she's

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Ian had his 2 month appointment on Friday and is still a big boy! He is 14 lbs. 3.8 ounces and 23.5 inches long. That puts him in the 90-97% for weight (that hasn't changed) and 75% for height (he was in the 90-97th at his one month appointment). The doctor put him on some medicine for acid reflux, so hopefully that will help with his spitting up/choking/coughing/arching of the back/screaming

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Just this weekend I was being asked how it was going being a mother of three. I gave an honest answer that it hadn't really been too bad so far, and that I think it will be pretty easy until Ian becomes mobile. Ha!That was before Sunday night! I'm taking back those words and will never say such things again because those words have come back to haunt me. Sunday night between Ansley throwing

The Pickershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04583558977213297339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10374180.post-30448884276939139182011-01-19T12:21:00.003-06:002011-01-19T12:25:27.062-06:00

Here are some new pictures of our little man!

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I'm completely stealing most of these pictures from my sister's blog. They were just too cute to pass up. My kids are blessed with cousins right around their ages. On Jeremy's side of the family, the girls have their cousin Chelsea, who is 13 days younger than Ansley. The girls have so much fun with her. Isn't she cute? And I'm told her father used to stick out his tongue just like that as a

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Two daughters. Same parents. Couldn't be more different at times.Example:When Kennedy was around 3, she wanted to try chewing gum. I sat her down and explained that we don't swallow gum, we just chew it and then when we are done we throw it away. I may have evoked a bit of fear into her by explaining gum was not good for our bellies. Kennedy is my rule follower and play-it-safe-stickler.

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I finally uploaded a lot of pictures onto my computer tonight. Here's a little of what's been going on over the past two months!Jeremy's entire family was in town for his sister's wedding and we celebrated Christmas together.Ansley and her cousin Chelsea are watching Kennedy get on the bus for school. Playing in the snow with DaddyGetting to know baby brother"Christmas Morning" at our house...3

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This past Saturday, Jeremy's little sister got married. Kennedy and Ansley were both flower girls again, along with our niece Chelsea. They made the cutest little trio of flower girls! We were just happy that Ian and I could attend, considering that Ian's due date was the day before the wedding! We are very glad he came early! Although he had no job in the wedding, he did look awful cute in

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Despite all the changes my doctor made, Ian decided he would be the one to pick which day he would be born. Around 11:oo Sunday night the 28th, I started having contractions every 4-5 minutes or so. They came out of nowhere, and I tried to ignore them, but they kept picking up. We decided to call the nurse at the hospital who told us we needed to come in so I could be monitored. Luckily,

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Well, our baby will be here one day later than we had planned due to a change in the hospital's schedule. Our c-section is now at 11:30 on Tuesday, November 30th. Not a huge deal, but it was kind of a bummer to have to add a day onto our countdown! Jeremy took an awesome picture last night of what we think was a knee sticking out in my belly. It was crazy! However, I will not share that with

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Wouldn't you know, not long after I posted the last blog, my doctor called with our c-section date. It's actually even earlier than we expected. Our baby boy is scheduled to enter this world on Monday morning, November 29th! Guess I better get off the computer and start getting busy!

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Since I know you are all sitting around checking my blog daily just wondering what is going on in our lives, I thought I would give you a baby update. I went for my 36 week appointment on Monday to get a final sonogram to check things out. We learned two things at this time:1. We have a very big boy on our hands (his measurements show he is already over 8 lbs.)2. Due to my placenta previa, we

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This is a little late, but last Thursday I got the pleasure of helping Kennedy's class with their Halloween Party. I had signed up to be a volunteer, but only two other moms besides me had volunteered as well, so I think I became a "room mom" by default--which is totally fine, I just hadn't signed up to be one given the fact that I will be out of commission soon and then will have a 2 year old

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Today was our first parent/teacher conference for Kennedy this year. She's doing great, and her teacher had nothing but wonderful things to say about her. We are very proud of how well she is doing, and how much she is adjusting socially. We were so worried about her shyness, but she seems to be breaking out of her shell more and more each week! She also got her first report card and got all

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I had the pleasure of joining Kennedy and her class to a pumpkin patch this week for a field trip. We had a lot of fun and I was so glad to get to go with her and finally meet some of the kids in her class. I love the fact that kindergartners are still so young and eager to meet each other's parents. I think Kennedy got a little jealous at times when I was holding hands with two other students

