tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87314749385057672712024-03-23T03:16:24.912-07:00Sterling SuiteNow I'm in LA and it's ParadiseKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.comBlogger738125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-29598862328148804162024-03-18T13:28:00.000-07:002024-03-18T13:28:10.049-07:00Birthdaysss<p>Hello from me, another year older! I'm actually at the point in my life where I have to start doing the math to figure out how old I am because I can't remember anymore, but I don't really care. I just love my birthday and enjoying my special day (I can't believe it's already over, bah humbug).</p><p>I had my first real special Mom Birthday - which means that I didn't work, I turned down AJ's offer to take the day off to spend with me, and spent the day alone, in peace and quiet. I got birthday donuts, took a nap with Kiwi, and then AJ did come home early so we got to watch Barbie (finally!). AJ and I went to pick up the girls together and got my Starbucks birthday drink, then did presents and my ice cream cake together with the girls before AJ took me out to dinner.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCRUWHVQNCH5tXjhQuaiS9Bg4FvFwkqGeqiySMDjAy4dyZJSIHBdelgY8AMmTOlKHLlSlpK2oBuO8r1UiK9uB12oPG0iNznhN3Aoit-loHrOR8XVKvoaw2h-QgncdZbY0PgBsVai2VbVbUr38Ik4GGbABWbPRxfBy12p4hCyTqixtru4sYinXqiLcr-cP/s4032/IMG_1668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCRUWHVQNCH5tXjhQuaiS9Bg4FvFwkqGeqiySMDjAy4dyZJSIHBdelgY8AMmTOlKHLlSlpK2oBuO8r1UiK9uB12oPG0iNznhN3Aoit-loHrOR8XVKvoaw2h-QgncdZbY0PgBsVai2VbVbUr38Ik4GGbABWbPRxfBy12p4hCyTqixtru4sYinXqiLcr-cP/s320/IMG_1668.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1RJFYz9arMpaIK7yAYswFUZ2GWRFHOLAmCTN0daqaJj6jIIRF6HkbfftPQooYFtVxPvqk5Rc_9rL021U9g2XIAcVSl2QD9batK-fILZ-iswV_bCU7J7S9h72GIcqBfOlmZEvBEKrmsl8YUzpkfyWJfMwunBPEhoNX0eE8rxDDDgH2v7UPE-EYL6NEdGz/s320/IMG_1674.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before we started singing, I told Sophie <br />in no uncertain terms that she was NOT <br />allowed to blow out my candles lololol</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzw8MFJ67C_Rvp8-XJ0SP_ijqxRqdApM77cAPLgKodH27Q9T0doLnf4Eq1RZ13wcqK-dr9CxIMWgVreVHiCFnkQ8f9sPoAelqmipy0gwwPJLHPyuQw4b_zDEuEsezV88w3GKbsVtD2mZKWkObS8ZEvB6NXAQ5f9C0cTdEY2GMRvuHOgHnMpszq-90TEnP/s4032/IMG_1678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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March is more jampacked than I realized...</p>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-15594671365051214012024-02-26T15:59:00.000-08:002024-02-26T15:59:14.375-08:00Big BearWe've just been over here trying to survive this cold and rainy winter. We had our usual trip around AJ's birthday to Big Bear with our friends, and it's starting to be increasingly fun and draining with the kids being incredibly more active. Sophie bonded really well with Scarlett, and Summer did a great job being carted around and hanging out in her rainforest and watching the chaos around her.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5v6gp-EsdwNiG3SkGqRqVlJjqRYqLWuK8X6FBJAEytubkTv6LDUHqttSmEciA9Wj5y9vHHx6iGfQ-daX4DzJGW7FaYvi3IvfCpeByC2RFa_gAJekzOQJak7x_ZsBTCNRgFJ41P2mfbjHQDNGtm2q32JFersHcApTwe-An9na9GQMaGuoIxzUe4JvPlqW/s4032/0.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5v6gp-EsdwNiG3SkGqRqVlJjqRYqLWuK8X6FBJAEytubkTv6LDUHqttSmEciA9Wj5y9vHHx6iGfQ-daX4DzJGW7FaYvi3IvfCpeByC2RFa_gAJekzOQJak7x_ZsBTCNRgFJ41P2mfbjHQDNGtm2q32JFersHcApTwe-An9na9GQMaGuoIxzUe4JvPlqW/s320/0.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer's First Valentine's Day!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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(Also, fruit preserves which somehow I'm now feeling like I want to attempt) so I got it into my head to try making a sponge cake.</p><p>Well, a sort of a sponge cake, I should say.</p><p>As of January 2nd this year, AJ and I are on health journeys, so I thought I'd try out a sugar-free sponge cake, by replacing the sugar with applesauce. I've eaten cakes like this before and even though you may notice the difference, it's negligible and still delicious. But, maybe it affected my sponge cake.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVXe5k51nSdUS5tT9YaP_Da3oRs5OGsq8-5UcrclwJpSnHw8UWdj2CalhgeWvnOb_xIlp2lpbTA0JI2xG1Awd9ExYzvkzTXbtCiuD_9ViRkNTwwz3rubif77PXGKIM6zGb8mS5w9Sb4ARQeivk07DSainuhG1PSaj2MGmGlgqV56YYfqmNYAoiMFfMUOf/s4032/IMG_1175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVXe5k51nSdUS5tT9YaP_Da3oRs5OGsq8-5UcrclwJpSnHw8UWdj2CalhgeWvnOb_xIlp2lpbTA0JI2xG1Awd9ExYzvkzTXbtCiuD_9ViRkNTwwz3rubif77PXGKIM6zGb8mS5w9Sb4ARQeivk07DSainuhG1PSaj2MGmGlgqV56YYfqmNYAoiMFfMUOf/s320/IMG_1175.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>One thing I learned is that the secret sauce of a sponge cake appears to be the whisking of the egg whites. That. Took. Forever. So long, I'm questioning if I actually did it right.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZu6m6JGVHN6L3ltXwYJpncXTszBI3jwav5X3Br3S3B5Pff9d93iYJaAcO027Of6p_H8SbitRD8hgwl2F2WEw_G-AvEOiIGZOW98XHpQhBjQhClkYDRECnLmK3uRgjtlBGjtLO5GPnA-4hrMhXi1Es3cArvlBssNH8sSn354v2wfGkl2XWGREhb45vI-w/s4032/IMG_1176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZu6m6JGVHN6L3ltXwYJpncXTszBI3jwav5X3Br3S3B5Pff9d93iYJaAcO027Of6p_H8SbitRD8hgwl2F2WEw_G-AvEOiIGZOW98XHpQhBjQhClkYDRECnLmK3uRgjtlBGjtLO5GPnA-4hrMhXi1Es3cArvlBssNH8sSn354v2wfGkl2XWGREhb45vI-w/s320/IMG_1176.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I may have messed up when I combined the ingredients with the egg whites. The recipe called for folding them in together, but when I poured them into the cake pans, there was such an obvious difference, I poured them back into the bowl and stirred them together with a whisk, which really muddled them together and I'm wondering if that didn't take away some of the sponginess.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0MdiV77Y_ZKe7-CSvg4io8ChWdYKzKuUdWxaf7yPLxj_TFcYZWaG1uq_ACuAB3o4dQu_ywMQ8AREn8T8Ds6Eh2XnD-bzkaxoqBiQF814WIpMnSK9fFYGNDf_IzoPHhXDvY3S0HHp3bpz1U09AGm_NmxO16xQXYemv2a-lKV8XPPNOWbn2_DJclBQVFf3/s4032/IMG_1177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0MdiV77Y_ZKe7-CSvg4io8ChWdYKzKuUdWxaf7yPLxj_TFcYZWaG1uq_ACuAB3o4dQu_ywMQ8AREn8T8Ds6Eh2XnD-bzkaxoqBiQF814WIpMnSK9fFYGNDf_IzoPHhXDvY3S0HHp3bpz1U09AGm_NmxO16xQXYemv2a-lKV8XPPNOWbn2_DJclBQVFf3/s320/IMG_1177.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br />They came out looking decent, although I sorta wish I had one deeper cake pan rather than the two shallow ones, and when I cut it, it looked kindaaaaa spongey.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyHBmC8QoAogUswceNgdlIYDXkQ14FoYdaqClTNVTkbE3WDY9fbwiLAwK3MNDqtrNZxPdZM34E_nwuRc9zJoJy3IQ4-ovOlMpneQws_qeEs9xHdsj1JjQwX2IVodacGq7I9lxbhbud7tPVLzWfLUJn9Yxgvb_3-rFDQalYOIavwLah0Wr4dfg9HYZ99-G/s4032/IMG_E1179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyHBmC8QoAogUswceNgdlIYDXkQ14FoYdaqClTNVTkbE3WDY9fbwiLAwK3MNDqtrNZxPdZM34E_nwuRc9zJoJy3IQ4-ovOlMpneQws_qeEs9xHdsj1JjQwX2IVodacGq7I9lxbhbud7tPVLzWfLUJn9Yxgvb_3-rFDQalYOIavwLah0Wr4dfg9HYZ99-G/s320/IMG_E1179.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7tNYTSi7ACWEF4PvYMUY5C7pIxT2gDiwbq-yngyKXk5_R1_cH4-R9cX35RgMCgHNTg_4QUbu831tTJSo1_RmtYnOD4MUTO4iGnzyx6G2UzxnIAgtlofg_G87jkmYKsuO8GPo1UiikozYmKRxul6Cr28E2HGpWbDBj0Gkjg9DqIgQ69H8VVX_PDsskvTo/s4032/IMG_1180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7tNYTSi7ACWEF4PvYMUY5C7pIxT2gDiwbq-yngyKXk5_R1_cH4-R9cX35RgMCgHNTg_4QUbu831tTJSo1_RmtYnOD4MUTO4iGnzyx6G2UzxnIAgtlofg_G87jkmYKsuO8GPo1UiikozYmKRxul6Cr28E2HGpWbDBj0Gkjg9DqIgQ69H8VVX_PDsskvTo/s320/IMG_1180.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Overall, it wasn't a total waste, but it was a bit of a fail. The interior was a bit damp and there wasn't too much flavor, it could have benefitted from either some actual sugar or maybe even more flavoring. If the texture was fine, eating it with more flavorful sides, like berries and cream or maple syrup would've made it more tolerable.</div><div><br /></div><div>We made it through one of the cakes and AJ took the other to his lucky (or unlucky) coworkers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Looking forward to trying again soon!</div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-72460010274300159002024-01-29T11:52:00.000-08:002024-01-29T11:52:54.517-08:00The Friday Girl<p>Last week, our family got to experience the joy of not just a wedding, but seeing Sophie experience a wedding for the first time herself too. She didn't know what a wedding was and even though I pointed out our cousins walking down the aisle and then the bride, the very beautiful girl in the white dress, she just sorta sat there confused, thinking we were just sitting on the chairs until the time ran out, although she did point out the squirrel she saw in front of us. But I'm guessing that it was me whispering "the bride, the beautiful girl in white" or yelling it over music, what she heard was Friday? And she kept referring to the bride as "The Friday Girl" and I thought that was so cute (and pretty appropriate considering it was a Friday wedding!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsRBhxqAUfi_YpS07YF-DIxaGpebhi_Zg3-3BdN3pOLyz67mDFS95DGznKlSHC88MOXyM2ZgATq9AlyeIYSddwxURvfxs7H_TdDUEmFVnTJ0ue7wlwpvORWtclNKALBFd_J45kv2PDrL4hi2HESV4-AdBlPWxhjcau9mHl-zt2ym0JJtPpz5mH6bDrf9r/s5712/IMG_6435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsRBhxqAUfi_YpS07YF-DIxaGpebhi_Zg3-3BdN3pOLyz67mDFS95DGznKlSHC88MOXyM2ZgATq9AlyeIYSddwxURvfxs7H_TdDUEmFVnTJ0ue7wlwpvORWtclNKALBFd_J45kv2PDrL4hi2HESV4-AdBlPWxhjcau9mHl-zt2ym0JJtPpz5mH6bDrf9r/s320/IMG_6435.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>Aria was immediately taken with Sophie and Sophie, being shy and timid at first, wouldn't even look at her and would bury into me. But by the time the cocktail hour came and Aria was out taking pictures, Sophie was begging to know where Aria was and soon after that, Lily too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA8wbBOuq8xfSJRpIHAYBHW-V58M3ISRQrd9tojUz9pXvimRzSgVnh3c-lj9kpdpyG1hwrH-JZyMFXxU8qiU74U66iv5eOHGMPubLTq2azYd9yrZT_1wjtvUV-ZBnZu_AK0QZm6LwXCDtSgavnuprtlFxGueLKQHDg5KCS_DPrgCRaP4QfmWxDyeNFHtA/s4032/IMG_1183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA8wbBOuq8xfSJRpIHAYBHW-V58M3ISRQrd9tojUz9pXvimRzSgVnh3c-lj9kpdpyG1hwrH-JZyMFXxU8qiU74U66iv5eOHGMPubLTq2azYd9yrZT_1wjtvUV-ZBnZu_AK0QZm6LwXCDtSgavnuprtlFxGueLKQHDg5KCS_DPrgCRaP4QfmWxDyeNFHtA/s320/IMG_1183.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx0P128bJ-wWHyJF3jok3Oc8x7lN7iE9TU84eUjk-XzURb55ZLjrfwAW0xmcT6eFZh8TvXzx1zE6bBM2GN5ALLGcyni5RDBLvkUZ2l6_s2GibEa6W05ZaCl2Z463EiN8cWOZgRIhwriO6ZgsUgKRTcIgcpMVeXzcHPFahANJJak_u1m-ittRAPFX5Kkl5/s4032/IMG_1185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx0P128bJ-wWHyJF3jok3Oc8x7lN7iE9TU84eUjk-XzURb55ZLjrfwAW0xmcT6eFZh8TvXzx1zE6bBM2GN5ALLGcyni5RDBLvkUZ2l6_s2GibEa6W05ZaCl2Z463EiN8cWOZgRIhwriO6ZgsUgKRTcIgcpMVeXzcHPFahANJJak_u1m-ittRAPFX5Kkl5/s320/IMG_1185.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgPf-P3Cl3pPJFRsakd57VLu_RvsVf7yV4YTfnj8MDHVRBc-Kl6U_ODPGvXjZGiBNR4tKrIE1h8KmlyND3yGOdxZ__zk0oSUHF9sQ31OCl98rv05GgwMdnB-6CZYmO5kcaOC6iEu06AjjdtvDWeEyE3TtpIpnnvOwuhCUqnjLfMFFO_YrW31ytaYeLcuD/s5712/IMG_6443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgPf-P3Cl3pPJFRsakd57VLu_RvsVf7yV4YTfnj8MDHVRBc-Kl6U_ODPGvXjZGiBNR4tKrIE1h8KmlyND3yGOdxZ__zk0oSUHF9sQ31OCl98rv05GgwMdnB-6CZYmO5kcaOC6iEu06AjjdtvDWeEyE3TtpIpnnvOwuhCUqnjLfMFFO_YrW31ytaYeLcuD/s320/IMG_6443.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yj8BqdZOGW-JjkBlMB1Kc7hgzrPN10NLLpeWNFyog_vAM2T1Lx_INxDBLVbVDIjPrHFDGtTGKoo_DeFNo4sSn1qXFMq_ycfTxcilwBSVv7OzAEiDltLxmGE4sxJjoL6SIUu6Ap4WuQdxJfjAfq84Basf5tFv1tqAs4RDCLkyYqc1CYXvx_iBzsPW1sM8/s5712/IMG_6448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yj8BqdZOGW-JjkBlMB1Kc7hgzrPN10NLLpeWNFyog_vAM2T1Lx_INxDBLVbVDIjPrHFDGtTGKoo_DeFNo4sSn1qXFMq_ycfTxcilwBSVv7OzAEiDltLxmGE4sxJjoL6SIUu6Ap4WuQdxJfjAfq84Basf5tFv1tqAs4RDCLkyYqc1CYXvx_iBzsPW1sM8/s320/IMG_6448.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>We had such a good time and Sophie, the most of all! For our shy she can be, I couldn't believe how well she took to the dance floor, running back and forth, always with Aria or Lily, chasing the lasers, literally rolling on the floor, joining hands with other kids she didn't know and spinning endlessly, it was so much fun. 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We're back from Palm Springs, from mine and Sophie's and Summer's first experience at a golf tournament. AJ took us out to the American Express Pro Am along with Sophie's godparents and their girl (one of Sophie's best friends Bryce), and I had a lot of anxiety about a 3 year old at a golf tournament where we need to be supremely quiet at times, but the girls did amazing.</p><p>I was a little sad that my favorite golfer (Kisner) was in the tournament but not at the Stadium course that day, but I still got to see a lot of great players, like Ricky Fowler, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Tony Finau, Patrick Cantlay, and upcomer Akshay Bhatia.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNttwLrzpzGdwhOXrZg4ShuFclyCfbUFLnYidpbtAp4Lsny8bMyu2pwHkdDK1ccKGe2BXptKBiJE-7CY37G-nJ8pJJgTSKKSuay7y6UZgsx-Y8a811FH8Z5CBwA152WWcysKScs1oi6btsx4VEUZPuHsEVUVwFofoxVDR6iZ58DceeJFefSH6NgVxs-tFr/s2048/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNttwLrzpzGdwhOXrZg4ShuFclyCfbUFLnYidpbtAp4Lsny8bMyu2pwHkdDK1ccKGe2BXptKBiJE-7CY37G-nJ8pJJgTSKKSuay7y6UZgsx-Y8a811FH8Z5CBwA152WWcysKScs1oi6btsx4VEUZPuHsEVUVwFofoxVDR6iZ58DceeJFefSH6NgVxs-tFr/s320/1.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWlZT0Ax60hTMwtBgQ7zKUfL4i760PPPFrPhW9mrTSFM-uSZH6iJ7zdr8eyFIQW8jk56U_YiU1NTnZhh0-mCBGYlvHh96AhOmPCy-NK9n8UkA6wB8karIN0Pi_E58sdRH_gjFU6u7m1ooKhuIDjEmbZWROcrFYJTr3hDmnTYnPnqGsoSRCxKcHOiAYWf9/s4032/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWlZT0Ax60hTMwtBgQ7zKUfL4i760PPPFrPhW9mrTSFM-uSZH6iJ7zdr8eyFIQW8jk56U_YiU1NTnZhh0-mCBGYlvHh96AhOmPCy-NK9n8UkA6wB8karIN0Pi_E58sdRH_gjFU6u7m1ooKhuIDjEmbZWROcrFYJTr3hDmnTYnPnqGsoSRCxKcHOiAYWf9/s320/2.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4jMaHCDuY3EYgEULkvdQao4fSuYSl5Ai9hqyNfk8XXHZVn1cncBo1ATBI-o0ztFeGtFnXt4YswAioW6aya4ccndFy1f9-xqoXZppbncHA5Jnbnp_mhNwpxPc_lGIGMVnFn0_ny-GxvfW7E2lYrHY2S3OWQVSfZfhboBdUdUlGSlk6Dcs6oxdbyxbjeXq/s4032/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4jMaHCDuY3EYgEULkvdQao4fSuYSl5Ai9hqyNfk8XXHZVn1cncBo1ATBI-o0ztFeGtFnXt4YswAioW6aya4ccndFy1f9-xqoXZppbncHA5Jnbnp_mhNwpxPc_lGIGMVnFn0_ny-GxvfW7E2lYrHY2S3OWQVSfZfhboBdUdUlGSlk6Dcs6oxdbyxbjeXq/s320/3.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCeWSPa7SFcoUS0pGAnxplUhWUcHE08vPkGMsgMVBwSyhi4i2o-5CGj6xCDNLE-wIST5xBYswB7BN62k2G-TjsPNkojjESEPa7XUOpuq1Z9wP-PWf_2eau_RZFk2cj_A-UHKgM_5ZLYs49EtsR_36y3td-DjyqLtT0iBIEIk_acdoJ9N92xfqf5SS8WdO/s2048/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCeWSPa7SFcoUS0pGAnxplUhWUcHE08vPkGMsgMVBwSyhi4i2o-5CGj6xCDNLE-wIST5xBYswB7BN62k2G-TjsPNkojjESEPa7XUOpuq1Z9wP-PWf_2eau_RZFk2cj_A-UHKgM_5ZLYs49EtsR_36y3td-DjyqLtT0iBIEIk_acdoJ9N92xfqf5SS8WdO/s320/4.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqU5DFmI-d7MfH0CxzdhMgIvbfNknocSNV992lA5NIu4jh2YSfm9zK8jqDF_lIi902Io5TKQaHp18QYvhK8WCffSDGTseiEm8FGooeBtOoBBL7W5ZG_ECpXHoRz-4biEjGHZSf5ny0eLzK4Mfwax6M6wCmTj360OHl3tyZnJOiwo6tVggaHM3iS8mIIeGm/s2048/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqU5DFmI-d7MfH0CxzdhMgIvbfNknocSNV992lA5NIu4jh2YSfm9zK8jqDF_lIi902Io5TKQaHp18QYvhK8WCffSDGTseiEm8FGooeBtOoBBL7W5ZG_ECpXHoRz-4biEjGHZSf5ny0eLzK4Mfwax6M6wCmTj360OHl3tyZnJOiwo6tVggaHM3iS8mIIeGm/s320/5.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>Chris's dad lived across the street from the course and we got to be there and have the girls take a nap there and have dinner there before we went to the evening concert where Train was playing. Sophie and I had so much fun dancing on the grass during the music!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlioWJjfbTjjCAWIYgRVqxfgKlnwJgGDHDCZPV3cT0kyOiPaXzx4ey02ctYoLGMM32rtyv65nVYOfbM3H90Hv8FHx9HThdO2F7EL01yeSjkQq8ufr5rRrC2E6kO4THKzsjI9RdXCQoMsKC8agVxZFeBcOA0ZeLNnVS4XTERcUPcmU7drPmnM5X0HiDl1W0/s4032/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlioWJjfbTjjCAWIYgRVqxfgKlnwJgGDHDCZPV3cT0kyOiPaXzx4ey02ctYoLGMM32rtyv65nVYOfbM3H90Hv8FHx9HThdO2F7EL01yeSjkQq8ufr5rRrC2E6kO4THKzsjI9RdXCQoMsKC8agVxZFeBcOA0ZeLNnVS4XTERcUPcmU7drPmnM5X0HiDl1W0/s320/6.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6uF7Z7DNYPxqDKC3k38si9zFdxs1v4vCch8u1u8lHTyiYhFV-1PIMKYEXcKAXZAlNnQtJtfW5pXHIQnyWyrhZ2ZBFjDuQcxA9oQntkGs4vVGBQ39V8EZGZnJErsUyObiM88GkK4CP4Ra6LowVjFgsMph3NnYH-yFfHVF89pHq5EagbJCQR8fUI8ANBGK/s4032/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6uF7Z7DNYPxqDKC3k38si9zFdxs1v4vCch8u1u8lHTyiYhFV-1PIMKYEXcKAXZAlNnQtJtfW5pXHIQnyWyrhZ2ZBFjDuQcxA9oQntkGs4vVGBQ39V8EZGZnJErsUyObiM88GkK4CP4Ra6LowVjFgsMph3NnYH-yFfHVF89pHq5EagbJCQR8fUI8ANBGK/s320/7.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASfvyJSV3tu0qEzAXxABDjvaqVQAI-Lo_h-kFPnYWckLFuWcscLCCHCnOG3JeBaFYS-WOTI-mFDSLI14lFm8ViYWS-3kU4KXIO57nIH4bIVMThowwn_ne6APVT7zgtnoEpOGxD7H0jOpUsTXdMw5y7YQUftImsfNoP_WanzZyGLH6I0OxNWOnmRJHuDOv/s4032/8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASfvyJSV3tu0qEzAXxABDjvaqVQAI-Lo_h-kFPnYWckLFuWcscLCCHCnOG3JeBaFYS-WOTI-mFDSLI14lFm8ViYWS-3kU4KXIO57nIH4bIVMThowwn_ne6APVT7zgtnoEpOGxD7H0jOpUsTXdMw5y7YQUftImsfNoP_WanzZyGLH6I0OxNWOnmRJHuDOv/s320/8.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>On Sunday, AJ and Chris went and did a round at a private course, courtesy of Chris's dad, and Megan and I took the girls to the Living Desert. The way that Bryce and Sophie can interact and play now is so cute. Sophie pretty much worships the ground Bryce walks on and wants to do everything she does (climb on the same things, jump off the same things), and pretty much follows her lead, but is also old enough to add her own ideas and fun too. (Watching them play hide and seek endlessly throughout the condo in the morning was adorable too by the way - Sophie is incapable of being quiet and usually shouts "I'm in here!" from wherever she is as soon as she hears you coming LOL).