tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87349782817597673882024-03-13T08:21:32.501-07:00Nowak Love ShackErin+Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08885025550777337519noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734978281759767388.post-50443743087432973252013-01-21T18:40:00.000-08:002013-01-21T18:40:11.995-08:00Pudding ArtI'm feeling so much more like myself lately. Very productive and happy. Still stressed out here and there, but I am getting into the groove of working AND being a mom. Can't explain why I'm feeling better, but I am! I'm cooking more, cleaning more, grocery shopping smarter, seeing friends more, and actually doing things I like on Pinterest! Maybe being a SAHM is just hard for me and I felt like I was in a rut. Plus the extra income makes me happy =)~<br />
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Here's our late night pudding art so Josh got to help!<br />
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All you need is:<br />
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-Vanilla Pudding<br />
-Food Dye<br />
-White paper<br />
-Muffin tin<br />
-A naked baby!!<br />
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"Delicious <em>and</em> fun!" -Claire says .... and now it's bath time =)</div>
Erin+Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08885025550777337519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734978281759767388.post-46447322232921687382012-11-07T13:22:00.001-08:002012-11-07T13:25:24.612-08:00Liebster Bloggy questions<span style="color: blue;">Here's some questions that my friend Chelsea posed in her blog: </span><a href="http://www.thesals.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">The Life We Love</span></a><span style="color: blue;">!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">1. What is something you've always wanted to do but never have? Why not?</span><br />
Well, for the past 5 or so years I've always wanted to run for an elected office. I have been involved in campaigns and follow politics with sick infatuation. I haven't done this yet because I'm pretty young still and not quite established in a more permanant community. Once we put our roots somewhere, I'll consider starting out on school boards or working for a city council person to see what's up.<br />
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Fill in the blanks. People sometimes think I'm ___ but really, I'm ___.</span><br />
Well, that's a toughie...but I was told when I first met some of Josh's (hubby) friends they thought I was snobby before actually talking to me. So that was strange. Snobby to me is a rich, stuck up, full of themselves person with no sense of humor, so I think I'm opposite of that. Also, I know what it's like to feel left out, so I try to include people in conversations and activities...and I don't think a snobby person cares about other's feelings.<br />
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What are your favorite kinds of gifts to receive?</span><br />
I can think of a few gifts that really made me smile, ones that I didn't put on a list or ask for. My mom once made a calendar for me of my dog Shelby. Each month's picture matched the season or holiday. I think the thoughtfulness and creativity really made me happy. Plus I'm obsessed with Shelby dog.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">4. What is something
someone has done for you that really touched you?</span><br />
I had many many friends and aquaintences come by and help me when I was chest deep in PPD after Claire was born. It was amazing and helpful and I couldn't have gotten through the fog of those 3 months without them. Most of them had new babies of their own, but the level of compassion they had for my situation was unfathomable, and I hope to one day pay it forward to other new moms who feel as I did.<br />
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you really like about yourself?</span><br />
I like making others laugh and being silly. I got this from my Dad. He's so ridiculously goofy and knows it! It's infectious. Ne'ry a dull moment.... oh 3! Hmm...I like my eyes. I like that I don't procrastinate.<br />
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attributes you hope to instill in them?</span><br />
I hope Claire (and future babies) has high self esteem, a giving nature, and a love for Jesus.<br />
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with?</span><br />
I still struggle with the fact that I've been staying at home, not earning money. It's such a huge change after you've been working for over 10 years in the real world. Being home, *trying* to be domestic when you really aren't very domestic is very very hard. I'm happy that I've had the chance to though, and Claire bear is a joy.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">8. What are you really good at?</span><br />
I'm pretty good at finding bargains and deals, like on electronics, toys, furniture.... Not couponing or anything, but I'm really good at researching items before I buy and finding the place with the best bang for your buck.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">9. What do you wish you could be
better at?</span><br />
MEAL PLANNING. COOKING. KITCHEN KNOWLEDGE. I SUCK at COOKING!!<br />
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<span style="color: red;">10. Tell a funny joke.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Obama won a 2nd term. .... . . ... . oh wait</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">11. How many hours do you sleep per
night, on average?</span><br />
Probably 6hrs average.Erin+Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08885025550777337519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734978281759767388.post-2560107986135665562012-09-26T12:07:00.000-07:002012-09-26T12:12:07.770-07:00Technology Fail - FWPSo, do any of y'all (the 5 people that read this) have cell phone who turns voicemails into text? My Sprint phone, a Samsung Galaxy S2 gave me a free trial of this supposed mind-blowing advanced technology.<br />
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Let me demonstrate the fail that is Sprint's Voice to Text. A recent voicemail from <a href="http://www.thesals.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chelsea Sal.</a><br />
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Here is the text I recieved:<br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;">"...hey I was calling the...if you do you any event flash else bye bye do early or whatever well there's just 1 on mary jane. j.a.n.e. that I just like started subscribing to hey I need here so I need to check it out like they had the you did you girls calling."</span></strong><br />