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Jeremy and I are not the most artistic people in the world. However, somehow we have two little girls that love to draw and color. Kennedy has been impressing us lately with her coloring and drawing. She does really well, stays in the lines, and is getting more creative with her drawings. Ansley, on the other hand, usually just scribbles. However, yesterday during church she was coloring a

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Ansley has never been super interested in the TV. However, there is one show that she loves that I let her watch each morning...Dora the Explorer. This picture shows where you can find my sweet child each morning while eating her breakfast. Notice she is totally focused on the TV. I have never seen a child so focused and engaged in a television show before. If you've never watched Dora

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Thanks to a trendy, accessorizing, shoe-loving Nana (Jeremy's mom) our girls will always stay somewhat in fashion. Check out this super cute outfit Kennedy sported today (Thanks Cheryl!)Our only problem was her beloved "ruby red slippers" no longer fit (she asked me to add those to her Christmas list), and she had to settle for black sparkly shoes instead. Unfortunately, she has no black socks,

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Here's a glimpse of how silly our little Ansley is. This conversation took place tonight before bedtime: (Keep in mind Jeremy is standing within arms reach of Ansley during this entire conversation)Jeremy: "Ansley get in bed."Ansley: "What did you say Daddy?"Jeremy: "I said, Ansley get in bed!"Ansley: "What did you say Daddy?"Jeremy: "Ansley get in bed!"Ansley: "What did you say???"Jeremy

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Kennedy had her first day off of school this past Friday, so we told her she could pick out what we should do together as a family on that day. She chose Grant's Farm, which was a perfect choice, given the awesome weather we had that day. We invited our friends the Teigen's to come along and we had a great time. It's another one of the great places in St. Louis that is free, and lots of fun!Our

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Last week my friend Amber called to see if the girls and I wanted to go to see Disney's Princess on Ice with them today. I had been thinking about how much the girls would enjoy it, and we love to hang out with Amber and Corinna, so we decided to go for it. We had such a great time! Ansley was a little overwhelmed at first with all the lights and noise, and got a little scared. Once she stopped

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This girl never ceases to crack me up! She loves being silly and making people laugh. I'm afraid she may someday be the class clown--unless she lets her "shyness" get in the way. I don't think she would actually have a shy bone in her body if she didn't see how her big sister acted at times. But since she sees Kennedy being shy, she often follows along. Her personality seems to be much more

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This girl never ceases to amaze me! She is loving Kindergarten and is soaking up every little thing. She can tell me which kids got in trouble each day and why, how many girls are wearing Twinkletoe shoes (like her Nana gave her), all about each and every school fundraiser (and the awesome prizes she can get), and just about anything else I ask her. She has learned to read a total of 8 new

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Who knew naming a baby boy could be so hard? Jeremy and I usually know the name of our baby the day we find out the gender, and had this one been a girl, she would have already had her name long ago (Brooklyn). However, we just could not decide on a name for this baby boy! We both had our two favorites, and they didn't match up. Jeremy wanted the name Landon, with his second choice being

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I cannot believe Kennedy is in Kindergarten! Where does the time go??? She was as happy as could be this morning as we left her in her class. In fact, Jeremy asked her if she was ready for us to leave and she very certainly said "Yes!" Then I lost it as I hugged her one last time and she looked at me like I was crazy. I was trying to hold it together, but I just couldn't do it! She only

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The girls wanted to dress up like twins today, all the way from their hair bows to their flip flops. When I asked to take a picture of them, they immediately wanted to make a video. After posting this the first time I went back and watched the video and I'm not sure what is going on. The video is not in line with the sound, so it's weird to watch! I'll leave it on here, but don't say I didn't

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I love a good deal! Today, on the search for our perfect new back-to-school dress for Kennedy I did my annual "buy Kennedy's summer wardrobe for next year" at Kohl's today. This time of year is a great time to stock up on stuff for next summer. Most of Kohl's shorts/tank tops/t-shirts are less than $4.00. This is the third year I have done this, and it is so great to not have to worry about

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Sleeping in a big girl bed has been a success! Last night Ansley's own words were "I not a baby anymore, I sleep in a big girl bed!" Yeah for easy transitions! *I'm not really sure what the squinty eyes are all about...she was being quite silly!Kennedy learned from her cousin Sidney how to hula hoop while we were in Texas. In fact, if you ask her what her favorite thing about Texas was,

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The girls and I spent almost 2 weeks in San Antonio with my sister and her family while Jeremy went and hiked a mountain in Colorado. We had a lot of fun, but I didn't take my camera, so you'll just have trust me on that. Kennedy and Ansley loved being able to spend lots and lots of time with their cousins...although they all had their fair share of fighting too! From Texas we made an almost

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Now to think of names. Kennedy has come up with:1. Albert Pujols2. Troy Bolton3. Chad Danforth4. Ryan EvansIn case you aren't up on your High School Musical names, numbers 2-4 are characters in the movie. :)

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The girls wanted to make a video today to tell you what's going on around here. They are just a little excited for our upcoming trip to Texas and Arkansas.

