tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29586549460092838042024-02-06T21:51:25.988-08:00A Valentine's DayMeaganandChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443871233604809768noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958654946009283804.post-14200337507787889922014-01-15T11:07:00.002-08:002014-01-15T11:07:09.895-08:00Fancy PantsAudrey found this outfit (given to Laci from Derek & Geena after their trip to India, and now passed down to her) in her drawer yesterday. She calls them her "fancy pants" and it's now her favorite outfit.<br />
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MeaganandChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443871233604809768noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958654946009283804.post-36428437769222984882014-01-15T10:27:00.000-08:002014-01-15T10:27:26.391-08:00December 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Audrey was thrilled to meet Santa this year.</div>
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She's also thrilled about candy.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">After our first good snowstorm we took the girls sledding.</span><br />
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Audrey couldn't get enough. Even Bailey went down snuggled up in her sister's arms. When I took her out of the sled she lunged forward to get back in. Looks like we have some dare devils on our hands.<br />
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We got a special Christmas treat this year: We FINALLY met our cousin DJ!!<br />
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He's just the sweetest little boy..<br />
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Christmas was so much fun this year. Now that I have kids, Christmas is just as magical as it was when I was a kid myself.<br />
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Bailey's face in this last picture pretty much sums up how we all felt:</div>
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<br />MeaganandChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443871233604809768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958654946009283804.post-37484705579552886192013-12-21T15:13:00.001-08:002013-12-21T15:13:12.363-08:00Raising a Daughter<div class="MsoNormal">
My almost three year old came into the bathroom. “What are you doing?” “I’m straightening my hair.” Naturally, she asked, “Why?” The words were on the tip of my tongue but I
caught them before they left my lips.
“Because it makes me feel better about myself.” Do I really want to tell her, my beautiful
little girl, that a person’s hair should impact the way they see
themselves? Instead I answered her,
“Because sometimes I like it when my hair is straight. And sometimes I like it curly. And sometimes I like it when I don’t do it at
all.” That last part is a lie. I don’t like it. It doesn’t make me feel good. But the thought of her looking into a mirror
with disgust makes my heart ache. This
three year old, who knows how great and smart and funny she is, will someday be
a fifteen year old. What will she know
about herself then? Will she know that
if she doesn’t do her hair she is ugly?
Will she know that if she eats a cookie she should feel guilty? Will she
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Not on my watch.
Because I plan on fighting for her.
I will fight long and hard. And
I’ll do it by telling her that I like my hair straight, curly, or not done at
all. I’ll tell her that I don’t mind
leaving the house without make up. I’ll
tell her that I love to go hiking and swimming and jogging, but that I also
love to eat cake. A lot of cake. I’ll tell her that I’m heavier than I was
when I got married but I don’t mind.
I’ll tell her that sometimes I go swimming without shaving. I’ll tell her that I love my skin. I’ll tell her I know I’m beautiful. And some of these things will be completely
true while others I’m working on. But
maybe if I tell her these things now she will know them about herself
someday. And she will know she is great
and smart and funny. And she will know
that she is beautiful. Because beautiful
is so much more than how you did your hair.</div>
MeaganandChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443871233604809768noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958654946009283804.post-38881463425632316692013-12-15T19:15:00.001-08:002013-12-15T19:15:08.446-08:00Thanksgiving DayI don't have any pictures of the delicious Thanksgiving dinner we ate at my parents' house. Nor did I take any of the fun time we had visiting with Chris' extended family in Maine the weekend after. (I need to get better at taking my camera out of my bag). It was not hard to remember it <i>after</i> dinner, when we went to visit my dad who was at the station working. Visiting Bup at the fire station is always a fun affair.<br />
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But this time it was different. Instead of just sitting in the fire truck, he took us on a ride! We were all like kids on a field trip. It was wicked cool!<br />
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Chris was all geared up to go.<br />
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That was actually the first time all the grandkids were there at the same time. It was a memorable day! That weekend we also said goodbye to our sweet Bennett. My brother and his wife officially moved to Michigan. We're going to miss having them so close!<br />
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On a side note, <i>this</i> girl has become quite daring. I was standing in the living room and turned around to find her like this:<br />
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She now thinks climbing on things is pretty awesome. And she took her first steps one week ago. She's trying to keep up with her crazy older sister!</div>
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We celebrated my birthday with a trip to the zoo. It was so much fun!</div>