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkP5cz8zH9G6KTnKZxN4G568rDrL0VlR9u2oNphuJKWzDekTcGSXFNYBWpAYKtRDNqG7hjDGkWaNOtyeo_LTq0-Vzk6xNhKeqJvFaVp1yalWKHd021yxrvcmu_cKvmYyv4dBSwOunVLQibfF1hpSyryu2wIxv-sPm2OOEoteoVYOcgTBWoPQOgkQIdrDk/s4032/9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkP5cz8zH9G6KTnKZxN4G568rDrL0VlR9u2oNphuJKWzDekTcGSXFNYBWpAYKtRDNqG7hjDGkWaNOtyeo_LTq0-Vzk6xNhKeqJvFaVp1yalWKHd021yxrvcmu_cKvmYyv4dBSwOunVLQibfF1hpSyryu2wIxv-sPm2OOEoteoVYOcgTBWoPQOgkQIdrDk/s320/9.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Sophie has a <br />matching one - courtesy of their dad LOL</td></tr></tbody></table><p>We came home late Sunday night, which was so nice, and I had to marvel at the state of our supplies for simply 3 days now that we have two kids... if this was just me and AJ it would be just 2 duffel bags!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDL01TQhwQJQHway2etCRm46EOQQkb0OfxzSN6yNIzjPlZjl2w8TY_hEbekcd6KWLlWjIVPnw0o3dYFP7X15fKtX7CwhcaXFHLrRDip1hU6xSOoc5aGjYpe4gFgX29NA55CB0ceJflVnjY2w9I0Qq9gxgP38ahjto72_yTVZ0w6t0X5qCAW65rS-j5C3Iv/s4032/19.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDL01TQhwQJQHway2etCRm46EOQQkb0OfxzSN6yNIzjPlZjl2w8TY_hEbekcd6KWLlWjIVPnw0o3dYFP7X15fKtX7CwhcaXFHLrRDip1hU6xSOoc5aGjYpe4gFgX29NA55CB0ceJflVnjY2w9I0Qq9gxgP38ahjto72_yTVZ0w6t0X5qCAW65rS-j5C3Iv/s320/19.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>And we had to make a stop by this landmark to keep my tradition with Sophie going...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I am back to work (and wow am I back to work - they had clearly just been waiting for me to return to drop a bunch of stuff on my desk) and we are getting through this chilly winter.</p><p>Summer started daycare with Sophie this month, and here was a photo I received of her there on her first day:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEhqoBjhxdWbbKQoxwu5DfofCm3ReEkZwimSiV6oIK-Lg-xBskEE9P3UhImyj7j_fMxU03DIUA3stBu1KDzhngW_SKniP09JwsHwzu8R2WgvEjoawG757uT5bV3UBEeBfhCJtH8mLWOWhtn1xDhPvW-n77i1lmUK_OIVYTvH5TFWYV4VAlKFSsaxdZqZx/s4032/AHYZ6459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEhqoBjhxdWbbKQoxwu5DfofCm3ReEkZwimSiV6oIK-Lg-xBskEE9P3UhImyj7j_fMxU03DIUA3stBu1KDzhngW_SKniP09JwsHwzu8R2WgvEjoawG757uT5bV3UBEeBfhCJtH8mLWOWhtn1xDhPvW-n77i1lmUK_OIVYTvH5TFWYV4VAlKFSsaxdZqZx/s320/AHYZ6459.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>Sophie loves having Summer there and loves to remind me at pick-up that we need to bring Summer home with us too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It worked out great, and we all had such a nice time.</p><p>Sophie ended up having so much fun and going so crazy with Penelope, Scarlett and Ethan that she was pretty inconsolable when everyone had to leave. It probably helped that one friend brought over a small bounce house for the kids, and that got them overtired, and they were screeching and running around playing hide and seek too. This has been a new development of Sophie's because she recently learned what it was, and to her, "hiding" is sometimes just throwing a blanket over her head, burying her face behind a chair, or laying down on a floor and calling out "I'm over here!" when someone misses her. 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We made waffles with Sophie's new mini heart-shaped waffle maker from Great Aunt Dawn and had the Rose Parade on. We didn't have any plans for the day, but last minute we had Iris, David and Landon over for a short while to help him jump himself tired on the bounce house.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5TDf5NmaoMdeNiRAA2PxZmZ1Hj0tpfIQkTzKF-xr-3cJ0_U7Kq0aSXb1rFj-GKKsdsjKNDOMepkYfq54w0EpwzLc6Qmj96Oc0XEKhOJQYyRkFxmK9HK0My6kjFgmfDu4Uk7eCKYxVP3K6WnabXdqeKT11xck5y7rrxfBoehsuKnCuMaBzZz3BB9-sZTD/s1210/MJJE4685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="1210" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5TDf5NmaoMdeNiRAA2PxZmZ1Hj0tpfIQkTzKF-xr-3cJ0_U7Kq0aSXb1rFj-GKKsdsjKNDOMepkYfq54w0EpwzLc6Qmj96Oc0XEKhOJQYyRkFxmK9HK0My6kjFgmfDu4Uk7eCKYxVP3K6WnabXdqeKT11xck5y7rrxfBoehsuKnCuMaBzZz3BB9-sZTD/s320/MJJE4685.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I got Summer's daycare bag all ready, because she started at daycare today with Sophie. It was emotional for me, but Summer didn't cry, so that was very helpful. And it's why I've had a free second to write this. I go back to work next Wednesday, January 10. The last vestiges of maternity leave and adjusting to a family of four are upon us.</p><p>Welcome, 2024!</p>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-23942096167847194842023-12-19T12:42:00.000-08:002023-12-19T12:42:55.169-08:00Catch-UpThe Christmas season is more than halfway over and I'm both so excited and so sad about it. Excited because it's the first year that Sophie understands and is expecting Santa, and sad for it to soon be over and go back to work in January. But we've really been enjoying this season for so many reasons!<div><br /></div><div>First, we celebrated 5 years married on Friday the 8th. We were originally planning to get away but everything sorta fell through, so we decided to take the girls and do Festival of Lights where we got married. I tried to explain to Sophie what was special about the day but even "it's kinda like the birthday of me and daddy being together" didn't make sense to her, so we gave up.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oN2dvZSo12hZEIV7GT9d03hMgwrb7Nsd1-RO_CRPnk6awqruNHYWjcGKQD6clX9LScBdwff58iMRrYLClKuDK-8eXOu09r5skxcP4hE9PgRcCoOnruqnjJ2YXwHfJkGhayC9tWuAgB6T_5SwACVyhIVrAFxX35k16gnQmqp8Ux1l-PK7J83J0H98LnzR/s4032/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oN2dvZSo12hZEIV7GT9d03hMgwrb7Nsd1-RO_CRPnk6awqruNHYWjcGKQD6clX9LScBdwff58iMRrYLClKuDK-8eXOu09r5skxcP4hE9PgRcCoOnruqnjJ2YXwHfJkGhayC9tWuAgB6T_5SwACVyhIVrAFxX35k16gnQmqp8Ux1l-PK7J83J0H98LnzR/s320/1.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our wedding venue!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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See you in another 5 years</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Then of course Saturday the 9th was the family Christmas, and I definitely have mixed emotions as I recall balancing a toddler and infant and losing out the high rollers LRC by one dumb roll wahhhhh!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaP_hxP3M6QUdx2610raXDl-GC3xOj67HNyOfTymku6MHIgu4Za-z_dP2hxUgVIn2GrPehjRZ2pZAlxLsydD5p8lv1wQTNe6VYuAnu8PqLLI4YuyfZDRrt0XkMM0ojhCip7TiFBvA41wqlKuGwTv4Q8SXJdtqnuYefERdZIvS3NZR0BpigqO8w_yG8UNXJ/s1024/9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1024" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaP_hxP3M6QUdx2610raXDl-GC3xOj67HNyOfTymku6MHIgu4Za-z_dP2hxUgVIn2GrPehjRZ2pZAlxLsydD5p8lv1wQTNe6VYuAnu8PqLLI4YuyfZDRrt0XkMM0ojhCip7TiFBvA41wqlKuGwTv4Q8SXJdtqnuYefERdZIvS3NZR0BpigqO8w_yG8UNXJ/s320/9.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It really as been the fastest month with her, and she has been seeming to get older so much faster than Sophie, but I really think that's because Summer has just been a chill dream and we get good sleep and get to get things done, which wasn't exactly the case the first time around.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LQfU9ECzJXADydF04jkAfJMokKTHRBBHekxawARbDC1vJ4ncwjLf7BiWW0BVenFPpx2X4my6Qfrm9qrXfPU_tayLMxaulrXVs_4IZJV1R5UcDshDtbho9lGCcWHNwWsJYT38qV9qOxSaaxkcCxudRF3ZJ5GAfvtKM8F2DMWRWuunBSfs0fJoPtpDWv0-/s4032/30.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LQfU9ECzJXADydF04jkAfJMokKTHRBBHekxawARbDC1vJ4ncwjLf7BiWW0BVenFPpx2X4my6Qfrm9qrXfPU_tayLMxaulrXVs_4IZJV1R5UcDshDtbho9lGCcWHNwWsJYT38qV9qOxSaaxkcCxudRF3ZJ5GAfvtKM8F2DMWRWuunBSfs0fJoPtpDWv0-/s320/30.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpupabMHSYeRnoDTcyL4vfkbKbvlmhRDLZJzyK4tGL-Z4YpSw1gdfTFS3KmpN-vzemhKc7wt37pObsHn6xKGk8hiQDa7jeJJ1BkYQStVmhTZ6i-U706MOrl5o8MFx8-MFs0dG-ATszDZkmuV84VFMN5pQHDHE2sUIaTdoo0hE4JoE2BZCtLMqYS7Un9Oi/s4032/31.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpupabMHSYeRnoDTcyL4vfkbKbvlmhRDLZJzyK4tGL-Z4YpSw1gdfTFS3KmpN-vzemhKc7wt37pObsHn6xKGk8hiQDa7jeJJ1BkYQStVmhTZ6i-U706MOrl5o8MFx8-MFs0dG-ATszDZkmuV84VFMN5pQHDHE2sUIaTdoo0hE4JoE2BZCtLMqYS7Un9Oi/s320/31.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>On Saturday the 16th, I hit a new level of parenting... or something. I had feels I had never felt before. Firstly, the wait was over. Since I found out I was pregnant with a girl I couldn't wait to take her to dance classes if she would allow it. (For the record, I won't force her to do them or keep it up if she doesn't want to, but I couldn't resist introducing her to it all at least). I was coercing her years ago, but truly all on her own she started talking about dancing, wanting to wear twirly ballerina skirts, turn around, hold her leg up, and imitate the Rockettes from TV, so it was very exciting to tell her we could finally go to dance class!</div><div><br /></div><div>The class for her age is an hour long combination of tap, ballet and tumbling and despite being in daycare and going to French class, she's never really had a very organized class structure experience so I was quite nervous... but she ended up doing amazing! She didn't quite understand standing in a line, and she is definitely the youngest kid there, but oh, watching her stealthily from the window, both follow instructions in a class, and experience joy in her sloppily innocent dancing made me squirmy with love and excitement.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXjReISCscdZWmq1V-zL-QBsBJfut9R3fu-hmCMK7irCXP2f6q-0JNV_5DAdSqigIvqFqOSbyfgm-n70DUsxHpaq41VaWCyQX-moVrP6qWKmlF80a-YvUQ7W89q8YTMMq1gb63_sPX4Qv-hwq0NNsRvXKxFD3VHX9RrYBPUXNlwSmsET99VShahxIYgrp/s4032/32.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXjReISCscdZWmq1V-zL-QBsBJfut9R3fu-hmCMK7irCXP2f6q-0JNV_5DAdSqigIvqFqOSbyfgm-n70DUsxHpaq41VaWCyQX-moVrP6qWKmlF80a-YvUQ7W89q8YTMMq1gb63_sPX4Qv-hwq0NNsRvXKxFD3VHX9RrYBPUXNlwSmsET99VShahxIYgrp/s320/32.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfZHO0f1RCmnOXSeJZCMTLLPgaXcdmBygNzgC1GJ0-FFNYuDxS20H4L6GMIGc-CElcpJbZ0DsXX1lu54VykrM0ARzsym5Ck9hLYAAUHKb2ORirPSIlGw7PJVu4c2ZmHEMWTukmg_kULZ9RYdEuWXlO3bdw_cPFjioeF8iKVUuxjVX9k8U_Og3Shd0wWxA/s4032/33.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfZHO0f1RCmnOXSeJZCMTLLPgaXcdmBygNzgC1GJ0-FFNYuDxS20H4L6GMIGc-CElcpJbZ0DsXX1lu54VykrM0ARzsym5Ck9hLYAAUHKb2ORirPSIlGw7PJVu4c2ZmHEMWTukmg_kULZ9RYdEuWXlO3bdw_cPFjioeF8iKVUuxjVX9k8U_Og3Shd0wWxA/s320/33.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbWIvu771Ls267N6pU7CQFwlj2E3sJzyWRQs_uIMgjLN9rgRhgAIY2nl98CF5f19FzguN1Ky0oJvkhcNEE3-BGf4OEeWe2OyUa6miILjxunm3bz6sInyI0_dwz4sOvXW0ILPfsbcD15pQD5tk73V3ax7jRmf7gC1kXgcK3sc9rlWy68FJIosNHdSX4eBA/s4032/34.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbWIvu771Ls267N6pU7CQFwlj2E3sJzyWRQs_uIMgjLN9rgRhgAIY2nl98CF5f19FzguN1Ky0oJvkhcNEE3-BGf4OEeWe2OyUa6miILjxunm3bz6sInyI0_dwz4sOvXW0ILPfsbcD15pQD5tk73V3ax7jRmf7gC1kXgcK3sc9rlWy68FJIosNHdSX4eBA/s320/34.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_NjdGm4FWoavFDtfZksqOf8rIx5HZm-xoO7BckNS_Xf4xhHI5sKFgUMZbH2Qb5Q8IN1GF2QhOvfmSWU5Gu-chGPCtZAZQ-GgyIHMwMvSDH2UGUGWElc1lwO-xYJqlOMjmARs-SbrqMUZBLBpofUWshXGk21n1JOt1aPDEfiaT6lB3ieHrlOiHn0dCFeX/s4032/35.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_NjdGm4FWoavFDtfZksqOf8rIx5HZm-xoO7BckNS_Xf4xhHI5sKFgUMZbH2Qb5Q8IN1GF2QhOvfmSWU5Gu-chGPCtZAZQ-GgyIHMwMvSDH2UGUGWElc1lwO-xYJqlOMjmARs-SbrqMUZBLBpofUWshXGk21n1JOt1aPDEfiaT6lB3ieHrlOiHn0dCFeX/s320/35.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>She is obsessed with the tapping so, sucker that I am... I went out and bought her a pair of tap shoes, which is pretty unnecessary since the school has boxes of them in all sizes that you can borrow and she'll just grow out of them way too fast, but I wanted her to be able to practice at home inbetween classes and I could help show her some things too. (On Saturday evening after her class she started crying because it was "too dark to go to dance class" and she is already asking when she'll be going back.) She'll be getting the tap shoes Christmas morning and my goodness this kid is going to have a Christmas to remember and she better remember it too because we've gotten her a lotttt of stuff!</div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-4498241056793168682023-12-03T13:38:00.000-08:002023-12-03T13:38:24.339-08:00'Tis the Season<p>Naturally nothing will compare to Riverside's holiday festivities, but anything to celebrate the season I guess.</p><p>This year, Irvine's tree lighting ceremony was moved from City Hall to the Great Park, which was a great idea because they had really outgrown the City Hall location. They could have done a better job, but it was fine, especially for Sophie who is only getting it all this year.</p><p>We were pretty late getting there (and it only went to 7p??) because it took forever to get Sophie down for a nap so she slept pretty late, but we got to walk around, get some snacks, ride the carousel (twice!), donate some toys, see the holiday market and get ice cream. They had games and crafts but I was actually relieved we were spared the drama of trying to fight our way up to tables and through those crowds.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJk8Z6qwR5YaLcZwfOBL3O46cEDwblgoSkhOs5m-kvaVJN5VFhvFIxkqtQ3YQ3IswT_kbnytFjoIBMu_44GkqR8FfuTyt8CVwAnuplh2QD_BIv5xeqQQqgVNUla18wGHHQkFiq5FWaiOioxJ_SktXPCMhl_2ZiTVrHj2TwiOTvXC802ERw9kRKSbopmL7/s4032/IMG_0412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJk8Z6qwR5YaLcZwfOBL3O46cEDwblgoSkhOs5m-kvaVJN5VFhvFIxkqtQ3YQ3IswT_kbnytFjoIBMu_44GkqR8FfuTyt8CVwAnuplh2QD_BIv5xeqQQqgVNUla18wGHHQkFiq5FWaiOioxJ_SktXPCMhl_2ZiTVrHj2TwiOTvXC802ERw9kRKSbopmL7/s320/IMG_0412.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhoOQgN_w4IHuFPJP4PE4DAa8xEQhoeQS6QJpAKNhsbgze09UWQrzYaJmvC6SADCQnEzkAU13t41cZVqhBJsnu7rh7sk52NpXAaGQsmbbc-dXAgv68U3SodbvTn7rZe9gAj2DLq57593bStIHXanhpSjnI4d69C_lWULarCvCxAgf_-4L7pdp6_z45LKC/s3088/IMG_0378.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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What fun it is to be getting old /s</p>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-4262643385186785572023-11-30T12:26:00.000-08:002023-11-30T12:26:00.131-08:00Lessons in Baking: Two More Rounds of DanishesIf I haven't said it before, Summer is an absolute dream baby, and now that I'm feeling much more myself, I've been trying to be a bit more productive during this maternity leave, so last week I decided I wanted to try making danishes again. I really wanted to get better at shaping them and also, the dough was kinda weird.<div><br /></div><div>Well I tried again, also a raspberry cream cheese filling, but the dough turned out the same as last time - thick and almost impossible to shape. I had the exact same experience this time around as well (at least I'm consistent).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRxeXwKShEuOMnQDenVZyIUxcrM212v-k29FdA-7AFPAdNiF0Te4CNmZc5gp4Ycr5sL8QeWGRyW9-2BqU3-OFxiHBqVGV4I2qcVWe97cXbAoOxXTeFYg-y7IB9N51dXaVu45vo0N4spZjUk208E4jDnRhlwKoxXSO-oCz2red7XZ6yKtZvcKH_DJbTvi1/s4032/IMG_E0240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRxeXwKShEuOMnQDenVZyIUxcrM212v-k29FdA-7AFPAdNiF0Te4CNmZc5gp4Ycr5sL8QeWGRyW9-2BqU3-OFxiHBqVGV4I2qcVWe97cXbAoOxXTeFYg-y7IB9N51dXaVu45vo0N4spZjUk208E4jDnRhlwKoxXSO-oCz2red7XZ6yKtZvcKH_DJbTvi1/s320/IMG_E0240.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-okKRUVox38MwTGIl4r4Mw5a0gWRqy-M6axYXllRX5B388w1Eg3idR83dKgog47GvFyX0Ea8uKMdrz8j1jpnvBwxp_PsE4EVW-neh2hRTKGyBLRpdhBFiehhC_yt1Pkf-YqRqWU8YEPKGlDv7qWVg3aq4qCXriM_a-KF3jLgdaMrAQ7KwQDZr70vj7mAk/s4032/IMG_E0261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-okKRUVox38MwTGIl4r4Mw5a0gWRqy-M6axYXllRX5B388w1Eg3idR83dKgog47GvFyX0Ea8uKMdrz8j1jpnvBwxp_PsE4EVW-neh2hRTKGyBLRpdhBFiehhC_yt1Pkf-YqRqWU8YEPKGlDv7qWVg3aq4qCXriM_a-KF3jLgdaMrAQ7KwQDZr70vj7mAk/s320/IMG_E0261.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I ended up having a lot of the cream cheese filling left over, and it seemed a shame to just throw it away - and it had raw egg in it so it was going to need to be baked in some capacity. So the next day, I decided to try again.</div><div><br /></div><div>This time, I decided to ditch the generic "sweet dough" I used before, and really looked up how to make danish-specific dough.</div><div><br /></div><div>This made all the difference. It was still a little difficult to shape and work with, but I also was doing this inbetween cooking a homemade lentil soup and it had been a long day and I was exhausted. They turned out... interesting:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_zl0QZzN2ETyp3JwK7z-dOip_dedIPM0AMrmwNtojfSTlVRrwVCOFFmopFXD7zWb6U5N5C7iVV9fmF46GFcaqJWt30YAgnP6CeMHgl2ZV07Tec5we9UTaUCF3e-NKqpmoW_XN9RfpjIiqZboZqm1TkQjNGM9bxaRRtiNIUe6XsXf8cTwUI0KbR4PUvys/s4032/IMG_0232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_zl0QZzN2ETyp3JwK7z-dOip_dedIPM0AMrmwNtojfSTlVRrwVCOFFmopFXD7zWb6U5N5C7iVV9fmF46GFcaqJWt30YAgnP6CeMHgl2ZV07Tec5we9UTaUCF3e-NKqpmoW_XN9RfpjIiqZboZqm1TkQjNGM9bxaRRtiNIUe6XsXf8cTwUI0KbR4PUvys/s320/IMG_0232.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-oven</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryrd2-u7LSEApCj7aLR06AXBCM27cskmsxcXN46M8-CzBWJwqgMSQ6RDQN_wnFDbpXjkuoYPt_xNfS7xtxilZmf9oA4E9NWAWaQjLgRBai80Ea6TQKBgEgo8Z_Jpiqc-rOJyxGgmPbdr-v2s1DxXmzLnVsGgHkDDX5UznuQBruEB6OFixPuzfwLiUmtem/s4032/IMG_0236.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryrd2-u7LSEApCj7aLR06AXBCM27cskmsxcXN46M8-CzBWJwqgMSQ6RDQN_wnFDbpXjkuoYPt_xNfS7xtxilZmf9oA4E9NWAWaQjLgRBai80Ea6TQKBgEgo8Z_Jpiqc-rOJyxGgmPbdr-v2s1DxXmzLnVsGgHkDDX5UznuQBruEB6OFixPuzfwLiUmtem/s320/IMG_0236.PNG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Post-oven</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>...but really, I actually was quite happy with them because for one, I could see that if I rolled the dough out thinner, it would be a lot better, and also, the dough was a great success for a first try. It was light and flakey and I felt like it was great progress and I'm looking forward to perfecting it further.