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Check out my baby in her big girl underwear! I decided last week to give potty training a go. After she held her bladder for over 14 hours with not wanting to sit on the potty, I gave up. I decided not to push the issue and wait until she was ready. Suddenly, a week later, out of the blue, she asked to go potty. Since then it's been smooth sailing. She hasn't had a single accident, wears

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Tonight is date night. Not for Jeremy and I, but for Jeremy and Kennedy. Beauty and the Beast is playing at the Muny, which is an awesome outdoor theater here. Jeremy and I went to one show last summer and it was so much fun. When we found out Beauty and the Beast was coming, we began looking into tickets. We would've all loved to go, but a) tickets are expensive, and b) the show doesn't

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Poor little Ansley at times is as clumsy as can be. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree though...it seems Jeremy's mom and sister have their fair share of accidents themselves! :)This time, we were visiting Camp Neotez and she managed to fall and bump her face into a wooden bench. She has a nasty scrape/bruise up her entire cheek. Poor thing. I'll let her tell you about it.

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We've had quite an eventful week. Last weekend we were in Peoria for Betsy's bridal shower and then we had a family get together so everyone could meet Chad and to celebrate Kennedy's birthday. We came home Sunday and then Monday my mom and Dave stopped by for a couple of days on their way to Arkansas/Texas. Then Thursday, Jeremy's mom and sister stopped by for a couple of days as well.

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Kennedy has been asking to get her ears pierced for a few months. I'm not really sure why because I'm not sure that any of her friends have their ears pierced, but she is just such a girly girl who loves her jewelry, sparkles, and dresses, and she just really wanted to wear earrings. Stick-ons just didn't cut it. We've been to Claire's a few times and even been shown the "gun" that

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Ansley woke up today just not quite herself. Her face was extremely pale, but she had no fever. She would do nothing but lay on me or the couch, so I knew something was up. About 5 minutes after me grabbing a bowl from the kitchen "just in case," she lost her breakfast. Unfortunately, I wasn't quick enough with the bowl and it got all over her, me, and the couch. Yuck. Today I had promised

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We've had a great extended weekend with Jeremy's brother Adam, his wife Heidi, and their daughter Chelsea. The three cousins have been in heaven playing together. Last night we babysat Chelsea all night while Adam and Heidi had a night to themselves and Ansley and Chelsea had their first sleepover. We set up the pack-n-play for Chelsea in Ansley's room and the two were angels. We didn't hear

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My girls are very timid in the water. We really haven't been swimming enough for them to get used to it. It's likely this summer we will be spending more time at the pool, so I wanted the girls to get more used to the idea. We signed them up for six weeks of swimming lessons that started in late March, and the girls really surprised us. Kennedy did awesome and we were so proud of her. She's

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Today Kennedy was watching a show talking about a person's conscience. When the show was over she asked me what a conscience was (apparently the show didn't explain it enough). I was trying to explain what it was, and I said "It's like during quiet time when you are supposed to stay in your room but sometimes you sneak into my bathroom and play with my makeup, which you're not supposed to do.

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Ansley has a taken a sudden interest in the potty. Not that she has ever actually used it the right way, but I guess a little practice never hurt anyone!

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So it's true, we're expecting! We were going to wait a little longer to share the news, but had such a crazy weekend that our secret got out. We've known for a while that I was pregnant, but we've already had a lot of issues and were keeping it to ourselves for a while. First, the doctor thought it was an ectopic pregnancy, but fortunately it wasn't. Then this weekend I woke up on Saturday to

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At the beginning of the school year Kennedy would pop right up when it was time to get ready to go to preschool. As it gets closer to the end of the year, she isn't popping up quite so fast. Jeremy usually wakes her up while I hop in the shower. He gets her moving to make her bed and get dressed and by the time she's done that, I'm usually out of the shower and ready to fix her hair. Today,

