tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85161524017334787212024-02-18T19:38:48.471-07:00Just So You KnowBrigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.comBlogger267125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-39803805499787068982016-03-04T22:29:00.000-07:002016-03-04T22:29:13.089-07:00Quinnten's Birth Story - Sheri's Version<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Friday, February 19</b></div>
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8:00pm Text from Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty sure I just lost my mucus plug and I thought my water broke but
maybe just leaking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also having
increased back pain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doesn’t mean I’m
going into labor tonight.</div>
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Me: Go take a bath and pack your bags.</div>
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Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We put the
car seat in the car today, but his coming home outfit doesn’t arrive until
Monday.</div>
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Me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll go buy him
another outfit tomorrow.</div>
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9:00pm Brigitte: Just getting into the tub.</div>
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9:45pm Call from Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My contractions are not consistent at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had two 13 minutes apart and then nothing.
‘Oh wait…..I’m having one right now.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Anyway, it’s nothing, I’m going to go to bed.</div>
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Me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brigitte, do not
take an Ambien tonight.</div>
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Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I just
really want to sleep tonight.</div>
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Me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t want to
be on Ambien and having contractions all night.</div>
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Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get up
like 7 times a night to pee so I’ll be fine.</div>
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Me: Do not take Ambien!</div>
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Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OK</div>
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Me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’re going to
take an Ambien, aren’t you?</div>
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Brigitte: I don’t know.</div>
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Me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Call me if you go
into labor and need me to come over.</div>
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Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh yeah
that’s a good idea, do you care?</div>
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Me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course not.</div>
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<b>Saturday, February 20</b></div>
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1:15 a.m. my phone rings (I know immediately what is happening)</div>
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Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you
come over</div>
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Me: (in a total daze) Oh, are you going to the library? (I
knew this was wrong, but I couldn’t think of the right word</div>
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Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes I have
some books to return…haha (we have a good laugh, Brigitte’s joking and feeling OK)</div>
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Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
contractions are 8 minutes apart </div>
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Me: (OK so I should hurry, but not an emergency at this point
in my mind)</div>
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1:35am Arrive at Brigitte’s, I walk in the door.</div>
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Tyler: She took an Ambien and she’s kind of out of it.</div>
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Brigitte: OK let’s go, wait I have to Pee. (goes to the
bathroom)</div>
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Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OK let’s
go, wait I have to sit down, ahhh, ok I can walk now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bye, maybe this is a false alarm and I’ll see
you in a little bit. (total denial)</div>
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1:44am They’ve been gone for 3 or 4 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My phone rings.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Brigitte:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>alkdjgflkjadkfkdakjl, </div>
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<br /></div>
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Me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t understand you</div>
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<br /></div>
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Brigitte: ajdklfjkadj;fkljdklfda;lkfj</div>
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<br /></div>
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Me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’re going to
have to talk louder, I can't hear a thing you’re saying</div>
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<br /></div>
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Brigitte: I forgot something, unlock the door we’re coming
back</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1:48am Tyler races in, unlocks the garage, grabs Brigitte’s
purse and runs back out</div>
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I get into bed, wide awake now I start scrolling through Facebook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Not a lot of people post
things in the middle of the night FYI.) </div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2:24am Text from Tyler (I think he’s going to say, we’re
here, they’re hooking her up to everything.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Instead it’s one word:<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a> ‘Delivered’</div>
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<br /></div>
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Tyler gets home at 5am and goes to bed.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Tagg in the morning: Sheri, my baby is very hungry.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does your
baby want to eat?</div>
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<br /></div>
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Tagg:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> U</span>mmm,
Frootloops!!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Holland:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I’m
going to be the biggest big sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He’ll be here for both of my birthdays; when I turn 5 and when I turn 5 ½.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Tagg:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah and I’m
going to be a big brother too.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-34517728844800879522016-03-04T22:20:00.001-07:002016-03-04T22:20:41.611-07:00Quinnten's Birth Story - As told in an email to family from Tyler<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Family,<br />
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I'm sorry for the delay in writing this; the last 48-hours have been crazy and sleep-deprived.</div>
As you now all know, grand-kid #17 is here. As for the name...that's TBD any time now.</div>
I'm
sure you all want to know the excitement of how it all went down ... or
perhaps you don't. In any case, I'm going to guess that #17 arrived a
little more rushed than any of the previous 16.<br /></div>
Let me explain.<br /></div>
On
Friday evening, we had just enjoyed a nice evening of Dickey's with the
kids and had put them down. Around 8:00 Brigitte felt the 'usual'
pains of a contraction, but basically brushed it aside due to having
felt them previously and nothing ever coming of it. She jumped in the
tub to relax and hope they'd go away. At 9:00 she was ready for bed and
asked me whether she should take an Ambien or a Unisom; Ambien being
the more powerful of the two, she chose to take .5 of a pill...which
still zonks her out. However, by 10:00 the contractions (which, due to
the Ambien in her system, still didn't quite register as contractions)
were becoming more regular in nature: from every 20 minutes to every
15. At that point she began to have a pain in her lower back and for a
blessing from me. <br /></div>
<div>
Post-blessing, around 11:00, she
took another tub, hoping the pains would go away -- remember, she's on
Ambien, so it's not really registering. At this point we decide to call
the hospital and inquire about whether the contractions are of regular
enough frequency to consider coming in to be checked out. Post phone
call, we discuss our options: <br /></div>
<div>
Option 1: we both go and have Brigitte's friend, Sheri, come and look over the kids.</div>
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Option 2: Brigitte goes alone -- but on Ambien at midnight. I say no to that.</div>
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Option 3: we stay put.<br /></div>
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We select Option 3.<br /></div>
<div>
Soon
enough, the contractions pick up speed: from every 12 to every 10 to
every 8. It's now 1:00 in the morning. Contractions are every
6-minutes. I make the call to go to the hospital since Brigitte isn't
able to determine the gravity of the situation. She calls Sheri,
and we pack our things. At 1:30 Sheri arrives and we jump in the
car.....then we get to the freeway on-ramp and Brigitte remembers that
she forgot her purse. Normally, not being on Ambien, I think she would
have said 'it doesn't matter, get me to the hospital ASAP.' However,
she requested that we return home....so, it's now 1:45 and we're finally
on our way to Riverton Hospital, which is the furthest hospital you can
find in the valley from our house (really, it is)! By 1:55, Brigitte
is having contractions every 2-minutes, if not quicker. A pleasant
drive has turned into a 'made for television' special of me flying at
100 mph on the freeway, then 100 mph on the expressway.<br /></div>
<div>
Here's
the problem: I don't know where I'm going. I know where the hospital
is, but I don't know where the labor and delivery center is...and at
this point Brigitte is screaming. <br /></div>
<div>
So, finally, at
2:10 we arrive. Fly into the emergency parking area, I run to grab a
wheel-chair, and try to wheel Brigitte to the labor area -- but she
instead decides to wheel herself to the bathroom because she really has
to go to the 'bathroom'....which at this point is code for deliver a
baby in a hospital bathroom without any help. So, I wheel her into the
bathroom and go running through the hospital; thanks to another couple
coming to deliver, I figure where to go, jump into the elevator, run
down the hall and pick up the phone.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
The discussion went like this:<br /></div>
<div>
Nurse on phone: What can I do for you?</div>
<div>
Me: My wife is having a baby in the bathroom downstairs -- please help.</div>
<div>
Nurse: Okay, we'll be right there...<br /></div>
<div>
Two
nurses follow me down to the 1st floor; they enter the restroom and
have to pry Brigitte off the toilet and convince her to NOT go to the
bathroom. We quickly rush her to the 3rd floor, into the labor/delivery
area, and into a room where 2 other nurses and an anesthesiologist have
just arrived to prepare. <br /></div>
<div>
The time is now 2:15.<br /></div>
<div>
The next 7-minutes go something like this:<br /></div>
<div>
Nurses: Brigitte, I need you to breathe and NOT push -- we want this baby to breathe.</div>
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Brigitte: AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH.......will I still get an epidural?....AHHHHHHHHHHH</div>
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Brigitte: (even louder) AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH<wbr></wbr>HH<br /></div>
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By
2:20 the I.V. finally made it into her body, but that was all. The
nurses were asking me what her full name was, date of birth, etc. <br /></div>
<div>
Nurses: Brigitte, we need you to slow your breathing and not push.</div>
<div>
Brigitte: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH<wbr></wbr>HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH<wbr></wbr>H<br /><br />2:22:</div>
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Baby: Very soft whimpering, but not much crying. <br /></div>
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I didn't even have time to get video (not that it would have been a pleasant memory for Brigitte). </div>
<div>
No
epidural, no pain med. The I.V. was supposed to have antibiotics, but wasn't in her system long enough to have an effect (she was Step B positive, which is unsafe for the baby). The
delivery was 100% natural. No doctor to deliver - just a nurse
(guessing practitioner...but we never found out). The delivery doctor on
call didn't arrive until 2:35.<br /></div>
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The rest, well, doesn't matter.<br /></div>
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The
important thing: luckily, due to really fast driving, this baby wasn't
delivered on the freeway nor in the bathroom....by 7-minutes.<br /></div>
So, there you have it: Pace baby #3, still not yet named....the one that really REALLY wanted to come 10-days early!<br />
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-3711413377184246712016-03-04T22:06:00.000-07:002016-03-04T22:06:26.067-07:00Quinnten's Birth Story - Brigitte's Prespective<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let me start out by saying, our
little man has arrived! He decided to not wait until his due date (March 1), or
even the scheduled induction date (February 25), but rather to arrive in a way
his Momma never wanted to experience - NO EPIDURAL - in the early hours on a
Saturday (the Saturday that was the last Saturday I had to finish checking
things off my to-do list before the scheduled induction) 10 days before his due
date.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now - I'm going to share my version
of how things went down. I'll also post Tyler's version and Sheri's version. I
can't help but laugh at how similar they all are and yet how funny they are
from each persons' perspective. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was 38 weeks and 4 days pregnant.
