Saturday, July 21, 2012

growing up.

i got an instagram pic this morning of all 4 girls. and so i thought id compare a bit.

so mid july 2009. hey - don't you dare judge this edit. DONT YOU DARE.

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here's 2010 and 2011.
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and our instagram from today. shows some personality ;)
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haha silly aidan and sawyer. "YAYY!! here i am!!" miller. and crabby reese. who really isn't a crab. lol she just likes things how she likes them. and miller tossing her arms around wasn't it ;)

Thursday, July 19, 2012

sprinklers.

i love summer.

i dont, however, love that reesey has a cast. but still. :)

this first one is from the other day - she was practicing her dance moves. swoon.

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Saturday, July 14, 2012

lots of things.

lots of things going on lately.

lets catch up.

this photo was from last week - aidan wanted to know how cars work.

so EJ took her outside to the jeep to look around. who needs a boy when you have a daughter in an old xmas dress, a tap shoe, and a sparkle shoe. swoon.

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i had mentioned in a few places that reese had not been using her right hand. we went for xrays - nothing. then it was supposed nurse maids elbow - no. then i went back and they sent me to a pediatric ortho. who looked at her first xrays and found a tiny fracture. so now she's in the cutest pink cast evah for the next 4 weeks.

she got chicken nuggets for her dramatic day.
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i also decided to let miller have some bananas for the first time. and prob the last lol i *hate* doing purees. and she's tiny so breastmilk has more cals. but why not try, right?

i feel like the next solid food she'll be having will be things she can pick up ;) i like that better.
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

the importance of the past.

i went to my parents house today. and they are cleaning out closets and such - i grabbed a handful of photos and just... swoon.

my mom and dad young, us in the 90's, my perm, how big my head was (is?), how much i look like reese sometimes... all of it. i just love looking at old photos.

this only makes me want to PRINT all of my pics. like thousands of them.... so here ya go. have fun at my expense.

so here's a story of a nice catholic school girl.

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and an accordion playing fellow lol
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who fell in love.

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my mom was/is sassy.
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and then they had me. duh. and dressed me in fabulous 1980's attire.
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and took me to the beach.
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and gave me a brother when i was 2.

my gma in this pic.
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and then i realized i look like reese.
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then i grew up.
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and got a perm.
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and a sweet jacket.
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and a 4th grade boyfriend whose sister's middle name is amanda after me.
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and then my mom looked like billy ray cyrus' sister.
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omg im still laughing. ill be finding more soon :) :) :)

Friday, July 6, 2012

miller is 5 months old.

oh hi there little lady.
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hurray for 5 months!

she is filling out nicely ;) even if she's just a tiny thing! she probably weighs a tiny bit over 11lbs. she wears 3 months clothes (the blue outfit in these pics is 3 months).

she eats the same as she did last month. and naps the same (ish), too. short morning, long afternoon, short evening, then bed.

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for the past few weeks she has been waking up to eat at like midnight ::twitch:: and then again at 4ish. i am hoping its just the 4 month wakeful that will soon come to an end. last night she slept til 4 and then til 830 and thats waaaay nicer ;)

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she breastfeeds for about 20 mins, id say, for meals. its been a real challenge now that she is so alert and popping off and on and looking around. everyone says "go somewhere quiet!!" but HA! i have others to watch so i just try to keep them entertained so M and i can focus on what she's doing ;)

i am proud of myself for BFing this long, though :) go me! its been so stress-less. and surprisingly, i have thought about stopping any time soon.

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she still hates the car, loves to be wrapped up (arms up by face, though), loves her gumdrop paci (and only that kind), hates being over tired, loves her play mat and also her sisters.

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she likes to spit at us now. lol she makes this face.
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and she also still only rolls from belly to back. she likes her back, though, so the interest to roll back to belly is not there at all.

(notice the belly hate after a few mins haha)
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rollllll over.
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she's just my little peanut still and i just want to smooch her all the time.

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now for a bit of instagram love :)

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Thursday, July 5, 2012

happy 4th of july.

what a fun day we had!!

in the morning, we went the parade. aidan loved it. reese and miller didnt care either way. and sawyer complained about... everything lol


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we went home, hung out, out of boredom, i took this pic of sawyer
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then we went to fireworks that night :) actually, going TO the city fireworks was not going to happen. we went over there and then scouted the perfect spot with some other people. then my bro/sil/and her bro(s)/sil came up there, too, with their kids! we set up "camp" and it was perfect :)
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this is the only way miller settles when she is over tired. so we'd wrap her up, let her relax, put ice water on her head, and then unwrap her and cool her off. then do it again if need be.
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my bro/miller.
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my sil's sil. lol :)
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miller and EJ in the car during fireworks!
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now fireworks pics!!
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