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Neither of my girls liked pacifiers. However, when Ansley was 5 months old, I realized I could get her to sleep through the night if I let her hold on to her burp cloth. Actually, "hold on to" is not exactly correct, it was more of if I let her put a corner of the burp cloth in her mouth and chew or suck on it, she would sleep through the night. Out of the need for sleep one night I let her have

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We have been loving this spring weather. On Wednesday, the girls and I met our friends Amber and Corrina at a fun little place about 3 miles from our house called the World Bird Sanctuary. This is what I love about St. Louis--there are SO many fun FREE things to do with kids! The Bird Sanctuary is a completely free park that has all kinds of birds to look at, as well as some snakes (ick!),

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I talked to my sister-in-law Heidi this morning and she said that my niece Chelsea loves to watch videos of Kennedy and Ansley. So the girls decided to make a couple more for her. Even if you're not Chelsea, you can still watch them though (if you want).

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Jeremy is extremely excited to be going to his first Cardinals Game for this year. He got up, took Kennedy to school, and then drove to the stadium to try his luck at $5.50 tickets. Basically, a ticket is $5.50 and you find out when you get to the game where you get to sit. It may be standing room, or it could be box seats, it's just luck of the draw. He got two tickets and is picking Kennedy up

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Kennedy's favorite thing to ask after she gets dressed each day is either: "Do I look like a rock star?" or "Do I look like a teenager?" I think I should be worried. This was her outfit today. She does kinda look like a rock star in my opinion! At least I still have complete control over what her sister wears...for now!

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I know it's hard to believe one of my precious girls would ever have the need for a time out, but occasionally, it does happen. You know, only like 8, 9, or 10 times a day. :)Today Kennedy was sent to time out, and I ran downstairs to change out some laundry. When I came upstairs this is what I found.Apparently, Ansley felt bad for her sister and decided to join her!

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Ask Ansley to show you her mad face, and this is what you get. If you're lucky, she'll even cross her arms across her chest. I guess that's her really mad face!

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We've never really done much for St. Patty's Day around here, but last year the girls and I went to play at a friend's house and they had made traps for Leprechauns and really got into the day. Although Kennedy left with a big fear of Leprechauns, I did decide it would be fun to do a little something for St. Patrick's Day. So...this year we made rainbow cupcakes, and of course we plan on wearing

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Here's that picture I promised you!

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I realize I've been slacking in my blog posts. I've started an online job writing articles for a company called textbroker.com, and any time I have a chance to get on the computer, I start working on it. It's a really easy way to make some money, and in the four weeks I have worked, I have met or exceeded my goal of $100/week. I wasn't really looking for work, but heard about this, decided to

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My girls LOVE the color pink. The more pink, the better in their opinion. It doesn't matter what shade of pink, as long as it's pink. Today in Sunday School, Ansley's teachers were talking about colors with her and asking her what her favorite color was (she'll tell you--pink). Apparently they were going through a list of people and asked her what her Daddy's favorite color was. She knows her all

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Here are some videos of my silly girls.

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After my last post, I realized most of my posts lately have focused on Ansley. So I decided I needed to post about my 4 going on 14 year old daughter, Kennedy. Most people don't see the real side of Kennedy. She is so stinking shy and won't even hardly say "hi" to people outside of family when we see them. Once she gets to know you and becomes comfortable, then the real Kennedy starts to come out

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Today is the last day I will have a one-year-old in my house! Tomorrow Ansley turns two! Here's a few pictures of her last day of numero uno. These pictures were the best I could get--she's already starting to act like a two-year-old!

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Ansley has a new favorite phrase: "I need __________" (fill in the blank with whatever it may be). Today on two occasions she has walked up to me and said "I need chocolate!" She must either be having one of those days, or she is just a girl after my own heart.I took her for her two year old pictures this morning, and the whole way there I was telling myself "only buy the $9.95 package, only buy

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At the end of my last post, I mentioned Miss Ansley was throwing up. She continued...all night long. Yuck. Friday morning around 6 was the last time she threw up. We tried to make her rest all day Friday, but by Saturday she was back to her perky self. We went ahead and got our babysitter and Jeremy and I went to the movies. Avatar was great by the way. Yesterday, we went to church and then to a

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I realize the lighting in this picture is pretty poor, but I thought it was just too cute. Ansley is pretending to be me. I have been entranced in a great book called The Help and I'm afraid my girls may have watched a little extra TV today, so that I could finish it. I just couldn't put it down. Judge me if you will...until you go read it for yourself, then you'll understand! As I was

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Tonight the girls were waiting for some friends to come over and play. While waiting, they started putting on a concert for us with our Wii microphones. Enjoy.