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So, I thought, either she's wasted on a weekday at 1:30pm... or this new phone feature is ridic. Here is what her voicemail said when I listened to it...<br />
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<em><span style="color: purple;">"Hey I was calling to see if you do any of those flash sales sites like Zulily or whatever. Well there's this one called Very Jane, j.a.n.e., that I just started subscribing to and you seriously need to check it out. They have the cutest cutest girl's clothes."</span></em><br />
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Exhibit B: My dad's voicemail. Sprint tries to make head or tails of what he says<br />
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<em><span style="color: blue;">" ...I hope it went well with the little baby burger, little baby, the baby burger. Ok I'll talk to you later boo boo, byebye." - actual voicemail</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Sprint interpretation, the computer thought, he couldn't possibly be saying baby burger, that's just crazy:</span><strong> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><strong>"hope it went well and a little baby mover, healing baby, baby okay, I'll talk to you later, byebye"</strong></span><br />
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Exhibit C: A voicemail from <a href="http://karenchenoweth.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Karen C</a>. The cuss word! Part of the text I recieved:<br />
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<strong><span style="color: purple;">"...I don't know if you're to certain shop you wanted @#$% head up for any if you wanna get the points that I I cannot find on"</span></strong> <br />
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Apparently the app thought Karen was cursing at me LOL!! I laughed so hard, this technology is SO STUPID and I can't turn it off. HEY SPRINT, HEY SAMSUNG.... get back to work!!! Fail. fail fail.<br />
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What Karen actually said:<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><em>"I don't know if there's a certain shop you wanted to hit up, or if you wanted to go to the pool instead I totally understand."</em></span>Erin+Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08885025550777337519noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734978281759767388.post-70222043055949941312012-09-07T13:44:00.001-07:002012-09-07T13:51:04.319-07:00Bear Cave pt2<div><p>Her bear cave, she hides toys in it and goes back and forth in it! So freaking cute.  Perfect for a crawler who loves to find small spots to hide.</p>
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We were in San Antonio last weekend for Claire's baptism!</div>
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Here's Lisa and I decorating the cake, my mom took on this project instead of buying, it was so worth it and so much fun to do!</div>
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The flowers were royal icing, leaves were gum paste and I did the lettering. </div>
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Here is the cake we saw online and tried to do. Of course I had to change the color scheme to Claire Purple. </div>
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Claire was impressed!</div>
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Sunday at Coker Methodist Church! My little family.</div>
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Waiting in the quiet room.</div>
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Her big moment with Pastor Susan!<br />
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Saying hi to her new Christian family! She did great! No crying, but not too much smiling either, til they gave her a teddy bear from the church.<br />
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My side.</div>
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We had fajitas at my parent's house afterwards and she got lots of thoughtful gifts, like books, prayer signs for her room, and a James Avery charm bracelet with charms to start her collection! </div>
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Claire, ready for some cake! Haha.</div>
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Lisa took a lot of great pics for me. So glad her and Kendra game, Clifton and Adam too.</div>
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She's her Daddy's girl, though.... Mmm beer!</div>
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We're very blessed to have her and our family support. It was a great weekend!Erin+Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08885025550777337519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734978281759767388.post-62688617587415112212012-08-17T09:21:00.001-07:002012-08-17T09:25:07.818-07:00NonBaby RelatedTime for a ME topic. An UN-fun one. But looking for answers.<br />
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Ever since High School I have had terrible stomach issues. My friends thought I was bulimic because I'd rush off to the bathroom in the restaurants after every meal. Well...it's like 15 years later and I'm STILL doing it. Irritable Bowel Syndrome as it's called (IBS).<br />
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I've tried it all... gluten free diet, no dairy, medications...nothing seems to work but simply NOT eating anything from a restaurant or anything heavy. OH and don't be stressed. Those are the triggers.<br />
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For heaven's sake, I missed nearly ALL of my friend Liz's wedding because I was so SICK from all her delicious food. But how can I not eat out?? Josh says if we have girl's night out, to eat before then just have a few drinks and hang out with them. I get his point, but eating out with friends is fun to me and I NEVER get to do it anymore, or have date night for that matter. But he's right, I spend so many fun nights out tearing up in the bathroom in cramps, pain, and uuughhhhhh. It happens RIGHT away.<br />
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Especially after having a baby, my stomach is even MORE not used to eating out, so when we do, I end up sick everytime, then Josh is mad that we waste money going out to eat.<br />
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I don't have an answer, I've had 2 endoscopies and 1 colonoscopy, nothing. I know that it's very much stress induced as well, but I am really sick and tired of this digestive track. I hate it. I hate IBS. My friend Melissa is going to look into stomach transplants.<br />