</div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-63285945478610038032023-11-28T12:21:00.000-08:002023-11-28T12:21:06.356-08:00Thanksgiving 2023<p>Well, family get togethers sure have taken a turn since Sophie and Enzo got to the age of playing together rather than side by side. It used to be poor Luca being bored by himself while moms managed the little toddlers, but now it's just full on chaos since they can all communicate and play together - and Summer isn't even a part of that mix yet!</p><p>We drove out to my mom's on Thanksgiving, and Sophie predictably fell asleep on the drive. She woke up just as we were turning into the neighborhood and wasn't even conscious as she sleepily said "I can't wait to see my cousins..."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZBZWKbCMCiCCfuZlVSl0XcrCtVyB1MSwmJCuAmW91gZ1w7Lg8X6Q95zBzyvMALp7Qz_aAu3VlVDMMSYt_UtKdJbDASeDPSIl0r0K7yIWz7Guuxmv4nD17O4rbchPp4n0566nAH-LxpxTnKnTZb34wp1GAZoxO3qCpszI3wx97FkavlHMC3P0JjDlnA-J/s1920/IMG_0288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZBZWKbCMCiCCfuZlVSl0XcrCtVyB1MSwmJCuAmW91gZ1w7Lg8X6Q95zBzyvMALp7Qz_aAu3VlVDMMSYt_UtKdJbDASeDPSIl0r0K7yIWz7Guuxmv4nD17O4rbchPp4n0566nAH-LxpxTnKnTZb34wp1GAZoxO3qCpszI3wx97FkavlHMC3P0JjDlnA-J/s320/IMG_0288.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>We had delicious Thanksgiving fare, watched football, played Cock and Bull and tried to maintain our sanity between the circus that the kids became - our 4 plus 2 from Jim's side. At one point they were playing Candy Land and it was so cute watching Luca explain it to Sophie and watch Sophie try to understand. It was her turn for a card and she drew a double yellow (which as we know, a double anything is one of the best cards you could draw) but Sophie just said "Aww I wanted purple!" and believe me there was no strategy in that disappointment.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Zw-8FiPH-SkYBIgbqrBp0ppXP5dhLLQpbsetGThjM4-rlnTbPJOpkqevsDgNffW2UXo0Onxg-sxenLe9LbwGH-PdUgFrHsHF_m0g7dWinoPDS7Fi3vxG3PIbG5shgZKgMimL9gxa2g0Tr_cNjn3QOI80RCJ08CifWpC2fbTLafEAF2IEHdz4M-a9ElW2/s4032/IMG_0293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Zw-8FiPH-SkYBIgbqrBp0ppXP5dhLLQpbsetGThjM4-rlnTbPJOpkqevsDgNffW2UXo0Onxg-sxenLe9LbwGH-PdUgFrHsHF_m0g7dWinoPDS7Fi3vxG3PIbG5shgZKgMimL9gxa2g0Tr_cNjn3QOI80RCJ08CifWpC2fbTLafEAF2IEHdz4M-a9ElW2/s320/IMG_0293.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It is such a different experience now that Sophie gets it. She talks about Santa in the North Pole and what she wants him to bring her and it's just so, so exciting now (not that I didn't love Christmas enough already).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9rcS2OZcs7lfBkamAofQvqWyXKEiCJXFsMij0k3tmPQ2BS0d03TmRkZimRuMTRaBhF83lS85l6v2k14x547EGwgcUqcqNoH2agUzxuoR1yyf9_fi2m1i-FCpqPXFGPhKWk54Z_HntHwdMU_ADRNKzMniN6ioccRXy1GFXoGC8rsQytHfay6WViuqUIZI/s4032/IMG_0337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9rcS2OZcs7lfBkamAofQvqWyXKEiCJXFsMij0k3tmPQ2BS0d03TmRkZimRuMTRaBhF83lS85l6v2k14x547EGwgcUqcqNoH2agUzxuoR1yyf9_fi2m1i-FCpqPXFGPhKWk54Z_HntHwdMU_ADRNKzMniN6ioccRXy1GFXoGC8rsQytHfay6WViuqUIZI/s320/IMG_0337.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjql2L7MyDqAL3cO3FEKpkO2QHTlB_cwLRVi_0YxLjtulhA2xVdydzV0luI_0QVc1xkyYpiKUm3kBtaiRHVpF4z8y7cdElZbvHwZDT_re79D2saG2lNJk7Zz-ZN3XusW7LK5RroE0zVjPtOvPGDg5i3Bi-UVvIYvWM2rLRs9Kykm2Uw1WWxw1jt8SWwHngE/s4032/IMG_0339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Every time I've gone there's always been a few kids with the shoutout and of course this time Sophie was the only one, which wasn't great for her as a very introverted kid who takes awhile to warm up. She clung to me throughout the happy birthday song, wouldn't wear her golden crown, and I had to accept her gift from the marionette puppy on her behalf. Oh well!</p><p>She got so many great gifts from Auntie Sasha, Auntie KitKat and Gangy that day - Gabby's Dollhouse galore! I'm partly to blame, I love Gabby's Dollhouse so I'm happy to have those toys around and encouraged it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAd-Zf2lo9yGdgj8gUJ3xdP3Jxpd5WRK9XfwHVBiJhpdlUX8sULIcGyozAflzjBSVgaXqSAj5QXN5kPR-_C6cmpaOVAd4bi1EdArl7Ni5QERkNw4Lh-IcZesQl59lYlLCotdktHOII1NP0m7KOKmpSEykF-fTEICeZPu3ti-AKQ_cmJfzsyeXriZtaEPAY/s2048/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1930" data-original-width="2048" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAd-Zf2lo9yGdgj8gUJ3xdP3Jxpd5WRK9XfwHVBiJhpdlUX8sULIcGyozAflzjBSVgaXqSAj5QXN5kPR-_C6cmpaOVAd4bi1EdArl7Ni5QERkNw4Lh-IcZesQl59lYlLCotdktHOII1NP0m7KOKmpSEykF-fTEICeZPu3ti-AKQ_cmJfzsyeXriZtaEPAY/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6Jsy-H7VelZ_2KUKyKHYcJZVNuNKhx4CpNR-gaOzS6XhL-SRHoyIFzzwY6UtkJ5EZpRQe2E_AdKsEswgu-_3qnOJf5dZX4aUeqvTFPhRETv17X_F5MeBj8ashx-xa14mtkQDMOsN0u_vrlOmsDtNPmKnUjZTES0S7t6uciN_W-XIpJ3Zu-GqE3jQ7wg8/s2016/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I stayed up late decorating the house, changing out our letterboard and tabletop paper, etc etc. The night before, AJ had taken Sophie to the store to buy something for grandma Debbie's birthday gift, and apparently found a DJ Catnip that she loved (see: Gabby's Dollhouse) and AJ bought it for her but told her that she couldn't have it until her birthday. So we were woken up on Wednesday by Sophie running into our room saying "Daddy it's my birthday! I can have DJ Catnip now!" and that's how the day started.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimj_XLdnnq0UAaZiygEmFgMgOtKFwBYz5DRmFXVo69zE5ycGevqBI4OrCwVRAEDG2PB0ZUbvNT7cXimt_yY_UC9fS-b4Vuy_I4fk9WQuB0offDa6TiU8jOhOPDcHlZnY638EUlYv80Sydp4pc_034r70bbfdAc-9e8-4jieEg8NURr2JoBq_LPH7iNKJWO/s4032/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimj_XLdnnq0UAaZiygEmFgMgOtKFwBYz5DRmFXVo69zE5ycGevqBI4OrCwVRAEDG2PB0ZUbvNT7cXimt_yY_UC9fS-b4Vuy_I4fk9WQuB0offDa6TiU8jOhOPDcHlZnY638EUlYv80Sydp4pc_034r70bbfdAc-9e8-4jieEg8NURr2JoBq_LPH7iNKJWO/s320/1.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcxyqsCi1uHVv5ngLGpI5KbNZzMNbrkYhuZhKs1QdIzc9SDeoz3-SDbb89atq6iVe00a8a74QyRzrDjXM-v8snHt1dynrnFNEnAzf_XI0aSCvArTzzHMJ6IH0Jti9Iydr14wKCgrHgClD_GFJR_DDrqmfG7w90vZ9JK19hCzb_kyaZf96MX0-wVNDR9tK/s4032/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcxyqsCi1uHVv5ngLGpI5KbNZzMNbrkYhuZhKs1QdIzc9SDeoz3-SDbb89atq6iVe00a8a74QyRzrDjXM-v8snHt1dynrnFNEnAzf_XI0aSCvArTzzHMJ6IH0Jti9Iydr14wKCgrHgClD_GFJR_DDrqmfG7w90vZ9JK19hCzb_kyaZf96MX0-wVNDR9tK/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>We did her yearly photo with her llama, and it was the last milestone card of the set that Kayla sent me from the UK, and I'm never sure if these ones are meant for Sophie or for me...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7kmgMtUtdB6BViJPRN4U0LqCVt3SsMEcL4toYGfhSe2suqW9CEVA_QRH0no9Doanmd4xMuAYrWN5cgwjVeTtPRvDpvQHkdgWUqjS8GqUfpWfMYD003tKhfDpdubkN-Vqi7l5KhNarXWMXxc5IEWV29OdPxiMx8ZL-ZNdx-cWhd6v8xqT-l1Jx2nYepHL/s4032/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7kmgMtUtdB6BViJPRN4U0LqCVt3SsMEcL4toYGfhSe2suqW9CEVA_QRH0no9Doanmd4xMuAYrWN5cgwjVeTtPRvDpvQHkdgWUqjS8GqUfpWfMYD003tKhfDpdubkN-Vqi7l5KhNarXWMXxc5IEWV29OdPxiMx8ZL-ZNdx-cWhd6v8xqT-l1Jx2nYepHL/s320/3.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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She had such a great day at daycare - both reported by them and seen from the photos she sent me. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwDo6TKeVqRe_ynDxCrWWxgpDFvO7hJQXbT9rRuE0xELOzo12SqdH3hNgoR5Nsz-jM1AD4h9wLa6HNrENt5LilUTk_R2PC5sZ3v5X8JEZIN0oS1VG7hQfyZ5RZ7I9J6y_WjfGSEsOxETQsxpb7OERY2Yqs22YuKgSUP20evPrWPg74DS8HFbQJLq4XCEG/s4032/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwDo6TKeVqRe_ynDxCrWWxgpDFvO7hJQXbT9rRuE0xELOzo12SqdH3hNgoR5Nsz-jM1AD4h9wLa6HNrENt5LilUTk_R2PC5sZ3v5X8JEZIN0oS1VG7hQfyZ5RZ7I9J6y_WjfGSEsOxETQsxpb7OERY2Yqs22YuKgSUP20evPrWPg74DS8HFbQJLq4XCEG/s320/6.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIz7mcJVrLtF5xl0eXw_rSRsxs3QdP3yKxi09hAo2t6HrJtZojoXue9SxspD0sBjAvt9WQiI9N9dE319OG0FgiCRZNTu9ee-85355kzIlDYmFSZXY0Tu669TLxWHr6mOF7loDeJGs-6MTm1vtA6qO4eu7VbIduUjT8Gb4UJBvAWFakVlbKHmGNukYT-3aT/s4032/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="1166" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ehkc6K6Tg7IiZ0WH69gfXEkCa2gjWhFcaZc8I7q3fZ3D9ZQ0QEzkJ7LVPRupXW2SjDkjTiwrzW-qtLzG5HDBImssMbwo5_o7TEC6BBbgy37KV7LkEli7fLQyyOhmTyGji2aR2WC2Wpzy5GfGyHti68q1O_vn0igj6trV8lRtvz0fWQZ9PcUdM87ZTuwl/s320/16.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Originally we weren't really planning to do anything in the evening other than have cake at home and open presents, but in the end my sisters and nephews ended up coming over, we ordered pizza and it was such a great time! I'm really glad we did it because Sophie had a blast running around with them and playing and to this day still says "I miss my cousins" from all the fun they had that night.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6plqFut2aIPmzvpW2u3cfTyd7SfOIQCcSKLbc-pAfS4jA3DLCnCCixJUdtwqEH_0VeVwz_agW1UM_ReZGQlxmRP_5wCvWrE3e1fuzPD3GCYPXPSG3fsFG7QHrcIzGsFX2kA3fs-QwnymKhtqxvw3-ceI8McdabjkIDSrXJ9RAVTkWQGbeIdntAo9M59d4/s2048/17.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6plqFut2aIPmzvpW2u3cfTyd7SfOIQCcSKLbc-pAfS4jA3DLCnCCixJUdtwqEH_0VeVwz_agW1UM_ReZGQlxmRP_5wCvWrE3e1fuzPD3GCYPXPSG3fsFG7QHrcIzGsFX2kA3fs-QwnymKhtqxvw3-ceI8McdabjkIDSrXJ9RAVTkWQGbeIdntAo9M59d4/s320/17.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjDsZjVbzpj3wLXg1-P7bdRS9g4AknRtnfPVI4ULDiy-WbbHAxo1L6wKHIb1hIrxWflZtKY9MbWXl9jI-F8oRdc6FEzE5bTkXckDZe5L8Cuqk_bb9iTbxGp2u8TkAky2pqrxiq6oGU4lqKrcR2rzrPTOVEUAzPxuGfH3ALKymbHSCkgUxhBjlmFQL7QIl/s4032/18.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjDsZjVbzpj3wLXg1-P7bdRS9g4AknRtnfPVI4ULDiy-WbbHAxo1L6wKHIb1hIrxWflZtKY9MbWXl9jI-F8oRdc6FEzE5bTkXckDZe5L8Cuqk_bb9iTbxGp2u8TkAky2pqrxiq6oGU4lqKrcR2rzrPTOVEUAzPxuGfH3ALKymbHSCkgUxhBjlmFQL7QIl/s320/18.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI3mXib6FXENc4Ha7_5x-Dra679xRHXgMNOL_TwRS8-5KLgnoPQ4HHT02UgpTdcge7h5owYb5j5tlFZjDIsECJnv7Eo8d2z74WfBJ6QSKrgswLvXVM_hBrTv0OdnhSKJhSYPtmZxMzwrTKX8qxjTRA_LgTufAIG7UBmKd54DLeWjRieULDoqpKxdC3Ffp/s1024/19.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI3mXib6FXENc4Ha7_5x-Dra679xRHXgMNOL_TwRS8-5KLgnoPQ4HHT02UgpTdcge7h5owYb5j5tlFZjDIsECJnv7Eo8d2z74WfBJ6QSKrgswLvXVM_hBrTv0OdnhSKJhSYPtmZxMzwrTKX8qxjTRA_LgTufAIG7UBmKd54DLeWjRieULDoqpKxdC3Ffp/s320/19.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimd8zIP7P02Y6NoE5_SXbieyP47wDuCTuTR7FZ6qgWnmta17uxVeyCL7_JxaVdBQdElkRokFXNSayRpmdb2QGIlSzWid_u-ozN0W4N20nqWQjgBBECWUlFrzsfXSBYYvwKZ4ESyFBTfLyxZ17J5QFXVn9oKkmaBbEAcYK_gv8TAit2VwI-lmrlJ-oOf4Pm/s4032/20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimd8zIP7P02Y6NoE5_SXbieyP47wDuCTuTR7FZ6qgWnmta17uxVeyCL7_JxaVdBQdElkRokFXNSayRpmdb2QGIlSzWid_u-ozN0W4N20nqWQjgBBECWUlFrzsfXSBYYvwKZ4ESyFBTfLyxZ17J5QFXVn9oKkmaBbEAcYK_gv8TAit2VwI-lmrlJ-oOf4Pm/s320/20.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>This girl also CLEANED UP. Heather brought a gift since they weren't there on Sunday (more Gabby's Dollhouse! I love it!) Auntie Ana had left a gift from the last time she was here, Auntie Iris dropped by a gift, Ms Ellie sent home a gift, grandma Debbie had gifts - Gabby's Dollhouse and playdough sets and a Minnie phone and a ukelele! Mama and dada had one (that I completely forgot about until AJ reminded me LOL) - Sophie's first bike! (Assuming balance bikes don't count, which I'm unsure of).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiTdz7pHTUF0snwWh6H9kX6jOBNZ77DGgqoXvHyKYQ11sGfzw-DiCg9d8w3YSEiY_HtRSiZsPNhCzmpqOPYEQF5LxS84mBClZ7uoCU205iVC0rQ22IV4bolY8KhvnWPg4YPCTD75COcoDJOFK2t3Lko4VC6qXX_auxwjfr1Qs1PAhQqnuO-ZOxAgxpkQl/s4032/21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiTdz7pHTUF0snwWh6H9kX6jOBNZ77DGgqoXvHyKYQ11sGfzw-DiCg9d8w3YSEiY_HtRSiZsPNhCzmpqOPYEQF5LxS84mBClZ7uoCU205iVC0rQ22IV4bolY8KhvnWPg4YPCTD75COcoDJOFK2t3Lko4VC6qXX_auxwjfr1Qs1PAhQqnuO-ZOxAgxpkQl/s320/21.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPE8v58Ghv_-FiFw4xMZY5sqbcFc3FDxyXYwEt-MiOfwEjBXJIFSwqgp8NISTZKv4J2-G75mdA43NqY3R7IIrfGGVwhboGM3qhT2RPb6TjiY77KjFUZf_RzL1Ie2dXE4Gxd5wR5cgCvJE_sW7EojAvrmyhi-OYX86XcEg70pzA5pZ6_Bf1kBeBLOkqzRAG/s4032/22.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPE8v58Ghv_-FiFw4xMZY5sqbcFc3FDxyXYwEt-MiOfwEjBXJIFSwqgp8NISTZKv4J2-G75mdA43NqY3R7IIrfGGVwhboGM3qhT2RPb6TjiY77KjFUZf_RzL1Ie2dXE4Gxd5wR5cgCvJE_sW7EojAvrmyhi-OYX86XcEg70pzA5pZ6_Bf1kBeBLOkqzRAG/s320/22.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVD0SeP6pEot2Ks9oLv0WdplOZ83_EMNC8r_kX9dfYBjQ3ADVXbXkULpEJtRw9f35dcyq5EaVwvUWNrSw_jh2TFXY7yssP8n7aPMhCJAobhMDIKkiVVQKOPH3128tcP-TI9zOyQPsQjSfezTZ9YiEWPzZJG6zFcfn7wkGv1WeE1BQewXF_egmglGHIO0fL/s1024/23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVD0SeP6pEot2Ks9oLv0WdplOZ83_EMNC8r_kX9dfYBjQ3ADVXbXkULpEJtRw9f35dcyq5EaVwvUWNrSw_jh2TFXY7yssP8n7aPMhCJAobhMDIKkiVVQKOPH3128tcP-TI9zOyQPsQjSfezTZ9YiEWPzZJG6zFcfn7wkGv1WeE1BQewXF_egmglGHIO0fL/s320/23.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tV0B2aZ6_DHC2URkGGLE2qpKvNWXCmHu3VHa8OpjSJPwyw_zgMFCsGo-hNNW54S0AR6ebV2gGiHzStHOujZrwsVgM2I7MuftRHTFXbrZgQeGkTuMhMU1DVkA49IFUBGNncfrAQhtn74eIfbFzDAJSX8WI-PxTxUgt0efqG8t684Tftu3rwx0t3Rddmhp/s1024/24.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tV0B2aZ6_DHC2URkGGLE2qpKvNWXCmHu3VHa8OpjSJPwyw_zgMFCsGo-hNNW54S0AR6ebV2gGiHzStHOujZrwsVgM2I7MuftRHTFXbrZgQeGkTuMhMU1DVkA49IFUBGNncfrAQhtn74eIfbFzDAJSX8WI-PxTxUgt0efqG8t684Tftu3rwx0t3Rddmhp/s320/24.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>It was such a great birthday in the end, especially for one that happened on a Wednesday, and Sophie is still loving all her new gifts. Can't believe Christmas is just around the corner now - oof.</p>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-43548252877271173202023-11-01T11:32:00.003-07:002023-11-01T11:32:53.351-07:00Touchdown HalloweenI'm only 2 1/2 months postpartum, but Sophie "gets" it now so we couldn't skip it, and put minimal energy into it this year. I've had my referee costume since my early 20s, and AJ has been a football player since high school, so a quick Amazon buy for Sophie and Summer and we had ourselves our own little team.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO72kEkByzSkwCxv3JgASCoriQOCqFaaDBVdviTx9516nIG_Ufad6NhxqfRgr-aRmn86rDB6Lvj0akdquHmvlG0aQFFDS9E2w9uKZ8_NRjI2J-ifp7OcnN7IXEYyQxXhP-bf0EJzszSNM695ZsUE9V048Cwbw_0NEdawtXpVkfWJvR5HYoJvrjitZLdAw5/s4032/IMG_0125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO72kEkByzSkwCxv3JgASCoriQOCqFaaDBVdviTx9516nIG_Ufad6NhxqfRgr-aRmn86rDB6Lvj0akdquHmvlG0aQFFDS9E2w9uKZ8_NRjI2J-ifp7OcnN7IXEYyQxXhP-bf0EJzszSNM695ZsUE9V048Cwbw_0NEdawtXpVkfWJvR5HYoJvrjitZLdAw5/s320/IMG_0125.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>We did our usual trick or treating with our friends in their neighborhood, and Sophie had so much fun looking for the houses with lights on to get candy. She was so shy and couldn't say trick or treat at first, but after some time with Bryce and James she cracked out of her shell and was doing so well saying trick or treat and also thank you. Weirdly I couldn't get her to hold her pom poms even for pictures, and that was how we sold her on this costume (Baby Box on Gabby's Dollhouse has pom poms and she was stoked about that). As soon as she got candy in her bucket she would immediately turn to me and say "let's go get more candy!" like geez kid, take a moment to appreciate the candy you just got!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJFjKiFKY7L0EYK4wJPQ6Yl-lbmjDCTC5l9Gqrq6aSNMfxmgOw_p-iIEB_YMPde-UNAXHbqhAKYS4chgwC88VBQfJWBli6qk8PAD5uBCbbaALI4m2GiyRSTX8oQuqtYjbyIsNnyJ5VJuDFYvll8xst0Js4D3npkHXnb1isds8WNBZGp5xJjmcHFGb0BKq/s4032/IMG_0123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJFjKiFKY7L0EYK4wJPQ6Yl-lbmjDCTC5l9Gqrq6aSNMfxmgOw_p-iIEB_YMPde-UNAXHbqhAKYS4chgwC88VBQfJWBli6qk8PAD5uBCbbaALI4m2GiyRSTX8oQuqtYjbyIsNnyJ5VJuDFYvll8xst0Js4D3npkHXnb1isds8WNBZGp5xJjmcHFGb0BKq/s320/IMG_0123.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosoXeWrmAm2yGzg45k1LDYSNNNqPDXXoioXNL2hbtRfjQcVZ8CnPDWAeWO-lKUDNiwImi9zxUxH9sm_7h1iJmrlwiPTMIeFqw8ewzKcETXThFxX1WxBtbN8gw3fxqhywDEwEj91p5njWzjtTZ_J4OMkZtccHCC2SSQ1H99Ba9NKjYgxhSw7ACQMBB6AmN/s4032/IMG_9732.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosoXeWrmAm2yGzg45k1LDYSNNNqPDXXoioXNL2hbtRfjQcVZ8CnPDWAeWO-lKUDNiwImi9zxUxH9sm_7h1iJmrlwiPTMIeFqw8ewzKcETXThFxX1WxBtbN8gw3fxqhywDEwEj91p5njWzjtTZ_J4OMkZtccHCC2SSQ1H99Ba9NKjYgxhSw7ACQMBB6AmN/s320/IMG_9732.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This baby had a poop blowout later<br />in the evening which explained this<br />mood for us in retrospect</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-e0nZykqW-hS0ySS2jNd_0UQKxUneGn4-fOw4QGlR6RsH1b4TeJYirWoIudOOzFP3-18ZXkCL4HswQckgHflpOD33nMY4QkLNEA4eIUA9wS46WNxqEPxM1wCSFah0QbA4UwbD-_sMgL8P3H6_7hMQo-_M-x8ddkKVcriwfZPLK0DBbCHkPQ-kR28Rsk0/s4032/IMG_9736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-e0nZykqW-hS0ySS2jNd_0UQKxUneGn4-fOw4QGlR6RsH1b4TeJYirWoIudOOzFP3-18ZXkCL4HswQckgHflpOD33nMY4QkLNEA4eIUA9wS46WNxqEPxM1wCSFah0QbA4UwbD-_sMgL8P3H6_7hMQo-_M-x8ddkKVcriwfZPLK0DBbCHkPQ-kR28Rsk0/s320/IMG_9736.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QB1UrvAgIDyHLizocNhggnZ07lKNjGYyOMimCB-GtaKx9PDxbMNTBT8fWIYnJUVyHLn-HqPYVlLHNaVLtPkUbB2W0RBRL_WPlOmn0Z_q86o-FHz8Zwj-oMSeCjveain5Dh98fj10qZsojLSDu-w9yux0_xaCIrwTdmb35Z1whZX61BatcYWLvERrU3ZR/s4032/IMG_9739.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QB1UrvAgIDyHLizocNhggnZ07lKNjGYyOMimCB-GtaKx9PDxbMNTBT8fWIYnJUVyHLn-HqPYVlLHNaVLtPkUbB2W0RBRL_WPlOmn0Z_q86o-FHz8Zwj-oMSeCjveain5Dh98fj10qZsojLSDu-w9yux0_xaCIrwTdmb35Z1whZX61BatcYWLvERrU3ZR/s320/IMG_9739.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br />We ended the night at the grandparents house who conveniently live in the same neighborhood where the kids got to look over their haul and golf in the front yard. It was cute watching Sophie emulate the kids without totally being sure what to do. I watched her watch them going through their buckets and she would pick out one of her candies and just kinda turn it over because she couldn't open it. I came over and opened the KitKat for her and handed it back to her, and she was still unsure what to do and she licked it! I broke it in half for her and showed her how to eat it - win win.