tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45867859253720534782024-03-13T14:23:49.100-06:00Kari and Jonathan's StoryKari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.comBlogger277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-48900001932171077642013-06-29T20:57:00.000-06:002013-06-29T20:57:47.063-06:00Avery: 4 MonthsAvery is already 4 1/2 months old! So, I thought I'd update you on all the wild and crazy things she's doing and saying these days. Oh wait...<br />
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Anyway~ we had her 4 month well visit yesterday so here are some stats:<br />
14lb 13oz = 75th %<br />
25 inches long = 75th %<br />
Head circumference 40 1/4 inches = 25th %<br />
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Proof that her eyes are blue. (Please stay blue, please stay blue.)<br />
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She is such a sweet and active little lady. She has recently started screaming a lot, out of joy or boredom or loneliness or sadness, which is pretty annoying. I'm not a huge fan of loud noises. Luckily if I smother her with kisses or just hold her she stops. Her cry is really loud, too, and she just screams out of anger and I don't love it. Jonathan told me today that I'm a good mom for having patience with her cry because he can't stand it. Hopefully she learns to talk soon! Ha. She rolls over all the time and then of course gets mad about being on her belly. She chews on everything! Addilyn did not do this, so I'm not used to it. I wonder if she's getting teeth, or is just going to eat everything (besides food) like Amelia. (Amelia still eats her crayons.) She has regressed on her sleeping, so she and I are going to have a little chat (and a little sleep training) here pretty soon. She goes to sleep great, it's the waking up 4 (or more) times in the night that's killing me. The Doctor told us we can start her on rice cereal now, so I'm looking forward to moving out of milk-machine mode. I think she looks a lot like me and my brother Eric as a baby, Kirsta thinks she looks like Elsha as a baby, and a friend told me she looks like my mom, so I'm thinking she's got a lot of "Smiley" genes in her. We're so excited to watch her grow.<br />
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I could literally take a picture of her EVERY time she sleeps because I love it so much.Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-55561296964311050762013-06-24T14:23:00.000-06:002013-06-24T14:23:33.264-06:00getting oldThere are few things I don't love. One is getting older. Another is pregnancy. I find myself being resentful of both those things. Mostly because things happen to your body that you can't change.<br />
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A few years ago my cousin told me that she had perfect vision until she got pregnant and after that she had to wear contacts every day, all day. WHY is pregnancy so annoying?<br />
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Over the past couple months I've noticed that some things were starting to be a little blurry. Just little things like when I'm sitting at our kitchen table and I look at the clock on the microwave I can't tell the difference between a 3 and an 8. Or when I'm reading the ticker tape along the bottom of our small tv in our room it has a little fuzzy sheen around it. This wasn't anything I was too worried about. No headaches or anything so who cares, right? <br />
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Then I started to notice that every night when I was reading my book I had a small black dot in front of my right eye. This was very obnoxious because then as I'm reading, the black dot is moving back and forth with my eye and then I just start to follow the black dot and then I forget what I'm reading because I'm thinking about the dot. So, I figured since it's been about 15 years since I've had my eyes checked that this was the perfect time to go. <br />
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It was definitely an eye opener, no pun intended. When they popped up that screen with the 4 sets of 2 letters, I could only make out the top row! They switched out the lenses about 100 times and asked which one I could see better out of, which is pretty fun! After they made everything perfectly clear they said, "Here's your normal vision" and took it away, and i couldn't believe it was so blurry!<br />
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Turns out my right eye is 20/25 and my left eye is 20/30. So I got these bad boys:<br />
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So, I don't know if my bad vision is a result of pregnancy, or just getting old, but I'm going to continue to resent them both. :)</div>
Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-38741517329405934282013-06-06T14:07:00.002-06:002013-06-06T14:07:43.649-06:005 yearsToday is Jonathan and my 5 year anniversary. Time is such a funny thing. On one hand it feels like yesterday, and on the other I think 5 years is nothin'. We're babies in the marriage world. At the same time, a lot of peoples' marriage fall apart around/by 5 years and I'm happy to say that we have never even fought. ;)<br />
I wish I could have a wedding re-do. Mostly because HOW FUN ARE WEDDINGS? Especially your own?! I would absolutely love to do all that planning again, pick a new dress, and have all my friends and family together to celebrate us. Also because I still feel guilty about who I invited (or didn't) to our wedding. I know you can't please everyone, blah blah, but I got married at a very in-between stage in my life where I didn't really have any close friends and I had abandoned all my true friends. Looking back, I wish I would've thought, "We were friends for about 10 years, I should probably invite them, regardless of how long it's been since we talked." So, I'm sorry to all who were left out. (Whew, hopefully that guilt will go away!) Anyway, moving on.<br />
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For our 5 years, I thought I'd list 5 great qualities about Jonathan:<br />
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He's motivated and hardworking. Often to the point that I'm annoyed that on his days off we don't really get to hang out because he's working on one project or another. I have to step back and realize how lucky I am that he doesn't spend his days off laying around doing nothing or leaving me at home to go golfing or something.<br />
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He's funny. Sometimes it's embarrassing when I laugh so hard I cry and get that super high pitched laugh that's not really even a laugh.<br />
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He's helpful. He works a full time job and then comes home and helps around the house full time. After dinner every night he either cleans up the kitchen or bathes the kids. He's always asking me, "What can I do to help you?" Awesome.<br />
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He's honest. I've been trying for 5 years to catch him in some sort of lie, and I can't!<br />
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He loves his daughters. Often, at the end of the day I'm ready to throw the girls in their beds and yell, "I love you" as I'm running out the door to have some alone time. Not Jonathan. He always takes time to play, read stories, share snacks and hot cocoa, and lay down with them for a few minutes if they want. I'm pretty OCD about a schedule and when Amelia doesn't nap her bedtime is 7. Sometimes even 6:45. Jonathan has done her bedtime routine with her since she was born, so when it's her time to go to bed I just go downstairs to read my book or watch Dancing with the Stars, leaving them to their own devices. I can always hear them upstairs eating, talking, reading, whatever, until well after 7 and I'm tempted to march up the stairs and yell at both of them, "It is way past her bedtime! Enough is enough!" Until it dawns on me that he genuinely likes spending time with her. He could just toss her in bed every night with a story and a kiss and call it good, but he doesn't. Their bond is immeasurable. When we got Addilyn on a bedtime routine and her bedtime was 6:00 he was sad that he didn't get to see her very much since he didn't get home from work until 5:30, so he switched his schedule to work from 6-4 instead of 7-5 every day. So sweet. Last night I even asked him, "Should we try one more time for a boy?" And he said, "Nope, I'm perfectly happy with my 3 girls."<br />
