tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16077917943823387372024-03-02T10:28:24.146-07:00Our Lovely Life"The task ahead of us is no greater than the power behind us."The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-91868896583416338172014-08-24T22:17:00.004-06:002014-08-24T22:17:53.368-06:00January 2014--Month in Review, only 7 months late! :-/<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been wracked with guilt ever since I stopped writing in April. I know that journaling will be important to our family, if it's not now. I take billions of pictures and our kids are at the age where they're constantly changing, so keeping up with blogger AND facebook AND instagram is just a bit overwhelming and repetitive! Not to mention once I get behind it feels so easy to just forget it all and put it out of my mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's a big review for document's sake; read on if you wish or skip it, it's all for us anyway :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I got an iPad mini in January, which made documenting everyday things so much easier! Not to mention how easy it is to share everything with everyone, which a lonely stay-at-home mama needs! (Thank heavens for my cousin Kim and other great friends...the dead of winter in Rexburg is not a fun time to be stuck alone with kids all day!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Babies love DVDs! When Eliza made this mess with DVD cases I knew it reminded me of something...here's Nathan at 7 months old (June 2011) and Eliza at 8 months old (January 2014) doing the exact same thing :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As far as the kids go, exploring is all they did, day in and day out, at these ages. Eliza was 8 months old and into everything. She was semi-mobile, but not quite crawling. According to my facebook status updates (terrible that THAT'S my recording method, right!?) she started rolling to get places on January 8th. My babies have never been big into rolling all over, and she didn't roll like some babies I've met who will make it across a room in 5 seconds, but it sure helped her get where she wanted to be! Around January 30th she learned how to crawl backwards...I have a video on my computer that needs to be rotated, but at least it's documented somewhere! It was hilarious and she would get SO mad at being stuck under the table and chairs! She also decided she liked (some) solid food this month. This girl really took her time with solids, but I've learned not to rush the grow-up process, because it really just happens too fast. Food before one is just for fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been trying to document her size and growth, since she's so tiny for her age and probably will be for awhile. Here's a comparison photo: (wish I would have gotten out my light kit for the one on the right!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are some more pictures of Eliza from January; they're pretty self-explanatory:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was one of the first iPad pictures I took; I love this little onesie that my friend Betsy gave us as a baby gift! What a squishy, sweet little girl!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nathan started preschool on our university's campus in January. He LOVED it! It was his first time going to an actual preschool; he had done "toddler lab" before on campus and loved that as well. We love seeing him come out of his shell a bit more! Here he is with a fresh haircut and a new backpack before his first day. He loved it and came home only slightly covered in paint! :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Even though Nathan loves to run away from the camera or iPad mini (he knows Eliza will take pictures, so why should he!?), I love catching him being a good big brother. It was a bit of a shock for him when she learned to move around and suddenly wanted his toys. She wanted one of his Thomas trains, so here he is showing her how to play with another train (so he could have all the Thomas engines to himself...natural 3 year-old logic!). I love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> We are huge into parallel play at our house (playing beside, not with, each other). Eliza is naturally much more social than Nathan and reaches out for his stuff much more often, but Nathan is just breaking into cooperative play and is trying to figure out how to respond to her. I love watching them do their thing and form their little relationship! I knew before she was born that we would love Eliza as much as Nathan, but the thing that (for some reason) slipped my mind is how much they would naturally love each other. It came as a surprise to me and I just love it. They are such sweet kids and they love each other so much!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mitch had been working a night job that required 20-25 hours per week, in addition to being in school full-time. He started a few weeks after Eliza was born. When she came a month early it really caught us off-guard, and since we weren't as prepared as we should have been, it ended up costing us more. We were so blessed to have medical bills taken care of and no NICU stay for Eliza. We started really feeling the cost of a second little one in the house (diapers, especially!), so my sweet Mitch found another job with more hours. After we flew home to KC for Christmas in December we came home to a new month's worth of bills and very little money (although some Christmas gifts from parents GREATLY helped with this!!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Right before Christmas, Mitch decided to look for yet another job that would help us out more, so in January he started working a full 5 nights per week at 8 hours per shift, while holding all As in school. At work he was a QA (Quality Assurance) Tech for a Potato Processing Plant (we ARE in Idaho, after all!), and the job had a very steep learning curve and was very strict about how things were done. It took a lot of mental energy, which was much different from the night stocking job he had at a grocery store before this change. I really don't know how he did it. He rarely complained and his body stayed strong and capable to roll with the punches and go to sleep when he needed to. His biggest struggle was not feeling a part of the family. He missed almost everything the kids did and he and I didn't get much couple time. We rarely did anything together and it just got harder on both of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was left at home alone a lot because he went to bed at 4 pm and woke up at 11:45 pm to go to work, as well as being at school all day. I didn't want to make it obvious online that I was alone or that my husband was asleep, so I started blogging less and less. All the cooking, caretaking, and chores (including laundry, which had to be dragged through the snow to the complex laundry room while the kids slept or were bundled and dragged with me), were left to me. Mitch felt terrible about this, but it was our only choice. I was also still working, but just 6 hours per week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a few months, his grades started to slip a bit and we were feeling less overwhelmed after receiving a large tax return. It was enough for us to live on for the rest of that semester until grants came again, so Mitch was able to quit his job! That didn't all happen in January, of course, but it kind of speaks to the atmosphere in our home for those few months. We were taught a lot, stretched a lot, blessed a lot, and had a lot expected of us, but we managed, somehow. We could not have done it without support from our parents and good friends (thanks for letting us vent when we were stressed and calling to check in on us!), and we know we couldn't have done it without the strength and blessings that came from working hard for our family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In any case, we can already see how these times of intense struggle and heartache, as well as back- and mind-wrenching work have blessed us greatly. We had what we needed and everything lined up well: church and my work every week matched Mitch's "awake" hours and we were able to fulfill all our commitments without much problem. On our few nights out my sweet cousin (and one of my best friends) Kim and her husband Matt would watch our kids so we could go to the Temple or out on a date somewhere. It was wonderful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hopefully I'll catch up soon; life is fast-yet-slow right now, if that makes any sense, and I need to make time to document our family a bit more regularly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blogging is the most consistent form of journaling I've ever done. I love that our family has at least a basic record of what we've been up to these last few years. It turns out journaling involves more than "buying a journal" (setting up a blog) and putting it aside for 4 1/2 months. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So...since December 2013...I'll just take this update one month at a time.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">December 2013:</span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mitch turned 27 and started feeling old. He also worked nights like he'd done for a few months and was preparing to go full-time at night and start classes in January. Ya know, because he loves us and I married a super hero! :o)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">...now if he'd only let me take more pictures of him, silly man!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had weird Idaho winter weather in December, including lots of storms with freezing fog, leaving everything covered in the tiniest crystals we'd ever seen. So naturally, I couldn't resist the urge to put on my snowboots and trudge into a foot of snow with my macro lens:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The kids continued to grow like weeds and we had to work harder to keep them occupied inside. Nathan didn't want a ton to do with the snow at the beginning of winter. We hung out with my cousin Kim, her husband Matt, and their kids Owen and Ava. Kim quickly became one of my best friends and we have been able to be completely genuine with each other from the start, which is so refreshing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I officially finished my Bachelor's Degree on December 20th, 2013. It felt AMAZING to submit my last assignment on the same night my graduation and convocation ceremonies were happening! I chose to walk in them in July, which worked out perfectly for Eliza's blessing, family traveling in warm weather, etc. Sometimes I still can't believe I'm done, but honestly, the satisfaction is just as sweet as everyone said it would be! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had a few days to quickly pack and get organized and then we flew to Kansas City for my first Christmas with my parents and sisters since 2009 when I came home from my first semester of college. Our trip was complete with winter weather, one delayed flight--that led to a FIVE MINUTE layover between that and our second flight, which of course wasn't delayed at all. In Kansas we were welcomed with lots of sister chaos, shopping trips, and fun at home, grandkids being spoiled, a Skype call on Christmas from my sister Camille (who is on a full-time, 18 month mission for our church and only calls home twice a year), a trip to my grandparents' house, and much more. :o) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Right before Christmas, Grandma decided to beat the rush at the mall and take Nathan to Build-A-Bear. He was excited! I really try hard not to be that mom following her kid around with a giant camera all the time, so the point-and-shoot came. Now that everyone takes pictures on their phones 24/7, a pocket-sized camera is nothing to be embarrassed about!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As always, it was incredibly hard to say goodbye to my parents. We never know when the next time we're going to see them will be, and it's even harder for them because the kids change so much between visits. Our flights home went perfectly and the kids were really good the whole time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We feel like we had the ultimate Christmas this year because we got to visit my family and then drove from SLC to Gillette, WY to visit Mitch's parents. It was an 8 hour drive from SLC to Gillette and we were very blessed with great weather the whole way. Our old car did very well, too! We did miss Apollo, our dog, on these trips, but he was having a blast at a "dog sitter" that we found online and who we would absolutely recommend and/or use again! It was even cheaper than the kennels in town! We didn't want to make him sit in a metal cage for 2 weeks and have him come back completely untrained, so this was definitely the way to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When we got to the Dooleys' house (I'd call it home, but that'd be confusing in writing) we got to spend a precious day and a half (or so) with Mitch's sister, Dani and her husband Danny (the Dannies!). They lived in Rexburg and we all have quite the history (longer than Mitch and I have known each other), and we miss them terribly since they graduated and moved to Washington. Sure, they have great jobs, an awesome new house and they're totally happy, but we still wish they were just down the block. Nathan knows who they are (we talk about them a lot so he'll recognize their faces, at least), and he remembered Aunt Dani from her surprise visit this summer while we were in Gillette, but he didn't remember Danny much. He worked hard to get to know Nathan during the 48 hours they had together and even gave him all his Christmas candy before he left! Hopefully it'll be easier when we're all together this Thanksgiving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We opened presents almost immediately and our second Christmas was awesome! Nathan and Eliza got great stuff, we got fun and useful gifts that we loved (we won the lottery with our parents and in-laws; they never disappoint their poor college-student son and daughter!), and we all had a great time. It was awesome to just spend time together and to head back home knowing that we'd spent time with the whole family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Well, I think that's about it! We came home and for the first time in almost 5 years, we weren't BOTH on-track in January (remember the three-semester schedule? Mitch and I usually both go from January to April. I got summer off every year while Mitch went again and he got fall off every year while I went). It was a little bit of a culture shock for our house, but it was definitely a good one :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have a big unit with a bunch of assignments due today (Saturday) at midnight for my online class, but I've been meaning to blog for several days now and my attention span for "spot the abnormal trait/action/delay in this random kid in a video" over and over is about gone...so...here's a blog post :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mitch is still going above and beyond working hard for us, which usually means working nights (this semester is his "off-track"--his summer vacation from school; because we have 3 semesters, not 2, they assign one random semester for you to be off), so he missed a lot of Halloween fun, poor guy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nathan was SO excited to trick-or-treat this year! Our budget is super tight this semester so I didn't go all out on Halloween costumes, even though it was the first time Nathan cared and Eliza's first ever Halloween (so I really, really wanted to do something big!). Oh well, we won't be in college forever! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nathan was Thomas the Tank Engine (of course...), a costume my mom sent us about 9 months ago that he's been loving to look at and walk around in ever since. It was a super easy costume that easily accommodated a winter coat (a must for trick-or-treating in Idaho!). Eliza was a BYU cheerleader. Even though we go to a BYU school, we're not actually huge BYU fans, but Mitch's grandparents found the most adorable little outfit when they were here for Eliza's blessing day/my graduation and they gave it to us then. It fit perfectly! I even found white leggings (really!? For a baby to poop all over!?) at a thrift store in town and they kept her legs pretty warm and looked good under her costume.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first picture is us at a Halloween event put on by a little shopping district in town. Mitch had to work that night so he was sleeping beforehand and couldn't come. It was over 60 degrees that day, so we were all very comfortable! However, not 3 days later it was FREEZING cold and trying to freeze-rain on us for trick-or-treating. Here are pictures! I didn't take any of these with my nice camera, so don't judge!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was sleeting/freezing rain at this point, but it's like no one even told him that was happening! He was so excited!<br />(We were in our neighborhood, not even 1/4 mile from our apartment, so I knew we could turn around if it got bad...it didn't!)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My cousin Kim made this DARLING Percy the train hat last year for Nathan's 2nd birthday. It went well with his costume, and it's fleece-lined and kept him very warm!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hanging out with my cousin Kim and her husband Matt after trick-or-treating...this little lady was out cold!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Another fun "end of October" event was taking Nathan to see Planes, the new Disney movie. We promised him that we'd take him to see his first movie in a theater when it hit the cheap theater in town (we didn't want to blow $20some if he wasn't up for it!). He LOVED it and was only wiggly for about 15 minutes out of the whole thing. He brought his two planes and was spoiled with treats. It ate up our date budget for the month but it was worth it to have a special night with just Nathan! Eliza's only been here with us for 6 months, but it was so weird being with Nathan somewhere and not her. It's amazing how fast these babies steal our hearts and take their places in our families!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He wouldn't even look away from whatever preview was on at the time to give me some eye contact!