I had just had my 38 week prenatal visit with Dr. Kathy Langer. She did a cervical
check and it hurt...like really, really, really hurt! She had also checked me
the week before and it hurt so bad she pulled in the ultrasound machine to make
sure the baby was really head down. He was. I'm still not sure why the cervical
check hurting would be a sign that the baby wasn't head down, but that's what
she checked for. This time, no checking, just an apology that it hurt and a
decision to not be seen again in a week, but rather in eight days for the
induction and delivery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why was I being induced? Well, 1)
because my doctor said it was fine to do and a good idea so we could make sure
my mom and dad would be able to be here to watch the kids, and 2) because I
didn't want the baby to be born on Leap Day. I'm still not entirely sure why that
was such a big deal for me, but it was and I wanted to make sure he arrived
before that day so I wouldn't have to worry about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My 38 week appointment was on
Wednesday, February 17 at 2:45 p.m. That night I had some light spotting, which
is normal after a vaginal/cervical check. For the next three days the spotting
continued, and by Friday it was a little more and a little more red. Plus, by
Friday I was also cramping a little bit. I thought that maybe Langer had
stripped my membranes. But why? Why would she do that if we were planning to
induce me the following Thursday anyway? So I ruled that out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Friday night I was still cramping
and spotting, but then around 8ish I was certain that I had just lost my mucus
plug. I quickly got online and read that "When the mucus plus dislodges
from your cervix it's a sign that things are moving in the right direction, but
it doesn't necessarily mean that you're in labor." I sent a text to Sheri
for reassurance. She suggested that I take a bath and see how I feel in an
hour. I got in the tub and I felt my stomach getting those round ligament
pains, which I get for my entire pregnancies, so I didn't think too much of
them. After a while I did finally download a contraction counter app, but that
just ended up confirming that nothing was consistent, so it probably wasn't
labor. I stayed in the tub for an hour...and then I just really wanted to go to
bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Side note: My mom's sister, my aunt
Florence, was in the hospital having been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer on
Monday. My mom had been in Ogden visiting her all day and I knew that she was
tired and probably already in bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tyler suggested that I pack my bags
- you know - just in case! So I did, sort of. I was kind of grabbing things
here and there that I thought could really go in my hospital bag, but knowing
that the majority of what I would need were things I needed everyday. If I'm
not having a baby tonight why pack my bag with everything that I'm going to
need here tomorrow? At this point I felt two small gushes of water and I
briefly thought, hmmm...did my water just break? I called the hospital. Their
response was, "If your contractions aren't six minutes or less and your
water hasn't broken there is no point in coming in. However, if your water has
broken and you aren't in labor it could lead to infection." So basically
it was my call, but I then started thinking that I had just gotten out of the
tub, so maybe my water hadn't broken and my contractions are definitely not six
minutes or less apart, in fact they were at about 20 minutes, and in no way
were they even consistent at 20. I decided that I was definitely NOT in labor,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At this point it was a little before
11 p.m. and I was tired. I kept thinking about how this was my last Saturday to
get some things done before the baby was to arrive the next Thursday. My mind
started spinning as I mentally stared at my to-do list. I told Tyler how tired
I was and how much I wanted to get accomplished the next day and then asked,
"Do you think I should take Ambien or just a Unisom?" I'm honestly
not sure how I decided, but I took half of an Ambien and went to bed at about
10:45 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I remember, AFTER taking the Ambien,
asking Tyler for a blessing and also asking him to massage my back. And then
that is when things become really foggy. I was definitely in an Ambien induced
coma...and in LABOR! Tyler had to be my brain, because now looking back, I
didn't really have a clue as to what was going on for a couple hours. I remember Tyler telling me
to finish packing my bag for the hospital, I remember calling Sheri - at 1:16
a.m. I remember that when Sheri answered she was totally out of it, naturally,
and she asked me if I needed to go to the library. I remember that I said,
"Yes, I totally need to go check out a book right now." When she
showed up, about 15 minutes later, as we walked out the door, I remember saying
something along the lines of "this is probably a false alarm so we'll be
back soon." I remember getting all the way to the freeway entrance and
realizing that I had left my purse and wallet in the other car, and so I made
Tyler go back to the house to get it. Why? Well, the last thing the hospital had said
to me, when I called to pre-register just three days before, was to remember to
bring my picture ID and insurance card on the day I deliver.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At this point is when I remember starting to really feeling labor pains. I'm assuming I had somewhat consistently been
feeling them previously or Tyler wouldn't have suggested we rush to the
hospital, but remember --- AMBIEN! The first really painful contraction I
remember feeling was as we were on the interchange off of I-215 onto I-15. I grabbed the
handle above the car window and squeezed as hard as I could. And then I heard
myself screaming like I have never heard myself scream before. It was like an out-of-body
experience. Seriously! I was thinking, is that really me screaming? Am I really feeling
this pain? I wanted to squeeze my hand so tight that my hand would hurt worse
than my stomach and back, just to give me a moment of relief.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was delivering at Riverton
Hospital...which is the furthest hospital from our house! Literally. And, I had
only driven by it two weeks previous when I found out that that is where I had
to deliver due to our change in insurance provider. I had scheduled to do a
tour of labor & delivery on Valentines' Day, but we stayed at my parents'
house too late and just wanted to get home - so we bagged the tour. At this
point in our Friday evening we were wishing we had taken the tour and had any
clue as to where we were supposed to go when in labor. All I knew was that we
were to go to Tower 3. That's it. That is all I knew. Well, that and the fact
that I needed to have picture ID and my insurance card. Right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tyler pulled up to Tower 3 at 2:10
a.m., grabbed a wheel chair and I immediately insisted that I needed to go to
the bathroom - URGENT!! (Note: if you are 38 weeks pregnant and feel you need
to really, really go to the bathroom...don't do it. I nearly delivered a baby
straight into a public toilet. Gross!) I wheeled myself in to the restroom
while Tyler ran around looking for labor and delivery. Luckily a calm couple
was just arriving and showed or told (not sure which) Tyler that he needed to go to
the third floor. The next thing I know two nurses are prying me off the toilet
and forcing me into the wheelchair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At this point I remember asking the
nurses over and over and over, "I'm still going to get an epidural,
right?" I just wanted the pain to go away, I wanted the epidural and I
wanted to go to sleep. The nurses were walking really fast...maybe running, but
again - AMBIEN! And then they wheeled me into a room where the lights were
really bright and they started stripping all my clothing off. I felt like
everything kept getting stuck so I was trying to help them undress me, but I
think I was just making things worse. My garment top stayed on because while
they were undressing me another nurse was putting an IV in my left hand. I was
Strep B positive, the same as I was with Holland and Taggart, and so I needed
to have antibiotics in my system for at least 30 minutes before delivering as
to not pass the infection to the baby, which could be very harmful to a
newborn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One nurse was holding my right hand
and telling me to focus on her eyes and saying "DO NOT PUSH." Over and over she kept
saying, DO NOT PUSH - DO NOT PUSH - FOCUS ON ME - DO NOT PUSH! And still I'm
asking, "I'm going to get an epidural, right?" And then, a
contraction like no other and there is no stopping the need to push. The nurse
says, "DO NOT PUSH!" And I say, "I have to." And just like
that, I feel his head, and then another push and it's obviously his
shoulders...and then, there he is in my arms!!! I don't remember hearing him
crying, but I remember looking over at Tyler and acting out that he should be
taking pictures. I remember that as I looked over at him I thought, why is he just sitting on that
couch? He honestly looked like he was in total shock!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This delivery was NOT at all like
Holland's or like Tagg's. Each of them were different as well, but this one was
in a league of it's own. I had just given birth, without any medication, and
fully in an Ambien fog. So now I'll know for next time, wait...I don't think
there will be a next time, do not take Ambien if you think that there is any
chance that you might be in labor. But then again, had I not taken Ambien and
things progressed this fast, would I really have been able to handle it all? I
guess we'll never know!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Quinnten Taylor Pace was born
Saturday, February 20 at 2:22 a.m. - SEVEN minutes after pulling up to the
hospital entrance - delivered by a team of nurses. The on-call doctor arrived
20 minutes later. He weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz, and was 18.5 inches long. Thank
goodness he does not have a Pace head! The nurses were so in the zone with this
fast delivery that Tyler didn't even get to cut the umbilical cord. Pretty sure
I wasn't the only one in shock during this "Stop and Drop" delivery,
as the nurses all later told me these types of deliveries are called. Ha ha
ha!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Looking back I find it so funny that
I had put so much effort into getting ready for this baby, when in the end
hardly anything was "ready" for this baby to arrive. I had an
appointment to get my eyelashes done on Monday, and a hair and wax appointment
on Tuesday. I had planned to paint my fingernails and toenails the night before
the induction. I had scheduled a photographer to be there for the birth so that
we could finally have really good and meaningful pictures of the delivery and
first few hours after birth. I was almost done with the nursery and had planned
to finish it up on Saturday. I had ordered his "going home" outfit
and it was supposed to arrive in the mail on Monday, which it did...but we were
already home before the mail was delivered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life is so unpredictable!</span></div>
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-24500369525841335792016-02-17T13:00:00.000-07:002016-02-26T22:55:33.111-07:00Growing Baby Pace<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are so excited to welcome a new little man into our family this coming
week; induction scheduled for Thursday, November 25. And, while it seems (in my
head) that I have a bazillion things left on my pre-baby to-do list, I keep
writing this post in my head...so I'm pretty sure that means I need to get it
out of my head and documented officially.</div>
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First of all, I want to say that pregnancy is not something that I enjoy.
However, I love my babies and I love the entire process of getting there here
healthy and safe. That may sound contradictory, but let me explain. Although I
do not get as sick as a lot of women do, I still get sick! Any ounce of
sickness is sickness...and it's not enjoyable. When I was pregnant with Holland
I threw almost daily right up until an hour before she made her debut. My
morning sickness remedies included medication and avoiding anything that
looked, smelled or resembled chicken! With Taggart I was in constant nausea and
throwing up several times a week until about August, which was three months
before his arrival. During my pregnancy with him I did acupuncture, and
although expensive, it worked! And now this little man, the morning sickness
drastically reduces and all but subsided around the beginning of September,
which was months ago. I credit essentials oils, as crazy as that may seem to a
lot of people, to curbing my nausea - sniffing, diffusing, putting dabs under
my tongue. Like, I kind of became crazy oil lady trying anything and
everything. And, thank heaven I did - it literally has helped me through this
pregnancy.</div>
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The other thing about pregnancy is that, although I am a naturally small
person (5'1" & 100 lbs.), I am NOT NOT NOT a small pregnant person.
And, I'm so over caring about that! I've spent my time comparing myself to
others - mostly to my own mom's and mother's-in-law accounts of their
pregnancies. Mine have been nothing like theirs. I stop exercising early on,
you can totally and completely tell that I am pregnant from looking at my
backside, and I gain at least 35 lbs with each pregnancy. Yes, yes, I lose the
weight after, although definitely not immediately. I just need to put this
in writing - for Holland's sake - that if she finds herself not looking model
perfect when pregnant, and not loving the process much, it's TOTALLY FINE...AND NORMAL!</div>
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The journey to get three babies here has been amazing! Hard? Yes. But
amazing! When we first were married my age was already a concern. I took birth
control for the first month and then we nixed it and decided to just see what
could happen. By October I had a positive pregnancy test! My due date was
August 2010. Sadly, and seriously a lot more devastating than I could have
imagined it would be for me, I had some spotting and went in for an ultrasound.
It was a blighted ovum - no actual baby in the gestation sac! The doctor
suggested we join a study at the University of Utah (U) for women who are
currently trying to get pregnant and have had at least one pregnancy loss. I
remember sitting in the doctor’s office, after having been escorted from the
ultrasound office and then through the "employees only" door,
thinking how much it sucked that I had had such a long journey to find a
husband, and now I was about to have a long journey to having a child. And
Tyler wasn't there with me. He was golfing and stuck there since he hadn't
driven himself. He felt awful. I felt sad and alone and mad. I cried a lot! And
I waited for the doctor for a long, long time - although really, I have no idea
how long it was.</div>
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So next we joined the study at the U. It was a study to see if taking baby
aspirin helped sustain pregnancy. I was given the meds (placebo or aspirin) and
a fertility monitor. I think it was six months, and nothing happened. No
positive pregnancy tests. Our next step was to meet with a fertility
specialist. We went in for the first visit and left with a prescription for
Clomid. All I had to do was wait for my period to start and then begin the
medication. I waited, and waited, and waited. Finally I called the doctor's
office and asked if I should just start the medication because my period hadn't
yet started. The nurse suggested I take a pregnancy test. Oh! Okay. And....the
test was positive! Due date: April 27, 2011. Holland arrived the day after her
due date, which seemed like an eternity, little stinker!</div>
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While still nursing Holland, I had another positive pregnancy test! Taggart
was induced a few days early, on Tyler's birthday, November, 25, 2012. I nursed
Tagg for a year, although we weren't preventing pregnancy otherwise. We both
always felt like three children was our ideal. Honestly, I would have five more
if I could! So this is when things start to get frustrating. After a year of
trying (after I was done nursing Tagg) I still had not gotten pregnant. We
started looking into adoption. After one particular phone interview with an
adoption agency, I knew it wasn't the right thing for us; but I still wanted a
baby. One night Sheri came over and we went for a walk and then talked on the
back patio for a long time. It was that night that she convinced me that I
should just call the fertility clinic she had gone to and see what they could
help me with. It took me a while to actually make the call - it seemed
expensive and a bit daunting.</div>
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We first met with Dr. Blauer at the Reproductive Care Center in Sandy, UT in
June 2014. We did tests, blood work, discussed medical history, etc. The end
result, I was given very little hope as Dr. Blauer showed me the chart that
illustrates how fertility is affected by age. It was depressing! He said that
my most hopeful outcome would be from using an egg donor; Tyler and I didn't
feel that was the route for us. However, Dr. Blauer suggested we still try a
few things, but made sure I was to keep in mind that he is not a miracle worker
and nothing is guaranteed.</div>
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Over the course of the next several months we did a lot of testing,
ultrasounds, sonohysterograms, blood draws...oh the blood draws! I stink at
having my blood drawn. I took a lot of medication (orally and self-injections)
such as Novarel, Bravelle, Clomid, Femara, Progesterone, Letrazolle. We did
timed intercourse and two IUIs. And in the course of it all I had three
positive pregnancy tests, plus one other before we even began our infertility
journey. I would get so excited! One time the pregnancy actually got to the
point of seeing the heartbeat during an ultrasound. However, they called me
later to say that the heartbeat was irregular. After a week the baby's heart
was no longer beating. At nine weeks pregnant, this pregnancy loss was devastating
and discouraging!!</div>
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Then, Tyler and I had a talk about the next steps for us. This was getting
expensive. Not that it wasn't totally worth it, but we had already spent $4300
(plus prescriptions) and our insurance wasn't covering any of it. We finally decided that we just needed to relax for a bit and discuss it again in a month or two if
nothing happens. The very next month, with no fertility help at all, I had a
positive pregnancy test! Due date: March 1, 2016.</div>
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I know that a lot of prayers and faith helped to get this little man on his
way to our family, and we are so grateful and so excited to meet him next week! This
pregnancy has been LONG...probably because I was technically
"pregnant" four times before this successful take, so really, it
seems I've been pregnant for about two years...at least! OK - drama? Maybe.