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I could go on and on, but then you guys would probably start to think that I'm making this stuff up. NOPE, he really is that great! Many more happy years to come! Oh, and in case you think I forgot, we're taking our annual Botanic Gardens trip at the beginning of July, so I'll post our 5 year picture then.Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-60825498044040669472013-05-14T14:53:00.001-06:002013-05-14T14:53:06.405-06:00Wah wah wahWell, all your hopes and dreams of me blogging more now that I have a laptop have gone out the window. I've concluded that the real reason I don't blog anymore is because I don't have anything to say. I mean, a lot goes on in our life, but I tell people about it in other ways than blogging. Most people I know have Facebook and I write some updates on there. My brother who doesn't have Facebook has Instagram so he sees my life in pictures, and I don't think he read my blog anyway. My sister and my In-laws who don't have/check facebook live in the same city as me and don't need to read my blog to hear our stories. My parents gets plenty of pictures/texts/phone calls from me to hear/see everything that we're up to. Therefore, my blog is pretty much null. Now I'm stuck between not blogging and not really wanting to delete my blog. I think I'll keep it for a while just in case there is a story that just HAS to be told on here. Otherwise, I'll continue to get on every day and check other peoples' blogs! So keep posting. :)Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-19942345275765998012013-04-11T21:19:00.002-06:002013-04-11T21:19:35.088-06:00Let's compare: SleepThe thing about sleep is that you can do everything the exact same with each kid, and each kid will sleep totally different. I'm learning this so much more now that I have 3 kids. And I'm just going to throw it out there that if your child is a great sleeper from the beginning, you got lucky, it's not because of your parenting. Sorry.<br />
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Anyway, when Amelia was a baby we put every once of our being into getting her to go to sleep. We swaddled, nursed, rocked, bounced, made sure she was in the <i>perfect</i> position, and then if she woke up when we laid her down we did it all over again. Even after getting her to sleep she woke up every 2 hours until she was 10 months old! After that her sleep stretches got a little longer but I wrote in her baby book that the first time she slept through the night was at 14 months! We sleep trained her to fall asleep on her own around 5 months but I could never let her cry in the middle of the night because I think that's mean. She always slept in in the morning though. When she was my only child we never got up before 10. As for naps, she went down at 10 and 2 and would sleep for 2 hours each time. Ahh, that was the life. To this day she often wakes up in the night and will wander around the house or choose a different location to sleep, but is almost always the last one up in the morning.<br />
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Then there's Addilyn. I don't think she ever woke up every 2 hours, not even the night we brought her home. This was my first glimpse at how the sleep depends on the child, not the parent. Addilyn always slept way longer at night, and it really threw me off! I'd often wake up and go check to see if she was breathing. By about 5 months she slept 13 hours straight through every night. Getting her to go to sleep was tough, so we tried to sleep train her, thinking it would be just as easy as Amelia, and boy were we wrong. She was just going to show us that the more we ignored her the louder she would cry and the more riled up she would get. So we rocked, and rocked, and rocked her to sleep until one day we just set her in her bed, said goodnight and that was it. No rocking from us, no crying from her. 13 hours is awesome, except that it was from 6pm to 6am, and if you read the last paragraph you'll remember that I was used to getting up at 10 with Amelia, so early mornings were a RUDE awakening. Especially for the 4am and 5am phases. And as far as naps, she sucks. WHY did I not take advantage of Amelia's great napping when she was my only one? I tried and tried to get Addilyn on a 10 and 2 schedule and she was NOT having any of it. Finally after months of trying and her just <i>wailing</i> (and getting more riled up) and me threatening mean things to her and to Amelia (poor child got the brunt of lots of my frustration) I gave up and was lucky to get one 45 min nap a day out of Addilyn. Great night sleeper, lousy napper.<br />
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Now we have Avery. She started off waking up every 2-3 hours for her first couple weeks. Then her first stretch gradually got longer and longer, and last night it was 8 hours! I'm so happy, except that she goes to bed between 6-6:30 so 8 hours in for her is not 8 hours for me! But I hope she continues to be a good sleeper. Also, she goes to sleep on her own! OMG, the first time I laid her in her cradle awake and came back a few minutes later to find her asleep, I thought it was a total fluke! Then it happened again and again and I'm just so thrilled that I might not have to sleep train this child. Right now Avery sleeps from about 6-7, waking up about 3 times to eat. I still feel tired some days but I try to go to bed early enough that I'm not too crabby. Also, I'd take this kind of tired over pregnancy tired any day.<br />
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Three children, three completely different sleepers.<br />
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Sorry if this was the most boring post ever, but I've been thinking a lot about how each one of my children sleeps so I thought I'd "think it out" in writing.Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-73434219174558602012013-04-03T20:50:00.002-06:002013-04-03T20:50:36.952-06:00EasterFor Easter this year we were in Grand Junction! We hadn't really made that the plan until we were looking at Jonathan's vacation dates a realized we were planning on being in Junction the whole week prior to Easter, so we decided to stay an extra day! On Saturday the cousins dyed eggs:<br />
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Sunday we went to church and then had a delicious Ham lunch. Then the kids got their baskets which each had a chocolate bunny and a book. Then the dads hid their eggs for them and they had a great time finding them! Of course I didn't do my motherly job and get lots of great pictures so a few in our dresses will have to do.<br />
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<br />Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-7198763275909465512013-04-02T16:47:00.001-06:002013-04-02T16:47:17.860-06:00Best brother-in-law everYou might recall a while back I mentioned that one of the reasons I don't blog very often is because I never do anything at our desktop computer, and the iPad can't post pictures. I had thought about asking for a laptop for Christmas but decided it was too much money for the small amount I'd be using it. <br />
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This past week we went to Grand Junction because my mom was on spring break. While we were there my brother-in-law, Brian, called me over to the couch to show me a picture on his phone of the new 13 inch MacBook he was getting. I was a little confused, but happy for him. Then he told me that since he was getting a new one I would be going home with his "old" 15 inch Macbook. I am MORE THAN THRILLED! Hopefully this means I will get around to blogging more since I can now upload my pictures to this computer and blog from the comfort of the couch!<br />
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What has <i>your</i> brother-in-law done for you lately?? :)<br />
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THANKS, Brian!!!Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-36774776273890382662013-03-09T11:40:00.000-07:002013-03-09T11:40:38.090-07:00For all the non-facebookersI'm always posting pictures and videos on facebook, not remembering that my parents, Jonathan's parents, and Kirsta don't get on facebook, and maybe I should blog them too. So, for all the non-facebookers, here is a video of Amelia singing "All the Earth is mine", one of the Joy School songs. Sorry that it's dark and that her robe is falling off :)<br />
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Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-82826073557821229492013-03-08T14:06:00.000-07:002013-03-08T14:06:21.791-07:00Avery is 3 weeks old now, and so far things are going smoothly. She's been sleeping in our room (or our bed) so far, but that will change soon because it's causing me to miss out on some much needed sleep. She's our biggest baby yet and is actually on the charts! She's in the 50% for weight and 70-90% for height! I'm just waiting to see how long it takes her to fall off. Or maybe we'll actually have an "average" size kid this time. I'm feeling a little sad about this being our last child (NOT that I want more), just that I need to make every second with her special. Actually, as I write this I'm bouncing her in her bouncy chair, and I'm feeling guilty that I'm not holding her because she's getting older by the minute. I just want to snuggle her and kiss her all day and I DON'T want her to get older. <br />