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgactRriPpjPYzq-bTTqB93dZP1nhICicSNUNzhoAxvWBtcxvpzFZEDi5ZNLgsquZhkAl2PRUgo0se60iOAg3GQeJ1nb96EfcghP0ra_s7tzB9ttgBJuHKDr2qwdOHhdiaOzMjOxC0cVBTKn50hyphenhyphenMPWVMDEC0RmJtnN7rDaY7ZLsjyzBlw1Z8VQJ9iVoj_J/s4032/IMG_9745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgactRriPpjPYzq-bTTqB93dZP1nhICicSNUNzhoAxvWBtcxvpzFZEDi5ZNLgsquZhkAl2PRUgo0se60iOAg3GQeJ1nb96EfcghP0ra_s7tzB9ttgBJuHKDr2qwdOHhdiaOzMjOxC0cVBTKn50hyphenhyphenMPWVMDEC0RmJtnN7rDaY7ZLsjyzBlw1Z8VQJ9iVoj_J/s320/IMG_9745.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNf98ebbuwwNz5b6v7DViBuKY6kGTwYjgUifgKSQYx840ITW1KmfZBedYsOMY1pujlaPSI4z6A8ljz1OwtoNvTCPFUVuFaFYXpywZZ5pNTbRE8X5ROi4YvW3uDnJ-2gRMM_6MUUUsMwkt9ltM7giguQGoTGSKL973G6fA-BXmm-MjO8eVMBQZ3KjgKzW1/s4032/IMG_9746.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNf98ebbuwwNz5b6v7DViBuKY6kGTwYjgUifgKSQYx840ITW1KmfZBedYsOMY1pujlaPSI4z6A8ljz1OwtoNvTCPFUVuFaFYXpywZZ5pNTbRE8X5ROi4YvW3uDnJ-2gRMM_6MUUUsMwkt9ltM7giguQGoTGSKL973G6fA-BXmm-MjO8eVMBQZ3KjgKzW1/s320/IMG_9746.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBlb41_mmOy1C78vQS530HK9vMKMFrE8uckm3wPYZRBtJsSO2oBYXUjwJbcjPCOEBTkxhzjlUDfpOnTozrFdKPFe1CMfcIGCwMNRR9Pne1Xek8r6OIjAva1uGrMdEay1uvhnN6lUqw0TvwIzwlptUgi0SXC2gXy4X_u7CRjoCxn2Zkiq-CoLNrLtqwMD3/s4032/IMG_9747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBlb41_mmOy1C78vQS530HK9vMKMFrE8uckm3wPYZRBtJsSO2oBYXUjwJbcjPCOEBTkxhzjlUDfpOnTozrFdKPFe1CMfcIGCwMNRR9Pne1Xek8r6OIjAva1uGrMdEay1uvhnN6lUqw0TvwIzwlptUgi0SXC2gXy4X_u7CRjoCxn2Zkiq-CoLNrLtqwMD3/s320/IMG_9747.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDz0FbWndTLBAwwMRs0g80k9bN-QaGcloZiPKfW15njH9fm0PJmVaf2uMM3JM_49M81U5SzhFBPHM13IR1AsN1lGBiSHhPkD7X7PURsclVAZlme5EjWYJTAk50raVfTPQW22PF0y2We5PjcBs-y1cQF91yHrhJp1MYXvZivrSYWU1Ni4kG9cWONF8-JID/s4032/IMG_9749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDz0FbWndTLBAwwMRs0g80k9bN-QaGcloZiPKfW15njH9fm0PJmVaf2uMM3JM_49M81U5SzhFBPHM13IR1AsN1lGBiSHhPkD7X7PURsclVAZlme5EjWYJTAk50raVfTPQW22PF0y2We5PjcBs-y1cQF91yHrhJp1MYXvZivrSYWU1Ni4kG9cWONF8-JID/s320/IMG_9749.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>It was a good thing we were hanging out at this house when we were, because Summer ended up needing to eat and then had one of the biggest poop blowouts of her life. Happy Halloween!</div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-42137192969250704402023-10-23T16:00:00.004-07:002023-10-23T16:00:46.083-07:00All the October Updates<p>Well, we've been in a busy fog over here, adjusting to being a family of four, relishing what a wonderfully sweet baby Summer is - such a great sleeper, calm temperament and very forgiving with her overbearing and very loving older sister.</p><p>Here were some highlights from that first month.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkZ0Nldr6BBDLJxddNNkHIO6Jeiwrw7xmkzs6h3AUyIQ7yelO8QLls1wyK6t8qVSnIGL5XnXa_6nrOSS2W-m9YyHPozuoxMISyCwJk9B9yD_y-jL4EyKHudRiM0lwA2JA1-HGKRxj-tTnTCfmKJVNR82U6DNIc11LRRi_NgXsBlXeIJ2NKCWQmGDLFrSI/s4032/IMG_9179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1093" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqAgJH-Q5EoMD9hhipwH-o4mfOPg2l_AdtCV5BShi_jN8IzgO-cAgXXJxCEFx3VCwBDHQqx2FDRBDGpIgPk12zT8wv3vqG-ACmZAsUpGrRy-a6PbvVdlho9LSFDDKRcdeFmDAi6UcKBdLktR_go7lGzjAp9Nj-U9TVyZ4Dpbmc3mq4lGN5Ydw0nSKdAxU/s320/IMG_9182.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having fun at the park with Auntie Kit Kat</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQpZMQznZM3ltLIupOLLRenwOJfoN93F56zUU8ntLdrElVrgHRj13FmnvRc72mglNhqvCENg3lHxKRuY2zp5qVHWCA9fV0WD54ATdI7B4ZL-owtj8n1ye8-93ZFS8vf-nycluITby2KjXrk7SNmCdPrQUQzGIQp9hNqbH7Yuw-0wherIs8fTdLne_yCX8/s4032/IMG_9183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQpZMQznZM3ltLIupOLLRenwOJfoN93F56zUU8ntLdrElVrgHRj13FmnvRc72mglNhqvCENg3lHxKRuY2zp5qVHWCA9fV0WD54ATdI7B4ZL-owtj8n1ye8-93ZFS8vf-nycluITby2KjXrk7SNmCdPrQUQzGIQp9hNqbH7Yuw-0wherIs8fTdLne_yCX8/s320/IMG_9183.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqCG60L4_paUhcwZFi_9J7u7xJLZXcIQOD3gzrOJrCopLYm9Xeb-RIPB_11sH61r3LUAM6zn1QB8WF-MalwDPZI5VqWcxuFnjS7XjTDR8-N2UUx_nXBxtdWwpLAta7dZS7ouhgDlxbw-em4zLZyIPTs1xhAotEDUHKUKB11VuGXAFsUKEwkOILTp9zWsq/s4500/summer%20slumber%20under%20the%20sea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqCG60L4_paUhcwZFi_9J7u7xJLZXcIQOD3gzrOJrCopLYm9Xeb-RIPB_11sH61r3LUAM6zn1QB8WF-MalwDPZI5VqWcxuFnjS7XjTDR8-N2UUx_nXBxtdWwpLAta7dZS7ouhgDlxbw-em4zLZyIPTs1xhAotEDUHKUKB11VuGXAFsUKEwkOILTp9zWsq/s320/summer%20slumber%20under%20the%20sea.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mom's photoshop skills </td></tr></tbody></table><p>We had a lot of activity when Sophie's daycare was closed for a week and a half earlier this month. I wasn't exactly ready to face a day with a toddler and a newborn unassisted all day long, so we piecemealed together visitors and trips to help out. First was my mom coming for the day when we took a trip to the aquarium and stopped by Aunt Jann's house in the evening. We did Home Depot's kid craft one Saturday, and our family finally upgraded to a new/bigger car that will fit the two gigantic car seats that our kids now require.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lvy8MlWalfE2pxskPVLLX1EFZ2Pl57tE28rVnGv1wu6KIqODego3dG6U4UnF94Mwq3bTKGyXW1pqPSHE6v4ooFT3_elBUebe4BvBsSCCZeFB2-wQRF4kk_ikmB2QHNmsa-0coTesYp8e4Je6s6XZ5JHILInonlbAaboCtvgCES2QExVi_VGdGc_4ZiXk/s2016/1acd453f-ba2d-433d-b18d-8ed241dd907d.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lvy8MlWalfE2pxskPVLLX1EFZ2Pl57tE28rVnGv1wu6KIqODego3dG6U4UnF94Mwq3bTKGyXW1pqPSHE6v4ooFT3_elBUebe4BvBsSCCZeFB2-wQRF4kk_ikmB2QHNmsa-0coTesYp8e4Je6s6XZ5JHILInonlbAaboCtvgCES2QExVi_VGdGc_4ZiXk/s320/1acd453f-ba2d-433d-b18d-8ed241dd907d.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast with Gangy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Aside from just enjoying her company and being able to relax, I was also able to get so much done, plus we got to check out the French pastry shop I haven't stopped hearing about, and get my eyebrows done. 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I already planned our family costume and really hadn't anticipated Sophie coming home one day talking nonstop about being a witch for Halloween. I don't even know how or where she learned about witches but she was so excited about it, I decided to be *that* mom and spoil my child and also buy her a witch costume that she could wear to this event, and still be a part of the family costume on actual Halloween. (I also went out of my way to go buy her a witch broom that she was so excited about initially but then refused to have anything to do with it during the zoo event so that was... cool).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobiH4y-JikKWDYqyUT8w-EtgtBwrTTqjrFMNjdRk3Qz1c5UhUTGYG1_m8iUlwXckdSONgEtVp7AU6_PbMaHDPAY8gZmicAIqmZs34qc1NFNDdAuzvYWH2Nuvob1J0xrtimpxNdvMt96RcyxwOioHjapnIXNVK54zEjIDTOmJdIyve-0H03vkLIHOmxxQE/s4032/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobiH4y-JikKWDYqyUT8w-EtgtBwrTTqjrFMNjdRk3Qz1c5UhUTGYG1_m8iUlwXckdSONgEtVp7AU6_PbMaHDPAY8gZmicAIqmZs34qc1NFNDdAuzvYWH2Nuvob1J0xrtimpxNdvMt96RcyxwOioHjapnIXNVK54zEjIDTOmJdIyve-0H03vkLIHOmxxQE/s320/1.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I guess she didn't <br />get my motion sickness genes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulgExFBZCLbaJ1vfoOhyphenhyphenk-PHaPmx0uIQftSrJWMbZdg4Hgo9RZpDKJsWmEFivMWsh2vQyBX56AQ8R43fU7wCDjNZfmcFqG50rnQVw41UmFk4kC22wOp17o19fQrpLK6zYkupdJjSwDrTjezrgxHYxEDUV8-Y0HSS77VuqMhrW7GqPF0oDf6i238IUcQu1/s4032/12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulgExFBZCLbaJ1vfoOhyphenhyphenk-PHaPmx0uIQftSrJWMbZdg4Hgo9RZpDKJsWmEFivMWsh2vQyBX56AQ8R43fU7wCDjNZfmcFqG50rnQVw41UmFk4kC22wOp17o19fQrpLK6zYkupdJjSwDrTjezrgxHYxEDUV8-Y0HSS77VuqMhrW7GqPF0oDf6i238IUcQu1/s320/12.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9CPHqkzbHfAKSiipnswJGfrsWQgQT57zI4fAQKqEvuDgFrc17gCRKSywxYPp5AXsUS4rad33hfYCkrRZHdM7WV61cztovUJzbsLh0l6v3rjVvH640kdOZC7mTCHQOegiafd7SmIum_Z2dL7NgIc73uXggCnK58Ey7j3Sb1c70-cA45amNUL9I-ev6ubo/s4032/13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9CPHqkzbHfAKSiipnswJGfrsWQgQT57zI4fAQKqEvuDgFrc17gCRKSywxYPp5AXsUS4rad33hfYCkrRZHdM7WV61cztovUJzbsLh0l6v3rjVvH640kdOZC7mTCHQOegiafd7SmIum_Z2dL7NgIc73uXggCnK58Ey7j3Sb1c70-cA45amNUL9I-ev6ubo/s320/13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>And then of course, just our usual life around here. Enjoy these stills.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ujXVsF7DgfJHwR5S0YKFNwblG7fdwCDFfzAob26lA2xN3mga-3VBqXO4Wg3xU54qQxSWQy3VqWhTSREr5OXYzMT-mQ0AAitqthmve2-gKjpaByU5rs1PtddNlyTSaZApRKuER1yQp2vEYAj4vMAtpahrDzcADx5611n39iWMfTn-D5eZrIvzhFcJ_0MN/s4032/25.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ujXVsF7DgfJHwR5S0YKFNwblG7fdwCDFfzAob26lA2xN3mga-3VBqXO4Wg3xU54qQxSWQy3VqWhTSREr5OXYzMT-mQ0AAitqthmve2-gKjpaByU5rs1PtddNlyTSaZApRKuER1yQp2vEYAj4vMAtpahrDzcADx5611n39iWMfTn-D5eZrIvzhFcJ_0MN/s320/25.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sophie just loves her sister!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAClUJYXRCcBTMSudofI16o-Uo_mkrgj9znGC_9Dy8nyGygcQulojBGwE5ILpuZ2_B7nvx9EGEyOWaaaUEAAyQo5UCMoZkXI2HjLbEeV8NpiiQXx2BsqjVzJuj5sGM5O5TBYDOmoXDgDTorOVVbN6s8cBKpzxFGXaSIqb7e9C-53pHleNdOKwI1HNeZ40m/s320/34.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big stretches!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I suppose we really are in the holidays now at this point, so things will be getting crazy. Until next time...!</div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-7942108384773621572023-09-16T17:44:00.004-07:002023-09-16T17:44:26.122-07:00Baby Girl Summer<p>Our family was completed with the very swift, very surprising early arrival of our second baby girl, little Summer Emilija.</p><p> Around 4a on the morning of Saturday, August 12, I experienced what felt like my water breaking. I was so terrified, I was in denial and went back to sleep. I woke up and, walking around, it was undeniable that my water broke, but I oddly had no other symptoms, no contractions, nothing. But, the water breaking is a big deal and after a call to the hospital, we were told we had to come in. Because I wasn't suffering in any way, we got to sort of leisurely take our time getting things together, saying bye to Sophie, and heading off.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglouR1jjMC_763maLHDf9Yr-X4nVIhZaC_haJMnKO7Ye-UcOKGHTQ2B1zBAXOtSqt27jqSsS3tfD-PolLYeyqtYGxjHwOxLJ241qkX4oubhex68Cgf2ZO3IdBQf0qryEsWSWjZk02a6NW396phS1DcOseIeH7DHGrVtqs7LKTJPUYWdx1GlXr_3rQvTXi5/s2048/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglouR1jjMC_763maLHDf9Yr-X4nVIhZaC_haJMnKO7Ye-UcOKGHTQ2B1zBAXOtSqt27jqSsS3tfD-PolLYeyqtYGxjHwOxLJ241qkX4oubhex68Cgf2ZO3IdBQf0qryEsWSWjZk02a6NW396phS1DcOseIeH7DHGrVtqs7LKTJPUYWdx1GlXr_3rQvTXi5/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg473I3VJy1X33VkicKY-hRoqciuZeaNt9L04EF8saotDzVcxywCD2pwvrrOBrnU0JsAgWljoqyXQ4aKXnzxz-N5EachdIemczyLByC_ty8ubL4VFUjSSmtToeXgl0kkn1B-8Anyqr9BrXbgv2H162g98lpy2EDV6RIk6X6qvFmRoA7246Yewiay-lwvPW0/s4032/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg473I3VJy1X33VkicKY-hRoqciuZeaNt9L04EF8saotDzVcxywCD2pwvrrOBrnU0JsAgWljoqyXQ4aKXnzxz-N5EachdIemczyLByC_ty8ubL4VFUjSSmtToeXgl0kkn1B-8Anyqr9BrXbgv2H162g98lpy2EDV6RIk6X6qvFmRoA7246Yewiay-lwvPW0/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Here's what was crazy: we confirmed my water broke, but nothing was happening. The nurse mentioned that it was therefore probably the "forebag" (who knew that was a thing) and that once the "real" bag broke, stuff would really happen. We checked in in the late morning, and around 4p, my "real" bag unmistakably broke. <i>Summer arrived less than two hours later, with a total of 2 pushes.</i> It was wild. It also happened so fast, with an almost failed epidural that there was some real laboring and some real fear there for awhile. 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This kid is, was, and continues to be, an amazing sleeper (fingers crossed it stays that way!!)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjcPTWeEFF0QzxDKYrvTJKjup7wBB_zDBUNwp93cbvuGfNOzx5Epg9e8Z3fg0PpICqD6bxA4vcsghTKkqK-IlwgYmRoROr5TyRd78gPahK-8q5GZijeC1uKM5sQhPTCN0X3QXeIyK7GpedVhFZX3jf6IBLCmZCkZ46SS2FpwgGP3PHgt3F2DjyJbHg2ie/s4032/9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjcPTWeEFF0QzxDKYrvTJKjup7wBB_zDBUNwp93cbvuGfNOzx5Epg9e8Z3fg0PpICqD6bxA4vcsghTKkqK-IlwgYmRoROr5TyRd78gPahK-8q5GZijeC1uKM5sQhPTCN0X3QXeIyK7GpedVhFZX3jf6IBLCmZCkZ46SS2FpwgGP3PHgt3F2DjyJbHg2ie/s320/9.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvylfmClR_dRGECtikPpx8AqLblhuIJ3dtmG23fDjcdjsiKVvsE6r_NN_dHlQDvmBr_JO_pymIfSb2ovueUzt5Hpn6AHdI3KwXSsdl2ENayb2glkTc2cYR6CiVkjVU_RLPyfjX4zD5CNz1xfLblIkQNI7QjTBrDt51NlEbRNc5vKKDXbUWrMakUlmysp8_/s2016/10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvylfmClR_dRGECtikPpx8AqLblhuIJ3dtmG23fDjcdjsiKVvsE6r_NN_dHlQDvmBr_JO_pymIfSb2ovueUzt5Hpn6AHdI3KwXSsdl2ENayb2glkTc2cYR6CiVkjVU_RLPyfjX4zD5CNz1xfLblIkQNI7QjTBrDt51NlEbRNc5vKKDXbUWrMakUlmysp8_/s320/10.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-Kf1StWgPPSfN8BUnHwIC2k8gLel871Z0k1KhVvVP_5z09-QPAo-a3BQLMSisJ3BLA30b0i3dvyl9TVKOwESOtzqEyuDYCNPfko2-O-iKGNtIujHQD0DpLpuVbH8Ob7kBoinPImIfc44d3P2sfVHqnBL5Vv_Cnzsu-sa_x_zgT24prZFo3vWp7oPFXtT/s4032/12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-Kf1StWgPPSfN8BUnHwIC2k8gLel871Z0k1KhVvVP_5z09-QPAo-a3BQLMSisJ3BLA30b0i3dvyl9TVKOwESOtzqEyuDYCNPfko2-O-iKGNtIujHQD0DpLpuVbH8Ob7kBoinPImIfc44d3P2sfVHqnBL5Vv_Cnzsu-sa_x_zgT24prZFo3vWp7oPFXtT/s320/12.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating the In-N-Out AJ brought</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The next morning, we had visitors, bearing donuts and coffee, oh my God, so heavenly. 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It's a Herculean effort to make sure they continue to get as equal as possible attention and not let the baby overtake our attention, but I guess we're doing an okay job of it because Sophie has (so far) not shown any resentment or jealousy and continues to want to include Summer in all of her activities.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEity4nQ9MCJvTgRPut6nGHvsJu-Eg0ctDlIidzZWqmLeZp6iTgGsexSrrMQdq6Qa690Bt9fXLjINc4qekWhQ8lkcArIsPP78OOhnu5QC9jCF0OxVOoTFReXpCPNuAIxfYn2U-i9wAITw_-DmK6YbfKx7-Y1f2SyHCjauB9ieDBcEk6GgaijqhzAmhpU7BBp/s4032/30.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEity4nQ9MCJvTgRPut6nGHvsJu-Eg0ctDlIidzZWqmLeZp6iTgGsexSrrMQdq6Qa690Bt9fXLjINc4qekWhQ8lkcArIsPP78OOhnu5QC9jCF0OxVOoTFReXpCPNuAIxfYn2U-i9wAITw_-DmK6YbfKx7-Y1f2SyHCjauB9ieDBcEk6GgaijqhzAmhpU7BBp/s320/30.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91db2nBx6WiA5SYj1ASpt1FefHsTxuEDuwJTZ2UmH0qUvPTFQwj4mI6oa9-LwVxNW3-xmD3-e6-NAT8jeyLNSS8n97c1Vc57R-UwoeUbVIkB_FRidZvKv4111-H3HTL2BDPJPr8_b4OpTGBja7M216yxHyPcfmUnf2enIjZM5PylTT6egdcfOGomTfvTH/s4032/31.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91db2nBx6WiA5SYj1ASpt1FefHsTxuEDuwJTZ2UmH0qUvPTFQwj4mI6oa9-LwVxNW3-xmD3-e6-NAT8jeyLNSS8n97c1Vc57R-UwoeUbVIkB_FRidZvKv4111-H3HTL2BDPJPr8_b4OpTGBja7M216yxHyPcfmUnf2enIjZM5PylTT6egdcfOGomTfvTH/s320/31.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>So that's the life we're getting used to now. We're five weeks in and surviving but you know how it is with these suckers - once you think you have them figured out, they change! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wJBSN9nnd8AkDHorLcVuA2fR-IOdR2BdkI-2x4jo4SJoN-1BtfJci3xYO3-AY3H-wTrqwF2C_VxRaALt08Ic6pLH9ZGX4hUyCRmAUH37w4agUy5Pau0Bg5eAKsUSDzmy9jjnJgaAaxtxfTvB5hStrixaLBbgTduTy7ePrh5bZIYKs6rRthZ8dCkcGxpJ/s4032/32.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wJBSN9nnd8AkDHorLcVuA2fR-IOdR2BdkI-2x4jo4SJoN-1BtfJci3xYO3-AY3H-wTrqwF2C_VxRaALt08Ic6pLH9ZGX4hUyCRmAUH37w4agUy5Pau0Bg5eAKsUSDzmy9jjnJgaAaxtxfTvB5hStrixaLBbgTduTy7ePrh5bZIYKs6rRthZ8dCkcGxpJ/s320/32.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>But, welcome to the world and the family, kid.</div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-60316171235265622732023-08-08T10:36:00.002-07:002023-08-08T10:42:16.887-07:00Rob + Rafael<p>Welp, still here and pregnant. The baby can officially come at any time now because we were able to successfully make it down to San Diego last weekend to attend the festival that was Rob & Rafael getting married!</p><p>Eleven years in the making and it felt like a great accumulation and celebration. Their date was very important to them, so the wedding itself was on Thursday, August 3, followed by a reception on Friday, August 4 and a picnic in the park on Saturday, August 5. Even though Thursday was rushed since AJ was still working, it was great because after being exhausted from the three days, we drove home on Saturday night and then had Sunday to relax and recover before the week (as much as anyone with a toddler can). </p><p>It was such a great San Diego wedding, which is totally their style, and the ceremony was at the Presidio, which, no one I had talked to had been to before (myself included) so it was great to spend time there, and it was a perfect venue for a wedding, especially including being on top of the hill and having a beautiful view that stretched to the bay and we even got to see the fireworks show from Sea World at 9p.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0VhQLjFS2NM_hgVjqS2WI5o8eY4-DLmoEYceHOYoPOTPpM-QW5FcKaqGg67Xv4YufGZOThILhCrWjEeJgi99dZgYRmN5SjC-DPgv6cxJ5LlKMZCYTtkprSNgZYCS42pUs30e-zrb-kxThVuk2ZVZG4wsKn_cR7AT8UAFaxfMdsWyd1Ym_t7Twx8kSxCw/s4032/1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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Sri said that Palak<br />could be the guy in the hat</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EXJKCWCUo-yvl4wjChepNmaxj08EK0P37sm2-V_U6-LE6chBkcowhvFMuf1VENa02vNoQp6J8GPI1cXyHiUMEDs8JhktFS0om32nbZ9JALp7-ruu3FwjAWLGftsu4bcwYh-Hvc4i9nAsDA88uHRr3DWDwsxEZvS7q5JeZ6UZy0jY-3NbGCkB7LU2qYUI/s4032/11.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EXJKCWCUo-yvl4wjChepNmaxj08EK0P37sm2-V_U6-LE6chBkcowhvFMuf1VENa02vNoQp6J8GPI1cXyHiUMEDs8JhktFS0om32nbZ9JALp7-ruu3FwjAWLGftsu4bcwYh-Hvc4i9nAsDA88uHRr3DWDwsxEZvS7q5JeZ6UZy0jY-3NbGCkB7LU2qYUI/s320/11.JPEG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54i0q7CPdKp-gzX8mCO6FmXRpa2hIS3bEE48lk7jdXtTHrVCLgnoHs6OnJ1Hxjn32TLvesQBC560XNxBIhHyYgHmWMgPoifKLQH1h8J4RcBX6Y6edZkhzYnR3Awkv6Z5-NJgsxK_2bdk6OzojHsLHcjIRhsgAKWt84O6IfbXGekMwzB_wLWU9-ALMdPqE/s4032/12.