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The deer forest was one of my favorites. <br />
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And monkeys are always a hit. This little guy was staring at us with such soulful eyes I was sure he was about to start up a conversation.<br />
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Audrey's favorite was the "petting zoo". Here we were, surrounded by amazing animals like a Bengal tiger, rhinos, giraffes, and lion cubs. And all she could talk about was the goats. Nice.<br />
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While we were there, Chris fell in love with this guy. Seriously, I thought he was going to start begging to take him home.<br />
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Behind Bailey in this next picture is a one year old lion cub. While taking the picture, her brother noticed Audrey and bounded toward her with hungry eyes. Kind of freaky, but a great reminder of where we lie on the food chain. <br />
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Chris and I finished the day with a huge plate of sushi at our favorite spot. It was a great way to say goodbye to 27. I'm excited for another year of life - it's going to be a good one!<br />
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I love the temple and all it stands for. I love the peace I feel being in its presence. I love that someday I will be able to take these two beautiful girls inside and teach them to love it too.</div>
MeaganandChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443871233604809768noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958654946009283804.post-68404718171890581492013-07-24T17:06:00.000-07:002013-07-24T17:12:26.910-07:00Summer, Summer, SummertimeLast month we took the girls to their first carnival. Audrey had a fun time on the Carousel.<br />
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But she really, really loved this huge slide.<br />
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Both Chris and I took turns going down with her. And I must say, when it was my turn I looked down from the top and my stomach did a slight flip. What did Audrey do? She begged to go down alone - no fear.<br />
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Bailey just enjoyed sitting in the stroller looking cute. And she did a good job at it. She <i>doesn't, </i>however,<i> </i>do a very good job eating, which we introduced to her a few weeks ago. <br />
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On the Fourth of July we had a little party. Audrey and her cousins played on a little slip and slide.<br />
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She loves anything that involves her cousins. Bailey, not so much.<br />
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We have a new cousin! Our first cousin on the Valentine side was born on Thursday. </div>
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These parts clog my mailbox upon their arrival, wait for Chris' attention on my counter-top, and are scattered around my back garage (in an organized manner, or course). Why so many motorcycle parts? Chris bought this a few months ago:<br />
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Yesterday was such a great day! Chris blessed Bailey at church and then we had family over to celebrate our little one. </div>
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Don't know what a baby blessing is? Check this out - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_and_blessing_children<br />
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I love these little feet! And I love and appreciate my husband, who is worthy to act as a voice for Heavenly Father in giving blessings to our children. MeaganandChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443871233604809768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958654946009283804.post-91567761715792751422013-02-24T07:03:00.002-08:002013-02-24T07:03:53.267-08:00Birthday Girl<br />
My little girl turned 2! In honor of her favorite t.v. character, we had a Barney birthday party complete with a purple cake. We ate pizza, played a few games, opened presents and ate cake. It was a great night.<br />
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All of Audrey's cousins were there.</div>
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And Bailey was such a little sweetheart getting passed around from grandma to grandma.</div>
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Audrey is wearing my "hooter-hider" (it's exactly what you think it is). She has taken to feeding her babies underneath it like a good little mommy. I love this girl!!!MeaganandChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443871233604809768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958654946009283804.post-47104780414291543702013-02-02T15:02:00.000-08:002013-02-02T15:02:29.747-08:00New Arrival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
When my contractions started getting worse on Monday evening, we brought Audrey over to my mom's house to put her to sleep there. She knew something was going on, because she kept asking us to "turn around please" on our way there. As soon as she fell asleep, we left for the hospital.</div>
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Four hours later, at 2:19 a.m. on January 29th, Bailey May Valentine joined our family. She was 8 pounds 12 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. We just love her mushy cheeks!!</div>
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While we were able to convince Audrey to give Bailey a kiss upon meeting her, that was about all we could get out of her. She had no desire to hold her...she even said, "no, don't want her" one of the times we asked her to. But no worries, her spirit changed as soon as we came home - asking to hold her as soon as we walked through the door.<br />
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Bailey and her cousin, Juliette; they're only 7 weeks apart!<br />