But, I never said I was great at being pregnant. I admit to the opposite; I
kinda suck at this whole gestation-for-nine-months business.</div>
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On top of nausea, fatigue, aches and pains (mostly my feet, back and my
right hip) there is always the guilt. That darn momma guilt! Why do I chose to
sit on my bum instead of play with my kids, or sleep instead of snuggle with
them a little longer at bedtime, or take a long hot bath and not let them climb
in with me and splash until the floor is soaked? I want to be that fun,
non-tired mom. And, I plan to be that again! I promise, my babies!!!</div>
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Anyway, now that I've gotten all of this down so that I can always look back
and remember what this journey was like for real...I plan to go take a nap
while Tagg is napping, Holland is at preschool and while there are currently no
manuscripts that need to be worked on. Speaking of, did I mention that on top
of being a mom and wife and everything that those two amazing titles include, I
also work part-time as an Editorial Assistant for the Journal of the American
Chemical Society? Because, I do! And now I'm feeling guilty for wanting to take
a nap, so perhaps I should review that pre-baby to-do list again, or update
Holland's and Tagg's baby books, or clean a room or two...</div>
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Oh, and we also still need to name this little baby who is arrive in seven
short days!!!</div>
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P.S. There actually are a few things that I really do love about pregnancy:
hearing the heartbeat, feeling the baby move, knowing that I helped create this
little creature growing inside of me, and, of course, the amazing
responsibility and opportunity that I have to be this little person's momma.</div>
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later="" lbs.="" lbs="" least="" left="" let="" letrazolle.="" like="" list="" literally="" little="" long...probably="" long="" longer="" look="" looked="" looking="" lose="" loss.="" loss="" lot="" love="" m="" mad.="" made="" make="" man="" manuscripts="" married="" may="" maybe.="" me.="" me="" means="" medical="" medication.="" medication="" meds="" meet="" mention="" met="" mind="" mine="" miracle="" model="" mom.="" mom="" momma.="" momma="" monitor.="" month="" months="" more="" morning="" most="" mostly="" mother="" move="" much="" my="" myself="" name="" nap="" napping="" naturally="" nausea="" need="" never="" new="" next="" night="" nixed="" no="" non-tired="" normal="" not="" nothing="" novarel="" november="" now="" nurse="" nursed="" nursing="" october="" of="" office="" officially.="" oh="" oil="" oils="" ok="" okay.="" on.="" on="" one="" only="" opportunity="" opposite="" or="" orally="" other="" others="" otherwise.="" ounce="" our="" out="" outcome="" over="" ovum="" own="" p.s.="" pains="" part-time="" particular="" patio="" people="" perfect="" perhaps="" period="" person.="" person="" phone="" placebo="" plan="" play="" plus="" point="" positive="" post="" prayers="" pre-baby="" pregnancies.="" pregnancy.="" pregnancy:="" pregnancy="" pregnant.="" pregnant="" preschool="" prescription="" prescriptions="" pretty="" preventing="" process="" progesterone="" promise="" put="" putting="" real...i="" really="" reduces="" relax="" remedies="" remember="" reproductive="" resembled="" responsibility="" result="" review="" right="" room="" route="" s-in-law="" s="" sac="" sad="" sadly="" safe.="" said="" sake="" sandy="" say="" scheduled="" see="" seeing="" seem="" seemed="" seems="" self-injections="" separator="" september="" seriously="" seven="" several="" she="" sheri="" short="" should="" showed="" sick="" sickness...and="" sickness="" since="" sit="" sitting="" six="" sleep="" small="" smelled="" sniffing="" snuggle="" so="" soaked="" society="" some="" something="" sonohysterograms="" sound="" speaking="" specialist.="" spent="" splash="" spotting="" start="" started.="" started="" step="" steps="" still="" stink="" stinker="" stop="" stuck="" study="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" subsided="" successful="" such="" suck="" sucked="" suggested="" sure="" sustain="" t="" tagg="" taggart="" take="" taking="" talk="" talked="" technically="" tell="" test.="" test="" testing="" tests.="" tests="" than="" thank="" that="" the="" their="" theirs.="" them="" then="" there="" they="" thing="" things="" think="" thinking="" this="" those="" three="" threw="" through="" throwing="" thursday="" time.="" time="" timed="" times="" titles="" to-do="" to="" tongue.="" took="" top="" totally="" try="" trying="" two...="" two="" tyler="" u.="" ultrasound.="" ultrasound="" ultrasounds="" under="" university="" until="" up="" update="" us.="" us="" using="" ut="" utah="" ve="" very="" visit="" wait="" waited.="" waited="" walk="" want="" wanted="" wanting="" was.="" was="" wasn="" way="" we="" week="" weeks="" weight="" welcome="" went="" were="" weren="" what="" when="" which="" while="" who="" whole="" why="" wife="" with.="" with="" women="" work="" worked="" worker="" worth="" would="" writing="" year="" years...at="" yes.="" yes="" yet="" you="">
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<div -="" 100="" 2010.="" 2011.="" 2012.="" 2014.="" 2016.="" 25.="" 25="" 27="" 29="" 35="" 9="" a="" about="" accounts="" aches="" actual="" actually="" acupuncture="" admit="" adoption.="" adoption="" affected="" after="" again="" age.="" age="" agency="" ago.="" all="" almost="" alone="" already="" also="" although="" always="" am="" amazing="" american="" amp="" an="" and....the="" and="" another="" any="" anything="" anyway="" april="" are="" around="" arrival.="" arrive="" arrived="" as="" asked="" aspirin="" assistant="" at="" august="" avoiding="" awful.="" babies="" baby.="" baby="" back="" backside="" bath="" bazillion="" be="" beating.="" became="" because="" bedtime="" been="" before="" began="" begin="" beginning="" being="" birth="" birthday="" bit="" blauer="" blighted="" blood="" books="" both="" bravelle="" bum="" business.="" but="" by="" call="" called="" came="" can="" care="" caring="" center="" chart="" chemical="" chicken="" child.="" children="" chose="" class="We" clean="" climb="" clinic="" clomid.="" clomid="" coming="" comparing="" completely="" concern.="" constant="" contradictory="" control="" convinced="" could="" course="" covering="" crazy="" create="" creature="" credit="" cried="" curbing="" currently="" dabs="" daily="" darn="" date:="" date="" daunting.="" day="" days="" debut.="" decided="" definitely="" depressing="" devastating="" did="" didn="" diffusing="" discouraging="" discuss="" discussed="" do="" doctor="" documented="" done="" donor="" door="" down="" dr.="" drama="" drastically="" drawn.="" draws...oh="" draws="" driven="" due="" during="" each="" early="" editorial="" egg="" employees="" end="" enjoy.="" enjoyable.="" entire="" escorted="" essentials="" etc.="" even="" everything.="" everything="" excited="" exercising="" expensive.="" expensive="" explain.="" faith="" family="" fatigue="" february="" feel="" feeling="" feet="" felt="" femara="" fertility="" few="" finally="" find="" finds="" fine...and="" first="" five="" floor="" for="" four="" from="" frustrating.="" fun="" gain="" gestation-for-nine-months="" gestation="" get="" getting="" given="" go="" golfing="" gone="" got="" gotten="" grateful="" great="" growing="" guaranteed.="" guilt.="" guilt="" guilty="" had="" hadn="" happen.="" happened.="" happens.="" hard="" has="" have="" having="" he="" head...so="" head="" healthy="" hearing="" heart="" heartbeat="" heaven="" help="" helped="" her="" here="" herself="" him="" himself.="" hip="" his="" history="" holland="" honestly="" hope="" hopeful="" hot="" hour="" how="" however="" husband="" i="" idea="" ideal.="" if="" illustrates="" imagined="" immediately="" in="" include="" included="" induced="" induction="" infertility="" inside="" instead="" insurance="" intercourse="" interview="" into="" irregular.="" is="" it.="" it="" iuis.="" join="" joined="" journal="" journey.="" journey="" june="" just="" keep="" kids="" kind="" kinda="" knew="" know="" knowing="" lady="" later="" lbs.="" lbs="" least="" left="" let="" letrazolle.="" like="" list="" literally="" little="" long...probably="" long="" longer="" look="" looked="" looking="" lose="" loss.="" loss="" lot="" love="" m="" mad.="" made="" make="" man="" manuscripts="" married="" may="" maybe.="" me.="" me="" means="" medical="" medication.="" medication="" meds="" meet="" mention="" met="" mind="" mine="" miracle="" model="" mom.="" mom="" momma.="" momma="" monitor.="" month="" months="" more="" morning="" most="" mostly="" mother="" move="" much="" my="" myself="" name="" nap="" napping="" naturally="" nausea="" need="" never="" new="" next="" night="" nixed="" no="" non-tired="" normal="" not="" nothing="" novarel="" november="" now="" nurse="" nursed="" nursing="" october="" of="" office="" officially.="" oh="" oil="" oils="" ok="" okay.="" on.="" on="" one="" only="" opportunity="" opposite="" or="" orally="" other="" others="" otherwise.="" ounce="" our="" out="" outcome="" over="" ovum="" own="" p.s.="" pains="" part-time="" particular="" patio="" people="" perfect="" perhaps="" period="" person.="" person="" phone="" placebo="" plan="" play="" plus="" point="" positive="" post="" prayers="" pre-baby="" pregnancies.="" pregnancy.="" pregnancy:="" pregnancy="" pregnant.="" pregnant="" preschool="" prescription="" prescriptions="" pretty="" preventing="" process="" progesterone="" promise="" put="" putting="" real...i="" really="" reduces="" relax="" remedies="" remember="" reproductive="" resembled="" responsibility="" result="" review="" right="" room="" route="" s-in-law="" s="" sac="" sad="" sadly="" safe.="" said="" sake="" sandy="" say="" scheduled="" see="" seeing="" seem="" seemed="" seems="" self-injections="" separator="" september="" seriously="" seven="" several="" she="" sheri="" short="" should="" showed="" sick="" sickness...and="" sickness="" since="" sit="" sitting="" six="" sleep="" small="" smelled="" sniffing="" snuggle="" so="" soaked="" society="" some="" something="" sonohysterograms="" sound="" speaking="" specialist.="" spent="" splash="" spotting="" start="" started.="" started="" step="" steps="" still="" stink="" stinker="" stop="" stuck="" study="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" subsided="" successful="" such="" suck="" sucked="" suggested="" sure="" sustain="" t="" tagg="" taggart="" take="" taking="" talk="" talked="" technically="" tell="" test.="" test="" testing="" tests.="" tests="" than="" thank="" that="" the="" their="" theirs.="" them="" then="" there="" they="" thing="" things="" think="" thinking="" this="" those="" three="" threw="" through="" throwing="" thursday="" time.="" time="" timed="" times="" titles="" to-do="" to="" tongue.="" took="" top="" totally="" try="" trying="" two...="" two="" tyler="" u.="" ultrasound.="" ultrasound="" ultrasounds="" under="" university="" until="" up="" update="" us.="" us="" using="" ut="" utah="" ve="" very="" visit="" wait="" waited.="" waited="" walk="" want="" wanted="" wanting="" was.="" was="" wasn="" way="" we="" week="" weeks="" weight="" welcome="" went="" were="" weren="" what="" when="" which="" while="" who="" whole="" why="" wife="" with.="" with="" women="" work="" worked="" worker="" worth="" would="" writing="" year="" years...at="" yes.="" yes="" yet="" you="">
<b>Baby Pace #3...progression:</b></div>
<div -="" 100="" 2010.="" 2011.="" 2012.="" 2014.="" 2016.="" 25.="" 25="" 27="" 29="" 35="" 9="" a="" about="" accounts="" aches="" actual="" actually="" acupuncture="" admit="" adoption.="" adoption="" affected="" after="" again="" age.="" age="" agency="" ago.="" all="" almost="" alone="" already="" also="" although="" always="" am="" amazing="" american="" amp="" an="" and....the="" and="" another="" any="" anything="" anyway="" april="" are="" around="" arrival.="" arrive="" arrived="" as="" asked="" aspirin="" assistant="" at="" august="" avoiding="" awful.="" babies="" baby.="" baby="" back="" backside="" bath="" bazillion="" be="" beating.="" became="" because="" bedtime="" been="" before="" began="" begin="" beginning="" being="" birth="" birthday="" bit="" blauer="" blighted="" blood="" books="" both="" bravelle="" bum="" business.="" but="" by="" call="" called="" came="" can="" care="" caring="" center="" chart="" chemical="" chicken="" child.="" children="" chose="" class="We" clean="" climb="" clinic="" clomid.="" clomid="" coming="" comparing="" completely="" concern.="" constant="" contradictory="" control="" convinced="" could="" course="" covering="" crazy="" create="" creature="" credit="" cried="" curbing="" currently="" dabs="" daily="" darn="" date:="" date="" daunting.="" day="" days="" debut.="" decided="" definitely="" depressing="" devastating="" did="" didn="" diffusing="" discouraging="" discuss="" discussed="" do="" doctor="" documented="" done="" donor="" door="" down="" dr.="" drama="" drastically="" drawn.="" draws...oh="" draws="" driven="" due="" during="" each="" early="" editorial="" egg="" employees="" end="" enjoy.="" enjoyable.="" entire="" escorted="" essentials="" etc.="" even="" everything.="" everything="" excited="" exercising="" expensive.="" expensive="" explain.="" faith="" family="" fatigue="" february="" feel="" feeling="" feet="" felt="" femara="" fertility="" few="" finally="" find="" finds="" fine...and="" first="" five="" floor="" for="" four="" from="" frustrating.="" fun="" gain="" gestation-for-nine-months="" gestation="" get="" getting="" given="" go="" golfing="" gone="" got="" gotten="" grateful="" great="" growing="" guaranteed.="" guilt.="" guilt="" guilty="" had="" hadn="" happen.="" happened.="" happens.="" hard="" has="" have="" having="" he="" head...so="" head="" healthy="" hearing="" heart="" heartbeat="" heaven="" help="" helped="" her="" here="" herself="" him="" himself.="" hip="" his="" history="" holland="" honestly="" hope="" hopeful="" hot="" hour="" how="" however="" husband="" i="" idea="" ideal.="" if="" illustrates="" imagined="" immediately="" in="" include="" included="" induced="" induction="" infertility="" inside="" instead="" insurance="" intercourse="" interview="" into="" irregular.="" is="" it.="" it="" iuis.="" join="" joined="" journal="" journey.="" journey="" june="" just="" keep="" kids="" kind="" kinda="" knew="" know="" knowing="" lady="" later="" lbs.="" lbs="" least="" left="" let="" letrazolle.="" like="" list="" literally="" little="" long...probably="" long="" longer="" look="" looked="" looking="" lose="" loss.="" loss="" lot="" love="" m="" mad.="" made="" make="" man="" manuscripts="" married="" may="" maybe.="" me.="" me="" means="" medical="" medication.="" medication="" meds="" meet="" mention="" met="" mind="" mine="" miracle="" model="" mom.="" mom="" momma.="" momma="" monitor.="" month="" months="" more="" morning="" most="" mostly="" mother="" move="" much="" my="" myself="" name="" nap="" napping="" naturally="" nausea="" need="" never="" new="" next="" night="" nixed="" no="" non-tired="" normal="" not="" nothing="" novarel="" november="" now="" nurse="" nursed="" nursing="" october="" of="" office="" officially.="" oh="" oil="" oils="" ok="" okay.="" on.="" on="" one="" only="" opportunity="" opposite="" or="" orally="" other="" others="" otherwise.="" ounce="" our="" out="" outcome="" over="" ovum="" own="" p.s.="" pains="" part-time="" particular="" patio="" people="" perfect="" perhaps="" period="" person.="" person="" phone="" placebo="" plan="" play="" plus="" point="" positive="" post="" prayers="" pre-baby="" pregnancies.="" pregnancy.="" pregnancy:="" pregnancy="" pregnant.="" pregnant="" preschool="" prescription="" prescriptions="" pretty="" preventing="" process="" progesterone="" promise="" put="" putting="" real...i="" really="" reduces="" relax="" remedies="" remember="" reproductive="" resembled="" responsibility="" result="" review="" right="" room="" route="" s-in-law="" s="" sac="" sad="" sadly="" safe.="" said="" sake="" sandy="" say="" scheduled="" see="" seeing="" seem="" seemed="" seems="" self-injections="" separator="" september="" seriously="" seven="" several="" she="" sheri="" short="" should="" showed="" sick="" sickness...and="" sickness="" since="" sit="" sitting="" six="" sleep="" small="" smelled="" sniffing="" snuggle="" so="" soaked="" society="" some="" something="" sonohysterograms="" sound="" speaking="" specialist.="" spent="" splash="" spotting="" start="" started.="" started="" step="" steps="" still="" stink="" stinker="" stop="" stuck="" study="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" subsided="" successful="" such="" suck="" sucked="" suggested="" sure="" sustain="" t="" tagg="" taggart="" take="" taking="" talk="" talked="" technically="" tell="" test.="" test="" testing="" tests.="" tests="" than="" thank="" that="" the="" their="" theirs.="" them="" then="" there="" they="" thing="" things="" think="" thinking="" this="" those="" three="" threw="" through="" throwing="" thursday="" time.="" time="" timed="" times="" titles="" to-do="" to="" tongue.="" took="" top="" totally="" try="" trying="" two...="" two="" tyler="" u.="" ultrasound.="" ultrasound="" ultrasounds="" under="" university="" until="" up="" update="" us.="" us="" using="" ut="" utah="" ve="" very="" visit="" wait="" waited.="" waited="" walk="" want="" wanted="" wanting="" was.="" was="" wasn="" way="" we="" week="" weeks="" weight="" welcome="" went="" were="" weren="" what="" when="" which="" while="" who="" whole="" why="" wife="" with.="" with="" women="" work="" worked="" worker="" worth="" would="" writing="" year="" years...at="" yes.="" yes="" yet="" you="">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July 3, 2015 - 5 weeks 3 days</td></tr>