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54i0q7CPdKp-gzX8mCO6FmXRpa2hIS3bEE48lk7jdXtTHrVCLgnoHs6OnJ1Hxjn32TLvesQBC560XNxBIhHyYgHmWMgPoifKLQH1h8J4RcBX6Y6edZkhzYnR3Awkv6Z5-NJgsxK_2bdk6OzojHsLHcjIRhsgAKWt84O6IfbXGekMwzB_wLWU9-ALMdPqE/s320/12.JPEG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bordeaux Besties</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7Z6EACsGRAixpw4APhBa1F_HMpGUY73gHafIjy6AE9w1R44GB7r2_4x2zk2hK79lpYlywGwf3QAQRxbQPqTPlGb4yii6Ll9aMrLLWOuThQrhEfMPPf_Cf6C9mCpo0vOkRhqKKxnBk4OcoEqoWXxGwIazbLDhUGQRtd6lCXDsWJIwF9-0QnOl5uUg8-5n/s4032/13.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7Z6EACsGRAixpw4APhBa1F_HMpGUY73gHafIjy6AE9w1R44GB7r2_4x2zk2hK79lpYlywGwf3QAQRxbQPqTPlGb4yii6Ll9aMrLLWOuThQrhEfMPPf_Cf6C9mCpo0vOkRhqKKxnBk4OcoEqoWXxGwIazbLDhUGQRtd6lCXDsWJIwF9-0QnOl5uUg8-5n/s320/13.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LoKeJe2pirLjwejBZQwAHfdAth-fymfAjA1pIWqa_dzFPc0GTNdBVPg3zDN3d1Qm_vgryYEoif-2hWKjvJ-MXMS-dXgYeurPWHEZs0JUQIuTAZbNCG96-_R4QXFVtusExtRTIF035r0ICp4h4eV1Z3xTcCsVzagLOfXH9EoGiAOeQHo7H-VEQESX1Mec/s1792/14.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LoKeJe2pirLjwejBZQwAHfdAth-fymfAjA1pIWqa_dzFPc0GTNdBVPg3zDN3d1Qm_vgryYEoif-2hWKjvJ-MXMS-dXgYeurPWHEZs0JUQIuTAZbNCG96-_R4QXFVtusExtRTIF035r0ICp4h4eV1Z3xTcCsVzagLOfXH9EoGiAOeQHo7H-VEQESX1Mec/s320/14.PNG" width="148" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the Wordle word for the day of their wedding!<br />Quite apropos</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><br />The Saturday reception was held at Stone Brewery in Liberty Station. When we arrived I said "we're here for the wedding" and the receptionist asked "Which one?" and I said "Oh, I didn't realize there were two" and she said "We have three tonight" LOL<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXd2XWl0QeB5HVM49PTdWvLFqjHlVXwmpXGWZ7ovH6oPHYAt0op_EDgHnTkt20njdBAXn0hMTAwQJYeiouH7svrW25XRir_BwO1apNAofgH4AeQ9uTvZkHkWggwdJ-n_VP-278oJSbvCwDtlzCac8zLKHdm9U8jHhSqW6--Mf5sXCxF85DfKq6MfOb2DNl/s4032/15.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXd2XWl0QeB5HVM49PTdWvLFqjHlVXwmpXGWZ7ovH6oPHYAt0op_EDgHnTkt20njdBAXn0hMTAwQJYeiouH7svrW25XRir_BwO1apNAofgH4AeQ9uTvZkHkWggwdJ-n_VP-278oJSbvCwDtlzCac8zLKHdm9U8jHhSqW6--Mf5sXCxF85DfKq6MfOb2DNl/s320/15.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I so appreciated<br />Rob's shout-out to me each time a "reprise" was mentioned<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table>It was a really nice picnic in the park on Sunday in Mission Hills, very relaxed and nice with great taco truck catering and can't forget the piñatas! It was a nice way to end the weekend even though it was still sad to say goodbye to everyone.<br /><div><br /></div><div>And now they are living their best lives for almost two weeks in the south of Spain (so heavenly sounding!) and I am at work, so very pregnant still with no end in sight; even my blood pressure is still good! I guess we're in it for the long haul. </div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-46387314464890269872023-08-02T12:36:00.030-07:002023-08-02T12:36:00.143-07:00Maternity Photos<p>We didn't get to do a lot with Sophie since 2/3 of her existence were during Covid, and while I didn't really at all relish the idea of maternity photos because of the entire process and having to do it all pregnant, I still pushed myself to do it (and continue to push myself to do a lot of what we did with Sophie, even though I don't have the energy for it, mostly because, as a second born, I am acutely aware of how the first born gets a lot of things that the second born doesn't and I'm determined to break that cycle!) and with Jim being able to really pursue his love of photography in his retirement, it worked out perfectly for him to take some for us.</p><p>And wow, I definitely got more than I bargained for - I was like, here I bought a dress off Amazon, throw up a background and let's take a couple - but no, I underestimated his love of photography. He had bought multiple outfits, planned multiple backdrops and locations and had looked up some really impressive inspiration photos that we tried to emulate! We got some really great and fun looks out of it, and some good outtakes.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3x9O-JPEVa3F4Nf_EsvUnUu_LeEJRi0pkT6T_YDXMLw7aBS727rsoFwqIktUPce6ZPeKDnUjYK_2O6-KmMCp00mrTS1J9lxEITx00UjHB3zTe4wDOA_I0Y2-93FUJ99ALGxyqwmr5resns5zUYmk0M8SutOgdFbOfWI0t4TQr2AIsnPueJyhXEqkspw-/s2125/879A6203-2-Edit2ig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2125" data-original-width="1700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3x9O-JPEVa3F4Nf_EsvUnUu_LeEJRi0pkT6T_YDXMLw7aBS727rsoFwqIktUPce6ZPeKDnUjYK_2O6-KmMCp00mrTS1J9lxEITx00UjHB3zTe4wDOA_I0Y2-93FUJ99ALGxyqwmr5resns5zUYmk0M8SutOgdFbOfWI0t4TQr2AIsnPueJyhXEqkspw-/s320/879A6203-2-Edit2ig.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo needed my mom on one side<br />and AJ on the other to throw the sides of<br />the fabric at the same time for the camera LOL</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I started it on August 1, 2013, a few weeks after I got back from New York after the friggin best roadtrip of my life from East Coast to West Coast.</p><p>I won't say that it feels like yesterday, cause it doesn't, but I still remember a lot about that time and I do think a decade's worth of life has passed since then.</p><p>I had absolutely nothing planned for my life; it was a complete blank slate. I remember playing with the idea of moving to Los Angeles but I couldn't stomach the city life so soon after leaving NYC. I needed a break. I spent some time working at a publishing house and helping an independent creative publisher. I started substitute teaching to make money and buy a car and then studying for (and passing!) my CSETs to be able to teach French in high school. I took classes at The Groundlings in LA, so much f'ing fun. I picked up my best little bud Khaleesi, who is still my little sidekick.</p><p>...and now I live in SoCal with my husband, working a job I really enjoy that has quite literally allowed me to see the world, survived losing our puppers, a global pandemic, and having our first kid, now expecting our second, got our first joint pet, getting ready to welcome a second kid and celebrating five years of marriage later this year.</p><p>And I really don't know why I still do this blog to be honest, but it actually does help me sometimes to recollect things, figure out dates or pinpoint when something happened, and act like a digital scrapbook of my life, so that's something.</p>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-59635347783230306962023-07-27T14:48:00.001-07:002023-07-27T14:48:00.153-07:00Disneyland in the Summertime<p>Disneyland has turned into a straight-up hellhole, frankly. Overpriced, difficult, insanely crowded, inequitable (screw that Genie+ nonsense) and the magic has completely left, those workers are really disenchanting these days.</p><p>But... ugh, it's still Disneyland, and Sophie loves Mickey and Friends. I used the last day of my three day ticket with AJ and Sophie last Thursday, and I was happy to be back at Disneyland rather than California Adventure.</p><p>I was DREADING this day. We had done the OC Fair the Sunday before and that was enough to wear me out, and I knew it would be a longer and hotter day... but it ended up being pretty great regardless!</p><p>We waited until after Sophie's nap, both so we knew she could get a nap in, and also try to avoid most of the heat. After she woke, and we got her ready, and we were packed up and loaded, and stopped by a convenience store for some waters, and parked and shuttled over, we weren't even in the park until 4p but omg, the heat, especially in the sun. We were sweating bullets immediately, but luckily only had to suffer that for about 2 hours, and the rest of the evening was very bearable (although it still stayed really warm until really late!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiah72OlwzRWz0w3jQG9Ut_dqYEJZYXWHXYoQaN-yup_muqighDrc63Pht2Phj4VDYwlErBsz5iyIR--KKKMk9zD33m6O6-ewQU97OxxlUuhhEQd73-5AYI7tZBsJip3I28XARmZyKtCxRxFN552jHss0HSUgZ3jDrXSp70zDEmEqdsyNDeCf2LFIrtbqom/s4032/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiah72OlwzRWz0w3jQG9Ut_dqYEJZYXWHXYoQaN-yup_muqighDrc63Pht2Phj4VDYwlErBsz5iyIR--KKKMk9zD33m6O6-ewQU97OxxlUuhhEQd73-5AYI7tZBsJip3I28XARmZyKtCxRxFN552jHss0HSUgZ3jDrXSp70zDEmEqdsyNDeCf2LFIrtbqom/s320/1.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We were able to make it over to Small World in time to ride it with my mom and Jim before they had to head over to a dinner at Club 33. It was so lovely going inside that air conditioning and Sophie seemed much more comfortable than when her and I rode it alone together last month.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XY_EC9qeFZl98AjVzH2xXYccP-hqpN4wrTBus6kIEeNfVW4GoP2rqbhTwmCu9GAkBdwBH0lEnLVwc-HLSRLRlS05cb1S9YI4W9gPCV8o55g4CM7T1rcA03itixlJRretHweB4k2xUP-2u_zBlGOfhm-jURu-ksVAG2CWxIoChmdW2I9hf41CaXXXS4e2/s3088/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XY_EC9qeFZl98AjVzH2xXYccP-hqpN4wrTBus6kIEeNfVW4GoP2rqbhTwmCu9GAkBdwBH0lEnLVwc-HLSRLRlS05cb1S9YI4W9gPCV8o55g4CM7T1rcA03itixlJRretHweB4k2xUP-2u_zBlGOfhm-jURu-ksVAG2CWxIoChmdW2I9hf41CaXXXS4e2/s320/2.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHl0IhlaPqWW05zCztWyx-E7YQtDAjEh8CgM0yFGNKtVeHYofyTTFtUuDI5-rHM3w763iEWCtsMM7JQl_c9JeqcldWtcC-86a9pB4f4gJcCnpJUw8oogEH3TYJHyu50ZIuuXyXCzu8DCCkf6CMYiptCO16wc6T6GsHI6vuuRNgipsegONdWh1qOFw6y1Qo/s4032/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHl0IhlaPqWW05zCztWyx-E7YQtDAjEh8CgM0yFGNKtVeHYofyTTFtUuDI5-rHM3w763iEWCtsMM7JQl_c9JeqcldWtcC-86a9pB4f4gJcCnpJUw8oogEH3TYJHyu50ZIuuXyXCzu8DCCkf6CMYiptCO16wc6T6GsHI6vuuRNgipsegONdWh1qOFw6y1Qo/s320/4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLUqonxJSy6Ym0De2sq1TeceeXhgY4PrgtF8gOhDvh5sksWxnlU-MieoFrX3sBFKJBYFErdmW6O22rlOWjOqBi2ISqmxjbyyOuQsOcmm9jnoeTw67eOPm-YQefeJc4XgfSB2SgyZMDlN4dGuqCDAnKQ-yqWg84YfHXlGasypHxjERSWS0JZM8pknljc_7/s2016/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLUqonxJSy6Ym0De2sq1TeceeXhgY4PrgtF8gOhDvh5sksWxnlU-MieoFrX3sBFKJBYFErdmW6O22rlOWjOqBi2ISqmxjbyyOuQsOcmm9jnoeTw67eOPm-YQefeJc4XgfSB2SgyZMDlN4dGuqCDAnKQ-yqWg84YfHXlGasypHxjERSWS0JZM8pknljc_7/s320/5.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After we parted ways, AJ, Sophie and I went to Tomorrowland, where we were able to entice Sophie to ride Autopia to drive her own car. (Can't get her interested in the rockets or Dumbo yet). 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She wasn't the biggest fan but she occasionally would enjoy handling the joystick to move our car and didn't seem too traumatized by it in the end. We had lunch at Pizza Planet and why do kids get the better deal? Her pizza (cheaper than anything else on the menu obvi) came with a drink and carrots - like, I want a drink and carrots too please.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiKLy9MgZAN7etha0FL_ZRgofDJ4mF_jAyvofrflEY9QmlvQAkNWS8Cy6mBxTJPkR6X2scFPqkuo1y15pSSFHBC5uBuUE1cJkhs2fCb5iM4bq70org2vM1-cspWgejKIOQtODse4CWybpoRvBmrh31R78qoTSLBVJDEEhqaJriqrpQ91nAJa-1WZfRBWu/s4032/13.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiKLy9MgZAN7etha0FL_ZRgofDJ4mF_jAyvofrflEY9QmlvQAkNWS8Cy6mBxTJPkR6X2scFPqkuo1y15pSSFHBC5uBuUE1cJkhs2fCb5iM4bq70org2vM1-cspWgejKIOQtODse4CWybpoRvBmrh31R78qoTSLBVJDEEhqaJriqrpQ91nAJa-1WZfRBWu/s320/13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCEKvZlidtY8EYC9OZu_jAPeW8VtVooN9hkbZkiElKGty6ra-Sy8fDLb4eP6kCiR2fOCWBT8QZyj6fJJYllObSGJAZlxmiA2RwLRH3mMHtYsDgHMIBwvEbSGWZpVaXr_SbnB_A72MDmNRSoT_ZHZBynTCSNGuMm5P-fyMa_T-hQ4N9EFrBpfYlDJi0rr2/s4032/14.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCEKvZlidtY8EYC9OZu_jAPeW8VtVooN9hkbZkiElKGty6ra-Sy8fDLb4eP6kCiR2fOCWBT8QZyj6fJJYllObSGJAZlxmiA2RwLRH3mMHtYsDgHMIBwvEbSGWZpVaXr_SbnB_A72MDmNRSoT_ZHZBynTCSNGuMm5P-fyMa_T-hQ4N9EFrBpfYlDJi0rr2/s320/14.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuLlJmLJbYwDbZm83l2qdrZvI5yZdWBn-qfuEO564lY4Eea2DabiYgrz-vmbwR2sN11gd95Q0XhxFUiIox9TsqWG5QIONPEKZLR2Jm0h3oMghxR7G1rmpxcRx4bglngLRAS1EbVSBJYskTTGOsY2F4gH1CVt7wyzGlZAHyfDGw0ut7zp6vApMjkdAPngt/s4032/15.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuLlJmLJbYwDbZm83l2qdrZvI5yZdWBn-qfuEO564lY4Eea2DabiYgrz-vmbwR2sN11gd95Q0XhxFUiIox9TsqWG5QIONPEKZLR2Jm0h3oMghxR7G1rmpxcRx4bglngLRAS1EbVSBJYskTTGOsY2F4gH1CVt7wyzGlZAHyfDGw0ut7zp6vApMjkdAPngt/s320/15.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK1Y70sq-SP08uCoGxpnRzR5UYWzs27_Jk-o1lc8a1psnO9GuyFKjCdlDV-Z8m3MapKhMkxL92GqvqRJIMH7kRoMv01w6WpBT-0dzuzk-HEgsu0D4l7Nm-u40QoLquTmnnl7Xz-Abcw0yX6YNNdnwI1u7bDyKMEAfY6waBNgwC1DgQEmGjiMoK-GrbE7e/s4032/16.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK1Y70sq-SP08uCoGxpnRzR5UYWzs27_Jk-o1lc8a1psnO9GuyFKjCdlDV-Z8m3MapKhMkxL92GqvqRJIMH7kRoMv01w6WpBT-0dzuzk-HEgsu0D4l7Nm-u40QoLquTmnnl7Xz-Abcw0yX6YNNdnwI1u7bDyKMEAfY6waBNgwC1DgQEmGjiMoK-GrbE7e/s320/16.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We saw a short wait for Jungle Cruise so we passed by the castle and went to Adventureland, telling Sophie we would ride a boat and see animals, but by the time we were there the wait had significantly jumped up, so we decided to catch the Mark Twain riverboat in the meantime. You do see lots of fake animals so Sophie thought that that was what we had been referring to the whole time when we were convincing her to leave Tomorrowland, so that worked out well. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have learned that people do not give one single flying you-know-what about pregnant women at Disneyland, so while the crowds rushed past us to get the few chairs and benches on the boat, we basically got the entire second-level front deck to ourselves. 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There is literally no storyline, but it ends with it being his birthday, and Sophie is a fan of birthdays (takes after her mom!) so she liked it in the end.<div><br /></div><div>AJ loves Galaxy's Edge so we went to walk through the land and we decided to visit the Cantina. They didn't bother checking with us (or caring?) what we preferred, so we ended up standing at a table - me, 8 months pregnant and us with a toddler. Cool. 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Sophie had just about crashed because she did not want to get out of the stroller, but we told her this would be the last ride and that we would see animals in the jungle, and her eyes got so wide and she said "the jungle?!" and she was in.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6bcVyB9EgPC-ni9QeqJG0ZwYpbbnqeAEoEuOwTP8HB2OSLdBmTv7dijsrzqlKdBddBVb3Cjh7vA3_BmfMPHmIOPofid1P0tpHPwZt-4CM5OVG2V5HpvspXyDKLDUVzdq7mUOhboFmlf_82t-n6w84zXn2_Z5EXAyoDhCA3x_QXRF0M_BN-6X_l01uqgJ/s4032/32.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6bcVyB9EgPC-ni9QeqJG0ZwYpbbnqeAEoEuOwTP8HB2OSLdBmTv7dijsrzqlKdBddBVb3Cjh7vA3_BmfMPHmIOPofid1P0tpHPwZt-4CM5OVG2V5HpvspXyDKLDUVzdq7mUOhboFmlf_82t-n6w84zXn2_Z5EXAyoDhCA3x_QXRF0M_BN-6X_l01uqgJ/s320/32.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBflJjsl5eGPOBRHA351k6omEnIfZxbmIwq8J24DJW68ml0vgvVHFo4zlqALw8_OGpuTlEBRaDQRk_1s0bAqNijJhnhmxC6QUqofcOFTJ8qcNFS_VEEIusV2CaLrNoPO-TthHcLQhKIHX0F_YjVjvVqWDvvmU8DubsSBQ1M4QIgYxsxueczGT2_KpHT60A/s4032/34.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBflJjsl5eGPOBRHA351k6omEnIfZxbmIwq8J24DJW68ml0vgvVHFo4zlqALw8_OGpuTlEBRaDQRk_1s0bAqNijJhnhmxC6QUqofcOFTJ8qcNFS_VEEIusV2CaLrNoPO-TthHcLQhKIHX0F_YjVjvVqWDvvmU8DubsSBQ1M4QIgYxsxueczGT2_KpHT60A/s320/34.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivspnypEEW_Xda7KKf4lE0N8QJ6Ii4w0x9sOyyKEtQ8TLyIDmXll9d6a49N2lU3cnqXSfPtOiVJBsrsvsQWdgW1sGY3P_x9Kl_czKXvDwkot1M32jOIiiTIqmrxABThHaqApmWgKs36NcnLMzT4HVijWarIys39zsi2y-zcAZrbdF4IeP-bVt7aCva5GkY/s4032/35.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivspnypEEW_Xda7KKf4lE0N8QJ6Ii4w0x9sOyyKEtQ8TLyIDmXll9d6a49N2lU3cnqXSfPtOiVJBsrsvsQWdgW1sGY3P_x9Kl_czKXvDwkot1M32jOIiiTIqmrxABThHaqApmWgKs36NcnLMzT4HVijWarIys39zsi2y-zcAZrbdF4IeP-bVt7aCva5GkY/s320/35.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The fireworks were going as we were on Jungle Cruise so that was fun, and they were still going when we got off so we were able to stand and watch them for awhile, and then visited the Bazaar, mine and AJ's favorite store, and Sophie fell in love with some Moana pj's that Gangy and Grandpa Jim bought for her (and later that night would NOT go to bed in any other pj's) and we said goodnight. It was already past 10p I think.</div><div><br /></div><div>AJ wanted to go back to the Star Trader to get a jacket that he had seen and Sophie totally crashed on the walk over. As we passed Star Tours we saw it was only a 5 minute wait, so AJ went on that while I took Sophie over to a bench to finally sit and relax.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4nmYe46cOhcZiJQPaRGLAUThiskouLNbnPWIO2kK7Nvgu4MRnOsL9PGVLe_5WJA7t8sy3SXeLllkGnx4y3LqC8tSUv_TrBrIaTuaOxGTeuDDjb4iOoWyNi4qNr5qmGzYqEcKo-14KGlkhVbOo9_VLsQBRNNiq6BGc_8Nkoyig6r-kp8nF1OuAgg6dmfY/s4032/36.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4nmYe46cOhcZiJQPaRGLAUThiskouLNbnPWIO2kK7Nvgu4MRnOsL9PGVLe_5WJA7t8sy3SXeLllkGnx4y3LqC8tSUv_TrBrIaTuaOxGTeuDDjb4iOoWyNi4qNr5qmGzYqEcKo-14KGlkhVbOo9_VLsQBRNNiq6BGc_8Nkoyig6r-kp8nF1OuAgg6dmfY/s320/36.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With her asleep we were finally kinda free (haha) and I was hoping that I'd be able to hit up the Runaway Railway in ToonTown (newest ride at Disneyland, and also wanted to ride it and see if it would be okay for Sophie) but by the time AJ was back, the wait had tripled and I was pretty done, so we finally left, but got our usual Gibson Girl ice cream on the way out, and by the time we left it was about 11p?? It was a nice day though and wasn't as bad as I had been anticipating in the end. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After I posted on Instagram, Jayna sent me this - Sophie's shirt was indeed Annika's hand-me-down (99% of Sophie's clothes are hand-me-downs, but I had a hard time remember what comes from who), so it was so funny to see that both her and Annika wore this shirt to our respective coastal Disney's - Sophie in California and Annika in Florida.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZbN7ESiZex85zYBnvGE2tvUDGUPMxe1zqRENYKZHcjtRRyLJAq-QDCvv4gpSkxMSW3ocUDMCUGKX6_8-FqkfdFM1o8caSFcIgI6oW0PfJ33fSybTdcNnJ6wbPN9wx9b9o8EVgC9NQpF-7LmUoak4WKQJAOpb38LrFEU3G-VYBYFwIplnxxMBzSKMxv1Z/s2048/26.