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Snacking and watching the whole time...he loved it!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Thanks to Matt and Kim for watching Eliza!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nathan's 3rd birthday was November 2nd. It's hard having it right after Halloween because I feel like there's basically no recovery time between one holiday and another. We were, again, on a tight budget, but I scored some great deals and got a lot for the little budget we had! He's all about Thomas and Friends, Dinosaur Train (a show on PBS...it has trains...so of course he loves it!), and Pixar's Cars right now, and it was so fun to shop for his birthday, knowing he has specific interests. One of the gifts I found was $55 and I found it on clearance for $15! That's cheaper than it sold just this weekend during Black Friday sales! I've been hiding it from him since May when I found it :o) Our decorations were all from last year, along with some fun Cars stuff my mom had found and sent us. Pretty simple, but we knew he would be way more interested in his presents!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> My awesome cousin, Kim, is one of my best friends. We are so lucky to have her and her husband, Matt, right down the sidewalk in our same apartment complex. We'd be pretty miserable moving here from our cute duplex without them here to hang out with all the time! Kim was looking for a gift idea for Nathan; I told her he really didn't need anything but that I was very stressed about a cake. She's amazingly crafty and making cakes is just not a big deal to her. She and Matt made the Thomas cake as their gift to us, and it was perfect!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eliza turned 6 months old on November 10th. I cannot believe she's been here for six months!! This little lady is very vocal and active and full of personality. We love her so much and we have loved seeing her little temperament and personality shine through her sweet little body. She is a completely different baby than Nathan was, in good ways and bad. She is definitely more adventurous and loves to throw her head backwards in our laps to look at the room upside down. She's very stiff and not very ticklish, and she's starting to laugh and let out the funnest little squeals!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> At Eliza's 6 month appointment we got her new stats:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">24.5" long</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> (She went from -5th percentile clear up to the 10th percentile in 2 months!)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">weighing 13 lbs 1 oz</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(She went from the first percentile to the 5th percentile. Woo hoo!)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">with a 15.75" head circumference</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Still not on the charts...about -3rd percentile...maybe next time!?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Her growth curve is solid as can be, so there's no worry about her not thriving; she is doing great! She'll just be paving her own little line below the growth charts for awhile. Eliza's a bit behind on her milestones, which we knew she would be. She rolls from her belly to her back in one direction only and sits up for about 30 seconds at a time (we're still working on leaning over for something). I don't have any pictures of that yet because she doesn't sit long enough!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One thing we've discovered about Eliza recently is that she LOVES her big brother. She didn't really seem too attached to him at the beginning; he was just another person at home. Now she'll look at him and start talking to him when he comes into a room and she'll try to find him whenever he's not within sight. She scooted her way off that boppy pillow to find brother! We LOVE this stage for both of them, and I love watching them for a little sibling bond...before they realize they can fight or disagree...(or before Eliza realizes she can wail on her brother a bit...because I'm SURE that's how it's going to be for them in a year or so...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I officially finished my internship on Wednesday of this week, and it feels awesome to know that all I have to do is finish the online portion of that class, complete my other online class, and I'll be DONE! I have no desire for a Master's Degree, so I'll most likely be done forever. I can't WAIT. I am absolutely smitten by the teachers and kiddos I work with at the preschool where I did my internship and I'm so sad that I won't see that same group of kids every day anymore. I am on the Sub list and will hopefully get some hours that way, as well as working every Tuesday and Thursday (only my Mon, Wed, Fri hours were unpaid; Tues/Thurs was paid and also counted towards my required hours). If I felt like working was what I was supposed to be doing right now, I'd absolutely work at this school, with these amazing people. It really has been a fantastic experience that I'll always be grateful for!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That's about all that's happening with us! We did have a wonderful Thanksgiving, but I haven't seen the pictures from it off my camera yet so I'll hold off. It's 1 am and time to be done blogging!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Then in Gillette our license plate got stolen! We had a front and rear set of plates from Wyoming (in the same county that we were visiting, so it was "local" to the guy who took them), and they stole the back ones. The weird thing is that this happened in front of my in-laws' house. They live in a nice neighborhood that is also the residence of, like, FIVE police officers. Our car has been vandalized FOUR times in the last four years. No one else's gets anything done to it, just ours. Weird. The cool thing is that the Gillette Police Dept. caught the 2 guys who stole our plate! We have paperwork to fill out, sitting on my desk right now, that's supposed to suggest a reasonable punishment...yikes. At least they are paying for the new plates and title we had to pay for to get Idaho plates. It was sure nerve-wracking driving down the highway with no plates to get back home! (We still had the other plate but the officer we worked with told us to take it off, because if we got stopped for some reason, the cop would run our plate and find it'd been stolen before we ever got to explain our side, and that WE were the victims there.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We also celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary in Gillette! We didn't do a ton this year, just a nice dinner out without children. Woo hoo! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We came back home (from out of town) to our new apartment for the first time ever, which was weird. It made us a little sad that we weren't going home to our cute white duplex with Ryan and Juanee, our neighbors, to greet us from the window as we pulled into our garage. However, we are very grateful to be living in subsidized housing, even if it isn't ideal. This is college life; it's not like all our housing hopes and dreams should come true NOW! At this point, it was a wise financial decision, but it still wasn't the easiest to make. Yesterday (October 1st) marks five months since we moved in, but it still feels like we just got here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then, on September 3rd I started my internship at Burton Elementary (part of the Madison County School District in Rexburg, ID), working as a para for kids with IEPs and language challenges (the ELL program) in the district preschool. I absolutely LOOOVE it! The first day I walked in I was offered a job on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The hours will still count toward the 160 hours I need for my unpaid internship; the only differences are I will be getting paid on those days, and it will last until May (MWF hours will end once I hit that magic 160). I love the teachers I work with, and the three of us have quickly become comfortable with each other. The kids are so precious and sweet, and I'm amazed at how smart they are! I love hearing what they say and seeing how they act around each other in one of their first ever social settings. I miss my babies at home, but Mitch being off-track is very helpful, and he stays home with them during the day. I only work 3 hours/day, which works out well for nursing Eliza.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also just started a second job (from home) as a lactation consultant for the WIC office here. I love it so far, although it's a little overwhelming being handed 30 clients right off the bat and hoping I know enough to help each one of them with any concerns they have about feeding their babies. Luckily I have a great support system in the WIC office, including one of my best friends, Juanee, who trained with me for the job in April, and has since been working for them for a few months. I told them I wasn't ready to be hired right away, so they told me they'd pick me up in the fall (after I finished classes in the end of April, moved May 1st and had a baby May 10th...ya know, nothing that kept me<i> too</i> busy!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The bad thing about not posting for so long (besides sitting down to write Reader's Digest and writing an encyclopedia instead) is that I have several hundred pictures (not even joking) that I've taken since July! I couldn't post them all here (the blogger upload tool is notoriously awful), and I've already posted them on facebook. Usually only my facebook friends can see them, but here are some public links that will work even if you don't have a facebook!<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'll try to be better about posting; it's mostly a family journal for us, but I know our parents and grandparents enjoy reading what's been going on with us, so I'll try to do better. </span></div>
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The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-7092633982337078132013-07-15T15:33:00.001-06:002013-07-15T15:33:23.642-06:00Comparing Children<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No, of <i>course</i> not like <b>THAT</b>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(although Eliza is a calm, easy-to-please baby who appreciates sleep...Nathan was none of those!)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, this is just a quick post to get some opinions. I have always loved looking at babies and trying to figure out who they look like in their family. I have a friend in our new complex who's white and her husband is black. They have 3 beautiful, caramel-colored, curly haired boys. I told her her youngest had her eyes and nose and that you can see a lot of his mama in his facial expressions and she almost cried...she said she'd NEVER heard that before; that people just look at their darker skin and her light skin and that's it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We thought Eliza was a mini-Nathan, but then we looked at MY baby pictures and saw something different. Let us know what you think! Who looks like who? :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mitch vs. Nathan, at about the same age:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Me vs. Eliza, at about the same age:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eliza (making about the same facial expressions Nathan was in the pictures above...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was hard to find great examples to compare against Eliza because she's just so much SMALLER than most 2 month olds! We went to the doctor today, in fact, and she's 7 pounds 15 oz...ALMOST 8 lbs! She's also only 21 inches long with a 14" head circumference. She's 1st percentile in everything, whereas Nathan was 40-50th percentiles, always has been. Nathan was also starting to chunk up by 2 months, and Eliza is still far from it, although her cheeks are filling out and her thighs are thinking about it. She's a bit behind on skills like smiling, which we knew was probably going to happen with her being early (and simple tasks really wear her out), but her doctor said today that she has one of the strongest necks and backs he's EVER seen in a 2 month old, preemie or not! He's one of the most popular doctors in Rexburg, the land where everyone has babies all the time, so I feel like that's saying a lot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">End-of-semester family update to come soon!</span></div>
The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-72921796856992341612013-07-02T00:45:00.003-06:002013-07-02T06:22:37.352-06:00Happy Fourth of July!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Fourth of July has been my favorite holiday to take pictures around since I had Nathan (and learned how to use a nice camera, which kind of happened simultaneously). It's pretty and warm outside (unlike Christmas...little kids + "pretty" snowy weather = red noses and snot, not smiles and happy faces!), the colors of the holiday are awfully colorful and bright, and honestly, it's just an important holiday. If nothing else, I want our kids to know that we cared enough to stop and make a big deal out of a holiday that really is a bigger deal to us than others. Even if mama's way of stopping to a big deal out of things is just by taking pictures!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We decided to carry on my family's tradition of buying 4th of July shirts every year, which my family started doing in 1999. However, you know Mitch...I couldn't get him to actually take pictures in them until we had a baby. And even then it's just pictures of the little guy (and now little girl too!). So you'll have to take my word for it that we have shirts from 2009-2012. We actually didn't buy them this year; money was a bit tight after moving and having E a month early! (And, well, Old Navy's 2XL is most stores' size large, so Mitch is boycotting them for now, haha.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is 2011:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> And, brace yourselves, here is the photo dump from 2013: 2 kids is a lot harder than one! Especially when one of them is being bribed with fruit snacks to keep smiling, and even that barely works. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most of these are SOOC (straight out of camera); I was really impressed with the weather this evening! Add the 90+ degree heat (so E could stand being outside with her skinny self exposed) and the happy mood they were both in, and pictures are DONE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The reoccurring prop in all of these pictures? The white and red blanket that Mitch's grandma made for Nathan when he was born! It is the perfect July 4th photo blanket! Thanks, Grandma! (It also makes a great floor blanket and we use it a lot more than once a year!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are planning to go to the Fourth of July parade in town the morning of the 4th, but the rest of the day we're just going to chill and try to enjoy daddy being home with us for once! He'll probably honestly use it to catch up on homework. We would go to Idaho Falls for their fireworks display (it's either the third or fourth largest display in the country and the biggest West of the Mississippi...and it's in the town right next to us!), but we would easily be in traffic trying to get out of there until 1-2 am or so...I don't think that's on our agenda with two little bitties!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In all seriousness, we are very lucky to live in a country where we have so many freedoms. It says a lot that the main thing we fight over as citizens of the United States is what freedoms we should have and who should have them. WE'RE allowed to decide those things! WE'RE allowed to decide WHO ends up in power. No matter what set of beliefs/political affiliation we have, we need to remember how lucky we are to live here. Here is one of my favorite quotes about our great nation:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>"Men may fail in this country, earthquakes may come, seas may heave beyond their bounds, there may be great drought, disaster, and hardship, but this nation, founded on principles laid down by men whom God raised up, will never fail... you and I must have faith in America...I plead with you not to preach pessimism. Preach that this is the greatest country in all the world. This is the favored land. This is the land of our forefathers. It is the nation that will stand despite whatever trials or crises it may yet have to pass through."</b></span></span><br />