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-82730205384907598752015-11-29T15:59:00.000-07:002016-01-19T11:38:54.845-07:00Tagg Turned Three<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.3">Weight: 28lbs (10th percentile)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.3">Height: 3ft (20th percentile) </span></span></span></div>
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Dear Taggart,<br />
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Oh my goodness, I just literally started crying as I wrote "Dear Taggart..." I love you so much! I'm in complete shock that you are three already, and yet, I feel like I've known and loved you way longer than three years. It's incredible how much my heart aches at the thought of my babies growing up so fast.<br />
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You are the cutest little man. Your funny side is hysterical and your shy/reserved side is so sweet. I see so much of your daddy in you - personality and looks! You are easy going and determined at the same time. Your best friend is for sure your big sister, Holland, and you want to play with her <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.3">all day everyday...and yet you also love to push her
buttons - like running into her and pushing her unexpectedly and dog-piling her, you know, just because.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.3">You are so excited to meet "Baby Brother" and ask to hear his heartbeat often on the Doppler I purchased from Amazon. Best purchase ever! Only problem, you are convinced that you also have a baby in your tummy, so we spend time listening for your "baby's" heartbeat as well. It's pretty cute of you.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.3">You give really good tight hugs that I can't get enough of. And if I ask you if you have a kiss for me you always say, "Yes." But then you just sit there. So I say, "Where is my kiss?" And then you point to your lips and say, "Right here!" Melt my heart!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.3">You love to have your turn saying prayers and actually like for Holland to be the one to help you. You call Grandpa Charlie several times a week, just to say hi. You enjoy going to the Aquarium and getting your haircut, and you love pointing out both places whenever we drive by them - "There's my haircut!" "Look - it's the Aquarium!" You get pretty sad, sometimes to the point of tears, when we drop Holland off at Preschool on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1"><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.3">You are still sleeping in your crib, even after several people told me to give up and move you to a toddler bed. No way, Jose! You no longer climb out, which makes me happy. You still take naps, but definitely have your days of defiance where it just doesn't happen. But, a few times a week your naps are 3+ hours, so it makes up for the days that you are a stinker and scream "Get me out of here!" until we come rescue you from your room. </span></span></span><br />
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A little move about you lately:<br />
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<li>eating preferences include granola, chocolate milk, grapes, yogurt (Yoplait Key Lime "green yogurt) and crackers (Ritz "circle crackers" and Wheat Thins)</li>
<li>favorite songs are The ABCs, Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam, and I Love to See the Temple</li>
<li> words and phrases we hear from your mouth on a regular basis:</li>
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<li>Poop</li>
<li>Sure</li>
<li>WHAT??</li>
<li>Yep </li>
<li>Come on Holland</li>
<li>When asked who you are you say, "I'm Taggart!" and you also like to make it clear that you are no longer a baby, but are now a "Big Boy." </li>
<li>Mommy, I just love you. (my fave - of course!)</li>
<li>Where's my "Liteling" (Lightning McQueen) and Mater </li>
<li>Play disappear, Daddy. (which means you want to listen and dance to "Houdini" by Foster the People)</li>
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<li>And, while we're at it, your dance moves are the BEST! I need to get a video of it. You do this little cross your legs over each other while running in circles and it's pretty darn funny!!</li>
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<li>you might be slightly addicted to screens as there are several things you like to watch on the TV, Kindle, computer and/or anyone's phone, such as: Chuck and Friends, the movie "Cars", Mater Cars, Chuggington, Paw Patrol, any YouTube video about excavators, trains or heavy machinery. You also love the movie you borrowed from Grandma Lucy "The Island of Misfit Toys."</li>
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We love you Tagg and are so happy you are part of our family! Please keep making us laugh...every day!<br />
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Love,<br />
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Momma<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and You...saying cheese!</td></tr>
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Pictures of you over the past six months: <br />
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At 4 1/2 you...<br />
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<li>Are 3'7" and weigh 35 lbs.</li>
<li>Love to play make-believe and regularly can be heard talking to one of your "friends" (usually a Paw Patrol, Care Bear, 101 Dalmatians, Frozen, Cinderella or Rapunzel character)</li>
<li>Are extremely imaginative </li>
<li>Enjoy going to Preschool and really like your teacher, Mrs. Thompson</li>
<li>Beg to do UpStart (online preschool program) every day</li>
<li>Love to draw - especially rainbows, pictures of our family and flowers</li>
<li>Just finished your first season of soccer - you loved practice but did not enjoy the games (you claimed they were so long it would make your "legs tired" after the first 15-20 minutes)</li>
<li>Are so excited for your dance recital (Little Mermaid)...in June 2016! Needless to say, you love going to dance and definitely prefer ballet over tap</li>
<li>Still nap, although only about 3-4 times a week</li>
<li>Sleep in until at least 7:30 a.m., sometimes 8:00, most mornings - if you wake up earlier it's usually because Tagg is being loud</li>
<li>Are anxiously awaiting your new little brother to arrive (due March 1, 2016) so that you and Taggart can play Peter Pan with him. You've decided that you will be Wendy, Tagg will be John, and the baby will be Michael (Note to me: Halloween costume ideas for next year)</li>
<li>Are still a picky eater - but like strawberries, french fries, ice cream, noodles, ritz crackers ("circle crackers"), Nutella on graham crackers, Gogurt, and always MILK</li>
<li>Want a Peppermint Patty anytime I offer you a treat, which you call a "circle treat"</li>
<li>Like to dress yourself and come up with some really eclectic combinations some days</li>
<li>Sing a lot and like to make up, on the spot, stories and lyrics to songs</li>
<li>Insist on kissing Tagg on the lips every night before bed</li>
<li>Really want to "go on a trip where you fly on a plane"</li>
<li>Say the best prayers - and lately you pray that Taggart will "get on the potty train" </li>
<li>Like to have play dates with Sarah Grace, Hannah, Caroline, Siena and Aria</li>
<li>Wish to go to Disneyland every time you make a wish...and then always turn to ask me if star and dandelion wishes really come true</li>
<li>Rotate through your dress-up dresses and insist we call you by the name of the dress you are wearing</li>
<li>Ask when you will be five at least five times a day! </li>
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Holland, we love you so much. Please stop begging to turn five...time is already flying by too fast!!</div>
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Dear Tagg,<br />
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Happy Half, Tagg...plus two months. But hey, who's counting? Who? ME!! I am. I'm constantly torn between taking the time to document everything and actually spending time with you and Holland. But today, my little buddy, you and your sister are sleeping, and I don't have any work to do, so I'm finally getting a few things down so you and I can always remember them.<br />
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If I had to describe you in one word it would be HAPPY. Above everything else, you truly are a happy little person. If you cry, it doesn't last too long and then a smile quickly spreads across your face. You are easy going, funny, timid at times, and then shockingly brave other times (you drove your little four-wheeler out the back door and down the steps a couple weeks ago), you adore Holland and will 9 times out of 10 do exactly what she wants you to do. More and more you are learning to have an opinion (and make it known), but like your dad, you really are easy going and a kind of go-with-the-flow kind of guy. I love that about both of you!<br />
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A typical morning for you lately is waking around 6:30-7:00 a.m. and quietly walking into our room and standing by my side of the bed until I feel/hear you there. You always want me to lift you into my bed with me and snuggle, but that usually lasts all of two seconds before you are saying, "I want cereal." After eating, you'll then come snuggle with me for a bit until Holland wakes up. You often want to wake her up, but I quickly stop you from doing that. If she takes too long, you often get bored and want to head outside to play in the backyard. Then, without fail, she'll finally be up and eating her breakfast and you'll start pulling on her arm saying, "Come outside with me, Holland." After breakfast, you and Holland either go to the gym with Daddy (occasionally Mom will come as well), or you go and do something fun with Mommy and Holland - like going to Classic, the aquarium, Thanksgiving Point, play dates at the park or splash pad, or sometimes just going for a walk or playing in the yard. And on really fun days, we spend time with Grandma and Grandpa at their house or ours.<br />
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You have been a stinker the past several weeks with your naps, and with going to bed at night. It's driving me crazy! You used to be the best little sleeper and would go to bed so easily. Then, you learned how to climb out of your crib...and then how to open doors. Ugh! So, often times, we have to put you back in your bed 4-5 times before you fall asleep, or sit and rock you until you fall asleep. Hopefully you'll get back to to being a good sleeper again. Well, I guess you haven't changed your sleep per say, just your process for <u>getting</u> to sleep. You still take a 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 hour nap each day and sleep about 10 hours each night. You go down for a nap around 1-2 p.m. (depending on how many times you climb out of your bed) and between 8-9 p.m. each night (we used to be really strict about bed time...and then Summer happened!)<br />
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Things you LOVE lately:<br />
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<li>Puppy</li>
<li>all kinds of little play cars (hot wheels) and trucks </li>
<li>Trains! Reading about, playing with, watching videos about, riding on...</li>
<li>Cars (the movie), especially Lightening McQueen</li>
<li>Cars pullups</li>
<li>The Kindle (to watch Cars) </li>
<li>Your bike - you want to ride it constantly!</li>
<li>Grandpa Charlie!</li>
<li>Being nakey (You always yell, "I'm nakey boy!"</li>
<li>Swimming/splashing at the pool or splash pad</li>
<li>Cereal, grapes, Nutella on graham crackers, rice, and milk</li>
<li>Being outside</li>
<li>The aquarium</li>
<li>Being tickeled</li>
<li>Wiping off Momma's kisses (you think it is so funny, and then you ask for "one more" and so on...) </li>
<li>Pushing (not riding in) the shopping cart</li>
<li>Your sister, Holland!</li>
<li>Your "Carson Shoes" (little black Crocks, we have no idea why you call them that) </li>
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Things you say lately:<br />
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<li>I love Grandpa Charlie!</li>
<li>Yep.</li>
<li>Um...sure. </li>
<li>Okee dokee dokee</li>
<li>Again.</li>
<li>That's not very nice!</li>
<li>Because (your response to most "why" questions.) </li>
<li>Poop. Toot.</li>
<li>Will you jump me? (meaning, will you catch me when I jump?)</li>
<li>That's silly. </li>
<li>Where's Holland?</li>
<li>Can I hold you?</li>
<li>Holy mackerel!</li>
<li>I all done sleeping...I waked up! </li>
<li>I want cereal.</li>
<li>This is a mess. (Wonder where he's heard that? ha!)</li>
<li>Can I hold your hand, Momma?</li>
<li>Put me in my bed. (This used to mean: I'm super tired and would like to go to sleep now. It now means: See ya in two, suckas!)</li>
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You have started doing a lot of "boy things" that, quite honestly, crack me up (and some that infuriate me at the same time): biting, spitting, saying "poop", knocking things over just to do it, running as though you are a race car, galloping from place to place, making sound effects, taking things away from Holland just to get a reaction, kicking... Boy, oh boy, oh boy! You are fun and a handful!<br />
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You currently weigh 26 lbs and are 2'11" tall. Your hair is light blonde, especially from the Summer sun, and your eyes are still sparkling blue. People comment on your eyes a lot! It's a Pace trait for sure. One of the first things I noticed about your Daddy is his eyes! You have the best smile, give the meanest glare and have the best laugh that has a growling undertone - your laugh alone makes me laugh!<br />
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I love you little man, and I cannot believe that you are creeping up on being THREE! It's true...time flies!<br />
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Love,<br />
<br />
Momma<br />
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P.S. These pictures of you are ADORABLE! They were taken in April, just a month before your half birthday.<br />
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-16297694562524904472015-07-18T15:58:00.000-06:002015-08-04T17:55:38.668-06:00The Princess Train<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I found out in April that The Heber Valley Railroad (aka Heber Creeper) was doing a Princess Train. It was right around Holland's birthday so I thought it would be fun to invite several of her friends and their mom's to join us. Sadly, it was already sole out. However, they had another one scheduled....but not until July 14. It was a LONG wait for a little girl, but it made it so exciting when the day finally arrived!<br />
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Holland started out in her Anna (non-coronation) dress, but then she Anna was wearing her coronation dress so we ran to the bathroom to change. We had brought an extra dress for Siena, but ended up using it ourselves for several wardrobe changes. It was so fun to watch Holland's excitement.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each little princess was given a cupcake and pink lemonade while riding the train. On top of the cupcake was a little ballet slipper ring. The girls loved it!</td></tr>
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When Elsa, Anna and Cinderella first got onto our train car the girls were mesmerized. It was the best thing to witness!!! Holland's face lit up and she had a perma-grin the rest of the time. It was a moment where I thought, "Ya...this is totally worth it!"<br />
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-81682689311266390922015-06-19T15:06:00.000-06:002015-06-28T21:58:23.812-06:00The Ice Princess - Holland's 1st Dance Recital<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Holland was in her first-ever dance recital last night and she loved it! She dances at the Utah Dance Arts Center and their performance was held at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah Campus. This dance studio only does one recital a year, and after watching this one I know why. It was honestly the best recital I had ever been to! It was a full-on, legitimate production.<br />
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Holland and her class, taught by Shauna Williams, were reindeer. The entire production, although titled "The Ice Princess", was based on the movie "Frozen." Holland's number was to the song, <i>Reindeers Are Better Than People</i>. They came out holding a rope led by Sven and then Kristoff was on stage with them as well. It was adorable...and typical of a dance number by 3- and 4-year old's. Some kids all bunched at one end of the rope. Some kids spinning when they should be jumping. Some kids not exiting the stage when they were supposed to. ADORABLE!<br />
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We were not allowed to video or photograph during the recital, as we had to pay for a professional DVD of the recital (which we don't get until September!), so I'll attach a small clip from the dress-rehearsal. I tried to take a better one, but apparently I was hitting record when I wanted to pause and pause when I wanted to record. Ugh <br />
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During the production, the dancers were all kept in rooms backstage. Holland said it was fun, the snacks were really good, and that there was some creepy stick that kept making them laugh. What? I have no idea! Taggart actually sat through the majority of the two-hours. I was impressed! My parents, Cheryl and Ashley also came to support Holland. We didn't get any pics with Cheryl and Ashley because they arrived just as it was starting and had to leave immediately after. But we are so happy that they came!<br />
