tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33990494000608318072024-03-13T14:30:20.959-05:00Every Day is a New DayLacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413447429791268962noreply@blogger.comBlogger274110tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399049400060831807.post-56978841638046886892015-01-25T21:17:00.000-06:002015-01-25T21:17:44.267-06:00friends, balloons and lots and lots of confetti<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A bunch of blurry photos document our fun New Year's Eve. We spent it at our good friend's house with yummy food and great conversation. The amount of confetti in the house was completely ridiculous and totally awesome, the kids loved it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love that the sparks of the popper were captured! I was told that this is a face I make :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">New Year's music videos were streaming on the tv...no idea what this one was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Great picture, ha! The only one with most of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was a great way to celebrate 2014 and ring in 2015!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Christmas day is spent with my side of the family, my first step dad's side, and my second step dad's side :) I have a lot of family and so thankful for all of them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Adeline was super pumped with all the Frozen stuff she got.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Great Grandma Proxie, an amazing lady, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">98 and still going strong!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My sisters, Sammy and Alyssa. Love them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh the family photo...always fun :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On a side-note, I completely biffed it coming out of church and slid across the sand filled parking lot, covering myself with wet muddy sand, scraping my hands and knee and ruining my cute, non-documented Christmas outfit. I survived, changed and all was well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These three, So much love and joy, The best presents ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I absolutely love matching pjs! I really want to include Derek and I but I'm not sure I'll ever be able to talk him into that...ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They both got these leap band activity bracelets and they're pretty awesome, watch the video below of Hakan and just try not to laugh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Grandma really scored with all the Bison gear she got for the kids! Number 11 for Derek's cousin Carson (quarterback for the 4th straight year national champs and two time NCAA Elite 89 Award)...we're a little proud :) Anytime we watch football, no matter what team, the kids yell, there's Carson, ha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was a really special night celebrating the birth of Jesus with family. I just love Christmas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Growing up, we were always given Hallmark ornaments for each Christmas. My stepdad Roger, came into our lives with no Hallmark ornaments of his own, so I decided since he loved and built cars, to start his own collection on our tree with this series. I was only able to give him this one. This will be our 16th Christmas without his handsome, space-toothed smiling grin. He was my dad in all respects and I miss him tons. Memories always flood back when I unwrap this little car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This Santa was hilarious! He was on the floor making car noises, making up songs, playing patty cake, and dancing, the kids loved him (I thought he was a little strange...a good strange, and I think Ames agreed).</span></div>
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Christmas! </span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2014 was a wild rollercoaster ride, ups, downs, super-fast
and over in the blink of an eye!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The biggest and best thing that happened was our little boy,
Ames Johan (Ames after my great-grandpa and Johan after a couple relatives on
both sides), was born on August 19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is absolutely amazing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While writing
this, he</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s 14 weeks, loves smiling and just started giggling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has surpassed both Hakan and Adeline in
height and weight when they were his age</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">…</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">he</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s a
really good eater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He definitely looks
more like Adeline when she was a baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
sleeps like a champ (thank God)!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
so very thankful for God</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s master plan and blessing us
with him this year, he was worth the wait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are all head over heels in love with him!</span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Adeline is 3 </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">½</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> and as
spunky as ever!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She loves to make up
songs, which usually end up with </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">let it
go, let it go, don</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">t feel</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> from
Frozen stuck in there somewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
she says the word stick, she replaces her </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> with a
</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> and doesn</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">t sound
like stick anymore</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Amanda; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Amanda; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coloring and painting are some of her
favorite things to do, especially using herself as a canvas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like me, she LOVES animals, to the point
where she may just be loving them a little too much, ha!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is fearless and loves adventures!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is so sweet and will just come up and
give us kisses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is an amazing,
caring big sister and so adorable with her little brother. </span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hakan is 5 </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">½</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He finished up his first year of preschool
last spring and this fall we</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">re doing some preschool at
home, with possibly homeschooling kindergarten next year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He loves numbers, not something he gets from