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The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-40570514140503926322013-06-23T21:22:00.001-06:002013-06-24T00:25:08.400-06:00I can't think of a title right now...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, it's finally sinking in that I'm done with classes. As much of a relief as it is, and as worth it as it was to finish, <strike>I miss going to school.</strike> (Haha, pretty sure I'll <i>never</i> say <i>that</i>, despite what people tell me!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I do feel a bit behind. Like I'm running to catch up and learn what most stay-at-home mommies master when they have one baby's demands to meet all day, not two. I had Mitch as an equal homemaker (as goofy as that sounds) for over two years. We were both in school full-time. One semester of the year, I was home full-time. One semester, he was home, The semester in between we were both in school (January-April...note the lack of blog posts that time of year!). So, it's also just sinking in that all the responsibilities around the house are primarily up to me. Mitch is a great helper and I can always count on him to pitch in when he gets home, but he's also very busy (and about to get busier). If I relied on his help like I used to when we'd trade off and split things pretty equally, I'd be putting an unfair amount of pressure on him to be doing laundry when he should be doing homework.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mitch is far less discouraged about his schoolwork this semester, but he's about twice as busy and overbooked than he's ever been. His classes are much more time-consuming. He is in IBC, Integrated Business Core, this semester, where they divide into companies and build a legitimate business to run on campus. They buy professional equipment for whatever they plan to do and have to calculate its after-market value and resell the equipment at the end. Mitch's company is called "Creation Station", a company that sells vinyl decal. Here are some of his "co-workers" at work:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I guess my point is that I feel like I'm at a slight disadvantage. It doesn't help that I'm not exactly Martha Stewart. I don't like to cook, although I'd <i>like to</i> like to cook! I've just never been good at it. It's like trying to enjoy playing basketball in 7th grade gym class every time I try to think up what to fix for dinner! Maybe one day. We're all learning, right? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On another note, Mitch and I have had to re-work our finances since moving to subsidized housing. Sure, our rent is hundreds of dollars less than it used to be, but there are added expenses to living here: paying for laundry ($30-40/month), internet (35/mo), utilities (which are more expensive here as well, although I'm still not sure by how much), and paying rent out of pocket. We used to pay 100% of our rent every semester with student loans. We barely even thought about it, and we paid it months ahead at the beginning of every semester. The difference now is that we aren't using student loans anymore. They're an easy line of credit if we need something big in a short amount of time (like if our 20 year-old car gives out). But, we have these extra expenses to pay out-of-pocket now, that we didn't have before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then Eliza came a month early and brought expenses with her. Needless to say, my sweet, hardworking man didn't hesitate to start looking for another job. But, as it turns out, even getting a job interview in this town is about as likely as striking oil in your backyard. Mitch got an interview at one of the (two) grocery store(s) here. (Yes, we have two. And our basic Wal-Mart has an expanded food section. We're moving up in the world!) He is so busy during the day, but is in the afternoon IBC group, so of course in his head he justified a night job, saying he'd have time to sleep in before class. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In short, he got the job, he's already worked one shift, and he has two more this week. It is such a huge blessing to have the income we need, almost as soon as we need it. We've been doing the things we know we should, and our intentions for the income couldn't be better, so we know we'll be blessed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I feel a bit lazy and pretty guilty not getting a job myself, but (1) Eliza's tiny and is a great nurser; I'm not going to stop or be away from her all day, not to mention Nathan's never been home full-time with me, (2) daycare for two kids would cost more than I'd be making, since I don't "officially" have a degree yet. Not that there are any jobs here anyway, remember? (3) I start my internship in the Fall and the hours are still not in stone. Kind of risky to get a job at this point, and (4) I am <b><i>finally</i></b> staying home with babies like I've always, always wanted. I know that it's not always a possibility for women who want this, but my husband is making sure, at least right now, that it can happen while our little ones are just so little! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I talked it over last week with my counselor. He could totally identify with our situation. He said when he was getting his PhD there was a semester where he was taking 21 credits, writing a dissertation, working two jobs, AND had hefty responsibilities at church. His wife was home with a toddler and a baby. They had to decide together not to compare each other's contributions to the household and family, but to just know that they were both doing all they could to ensure success at home. He was working towards providing for them by finishing his education and by working part-time, and she was providing for their kids and keeping their house running. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I left feeling much better, knowing that my role right now is to be the best sidekick Mitch could ask for. He's going to work a few nights per week, get a few hours of sleep, and then do homework and sit in class all day long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Ha! I just described exactly what I see around me right now. Except Eliza is dressed, Nathan had one real meal today, and he's <i>CHOOSING </i>to run around in a diaper. It <b><i>is</i></b> summer and we don't have AC...how can I argue with that logic!? On days like this, I just have to say, "eh, they'll survive!")</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Any tips on how to, well, run a productive house? Everything my parents and in-laws have taught me up to this point is mysteriously gone. Nathan is a good helper and does a few simple "chores" during the day. I would just like to have a bit of a better schedule around here as far as chores and productivity go. Eliza is a very easy baby and I'm feeling the shock of having two kids wear off as we get into a routine. Any advice would be appreciated!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And now, as a red ribbon reward for getting all the way through, here are some pictures I've taken in the last week or two. Happy six weeks, Eliza!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Trying to document all her hair; I'm so afraid she'll lose it all like Nathan did! She didn't have a bald spot from sleeping on her back yet, either, so I had to catch that. She slowly has one forming now.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Eliza is now 19 3/4 inches (3rd percentile) and 6 1/2 lbs (2nd percentile). We're on the charts! Score! :o) The doctor is pleased with her growth and says she's doing just fine, so we'll keep doing what we're doing!</span></div>
The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-17368555107913155932013-06-02T23:51:00.004-06:002013-06-02T23:51:53.352-06:00Getting to Know Baby E<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We are loving our newest little one! She is the sweetest, tiniest little thing ever, and she has impressed us so much the last few weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eliza is just over 3 weeks old now and she is holding her head up by herself for 10-20 seconds at a time (it's hard work!). She looks all over and high-contrast things in the house (like black frames against our white walls) catch her eye and she just stares. She has started spending more time awake during the day. It's darling and fun to see her so awake; mostly, I'll admit, because she doesn't really need to be entertained a lot yet. I'm enjoying it while I can! :o) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As perfect as her delivery was, there have been a few bumps in our road to recovery: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She has been a lazy eater since she was born, but her latch is getting a lot better. Because her mouth is so tiny, even when she has a correct latch it's still tiny, and causes a lot of pain! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank goodness for the job training I did for WIC, for a job as a lactation consultant that I'll start this fall. I am so grateful for the chance to learn so much about breastfeeding right before I had Eliza! It has given me so much confidence...and, not to mention, a 150-page handbook (and 2 additional books) all about nursing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, because she was tearing me up a bit I ended up with mastitis. That's healed now, and as she's grown we've had to use our nipple shield a lot less. Sorry if this is TMI for some of you; you might just have to get over it and accept that nursing is natural! :o) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I also had some awful headache pain right after Eliza was born. It ended up being a spinal headache, so I went in for a blood patch. Basically, the epidural went in just a bit too far and they had to fill the punctured space with blood that they drew from my arm. Sounds weird, right!? It was more painful than the epidural initially was during labor, but I was also, ya know, in labor and dilated to a 7! The blood patch completely got rid of the headache, but left me with awful back pain for about 2 days. One of those days happened to be when my mother-in-law was leaving in the morning, my mom was coming that night, and Mitch had class all day. Thank heavens for my friend, Juanee, who came to rescue me and help me out with a very cranky, demanding Nathan until Mitch got out of class! This is the same Juanee who came over in the middle of the night when my water broke. What an angel that girl is! :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eliza also developed pink eye that we assume she got while we were in the hospital. Because she was early and has basically no immune system, she just can't get over it! It's been about 3 weeks now and she's had it once in one eye and twice in the other. We have antibiotic cream and we are going back to the doctor to ask about it (and for a weigh-in) on Tuesday. Our pediatrician is awesome and very insightful, and is all about educating parents, not lecturing or demeaning them like our last pediatrician was! I've been putting breastmilk in her eye as well, which has proven to help heal things like pink eye. Told ya, nursing is normal and natural!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As far as sleep goes, I'm not obviously getting as much as I'd like, but baby E has been doing 4-5 hour stretches, which is awesome. She had a growth spurt last week and just ate all night long, but now we're getting back to "normal". Her only hopes and dreams are to weigh more than 4 lbs! :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nathan is almost back to normal after this whole adjustment, but it IS really obvious when he hasn't gotten the attention he needs/wants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As a reward for reading this far, here are pictures from some newborn shoots we did in the last week or two!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I photoshopped a lot of her pink eye away, but you can tell which eye it was the worst in at this point. She did have it in both the day we took these pictures. My kids just don't make taking pictures easy!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">cuddled up on a beautiful blanket her GG made her :o) Nathan has one too!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> After almost 2 hours of shooting, and MULTIPLE feedings, Eliza gave up on me and just bawled. There was nothing I could do to calm her down! So, I decided we'd try again another day because I was nowhere near satisfied at what we'd gotten. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can't believe how much she's grown already! That binky isn't quite as big on her face as it was in this picture :o)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">baby lashes :o) Hers are actually quite long when they're not crusted over with pink eye! I hope she keeps em!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Newborn photo shoot, day two: this time I took pictures during naptime (so Nathan wasn't in the way; I was home alone with both of them at this point), I used a heating pad under the blankets/fabric instead of a space heater in the room (I usually bring both on newborn shoots and let the baby choose), used one light and a bunch of natural light instead of three, and used all fabric instead of any of my backdrops. This made the setup and takedown MUCH easier for me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, that's about it! I really need to get better at taking pictures more often; she's changing so fast! I really appreciate having a nice camera and several nice lenses (not to mention being completely comfortable in full manual modes all the time) and a newborn at the same time! This wasn't the case with Nathan, and it really makes all the difference!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">My favorite of Eliza so far :o)<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I thought I'd give this post a similar title to this one:<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1607791794382338737#editor/target=post;postID=2642975767409934436;onPublishedMenu=overview;onClosedMenu=overview;postNum=100;src=postname"> He's Here!</a>, where I shared Nathan's birth story. Mostly just for my own sake, so I can find them both easily later. But, if anyone wants to hit up that little link it'll show off how vastly different the births of our babies were!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The last two and a half years (with breaks here and there) have been spent in counseling, trying to get over what happened when Nathan was born. I was left with postpartum PTSD that triggered anxiety issues and basically altered my personality (by a lot), and my views on just about everything. Granted, we are extremely fortunate, and we've always recognized that. Nathan was supposed to have brain damage for how long he was without adequate oxygen. His heart rate indicated a quite possible heart defect. He was taken by emergency c-section after 12 hours of labor, when I was 100% effaced and dilated to a 9.5 (out of 10). We are so glad he made it here safely, but talks with the doctor I chose to deliver Eliza revealed that they waited way too long and compromised something much too precious to ever give them my business--or put my children in their hands--again. In fact, the doctor who delivered Nathan has since been fired and is now retired in Colorado.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My water broke 4 weeks early with Eliza on Friday, May 10th, 2013, at about 2:30 am. Mitch was on a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">required </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">three-day campout with his business class and was supposed to get home at noon that day, so naturally I was trying not to freak out that he wasn't there. Actually, my very first thought was to get OFF our memory foam mattress before I ruined the thing!! I didn't ruin the giant sponge of a bed, by the way. (That's the fastest I've ever moved being that pregnant!) All that week and the week before, I had been thoroughly watched by my doctors for some bleeding and cramping I was having. We'd moved that week and the stress was just proving to be too much. I was dilated to a 1.5 (which most people know you can sit at for weeks), but they also had found that miss E had stopped growing at about 32 weeks. I was 36 weeks. Of course, she picked right in between appointments to do this, right before I started going every week, so no one knew anything until I went in. I had been given a clear, "everything's fine! Don't worry!" from my doctors on Thursday, and I had texted Mitch that, so he didn't think to worry. And then everything gushed in the middle of the night and things got REAL. And of course nothing was ready.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">His phone kept searching for service while camping. He wasn't supposed to have his phone, but since he had a very pregnant wife at home he told his professors he WOULD have it with him, just on vibrate. However, to conserve the battery, he had to shut it off when it wasn't needed. Apparently 2:30 am doesn't usually present a huge time of phone necessity. I thought he was just sleeping through a vibrating phone (easy for him to do), so I just kept calling, basically until he found me at the hospital. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the meantime, I called my in-laws, because they knew they could expect a call to "start driving!" if things happened early, being only an 8 hour drive away. My father-in-law was the epitome of calm and reason, which was good, because I was trying not to actually process anything that was happening. I was having mild cramps, just a bit worse than Braxton Hicks contractions, so I knew (hoped) things would start on their own soon, but not before I got to the hospital! I called my friend Juanee (John-ee), who is one of my best friends and used to be our neighbor until we moved the week before all this happened (yeah...). She came right over, even thinking to grab Nathan's carseat out of our car in the parking lot before she came in. She helped me pack a bag and come up with a plan. I gave her a few numbers to call at a more decent hour and she helped get me something quick to eat and get me off to the hospital ASAP. I really couldn't have done it without her; I would have been calling unsuspecting friends in my contact list to see if they could come watch my kid in the middle of the night!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I didn't call my mom until I got in the car to drive to the hospital <i>(yes, I had to drive myself. Yes, Mitch will always feel guilty about this. What else was I supposed to do!?)</i>. I wanted to get there before the pain got bad, and I could feel that the contractions were at least consistent (<u>miracle #1</u>...an induction while attempting your first ever VBAC {Vaginal Birth After Cesarean} is about the last thing you want!). I knew I'd fall apart talking to my mom on the phone. My father-in-law was so calm and assertive that he helped me not quite process things, just like I wanted. He helped me make progress and get out the door! And then went to town calling every emergency number he could find for Mitch's business dept. and the campground he was at. Anyway, my mom did her big, "<i>GASSSSP!!!</i> What are you going to <i>DO</i>!?!?" like I knew she would...something I couldn't handle hearing if I wasn't already on the way to the hospital, with everything taken care of (as much as I could control, anyway). I told her my short plan and asked her to say a prayer that Mitch would make it in time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I showed up at the hospital, parked, got to the maternity ward, and checked in. I quickly told them the situation with my husband and they told me they could call dispatch and send an officer out to get him. I, of course, took them up on that...I didn't really have power to get those kinds of results by calling them myself, but they could, calling from the hospital! A sweet officer three counties over miraculously had his responsibilities lightened at the start of his shift by another officer who had free time, so he had time to go out and search campsites with a flashlight for Mitch (<u>miracle #2</u>...Mitch would NOT have made it in time without him! Yes, there is a thank-you note in the works!). They confirmed in triage that my water had broken and admitted me. My contractions were already only 3-4 minutes apart, and they were basically on top of each other by the time 3:30 am hit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The sweet officer ran into Mitch's campsite at about 4 am, ripping open tent doors and shouting, while pointing a flashlight at everyone's faces, <i>"Where's Mitch Dooley!? I need Mitch Dooley! His wife's having a baby!!!"