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This post was set off by spending 3 hours last night sick after Josh brought home some food from his work dinner, my favorite place, Taste of Texas.<br />
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I guess turkey sandwiches at home are going to be my life now, and that just makes me depressed. At least we'll save money.<br />
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Ok rant over.<br />
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TuTu Day at Baby Boot Camp<br />
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Sometimes we go to the store, the Children's Museum, or play dates at other mom's houses, but those are usually once a week type things. Normally I have to figure out what the heck to do around the house when I'm not feeding/diapering, and she's not into watching video/tv yet, believe me I've tried.<br />
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New game: What's in that bowl?<br />
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Other game, run around the house grabbing diapers and chasing Shelby dog. What a sneak! That is probably like 30 minutes. It's so funny that she throws them everywhere, then looks so guilty.<br />
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Did I do thhhaaaaat?</div>
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I do love being with Claire all day, but it's really hard. I've had the itch to earn money again. Josh shot down my dog walking idea last night. Rude. <br />
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Run Shelby!<br />
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Then my friend Shannon said that her company will be hiring in a few months... it's really temping to go back to pharma sales. It's so hard to know what to do and if it'd be worth it, money wise and time away from her. MEH.<br />
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But I feel kinda silly sometimes... still paying those student loans and not even working. It sucks, wish those payments would disappear. Ha. Hey Obama get on that.<br />
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It's just been weighing on my mind. When or If I will go back to work. What I will do. Full time/part time? I wish I could find something worthwhile to do from home..not a pyramid scam, a legit job.<br />
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But anyways, love when my parents, Grammie and Papa come to visit!<br />
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And in case you would like to help little Claire be the Gerber baby, voting will start Sept 4th! <br />
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She's under "Sitters" even though she's a crawler, she wasn't quite crawling when I entered her. ooooops!<br />
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It's already August, crazy! Hope you had a great July!<br />
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The 4th of July was funny because it was in middle of the week, but I love it like that! I got to have Josh home on a Wednesday and it broke the week up, yay!</div>
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We had a fun little pool day at my friend Karen's. She lives in a highrise downtown, so the pool is on top of the building, and you're surrounded by the skyscrapers, very cool view.</div>
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Reading is reading! And it says "Baby Time" on the cover.</div>
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After pool we came home to cook out and snap some festive photos!</div>
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I swear she's getting thinner just from all the walking and rolling she's been doing lately. Those arm rolls are getting smaller...noooo!! But to make up for it, her hair is getting bigger.<br />
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Her 7 month photo shoot was harder than all the others, she would NOT smile big. Usually I can get her to do it, but man she's making me work hard these days. She's a little person now.<br />
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There's your smile, hehe, that's all u get.</div>
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Claire is eating all sorts of things, rolling, rocking on all fours, even kicking in the pool (fake swimming). I think in a month or so she may be crawling, how crazy!!<br />
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She has no teeth yet and is an estimated 21.5lbs. There's no check up til 9 months, so I guess we'll be surprised then by her height!<br />
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I really may have to consider a haircut soon LOL no lie! It's all crazy and I love it. I'll probably just scrunch it with water, it's SO LONG now, all the babies want to pull it.<br />
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It's been a great week and I'm looking forward to more fun things this weekend!Erin+Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08885025550777337519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734978281759767388.post-62874491474619982272012-06-24T15:16:00.002-07:002012-06-24T15:17:57.937-07:00Baby free vacay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Josh wears sunglasses on vacation. What what.</div>
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Off we went with out the baby to Fredericksberg, TX! We went last year too...lots of fun.</div>
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It was so hard leaving baby Claire at Grammies, but we sucked it up and followed this truck around...</div>
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Went hiking at Shreiner State Park in Kerrville</div>
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Purple flowers! Reminded me of my beeebeee</div>
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Cooled off in the Guadelupe River</div>
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This was actually a little BAT sanctuary. People come to watch the bats come out to feed...eek! <br />
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After our 3 days of adult fun we couldn't wait to see our little bear back in San Antonio!</div>
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My mom busted out this little gem of <strong>me</strong> at 6 months. Claire thought she was looking at a mirror...well, a skinny mirror.</div>
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Claire is like 20lbs and my baby book said I hit 20 at 15 months. Ooopsy! Little bear loves her solids what can I say!?</div>