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When I picked up Holland from the waiting area and brought her over to the grass where everyone else was waiting, Taggart ran up to Holland at full speed, practically tackled her and then said, "Here ya go, Holland." and then gave her this bouquet of purple flowers we had brought for her. He was so excited to give them to her, and Holland was so excited to get them. They hugged and I loved it! Wish I could have captured the exact moment that it happened...but this picture below is what I captured right after the exchange.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready. The first time I put makeup on her for the group photo, she looked in the mirror and exclaimed, "I LOVE ME! I want to look like this forever, Momma!"</td></tr>
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-35683717323541006162015-05-03T14:30:00.000-06:002015-06-22T15:06:07.208-06:00Little Miss is FOUR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>AGE 4 - STATS</b></div>
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Height: 41.8 in (3 ft. 5.8 in) - 90th percentile</div>
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Weight: 32.6 lbs - 25th percentile</div>
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Dear Holland,<br />
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You have been counting down the weeks and days until you turn four, and it's finally here! You love telling people that you are FOUR! And, just hearing you say "I'm four!" makes me shake my head in total and complete disbelief that four years have really gone by so fast. Four - Four - Four...it's mind-boggling!<br />
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But, it's official and I'm so happy and excited for you, because, as you say, you are now a "Big Girl." You get yourself dressed every morning (and pick out your own outfits - which some days are really, um, creative), including snaps, most buttons, zippers, and buckles. You make your own bed, and you do it surprisingly really neat - in fact, sometimes I have to double check that daddy didn't help you. You like to help put the silverware away and occasionally set the table. You love to help me with the laundry - putting the clothes in the washer, adding the detergent, fabric softener and dryer sheets, and pushing the buttons to turn it on, as well as helping with the folding. Thanks to Grandma Lucy for teaching you, you are really good at folding towels, washcloths, pajamas and pants!<br />
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You love to be outside! Riding bikes, going for walks, digging in the dirt and just hanging out with Daddy while he works on bikes in the garage. You and Tagg play so well together and could literally play in the yard together for a good hour or more.<br />
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Dressing up is for sure your latest hobby! You now have several dress-up dresses that you change in and out of, some days several times an hour. You not only like to dress up, but you like to be called by the name of the character of your choice, even if you don't have the dress-up of that character. For instance, you often go by "Skye" from Paw Patrol, Rapunzel, Anna & Elsa from Frozen, and Cinderella is a new favorite since seeing the movie. But you usually don't stop at what you are to be referred to at any given moment, you also assign me, Daddy and Tagg a character name as well - my least favorite is when I end up being Cinderella's step-mother, or, as you call it, the "mean mom" of Rapunzel.<br />
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Your mind is a serious sponge these days. You learn things so quickly! You would do ABCmouse.com (an online preschool program) all day if we would let you, and you're mastering the mouse so it's fun to watch you navigate the program on your own. We also have a few school workbooks that you and I work on regularly - you've already completed the preschool and kindergarten books and are now working on the 1st grade workbook. Granted, you haven't mastered everything in each of the first two books, but you are definitely trying and eager to learn.<br />
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Dance! You really love your ballet/tap dance class at Utah Dance Arts Center, located at 9150 South 1300 East in Sandy, UT. Your teacher, Miss Shauna, is so great...she's even willing to go along with your name changes (character of the day) when you inform her. You seem to gravitate toward ballet, as we find you practicing your arabesque and
plies constantly. You also love to practice skipping, and you've really come a long way! We find
you practicing your shuffle steps now and then, and your favorite thing is to ask me "Is this correct?" as you show me examples of different shuffle steps, obviously mimicking what Miss Shauna says in class. I love it! <br />
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It's fun that Sheri's girls, Siena and Aria are in your dance class as well, because it means that Sheri and I know that at least once a week we get to see each other for an hour. You've become really great friends with another little girl in your class, Bostyn Baxter, and we do play dates with her now and then. Just recently, your best little neighborhood/church friend, Hannah Crofts, has also joined your dance class. I'm hoping you remain friends with these little girls forever!! In fact, I've signed you up to continue dancing next year with some of these girls and will continue to do so as long as you keep loving it. I just want you to do what you love and what keeps you eager to learn!<br />
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If we would let you, you would probably go to Grandma Lucy's and Grandpa Charlie's house every day. You and Tagg both love spending time with them and beg for "dates" with them regularly. The best part is that they love you just as much as you love them! Recently when we were driving to their house you said, "Momma, when can we live right by Grandma and Grandpa?" Even though we are just about an hour away, I totally get that it would be amazing if we were to live a lot closer!<br />
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In January you moved from the Nursery to Primary and are now a Sunbeam. At first you were not too happy about it, but the fact that I was in the presidency made your transition a bit easier. But then, in February, I was released and you were back to square one with wanting to go to Nursery instead. However, the past several weeks you have stopped talking about Nursery and have been excited about going to class with your friends. Of course, Hannah Crofts is in your class, as well as Caroline Sadler. And, Sarah Grace Barber (you've been friends for a while, since she is my friend's daughter) just moved in and you are so happy about that. The four of you are just the cutest together!<br />
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You are funny Holland, and I wish that more people could see that side of you, but I also kind of like that you reserve your true self for those you love. In public you are shy and reserved. However, at home you are all about being silly and making us laugh. You have this funny little move where you shake your booty and it always makes us laugh.You love to preform Frozen while listening to the soundtrack. You make Taggart laugh more than anyone and it's obvious that he adores you! You often tell me that you and Tagg are best friends and that you are going to marry him in the temple one day. You will probably change your mind about the marrying him one day, but I do hope that you two will be best friends forever!<br />
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Holland, one of the funniest things you do is make up words and give them definitions, or use words you've heard but define them in your own way. It's so funny! The other day you said I was being "so cemetery." When I asked what that meant, you said, "It means you are being really rude and not waiting for me." Gotcha. I'll try really hard to not be "cemetery" any more.<br />
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Daddy and I love you so much and hope that you will always be eager to learn and to bring happiness to those around you.<br />
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Love,<br />
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Momma <br />
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-48063470917128211582014-12-01T20:58:00.002-07:002014-12-01T21:03:49.506-07:00Tagg is Two<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Tagg,<br />
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Two - Two - Two! I cannot believe you are TWO!!! You are for sure my favorite two-year old boy in the entire world. I love how you snuggle with me, call me Momma, tease your sister and believe that everything is "mine" lately. You really can be a stinker and throw the biggest fits we've ever seen. You've by far surpassed Holland's two-year-old version of the "throw-yourself-on-the-ground-and scream" talent. It's infuriating and hysterical. But at the same time, all you have to do is smile that toothy grin of yours and I'm a puddle, unable to do anything but scoop you up and kiss you all over.<br />
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Your giggle is low and scratchy sounding, which I adore. Your little voice is so cute as you talk, talk, talk all day long. Your favorite words are "mine", "Thomas", "Lightening", "No", "Yes", "puppy", "train", "truck", "vacuum", "Daddy", "Nahnee", "juice", "treat", "cereal", "milk", "show", and "How 'bout..." You make Holland (aka Nahnee) laugh, scream, cry and hug & kiss you several times every day. You two are definitely lovers and haters. In fact, in the morning when you two sit on the couch to watch a "show" you freak if she is touching your blanket one second and the next you are both snuggled together and laughing. Speaking of shows, your favorites to watch are Thomas the Tank Engine, Cars (Lightening McQueen) and Chuggington.<br />
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You are an average eater and pretty willing to try most things. Meat is still not a favorite, but at least you've tried chicken and ground beef. You love yogurt, graham crackers, grapes, apples, apple sauce, Goldfish crackers, marshmallows and cereal.<br />
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You aren't big on brushing your teeth, but you are getting better - thanks to "Thomas" toothpaste. You and Holland for sure share a love of the tub and shower. And, you would probably stay in either for hours if we would let you.We have to limit your baths though because you are huge stinker who loves to jump up and splash down on your bottom making a huge wave of water. You also think it is super funny to get out and run around the house and then jump back in. W a t e r e v e r y w h e r e!!!<br />
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It is cute to watch you play. You get all the way on the ground to push a car, truck or train along the floor. You definitely prefer to be outside and right by Daddy's side, mowing the lawn, watching him work on bikes, or just playing. We took you to wAIRhouse (a trampoline park) for yours and Daddy's birthday and I'm pretty sure you would like to live there. You've now been talking about the "tramp'leen park" for a week. I tried to convince Daddy that we should get a tramp, but he's not on board with that idea. We'll definitely be taking you back to "jump" soon! Your all-time FAVORITE "toy" lately is the vacuum. You are borderline obsessed! You push it around, want it turned on, ask where it is, and you've even hugged it good-night a time or two. We laugh pretty hard.<br />
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You love to be read to and you love to finish the sentences as we read to you. Your favorite books are Little Blue Truck, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, What do you love?, any Thomas the Tank Engine book, and Digger, Dozer, Dumper. You like to have your blanket over you and a cup of milk in hand. You are a really great sleeper most days and snuggle up with your puppy before you fall asleep. It's adorable!<br />
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You are not in love with nursery at church, but you are willing to go most Sundays. I'm not sure what is going to happen come January when Holland goes to Primary because I'm sure it's a comfort for you to have your big sister in there with you. I'm sure you'll figure it out though and love it. <br />
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Your personality is beyond little - it's BOOMING and BLOOMING and I'm pretty sure, little man, you are going to do great things in this world. Your sparkly eyes and sweet smile are definitely going to break a heart or two, but your tenderness and amazingly funny nature is going to make you a million friends everywhere you go. <br />
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Stay little just a bit longer and keep snuggling with me, please! <br />
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I love you!<br />
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~Momma<br />
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<u>Two Year Stats</u></div>
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Weight: 24 lb. 3 oz. (20th %)</div>
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Height: 34.8 inches (50th %)</div>
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Watching you grow this past year, in pictures...</div>
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-53045151812143588772014-07-25T22:14:00.000-06:002014-07-27T22:16:08.155-06:00Tagg - Twenty Months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Tagg,<br />
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As I look at you right now I can hardly believe that you are a month older than Holland was the day you were born. She was still so tiny when we brought you home. She adored you from the beginning (who wouldn't though?) and I'm so grateful that the two of you are so close in age and are such cute little buddies. I hope the two of you will always be friends!<br />
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<u>At 12 Months</u></div>
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Weight: 13 lb. 13 oz. (25th %)</div>
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Height: 25 in. (50th %)</div>
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Head Circumference: 43.2 cm (75th %) </div>
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<u>At 15 Months</u></div>
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Weight: 19 lb. 13 oz. (5th %)</div>
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Height: 31 in. (10th %)</div>
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Head Circumference: 18.8 in. (75th %)</div>
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<u>At 18 Months</u></div>
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Weight: 21 lb. 14 oz. (25th %)</div>
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Height: 32 in. (20th %)</div>
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Head Circumference: 19.3 in. (90th %) </div>
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At your 12 month check-up I discussed with the doctor my concern that you weren't yet really talking. You had said "Dada" "Daddy" and "Hi", but you hadn't really said them in relation to anything, so I think you were just merely trying out sounds and babbling. Dr. Michelle Chamberlain said that I shouldn't worry, but that if you weren't talking by your 15 month appointment we could discuss some interventions to help you.<br />
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On Sunday, February 23, I was getting you dressed and as I put on your socks you said, "Socks." All drawn out and emphasizing the "S". I was so excited! I kept making you say it over and over and over. Daddy was out of town so we called him to share your new word. Grandma Lucy was staying with us while Daddy was gone...she and I thought it was the cutest thing ever that you knew the word 'Socks.' From that point on your vocabulary exploded. The next word you learned was "Outside." You now say all kinds of things, and about every 3-4 days you say a new word.<br />
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You are a really good eater, most days. Last month we were out to eat and you grabbed an entire burger out of my hands and pounded down about half of it. You love grapes, noodles, fruit snacks, cereal and milk. Every morning you bring us the entire Costco size box of Goldfish for you to snack on before breakfast. The box is half your size!<br />
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I stopped nursing you on April Fools Day this year when you were 17 months old....but it was no joke. I had planned to stop when you turned one, but well, that didn't happen. You transitioned straight to a sippy cup and even though you weren't really big on drinking much cows milk, you were really good about weaning. Just recently, like in the past few weeks, you've started asking for milk and drinking about two cups a day.<br />
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You love, love, love to be outside. Any time the door is open you run out as fast as you can and when we try to get you to come back in and sometimes turns ugly. This past month you've started throwing yourself on the ground and crying when you don't get what you want. It's so cute...NOT! But it is pretty funny. I sometimes have to walk away so that you won't see me laughing at your temper tantrum.<br />
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When outside you are usually found riding your three wheeler or Holland's scooter (even though it's way too big for you), pushing around your dump truck or lawn mower, playing with cars, digging in the dirt, or getting as wet as possible. You also love to be pushed in the swing. In fact, if Holland is swinging you always want to get in the swing too, and that sometimes turns into one of those temper tantrums I mentioned above.<br />