</i> He grabbed his hat, pants, a hoodie, and his boots, and threw everything on in the squad car. His group members later brought his stuff home for him. He and the officer made the 45-60 minute drive in about 20 minutes, lights on and sirens blaring, going at least 90 mph the whole time. Mitch showed up at about 4:30 am. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I don't remember a ton from between 3:30 and 6 am, I just remember I wasn't quite far enough for my epidural when shift changes happened at 6. I got a new nurse (they were all awesome throughout all this), but they said shift changes for the anesthesiologist would take about 45 minutes, so my epidural was at least an hour away. In that hour, I happened to progress from a 3 to a 7, <i>AND</i> I hit transition. (I got my epidural with Nathan when I was at a 7 and in transition as well...bad timing!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Those drugs took effect FAST. Thank heavens. I started feeling like I had to go to the bathroom (#2...sorry to get all graphic on everyone...), and they told me it was the baby's head, but that I wasn't quite dilated enough yet. None of the nurses could believe how LOW her head was (the same thing they said about Nathan's), especially since I'd never delivered a baby that way before. Her head was apparently at a -2 station when I was at an 8. (They told me it was at a -1 when I was in triage, very early in my labor, but I don't completely know the significance of this. I just know it doesn't happen to most people!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We went over and over all the NICU procedures to take care of a baby who was (1) preterm and (2) the size of a 32 week-old fetus, instead of a 36 1/2 week old one. We had no idea what issues she'd have, and we were hoping she would just wait, resolve her little issues and grow, and THEN come normally. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Because her head was so low, once I was complete they brought the doctor in right away to be there when I started pushing; he didn't wait to waltz in and catch the baby. Plus, being a VBAC patient, he felt he needed to be there for as much of the actual birth as possible. I learned how to do everything, and Mitch and my nurse were great support. The doctor was awesome; he was so calm and assuring and just wonderful about everything. I know he really cares about each patient. That practice is amazing! I <b><i>did</i></b> request a mirror, which I didn't see myself doing beforehand, but I almost needed proof to myself, in the moment, that I had actually gotten there, and that my labor had been a smooth one and that my baby was still beating that little heart as fast as it should be. I was crying already, just starting to realize how different I was mentally than I had been 2.5 years ago. I had the realization that I wouldn't have to repress a moment of anything (not like it's a conscious decision), and that everything was so peaceful and smooth. Having the mirror was actually amazing and gross at the same time, but I was able to ignore the gross part for the majority of it. I will never forget seeing that little head show up out of (what seemed like) nowhere; suddenly a bunch of movements over the last few months had turned into a BABY! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After only 20 or so minutes of pushing, at 9:03 am, she was out and on my belly, like they told me they would still do, so I would get <b><i>some</i></b> contact with her (another sweet, considerate thing this doctor did). Mitch and I bawled like babies ourselves. I loved watching Mitch's reaction to it all. They asked if he had any plans to cut the cord. He answered, "not really." which surprised me...this is the same man that peeks over my shoulders to watch epidurals and was taking pictures over the drape during the c-section! They asked if he would like to and he agreed. I still need to ask him what he thought of all that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She was pink and screaming, which they didn't expect. They did her Apgar scores without even taking her from me, and at one minute after birth, our tiny fighter scored a 9 out of 9! Amazing. They told me that, as long as she stayed looking great, I was free to keep her with me. My nurse watched her carefully while we cuddled, did some chest-to-chest time, and I got to nurse her. I just couldn't stop crying and thinking about how amazing she was! An hour and a half later they said that they better weigh/measure her, get a diaper on her, etc. I could not believe they let me keep her for so long! It was so idealistic, and I never imagined it would really happen that way. I still can't believe it! <u>Miracle #4</u>: She didn't have a single thing wrong with her; no circulation issues, no temperature issues, no blood sugar, nothing! Nathan even had circulation and blood sugar issues at first!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The one low point was that I tore a bit and had to be stitched up. It still floors me that I tore with a 4 lb baby...it feels a bit pathetic, but I guess being born is quite the stretch, no matter your size. I'm not dwelling too much on it in my head; everything else went so perfectly! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She'd weighed in at 4 lb 10 oz in the ultrasound a few days before. Mitch's guess was 4 lb 12 oz; he was spot-on! She was also 18.5 inches; for her weight, she should have been about 16 inches. She was fully cooked, just needed to fatten up!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">According to hospital policy, any baby born before 37 weeks must spend 6 continuous hours being monitored in NICU. So, after we nursed and Mitch got to snuggle our tiny little bug, we kissed her goodbye, sent her off to NICU, and the nurses took care of me. I totally almost passed out in the shower, by the way. I've never seen so many nurses show up so quickly! And smelling salts are REALLY effective...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After I ate lunch I was wheeled down to NICU in a chair to cuddle my baby. It was awesome. The NICU nurses LOVED her because they could actually dress her; she didn't have to be hooked up to anything but the little sticker heart monitors! So, they "donated" preemie clothes to us for our stay so she could stay that much warmer. She weighed in at 4 lbs 12 oz but with between 2-4% body fat. Most newborns have upwards of 60% body fat to keep them warm. We have to work hard to keep her warm so <b><i>she</i></b> doesn't have to work hard and burn calories to keep herself warm. Her little face looks chunky in the early hospital pictures, but it's just swelling. She really doesn't have much fat on the whole of her body! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They would have let us go home Saturday if she wasn't so tiny; they just wanted an extra 24 hours to watch her. She has been a great nurser, although a bit on the lazy side, and sleeps wonderfully too, at least for now! We just keep her bundled and cozy and snuggle all the time, remembering that she's still supposed to be a fetus! She has brought so much joy into our home! We've had a few close friends as visitors, but we've been told to keep her away from anyone who is sick, and to treat her immune system like a preemie's. People wash up before they hold her, etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We love our baby Eliza Kay! Nathan's transition has been hard, but he is almost back to his normal self now that mommy's almost back to <i>her</i> normal self. Thank goodness for my in-laws (my mother-in-law showed up Friday night at about 8 pm), Juanee, who took Nathan and Apollo almost all day, my cousin Kim, who rushed back into town to be "on call" to take Nathan (Juanee and her family were going out of town that afternoon!), the officer who found Mitch and brought him to me, and my parents, who knew they couldn't get to us that day all the way from Kansas, so they were out shopping for preemie clothes all day so we'd have something to dress Eliza in!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Now, for anyone who has made it this far, here's a few more photos! After photographing so many other newborns, it was finally time to take pictures of my own!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan SO wanted Eliza to play trains with him when she got home. He kept saying, "Baby Eliza build big long train with me!?" He's very overprotective of who plays with his trains, so this was a huge compliment. For a size reference, each train is about 2.5 inches long.</td></tr>
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I am so grateful for all the help and well wishes we've received! My mother-in-law took care of me when I couldn't get up without a lot of pain to do anything, and she made our house look great while I was in the hospital (again, I thought I'd have 4 weeks to make the mess and chaos a home!), and my mom is here now and helping me to transition into life at home with two kids.<br />
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Later I'll write about my recovery; we've had a few bumps, but we're getting through them!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We both had finals the week of April 8th-12th. I honestly have no idea how we survived...seriously, I'm glad a toddler can survive on cereal and oven pizzas for dinner while watching Thomas movies on mom's Kindle so mom and dad can get some work done! Nathan was <b>SUCH</b> a trooper, and we made sure to focus on <b>HIM</b> during break times to avoid meltdowns. He even got a new Thomas & Friends train or two during the week to keep HIS focus on playing and entertaining himself! Nothing prepares you for a sibling like having to play on your own, right? :o) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In any case, we are so grateful for the blessings of great friends that live close enough to help us out as if they were family! (And the one cousin I have here...we need more <i>FAMILY</i> out here!) We are also so grateful for professors who met with us, worked overtime with us to make sure work we were turning in was up to par for them (they did NOT have to give us this extra time), and for a professor or two of mine that let me just VENT when I felt like I was just <b>done</b> with their class. Being 7 months pregnant + knowing it's your last semester of classes will do that to anyone, I tell myself!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>April 2-3rd: </b>drop Camille off at the MTC (see my previous post)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">April 8th-12th: finals week</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>April 13th-18th: </b>trip to Gillette, WY to visit "GG & Papa Dooley" and Aunt Dani!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>April 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th: </b>New (ALL day) job training for me as a Peer Breastfeeding Counselor for our local WIC office</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>April 22nd: </b>Also Mitch's first day of school, starting "IBC" (Integrated Business Curriculum), where you start up and run a business on campus with a group of 6-8 others, using real money and real stocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>April 27th (today): </b>our yard sale! After the first week of school and half a week of job training, we still had to go through the whole house and purge/sort/price things for this yard sale. It ended up being well worth it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <b>May 1st-2nd: </b>(this Wednesday) MOVING DAY(s) to our new apartment. A mid-week move is going to take everything poor Mitch has; he has at least 3 hours of homework every night and group meetings every, single day. I'm just hoping his group will let him have Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning to help us load a truck and move!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Whew. Anyway, I can't wait for April and the first few days of May to be over! April's almost gone, but it hasn't gone without a fight and a lot of stress!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had no idea about this shower before we got to Gillette, but had I known I probably would have packed a bit lighter! :o) It was a shower thrown by Dani, Mitch's sister and my former roommate (whom I will forever give credit for Mitch and I meeting!). She is awesome, and we have missed them so much since she and her husband moved from Rexburg to Seattle a year ago. They are doing great out there and working hard at their grown-up full-time jobs, but we MISS THEM! She and I planned this trip in December and I'm so glad we did! We wish her husband could have been there as well, but we understand the need to, ya know, work a grown-up, full-time job!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I realized (again) how lucky I am to have married into Mitch's family. As far away as my Kansas family is, I think someone upstairs KNEW I'd need amazing in-laws to survive only seeing my Larson family once or twice a year. It's rough. I hate that they don't know Nathan. I could go on...but I'm also so grateful for how welcoming and loving these Dooleys have been! I feel a genuine love from them and I always feel cared about and looked after like one of their own children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She put together a pink, vintage-y shower that was absolutely adorable. The <i><b>pinkness</b></i> of it all threw me for a loop after 2 1/2 years of nothing but blue and Thomas the train! Yay for baby girls! :o) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The whole staff at Marshall Jewelry, the jewelry store where Mitch's mom, Dani, and I have all worked, all came and brought amazing gifts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They were so generous and hospitable, and it really feels like we have friends around Gillette whenever we visit! I'm really only there a few times a year, but it's as if I still worked there, I feel so much love from everyone! It's great. Oh, and Dani and Mom Dooley even got my mom to send a gift; it was awesome! I had no idea, and my mom tends to NOT keep secrets from me very well :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of the cutest parts of this shower were the paper lanterns: they were originally from Dollar Tree, and Dani had seen on Pinterest that you can cut long, skinny triangles and glue them row after row to cover the whole lantern! They look so much more tasteful than normal Chinese lanterns! I was thinking I could add some spray paint or something, like a glossy-type that is a bit more subtle, but if I just made that product up, at least I still love them white! I brought them home and they are going to hang over Eliza's crib :o) Here are some close-ups so you can see what an awesome job she did!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you SO much to Mom Dooley and Dani, who hopefully still read this blog (lol), to my mom for being oh-so-secretive and sending a gift to add to the surprise, and to my amazing co-workers from Marshall Jewelry! I may only work with you guys a few times a year, but it's so fun to be friends year round!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">More later about Mitch's business program and my new work-at-home-job that I'm also hoping to get approved as my internship for this Fall (I won't actually start this job until August/September, because they are gracious enough to give me a maternity leave before it all even starts!). It will all be finalized in the final interview on Monday: wish me luck!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In our church, young people have the opportunity to serve full-time missions. For young men, it is required. For young women, it is an option for those who have the desire to serve a mission. Young men can serve at age 18 and young women can serve at age 19. Previously, the ages young people could serve were older (boys at 19 and girls at 21), but a somewhat shocking announcement was made 6 months ago by our church leaders, lowering the age limits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My sister, Camille, is 21. She has been planning on serving a full-time mission for several years now. Because my family has all girls and Mitch has one little brother and two little sisters, we really didn't know how many missionary siblings we'd have. Mitch served a full-time mission for our church from 2006-2008 at age 19-21. His brother is also preparing to serve a full-time mission right now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Full-time missions mean a lot of sacrifice for these young people. Girls serve for 18 months and boys serve for 2 years. This means 18 mo - 2 yrs away from their family, living with a missionary companion somewhere in the world. They do not pick where they serve; they are assigned a "mission call" somewhere around the world (of course, disabilities, health restrictions, and other factors are all considered). These missionaries do missionary work 24/7. They do not watch tv, read magazines (outside of church magazines), read books (outside of scriptures), or have much leisure time. It is all work, all day, all for the Lord. They call home twice a year, on Mother's Day and on Christmas. Other than that, emails can be sent to anyone they wish, but computer time is very restricted. Written letters are, of course, always allowed as well. Missionaries hope to eliminate as many distractions as possible, so they formally defer from college (or serve a mission before they start), and most aren't involved in long-distance romantic relationships.