My Mom came and stayed with us all last week which was awesome. We did a lot of sitting around relaxing, which was so great to have another adult here to talk to. And SHE did a lot of cooking and cleaning and more laundry than I would ever think to do in one week. My Dad came over on the weekend to pick her up and of course he was the life of the party for all the grand kids. We're getting ready to go to Grand Junction in a couple weeks and I can't wait to see them again and take Avery on her first "vacation". <br />
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3 kids doesn't feel like much of an adjustment for the most part, except getting out of the house. I have gone to Walmart once with all 3, but 95% of the time I think, "Go somewhere with all 3? YEAH RIGHT!" But when we're at home it's pretty much normal, and maybe even better than it was because I have more patience and motivation than when I was pregnant! <br />
Anyway~ so far, so good. I'll keep you posted on whether or not it stays that way.Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-89602564108882750572013-02-17T20:05:00.000-07:002013-02-17T20:05:30.215-07:00Labor #3The truth of the matter is I wasn't even in labor when I went to the hospital. I snuck myself in to my own delivery.<br />
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Wednesday 2-13-13: I had my 39 week check-up/ ultrasound. The ultrasound was to check fluids, since apparently gestational diabetes can affect fluid levels, and if they get too low it would be cause for induction. Doctor said fluids looked great, baby looked great, everything was great. She cervix checked me and I was at "A good 4" and she said she, "Messed stuff up in there" in hopes that the baby would come that night. Then she said, "So, my question is, do you want me to help this along?" and I said, "No." She said, "I didn't think so, but that being said, I'm going out of town in 2 days and won't be back for 5 days." Dang it. This means we'll be 3 for 3 on not having my doctor deliver my baby. Of course induction sounds tempting, but then I remember that I'm against unmedically necessary inductions, and there's absolutely no reason for me to be induced considering my doctor JUST told me how good everything looked. But I was already at "A good 4", so all I needed was something to push me over the edge, right?<br />
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Thursday 2-14-13: I woke up in the morning sad that I hadn't gone into labor in the middle of the night. Kirsta called to see if I was still up for teaching Joy School and I was, because it was just a normal day, right? I just kept thinking that if I had that tiniest push over the edge, this baby would be here fast. Remember my last labor? As Jonathan was leaving for work around 10:30 he suggested I call my doctor and see what she thought. So I called her and she said, "You're a lunatic! I told you to go in this morning to be induced and you told me no. So what we're going to do is we'll sneak you in to the hospital. Go in, tell them you feel yucky, you're contracting, that you're at 4 cm, and that your doctor told you to come in and get monitored." So I did. Here goes nothin'.<br />
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12pm: I cannot tell you how ridiculous I felt driving myself to the hospital, casually drinking my Diet Coke, getting ready to lie my way into a hospital bed. The nurses were pretty confused as to why I was there too, but they got me all checked in, hooked up to the heartbeat and contraction monitors, and then as I was answering all those ridiculous questions like, "Do you feel safe at home?" I started contracting! It was meant to be! They weren't regular, but they were real and I was excited! In the midst of this, Kirsta arrived, Yay!<br />
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2pm: The nurse cervix checked me and I was at 5cm. Progress! Just sitting there doing nothing I was progressing. How exciting. She called my doctor to see what she wanted to do with me, and doctor said since I was progressing that she would come up (or send up someone in her practice) and break my water! We called Jonathan at work and told him to come at 4pm.<br />
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3pm: Dr. came up and broke my water. No turning back now! <br />
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Let me go ahead and tell you just HOW concerned I was that this time I get an epidural. If you'll remember with Addilyn I wasn't able to get one because things progressed so quickly, and call me crazy, but natural birth was not something I ever had on my top 10 list of things to do. This was about 95% of the reason I was up for going to the hospital before I was actually in labor.. Worst case scenario: They'd send me home. Best case scenario: I'd be there in time for an epidural! Through this whole process I kept asking my nurse, "Ok, now how much longer until I get the epidural?" After they broke my water she told me she'd check me in an hour and if I'd progressed a cm they'd get the epidural.<br />
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3-4pm: Contractions were coming harder and stronger and longer with every passing minute. Kirsta was faithfully rubbing my back and reminding me to breathe. <br />
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4:15pm: Cervix check- 6cm, epidural was ordered.<br />
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4:25pm: Jonathan arrives. Kirsta leaves to nurse Ethan, who was being watched by a friend, assures us she'll be back in 30 minutes.<br />
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Here comes the craziness.<br />
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4:40pm: Epidural arrives, and I already feel like I'm dying. Like, GET THIS THING IN ME RIGHT NOW! It took 25 minutes to get it in. That's a lot of epidural-less contractions. <br />
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5:05pm: Kirsta runs back in the room just as they're telling me to lay on my back in the bed or the epidural won't start working. I lay back on my back, nurse cervix checks me and says, "You're complete!" My response, "Shut up." (In that sarcastic valley girl kind of way)<br />
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Seriously, WHY does it only take me 25 minutes to progress from a 6 to a 10? What happened to being at the hospital early enough to get an epidural and relax while my body progresses?<br />
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5:10pm: As soon as I was on my back I felt the urge to push and then it was CRAZY madness with nurses and people running around, yelling at me NOT to push, calling my doctor, yelling at me to breathe and pant and hold the baby in. One lady even came in and HELD THE BABY IN for 10 minutes while we waited for my doctor to arrive. I mean, I did want my doctor to deliver me, that was the other 5% of the reason we did this, but really, holding the baby inside me might have been a little extreme.<br />
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5:22pm: Doctor clocks in at hospital.<br />
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5:22pm: ONE push, baby is delivered. <br />
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What started off as the most relaxing waltz in, turned into as much madness as my last labor. My epidural was good for taking the edge off the last couple contractions and my one push. What it mostly did was make my legs numb for the next 2 hours, give me the crazy shakes, and give me a back ache for the next 2 days. You win some, you lose some I guess.<br />
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I think it's safe to say that we're done. <br />
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It's a good thing I'm head over heels in love with our sweet new baby<br />
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What a wonderful Valentine's present for us. Which, by the way, was 0% of the reason we did this on Thursday, but what a great bonus! <br />