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Your hair has definitely lost all hints of those dark locks you were born with. You are truly a blond hair blue eyed little heart breaker. I look at you and just gush...I cannot believe how darn cute you are. Your smile brightens my day and your laugh is completely contagious. I love to watch Holland when she sees you being silly. She cracks up and then the two of you just laugh and laugh and laugh. You are very aware of the fact that you are funny and you have this sly look about you at times when you are trying to get attention. I'm a sucker for your personality!<br />
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Your favorite books recently are Railroad Toad, Thomas the Tank Engine, Goodnight Moon, Little Blue Truck, and Trains. You are really good about sitting still and listening to about three stories in a row. You can be found a few times a day in the living room sitting by the fireplace just flipping through books. You've started saying "Show" when you want to watch TV, and then you specify "Mouse" so that I'll turn it to Mickey Mouse Club House. You also say "Usic" when you want music turned on. You often climb up and pound on the piano. I really hope you'll still want to do that when we put you in Piano lessons.<br />
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Tagg, you are a cuddly baby. I love it! Sometimes you grab on to my neck and snuggle into my chest and I feel like you and I are one. It's like you've just melted right into me. At these moments I don't want you to get any bigger, I don't want you to grow up. But then I remember that every age has precious moments and I'm definitely looking forward to many more new moments with you that I know I'm going to love and cherish.<br />
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You started nursery when you turned 18 months and there have only been a few times that you haven't wanted to go. I think it's helpful that your big sister is in there with you. I think it's so cute when you and Holland come walking out of nursery together with your coloring pages all proud and excited to show them to me and Daddy.<br />
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You are down to one nap, but it's generally between 2.5 - 3 hours. You go to bed for the night about 7:30 pm and have been waking up around 6:00 am (ugh!). You were sleeping until 7:15 am, but two vacations in a row messed up your schedule a bit. I'm really, really, really hoping I can get you back on track so we can all get one more precious hour of sleep each night. Wishful thinking perhaps, but whatever it takes baby.<br />
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Buddy, it's so fun to listen to you speak lately. I love to see if I can get you to say things. Lately I've been telling you to repeat after me as I say: "I." "Love." And then either "Mommy", or "Daddy" or "Holland", and occasionally "to poop." You now say "I" and then as soon as I say "love" you immediately jump straight to "DADDY!" Little stinker. You also like to count. When I say "one" you then say "two" and then I say "three" and then next you always say "SIX!" So funny! You like to recite colors as well. You don't associate the names with the actual colors yet, but I can hear you walking around reciting "Lello. Geen. Blue." quite often. It's stinkin' cute!<br />
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Well, my little man, I love you so so so much!! Please stay cute, funny, sweet and cuddly...forever.<br />
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Love you.<br />
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~Momma<br />
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Even though I'm not a fan of camping (and it's ALWAYS camping) I love the Taylor Reunion. It's fun to reconnect and relax with those I love. Plus, there are always those Taylor activities that you never want to miss: The Auction, Uncle Adrian's Store, and the Candy Canon!<br />
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This past week, Wednesday through Saturday was spent up Hobble Creek Canyon, but we slept at my parents' house and would head up the canyon each morning. Tagg napped great in my parents' motor home and Holland enjoyed a three day break from napping (Argh!)<br />
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My mom's oldest brother's family was in charge this year, and they did a great job. Mainly is was my cousin Grant and his family that did the major work. The theme was "Honoring Those Who Serve." Each family was given a branch of the military. We got the Navy, since my dad was a Navy Seabee. He even has the tattoo to prove it, but Shhhh, don't tell him I told you.<br />
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These anchor t-shirts were a last-minute idea of mine. I grabbed a few grey t-shirts and painted the anchor on with fabric paint. I think they turned out pretty cute! <br />
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Shane took Holland down to the river for the Rubber Duckie Race. He said that as soon as they got there Holland declared, "I want to do that!" Meaning, she wanted to get in the river. And so she did. And she loved it!!<br />
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Side Note: Tyler won the Rubber Duckie Race, even though he wasn't there. And, Holland's duck got stuck in the weeds upstream and never crossed the finish line. Life was not OK until that darn duck was found.<br />
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This is how Holland and Tagg did the "Forced March" one morning...<br />
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And now for just a few other random shots...of the people I call my FAMILY. Love them. Kind of stinks that I didn't get a picture of everyone that was there...hey...Uncle Adrian...I need that picture of our entire family!!!<br />
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Holland loved the water fight...until she herself got squirted. It's all fun getting others wet, right? But when they do the same to you...TEARS! She was also excited about the Candy Cannon, but as you can see, the launch of the candy each time was spent with her fingers in her ears. She is VERY sensitive to noise...sheesh!<br />
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We really had a great time...and are already excited for Taylor Reunion 2016!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uncle Adrian ~ My mom ~ Aunt Florence ~ Uncle Myron (Aun Beth wasn't able to make it)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-7023578349828829722014-07-08T22:08:00.000-06:002014-07-15T22:10:29.872-06:00Summer Trip to Idaho<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We just got back from a 6-day trip to visit family in Idaho. We had such a great time!<br />
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Holland, although just finishing up three sessions of swim lessons back-to-back, she did not want to swim when she saw her Kofoed Cousins' pool. After sitting on the patio for a while, watching the rest of us have fun, I asked her if she wanted to sit on this orange floatie. She did, but didn't want to put on her bathing suit. I told her she could just get in the pool in her clothes. She loved that idea! It only took a few minutes before she was changed into her bathing suit and LOVING the pool.<br />
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The morning of the Fourth, this lady right here, my lovely other mother, accidentally picked up our car keys, thinking they were hers, and put them in her purse. So, when Holland and I were ready to head to the parade in Middleton with the Kofoeds we ended up searching for our keys for a while...like 45 minutes. I finally, after pushing the thought out of my head several times, asked if maybe mom had put them in her purse on accident. Sure enough...there they were. We had missed the parade, but that didn't stop us from having a great Independence Day.<br />
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We went to the Kofoeds for a pool party with lots of Spencer and Erin's friends and family. The kids loved the pool, jumping on the trampoline, and sliding down the slide. They also ate pretty much nothing but Red Vines and watermelon the entire day.. <br />
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up with the Kofoed's for fireworks. It was a small town celebration and I
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We spent time on Grandma's patio everyday. Holland was in heaven when
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After church we snapped a family picture, and then both kids slept until dinner time! Sweet. During Sacrament Meeting Holland colored a picture and then excused herself from the row and took off. We had no idea where she was going. She quickly ran to the back and around to the other isle where Grandma Maggie was sitting at the end of the row we were sitting on. She handed the picture to Grandma and ran right back to us and sat down. So cute! She and Tagg, with only a little hesitation in the beginning, stayed in the nursery for the entire two hours. Nice job, kiddos.<br />
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Sunday afternoon Holland and Daniel decided it would be fun to push each other around in this outdoor toy box. Holland literally squealed the entire time...yelling, "Faster. Faster. Faster." Holland also learned to play Rumikub with Aunt Erin.<br />
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Holland got to have a very late night on Sunday. Tagg, however, was in bed. The cousins played soccer and ran around in the yard until almost 10 p.m.<br />
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Once Brandon and family arrived, Holland was glued to Rebecca's side the entire time. They were really cute together and Holland kept referring to her as "The girl."<br />
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The kids slept so well, even when they stayed up way past their bedtime every single night. And, I don't think Holland took a single nap the entire time. That will only happen on vacation! <br />
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Saying goodbye to Grandma Maggie. We had so much fun and can hardly wait
for next summer when ALL the Pace's will be getting together! Come
visit us soon, Grandma!<br />
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We rented a trailer to bring home a lot of boxes, pictures and the desk
from Tyler's dad's old office. We're excited for our basement remodel to
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On the drive home Tyler turned on some of his own music, instead of kid music, while the kids were watching a movie. When I turned around this is what I saw... They kill me!<br />
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It was real Idaho. See you again soon!</div>
Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-51329488447039960602014-05-05T22:03:00.001-06:002014-05-05T22:03:10.240-06:00Our Cowgirl is THREE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I gave Holland several theme options for her birthday party. She quickly responded, "Yes, yes, yes!" when I mentioned a cowgirl/cowboy party. And so the planning began. I love planning a party, and I love it even more when it's for such an excited and gracious birthday girl. She asked me several times a day for a week, "Is it my party today?" And so, on the day of the party when she woke up and asked, "Is it my party today?" I was happy to finally say, "Yes, yes, yes!"<br />
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The kiddos in attendance:<br />
Holland (the birthday girl)<br />
Taggart (although he was whisked off for a nap shortly after the party got started)<br />
Zackary Stimpson (who flew in from Texas!)<br />
Carson Matsalla<br />
Siena & Aria Glover<br />
Caroline Sadler<br />
Aubrey & Mim Bjorklund<br />
Reece & Kennydee McKelvie<br />
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The adults in attendance:<br />
Me and Tyler<br />
Grandma Lucy & Grandpa Charlie<br />
Tina & Emily Stimpson<br />
Sheri Glover<br />
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And now, before I go any further, I owe a HUGE shout-out to my parents. Seriously, they are ALWAYS there for me, no matter what I ask of them. My dad made wooden stick horses so that each child could have one to take home. My mom helped with set up and night before party prep. I am so blessed to have the best mom and dad in the entire world!! Thanks for everything, mom and dad. I love you!<br />
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The stick horse races were by far the favorite activity. Holland kept yelling, "AGAIN!" There was also Pin-the-Mustach-on-the-Cowboy, and a Coloring Corral where the kids colored pictures.<br />
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There was also FOOD! S'more pops (marshmallows on a stick dipped in chocolate and crushed graham crackers) , Mud (chocolate pudding with Oreos and a gummy worm), Hay Bales (rice krispy treats), Tractor tires (mini chocolate donuts) and bottles of milk and water.<br />
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This was Holland's first friend birthday party. It was so cute to watch her open the gifts and hug her friends and say "Thank you" after each gift. She was so excited...and so grateful. Love her!<br />
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When I asked her what her favorite gift was, she said, "Cake!" Funny girl. The next day she revised her response to, "My scooter from Grandma and Grandpa, Cake, and Chalk."<br />
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-52473004531881895442014-05-03T21:01:00.000-06:002014-06-03T21:02:55.059-06:00Three Fish in a Tree. How Can That Be?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Holland,<br />
<br />
This phrase from One Fish Two Fish by Dr. Seuss is as perplexing of a thought as the fact that you are now 3-years old! How can that be? No, seriously, how can that be?<br />
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There are absolutely no words that could ever fully express how much I love you, my Miss Bliss. The minute I held you in my arms and our eyes locked I knew, without any doubt, that you were always meant to be mine - always.<br />
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I love your long shiny blonde locks and your stunningly blue eyes. I love how much your little personality has developed in the past year. You are funny, funny, funny! You are adventurous and tenderhearted. You can whine with the best of them and smother us with kisses the very next second. You love to make us laugh and sometimes tears just flow when I look at you or hear something you say - you are a pure miracle!<br />
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It's amazing to think how much you have grown and learned in the past year. You ask me a lot lately, mostly when we are snuggling before naps or at bedtime, when you turned into a "Big Girl" and if you were a "Baby" before that. I, without fail, tell you that you still are my baby and that you always will be. You always come back with, "I'm not a baby. I'm a big girl." And, yes, Holland, you really are a big girl these days, but just a second ago you really were my baby girl and I need you to slow down a bit so I can keep you this way a bit longer.<br />
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A glimpse of you at this age:<br />
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<li>3' 3" tall (90th %)</li>
<li>29 lbs. 13 oz. (about 35th %)</li>
<li>You speak in full sentences well-beyond your years. Because of this (and because you are so tall), people constantly guess that you are 4-years old.</li>
<li>You love your little brother Tagg. The two of you are so fun to watch playing together. In fact, in the past few months he has become less of a baby and more of a little man which you seem to love. You wrestle, laugh, dance, and just be silly together. Sometimes you love him more than he wants at the moment, but he'll be so grateful for all that love someday soon. He's a lucky little boy to have such a fun, funny and loving big sister.</li>
<li>Speaking of funny, you seriously are a little comedian at times. You have this little jig that you like to do just to make us smile. You make up words and meanings for those words. You make silly faces to get a reaction. You love to hide and jump out to scare us.</li>
<li>You are still trying to figure out if you are left- or right-handed. You seem to use your left hand most of the time, but you go back and forth so I'm not totally convinced yet which it will officially be.</li>
<li>You enjoy coloring. Your favorite color has changed from blue to purple (with your discovery of Sofia the First), so most things you color are primarily PURPLE. It's cute and pretty funny! </li>
<li>You are daytime potty trained, sleep in a toddler bed and no longer use a sippy cup.</li>
<li>You are still a picky eater and basically survive on milk, rice, nachos, quesadillas, and apples.</li>
<li>You love your grandparents and can name each by name: Grandpa Charlie, Grandma Lucy, Grandma Maggie and Grandpa Craig. You know exactly where each one of them lives and you like to tell us so - Salem, Utah; Eagle, Idaho; and at the temple with Heavenly Father.</li>
<li>You can recite your home address, momma's cell phone number and your birth date. You've known the alphabet since you were about 20 months and you now count to 20 whereas a few months ago you put "eleventeen" in as substitutes for a few of the teen numbers. You know the colors of the rainbow and you know left from right.</li>
<li>You like to jump off things, especially when we go for walks - like off all the green electrical boxes and stuff in peoples yards. You are getting more brave and jumping from higher heights as well.</li>
<li>You love riding your trike, but you are definitely growing out of it though. Good thing Grandma Lucy and Grandpa Charlie gave you a scooter for your birthday.</li>