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On Tuesday and Wednesday, we got a chance to drop Camille off at the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Provo, UT, where she will spend 2 weeks learning how to be a missionary. She'll take classes, adopt a full-time missionary's schedule, and develop habits of daily healthy eating, exercise, and personal scripture study that will help her for the next 18 months. After that, she will leave for her mission. She was called to serve in Charlotte, North Carolina and will be there by the end of the month! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had never seen the MTC before; Camille and other BYU students have access to it to volunteer there since it is so close to their campus, and Camille has volunteered there many times, so new missionaries have people to practice teaching to. Because of this announcement regarding missionary age six months ago, a surge of missionary applications and mission calls have been received and sent out. Camille is 21, so she's not one of the 19 year-old missionaries, but she is still caught up in this huge surge of new missionaries with everyone else! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Because my parents live so far from Utah, they sent her off at the Kansas City airport, and that was the last time they'll see her in 18 months. She had a friend pick her up at the Salt Lake City airport and was with her until we could drive from Idaho to pick her up. We spent the day doing last-minute errands and shopping that she needed, as well as just enjoying time together. We got together with friends from home that we hadn't seen in a long time, which was really fun! Poor Nathan was SO antsy after several hours in the car; he was kind of a banshee at the restaurant! Our friends who'd never met him definitely didn't see his fun side!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We ALL look terrible in this picture...Camille had stayed up all night packing, then caught a 6 am flight. Mitch and I had been up early, gone to classes, and then drove to Provo. It was a long day for all of us!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On Wednesday morning, we did some more last-minute shopping and went to lunch. Then we said our goodbyes across the street from the MTC and got ready to go drop her off. It was a madhouse, but the people working were very well-organized, so it was busy, but it all ran very smoothly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There were a few rules to follow, like saying goodbyes across the street in a big field and parking lot, so the MTC parking lot and circle drive won't get too congested. Only the car with the missionary in it is allowed in the MTC parking lot; not their car and their families' five other cars with extended family. You only get 2 1/2 minutes to say goodbye to your missionary, just to keep things flowing smoothly. So, we had a very well-orchestrated plan to get her unloaded and say goodbye quickly; we even got a "nice job, guys!" from the missionaries that helped unload and that were directing traffic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These pictures are kind of repetitive, but I know my parents really wished they could be there, so I just took enough pictures to help them feel like they were there. Enjoy!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There was tons of construction going on to expand the street in front of the MTC, to make dropping off easier. The famous hot spot for pictures, the "Missionary Training Center" sign isn't even there anymore.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We made Camille pose for pictures across the street from the MTC. Anyone who knows Camille knows she hates pictures more than most anything else, but we didn't give her a choice :o) She always just throws her hand on her hip and calls it good, haha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Last picture before she grabbed her bags and went with the "host missionaries", who are in the MTC themselves, and assigned to curb duty to help missionaries part with their families. We did NOT want to be (1) the slow ones holding everything up, or (2) asked to please hurry and say goodbye. So, we were super efficient :o)</span></div>
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I posted some studio pictures I did of Nathan (attempted to do, actually...2 year olds...) but I don't have time at the moment to upload them here. So, here's a public link. You can supposedly see the pictures and the album without having a facebook account at all! Enjoy!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have a photo shoot for a friend at my house in 2 hours, and my house is NOT company-ready. It's also a few weeks before finals, and it feels like the whole world dropped on Mitch and me this week, especially schoolwork-wise. We are just trying to keep a pace and keep motivated! School officially ends with graduation on April 12th, and classes end the 10th (Mitch always has to work graduation, so we always go by that date).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We're also leaving town in three days to see my sister, Camille, in Provo, UT before she leaves on a year-and-a-half long, full-time mission for our church. I couldn't be more proud of her, but it's also slowly starting to hit me that I won't just be visiting my sister; I'll be saying goodbye to her for 18 months! She won't visit home or family until after her 18 months is over, and she gets 2 phone calls home per year. We'll keep in touch through emails and writing, but my family has never had a missionary leave before (boys are required to serve for 2 years, and for girls it's encouraged...my family, as most of you know, never had any boys join us!), and I'm a bit nervous that we'll all just fall apart emotionally! It's not hard to imagine me doing that, being a crier as it is AND adding being 7 1/2 months pregnant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, we're working really hard to be ready to skip 2 days of school during such a critical time at the end of the semester. We're doing homework non-stop and trying to function beyond that in the meantime. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We also have a secret that's added a bunch of (good) stress to our lives. We haven't said anything online about it at all, which as you know coming from me, is hard to do! There was just so much uncertainty and inability to plan that it was easier just to wait out this decision for awhile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now, we are ab<span style="font-size: small;">solutely</span> in love with our duplex. The owners, who live in the other half, a<span style="font-size: small;">re our age and have the sweetest little girl (she was the one whose birth I was there to photograph<span style="font-size: small;">). We have become great friends with them and we ho<span style="font-size: small;">pe to always be close. We love having a yard, on-site storage, and a garage<span style="font-size: small;"> (in R<span style="font-size: small;">exburg, <span style="font-size: small;">where it snows non-stop for like, 7 months!)<span style="font-size: small;">. We love the people we go to church with. We love having the best park in the city (<span style="font-size: small;">with a free spl<span style="font-size: small;">ash park) a block away. </span></span>We love the re<span style="font-size: small;">nt we pay; this place is a steal! We love that <span style="font-size: small;">they saw our need for a dog and made it happen before we could get him approved as a companion animal. We moved <span style="font-size: small;">here about a year and a half ago and never planned on leaving; it is<span style="font-size: small;"> actually cheaper than living in our old <span style="font-size: small;">(smaller) apartment and paying for a storage unit<span style="font-size: small;">! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After six months on a subsidized housing wait list, we are IN. We have an apartment offered to us. The rent is too good to turn down for selfish reasons like comfort and lifestyle. We are learning a hard lesson, but we got ourselves here, and we're bound and determined to get ourselves out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The apartment complex is actually very nice for being a bit older. It has a yard, a playground, and plenty of storage, although it's still smaller than where we are now. Our duplex was built in 2004, so we've gotten used to newer and nicer (our old apartment wasn't much older than that either). But who are we kidding? We are in <i>college</i>. We aren't buying our first (or second) home. We aren't here forever. We don't deserve anything, really! (We've really worked on not having a sense of entitlement around here, feeling like we <i>deserve</i> this or that.) We are college kids living on nothing while trying to support one, almost two kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The biggest motivation to make a change before it's too late is the fact that I'm done with classes in April. Besides doing an internship in the fall (which may yield an internship scholarship, but not more than that), we're done with my grants and loans and won't have any access to them anymore. So, we're cutting our "income" in half while doubling our number of children. Mitch is getting further into his major and is having to work harder and harder to get the grades he wants. He can't afford, grade-wise, to take on more hours at work or another job right now. He already works two jobs and donates plasma to support us, bless his heart!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mitch and I prayed hard about this decision. We talked it out. We plugged numbers into our Dave Ramsey Personal Finance Software (MAN was that easier than me doing all the numbers pen-and-paper style every semester!). The answer was clear, but it was still hard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We are excited to live in the same complex as my cousin and her husband, along with their sweet little boy. They are some of the funnest people we know, and we can't wait to be neighbors!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, four weeks before our baby girl is due, we will move. At least it's not a winter move like our other two moves have been! The road in front of our place will most likely still be torn out and being replaced. Joy. We'll see how this goes :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And, to reward you people who made it this far, here are some recent pictures of the Nathan boy!</span></div>
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Mitch actually caught these gems for us :o) Nathan loves to cuddle with baby Eliza, and he can actually say her name quite perfectly, too!</div>
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The new place has a sliding glass door, which will yield a TON of light for pictures (yay!!), and a ton of space for Nathan and Apollo to look outside. They both look outside using <i>this</i> method right now! <br />
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Playing with daddy's coin jar...fine motor skill building at its finest!<br />
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We walked to our favorite park (the one a block away) one Monday night for family night. It was a bit colder than we expected it to be, but we were just excited that it was in the 40s and we were having trouble keeping Nathan and Apollo cooped up inside! (They're true Idahoans, I guess! 40 degrees = play outside weather!) Nathan went down this slide probably 20 times. It was really nice that we were the only ones there so big kids weren't pushing him on the "shake shake bridge" (Thomas the train reference) and he never had to wait his turn, which he loved.<br />
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The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-75668945867725384422013-02-23T17:25:00.002-07:002013-02-23T17:25:39.438-07:00There's a First Time for Everything...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">WHY do SHARPIE CAPS come off so EASILY!?!? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He DID, however, get it all over his scalp. Which didn't come off so easily. Lysol wipes took it off our kitchen table just fine, as well as his belly, face, and arms. We did have to scrub him down after using the wipes, though. This poor kid's skin struggles with excema and we didn't want a nasty rash!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> You can tell how remorseful he is by the expressions on his face! We had a good long talk about what we color on and what we don't...although I'm sure this won't be his last struggle in this area...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I must add, the little rebel DID get extra brownie points for saying, "Marker black like Diesel black!"...Diesel is a train on Thomas and Friends who is made of black steel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We've been using Thomas to learn our colors, which works out well since he loves the characters. So far he knows "Blue like Thomas", "Green like Percy", "Yellow like Mollie", "Black like Diesel", and "Red like James". Yeah, you still win us over, kid. :o)</span></div>
The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-20130229114257183182013-02-04T19:04:00.004-07:002013-02-04T19:07:07.305-07:00Life as of February<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We've all been sick for awhile; Mitch got a bad cold 2 weeks ago and it lasted him about 10 days; Nathan and I got the same cold a week ago; he's better, I'm not quite better yet. But, we're glad to be over the worst of it, and that it was just a bad cold, not influenza! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nathan's jamming out to his Pandora station on tv...this kid is so uptight that he NEVER dances. I love the rare times it happens, and I love that he recognizes so many songs from his little toddler lab class!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love watching him in toddler lab through the observation booth one-way windows. It is SO FUN to see him and how he acts when we're not there! He is loving it and having so much fun! He doesn't cry when he goes anymore, but is still clingy for awhile after Mitch or I pick him up. We turned in his application for next semester already; if he gets in, he gets in. I told the teacher we'd be having a baby in the middle of the semester and that it could either be a good constant in his little life amidst everything else changing, or it'd be too much and we'd have to pull him out. She said to go ahead and try it. I just really think his timid little personality that's so afraid to try new things (THAT part he got from me...) will benefit from more than one semester of socialization and play time with things we don't have or do at home. So far he loves painting; I haven't braved that mess yet at home!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mitch is doing well in his classes and studies very hard. He ended up dropping a class because it was requiring too much combined with his other classes, but we'd both rather he keep his GPA in mind than try to cram in credits while he's also working a lot and is feeling the impact of responsibilities at home. I don't have much patience for my classes; I'm SO glad this is my last semester! I'm so DONE! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I went back to counseling today. It was awesome. Not much to say about it in detail, mostly just planning out goals for the time span that I'm going, but it was so nice to be back with that resource. My counselor is awesome, and it was great that I didn't have to explain everything, all over again, to someone new! The one different thing about this counseling center (on our school's campus) is that, because they're offering the services to any student, FREE of charge, they ask you to stop coming as soon as you can; not to draw out the process unnecessarily because there are so many students on their wait list that may desperately need someone to talk to. Of course, everyone's needs are met, they just try to help as many students as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On a random note, I got a very sweet, sincere compliment from a woman working in the store that Nathan and I were shopping in. It made my day! So, give compliments...it means a lot more than you think!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- I feel so much more AWARE of everything that's happening. I think having done it before really helps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- Feeling her move all over, at SUCH an earlier point in my pregnancy than Nathan, is really fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- She totally has a pattern and schedule already; luckily her movements aren't strong enough yet to wake me up at night, but they work themselves into my dreams :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- My coughing fits scare her sometimes, poor girl!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- I haven't been as diligent at figuring out how many weeks I am exactly, like I did with Nathan. I think the novelty has worn off a bit. I didn't even take a belly picture until THIS week, at 23 weeks! (I labeled the picture 22.5 weeks on Facebook until I realized that I was, in fact, 23 weeks as of TODAY. Thank goodness for the Kindle app that tells me or I'd never know!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We had a crazy weird snowstorm a few weeks ago and the snowflakes all stayed perfectly separated and complete! I was kicking myself that I sent that macro lens back so I couldn't get a perfectly sharp shot, but I did the best I could with what I had!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I asked him, "where's cute Nathan?" and this is what I got :o)</span></td></tr>