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We are excited, and totally freaked out, to be a family of four!<br />
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She loved every minute of it and had no desire to go back inside.<br />
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We recently went to visit Bup (my Dad) at the fire station. Audrey was a little nervous at first, but warmed up quickly to the big trucks with their flashing lights. <br />
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We had another Charlie Brown Christmas tree this year. We walked through some undeveloped land near our house and found a perfect white pine tree. Okay, actually we found <i>three</i> perfect white pine trees. Yes, you're looking at three trees smashed together so that it would look like one full tree. If you know Chris, you know he can't do anything conventionally.<br />
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We had Christmas morning at our house, both grandparent's houses, and my great-aunt's house. Audrey knew exactly what to do with the presents and would say, "Thank you, Santa!" after opening something good. <br />
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But for real, we had a great couple of days with Chris' brother and his wife, Deg and Jessica. We were sad they couldn't stay longer but we'll take what we can get!<br />
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We went to the Halloween party at our library's Story Hour.<br />
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Then, on Saturday, my Great-Aunt Virginia threw a party for the family. I'm a cat holding a round (and getting rounder) fishbowl. Chris is Mr. Money Mustache. For an explanation, go here: <a href="http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/">http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/</a><br />
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We had tons of fun dressing up...except for my mother (in the middle) who uses Halloween as the one time of year to take off her costume and go as her true self. :)<br />
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It was a great time!MeaganandChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443871233604809768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958654946009283804.post-84976090270147578772012-10-16T06:54:00.001-07:002012-10-16T06:54:58.352-07:00BABY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
As hinted at in my earlier post, we're having Baby #2! I'm 24 weeks pregnant (almost 6 months). </div>
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Being pregnant this time around is so different. I don't get to sit there and dream of who this little person is going to be, because I'm too busy being a Mom! But it's so fun to talk to Audrey about the baby. She's been to several of my doctor's visits. She loves to talk about the "lotion" (or "sosho", in Audrey language) that the doctor puts on my belly. And then she'll say "heartbeat", "kuh, kuh, kuh". Can't wait to see these two interact!MeaganandChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443871233604809768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958654946009283804.post-57650309290366791122012-10-12T10:32:00.001-07:002012-10-12T10:35:23.184-07:00Connors Farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We went to a super fun farm on Monday. Audrey had a blast!</div>
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We saw some animals - she called the Llama "mama"; I kind of love that.</div>
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We walked through a cornmaze. (and no, I'm not getting fat - there's a baby in there.)<br />
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We were just saying that the maze was a little lame when we realized that we didn't exactly know how to get out. So we quickly took back our words - not so lame after all!<br />
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We topped the day off with a walk through the pumpkin patch.<br />
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I asked Audrey if she wanted to <i>buy</i> this pumpkin and she immediately began to <i>bite</i> it. Oh, technicalities...MeaganandChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443871233604809768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958654946009283804.post-56649405014587315632012-10-09T06:44:00.001-07:002012-10-09T06:44:47.392-07:00Landscaping After tearing the enormous stump of a pine tree out of our backyard, we were in desperate need of some landscaping. So, as usual, we found some guys who agreed to work for cheap. (Okay, so my Dad and brother, Damen, came and helped us.)<br />
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Damen drove his father-in-law's Kubota.<br />
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Audrey helped.<br />
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We're really happy with how it turned out. Now we're just hoping some grass will grow!</div>
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About a month ago, we were cleaning out our back garage when Chris noticed that the filthy shelf against the wall was actually made with some decent wood. (disclaimer: our garage is much cleaner than this - with paint on the walls over the grafiti - this is just the only picture I had of the shelves; they were a diamond in the rough)<br />
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For legs, he used the wood that he took off the old deck. And once again, Chris' creative genius has paid off in a beautiful, yet practical way. Those old shelves became this: <br />
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Let's hope it's not another year before we get some good chairs. Because yes, Audrey sits on a plastic outdoor chair. I'd like to think we aren't cheap, we're just patient. Glad we waited for an awesome table!</div>
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