<li>You ask "Why?" a lot. And, as much as I often don't really have an answer for some of the questions, I love that you want to know and learn about everything.</li>
<li>You love to do abcmouse.com and do your preschool workbook. You definitely have a thirst for knowledge!</li>
<li>You have a new-found love of the movie FROZEN, like every other girl in the world. It's so fun to hear you singing every song at the top of your lungs at home, at the store, in the car...everywhere! You've got the actions memorized to Let it Go, right down to when to throw your glove in the air and pull your hair down into a side braid. And, speaking of, you ask for an "Elsa Braid" at least 3-4 times a week. I've gotten pretty good styling your hair that way.</li>
<li>You still love the movie PLANES and the movie and soundtrack CARS. Your favorite TV shows are Sofia the First, Cat in the Hat, Curious George, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Caillou and Sid the Science Kid. You rarely watch Baby Signing Time anymore, but you still request the music when we are in the car. When Sofia the First comes on you INSIST that we hit pause so you can get dressed in your Princess Sofia dress-up dress.</li>
<li>Speaking of music, you LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to sing. You know a lot of songs and you aren't afraid to belt them out at any given minute. You love "Daddy Music" which is anything that daddy listens to. You love for us to turn on the stereo so you can sing, dance, and twirl in the living room.</li>
<li>You are the oldest in your Nursery class at church, and as much as I think you are ready for Primary, you still come home excited to have been there and happy to show us your art work and tell us about the lessons and songs you learned.</li>
<li>You are shy around people that you don't know, and even some that you do know. I often wish that everyone could see the silly talkative person that you are. But at the same time, I appreciate that you are leery of strangers and that you reserve the real you for those you truly love and know.</li>
<li>You are a big helper. You know how to set the table for dinner and you like to ask if you can help whenever I start pulling stuff out to make cookies, or bread or...well...let's be honest, I don't cook too often, but when I do you want to help. And you love when we both get our aprons on (both made with love by Grandma Lucy) for the occasion 'cause it truly makes it official mommy-daughter cooking time.</li>
<li>You are working hard on proper etiquette (aka Reverence!) during prayer time and you are getting really good at praying without too much help.</li>
<li>You love books. You memorize them quickly and are so good and reading (aka reciting) them to me, daddy and Tagg. Going to the library to check out new books is one of your favorite things.</li>
<li>At night you've started saying, "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus" after we exchange our I-love-you's. I think it's the most precious thing in the entire world!</li>
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Oh my goodness, Holland Bliss, I could go on and on and on. I'm sure as soon as I wrap this up I'll think of 20 more things that I really want you to know about the 3-year old you. I guess I'll just have to edit and add them, right?<br />
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I love watching you grow. I love being your momma. I love you!<br />
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Love,<br />
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<i>Momma </i><br />
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-33831357480212499012014-02-16T21:10:00.000-07:002014-02-23T22:46:51.519-07:00I Want to Remember it All (Part I)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Seriously, I want to remember the good, the bad, the ugly...the hysterical and precious moments that are so completely fleeting I find myself freaking out sometimes. Literally - freaking out. I mean, when I got Holland dressed a couple Friday's ago for the Princess Birthday Party she had been anxiously looking forward to, mostly because it meant she could wear her Princess Sofia dress-up dress, I had tears in my eyes as I placed a plastic tiara on her head. Plastic. What the heck? Yep, I'm totally THAT mom! And get this, the tiara was a "treat" she picked out at the Dollar Store to put in her "poop basket" as a reward for going poop on the potty. Since #2 has yet to end up anywhere near the toilet, I couldn't help but grab it for a final touch to her outfit for the party. So, ya, it's these details that I want to remember.<br />
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Speaking of the "Poop Basket" (or as Holland says, "Poop Basick"), Holland has been potty training and doing a phenomenal job...as far as #1 goes. We attempted, as you may recall, to begin potty training around her second birthday, but the no-pants-for-three-days-potty-training trick did not work in this house. I finally gave up and decided that when she is ready she'll show more interest and then, I hoped, it wouldn't be so hard. And guess what? It's been CAKE! A few weeks ago, right before we went on a mini-vacay to St. George and Vegas (post about that soon), Holland told Tyler one night that she needed to go potty. And so it began. Even on vacation, although we still kept her in diapers, she would say she needed to go. So when we got back we started putting undies on her and now it's been three weeks and she's only had a few accidents. She's a rock star! Oh ya, except for the poop. We'll figure that one out...eventually. Until then, the "Pee Basket" sees a lot more treats disappearing than does the other basket.<br />
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Holland turned 33 months a couple weeks ago. (I'm totally laughing that I just wrote her age in months. I used to shake my head at people like that. Eating my words I guess.) That means, sniff-sniff, she'll be THREE in just THREE months! Holy cow! When grown-ups/parents (I really didn't consider myself completely grown-up until I became a mom) used to talk about how fast time goes, and how they couldn't believe so-and-so was so grown up, and how they remember when Joe Schmoe was just 'yay-high' I really thought they were a little (or a lot) over-dramatic. But I 'm here to say that I was wrong...or to say that I am now one of those over-dramatic people. But seriously, time goes so fast!!!!! Remember when Holland was just super tiny and all she could do was sleep, eat and poop. It was yesterday, right?<br />
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So Holland lately has just seemed so not a baby anymore. Maybe it's that her bum is so tiny with only undies on and no diaper, and that, in turn, makes her seem taller and thinner. {Oh ya, she stills wears diapers/pull-ups for sleep time...but often wakes up dry! Way to go, Miss Bliss!} Maybe it's that her vocabulary is quite incredible. She says some of the funnies things. Like the other night, while rocking her before bed, she cuddled up to me really tight and said, "Daddy smells yucky." Then she took a long, deep sniff into my neck and said, "Momma, you smell yuuuummmmmyyyy! You smell like marshmallows!" And then she kissed me on the cheek. Ahhhh!!! Tyler later told me that she told him the same thing, and he vowed to shower after the gym before snuggling with Holland.<br />
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Speaking of funny things that Holland says, here are a few of her one-liners: "I was totally freaking out." "Oh, mommy..." Both of these things in a totally teenager-ish voice. "Darn the darn." "And I was like, what?" On Sunday I asked her how church was, and then asked her who her nursery leaders are. Her response: "I suppose I don't really know, actually." Uh. For real? Who is this girl?? She's still two, right?<br />
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Holland loves to play make-believe lately. Maybe I've mentioned this before, but we are always characters of different TV shows and/or movies. For instance, we are regularly characters of Berenstain Bears (self-explanatory) and Planes (Holland = Dusty; Tagg = Skipper; Tyler = Echo; Me = Echo; Grandpa = El Chupacabra; Grandma = Dotty). Also, Cars, but this one only Holland has a character and it is, drum roll please, Lightening McQueen, of course! She pronounces it 'Lie-ping.'<br />
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This little lady of the house continues to to amaze us with her language, knowledge, memorization, and just smarty-pants-ness in general. We checked out a book from the library a few days ago, read it to Holland and Tagg and bed time about four or five times, and then today Holland 'read' (recited) it to me word-for-word. She loves books and can at least a couple times a day be found sitting in front of her bookshelf in her room looking through books. She loves to ask 'Why?' and 'What does that mean?' and 'How do you say that?' She begs to get on www.abcmouse.com every day. And, I love that she calls it that, 'abcmouse.com' - it cracks me up. But really, what else is she supposed to call it? It's just funny to me to hear a two-year old say a web address. Anyway, It's an online preschool curriculum that Holland is plowing through. And, seriously, it's so refreshing to know that some of her screen time each day truly is educational. But, ya, she still loves TV as well, but we try to keep it to a minimum and as educational as possible. (See Below about things that drive me crazy!) Lately she really only watches a couple shows in the morning, Cat in the Hat and Curious George. But then afternoon hits and I have to work and - dang - she also likes Berenstain Bears, Caillou (this one drives me a little insane - his voice - ugh!), Poppy Cat, Sid the Science Kid (ditto what I said about Caillou), Zou, and Bob The Builder. But her all time fave lately is 'Kipper.' Not really educational as far as I can tell, but she laughs through every episode I've let her watch. It's this dog with an English accent. I seriously LOVE to listen to her when this show because she laughs so hard. Just hearing her laugh like that makes me laugh. I love it! Oh, and there's Princess Sofia on the Disney Channel. Hence, Holland's love of the color purple.<br />
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Purple! Everything must be purple lately. Every Sunday she comes home with a purple drawing. It kind of cracks me up. She's MY daughter. Growing up I claimed purple and yellow as my favorite colors. She wants to wear purple, color with purple, play with purple - seriously, all things purple!!! Well, except 'Pink Baby' who is still pink and Holland is still attached to her. I love that she has something that brings her comfort that we can take anywhere to give her a sense of security. I'm seeing this is a crucial thing for kids - and I'm all for it.<br />
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Holland does drive me crazy sometimes. But really, the driving me crazy times are far outweighed by everything else. But, remember, I said I want to remember everything. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!<br />
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Holland sucks at eating. It makes me insane. Literally. We've tried pretty much every tactic, and everything we've tried gives me huge flashbacks to my childhood where my very own mom tried the exact same tactics - where I won most of the battles, not her. Sadly. And so I've finally decided that this is a battle that I choose to not <u>overly</u> fight. She has to try at least one bite of everything on her plate, and that's it. She'll learn. She's only 2. Right? Right.<br />
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What else? She's somewhat addicted to screens. I take the blame for this. Totally and completely my fault for using the TV, the iPhone, the Kindle to buy myself a little more time to work or get some things done around the house. I'm trying to put more strict limits on all three. It's hard.<br />
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She get's the most wired right before bed. I have somewhat of a love-hate for this time of night. I love her silly side, I just wish it would blossom mid-day instead. I love the one-on-one time when it's my turn to put her to bed. But I find myself longing for the time when she would just snuggle up and let me rock her and she'll fall sound asleep. I could rock her forever. Now she's all chit-chat and I want this and that. Her delay tactics are improving by the week.<br />
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She's kind of a little bully with Tagg at times. I don't think she means to be. I think she doesn't know how to express some feelings yet. She sometimes gets really excited and wants to hug and kiss him and he's just not wanting it. Then when he's ready to be her shadow she's needing her space. Ugh! And she has this obsession with poking his cheek. Not sure how to get this to change, but I count to 10 about 10 times a day so I don't explode over such a little thing.<br />
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I love Holland's personality. She tells me daily that I am her "Best Ever." Melt my heart! I love to hear her say, "I love you , Momma." She gives the best compliments, some that you would never think you would hear. Like when she tells me that I am "yummy." Who would have thought? She tells us "good job" when we do simple tasks for her, like helping her put on her clothes. It's the cutest.<br />
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A few other things that I want to note so that I can remember, which is what this post is about: Holland is great at putting her own coat, socks and shoes. She even puts her shoes on the correct feet nine times out of ten. She always asks, 'Is this the left? Is this the right?' She is amazing at puzzles and is getting really good at coloring rather than just scribbling all over the page. She recognizes the separate pictures and colors each, albeit not in the lines. She loves music! We have a Pace Dance Party in the living room several times a week. And not to kiddy music mind you, but stuff like Houdini by Foster the People, which she calls "Disappeared." She loves her little bestie, Carson Matsala. They play rough and tough and I think it's so darn cute. She doesn't really play well with other kids yet though. Maybe I need to schedule more play-dates? She loves her Grandpa Charlie and talks about him quite often. Well, him and his 'blue swing.'<br />
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Holland loves her daddy and calls for him first thing every morning. She hangs out with him in the garage and loves to "hang out" with him, which means snuggle on our bed and watch The Simpsons. She's inherited the "obsessed with trains" gene from her daddy as well. Put she got my crooked pinkies.<br />
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Holland is so good about letting me do her hair and dress her in the outfits that I pick out. She loves it most when both of those things involve something purple though. She loves to wear hats, all types. She loves to go bowling, get balloons and/or ice-cream at Maceys, ride in "car" shopping carts, play at the park, go for walks and she love-loves for us to drive 'wiggley-waggley.'<br />
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I can't imagine not having this little girl with such huge spark in our family. She is the one that made me a mother and for that, and so many other reasons, I am eternally grateful to her. I'm not sure she will ever truly know how much I love (am obsessed with!) her. Maybe when she has her own daughter. Oh my. Gasp. Time. Slow. Down!<br />
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I love you Baby Cakes, Miss Bliss, my Holland!<br />
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-91512368844602664862014-02-09T21:36:00.000-07:002014-02-09T21:36:51.646-07:00Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Lately I find myself looking at Holland and thinking, "Man, she is so stinkin' cute!" And then I look at the little man who is constantly at her side and think, "What the heck? He is flipping adorable!" So ya, I'm pretty much the luckiest person in the whole, entire world.<br />
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I mean, get this. I have a little girl who makes me laugh, even when she's naughty; keeps me on my toes with her incredible desire to learn and carry on conversations; and can bring me to tears with just a simple kiss on the cheek. And on top of that, I have this miniature man strutting around my house like nobody's business, making me smile all while body-slamming Holland (out of love, I think.) He can flirt with the best of them, can snuggle up to my chest as though he's filling a hole that only he can fill, and can shake his little booty on the dance floor at the drop of a hat.<br />
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These two littles are my heart and soul. The butter on my bread. The peanut butter to my chocolate. The cheese on my crackers. You get it - they make my world go round. And who am I so blessed to have as my partner in crime in bringing these little people into this world? Ya, Tyler...my main squeeze, my lover, my best friend, my comic relief, my therapist...my eternal companion. I'm just so blessed!!! Ya, ya, I know it's not yet Valentine's Day, but it's just a few days away, so it's totally OK that I just put all that mushy stuff in here about Tyler, right?<br />
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To say that I love my life is pretty much an understatement!<br />
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-37126927100802571922014-01-13T21:54:00.000-07:002014-01-13T21:54:20.977-07:00Personalities and Opinions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Two things happened today that reminded me that children definitely have their own personalities and opinions. I'm so lucky to spend my days and nights with these amazing and funny little people!<br />