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The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-64138668619885699642013-01-18T19:24:00.001-07:002013-01-18T19:29:32.697-07:0020 week appointment: Eliza Kay<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our little Miss is looking fantastic! She was so funny during the ultrasound. MUCH more cooperative than Nathan; he kept hiding in this one corner, with his hands over his face. The ultrasound tech said that isn't rare; that it's kind of like an early defense mechanism. His little world was feeling a bit intruded on and he was just trying to get away! Knowing his timid little self, especially as a baby, I feel bad! Haha, oh well, he turned out just fine :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Little peach is absolutely perfect! We are feeling very, very blessed. Of course, there are always things they can't diagnose in an ultrasound. Out of curiosity, we asked the ultrasound tech (who we love!) and she said the list includes any random webbing the baby may have (fingers, toes, etc.), cleft palate (they can diagnose cleft <i>lip</i>, which is usually a pretty good indicator of cleft palate; I didn't even know they were different!), and some heart issues. All of that has to be assessed at birth. As far as everything they <i>could </i>check, however, our little Eliza passed with flying colors :o) </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This goofy girl had her foot RIGHT in her face a lot...even in the 16 week gender check! Check out that little bony leg! They look so freaky without any fat! I'm loving her profile, though; hopefully she gets the same cute nose Nathan has, not her mama's big honker!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Several weeks ago during a physical exam, the doctor warned me that my placenta was lying pretty low. He also said it was very early to jump to any conclusions and worry me for nothing. During this ultrasound the tech looked at my cervix (okay, men, this post will have some womanly words in it...I'm not getting gross, don't worry!) and saw that my placenta was lying way too close to it. It didn't cover it, but if it doesn't move it will be too small a space for a baby head to fit without crushing the placenta. They are calling it "partial placenta previa". Complete previa would mean that the entire cervix (which is of course a very small area right now) is covered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For those of you who am wondering what I am talking about, the cervix is where the baby has to pass through to be born. If there's a big ol' organ, filled with blood supply to keep both me AND the baby alive is in the way, you have to worry about the baby bursting the placenta on the way out. If a placental abruption occurs, it is common knowledge that both baby and mom will be lost in 10-20 minutes if emergency actions are not taken to stop the bleeding. This is obviously a huge risk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I was told today that there's about a 50% chance that I'll need a c-section; either the placenta will move as my uterus grows or it won't. Luckily, there's no possibility of it moving downwards; if it's going to move, it will be up, away from my cervix. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> As far as my VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) chances go, I was at about a 90% chance of having a normal birth (because I dilated to a 9.5 with Nathan, so my body's "done" the labor thing, just not the delivery part!), and today it shrank by 40%. It's not set in stone, but still concerning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The plan so far is to do a follow-up ultrasound in 4 weeks. By then my uterus will have grown a bit, and should hopefully be grown enough to show improvement. They will keep following up with ultrasounds every 4 weeks until the problem is cleared up, or until 4-6 weeks before my due date, at which point they'll decide whether or not to schedule a c-section or let me off the leash and let my body do what it will.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Part of me (the wimpy part) wants to take the easy way out, throw in the towel, and just do a repeat c-section. With c-sections you know exactly how every birth is going to go. The risk of complications is very low, and you can plan everything (flights or trips to get moms here, babysitters for Nathan, other outside commitments), down to the day. You go to the hospital and have a baby in your arms half an hour later. (ALL the work is in the recovery, not in the labor!) Plus Eliza would get to stay in the OR instead of being rushed off to NICU like Nathan was, if of course she's problem-free. I'd get to hold her on the operating table, unlike with Nathan. That was what I felt like I was deprived of the most; by the time I got to hold Nathan, everyone had been called and sent pictures. I felt like the last one to experience my own baby. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The only reservation I have about this plan is the obvious one; it's not the intended way for our bodies to have babies. It's a perfect alternative to gambling a baby's health, but I do feel a bit deprived of a "typical" experience!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am glad that there are only selfish reasons to be concerned about. I am forever grateful that I don't have to worry about the health of a fetus; I had this weird feeling today that we wouldn't get the news that we were expecting. I would rather have it be about me, ANY day, than about this little one! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Haha, I totally hoped that my "weird feeling" <i>didn't</i> mean that Miss Eliza would be a boy this time!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, we are praying for everything to grow normally, including my body. Any prayers and good thoughts would be welcomed! :o) I just hope I don't give myself panic attacks with all the worry over the next four weeks!</span></div>
The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-6694370423370544502013-01-18T14:42:00.001-07:002013-01-18T14:42:15.888-07:00Exciting Appointments and Going to Counseling<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We loved seeing our little peach, Miss Eliza, on her 16 week ultrasound, when they did her early gender check. It is so fun to see these tiny ones swimming around!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, we have another appointment in about half an hour, the full 20 week ultrasound where they'll check her top-to-bottom to make sure nothing's wrong. We're praying for health in our little girl! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I know I've been lame at blogging since last semester when I was doing my practicum and never had time for much of anything. Even any facebooking was done from my kindle in between classes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, here's a promise: As soon as I get home I'm going to blog about this, before I forget the details. This blog is my journal, and I've taken pride in actually <i>keeping</i> a journal over the last few years! However, I need to be less lame and write more, and I want to remember some of my first ever memories of our daughter. (Man, that's fun to say! I just got used to saying "our son" regarding Nathan!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Movements came SO much sooner than with Nathan, as is common with most subsequent babies, or so I've been told! When I lay flat on my back we can even see her moving and kicking. It's SO cool! She loves my bladder...not cool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had my first birth dream with this baby the other night. It wasn't anything long or detailed, just simple. Everything actually went perfectly in this dream, which is exactly what I NEED to be envisioning at this point. Although I know that something, whether it be little or big, almost always goes wrong, I like having another scenario to picture. Being at my friend Juanee's birth really helped; THAT was a fast, flawless first labor! But remembering this dream has already brought me a lot of comfort in the last few days, and I'm grateful that it seems so real to me still!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As far as the other half of this blog post title goes, it was recommended to me by our family practitioner to go back to counseling. My anxiety is horrible right now, almost as bad as when I was in counseling last time. His opinion was that I should give a thought or two to preparing for a situation, and being counseled in preparing for having Eliza. Since my last experience, having Nathan, was what turned my life and personality completely upside down, I consider it to be wise counsel to try and prepare to do this again. That way, whether I'm dealing with a normal, uneventful birth or being rushed back into that OR, I will be mentally prepared for it all...or at least as prepared as possible! </span></div>
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The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-77448708686706627052012-12-28T12:16:00.001-07:002012-12-29T22:17:15.384-07:00Our newest little baby face...and her NAME! :o)<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We could not be more excited about our sweet new addition, who we found out on Christmas Day is a little girl! </span></div>
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didn't have a specific preference as far as gender goes, honestly,
because if it were a boy: (1) we've done a boy before...not that
children are in any way carbon copies of each other, but it just adds a
bit of comfort and familiarity to the whole situation, (2) Nathan has
been so much fun: how could we not be excited for another boy? and (3)
we have 29358 rubbermaids full of NB-2T boy clothes...can you say
cheaper than buying girl clothes!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">However,
we got a GIRL!!! When we were pregnant with Nathan, all I wanted at
first was a girl (sorry, Nathan--obviously no hard feelings now!)
because I am the oldest in a family of all girls. All I knew were girls.
I had no idea what to do with a boy, and it still surprises me when
he's obsessed with words like "gross" and "pee-pee/poopy"...it's an
ever-learning process :o) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In
any case, when I thought Nathan was a girl, I couldn't be more excited to buy headbands, baby
tights/leggings, dresses, and other fun little things that boys just
don't get. It didn't take long for that to change, though. I love it on
days like today, when Nathan is running around in little blue jeans that
look like an adult's and a fun little shirt that could be his dad's
also. He looks so grown up and adorable! I love how classy he looks on
Sundays in his little sweaters or button-downs and sweater vests,
complete with little leather shoes. I love the mini tennis shoes, etc.
This whole girl shopping thing is just a completely different world! I
have only looked at girl clothes a total of, oh, three times so far, but
it is just different! And I tend to be picky. I hate how ALL baby clothes are cute as can be and then you see a stupid butterflies
or puppies embroidered right in the middle. Just leave it plain!
Anyway, I'm glad we have time to buy all these clothes because it might
take me awhile :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As
far as a NAME goes, we have put a lot of thought into it, since we got
pregnant with Nathan and wondered if he were a boy or a girl. We used
our boy name on him and saved our girl name for this little sweet pea!
We like to use family names. Nathan is Nathan Patrick Dooley. Nathan is
just a name we liked, but Patrick is my father's name, Mitch's brother's
middle name, and their uncle's first name. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dooley is a weird name to match first names with. Larson was easier. But anyway...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This
little girl name has quite a story behind it as well. Mitch's parents
were sure they were going to adopt a little baby girl from China years
ago, after they had their four kids. At just about the last minute,
things fell through. My poor mother-in-law felt as if she'd had a
miscarriage, losing a baby she was sure would become part of their
family. So we picked the first name that they were going to use for her,
in honor of the sweet little girl they never got to hold. As far as a
middle name, that was easy: my mother and mother-in-law have the SAME
middle name! So, we name our little baby after both grandmothers at
once. Awesome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Disclaimer: YES, I know that Eliza Doolittle is the main character in My Fair Lady, and Eliza Dooley is a close call to that
character's name. I will also probably end up calling her Liza for
short, it just rolls of the tongue easier, and I know that Liza Minnelli
is a basket of weirdo. However, no one our little Eliza's age will know
who either of these people are, so I don't really care! Ha!)</span></span></div>
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The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-68384743673431069402012-11-10T12:18:00.004-07:002012-11-10T12:18:56.189-07:00Overdue Updates (plus tons of pictures, of course!)<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wow, this semester has been by far my busiest! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So far I've been up to my ears with teaching preschool (my practicum for my degree), normal class workloads, growing a baby, chasing a toddler, running a business, and editing fun stuff like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> It's been SO fun, but I am feeling SO busy! Whenever I have down time it's editing time, not tv or nap time like I'd like at this point :o) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I also just found out that the little lady in the last couple you see pictured will be singing in her graduation ceremony (convocation) and she's asked me to accompany her! I'm so excited! She sings like an angel and I can't wait to revamp an old piece that she and I traveled all over performing years ago. I really can't wait!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As for Mitch, he's READY to be back in school. We just registered for next semester. I have so appreciated him during this semester (his "off-semester" of the year...mine is April-July like a normal university schedule, but his is Sept-Dec of every year). He has been Mr. Mom and has taken care of me when I come home from school exhausted and sick. I am feeling much better now, but it has been a rough few weeks for all of us! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mitch had the chance (aka HUGE BLESSING) to work for AFP, Americans for Prosperity. It is a non-partisan group that made millions of calls all over the country (mostly swing states) before the election, informing people and reminding them to vote. He could work 1-40 hours per week, coming in whenever he wanted, which worked out perfectly with my schedule. In fact, after doing some math, we decided it was worth it during the 3 weeks the job lasted to have our sweet friend and neighbor, Juanee, watch Nathan for a few hours, a few days per week, so Mitch could be at work while I was at school. We were able to have him grab enough hours to get us through Christmas and January (until our grant money comes...always a guessing game when THAT will happen...), which we were getting worried about. They spoiled him when he was there. He called it the happiest call center he had ever seen! Free food and drinks whenever you're there, candy every hour, prizes for answering random questions, etc. He had several people very angry with him on the phone, cussing him out and worse. He is glad it's over, but it was very worth it while it lasted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Other than that, he keeps himself busy donating plasma, working evenings on campus, and going duck hunting whenever he can (he just walked in the door from hunting, actually!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I realized I never posted about Halloween, Nathan's birthday, and other fun things we've done! Poor Nathan has just kind of been caught up with whoever has time for him during our busy semester. We're both in school from January-April, so it'll be even busier then. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But, it's made him great at playing on his own. He has never been independent at all, and the last thing I've wanted is a clingy 6 year-old who won't do anything on his own. So, our busy-ness has helped. All he does these days is play with his trains. He got several more Thomas figures and engines from his grandparents (and a few from us) for his birthday, which he's just in love with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Whenever we go down for a nap and we're taking him back to his room he says, "Nigh-night, Thomas! Nigh-night, Percy! Nigh-night, James! Nigh-night, Harold! Nigh-night, Henry!" (The list goes on!) He knows all of their names and loves watching Thomas and Friends. He doesn't get to watch as much as he'd like, but he has learned a lot from them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He'll eat carrots for the first time since baby food because one of the engine drivers grew carrots for a vegetable contest! Sweet! Grow green beans and peas next, please!! He has also learned what cymbals are has learned probably 25 new words from that show alone. I always recommend it to other mom friends; whenever one of those engines doesn't have a good intention or is selfish, their end result never works out and they have to be humbled. Kind of deep for a kids' show. I love it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I haven't finished pictures of Nathan's birthday yet, but here are some of what we've been up to:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nathan was Charlie Brown for Halloween, because his hair is still mostly invisible in pictures, being the same color as his skin! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There was a cute little family Halloween activity one night. My friend Amy and I went with our boys while our husbands were working. Nathan wasn't quite sure about the hay ride!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After the hay ride we tried to take pictures with the horses "ho-sees", because Nathan always likes pictures of them and can neigh like a horse. Turns out it was a little much...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> We are getting super excited for Thanksgiving! This year, most of all, I wish I could be in three places at once. I want to be here, where my sister and her friends (all people I grew up with) are coming to our house and celebrating with us. It's going to be tons of fun! I also wish we were going to be in Wyoming with Mitch's family, and in Kansas with mine. Oh family, why are you so far away!? Oh, western US winters, why are you so deadly to travel through!? Thank goodness for Skype!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Autumns here are pretty bittersweet. The leaves are gorgeous, the grass is still green, the mountain air is getting crisp, and I get to do fall photo shoots with just the most beautiful colors!