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZbN7ESiZex85zYBnvGE2tvUDGUPMxe1zqRENYKZHcjtRRyLJAq-QDCvv4gpSkxMSW3ocUDMCUGKX6_8-FqkfdFM1o8caSFcIgI6oW0PfJ33fSybTdcNnJ6wbPN9wx9b9o8EVgC9NQpF-7LmUoak4WKQJAOpb38LrFEU3G-VYBYFwIplnxxMBzSKMxv1Z/s320/26.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I do love experiencing so much of Disney with Sophie, especially as she is more and more "getting" it, and she still talks about this trip - she didn't do it with the previous two, but she still asks if I remember seeing the characters dancing in the street or Winnie the Pooh's birthday on the ride and being on the boat and seeing the animals and it's so sweet. Still - I wouldn't mind a trip without her LOL, but wasn't worth doing this summer since I can't ride half the good rides being this big.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...soon!</div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-1892265778307446732023-07-26T12:23:00.001-07:002023-07-26T12:23:27.381-07:00Baby Sprinkle for Minier Moskus<p>This past weekend we celebrated Baby Sister with a Baby Sprinkle hosted by my soul sisters Jessica and Iris, and my baby sister Kathleen. When we had Sophie's (virtual) baby shower in September 2020, we chose llama invitations just cause they were cute ones we found, and I kinda liked that they were accompanied by something of the desert theme, which seemed to match my bridal shower and bachelorette party. That turned into Sophie being the queen of the llamas and it becoming part of her identity LOL. I figured the same thing would happen this time (and boy was I right!) so I intentionally decided on the flamingo invitation, and it delivered.</p><p>I was feeling so guilty and uncomfortable with the sprinkle because I was seeing how much work and energy went into it (and I still feel a little weird about it!) but it was such a nice event.</p><p>For some reason this uploaded all of the photos backwards, so I guess we'll go through the day in reverse.</p><p>The evening ended with Sophie and Enzo going crazy and being so adorable playing together. It made me excited to see Sophie with a sibling, even though they'll be a little more than 2 1/2 years apart while her and Enzo are only 4 months apart, but whatcha gunna do?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtboDo449DhtCY-TPg17HZP0oiVDuISFtC3MAFA8GIEeTBdD_cgGJfFXXFZssGYkG_oiPS8XJsdXOXvl_6wkRxOgXDDp_HgUdzTYGLdCkv6PrPSqs9fvTnEuEo7XgDdmVwP4BL2EZHrnvXR4Un3uN6EnEO0KbdRcy5LtnUb1VG6Vi1V15BZl6yguo0SSJ/s4032/34.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtboDo449DhtCY-TPg17HZP0oiVDuISFtC3MAFA8GIEeTBdD_cgGJfFXXFZssGYkG_oiPS8XJsdXOXvl_6wkRxOgXDDp_HgUdzTYGLdCkv6PrPSqs9fvTnEuEo7XgDdmVwP4BL2EZHrnvXR4Un3uN6EnEO0KbdRcy5LtnUb1VG6Vi1V15BZl6yguo0SSJ/s320/34.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is literally Sophie yelling "Enzo!"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlC6KA7s9E12Z61siIl2UAfWQp8Z5hycupKFuoY7JfPbPkxTMfq6_jVHkDansn6fcNFBin7AvNi1Od_b0SoZpVe_2yli7z7DCcbeUQ1cp0pJpILg9bhcVfR0WpISckpUnRZ2LSYPDq27ovpK9gZ5sa1K3Jt0Ovxz6VbFh3I-BctsBplNvNVtQWPW_a7RV/s2016/33.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlC6KA7s9E12Z61siIl2UAfWQp8Z5hycupKFuoY7JfPbPkxTMfq6_jVHkDansn6fcNFBin7AvNi1Od_b0SoZpVe_2yli7z7DCcbeUQ1cp0pJpILg9bhcVfR0WpISckpUnRZ2LSYPDq27ovpK9gZ5sa1K3Jt0Ovxz6VbFh3I-BctsBplNvNVtQWPW_a7RV/s320/33.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chocolate faces! Enzo had to be bribed<br />for them to take photos together LOL</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEctm1JuPnua528nmC2N524LS-Fs8Ynkp0BQZ_86qM4-YHNI1Q4KgQWUhYfZs7hdeFyVzIqgsnzMgFDp3OzPGhQ6BsOCOLJ77Fb58n5E5KnyAM5fAmE_1EKu1377-7WNb77XUHATjwAa6KI-FJGQCcJrxZx6LUQaxG5IfvR1IHYfNIGBlJlyKSfcbDznl_/s2016/32.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEctm1JuPnua528nmC2N524LS-Fs8Ynkp0BQZ_86qM4-YHNI1Q4KgQWUhYfZs7hdeFyVzIqgsnzMgFDp3OzPGhQ6BsOCOLJ77Fb58n5E5KnyAM5fAmE_1EKu1377-7WNb77XUHATjwAa6KI-FJGQCcJrxZx6LUQaxG5IfvR1IHYfNIGBlJlyKSfcbDznl_/s320/32.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsMHEzE9EtmVfPURqZH5AeBR8wQfDFLUU104ZjdbLLoWY_sYneCa-UoxBCzrzBIXVr5pmwEk845gfT1IOEyNgi7SlWkYKtEFckWIX1BaissL_RWOKmV_QnT-sdkLXOv8TY0G2zdr8G6Qdp8GW9P-ISWJFX-QPyu5YCU2u2WaobTLKaGSdTZ1BSP6kT1pI/s1024/31.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi906-WjDzPDKl1elde0NFH9QgCqRoOV_d_KiC79Swxm6fzdYZcCLrNdYxsbNssxnrXYEDdNkykHk4eBq9NwvvSBnXMjicAEhQC5a8pvjr98g7ek3pt_s7SbKrfwtLvQT5UX0kdCi5Lnlq9It41KLIUcmC4FTMzd95wqZU2h_oJbNQ9aHo9bfKv7lr5nVnf/s320/30.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gangy/Grammy Tammy brought them<br />both some stuffy gifts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEvJnWTUsGoprUL8MP3qjkjt2DDLWs9wocFAKm1fKrLfO2TDwZwhGTHg5bs5p3TYkzlss8U8pSiiB-I8b1yjdA3VKf7KkYhrfg2sxSP-5qqch90T9-J0ku94LYF2DNPAuiuqvNHAwMuho-yXqYRzZxZ21lNiR75Hi80AavGMi_t0nwxDOGBn3ofhlDFfz/s2048/29.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEvJnWTUsGoprUL8MP3qjkjt2DDLWs9wocFAKm1fKrLfO2TDwZwhGTHg5bs5p3TYkzlss8U8pSiiB-I8b1yjdA3VKf7KkYhrfg2sxSP-5qqch90T9-J0ku94LYF2DNPAuiuqvNHAwMuho-yXqYRzZxZ21lNiR75Hi80AavGMi_t0nwxDOGBn3ofhlDFfz/s320/29.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fun fact: Kathleen told guests to include name suggestions on the advice cards since AJ and I are still struggling. Those were great to read, and I think my favorites were Evelyn Frances (submitted by Frances Evelyn LOL) and Thotiana by my cousin Caitlin. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepR-LMMmgBf8eZdRCBzmYlmDpJWRy0zQp4P5xaYWCAJ3VW_MqRjU6ixjLZ6Yq6uo9b9CIzDEKuv8kuPqVLZqW5h2ov6d-17uYN-8SfI7xT14DzpNoeeS5UEP1Z2-xk50E0dn0bCbP8sMAldlWT7HIPw8LWV4-bX1eD7GRC57mTQbJkHROlHkF4Yh0fCz5/s1262/10e.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepR-LMMmgBf8eZdRCBzmYlmDpJWRy0zQp4P5xaYWCAJ3VW_MqRjU6ixjLZ6Yq6uo9b9CIzDEKuv8kuPqVLZqW5h2ov6d-17uYN-8SfI7xT14DzpNoeeS5UEP1Z2-xk50E0dn0bCbP8sMAldlWT7HIPw8LWV4-bX1eD7GRC57mTQbJkHROlHkF4Yh0fCz5/s320/10e.JPG" width="274" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kiwi was such a hit at the party! He really<br />is a rambunctious rascal that drives us nuts,<br />but he's mostly so great with the kids and all <br />their kid energy, it was fun to have him out!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIJ0ox5KmEdRcMvjkwWEhXPU4Z7sRscqopI3sqUvucFUXFavGzrkKa0J8wRnZhzXeOCgqmOmtQ9B9-22rJF5GhC1U-4lR_E4cxSWXSKlU-M2mi7jolu_EkpsRGOHp0QRVaCd-Tea0rFaOmIO9SXZ17hBEnJDWRU-z7L3vkVkNC72jWUubh1hRTPnr08LI/s1440/10d.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIJ0ox5KmEdRcMvjkwWEhXPU4Z7sRscqopI3sqUvucFUXFavGzrkKa0J8wRnZhzXeOCgqmOmtQ9B9-22rJF5GhC1U-4lR_E4cxSWXSKlU-M2mi7jolu_EkpsRGOHp0QRVaCd-Tea0rFaOmIO9SXZ17hBEnJDWRU-z7L3vkVkNC72jWUubh1hRTPnr08LI/s320/10d.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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I was dreading it a little bit because four days straight at home with the little Bee with not much on the calendar (by design) was a tall order. I really need to start bringing our calendar down a notch because I am getting, slow, heavy, and in pain, and can't do too much, but also can't just sit in the living room or bedroom all day like I want, so I was worried, but we survived it pretty well.</p><p>Saturday and Sunday were open, but mostly earmarked for getting stuff done around the house, so there was a trip to IKEA and Sophie was happy to help us get our projects done, bike riding and a trip to the pool.</p><p>Then on Monday we braved the crowds and went to California Adventure and got to spend time with Gangy and Grandpa Jim and AJ's LA Canadian friends who have a girl about half a year younger than Sophie. It was a hot day, and crowded, but overall wasn't as bad as I expected. We hung out in the parking lot for awhile while Sophie napped and then once we were at the park gates going through security and that's when we realized we forgot to take the pocket knife off our keys so AJ had to run it back and I went in with Sophie and we got Ghiradelli ice cream from the most unpleasant, unamused cast member with Gangy and Grandpa Jim.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPcQoNPN8DxiRLHVCmcOsQnqcWnzIRHzN-Uo25HBel9FnHcII1gB9L2LB-_NG9EK2Zj7IIgHtk_CxAFRAoe5eHLiYsngI_uI2PPr_RKCBfU4kf5VDT88mYtkmi9R8QS1ejDtEIqolPj6TJDV63mjKIe01DMe57RMLvGwat4h6rvrXad5kd2jlmRuywGtN/s2016/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPcQoNPN8DxiRLHVCmcOsQnqcWnzIRHzN-Uo25HBel9FnHcII1gB9L2LB-_NG9EK2Zj7IIgHtk_CxAFRAoe5eHLiYsngI_uI2PPr_RKCBfU4kf5VDT88mYtkmi9R8QS1ejDtEIqolPj6TJDV63mjKIe01DMe57RMLvGwat4h6rvrXad5kd2jlmRuywGtN/s320/1.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>AJ finally made it in and we went and met our friends at the Little Mermaid ride to all ride together. I was nervous because Sophie is really aware of everything now and there is an intimidating Ursula scene, and she seemed a little uncomfortable but hung in there (and continued to ask to go back on the mermaid ride and ride in the seashell, which we did do again, so I think she got over it!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnu3kDRKGCmNhBiS9yaOIRbUMfJN9tX9k4nwiMPs_NKjqnHCvYZ6y1G3BJH2WRnhwx6E9jpQytxBrcba5OvecFunoekuziySJ4gE2LPEWbjbdQCQmVNf0sdTRemuDhroO6WziUDAuJj-ihsMR8F72MFoPRv7qy2OHLcgMURqUZlE2siLbukmCRsBoUt4a/s1024/1a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1024" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnu3kDRKGCmNhBiS9yaOIRbUMfJN9tX9k4nwiMPs_NKjqnHCvYZ6y1G3BJH2WRnhwx6E9jpQytxBrcba5OvecFunoekuziySJ4gE2LPEWbjbdQCQmVNf0sdTRemuDhroO6WziUDAuJj-ihsMR8F72MFoPRv7qy2OHLcgMURqUZlE2siLbukmCRsBoUt4a/s320/1a.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>After that we went to Turtle Talk with Crush which was super cute and Sophie was into, and I was going to ask what he thought we should name this second kid but he didn't call on me! #Rude</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8710IOSPYJquVW-8NpsIQgMSOO1N1R1ThULFiLC6tPhII4OeqQkIxT6xbvXVTxwxPOQlkuNbee9IC-eNCpRMz4QGr3gcHBSHid9SHWhXyyYPmzJZBsvthh9VZtYJX37HJhrh-qobjdSJTX0yrnqZxLLRJHY8mhqYUAvQOffX12S8IREtFitivSlsvQQY/s4032/1b.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8710IOSPYJquVW-8NpsIQgMSOO1N1R1ThULFiLC6tPhII4OeqQkIxT6xbvXVTxwxPOQlkuNbee9IC-eNCpRMz4QGr3gcHBSHid9SHWhXyyYPmzJZBsvthh9VZtYJX37HJhrh-qobjdSJTX0yrnqZxLLRJHY8mhqYUAvQOffX12S8IREtFitivSlsvQQY/s320/1b.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting to go into Turtle Talk</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>We went to the corner at the end of Pixar Pier (not even sure what that area is called) for AJ and his friends to get drinks, (and he brought back a cream cheese pretzel mmmmm) and there was a live band and the girls were stoked to run around and dance, so we hung out there for awhile. When I took Sophie to the bathroom we passed by the Encanto house and she was so stoked on it, and there was a lot of room for her to run around, and that's pretty much all she wanted to do!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAmn5PF_BX-0iHe64_KAs91_z_t_HkWU3xYs-sXmEIwQx65DX9Di6UxbxhOCq6584lq1wee_80SzFtfXWUsDJgEtoHhs2PRE5euFxVzQ4golFDul-UqrIllf6tBsDIpFa67kkIp_ZDX7F22uGdpgPcl9A-dCc4Sp2abQEyr1QufaFX3HAKrpqQPDX1Lpk/s4032/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAmn5PF_BX-0iHe64_KAs91_z_t_HkWU3xYs-sXmEIwQx65DX9Di6UxbxhOCq6584lq1wee_80SzFtfXWUsDJgEtoHhs2PRE5euFxVzQ4golFDul-UqrIllf6tBsDIpFa67kkIp_ZDX7F22uGdpgPcl9A-dCc4Sp2abQEyr1QufaFX3HAKrpqQPDX1Lpk/s320/2.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCVTFbWuz5cx4w_37fYRIsj9zk02EWE_ZKIbGV11x4tsrH0dzzyGsuB7eiiNK6m2VVcHDjMU2v-lT-jqZVD_pY6djKYzwoAkmlzY--Jrfm0GM8EOOycw--WHbiGSWdJRok49i_O_IyDIfBdAVOX3F2GU5mTiiAUHQ1r23yZI-nkqh0PjI0GDWXz0kgnlq/s4032/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ksUwCfQNr00" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>We went around Pixar Pier and got treats and rode the carousel and tried to ride the ferris wheel but missed it. We went to Avengers Campus to hang out and found another place where Sophie was content to just... run around yet again lol.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLniaHGcJqy5j3tZ4RbZhY0fBI_n4_ZXUQzvtfmVgDUqxhXJ1RLDdWeO09YjSdmQbPj4GZaoikP_d4DyHW5RHJS61v4d_5j5w4ynQCEkf-mEtE-Wqm2ErD6JM9kY8NV4R1tVodH0cD2mzV75dXbhN8jN-i1FCBNRPX-zf2wjq9LY09d0YH-njlyNuaYd-/s4032/8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLniaHGcJqy5j3tZ4RbZhY0fBI_n4_ZXUQzvtfmVgDUqxhXJ1RLDdWeO09YjSdmQbPj4GZaoikP_d4DyHW5RHJS61v4d_5j5w4ynQCEkf-mEtE-Wqm2ErD6JM9kY8NV4R1tVodH0cD2mzV75dXbhN8jN-i1FCBNRPX-zf2wjq9LY09d0YH-njlyNuaYd-/s320/8.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQrp3bh13rDyUF1A8f__F9hW1F6VY1n-GqfkIDLFRSttpgFpDKQPdkfXgvPEsqmlbX13-XW0VsBRI7ssa22zLXcEftCoY9WeyVbFLiDqHNWiHn-Gddzp0gFmgZJTh2BLB0-_ydnqOwBeJpDApSOzy678tAQnzq3SOCxuVPqYlOoZ8owQq-W_GYxOy3Zrc/s4032/9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQrp3bh13rDyUF1A8f__F9hW1F6VY1n-GqfkIDLFRSttpgFpDKQPdkfXgvPEsqmlbX13-XW0VsBRI7ssa22zLXcEftCoY9WeyVbFLiDqHNWiHn-Gddzp0gFmgZJTh2BLB0-_ydnqOwBeJpDApSOzy678tAQnzq3SOCxuVPqYlOoZ8owQq-W_GYxOy3Zrc/s320/9.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DfZXa7cwkng" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><br /><p>We went to Redwood Creek for her to play on the playground but we didn't know it closed 5 minutes after we got there so that was a bit of a bummer, but she enjoyed the slide and the tunnel at least.</p><p>It was getting dark and we bought her a balloon since she couldn't stop talking about it, and then we jumped on the trolley car. At some point someone in the trolley with us mentioned they saw Mickey Mouse and the way Sophie perked up and strained to look for him was just so darn cute. We got off at the second stop to go find Mickey for her. She didn't want to get close but she was so interested to see and watch him, and then we got to see Minnie on our way out too. She was asking about Daisy and Donald and Goofy but we had to tell her that they already went to sleep.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9CcQwdOHv8E1bZOFrdKfVtGunFt226sOJrHPe3byEM6xy_jZil4g703waKUJRzcV9q_bS243l7XCfzE6CQenDOzWNnch6dPLprLa2Vdsz_JxK2PlqdoJ-c0jiL-hWcTeuNys67R4X4mW3PDlVCRUHZ9jZGaAOQ8FaRqmIiePnMub0uQLxPv8f2ki3FgC/s4032/10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9CcQwdOHv8E1bZOFrdKfVtGunFt226sOJrHPe3byEM6xy_jZil4g703waKUJRzcV9q_bS243l7XCfzE6CQenDOzWNnch6dPLprLa2Vdsz_JxK2PlqdoJ-c0jiL-hWcTeuNys67R4X4mW3PDlVCRUHZ9jZGaAOQ8FaRqmIiePnMub0uQLxPv8f2ki3FgC/s320/10.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>She didn't fall asleep the whole drive home which was crazy cause it was like 10p but she crashed pretty quickly once she was in her jammies and in bed.</p><p>Our tradition for the 4th is a block party at our friends's house but they all came down with crazy cases of covid after getting back from Mexico for our family vacation, so that was off. It ended up being really nice to hang out at home though after our California Adventure.</p><p>AJ went and played basketball, then some of his friends came over afterwards and they BBQ'd and Sophie rode her bike around the driveway and then she and I put on bathing suits and played with her water table in the front yard.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuTJVS3NdoxNSKZwISm8g2e1F6pp_vF4YiA4ldKrZxX7YSYft5Osr9YEAUVBprfWw2RteZ_VHHEL6XyQcF0nVS_XAn0HznHMw0oMNk5-IjvLTeXuzx3HidyqyJpEmSH2fw6RQ9CATsPqi0O2j2qHpPoYm6SyEciLGXbhcQT170OrPzGueV6_uH-7TFgXr/s4032/11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuTJVS3NdoxNSKZwISm8g2e1F6pp_vF4YiA4ldKrZxX7YSYft5Osr9YEAUVBprfWw2RteZ_VHHEL6XyQcF0nVS_XAn0HznHMw0oMNk5-IjvLTeXuzx3HidyqyJpEmSH2fw6RQ9CATsPqi0O2j2qHpPoYm6SyEciLGXbhcQT170OrPzGueV6_uH-7TFgXr/s320/11.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Ahhhh!</td></tr></tbody></table><p>We had a lot of fun but she also didn't take a nap, so that's how she ended up like this way too early</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebp_MbmkDQ1EKh2ivvyb5sdmEtuyv7H8RKhTRRW5DimgNhiQm1DmVS970Lh19zelOOI_TCBTgGPTG9ayE8XDGeoshuuAir_D1hsKr3wSbhn3-VHD37LIq7fv5L30fZ6noQXehmvQeNOsVy2bHBwhn3C7ZBygcfwpk5KRDNkBcipIW4sw4-SIDqhZeiAUg/s4032/17.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebp_MbmkDQ1EKh2ivvyb5sdmEtuyv7H8RKhTRRW5DimgNhiQm1DmVS970Lh19zelOOI_TCBTgGPTG9ayE8XDGeoshuuAir_D1hsKr3wSbhn3-VHD37LIq7fv5L30fZ6noQXehmvQeNOsVy2bHBwhn3C7ZBygcfwpk5KRDNkBcipIW4sw4-SIDqhZeiAUg/s320/17.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>I let her have a small power nap but then woke her up. I couldn't let her go one more day without a bath considering how greasy her hair was, and plus we had fireworks... and boy was that a ruckus waking her up. We managed to get her bathed, and ready for bed, and then she was interested to see fireworks. We did some sparklers and she was into it for a little while, then AJ wanted to show her the "low key" firework he bought that we could just watch and it was fun until the end when it was cracking and popping so loud and so far we all kinda screamed and had to get out of the way and Sophie was thoroughly upset and officially ready for bed. </p><p>She went down easy which was great, cause then AJ and I got to play with the sparklers in the front yard by ourselves.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2G64ayjS6eFqkNsXQxAnKh43cojBEjr4WVxdVsPrJolO0kbZem565q9UvJvS8z0B6OzUFdpxIBEQjUEZdSeEnZRbX94_tOQwbJjKQbZ0lZa2bAabWCqSnxy4WPSENTRTm0KWFBZS6yZ8bvGjBiryAimTUYezT6UgiNxO8kfioDWotSXwenO72EvyAptew/s4032/18.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2G64ayjS6eFqkNsXQxAnKh43cojBEjr4WVxdVsPrJolO0kbZem565q9UvJvS8z0B6OzUFdpxIBEQjUEZdSeEnZRbX94_tOQwbJjKQbZ0lZa2bAabWCqSnxy4WPSENTRTm0KWFBZS6yZ8bvGjBiryAimTUYezT6UgiNxO8kfioDWotSXwenO72EvyAptew/s320/18.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I remember I had to go to my bank in person to get a cashiers check for the deposit on my studio in the Upper West Side, and there was a branch walking distance away from work near Times Square (I hadn't been living there long enough to be repulsed by the area during the day) and on the way back, I was accosted by a solicitor trying to get me to sign up to support an international child in need.