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Wow! It's been since November 30th that I posted! That shows you how busy the month of December was! Between decorating, parties, baking, packing, wrapping, traveling to Omaha and Peoria, having three Christmas's, 15 inches of snow, celebrating our ninth anniversary, unpacking, undecorating, New Year's, and trying to rest a little, we've been crazy busy!Although we were super busy, we had a great

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I made our Christmas cards online last night and thought I would share with you a few of the pictures that didn't make the cut. Kennedy has her "picture look" of tilting her head to the side which she thinks is oh so cute, and Ansley is just plain ornery.

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Today was K.I.S.S. day at Kennedy's school (Kids Invite Someone Special). They suggest inviting a grandparent, but I think it's not called Grandparent's Day for those kids (like Kennedy) who don't have grandparents in town. While Kennedy really wanted Mommy, Daddy and Ansley all to come, we talked her into picking one special person. Her class has 19 kids, and is not in a huge space, and we

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Kennedy stopped napping over a year ago, but in order to preserve my sanity (and take an occasional nap myself), I still make her have a quiet time while Ansley is napping. She has recently during quiet time, began changing her clothes. Each day she comes down from her quiet time, and I'm always curious as to what she'll be wearing. Her princess dresses are not in her bedroom, so those are not

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If you are on Facebook, you may have seen my post this week about how Kennedy came home with this hat from preschool and told me pilgrims were little people who pinched you if you didn't wear green. She was confusing them with leprechauns (obviously), based on the hat she made. However, tonight her and Ansley got in their "boats" to watch a video and Kennedy put on her hat and said "We are

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Ansley loves to count, but apparently doesn't like the number 7. Here is a video of her showing off.

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I would like to use this blog as a way to personally thank the person at Old Navy this morning who was declined from being able to sign up for an Old Navy card. Why you ask?Because that allowed me to be the 50th person in line at their Stuff-n-Save event...which meant I got 50% off of everything I purchased, including clearance stuff that was already take an additional 50% off! That's right, I

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Halloween isn't until Saturday, yet we've had all kinds of Halloween fun around here. Tonight we went to party at Kennedy's school. Ansley actually has warmed up to the chicken costume and wore it once this weekend, however tonight she asked to be a princess. So we dug through the dress-up clothes and put a little outfit together, which turned out pretty cute if you ask me. Enjoy.

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Last weekend we made a quick trip to Kansas City to stay at the Great Wolf Lodge with Jeremy's parents, and his brother Adam and his family. We had a great time, even though it was too short! Kennedy and Ansley had a lot of fun playing with their cousin Chelsea (who is a couple of weeks younger than Ansley) and dancing together with her and Aunt Heidi. We swam in the indoor water park and just

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Look at this great picture Jeremy took of Kennedy:Today we went to Kennedy's school for Parent-Teacher Conferences. It's a little weird being on the other side of the conference. Basically she's doing great with everything, but the only areas she needs to improve are "Participates in Conversations" and "Holds Pencil Correctly". Her teacher talked about how bright she was, and just said she was

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As I was typing the update to the previous post, the doorbell rang and it was the UPS man with the much anticipated Halloween costume. Kennedy has discovered the Wizard of Oz, and has quite a fascination with it. Early September she declared she was going to be Dorothy for Halloween. I emailed my mom and mother-in-law to ask them to keep their eyes/ears open for a costume. Did they ever come

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Update: She did it! And in case you were wondering, it was cloudy and rainy.Here's a cute story about Kennedy at Preschool:Almost everyday when I pick Kennedy up from school, one of the first things she tells me is that she didn't get to be the weather watcher at school. Apparently this is the very important job of looking out the window and informing the class what the weather looks like, so

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Have the girls been watching too much TV? I'll let you be the judge!

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Today marks the beginning of the third week of us living in a hotel. Honestly, it hasn't been horrible. We are ready to be back home, and tired of living out of suitcases, but we can't complain too much about our arrangements. Here is a list of things I will miss about living in a hotel:1. Not having to make a single bed. 2. Breakfast waiting for us when we go downstairs...with all kinds of

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We're still in the hotel, now until Tuesday. We'll see if that changes again. The girls wanted to make a video this morning. Nothing too exciting, just them showing off a little. My favorite part is when Kennedy recites the Pledge of Allegiance and Ansley mouths along as if she knows it as well.

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