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Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-14427494173618374362013-01-29T15:13:00.001-07:002013-01-29T15:13:55.610-07:00DroppingDropping is one thing this baby is NOT doing. And actually, I'm not sure that either of my other girls really "dropped" significantly, but I was looking in the mirror yesterday and was thinking, "I'm not sure if this baby could sit any higher!" I had Jonathan take my weekly picture and sure enough, the baby is getting higher! ;) Check it out :<br />
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35 weeks<br />
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36 weeks- what the heck?! it's like a basketball!<br />
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At my ultrasound last week they said my fluids and everything look fine, and the baby is somewhere between 6 and 6.8lbs. She's head down and facing the right way, thank goodness, because I never want to be in as much pain as I had to watch Kirsta be in with her "sunny-side-up" labor. Tomorrow is my 37 week OB appt and I'm sure nothing has changed.Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-43241682522465654742013-01-23T16:07:00.000-07:002013-01-23T16:08:07.959-07:00January 2013The beginning of this year has already been filled with some ups and downs. <br />
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Up: Elsha was here to kick off the new year with us, so we got crazy with some sparkling cider and Tetris Attack. She stayed until the 6th, which was awesome because 1) We had an awesome time, and 2) By the time she left we were already a week into January! <br />
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Here are all the cousins minus Espen, who wasn't here, and Ethan, who was sleeping<br />
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Down: Addilyn and I came down with the stomach flu. I think we all know how I feel about throwing up, so lets just go ahead and say those were the worst 2 days of January for me. Addilyn's manifested differently and was a high fever and crazy fatigue followed by a rash, which actually her doctor told us today was probably Reovirus (a gastrointestinal virus followed by a rash.) Needless to say, there was lots of whining and crying in this house.<br />
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Up: Addilyn had her 15 month check-up. She's still sitting pretty in the 2nd percentile. She weighs 17lbs, 6oz, and she is 28 inches tall. She can sign "all done" "bath time" (both of which she tries to say while signing) "please" and "more". My favorite thing about her is that she toddles around the house and then will come into the room you're in and say "Hiiii" in the sweetest little voice. My least favorite thing is that she has this obnoxious, open-mouth, fake cry that's pretty annoying and dramatic.<br />
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Down: Our Broncos lost the playoff game. *Tear* We were SO excited for the game and thought we had it in the bag. What an exciting game the entire time, and then what a TERRIBLE ending.<br />
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Up: Today Jonathan turns 34!! Happy birthday to my best friend in the world! Every day with him I am grateful that our stars aligned. For his birthday he requested to wake up on his own, not to an alarm or kids, so we arranged for the girls to have a sleepover with their Grandma and Grandpa Norwood. We went out to dinner at 3 Margaritas, did a little bit of shopping, then went to Kirsta and Joe's and played games and hung out. We got home late but that didn't stop him from opening the new Netflix-streaming BluRay player I bought him and setting it up to watch a movie. This morning we woke up on our own (wish granted) and had a delicious breakfast at Ihop. And then:<br />
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Up: I had my 36 week OB appointment. I never wrote about my gestational diabetes but that's because I'm pretty convinced it's not actually there. Doctor says it IS there and that I'd never need insulin but that I do need to watch my diet. I *guess* I watch my diet a little, and by that I mean I don't stuff my face with as much sugar as sounds good, but otherwise I eat like normal and my readings are never high. I'm actually down to 2 readings a day instead of 4 because they were so good all the time. Doctor said she'd be ok with the baby coming any day now, and even did a cervix check early and said I'm at 1 1/2 cm! Of course I know that that could very well mean NOTHING for the next 4 weeks, but it does make me freak out a little that things are already progressing... everything except my readiness for labor! I'm FREAKING out, to say the least. I cried before my first labor because I didn't know what to expect, and I cry now because I DO know what to expect. I'm terrified. Anyway~ tomorrow morning I have another ultrasound (YAY) so maybe you'll get lucky and I'll write another post about that. <br />
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Otherwise, one more week of January and it's on to February 2013, the month of my 3rd child. Hopefully it's a month of all ups! Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-56726506035420404232013-01-09T14:18:00.000-07:002013-01-09T14:18:35.959-07:002012 Wrap upI stole this survey from Elsha, and thought it would be the perfect way to ignore all the posts I didn't do at the end of the year, and start fresh with January. <br />
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1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?<br />
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Jonathan and I were sealed to each other and our kids in the Denver Temple.<br />
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2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?<br />
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I never make resolutions, so YES, I did! This year I think I'll resolve to have a baby and get less sleep, so it's a safe bet I'll keep both of those. <br />
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3. Did anyone close to you give birth? <br />
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Both my sisters, one of my good friends from high school, and a couple friends at church. Babies everywhere!<br />
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4. Did anyone close to you die?<br />
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Fortunately, no. <br />
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5. Whose behavior merited celebration? <br />
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Jonathan's. Just when I think he couldn't be a better person/ husband, he gets better!<br />
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6. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? <br />
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Many, many people in the news. Locally and nationally. And Pueblo drivers. <br />
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7. Who did you miss? <br />
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Both my grandma's. All my family members who don't live here. Lots of old friends who I wish I keep better contact with. <br />
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8. Who was the best new person you met?<br />
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My sister's new babies, Daniel and Ethan. <br />
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9. Where did you travel?<br />
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I think Grand Junction was the only place we went. I can't wait for a couple years down the road when we can take fun, sandy, ocean-filled vacations. <br />
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10. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?<br />
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A bigger house. Another baby :) More patience. More sleep. More motivation. <br />
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11. What dates from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?<br />
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March 11th, my nephew Daniel’s birth. Meeting a perfect baby boy within minutes of being born, only to soon find out that he had Down Syndrome, and what an impact that would have on Elsha, Brian, and our whole family. And having all the Gustavson kids there to find out together. What a blessing. <br />
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12. What was your biggest achievement of the year?<br />
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Going through the Temple with Jonathan. Honestly, not something I thought would ever happen.<br />
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13. What was your biggest failure?<br />
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Patience with my kids. Keeping the house organized. <br />
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14. Did you suffer illness or injury?<br />