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">However, we all know that about 8 months of snow and negative temperatures are upon us. My sister Camille told me the other day that it is usually 10 degrees colder here than it is in Provo, UT where she goes to school. Awesome. And I'm already freezing!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, speaking of gorgeous leaves, Nathan is not sure what to think. So, since I couldn't convince him to sit in the leaves for a little photo shoot (BOY did I try!), we decided to join our neighbor Juanee and her daughter Sunny while they raked/played in the leaves. Nathan is just getting braver every day, but you can still see the frustration on his face when he throws leaves...he's just still a bit nervous!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> And now, for our little announcement!! It's been SO hard keeping it a secret, but here is DOOLEY #2!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I am 8 weeks along and due June 4th. We are SO excited!! Everything has gone well so far, although I'm already sick, exhausted constantly, AND I've already gained 7 lbs in 8 weeks. This may be normal, but I feel like it's all in my stomach! Bump pictures to come later...as if you can't tell, I'm totally showing already. I would have waited to 12 weeks to tell people but I CAN'T because it's getting obvious! (Depending on which time of day you see me, haha!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We told Nathan about the baby today. We asked, "do YOU want a baby to come home with us?" He answered, "Ehh...no. No baby. No." Haha, sorry kid, you don't get a choice!</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He's still a bit young for the idea anyway!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is the third time we have gotten pregnant right away...Needless to say, Mitch is feeling like a real man! :o) We switched OB/GYN practices and are IN LOVE with the new doctors. I will post more details on that later. However, I NEVER should have gone to the practice I did with Nathan!! I am so glad I made that discovery before going through another pregnancy! Forget choosing a practice because it's close to you house...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I guess we can all say it...I totally abandoned this blog for 2 months! I use it as a journal for our family, so this is not cool. I've totally broken the habit and I'll have to work hard to get back at it! "Last published August 8th"...sad....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">SO MUCH has been happening around here, which is the reason it's so sad that I haven't written!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In a Reader's Digest version, I'll try to get it all done. But my Reader's Digest usually turns into a National Geographic article...so bear with me :o) Luckily, I have lots of pictures to keep you entertained!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To start us out, here are some favorite pictures of Nathan at a public pool one evening. We went with my sisters and dad and had tons of fun! I had my camera out for a few minutes but then jumped in the "big kid" pool with him and the family and swam around :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Alright, so on August 13th we celebrated our 3rd anniversary. It's amazing how fast time flies when you're having fun! It hasn't all been a picnic, of course...I remember hearing once that "if marriage is fun and easy all the time, you're doing it wrong", and we agree! We, like every other married couple on earth, have little issues here and there. The biggest challenge we've overcome came this year: finishing my counseling for PTSD and anxiety. I am so glad to have this hurdle in the past! I still have anxiety attacks every few months, but Mitch has been so supportive, even going to counseling with me so he can learn from my counselor how to help me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, we chose to go to the KC Country Club Plaza, a huge shopping district that was designed after the artist's visit to Barcelona, Spain. Gorgeous Spanish tile staircases, bell towers, and of course the best shopping ever! We gave ourselves little allowances and enjoyed ourselves. (Yes, we gave up picking out anniversary presents for each other long ago...we are too specific about what we'd pick out ourselves!) We enjoyed ourselves at dinner at Buca di Beppo (1/2 lb meatballs! The so-called "appetizers" alone had us stuffed before our entree was out of the kitchen!), then walked to another part of the plaza to see a movie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We saw "Hope Springs" with Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and Steve Carell. Between the two of us we are big fans of all three, so we thought it would be good. Steve Carell totally pulled off a serious role, but the movie itself, instead of being pro-family and pro-marriage, was disgusting and terribly inappropriate. They kept diving deeper and deeper into sexual things and we finally just left...about half an hour into it! They gladly refunded our money at the counter. It was a funny experience in the end, but you just can't unsee what was so inappropriate and over-informative. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was a good lesson for us and a story I am sure we will tell our kids. I hope they can all have the experience of standing up for their beliefs, even when that means walking away from everyone else is doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We took a picture that night on a spanish tile staircase. Setting was gorgeous, angle was, well, not so much. Mitch deleted it before I could save it to the computer...what a stinker!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On August 14th, a couple days before we left, Nathan was playing with my mom and sisters outside, blowing bubbles and finding other fun things to do. I couldn't resist taking pictures of my own kiddo, after doing 18 shoots of other people and their families during our visit! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We left Kansas City on August 17th and flew back to Salt Lake City. It was so hard to leave my family, knowing I probably won't see my parents again until my graduation in April (WHAT!? I'm already SO excited to be DONE! But that's another post...). It was hard to leave after 3 weeks; Nathan had gotten to know my parents and sisters very well, and he was *almost* comfortable anywhere in the house with them. All the traveling and undoing of his schedule made him a bit clingy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We spent the day in Salt Lake City. Our flight was at 6 am, and we were up at 4 am, so we wanted to get a hotel for the night and let us all get a nap, go out for dinner/shopping, and go back to sleep. Then the next day we'd make the 8 hour drive to Gillette, WY, where Mitch's parents live. Our timing was a bit off; there was a huge convention in SLC and we hadn't booked a hotel before the trip, so napping and staying in SLC wasn't an option. So, we decided to hit the SLC Zoo to wear Nathan out before we put him in the car to drive a few hours. We had SO much fun at the Zoo! Here are a few favorite pictures...man that nasty enclosure glass made me so mad! My poor camera worked hard!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This was during the elephant show. He had a perfect view and just had no interest at all! He knows more farm animals than zoo animals, and is just gaining interest in more exotic animals.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I'm taking pictures of this monkey playing with a little girl through the glass, and he hops over and sits RIGHT at the glass and poses for my camera! I just about DIED! How cool!! So, I kept changing settings slightly, through my viewfinder, and just kept clicking. I knew I wanted to get just the right picture, and he sat there for a good 30 seconds!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Nathan was so, SO tired by the end of the zoo trip, which was the goal. We were following him as he RAN through the zoo to find the train that we had bought tickets to ride, and he was SO excited! However, as SOON as I picked him up to stand in line he was OUT like a light! He is obsessed with trains and had NO idea he was riding one! He would have flipped out had he been awake, and we're so sad that he was just comatose! Every time the train blew its whistle he would stir, but that was about it. No recollection whatsoever. And now this train is under construction until 2015, so we can't even take another trip there and ride it while we're living just 4 hours away!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We ended up putting him in the car after this. He slept the whole time on the way to the car and we drove 3-4 hours to Evanston, Wyoming where we stayed the night. However, we didn't get any naps that day and Nathan was SO grouchy when he woke up. NOT the best traveling experience! Those 6 am flights are sure cheap, but we're not sure it's worth it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After
we got to Wyoming we had some fun with Mitch's parents. We were there
for 3 weeks as well! I did lots of editing (I came to Gillette with
about 4,000 files!) and Mitch and Nathan had fun together during the
day. He was great at keeping Nathan out of my hair so I could get
something done. Then when parents came home we had lots of fun together!
We hung out, took a few day trips, and enjoyed a Memorial Day visit
from Mitch's grandparents! Nathan was "Papa" Dooley's favorite hot tub
buddy. He had little water wings that went across his chest as well and
he was swimming like a fish by the end of the visit! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here are some hot tub pictures:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anticipation :o)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Apollo was anxious too :o)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Getting our water wings on </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just swim like a big kid, no big deal :o)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fun with dad...he was taking the hot tub pretty seriously at that point (he was probably peeing, in all honesty! It's quite a temperature shock for a little boy! Good thing Papa has lots of chemicals to keep that water clean!)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Love my boys :o)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Driving his floatie :o)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Getting squirted by a bath toy by daddy...love it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This face is also a winner :o)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> One of the day trips we took was to Devil's Tower. Mitch's little brother, Ethan, climbed it months ago, and it was so cool to see it in person, as well as seeing the climbers that looked so microscopic, knowing that Ethan had done the same thing! It was awesome!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just chillin'</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Going to play with his "GG Dooley"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On their way back from the little play area. He looks tuckered out!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Climbing on a big boulder with Papa!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Powdered donut in hand; that's my little explorer!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A little later in Gillette we went shooting. It's a Dooley family tradition for these men, and every once in awhile I leave Nathan with someone and go with them. This day I was trying out the little .22 that I hope to one day carry! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then it was time for more hot tubbing :o) We were in that thing almost every day! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here are a few more from our hot tubbing adventures!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Most of the time no one held him, he either stood on the hot tub benches or he floated around, "swimming".</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">His swimming face :o) I love it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Swimming to his beloved Papa!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Little feet kicking behind him :o)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You work so hard!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Uncle Ethan drenched himself in bubbles and then...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...shook them all off :o)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Another evening, Nathan, GG, and I walked to a neighborhood park. He had so much fun! GG was cracking up at the fact that he just HANGS there when he swings. He really doesn't do anything...but he always wants to swing at parks! It's so funny!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just hangin' out...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Getting a push from GG</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">climbing the jungle gym</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I promise he has fun when he swings...the pictures just don't document it well!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">back on the swing--again just hanging there--before we went home.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As fun as our trips were and as much fun as we had with family, it was hard to pick up the pieces of life when we got back home. Other people had taken over our responsibilities for 6 weeks, and our house smelled so abandoned and stale! We were so happy to be back to routines...Nathan had not been sleeping well towards the end of our trip, and the night we got home he slept for 14 hours straight!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This semester, Mitch is "off-track" (it's his off-semester; since we have 3 here, they give you one random semester off), so I'm the only one in school, and Mitch works when I'm not in classes. I'll write another blog post all about my semester; it's a tough one! Luckily I'm done in April, then Mitch can focus on school full-time without juggling me or Nathan.</span></div>
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We have been in Kansas City since July 24th, and we are just loving it! We love the time with family and friends and watching Nathan get to know his extended family much better. It only took him a few days to warm up to everyone and become a little explorer in my parents' house.</div>
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The visit started a bit rocky, but it's better now. Most of you have probably read about this on facebook, but I use our blog as a kind of journal for us, so I want to document things before I forget them.</div>
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The week of finals, we got an unexpected surprise: we were pregnant with #2! We weren't expecting this at all; we weren't even trying for a baby. We were going to start trying in the next few months, but not yet! Because I'm done with school in April, we had decided to shoot for a due date of June-ish...this due date was March 28th, about 2 weeks before finals and graduation. We were going to just have to make it work, but it wasn't going to be easy. We were still in quite a shock when we told Mitch's parents right before we left for KC. They were in Rexburg and made it possible to tell both our parents in person. </div>
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As soon as we got in the car with my dad to drive home from the airport, we told him our little secret. In a house full of women, my dad is sometimes the last to know something, so we wanted him to help us tell everyone our surprise.</div>
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However, about an hour after we got to my parents' house and put Nathan down for a nap, I went to the bathroom and realized I'd started bleeding. For anyone whose been through a pregnancy, bleeding is either 1) labor is coming, or 2) NOT a good sign. I quickly googled a lady doctor in my parents' area, we made some lame excuse to leave Nathan and "go for a drive", and we went off to the doctor. My anxiety was awful, and I was just sure it was all over. </div>
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We found out that my BYU-Idaho student insurance networked with another insurance company that this doctor accepted! Sweet!! We didn't know what to expect as far as insurance went, but we are so glad that the doctor we randomly picked would allow our insurance to pay 80% of all our expenses! We still haven't seen bills, as they are being sent back to Rexburg, but we are hoping that what we're making in KC will cover everything.</div>
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Anyway, we had all kinds of tests and ultrasounds done, and after 3 hours of being at the doctor, we found out we had most likely miscarried. They told us that 1 in 4 women bleed in early pregnancy and keep their babies, but my gut feeling just told me it was over.</div>
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It was really hard the first couple of times I had to tell people and say it all out loud...my poor mother-in-law can attest to this after I fell apart telling her over the phone.</div>
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After talking to a few people, including one of my best friends, Amy, who had just gone through a much worse miscarriage, I started to feel a lot better. It's amazing how fast I got attached to something (someone) that I wasn't even expecting. During my counseling for PTSD last fall, my counselor helped me channel any oncoming flashbacks or panic attacks fueled by my experience delivering Nathan into planning the next baby. Down to every detail, I was just supposed to think timelines, names, what I want to do differently, what I know more of now that I've had a baby, etc. So, our second baby has been "in the works" (in my head) since Nathan was about 10 months old. </div>
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I don't really know how to wrap this blog post up, but we did find out later (after many more tests) that I had, in fact, lost the pregnancy. I'm feeling optimistic about everything. We were actually VERY lucky. The ultrasound indicated that it could very well be an ectopic (tubal) pregnancy, which is a complication much larger than a normal miscarriage. We never saw a baby, we never heard a heartbeat, and we lost the pregnancy early enough that I didn't have to have any procedures done afterwards. These are all good things; it was very cut and dry, and ran as smoothly as possible. I had no pain or discomfort, just exhaustion and a couple of other uncomfortable symptoms. </div>