me, but probably his CPA dad</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Amanda; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Amanda; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creating things is also a passion for him,
crafts, masks, little projects, anything that involves paint, colors, glue and
a toilet paper roll, he</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s all in (I</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ll take
a little credit for that).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s so
sweet and remembers the craziest things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He had tons of fun playing baseball and soccer this year, with soccer
being his favorite (cutest thing ever watching 5 yr olds play sports).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s a
wonderful big brother, helping me and taking care of Adeline (when they</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">re not
fighting) and Ames.</span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Derek is heading into his 10<sup>th</sup> </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">busy</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> season
at Abdo, Eick and Meyers in January, doing mainly audits not taxes, which take
him out of the office and out of town quite a bit, but he enjoys working with and
helping all the different clients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">m
trying to mentally prepare for this busy season with 3 kids and winter</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">…</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">should
be fun ;)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He played on a couple
different softball teams this year and we really have fun watching him play, or
I have fun watching him play and the kids have fun covering themselves from
head to toe in orange sand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I, Lacy, stay at home with our kids and wouldn</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">t trade
it for anything!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s not
always easy, but for me to be the main influence in their lives and spend every
day with them is awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The days are
long, but the years are short!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spend
a lot of time with friends, at the zoos, parks, beaches, museums and tons of
free events around the area. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was also working
at Lifetime Fitness as a swim instructor and swim coach to 7-9 year olds, which
was so awesome getting back to something I love, but decided not to return
after having Ames.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put my Anchored
Hope etsy shop (www.etsy.com/shop/anchoredhope) on vacation after having Ames,
but I hope to have it back open come January.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s not easy getting sewing and knitting done
with three little ones (Ames just woke up from his nap and is crying, perfect
timing!), but it</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s something I love doing, so I
try to make time for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also
a few handmade shows in 2015 that I</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d love
to be a part of, something I didn</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">t
really get to do this year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Derek and I vacationed at Lake Las Vegas this summer and had
a great time sitting by the pool, reading, kayaking and even meeting up with a
friend, a much needed getaway, while the kids had fun at the Grandmas in
Jamestown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent one afternoon on the
Strip, and that</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s probably enough for a
lifetime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">t
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went on our first family camping trip up in Duluth, I may have been 36 weeks
pregnant, but it was amazing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had the
perfect camp site in the woods where we set up our tent and air mattress that
almost took up the whole thing</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">…</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Amanda; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the kids had plenty of room to
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gorgeous area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adeline found lots of
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At 10:30 am on Tuesday, August 19, 2014, we finally got to meet our little man, Ames (after my great-grandpa) Johan (a relative on my and Derek's side), 8 lbs 13 oz 21.5 in.</span></div>
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Lacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413447429791268962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399049400060831807.post-32224879398409784642014-08-11T16:20:00.001-05:002014-08-11T16:20:06.039-05:0038 weeks and 3 days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Baby's c-section is scheduled for next Tuesday, August 19...we will have a brand new baby next week...like in seven days. I'm nervous and scared and excited all at the same time! It took us a year and a half to get pregnant and in the blink of an eye, we will be meeting him/her in a week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm ready. Shirts don't really cover my ginormous belly, leaving me in the same dresses over and over again, I've gained the recommended weight, my pelvis has hit it's limit of baby carrying, I can't roll over easily in bed, I'm getting up multiple times at night to go pee, I waddle like a penguin when I walk, heartburn has been pretty regular this last month, for the first time in all my pregnancies, my belly button has kind of half-popped out (mine is super duper innie and usually just stays innie), and we put up a loft bed for Hakan and Adeline in Hakan's squished twin bed from Ikea is underneath with the crib on the other side of the room...yep, three kids in one room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don't get me wrong, I really love being pregnant, besides the normal aches and pains, the only issue has been low hemoglobin. And who doesn't love maternity clothes? But it's always a weird feeling when the baby is out, kind of a sad nostalgic feeling. I'm also a little nervous about surgery, but knowing that it's the best decision for us and we get to meet our baby afterward, and with God's strength, we'll be fine. My same dr. has done my other two surgeries, so as long as baby H doesn't decide to come early, she'll be doing this one too, which really puts my mind at ease.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This baby never stops moving and I feel like every time I stand up, it might just fall out. This amount of movement makes me nervous, but also very thankful that this baby is healthy and active...just praying he/she takes it easy on us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have so many goals this week...hopefully I can get a few things done while still trying to relax and have fun with Derek, Hakan and Adeline.</span></div>
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