Found out right before the end of the year that I have gestational diabetes. Overall, it was a pretty dang healthy year for me . Hopefully 2013 is the same!<br />
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15. What was the best thing you bought?<br />
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My Acura MDX! Finally, a Mom car that I love!<br />
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16. Where did most of your money go?<br />
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The Acura. But don't you worry, I have OCD about money, so we have about the same as we did last year. <br />
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17. What did you get really excited about?<br />
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Kirsta and her family moving to Pueblo! Seriously NEVER thought that would happen. Funny how things work out and how awesome they are!<br />
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18. Compared to this time last year, are you: Happier or sadder? Thinner or fatter? Richer or poorer?<br />
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Happier. I seriously consider myself very lucky in life. Fatter- I'm pregnant. Hopefully by this summer I'll be back to normal and loving it. The same financially. <br />
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19. What do you wish you’d done more of?<br />
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Saved more money. But that's just because I have OCD. <br />
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20. What do you wish you’d done less of?<br />
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Beating my kids. Jk, they deserved it. HAHA, JUST KIDDING. <br />
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21. What did you want and get?<br />
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Another pregnancy.<br />
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22. What did you want and not get? <br />
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A couple more months until I got pregnant. I really wanted a summer baby, and I'm a little nervous about a 16 month gap. <br />
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23. How did you spend Christmas?<br />
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For the first time ever, I didn't get to spend Christmas with my family. We stayed in Pueblo this year with Jonathan's family. I was sad not to be in my childhood home on Christmas morning, but not having to travel (by myself, since Jonathan always works) was amazing. It was zero stress, and I think it's helped me to not have the January blues, since I didn't have this great and wonderful time away that had to come to an end. <br />
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24. What was your favorite TV program?<br />
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Dancing with the Stars. I also like Parenthood, Biggest Loser, The Bachelor, and Project Runway.<br />
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25. What were your favorite books of the year?<br />
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I don't think I did too much reading this year, but in December I read, "The List" in one day. Loved it. <br />
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26. What was your favorite music from this year?<br />
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Sadly, it doesn't seem to matter what my favorite music is anymore because all we listen to is kids music. Seriously, we can't even back out of the garage with the radio on without Amelia saying, "I wanna listen to MY music." Fisher Price Kids Classics it is.<br />
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27. What song will always remind you of 2012?<br />
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Jason Mraz, "I won't give up." From the first time I heard it I loved it and I made it Jonathan's ring tone on my phone. Later I asked if we could change "our song" to be this one, lol. We agreed that our wedding song would never change, but that we could love this song for us just as much.<br />
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28. What were your favorite films of the year?<br />
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I bet I could count the amount of films I watched this year on one finger. I am SO not a movie person. I liked The Hunger Games. Not as much as the book obviously, but it's the only new movie I can remember watching this year, haha. <br />
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29. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? <br />
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I was pretty obsessed with Emily Maynard from the Bachelorette for a little while. <br />
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30. What political issue stirred you the most? <br />
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Obama again? Yuck.<br />
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31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?<br />
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I turned 27, and I have no idea what we did. I'm pretty sure I had just found out I was pregnant again, so maybe I slept?<br />
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32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?<br />
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A long, hot, kid-free vacation. <br />
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33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?<br />
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Well, the first half of the year I spent being annoyed at my leftover baby weight, the second half of the year I spent pregnant, gaining it all back. So a lot of hoodies and pj pants. Hopefully 2013 will be a year of losing it ALL, so I can get out of these fat-pants and back into something cute!<br />
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34. What kept you sane?<br />
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My husband. Even when we were are so annoyed with the kids and we yell a lot, we never get so annoyed and yell at each other. He really keeps me grounded. And Pepsi.<br />
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35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012.<br />
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I'm so happy my parents never gave up on me, and that the lessons they taught me FINALLY came full circle. <br />
Parenting is HARD. <br />
And I really hope my kids grow up to be as close to their siblings as I am to mine. <br />
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<br />Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-19170190570400449812012-12-04T11:32:00.002-07:002012-12-04T11:32:26.561-07:00CraftingFor a couple of recent family home evenings we thought it would be fun to do some classic crafting projects with Amelia. Mostly it turns out that Jonathan does all the work and Amelia eats all the candy. Dang. Maybe she's still a little too young. Next project I think will involve less candy and more crayons, although no promises that she won't eat those. <br />
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For Thanksgiving we made apple turkeys:<br />
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Then last night Amelia was SO excited to build a gingerbread village that a friend gave us. I think the next gingerbread house we'll make is when she's about 10. Seriously, we might as well have put a bowl of candy in front of her and called it a night. :) Anyway~ it turned out pretty cute!<br />
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Working hard ;)<br />
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Happy Holidays! </div>
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I dyed my hair dark! To which Elsha replied, "It's not that dark." Which, its actually not. It's pretty similar to my natural hair color, but it's a lot darker than I've had it in a while. Now I just hope it grows fast! </div>
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Things are pretty routine and normal around here. Everyone is doing well and I'm just getting fatter by the day (although my doc told me I've only gained 16 lbs, I feel like I've gained about 60.) <br />
We're SO excited that my parents are coming to Pueblo in a couple days for Thanksgiving, and can't wait for all the food and festivities to come in the next couple weeks! Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-37216758968905553652012-11-03T12:45:00.000-06:002012-11-03T12:45:02.693-06:00Halloween 2012Right after we got our cute little black dog Khloe, (by the way, we didn't name her or spell it that way, it was like that on her collar) in August, I suggested that we dress as The Wizard Of Oz characters for Halloween so that Khloe could be Toto! I called my mother-in-law, who is an amazing seamstress and our go-to Halloween costume maker. Oddly enough (I wasn't shocked, but you might be) she already had the patterns for Dorothy and the Lion that she had purchased in years passed for "just in case." Of course their costumes turned out AMAZING, with Addilyn's consisting of more than 40 yards of ribbon! <br />