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We are so grateful for all the prayers and support we received during all of this. We could really feel the love and support of not only our loved ones and friends, but we also felt a great deal of comfort from the Lord. It really taught me a lot. Even though this was a hard experience, I am so grateful that we went through it. It really made me realize my appreciation for Nathan and I have been able to focus on his sweet self much more than I felt like I did before.</div>
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Well, I have a lot of laundry waiting, and I should probably do a few chores while I'm here with a sleeping toddler! I never realize how messy my kiddo can get until he makes a mess in someone else's home! Thanks for reading and lending support!</div>The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-50484740912806766232012-07-16T11:43:00.001-06:002012-07-16T19:19:51.167-06:00Finally My Turn for a Field Trip!<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
Mitch is a lucky duck. He has tons of trips for his Recreation Management major. Most of them involve camping somewhere remote with nothing but a tarp and the clothes on his back, but he still has a blast.</div>
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When my teacher presented a fantastic opportunity for our class that involved a day trip to Salt Lake City, UT (about 4 hours from Rexburg), I jumped on it. It was MY turn to go on a little trip while Mitch had Nathan duty all day! Thank heavens his end-of-the-semester schedule lined up well enough for me to go! </div>
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(Nathan did have to spend about half an hour at work with Mitch because one of our speakers went over, but when the Governor of Utah is speaking to you, there's nothing you can really do to tell him to hush so your group can get on the road!)</div>
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Anyway, the highlights of this trip were:</div>
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- A private meeting with Sister Elaine S. Dalton, General Young Women President for our church. She counsels to all the young women, ages 12-18, in our worldwide church. She lives in Salt Lake City with our other church leaders and has nearly daily interactions with our Prophet, Thomas S. Monson. It was a privilege to meet with her.</div>
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-Private counsel from the governor of Utah all about how we can be better advocates for children and families all over the country, and what we can do to get involved in legislation at any level.</div>
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-A meeting with some of the ladies of United Families International, a group that lobbies at the UN for family-friendly policies. They shocked us when they said that 95% of documents presented in front of the UN were harmful to children in some way! Sadly, a lot of funding is offered in exchange of the control of children's and parents' rights.</div>
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-A tour of the Utah State Capitol Building, which was stunning!</div>
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It was a fantastic opportunity, and we had a great time. Our group was about 20-30 people (I can't remember how many actually ended up coming!), and I got to play with my camera all day! It was awesome. </div>
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Here are some pictures I took, and some of my notes from the day.</div>
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"The single most pervasive threat to the family is <i>sexual immorality in all of its forms</i>." --Elaine S. Dalton</div>
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"A well thought-out letter or phone call can make a <i>huge</i> difference at the state level." --Gary R. Herbert</div>
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...that was exactly what me and my flaming amounts of anxiety needed! </div>
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Throughout this class (Child and Family Advocacy), we are learning all about public policy and how our society is becoming less and less family-oriented, and trying to dissolve the family unit altogether. This makes me a bit stressed out, and my teacher knows it. I know that in the end, right will prevail. </div>
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Just as a note, I am conservative...as if anyone couldn't figure that out. I have an extremely family-oriented perspective of life, and my little family makes me who I am; I don't know what I would do without them! </div>
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I will always defend family rights in this country. </div>
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On another note, I love that we live in a country where we can all have our own opinions. We get to vote. We get to have so many freedoms that other countries could never dream of. I will never hate anyone because of their opinion. I have been raised with the goal of becoming Christlike. This isn't something I can achieve in this life alone, but I wouldn't be doing my part to get there if I were acting as a bigot towards those who have different opinions than I do. This election year has been stressful on everyone, and we have a long way to go before this presidential election is over! I hate going "all political" on people, and I also hate to see when respect isn't even part of a discussion.</div>
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Here are some more pictures I took at our church's Salt Lake City Temple.</div>
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(Don't judge, I'm really not very good at taking pictures of<i> things</i>; and it was quite dreary outside that day!) </div>
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<br /></div>The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-12368318162501293952012-07-05T23:57:00.005-06:002012-07-06T00:03:56.689-06:00I don't feel like writing, so...<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
Here are some bullet points to catch you guys up.</div>
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No new pictures, sorry. I've been too busy taking and editing pictures of other people's children!</div>
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Which is okay, because it means a bit of extra income, and being able to do what I love to do.</div>
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I've had lots of newborn shoots lately, which are the best.</div>
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The last shoot was with a little guy who was <b>4 weeks old</b> who would make <i>eye contact</i> and <i>smile at me</i> for family pictures...are you kidding!? </div>
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So, naturally, I felt the need to take 750 pictures of him during that shoot. It was a combo shoot at a special rate, with indoor (studio) and outdoor pictures all in one appointment, so it was justified. And really fun. And will be a beast to edit/sort through. But I can't wait!!</div>
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We are doing well! Finals are approaching and we are knee deep in the trenches of schoolwork. </div>
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Nathan is getting more and more independent and is learning about consequences. Like when you get stuck between mom's sewing machine and the corner cabinet (it sits there b/c that cabinet is <i>impossible</i> to attach a baby lock to and he once spilled a 5 lb bag of flour all over everything in there...it's also <i>impossible </i>to get inside the cabinet to clean it out, unless you're Nathan's size...), mom and dad make you get out by yourself. He's attempted it less lately! Woo hoo!</div>
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<i>Oh, don't pretend like we're cruel. We're not. He wasn't<b> that </b>stuck.</i></div>
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We have exactly 10 <u>school</u> days left in the semester. WOW. I can't wait for it to be over!! A 3-semester-per-year schedule is beneficial for many reasons, but it stinks for many others. Like when all your friends are talking about summer trips, relaxing, etc. and we only get a six-week summer break, not 4 months like they get.<br />
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Our summer break is CHOCK FULL, by the way! I love it! The only bad thing about planning a schedule so full is that the break just flies by. We are planning a big trip to Kansas City to see my family (we only get out there once a year...), a day in Salt Lake after we fly back from KC, where we'll take Nathan to the SLC (Hogle) Zoo and do other fun things, drive from there to Gillette, WY to see Mitch's parents, and then eventually come back home. It means living out of the same suitcases for over a month, but we brave it every year and it's always worth it, so why should this year be any different? :o)</div>
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Mitch and I have also planned a couple planned mini-trips before the semester ends in two weeks! (Because I guess we're nutso. Or don't plan well. Probably both.)<br />
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Mine is for school; a day trip to Salt Lake City where we'll spend the day watching legislation happen at the state level (this Child and Family Advocacy class is a snore sometimes), and then one of the general authorities of our church will speak to our class personally about advocating for families and children(!!!!) This is a HUGE deal because we are a worldwide church with over 14 million members...and this leader is setting aside time to speak to just 30 of us for an hour!! Amazing.<br />
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And then there will totally be photo ops afterwards...you BET all my equipment is coming with me! If our teacher can't get a communication/newspaper student to come with us on the trip he is giving that assignment to me. Which is kind of nerve-wracking because they carry around the school's $10,000 lenses, and well, I don't. Oh well, it will still be very fun!</div>
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Mitch is planning an overnight scouting trip to scope out the hunting area he's chosen for this year. He's doing the bow hunting and rifle seasons, which he's really excited for. Bow hunting is the hardest, and all school/chore/work breaks around here involve him setting up his target in the backyard and shooting that bow! I don't know a ton of details about the trip, but I'm still trying to convince him not to go alone. It just freaks me out; there are way too many bears, moose, mountain lions, etc. out here for him to be wandering around alone. Oh, wifey anxiety.</div>
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Well, I have 1500 pictures sitting patiently, waiting to be edited. I invested in a few more fun camera toys before our KC trip (during which I have 12 shoots booked!), including a battery grip (to hold an extra battery so I don't have to stop and switch when one dies), another memory card (8 gig, 10 speed, we're happy!), and a new lens to allow me to zoom while still getting the blur of the wide aperture that I like. </div>
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Well, that's about it!</div>
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Just for your viewing pleasure, here's another throwback to July 2011 and our chubby baby Nathan...man all these newborn shoots and seeing his old pictures make me baby hungry! </div>
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<i>Yes, we have a plan. No it does NOT involve <b>YOU,</b> OR me being pregnant RIGHT <b>NOW</b>. </i></div>
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<i>So everyone: practice some restraint! Hush and stop asking, it's actually really getting on my nerves!</i></div>
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Thanks for sticking around this long!</div>
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Sorry for the brash statement up there about pregnancy. EVERYONE has been asking/hinting lately, and I just can't take it! My first delivery was not like most people's first; there was a good chance we could have lost Nathan and in the last few hours we didn't know if we'd bring home a baby or not. That led to Postpartum Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which led to medication and counseling. Now I am peachy (probably 340 or so days out of the year, which is pretty darn good!), but I am also determined to finish school. With 2 semesters left (and 0 deferrals left), there's no time to take off for a baby. I can hold off a few more months to make it through my Bachelor's Degree.</div>
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For not feeling like writing I sure talked some ears (eyes?) off...guess no one expects any differently! I guess I'd always rather write than do homework!</div>The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1607791794382338737.post-16108475731409293692012-06-29T21:34:00.001-06:002012-06-29T21:37:07.639-06:00So many changes!<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
At the beginning or so of this week (yeah, I think it was the 25th), Nathan looked especially patriotic in his red/white/blue plaid shortalls and his red polo (complete with a dark blue stripe around the neck). So, we decided to take 4th of July pictures. I couldn't find the flag I bought last year for our pictures and he wouldn't sit near the red flowers (their texture was a bit overwhelming and "loud" for him...silly...), but we did the best we could. It was a complete opposite of last year's 4th of July pictures, where he was scared of the grass so he wouldn't get off the blanket!</div>
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I decided it'd be fun to share a few favorites and compare them with last year's pictures. It still blows my MIND how much they change the first couple years. I see 25 cent baby clothes in 3T size and I just can't make myself buy them (we have the room and empty bins in storage...why not?) because I can't stand the fact that he'll be three one day.</div>
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<b><i>Cue all of you seasoned moms telling me "just wait until..."</i></b></div>
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Here is my all-time favorite picture of him.<b> </b>I was chasing this crazy kiddo around, adjusting my camera settings to allow a shutter speed of at LEAST 1/600th of a second, and still a balanced histogram no matter how my light was. Which was rough, but we picked a golden time of day, so it all worked out.</div>
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I love this picture of my Nathan. I didn't have to crop it or anything! (Although, from the reflection it looks like my camera is a dinky toy that I'm actually holding normally; it's just a distortion from his little lenses, I promise I wouldn't lie about something as silly as cropping a picture!) <--Message courtesy of my anxiety brain :o) </div>
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At first I didn't like the reflection, and it would be more ideal without it, but I do love that it looks very real-life. I love the light we got on that side of the house, and the white siding made for a very neutral, not-distracting-yet-not-overwhelmingly-white backdrop. He's very "Top Gun" I think. </div>
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Here are some other pictures from this year...I'm saving my favorites to send to grandparents/great-grandparents/aunts & uncles this week, so I don't want to give them all away! I tried to line them up with similar pictures from last year...check out how much this kiddo has changed! My how I miss that uber-round, chubby little baby face!</div>
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Oh, and as a fun detail, I pulled the blue background color for both of these collages right from his eyes in the picture from the 2011 collage (the one on the far left).</div>
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We still have a brand new family set of 2012 flag shirts (one of my family's favorite traditions) that we haven't worn yet, but I married a sweet man who just hates having his picture taken. So we'll see if we even get a picture in the shirts!</div>
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I took the 2011 pictures the very first time I used my all-time favorite lens, my "nifty fifty" (50mm 1.8). Ohh I love me some dramatic bokeh! I fell in love with this lens on this little shoot. Look at his shiny eyes! I love how you can't tell he was sitting in front of the nastiest fence on our street (that we happen to share a yard with...yay...) in the 2012 pictures, and a very industrial-looking apartment building in the 2011 ones. This lens has always made our apartments (and their buildings) look way better than they ever have in real life! And that nasty fence has become one of my favorite places to take pictures!</div>
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Well that post was much ado about nothing, now wasn't it! Oh well, nothing's really new with us! Mitch is 3 weeks away from his semester off (September-December) and he's SO burnt out, but has been such a trooper! He is currently working 2 jobs and donating plasma when he can. My photography business has boomed, as I have more time on my semester off to dedicate to shoots (i'm only doing 2 credits this semester), so when the studying gets rough, we have the padding in our budget to let him take a week or two off from plasma without it hurting us. I have also been babysitting the 2 sweetest little girls ever, one (8 months) comes 3 times a week and the other (4 months) comes a couple times a month. This allows me to justify staying at home with my boy and not having to find a job on my off semester. </div>
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Nathan is huge and is just busier than ever. If I were to "go, go, go!!" like that all day, every day, I would be dead by the end of the week! I don't know how he has so much energy! </div>
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Well, that's us!</div>The Dooley Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005952481749271276noreply@blogger.com0