</p><p>Long story short, I signed up and was assigned I young girl from Bangladesh named Sananda. We wrote letters and shared photos back and forth for over a decade and I literally got to see her grow up through those portraits. When I went to India for work in 2018 I really did try to finagle a way to visit Bangladesh to meet her (which actually is allowed through this organization) but wasn't possible.</p><p>Just before she aged out of the program last year she fell ill, which was awful, but the timing did mean that she qualified for the financial and medical assistance from the program and I have continued to receive updates on her progress.</p><p>Today I got a card in the mail which I figured was an updated letter and photo from my new child, but it ended up being a sympathy card with the news that Sananda had passed away earlier this month. I am so shocked, and really devastated. She was about 19 or 20, and had spent the last year or two ill and it's just so sad to think about. I always thought I'd meet her one of these days.</p><p>I couldn't not acknowledge her and how much I've enjoyed having her in my life, even if just as a penpal, for the past 13 years.</p>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-77935704550284913792023-06-20T12:40:00.005-07:002023-06-20T12:40:58.612-07:00Pool Party, Blink Concert, Father's Day and DisneylandThis month just will not quit and it's probably my fault. I haven't said no to anything or turned any plans down because I forgot to consider how pregnant I would really feel this far in (I'm in my 30th week and boy is it getting difficult).<div><br /></div><div>This past weekend was like a quadruple whammy. It started with my grand idea to go to the adult tap class at the dance studio that I have never been able to make, but since I can't do ballet at this point, I figured I'd finally give it a go. It was really fun but oh man, what an endeavor to do it pregnant. I love tap because of the mental workout between rhythms, lefts, rights, toes, heels, etc etc but my pregnancy brain has been baaaaaad this time around and oh my gosh I was struggling! Also, my feet are apparently pretty swollen because my tap shoes were so tight I got a gnarly blister. But hey, it was a fun hour.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Saturday we had a pool party for our friends' daughter turning 3 and it was it was the first day of great weather this year so it was perfect! We had so much fun in the pool together and they had lots of great inflatables that Sophie loved. The only picture I got that day was her trying out the Jeep power wheels which sadly was not charged. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C2BDQ8Oa0C9kiKBqqCePZPJcKrbqSoIvg1hwg6d6xN1hEoUQCUOXVT2jiKGt5XYwVSQbxaHuxZfGjIHQQbA2X_ywj7muZIL6cAhT5vWTxTGdTm3ZXxmv7iWdWmP5V9Lp6_YhlnlTvXEWogKWRa6ILBzHXhbX_6BFqPmaU8bfaAtUfe6Yg8IwfGB4WcLh/s4032/IMG_7512.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C2BDQ8Oa0C9kiKBqqCePZPJcKrbqSoIvg1hwg6d6xN1hEoUQCUOXVT2jiKGt5XYwVSQbxaHuxZfGjIHQQbA2X_ywj7muZIL6cAhT5vWTxTGdTm3ZXxmv7iWdWmP5V9Lp6_YhlnlTvXEWogKWRa6ILBzHXhbX_6BFqPmaU8bfaAtUfe6Yg8IwfGB4WcLh/s320/IMG_7512.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Probably better for everyone at that point because Sophie has become obsessed with cars lately and always wants to play in the car after we get home from somewhere so we have to sit in there and let her mess with all the setting and sticks. Now usually when I turn the car on, the wipers go and air is blasting and who knows what station the radio is on.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1d-swio1-dZtMIUHyIVlRUNdwYNEumRkc9LxJvsqM71d4SjBBk2DCv3YpwFacN4-SnbWvMqJaityI5Q9NB0vhkx-THUsNNCE0_09NmB1Asipcj0-E1Q6RjDyoS2bytBX9ku8NbLQVn1IDMI2MA-bIFW731Kf66FPI0FrlndXORPjfIx84TvqfL1fqtOU/s4032/IMG_7486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1d-swio1-dZtMIUHyIVlRUNdwYNEumRkc9LxJvsqM71d4SjBBk2DCv3YpwFacN4-SnbWvMqJaityI5Q9NB0vhkx-THUsNNCE0_09NmB1Asipcj0-E1Q6RjDyoS2bytBX9ku8NbLQVn1IDMI2MA-bIFW731Kf66FPI0FrlndXORPjfIx84TvqfL1fqtOU/s320/IMG_7486.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHuQRJOlq_ezYmRxXDzLTnxARWkOo5pTix0IWaG44oGZamdPTWlFhBN_LKzIn0sQ3iHQROfNRSA8TA5fv40VzMUOupBlWSGNSmOKpGuYuZl7cdij90jH0yDXTZP2GyWdNMCnMaj8vPugKcWGUZ_L67VVDk80vm-TGB4J8P734550SVYzeYB9z31eQjGge/s4032/IMG_7487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHuQRJOlq_ezYmRxXDzLTnxARWkOo5pTix0IWaG44oGZamdPTWlFhBN_LKzIn0sQ3iHQROfNRSA8TA5fv40VzMUOupBlWSGNSmOKpGuYuZl7cdij90jH0yDXTZP2GyWdNMCnMaj8vPugKcWGUZ_L67VVDk80vm-TGB4J8P734550SVYzeYB9z31eQjGge/s320/IMG_7487.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvN-L3ZPyVfn47WOXg5sMw8qYpQTpuOiTk4IC1MVHAexwUID9wq37mPLzLvQU71-tYSitNRqsGx-MfqpteQpENlTnzcJEwF7NnLwKu9sEcLx8YD7aeH3opouNBzZslA3OisiT5DOR-4VMMsnqWaglaYMJWzLSjSY1z745Q1S8er9-SXljpBfiBHVmp3mFF/s4032/IMG_7489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvN-L3ZPyVfn47WOXg5sMw8qYpQTpuOiTk4IC1MVHAexwUID9wq37mPLzLvQU71-tYSitNRqsGx-MfqpteQpENlTnzcJEwF7NnLwKu9sEcLx8YD7aeH3opouNBzZslA3OisiT5DOR-4VMMsnqWaglaYMJWzLSjSY1z745Q1S8er9-SXljpBfiBHVmp3mFF/s320/IMG_7489.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>That night we got to capitalize on my Mother's Day present - the Blink-182 concert at BMO Stadium in LA! I was beside myself to get that gift. Somehow we have missed multiple opportunities to see them (despite me really wanting to) so it's been on my list. Plus this tour featured Tom DeLonge back in the band on the tour and the tickets were almost offensively expensive, so we didn't jump to get any when they were available (talk about having a kid now!)</div><div><br /></div><div>It was SO MUCH FUN and they were SO GOOD! Plus our section was awesome and really into it and dancing around. Blink is just the perfect feel-good, let loose rock music, and they are still the quintessetial voice of youth with a finger to authority that in their age is still somehow so endearing. They definitely still play to their immature personas but it's just so harmless and fun and they're the best. Mark Hoppus also acknowledged his previous cancer battle (stage 4 lymphoma, my God) and how he thought he'd never be on stage again and the roar of the crowd and the support and joy that followed almost made me want to cry. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMAa46v3HWct4ULdpm_PRG-b3IGgNjgdj6erTtTFaDgiF3JrJX0yY-I522cScYZS5ZQBvz9VCJgKqbJ9Ppw4Ni6z3Pmz_gUfyZfm3KgxWK19hF77nG82c0ifwg_lk7wsOLrlFmwAmop8-Vryi6tXjuL2ZotoNQ6JEx1lqT-7SFf-9QgXQT4IdSkeFb_7d/s4032/IMG_7515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMAa46v3HWct4ULdpm_PRG-b3IGgNjgdj6erTtTFaDgiF3JrJX0yY-I522cScYZS5ZQBvz9VCJgKqbJ9Ppw4Ni6z3Pmz_gUfyZfm3KgxWK19hF77nG82c0ifwg_lk7wsOLrlFmwAmop8-Vryi6tXjuL2ZotoNQ6JEx1lqT-7SFf-9QgXQT4IdSkeFb_7d/s320/IMG_7515.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAQCKP5oLqqaRXTKexu5cra2MaOw5fvOZbkQZLGuchzmZ9d246-xA_pvLzxFXxdsMgqytB2teonzeONuOY8GD2fEXHbQBx6v4m9qQvjV_-6JHR9UVtPofqnPZ4BI2KwTIfQwscz_Qykmq--zZTA976HnHnl-l12qrgN9LY53mil5ffmPPemRvTlX5QCQN/s4032/IMG_7517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAQCKP5oLqqaRXTKexu5cra2MaOw5fvOZbkQZLGuchzmZ9d246-xA_pvLzxFXxdsMgqytB2teonzeONuOY8GD2fEXHbQBx6v4m9qQvjV_-6JHR9UVtPofqnPZ4BI2KwTIfQwscz_Qykmq--zZTA976HnHnl-l12qrgN9LY53mil5ffmPPemRvTlX5QCQN/s320/IMG_7517.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0Cj3D0G7RnkFPmC8VQMzX_qUuX8O_M7gYtvqGG2P_Nctwx0eiPS4_WLvZDo-AKrrlLA8H4vNR5YPiA3xSMnmeiEtr1h8DPpOQTT1CywfsKnbGVkhh1fBNq_O3xOW1wvGdwA5mjRmtdOspaD68QEXGylUV7SVFOATRax8cwg9-7SnLbPe9iJvdmqfz3fv/s4032/IMG_7519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0Cj3D0G7RnkFPmC8VQMzX_qUuX8O_M7gYtvqGG2P_Nctwx0eiPS4_WLvZDo-AKrrlLA8H4vNR5YPiA3xSMnmeiEtr1h8DPpOQTT1CywfsKnbGVkhh1fBNq_O3xOW1wvGdwA5mjRmtdOspaD68QEXGylUV7SVFOATRax8cwg9-7SnLbPe9iJvdmqfz3fv/s320/IMG_7519.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8txG0HFK-MZ-c69Hgy6ZRtcZCzET7kBW57HbpnZqtkQoVeWS5Hrt76ZRzsx3VdLSYOxstov2sopEYqeGfpnZwDVz_QJWimpFhT0IKupj2PWOzSXtSGaFmypVCxXSaQ4oeFdEkja1HkF2CDkZ4WupxP8t2Rpf6f0FKeEROa5Ova-JZzK4zxfQuqygnE-Cc/s4032/IMG_7520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8txG0HFK-MZ-c69Hgy6ZRtcZCzET7kBW57HbpnZqtkQoVeWS5Hrt76ZRzsx3VdLSYOxstov2sopEYqeGfpnZwDVz_QJWimpFhT0IKupj2PWOzSXtSGaFmypVCxXSaQ4oeFdEkja1HkF2CDkZ4WupxP8t2Rpf6f0FKeEROa5Ova-JZzK4zxfQuqygnE-Cc/s320/IMG_7520.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>They are part of the soundtrack of my youth for sure, and I think I had an unnatural attachment to them because of Travis's connection to Riverside and that time they played at the opening of his Famous Stars and Straps store on Magnolia Avenue across the street from my middle school that got so out of hand they had to shut it down LOL. Hometown heroes! Now my next wish is to level up and go to their show when I'm not pregnant and can dance and drink on the floor level.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday was Father's Day. Man I love Mother's Day but Father's Day is exhausting for me haha. Still, we arranged to have breakfast at the golf club nearby where AJ was going to do a round. I actually LOVE eating there. It's so reasonably priced and it is such a nice, calming atmosphere! We had such a nice morning having breakfast there and Sophie loved the short rides she got on the golf cart with AJ it was sweet.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zkUeyx5Z_1SBMei7ui5aiXNRS-bm3iPLh5ie6uTYYUwXGffcjomZZPgAFrSLRayRh2SO4lRehWOZ0KC2B1yudACEbgFl-PiSjCqhBXh6WNhPUWZJ_XT2gpxTqIDPSRwo-XX4Z95WDxCznE2cIQ_Lf0pLuUKhnyfjA6NlqSsm9_1aCdgLZAtvRkojiHQy/s4032/IMG_7522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zkUeyx5Z_1SBMei7ui5aiXNRS-bm3iPLh5ie6uTYYUwXGffcjomZZPgAFrSLRayRh2SO4lRehWOZ0KC2B1yudACEbgFl-PiSjCqhBXh6WNhPUWZJ_XT2gpxTqIDPSRwo-XX4Z95WDxCznE2cIQ_Lf0pLuUKhnyfjA6NlqSsm9_1aCdgLZAtvRkojiHQy/s320/IMG_7522.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvW60fSF-4osjVuDXAA8zelU1TeTBC9YwMFtsM4Lv_3cdAwl-5sqIjBjWm4C6X0PvWmeQCJaDlEn8ksJUmFFM2h8_o0kodicoh7voGf_8Po1DezXjAaXwCFGJAlggD05nnxYGcfgA6uCVHba66bsR34DRjhM-o8id2Onpez1lLXhJMoH07c3sO60suyxj7/s4032/IMG_7527.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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She was so gracious to be so active with them both and go down the slides with them.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cs1z-P9op0aG7ydA5humkWvr4NBcd0GWzMhjqgvJGM2JHScR-mzleGwC2DI1uAi_DdQhNl8dwtv2MS_OX95lB7Z66zKQCtVUS7JDPmITajUBMXL5NWzE1c_E_Flzvz9afMoFp8_xr9zT8ysBA2buOt5ITU6kQ5qcqbdqeOUrRsKXfLxS-i7hIX2DIIIp/s4032/IMG_7556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cs1z-P9op0aG7ydA5humkWvr4NBcd0GWzMhjqgvJGM2JHScR-mzleGwC2DI1uAi_DdQhNl8dwtv2MS_OX95lB7Z66zKQCtVUS7JDPmITajUBMXL5NWzE1c_E_Flzvz9afMoFp8_xr9zT8ysBA2buOt5ITU6kQ5qcqbdqeOUrRsKXfLxS-i7hIX2DIIIp/s320/IMG_7556.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlKGAT-TRFhs6bH5kwd4Tw6PDhAOJFlE7u3PGwzPuftDzNDk0KT0QyfW0newrVQDsbJdRfrqRMhzO-Dqc7iZ0nptm_NpvZ3QiXLawaloU6G3P0Ud6u-gEtkRX22EdRA9gGh6d5-OlRyfRcUeFdidO10rbWpJKKA--UCf-YBg2bTO7wdOPvYnL_FJRH8Wj/s4032/IMG_7557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlKGAT-TRFhs6bH5kwd4Tw6PDhAOJFlE7u3PGwzPuftDzNDk0KT0QyfW0newrVQDsbJdRfrqRMhzO-Dqc7iZ0nptm_NpvZ3QiXLawaloU6G3P0Ud6u-gEtkRX22EdRA9gGh6d5-OlRyfRcUeFdidO10rbWpJKKA--UCf-YBg2bTO7wdOPvYnL_FJRH8Wj/s320/IMG_7557.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyqIiVv-4bfHTnY3i_4QbZId9d3aik33LZmLOGb55i2B_vGQPigA93KNHFKO4EcDnEv-BvOvRoDdKo-Vj5OJ-yz3CYttIVW7iM2Zp2urqTk0q-Iz9y9Q_XkMYwh-ViJhPoJIRZq3lUXPe2Yc5TisB2zc5Hr2VPfg65I66ZT5mnDd2pD26B8DsFUG_pouC/s4032/IMG_7558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyqIiVv-4bfHTnY3i_4QbZId9d3aik33LZmLOGb55i2B_vGQPigA93KNHFKO4EcDnEv-BvOvRoDdKo-Vj5OJ-yz3CYttIVW7iM2Zp2urqTk0q-Iz9y9Q_XkMYwh-ViJhPoJIRZq3lUXPe2Yc5TisB2zc5Hr2VPfg65I66ZT5mnDd2pD26B8DsFUG_pouC/s320/IMG_7558.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We had AJ's dad over that night for dinner and had a lovely evening, including Sophie got to bed kinda early and allowing the rest of us to eat tiramisu dessert in peace while we finished the US Open and watched Wyndham Clark win and AJ and I got to get an episode of Ted Lasso in before going to go to sleep too. I had the next day off (Juneteenth) but it was going to be far from relaxing...!</div><div><br /></div><div>Since I had it off work and Sophie's daycare was closed, I decided to take her to Disneyland. She's still free, it would be nice to do with her before her baby sister comes, and I hate just sitting around the house with nothing to do. And naturally it ended up being way more worth it to spend more money and get a 3-day pass (rather than $179 for one day. Who TF do they think they are?!) </div><div><br /></div><div>Boy oh boy it was... a day. I knew it was a tall order to take Sophie alone while 7 months pregnant, and I did try to mentally prepare myself for the crowds and lines on a summer holiday but I definitely still struggled. Sophie, for her part, did amazing. There was whining that started very early on - the traffic off the freeway just to park was rough, and Sophie was getting angry when we had a green light but no one was moving and would shout "go cars!" and "our turn! our turn!" and she definitely didn't enjoy some of those earliest ride waits, but the exposure therapy seemed great for her and she got so much better about it as the day went on as we discussed lines, patience, waiting our turn, blah blah blah, you know all that stuff that still annoys us even as adults ha.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aYsnVG-ppwwxpMU-q5M5oNYRteIKWM2N8CXnPSkw4_y3UwE6J8IAjue5fAgx6v0vVgxYhytTCiiO0XRH5zma0hGksfHmhhWBZfKKVfdWnoKsaZUUy2Rspbb3d4HMp6BIow_ixnYCHwMYcIL40JeYogPt-3jsJrjQ0ajI2d8e_ysYPnAZj_0XGRLs86Vq/s3088/IMG_7569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aYsnVG-ppwwxpMU-q5M5oNYRteIKWM2N8CXnPSkw4_y3UwE6J8IAjue5fAgx6v0vVgxYhytTCiiO0XRH5zma0hGksfHmhhWBZfKKVfdWnoKsaZUUy2Rspbb3d4HMp6BIow_ixnYCHwMYcIL40JeYogPt-3jsJrjQ0ajI2d8e_ysYPnAZj_0XGRLs86Vq/s320/IMG_7569.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally on our boat on Small World!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePXEY2wOyHOisHjzliZ7pUH3uneYbXSD5ZsL3dbYuHjJik9WXTBMcEcP8lfrRpvLo1S_Y5mLQwPsslEkozLPTIBOpxbBwoARPrzqwvlwi3YoCrsdJEQY3uo0SJWR4KtSOmPYL103YFxcaXaskvUa6xUyeJao4oK-8cDWPRvxnLb74VwmKnm6nyPfzeDfo/s3088/IMG_7571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePXEY2wOyHOisHjzliZ7pUH3uneYbXSD5ZsL3dbYuHjJik9WXTBMcEcP8lfrRpvLo1S_Y5mLQwPsslEkozLPTIBOpxbBwoARPrzqwvlwi3YoCrsdJEQY3uo0SJWR4KtSOmPYL103YFxcaXaskvUa6xUyeJao4oK-8cDWPRvxnLb74VwmKnm6nyPfzeDfo/s320/IMG_7571.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside Small World</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I should take this opportunity to point out that the most excited I saw her all day MIGHT have been on the parking lot tram when she kept saying "this is so fun!" and I don't think I got that again until the carousel. She has this thing where she might freak easily and will immediately jump to "all done" or "go home" so she did that a few times on Small World but I was able to easily distract her with all the different changing scenery and animals and she seemed to love it in the end and didn't want to get off the boat.</div><div><br /></div><div>I got her on the Disneyland Railroad in time for that crankypants to fall asleep. I was so thankful because you can basically ride that train indefinitely and I was able to just let her sleep, although it was extremely uncomfortable for me, but I still think she got about an hour long nap in, which was great.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4fT9aYNiv43Hi7wbbDFrrzOO99zuYbux4A3g8Ar_lyz90jL-4dRO_BgkpRh0Hl7auCpRq8Yj1IFfwjVPjkS7TVPTWtO4n8taSZ6na5ti7uDclZOBIXqanDNzyBNyfL_FA_kxl09xGnU1nOnyJJUN6eTA0b_m5tDJXEHqQlx5EtS56iwFVIPiohOYhmlt/s4032/IMG_7573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4fT9aYNiv43Hi7wbbDFrrzOO99zuYbux4A3g8Ar_lyz90jL-4dRO_BgkpRh0Hl7auCpRq8Yj1IFfwjVPjkS7TVPTWtO4n8taSZ6na5ti7uDclZOBIXqanDNzyBNyfL_FA_kxl09xGnU1nOnyJJUN6eTA0b_m5tDJXEHqQlx5EtS56iwFVIPiohOYhmlt/s320/IMG_7573.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzORcyTWBSd5R1eZcWwu2JPunG6CVyzXNmihxtMfk-iklPcKT0NBD-OEivy8AWO4lewdYmE5dnBOCeLzntxTPbnYAZwpEml8wVgqVyNhPhoJiHHVr1pa72DVTh_kxBc1qovRax2wF6Pxmb8Tljca8fdwyGHws2mdQ1D3H5hdvTL8Vda1QWCJcEkHlWqxmF/s3088/IMG_7581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzORcyTWBSd5R1eZcWwu2JPunG6CVyzXNmihxtMfk-iklPcKT0NBD-OEivy8AWO4lewdYmE5dnBOCeLzntxTPbnYAZwpEml8wVgqVyNhPhoJiHHVr1pa72DVTh_kxBc1qovRax2wF6Pxmb8Tljca8fdwyGHws2mdQ1D3H5hdvTL8Vda1QWCJcEkHlWqxmF/s320/IMG_7581.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Because I had hyped her up on this being where Mickey Mouse lived, she kept asking to go see him, so we finally headed to ToonTown, when it was probably hottest, and all she wanted to do was play on the playground and go down the colored slides. She really was having a great time and we were there for her so if that's what she wanted to do that was fine, but I did want her to see characters so I was able to lure her away to see Mickey and Minnie's houses. We didn't wait to see Mickey but we did wait to see Minnie, where she totally freaked out wouldn't take a picture, but we managed to get these, and I took her back to colored slides afterwards as promised.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XOzBKfKEhh5wrNY6DKdArrMsxDw-UEBGJT5C0lZJ6FZcgoXqLYY4LDFANj1uMqZrl52eyeiG3Robj4I4wbFjQjkMr_fl06CjRWe4deDqUhX-XhiH8UsGU0kcGZXiRB9rQQMjsg6Dt27cWVnmpegY2mMmqIE8GeS_XxP6qTDbL2e6RO_ATZlJSmyTiDq2/s3088/IMG_7590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XOzBKfKEhh5wrNY6DKdArrMsxDw-UEBGJT5C0lZJ6FZcgoXqLYY4LDFANj1uMqZrl52eyeiG3Robj4I4wbFjQjkMr_fl06CjRWe4deDqUhX-XhiH8UsGU0kcGZXiRB9rQQMjsg6Dt27cWVnmpegY2mMmqIE8GeS_XxP6qTDbL2e6RO_ATZlJSmyTiDq2/s320/IMG_7590.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AeG_9xjNuQ7nFhHeotnb5i0erClP7oub0GWZezqJFZF7V6a4z7myUssBiaI-ZlMQFyF246UszUet07ZjTefzrBTOWJM0B60LRh4Reh3oe-Mje65CDKX22ltNowdFTC4f5-dhto-i3oGmiZEjfbm_ApPRxvVlERyVu9XpeokBQBfbt42flx12oBU3vBV7/s4032/IMG_7594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AeG_9xjNuQ7nFhHeotnb5i0erClP7oub0GWZezqJFZF7V6a4z7myUssBiaI-ZlMQFyF246UszUet07ZjTefzrBTOWJM0B60LRh4Reh3oe-Mje65CDKX22ltNowdFTC4f5-dhto-i3oGmiZEjfbm_ApPRxvVlERyVu9XpeokBQBfbt42flx12oBU3vBV7/s320/IMG_7594.