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I chose to be the Tin Man so that we could have my costume cover my belly <br />
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And we thought that Jonathan actually kind of looked like the scarecrow from the movie, so he wanted to be him. <br />
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Here's the whole gang!<br />
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I love doing family themed Halloweens! I know they're just going to get harder, so maybe we'll have to start just doing the girls. How about the 3 fairies from Sleeping Beauty? Cute. <br />
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I hope you all had a very happy Halloween! <br />
Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-33505880114028530882012-10-17T20:33:00.001-06:002012-10-17T20:33:31.504-06:00Crazy busy dayOften my days are pretty boring, but since Wednesday is Jonathan's day off we schedule all our "to-do's" for that day, which makes them pretty busy. Today was especially busy, and I'm just going to kill 3 birds with one stone here because we all know how bad I am at blogging. <br />
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We started our morning with Addilyn's 1 year doctor appointment. Her stats are: Weight: 16.2 lbs, Height: 27 1/4 inches, and I don't remember her head circumference but I'll tell you that NONE of her stats are on the charts. Smallest 1 year old ever. Ha! I'm anxious to see how our next baby turns out. Addilyn is as cute and fun as ever these days. She loves to discover her voice and often screams at the top of her lungs for no reason. She's way louder than Amelia ever was. She says "Hi' and loves to stand at the screen door whenever anyone leaves and say, "Bye Bye" about 100 times. She has signed "all done" a couple times, but not on a regular basis, so we're still working on that one, but I also realized that we don't really teach her any other signs, so we should probably get on that. She sleeps from 6pm to between 6-7am, which is amazing considering how Amelia always (still) sleeps, but Addilyn is a TERRIBLE napper, (1 nap a day for about 45 minutes) and I don't know which is worse. Again, we'll see how number 3 turns out. <br />
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We went straight from Addilyn's appointment to the bank so we could close on our loan for our new car!! We knew that we would need a new car when the new baby came because I couldn't fit 3 car seats into my Hundai Sonata. We went back and forth on a lot of different ideas and had done a lot of research on different options. Jonathan was REALLY pushing me to get a minivan, which I understand the practicality of them, but I am SOOO not ready to be a minivan mom and honestly don't think I ever will be. He was so into it though, that a couple weeks ago he approached me with "I have a proposition for you" and a million thoughts flooded my mind in about 1 minute. He said if I agreed to get a minivan that we could sell his Jeep to get it and he would drive the Hundai. Now, if any of you know Jonathan and his love affair with his Jeep, this was the shocking news of the century! Honestly I was speechless for about 10 minutes. So I'm just going to claim Best Husband of the Year for that one! Anyway~ on our 5 minute drive to Kirsta's house we noticed an Acura MDX parked in someones driveway with a for sale sign on it, and Jonathan happened to know that it had 3rd row seating. The night he made me his famous proposition I told him before we made any drastic decisions to just call on the Acura and see if it would be something we'd be interested in. We called and we were interested. We test drove it and we were interested. A few days later we made an offer and HE was interested! It all went relatively fast and today we sealed the deal. Now I'm the proud new owner of this:</div>
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After naps we gathered our belongings and met up with the Jacob's clan and headed to the pumpkin patch! </div>
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Got ourselves some good looking pumpkins to carve next week. Addilyn slept through the whole thing, which was fine by me! Anything for a nap :)<br />
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What a wonderful day!! And now I have NOTHING to do tomorrow, lol. :)<br />
Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-42236232077803939152012-10-12T16:53:00.001-06:002012-10-12T16:53:46.548-06:00Happy Birthday Addilyn!Addilyn is officially 1 year old today! I seriously cannot believe it. As dumb as it sounds, it seems like a year of her life has passed but not of mine. How does that happen?! I guess it's a good thing that she's already 1 though, since we have another one on the way, and I'd hate for them to be TOO close together! <br />
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Anyway~ we had a party for her last weekend since that's when my parents were in town. Of course the weather all that week was in the high 70's, and the week after was the same, but the day of her birthday it was 40 degrees. Boo! So we moved the party inside, and were happy when people canceled at the last minute since our house only fits about, well, us. We served apple cider and crock pot hot cocoa (which sadly, I never tried) and Jonathan and Tom made these beauties:<br />
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I'm a little mad at myself.. My Dad's birthday just so happened to be the day after this party and he turned 61, so we made him a "6" cake and set it right next to this "1" cake, and for some reason I didn't get a picture of them together! Grr. Anyway~ happy birthday to you, too, Dad! <br />
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Happy happy birthday to my baby (not for too much longer), "bubs". We love you, Addilyn!<br />
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Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-45431040564188142282012-10-09T15:35:00.000-06:002012-10-09T15:35:39.619-06:00Thoughts on a 3rd girlIT'S ANOTHER GIRL! Seriously, I'm baffled. Not because I thought it was a boy, because from day one of this pregnancy I've said I just felt like it was a girl. But all girls?! What are the odds? When I was pregnant with Amelia we really wanted a boy, just because in the grand line up of all our kids we wanted the boy to be the oldest. Jonathan will never admit it but he was disappointed to find out it was a girl. He had just envisioned his little buddy learning how to play sports and work on cars with him. That all changed as soon as Amelia was born, and within a couple weeks he told me that he wanted to have 3 girls. So, it's all his fault. <br />
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Honestly, I'm terrified to raise girls. I'm terrified to raise one girl, much less three! Yes, it's because of myself. I was a horrible, awful person to my parents (and possibly some other people) from about age 12-22. That's a loooooong 10 years! And I don't consider myself naive to the ways of the world, and I know they're just getting worse, and I want to put my girls in a bubble until they're 25. I really have to take a step back and think about all the girls I know that DIDN'T rebel like I did, and hope that my girls are like that! Two people that come to mind are my sisters! I'm going to be raising my girls on stories of the wonderful things that their aunties did. :)<br />
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I also consider this a service to my parents. My siblings are seriously slacking on producing girls so we'll just have to make up for it. This will be the 11th grandchild on the Gustavson side, and it will be the 5th girl. If it weren't for us, they'd be drowning in a sea of boys, and boys have cooties. HAHAHA.<br />
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Anyway~ here I am at 20 weeks:<br />
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And take my word when I tell you that I am WAY bigger at 20 weeks than I was with the other girls. Oddly enough, I'm embracing it way better than I would think I would. I think it's because I know it's my last time, and I'm just taking it all in. I feel great, and I'm LOVING the "new" winter maternity wardrobe from Elsha and Kirsta, since I've never had a winter pregnancy!
Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-39804820007575936132012-09-25T19:03:00.002-06:002012-09-25T19:03:53.299-06:00Baby Jacobs!Kirsta finally had her baby! After a few looooong weeks and being SURE it would come the day she took castor oil (it didn't), Ethan Edward Jacobs arrived September 22 at 8:24 am. 7lb 3oz, 19 1/2 inches. <br />
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Ever since they moved to Pueblo Kirsta had been insistent that I be in the room with her when said baby arrived. Pretty much the ONLY reason I wanted to be in there was so I could be one of the first people to know the gender, which they opted not to find out early, much to my dismay. I know that she was there for both my girls births, but she WANTED to be there. I, on the other hand, am completely freaked out by the whole labor and delivery process, even when it's my own babies, but then I can't avoid it. Being in the room for someone elses labor did not help me to be any less freaked out. She did an amazing job though! Especially since she had no drugs and ended up pushing for over an hour! But oh man, when she was screaming, "Get it out!" I wanted to scream, "GET IT OUT!" But seriously, the second that baby was out she was back to 100% normal. Smiling, laughing, and wondering what was for breakfast. Amazing. <br />
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Here's the beautiful bundle that makes it all worthwhile:<br />
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Congratulations Kirsta and Joe! I love him so much already. Can't wait for you to be in the room with me in February! Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-13372711844645462472012-09-04T20:16:00.000-06:002012-09-04T20:18:33.200-06:00Our Journey to the TempleAs some of you may know, I was raised Mormon. My parents were strong in their faith and did all they could to raise well-rounded children who were also strong in the faith. Everyone ultimately chooses their own path in life and for me, it was not following the Mormon religion. <br />
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Jonathan was raised Baptist. He was strong in his faith and loved attending church and youth group and ultimately that's where all his friends and aquantinaces and memories came from. <br />
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By the time we met and married neither one of us was "strong" in any religion, and we were ok with that. It wasn't until I was pregnant with Amelia that we started discussing going back to church because we knew we wanted to raise our kids in a religion, we just weren't too certain which one. We tried out the Baptist church and we tried out the Mormon church but we were really just pretty lazy on Sunday's and would rather watch football than go to any church. A few more months went by and I decided I really wanted to meet some stay-at-home moms if I was going to become one of them myself, and from all I knew the best place for me to do that would be at the Mormon church. A poor excuse to go back, but it brought me back to church and I am more than grateful for that. <br />
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More than getting me back to church, I'm grateful that I married a man who wasn't completely turned off by going to a Mormon church. I mean, let's face it, not everyone jumps at that opportunity. :) There was no pushing or pursueding, there were no arguements, but from the beginning he said, "I'm comfortable where I'm at, I'm happy where WE are at, I'm 30 years old and I don't think I need to convert religions to make my life any better than it is." And that was ok with me. We agreed though, that whatever WE were going to do, WE were going to do together, and how lucky I am that he was open to what I was comfortable with.<br />
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Over the course of weeks and months we started attending church on a semi-regular basis, going to "investigators" nights at newly made friend's houses, and having the missionaries over to dinner on occasion. We became good friends with one set of missionaries in particular and we found ouselves hanging out with them a lot. They would help us with our projects around the house and then teach us, or Jonathan, lessons about The Church. And over the course of weeks and months Jonathan became very receptive to the things they were teaching. Things started to come together, to make sense to him in a way that religion had never made sense before, and all his doubting questions were being answered in a way that made him start to believe that the things he was learning were true. All the while, I was being "re-converted" to a church that I had never given a chance. <br />
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In March, 2011, Jonathan decided to be baptized. <br />
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One of the most valued principals of our church is that families are eternal, not just until death do you part. We believe that if you live worthily you are able to go to the Temple to be sealed together as an eternal family. We are thrilled to have been given that opportunity on August 11, 2012. <br />
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I thought I would write this blog for a few reasons: For all the people who saw my Facebook pictures and had questions, especially, "Kari is doing WHAT these days?", for myself as a reflection of how much has changed in the past 4 years for the better, and for everyone who had no idea because I am never vocal about religion. My hope is that this doesn't taint anyone's view of me or Jonathan, just gives a glimpse into our lives right now, how happy we are, and how blessed we feel.<br />
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Another annoying symptom I've had is being annoyed (ha!). I'm annoyed at my kids, I'm annoyed at other peoples' kids, I'm annoyed at random people and random situations like I know I shouldn't be. It's very frustrating. At least I'm aware it's happening so I know to keep my mouth shut a lot of times instead of burning a lot of bridges. <br />
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Some things I've been craving so far include: milk. Tons of milk. Like, a gallon by myself in 3 days. Pasta salad. Green olives. Pizza rolls. Crunchy tacos from taco bell. Arby's, except now I've eaten way too much Arby's and I probably won't eat it again for a while. Maple and brown sugar oatmeal with toast. And orange juice.<br />
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Anyway- so far this pregnancy is dragging. I'm like, "Seriously, only 15 weeks by now?! Blah." And it's not that I hate pregnancy, but being pregnant again makes me very sure in saying I don't want to do it again. Hopefully everything continues to go smoothly and we are so excited for October 4th when we find out if it's a girl or boy!Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-22362014506594235032012-08-14T15:40:00.001-06:002012-08-14T15:40:57.074-06:00Addilyn<br />