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This morning it was just me and Tagg hanging out while Holland was playing at Carson's house and Tyler was running errands. When he woke up from his nap we played outside for a while. After we came inside, Tagg was not happy about it. Still, I took off his jacket and hung it up and tried to distract him with some toys. He wasn't having it. He came up to me and was hanging on my leg trying to get my attention. I finally figured out that he wanted something down the hallway. I followed him. He stopped at the coat closet and started banging on the door. I opened it. His coat was hanging on a hook and he grabbed for it. I was cracking up at this point! I put it on him and he walked off all proud. He went straight to the front door and started banging on it. I opened the door and he crawled down the step, turned around and smiled at me with the BIGGEST smile. He was so happy to be outside!! I guess after being sick for about two weeks he just really needed some sunshine and fresh air. I closed the door and went inside and watched him from the front window. He seriously was so happy. I tried to bring him inside a few times but he would just freak. So I sat in the window seat and let him hang out on the front porch for about 15 minutes. His nose was red and snotty, but he was happy. And really, that is all that matters!<br />
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Tonight was one of those nights where I prepare a plate of food for Holland with tiny portions of the exact same thing that Tyler and I are having for dinner. She was all cute about naming what each item on her plate was - turkey, green beans, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce...and a slice of bread. Tyler and I both pretty much begged her to eat. She went to time out once for not sitting on her bottom and for messing around and not eating. She came crawling (literally) back to the table and Tyler and I couldn't help but laugh. She finally said she would eat if I would sit next to her. I told her that she just needed to try a little bite of each thing on her plate. She messed around and stalled. I said, "Just eat three beans and you can get down." She grabbed a bean and put it up to her lips and then said, "Mmmm." and then she put it down. Bug! I finally said, "What looks good on the plate that you want to try?" After thinking for a while, she finally grabbed the slice of bread and said, "I'll tell you what, momma. I better just eat this bread 'cause the beans are <i>dangerous</i>." I could not stiffle my laughter. Dangerous? Where does she get this stuff? Seriously, this girl cracks me up every single day!!!<br />
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I am so in love with these kids. I cannot get enough of them....even when they won't eat and have snot covering their little mugs!</div>
Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-36336160098574942552013-12-26T22:48:00.001-07:002013-12-26T22:48:13.739-07:00A First for our Family<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning as a family...just the four of us. I was worried that it wouldn't feel like Christmas without being with my parents, or without being with Tyler's family. I thought it would feel like just another day. I was so wrong!<br />
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Christmas Eve started with going out for Chinese food. Then, once back home, we each opened our Christmas Eve gifts - PJs, Christmas books and the DVD of The Polar Express. Holland had fun finding places for each of our Christmas stockings to be laid out and then we slipped the kids in their new PJs. Holland was loving that they were matching. We read the new Christmas stories and said our family prayers, then after putting Tagg to bed for the night, Tyler and I snuggled up with Holland in the family room and watched her new favorite movie (she's been watching it on YouTube for weeks!) - 'Polo Espress.' To say that she loves it is a serious understatement. And not just the movie, the book and the soundtrack as well. She's got all three memorized! Listening to her sing the songs is beyond adorable.<br />
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Before going to bed, Tyler and I filled the stockings and laid out the gifts. It was at that moment that I got really excited at the thought of how fun Christmas morning was going to be.<br />
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Morning came. Tagg woke up early. Holland slept in.<br />
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We brought the stockings to the kitchen table and let the kids pull things out of them while they ate their breakfast. Tagg was, understandably, pretty oblivious as to what was going on. However, he did smile now and then as he pulled out a new toy from the stocking. Pretty sure he was most excited about the banana slices on his highchair tray that he was shoveling into his mouth.<br />
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Holland's favorite stocking item - the finger lights! I had to search a few dollar stores in SLC to find them. Maggie had received them at our Eppley Family Christmas Party a few days earlier and had let Holland play with them. It was a little difficult to get Holland to give them back to Maggie that night. So, ya, she loved that she got her own Christmas morning!<br />
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Once breakfast was over we went into the living room we had the kids go into the living room. Tyler tried to point out to Holland that she had more gifts laying on the couch. Holland was so unsure about it all that she literally started running in circles. Hysterical! I think she was so overcome with the fact that there were more gifts she just really didn't know how to contain herself.<br />
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Needless to say, our first little Christmas as a family was pure perfection!<br />
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We then headed to my parents house for the rest of the day. I was so excited to give my parents their Christmas gift. I had a small snapshot of their wedding picture edited, enlarged and framed. I thought their would be tears, but their weren't. Dang. But they loved it - tears or not. ha!<br />
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After giving my parents their gift, we got to open gifts from them. I was blown away by the thoughtfulness, time and love that went into the gifts. My mom had made fleece blankets for each of the grand-kids and had pieced together, then had professionally finished, the most gorgeous quilts ever for each couple! On top of that, my dad made copies for each of us of his grandparents' life history. I'm still amazed, and I'm sure I will be forever, at the tenderness that accompanies hand-made gifts.<br />
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I felt like we then ate all day long! We had brunch, then Skyped with Missionary Geoffrey Eppley, then ate some lunch...and then there were treats, and more treats...and ya, I might have gained 5 lbs. yesterday. Totally worth it!<br />
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For sure, a Christmas to remember!<br />
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Oh...and Holland LOVED playing in the snow, wearing her new snow pants and coat, with Grandpa for probably and hour, if not more. She loves her Grandpa. Thanks Dad!<br />
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Side note, and no picture (darn it!): Tagg broke out in a rash that ended up being Rosiola. No wonder he had a low fever the past couple of days and wasn't sleeping all that well. Good times! We made a stop for Benedryl on the way home. He slept like a champ...and so did I. A Christmas miracle!!!</div>
Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-76763490591835055632013-12-21T22:25:00.000-07:002013-12-27T22:46:09.133-07:00Ugly Christmas Sweater<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For our Eppley Family Christmas Party we had dinner, games and....and an Ugly Sweater Contest. It was seriously so much fun! I tried finding sweaters at DI. No luck. I happened to find two sweaters of Tyler's that went out of style years ago - for real. I think he said he had them in high school. They are both size large. What the heck? No way would he have fit these when he weighed like 120 lbs. I'm going to have to search his old pictures to see if there is proof that he wore these.<br />
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Tyler won the category of "Ugliest". He was a good sport to wear the design I came up with - Christmas Dog pooping down the front of him. Yep, I'm just that creative.<br />
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"Best Sport" award should really go to my dad because I know that this
was totally and completely out of his element. Or, maybe the award
should be titled "Best Husband Award" for going along with my mom's idea
when I'm sure he really didn't want to. I love that my mom mixed up our
family party to add this fun activity - LOVE HER!<br />
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Christopher's little gingerbread man was actually a dancing Christmas decoration. It was so funny! Wish I would have gotten video of it.<br />
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And now, for a category that wasn't an actual category at the party, but is <u>totally</u> a category in real life. The winners of the CUTEST KIDS EVER AWARD:<br />
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<i>All photos captured by the amazing Kathryn Turley with Sunlight Photography. I'm so blessed to call her my friend! And, I'm forever grateful that she has frozen in time some of the most adorable moments in my children's lives.</i></div>
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-44794356049919963962013-11-30T22:23:00.000-07:002014-01-03T22:26:46.327-07:00Miss Bliss...Lately<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been meaning to do an update on Holland ever since October 28, which was her HALF BIRTHDAY. Yep, this little baby of ours is 2 1/2!<br />
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She has mostly moved on from all things Baby Signing Time, which has turned into all things CARS. She loves to watch the movie on the Kindle, listen to the soundtrack every time (E V E R Y T I M E) we get in the car (Seriously, we get in and she begins chanting, borderline demanding, "Cars. Cars. Cars."), wearing Cars pajamas, playing with her "Mack" truck (borrowed from nursery), and pretending to be Lightening McQueen.<br />
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Pretending has progressively become a favorite thing of hers over the past several weeks. When she's Lightening, I'm Sally. When she's Caillou, I'm Caillou's mom (she'll say, "Um...Caillou's mom..."). When she is Sally, from Cat in the Hat Knows a lot about That, Tyler is Cat and Tagg is Nick. When she is Sister Bear, Tyler is Papa Bear, I'm Mama Bear and, of course, Tagg is Brother Bear. The Bearenstein Bears are for sure my fave to act out with her. I can't get enough of her calling for "Papa Bear." Her imagination is so great.<br />
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In fact, when she wakes from her naps, she has a full on conversation with who knows who for a long time. We could probably leave her in there for at least 15 minutes and she'll just talk and talk and talk. She's usually talking to/with Lightening, Calliou, Cat, Brother Bear...you know, any of the characters from the shows and/or movies that she knows.<br />
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Holland loves her Grandpa Charley (I'm trying really hard to get her to call him that! Hope you don't mind, Dad! Ha!) He made her the most A M A Z I N G play kitchen a couple months ago which she loves. Tagg gets in on the kitchen action too...mostly banging pots and pans. Whenever she has a play conversation on one of the many old cell phones or play phones that we have around, it is almost always a conversation with Grandpa. Funny thing is, when he calls for real, she gets all shy and won't really talk. Bug! She asks to see Grandpa a lot. She wants to watch Cars with him or "swing in the blue swing" or drink chocolate milk with him, (or eat green beans with...ahem...Grandma Lucy!) And she would, everyday, if I didn't mind driving an hour, both ways. Wish my parents lived closer!<br />
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Her Grandpa Craig, who we miss like crazy, is often mentioned as well. She tells us all the time, while pointing to a church or a temple, "That's where Grandpa Craig lives, huh?" We have a picture of Holland squished between Grandpa Craig and her daddy, which was taken on Tyler's birthday in 2011, hanging right above her changing table. I quiz her all the time and talk to her about him a lot when I change her diaper or get her dressed. I want her to always know how much he loved her and what an incredible man he was! Thank goodness families can be together forever.<br />
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Holland loves to be read to, but also loves to "read" (recite) books to us as well. She knows all of the words to several books, including Dr. Seuss ABCs, Are you My Mother, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Rollie Pollie Ollie, On the Moon, The Day You Were Born, Under the Ground, Pirate Ship, Railroad Toad, Mr. Brown Can Moo, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, and more.<br />
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Things Holland loves: trains, her pink baby, the Kindle, fruit snacks, TV (ugh!), riding her trike, swinging, playing at the park, building towers/temples out of her Mega Blocks, serving us play food that she makes in her kitchen, having pretend phone conversations, coloring (her favorite color has recently shifted from blue to purple), helping with chores around the house (sweeping, folding and putting away laundry, wiping mirrors and vacuuming), performing and instructing dance and/or exercise moves (usually while standing on the coffee table), her BFF Carson, and her cousin Zack (if only he lived closer!)<br />
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Things we can get her to eat, occasionally (she is still not big on eating): rice, nachos, apples, cheese, raisins, fruit snacks, marshmallows, green beans, cold/hot cereal, pancakes, toast, quesadillas, yogurt, Gogurt, french fries (oh ya!), "Daddy Chips" (tortilla chips), Jello, and pasta.<br />
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Things she doesn't so much like: strangers (she puts her hand over her eyes and glues herself to me if they even look at her from a distance), meat and all foods not mentioned above, the monster that she thinks lives in her room, being touched when she's in a bad mood ("Ouch! Don't touch me!"), and having her diaper changed when she's poopy (ewww...sick!).<br />
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Holland keeps us fully entertained! I laugh a lot, every day, at little things she does and says. Like tonight, we were rolling cars back and forth and I was trying to explain to her to stand up and put her legs apart so I could roll the car through. So as I'm explaining I tell her to stand "like a bridge." So she does it and I send the car rolling under her legs. As soon as it goes under, she looks at me and says, "Oh. You mean a tunnel." Oh ya, I guess that would have been a better description than a bridge. Duh, me.<br />
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She pesters Tagg a lot. Sometimes it's because she doesn't want him to touch what she is playing with, sometimes it's because she can, and other times it's because she just loves him so much and can't seem to keep her hands from hugging (strangling) him and her lips from smothering him with kisses. It's pretty hysterical and frustrating all at the same time. Poor little guy. But man, he's lucky he's got a sister who loves him so much, right?<br />
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Holland's typical day starts between 6:30-7:00 am. I've tried and tried to get this wake up time to be later, but to no avail. She takes a 1 1/2 hour nap in the early afternoon and is in bed for the night between 7 and 8 pm. I don't work at all in the mornings, so I usually try to get her out of the house, or at least do some interactive things with her one-on-one while Tagg takes his morning nap. She loves when we go to the "Dancing Library" which is a kids yoga class at the Whitmore Library, and she still loves This is the Place, the Zoo and the Aquarium (which is unfortunately closed for a while). She's a great sport to go shopping or run errands with me or with Tyler, but she's not a big fan of the kids area at the gym or at "mommy bowling" (I'm on a league...that's another post all to itself!)<br />
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To sum it up....WE LOVE HOLLAND! She is growing up so fast, but we are loving every little second of it. Here are a few pictures of Holland between May and November:<br />
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Brigitte Eppley Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918651833414059219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8516152401733478721.post-24209972799700975422013-11-25T21:58:00.000-07:002014-01-28T20:01:34.294-07:00Just Like That<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Tagg went from looking like a baby, to more of a little man...with just a little snip-snip-snip!<br />
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First haircut! November 9th at Cookie Cutters.<br />
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No more bushy hair in the back or hair hanging over the ears. I love it!<br />
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Holland (obsessed with cars, planes and trains lately) was all too happy to chill for a bit too. <br />
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