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyA7apW9tjcSmvUJBkqXv2Lluy1dQC8jmPT_nSBDVQxgnP-QLUwF-exfUs_SlKxF4pYr8dxWuGvVLYJ3UXLl72GVyoM-5JVrzi-HWkFNRbxF88f49I2W0BJ_YtHHojsSgLSqKM9oQviytxnsUm7OrPae31he6zl86bhGSvqmlx_txj_nbZZ3dx8Z_P8Tbs/s4032/IMG_7584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyA7apW9tjcSmvUJBkqXv2Lluy1dQC8jmPT_nSBDVQxgnP-QLUwF-exfUs_SlKxF4pYr8dxWuGvVLYJ3UXLl72GVyoM-5JVrzi-HWkFNRbxF88f49I2W0BJ_YtHHojsSgLSqKM9oQviytxnsUm7OrPae31he6zl86bhGSvqmlx_txj_nbZZ3dx8Z_P8Tbs/s320/IMG_7584.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>She was fascinated watching the characters from afar, but Pluto did pass close by us on his way somewhere and she lost her shit crying LOL poor thing. But she loved watching Minnie and Pete and Clarabelle from a safe distance.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I was able to get her away, she wanted to go on a boat so we got in line for Storybook and it was PERFECT timing because a parade was going on while we were in that line and we got to see, with a great view, tons of characters that she just loved watching (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto, Goofy, Moana, Maui, Anna and Elsa and more), and we were killing time for a ride too. Definitely going to plan on repeating that little trick in the future.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOi-oO4iH1e56jviqCcDpK11SKnELizXPGi_tv9ra15HFj-Kbu2Biw614ts5YsbAAHHKovFlHOgcf2CkWJDX-FZWDT0JMfJtKlb0w9rOfUwFbh59e1adREykViMCJYcFIFoYZn67RfhlZV0HaayE0Iq4IBbvSUWoyrcLpFMvAavulecbkUKsy3kFPQsJTj/s3088/IMG_7600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOi-oO4iH1e56jviqCcDpK11SKnELizXPGi_tv9ra15HFj-Kbu2Biw614ts5YsbAAHHKovFlHOgcf2CkWJDX-FZWDT0JMfJtKlb0w9rOfUwFbh59e1adREykViMCJYcFIFoYZn67RfhlZV0HaayE0Iq4IBbvSUWoyrcLpFMvAavulecbkUKsy3kFPQsJTj/s320/IMG_7600.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loving being in the boat</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Rides were kinda calming down in Fantasyland as we headed into evening so we were able to get more in. She was adamant about the carousel and chose to sit on the bench (fine by me!)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj703sfjUSE8U5yRlacqVkNm2fQvpGsRS2JhHJKjWziesVd5TzWvaWPilD3uoPO_ePQqdeX7BHE5YVPIBZj-Us2EuORYgGBXex3EgLIBu5vOGkFs-knWAYQStiqzZFFhAZvTUmD1nLOa7bBaRIkKbXC2bUcMX8OgenL4jrj6phVEoy-OEkTFeaLcwkVwldC/s3088/IMG_7602.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj703sfjUSE8U5yRlacqVkNm2fQvpGsRS2JhHJKjWziesVd5TzWvaWPilD3uoPO_ePQqdeX7BHE5YVPIBZj-Us2EuORYgGBXex3EgLIBu5vOGkFs-knWAYQStiqzZFFhAZvTUmD1nLOa7bBaRIkKbXC2bUcMX8OgenL4jrj6phVEoy-OEkTFeaLcwkVwldC/s320/IMG_7602.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>She wanted to do it again immediately but even if I wanted to, I needed a break from the motion, so I convinced her to go on the Casey Jr train (the first thing we had tried to do that morning but it broke down on us just as we got to the front. Ugh) and I told her we'd go back to the carousel afterwards. We got her chosen location of the orange cage and she thoroughly enjoyed that, but she did not forget my promise to go back to the carousel so I was stuck doing that again.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoaQDa_GhgPIB2-bYrW7vPNjeUwMNr25NOozUrxXnuM8BA8jlA6CMBiavY3r07HLLflIlfXk43hpEp2B_fJytWAo75LSJOMNt4U14xmnjtAKeRT4tcZGnljw7DC2sOVedfMHJkzbDuEetY72-6f70fG7d3TaCgVOcehSBtD8oJX-YCEt0n3Ctp6g67k3s/s4032/IMG_7605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoaQDa_GhgPIB2-bYrW7vPNjeUwMNr25NOozUrxXnuM8BA8jlA6CMBiavY3r07HLLflIlfXk43hpEp2B_fJytWAo75LSJOMNt4U14xmnjtAKeRT4tcZGnljw7DC2sOVedfMHJkzbDuEetY72-6f70fG7d3TaCgVOcehSBtD8oJX-YCEt0n3Ctp6g67k3s/s320/IMG_7605.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUzoBREFILEF5qKPu6UMMRKLpuYWeHslZl8yV_Shwqn171eyvleQwFdvpfxsZQJW9aIQI8Qy8RTu1N0j9yl8a65O9FQKTwR-Gx6DtxO2ylVZrXoJAo6_0Q_dnh2UHCa2O3gs3TynzmvR_tqA8U23rDDaBo8-5CmQ0VetNg35UyLwte5Whggd7KGK9nKux/s4032/IMG_7606.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUzoBREFILEF5qKPu6UMMRKLpuYWeHslZl8yV_Shwqn171eyvleQwFdvpfxsZQJW9aIQI8Qy8RTu1N0j9yl8a65O9FQKTwR-Gx6DtxO2ylVZrXoJAo6_0Q_dnh2UHCa2O3gs3TynzmvR_tqA8U23rDDaBo8-5CmQ0VetNg35UyLwte5Whggd7KGK9nKux/s320/IMG_7606.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RWzvVpRL8OGhLA8R1HP43eLhpDyUTR5xdy8Vxz4GHz1tH6Cl-VhHVVh1OCHprRv8FLWsZJWJE5qxkSwW02tTDkANRtQOmZ8GbmqPHTj4hjSrnPnbtNw4nb0klrYlzTHqte7tgyXc_maEP7Euk91xA0sFP6nf_6IaEGoBu8iYTMPztIqU6aYdW57oggoo/s4032/IMG_7607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RWzvVpRL8OGhLA8R1HP43eLhpDyUTR5xdy8Vxz4GHz1tH6Cl-VhHVVh1OCHprRv8FLWsZJWJE5qxkSwW02tTDkANRtQOmZ8GbmqPHTj4hjSrnPnbtNw4nb0klrYlzTHqte7tgyXc_maEP7Euk91xA0sFP6nf_6IaEGoBu8iYTMPztIqU6aYdW57oggoo/s320/IMG_7607.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>This time she chose a horse, and she's done carousels before, even this one, and seemed to love it, although the one at the zoo that we go to doesn't go up and down, she knew that was the situation and watched them and talked about them, but I guess that's different when you actually experience it. As soon as she started going up she freaked out saying "mama you're falling down!" (LOL) and screamed and wanted off about the rest of the ride. The dad next to us tried hyping her up but she wasn't having it, and I couldn't really stop laughing and anyway, we survived, and got a great photoshoot of her (happily) on the horse while we waited for the ride to start.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUOmf6jl0nQh5TySZPf-_Bx3v0q0dj5DruTPfwbJ5FIjxgjZVmUg2E0ggz7DRt2NuL4bEcqhDflPf2eY1h6L1TWEeMv80hikVAIIlH30N2P0HkCeFHXf_nWJBVdrniQAvdaCwG2j1pYA5GesTP16RpvbIoV1CEcykJzFYlwZ_NtEp2rJQ-YuufsNkigrV/s4032/IMG_7609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUOmf6jl0nQh5TySZPf-_Bx3v0q0dj5DruTPfwbJ5FIjxgjZVmUg2E0ggz7DRt2NuL4bEcqhDflPf2eY1h6L1TWEeMv80hikVAIIlH30N2P0HkCeFHXf_nWJBVdrniQAvdaCwG2j1pYA5GesTP16RpvbIoV1CEcykJzFYlwZ_NtEp2rJQ-YuufsNkigrV/s320/IMG_7609.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkh9TBj_Pyk8k1eTSgOiiHgy_dVDn5smO1Ssfh6bk7oDZlrK8WilBNcJqYV7G5hKM3M7Z0N6GCUX8Wv-utIReTER63jp-iAbh6Jbhlikeh21VAjy7RRy6GgGaEZq7zdZfcqS971mun65Qi5C74knjg4Swu6St1TAXXscKQ5Qrrs1cZ-UK49AfIDTs0wJaD/s320/IMG_7625.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>It was about 7:30p this time, we had left the house around 9a and been in the park since about 11a and I was totally spent. She saw other kids with their Mickey Mouse bubble blowers and she never forgot me saying we would get one "later" so I acquiesced and we went to buy one before leaving. Her little patience while we chose one and paid for it and they set it up for her, and then her pure joy when she received it and got to start playing with it made me want to cry. I hate our capitalist materialistic society of junk that we just throw away and that ends up on trash island in the ocean and killing us all, but damnit why was it just so moving and rewarding to be able to give her that and why did it make me so happy LOL.</div><div><br /></div><div>We stopped at the castle for a selfie and then I couldn't leave without getting Gibson Girl ice cream because, you know #pregnant .</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb34UfSkz5v6y-xFG6RbByDUMhUuByGmIG1DcEi5AiEWVWZp0MRVggPOp20B3TzgNvSlw9p4pL3f-Y3TSDIQEXMCdHF1i72mD4Qxp6v9wvXK1NtWFs14evQEdVVTV9hQODC6E_7hvE5c15VG6U44D32JNEm_GQF61NNJ8p8-9ZIHTfskbSM1Ufo5-uPSab/s3088/IMG_7628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb34UfSkz5v6y-xFG6RbByDUMhUuByGmIG1DcEi5AiEWVWZp0MRVggPOp20B3TzgNvSlw9p4pL3f-Y3TSDIQEXMCdHF1i72mD4Qxp6v9wvXK1NtWFs14evQEdVVTV9hQODC6E_7hvE5c15VG6U44D32JNEm_GQF61NNJ8p8-9ZIHTfskbSM1Ufo5-uPSab/s320/IMG_7628.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcfdBzwRErRkX7K4WCcjF2N729RBgPhy3q89i-lFgFCqVybXcOGiLU9aXIu23EPviPGLfM22mthwVPD6q4Ny67lhM4Ai0UzStShZaMNRCmsULTLoaQ2hXpaO7OJ50BQM0dRcs3opovY0uNE3QTVNi44hRwfVOXmongdXCmKhGYvIkTLCn8pMiZhlYNu-b/s3088/IMG_7629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcfdBzwRErRkX7K4WCcjF2N729RBgPhy3q89i-lFgFCqVybXcOGiLU9aXIu23EPviPGLfM22mthwVPD6q4Ny67lhM4Ai0UzStShZaMNRCmsULTLoaQ2hXpaO7OJ50BQM0dRcs3opovY0uNE3QTVNi44hRwfVOXmongdXCmKhGYvIkTLCn8pMiZhlYNu-b/s320/IMG_7629.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Sophie was such a good listener when I explained to her that we had to turn the bubbles off inside the store but that we could turn them on again when we left. She politely reminded me when we were outside the store for the bubbles to be turned back on again and it made me realize how much she is understanding and how thankful I am for her good manners and listening, at least at this stage in life!</div><div><br /></div><div>We ended on a high note taking that parking lot tram back to the car too LOL. It was a very long, very full, very tiring day, but it was fun to spend it just us, and I'm looking forward to using the next two days of our tickets but with help those times!</div><div><br /></div><div>Back to work today and omg, everything hurts and still so much going on...</div><div><br /></div><div>I swear come July 1st I am waving my pregnancy flag and sitting down.</div>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-47756813739944058152023-06-14T10:30:00.004-07:002023-09-16T15:35:34.323-07:00Dancing: From Ballet to BollywoodI thought May was busy but June has been turning out to be even busier. Even though it's fun stuff, it's been a lot to juggle.<div><br /></div><div>Somehow I've miraculously made it to my dance recital on June 3rd. I was really thinking it might not be a possibility as my pregnant stomach ballooned up and I was becoming less and less mobile - but I did it!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5W5nG9W7S1wwmx6pcdnCrRy6nBaAjSvRmTL4tvpbiBP25OsGOq3MjCIaFAxLx0kcWcX5C-Z3OZT-rwZarJUj3VrwUX1J5ECPbdx3MvMhVDjOxIZ-MfbHJJAceRwmPvB-WZtPyCa_xQVB5a_yo53PZ8V9ZclFbHxLdqZNN2V6mf6U6NaVvQ-8xCkmiRA/s4032/IMG_0174.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5W5nG9W7S1wwmx6pcdnCrRy6nBaAjSvRmTL4tvpbiBP25OsGOq3MjCIaFAxLx0kcWcX5C-Z3OZT-rwZarJUj3VrwUX1J5ECPbdx3MvMhVDjOxIZ-MfbHJJAceRwmPvB-WZtPyCa_xQVB5a_yo53PZ8V9ZclFbHxLdqZNN2V6mf6U6NaVvQ-8xCkmiRA/s320/IMG_0174.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the dressing room waiting to go on</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Apparently though, she wasn't as impressed with them as she was with a tap number... she demanded her shoes back on and was stomping on the floor. That's fine with me though, tap works too!</div><div><br /></div><div>The other kind of dancing was the kind that I was surprised didn't kick me into early labor. We went down to Temecula this past weekend to celebrate Sri's wedding to Annu! A Friday night sangeet, and a pretty much all day wedding that went til midnight in a beautiful venue with so many of us all together again was so much fun that it was actually kind of depressing. We're getting to the end of the weddings and with so many of us so spread out, these opportunities are fewer and farther between. But, it was so exciting to finally celebrate Sri and Annu.</div><div><br /></div><div>First with the sangeet...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaUvkyfDGuQsbYFqYod6dt0OIL6jNMLcaI_6qHafg1S5ELcCN52Zm6F9KW4W68BQGuLgnggoXUbE1UdLY0w8ET1wFtgZsutEuvgAwJGtsGqlvwPK3QQcb3PwPeH2P-010rcuRKteHNGTR7v-SlkKqVb-25_LQgN8NLd_v0XUMjncP7mtSJcqW6awJrWYN/s985/ARRX7000.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="985" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaUvkyfDGuQsbYFqYod6dt0OIL6jNMLcaI_6qHafg1S5ELcCN52Zm6F9KW4W68BQGuLgnggoXUbE1UdLY0w8ET1wFtgZsutEuvgAwJGtsGqlvwPK3QQcb3PwPeH2P-010rcuRKteHNGTR7v-SlkKqVb-25_LQgN8NLd_v0XUMjncP7mtSJcqW6awJrWYN/s320/ARRX7000.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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They had a full oyster bar which I was unable to partake in :(</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1-bxS9Do2UEMSxQAxY7pI0cH3sSTY4rgfDFgRhjngwtFORIUsXG4JnlAdqwQxj1FSnG4-mzgPCVAhsqanGZdVeyxCp5xguZRlnBqAk_TgxQSHp1_ycZsXwjX0bpuAXUWmTuTVHtULzdw-V7ZzN1zHi3wCG95_NhP6Q_rVIJdlfutWts_uqnqNZhFJQ/s2049/IMG_9985.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1-bxS9Do2UEMSxQAxY7pI0cH3sSTY4rgfDFgRhjngwtFORIUsXG4JnlAdqwQxj1FSnG4-mzgPCVAhsqanGZdVeyxCp5xguZRlnBqAk_TgxQSHp1_ycZsXwjX0bpuAXUWmTuTVHtULzdw-V7ZzN1zHi3wCG95_NhP6Q_rVIJdlfutWts_uqnqNZhFJQ/s320/IMG_9985.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> And then partying way too long into the night!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytWo9dmrYgOSKj4hvKoGE5ryhZ6roO4eaycTrSAS1Wn7zlTjCfoNGxSgZQOJ4YtthHrNPrIllSK4LNJljUdpQUKtF26G0PA22sJ-alWsc4qkGJndot0gjZc6HHPm12arNvwatO1SBtta3gn_Dt4XPyc5uu0xR9Mhfs2PxN8yzslF0okNeUfdAEZ5NcQ/s320/IMG_8853.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>The funniest part of all was how white the whole thing ended. We got into the rock music (The Killers, Blink-182) and then the encore which actually concluded the whole night with Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel". Crazy story is that Annu was born in Nebraska and raised in South Dakota, so she definitely has those midwestern roots, but AJ and I were talking about how that was the whitest ending to any wedding we'd ever been to! But oh my goodness, such a great one, I was so honored to be there and so, so, so, so happy for Sri!</div><br />Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731474938505767271.post-47865227539787252872023-06-07T11:49:00.004-07:002023-06-07T11:53:57.958-07:00Time to Buy a Lotto Ticket: We're Lucky<p>While this story has a positive ending, it is not a happy
story.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I truly do not know how to iterate how lucky our family got
a few nights ago. I’ve heard these stories before, and I have never once heard
them have the fortunate ending that we got. It still scares me to think about.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Monday morning, somewhere between 3 and 3:30am, my mother in
law bursts into mine and AJ’s room, saying there was a coyote in the backyard.
Our cats have a pet door to allow them into the backyard and the furthest they
ever go is the next door neighbor yards (and even that is rare) so I have never
been overly concerned. I flew out of bed, and I sleep next to the sliding glass
doors to the backyard, threw the curtains open and saw the coyote in the back
planter with Khaleesi’s neck in his jaws, dragging her to the wall where he was
clearly planning to escape.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I screamed “he’s got her!” and I was running out the doors
before I could think. And I know I wasn’t thinking because now that I look back
on it, I have absolutely no idea what my plan was. Trying to tug-of-war
Khaleesi from his bite would have been fatal for her, and I even if I wasn’t
pregnant I don’t think I have any applicable life skills to confidently wrestle
a coyote, but maybe it was me running out there so confidently that caused him
to drop her. I don’t remember much other than I was running out there and
suddenly he was gone and Khaleesi was left in the planter.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I picked her up and she was so bloody I honestly thought
half of her face was missing at first. I just started crying and made AJ take
her because I couldn’t bear to look at her like that. She was breathing and
panting so rough and heavy, I thought she was dying, whether she had punctured
lungs or throat or was choking on blood, it was impossible to tell. And her
eyes were so big and glassy it seemed like the look of death to me. We threw on
clothes and sped off to a 24-hour emergency vet that AJ knew about because once
Anana ate an entire tray of weed brownies LOL.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By that afternoon, Khaleesi was home. No life-threatening
injuries, no internal bleeding, just bruising and trauma to the face that
needed natural healing. We have pain meds, warm cloths for her face, and lots
and lots of love for her. And because all signs point to her being okay and a
recovery, I feel okay posting this devastating photo of her after we brought
her home from the vet (can you imagine what she looked like when we took her
in?!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsoYavCKeFknw3zejBQmGuYjZaBWj9jil3IKGd0etP6N0kiTw-0fcx24vxGJz-eOy0FOt9jDUfH77hflBXwY1m5EmJSXCtycrgNcZ47u7BSQoKjMf5I3ROMuxpBUybjmCGr8peL5LuMO85ljqzFfK-K2gx9vBtcATemAzWGb7p865uT-EvRmSVcMaig/s4032/IMG_7361.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsoYavCKeFknw3zejBQmGuYjZaBWj9jil3IKGd0etP6N0kiTw-0fcx24vxGJz-eOy0FOt9jDUfH77hflBXwY1m5EmJSXCtycrgNcZ47u7BSQoKjMf5I3ROMuxpBUybjmCGr8peL5LuMO85ljqzFfK-K2gx9vBtcATemAzWGb7p865uT-EvRmSVcMaig/s320/IMG_7361.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">I cannot stop thinking about how lucky we are. That my
mother in law heard the noises and bothered to check it out at 3am, that she
just got us JUST IN TIME for me to run out there JUST IN TIME before that POS coyote hopped
the wall, that Khaleesi didn’t sustain life threatening injuries. She still has so much
shock and trauma and will for sure have PTSD from this and honestly, so will I.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am okay with cats being indoor/outdoor if the area and
personality warrant it. I recognize cats that go outdoors will probably have a
shorter lifespan than cats that are indoors-only. I just think cats are wild
enough that their quality of life can be more important than their quantity of
life. But I had always assumed that the outside force that might take her would
be a car (which never even scared me enough anyway because she’s so skittish
she doesn’t leave the yard) and to think that she was almost eaten alive is
just more than I can bear and once again, I can’t believe how lucky we are that
we were able to save her from that fate and I get more days to cuddle with her.
Good thing we named her Khaleesi and not, I don’t know, Cinderella.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Suddenly the food chain seems excruciatingly more cruel than
necessary.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I love you, my little Bug!<o:p></o:p></p>Kristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586820518020603712noreply@blogger.com0