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Addilyn is 10 months old now! On one hand, where did the time go?? On the other hand, when Amelia turned 1 I thought she was such a big girl, and I still think Addilyn is such a baby. Maybe it was just because Amelia was my first. Anyway~ Addilyn is getting more fun by the day, and for some reason I have a connection with her that I never had with Amelia. That being said, I'm going through a phase right now where I kind of want someone to take Addilyn for like, a week so I can love her more, because I'm kind of tired of her. Maybe it's because she gets up at 5:30 every day and is a terrible napper, so I'm pretty much with her ALL day. You would think that putting her to bed at 6pm makes me have adequate time without her but no. Don't get my wrong, I love her to death and smother her with kisses, but she's buggin' me. :) </div>
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She's crawling like a maniac, which I love because it means less I have to carry her around. She'll eat anything you put in front of her, any time of day. Literally I can't think of anything she won't eat. Even dog food. She says, "Mama" and, "Dada" and sometimes it really sounds like she says, "Hi" and, "dog" but I think that's unintentional. So far it's looking like she is the child we'll be at the doctor with the most. Amelia has NEVER had to go to the doctor for anything but a well visit, whereas Addilyn was on oxygen from day 1 because they thought something was wrong, she has been to the doctor 3 times for ear infections, the ER once for a bad fall, and had multiple other minor injuries at home. Hopefully she slows down because I don't think I can handle much blood or anything broken. :( Now I'll quit babbling and post some recent pictures. </div>
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Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-41502618287802857112012-08-04T08:00:00.002-06:002012-08-04T08:00:41.891-06:00Amelia turns 3!Today is Amelia's 3rd birthday, and I'm having a hard time actually believing that 3 years in my life has passed. Every day with Amelia is a new adventure, and she says the most hilarious things sometimes, I wonder if she'll have a great sense of humor someday. I saw a cute idea on Pinterest where you interview your child every year on their birthday with the same questions and see how their answers change each year. Here is my interview with Amelia:<br />
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1. Favorite movie: Bambi<br />
2. Favorite Color: Blue<br />
3. Favorite food: Yogurt<br />
4. Favorite song: Twinkle Twinkle <br />
5. Favorite animal: Kangaroo<br />
6. Favorite stuffed animal: Green Parrot (Came with the book "Oh Say Can You Say")<br />
7. Favorite drink: Chocolate milk (I tried to convince her that I thought it was actually juice but she was adamant)<br />
8. Favorite toy: She said, "My train." I said, "Oh that's a good one." And she said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I meant my turtle." haha. Her bouncing turtle.<br />
9. Best friend: Patrick (Jacobs)<br />
10: Favorite article of clothing: Shirt. "No special one, just a shirt" she said. <br />
11. Favorite book: The Lorax (pronounced YoYax)<br />
12. Favorite place to go: Children's houses. (Friend's houses)<br />
13. Favorite breakfast: French toast<br />
14. Favorite Fruit: Cantaloupe<br />
15. Favorite game: We never got an answer<br />
16. Favorite Holiday: Easter<br />
17: Favorite thing to take to bed: Blue and pink blankets<br />
18: Favorite cereal: Marshmallow (Lucky charms)<br />
19: What do you want to be when you grow up: A Mommy<br />
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With all of these questions I would give her time to think, give her some options if she needed them, and even ask her the same questions a few days later to see if her answer changed, but it never did. I can't wait to see how they change over the years. <br />
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For her birthday Jonathan and I decided to get her a dog! Crazy right? I've never had a pet in my life, not even a gold fish, so I really have no idea what I'm in for. A couple months ago my friend asked me to dog-sit her dog for the weekend. I'm not a dog person but this was a little dog and I do like little dogs more. Well, after just 3 days with that dog we wanted to keep him! We actually asked my friend if she wanted to get rid of him and she said, "No, but my mom has his sister and she wants to get rid of her!" Not because she's a bad dog or anything, I guess her mom had gotten another dog who wasn't very nice to Khloe. So, we said we'd take her! Last night was the big reveal. Here's how it went:<br />
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Then she spent the rest of the night bossing her around :)<br />
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Wish us luck! Happy birthday to the light of my life (most days), Amelia!! We love you.Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586785925372053478.post-2094926676698019702012-07-26T15:18:00.000-06:002012-07-26T15:18:09.582-06:00U is for unmotivatedMost of you may have seen this already:<br />
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I'm PREGNANT! Yay.<br />
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If there is one word that I would use to describe my state of being right now it's: UNMOTIVATED. It's not tired. I mean, I'm tired too but I've been pregnant enough to know the difference between these two feelings. For instance, if I go to bed at a reasonable time at night, the next day I don't need to nap. But I have 3 loads of laundry from 3 different days sitting in a hamper in my room waiting to be folded which is SO unlike me. I think about blogging every single day and then I'm like, "Nah, I'd rather just continue to sit here." It's very annoying. I went to the grocery store yesterday and pretty much walked around like a zombie and all I could think about was how much I wanted to leave. What the heck?!<br />
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I think the solution to this blogging problem would be if someone would buy me a laptop, so I could do my blogging from the couch! Any takers? <br />
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I'm 10 weeks along right now so hopefully this doesn't last too much longer or I'm going to get pretty tired of myself, and my husband might not be so nice by the end. <br />
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Anyway~ sorry if it takes me another 2 months to write my next post. I'll just be over here reading all of your blogs!Kari and Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961393152216912950noreply@blogger.com5