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I was SO happy to have Josh for a whole week! Now back to the real world.</div>Erin+Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08885025550777337519noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734978281759767388.post-19258571518028327402012-06-12T09:01:00.003-07:002012-06-12T09:02:10.190-07:00City CaveThis kinda goes along with the last post. Claire found a cave! I'm laughing because she did this all on her own, and I recreated it for the photos...<br />
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This is one of the best baby present we got! It would have made more sense to take a video haha, oops, just thought of that. I need to thank Amazon and post a customer pics. This is a Chicco Baby DJ Walker. Think of this if you have a friend having a baby, endless entertainment/excercize and gives my back a break.Erin+Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08885025550777337519noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734978281759767388.post-86430381072807763392012-06-10T16:02:00.002-07:002012-06-10T16:02:12.187-07:00Not the 'burbsNooo, we don't have a backyard, or grass, or a driveway to ourselves...We may live walking distance to Sunshine Market and a Washateria... We also may live next to a Metro bus stop and a train that runs by us. We may be city livin' in townhouse land, but we can still create a community pool/pet oasis. Just what the summer heat ordered<br />
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Why yes, creature of the wild, quench your thirst here.</div>
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Scoot around us neighbor of our shared drive, if there's room, we're having a pool day!</div>
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At least the 3-story buildings hide us from the sun! Score.<br />
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I have been pondering a lot lately on our living situation, wondering what our next move will be, maybe next year. Isn' it such the dilemma? Stay in town where you love and all your friends are, OR move to the 'burbs, have a yard and sidewalks, good schools and call it a day.<br />
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So we're just kinda waiting it out, looking into different neighborhoods, some far, some closer, trying to decide what's best for Claire. The only thing I don't want is Josh spending over 2 hours a day communting everyday and missing out on her seeing her at night.<br />
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So, until we decide either way, driveway parties will be all the rage!Erin+Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08885025550777337519noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734978281759767388.post-21207627312596894492012-06-03T18:23:00.002-07:002012-06-03T18:23:47.308-07:00BUGS!Claire woke up Saturday with this huge bite/burn/hickey thing on her arm...<br />
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Anyways, by 6pm it was still really bad and many mommy friends and my own mom said they'd get it checked, so we searched for an Urgent Care and found one out in Cypress for kids only.<br />
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The doctor said that it was just a bad allergic reaction to a mosquito bite and gave us a Rx for antibiotic cream and to get some 1% hydrocortisone. Luckily, this thing never even bothered Claire, we're just crazy first time parents!<br />
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<strong><u>What sort of things do y'all do to help prevent mosquito bites? We have a bug net for the stroller, that's it so far, they freaking attack her at night in her crib I think!!</u></strong><br />
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First time to Daddy's work for family day</div>
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"Is there junk in my trunk?"</div>
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First time eating: Squash, peas, pears, prunes, sweet potatoes... And I got to use my Beaba Baby Food maker, so fun!<br />
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Her first honest opinion on the Texas Longhorns...</div>
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First days in her bathing suit and the pool!</div>
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Finally, she had a great ortho visit today and Dr. Brock said that her hips are looking better and better. The right side is still having the issues, but each visit is improvement, and no braces still. Yay!</div>
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Obvs I know I AM a mom, but it hasn't even sinked (sunk?) in. Everytime I call the pediatrician to make an appointment, they ask "Name?" and I say mine! Then they say nooo... your daughter's name. My daughter. That sounds insane to me. I have a daughter. Nope, still weird.</div>
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It's crazy to think that my mom (Muthy) was the same age when she had me. It's so hard to think of my mom as younger; running around while I screamed in the car seat? Wait, that's me, now, too. I'm just like my mom now! We even have the same crazy baby hair to figure out what to do with. Maybe one day it will sink in that I'm a mom. I still can't believe it! I hope I can be half the mom that Muthy is, she's the best!</div>
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Claire looks like my dad a lot now!</div>
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Rian got in to law school! Funny story, it says "Goot job Rain" - H.E.B. bakers decorate the best =/ I laughed so hard I cried when we saw it, and it was too funny to go back and fix.I did go back and request an exclamation point, which of course they did in purple, not red.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pV41jB4rjwQ/T7ZRLezBGHI/AAAAAAAAB0g/GQFCXbv22As/s1600/IMG_8193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pV41jB4rjwQ/T7ZRLezBGHI/AAAAAAAAB0g/GQFCXbv22As/s320/IMG_8193.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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On our way back we stopped in Katy for Josh's mom's mother's day dinner! Claire is looking crazy because the mariachi band is SOOOO loud.</div>
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Nana and Claire's first balloon.</div>
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Great weekend! My little baby bear, I love you!</div>
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5 months!</div>
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Claire turned 5 months on Cinco de Mayo! We went out to Nana's house for a fun day filled with food. We celebrated Uncle Ryan and Uncle Cody graduating from the University of Houston. There were lots of family and friends there. We're so proud of them! All 3 brothers are UH Cougars ( Josh went there for his MBA). Claire was festive... in an outfit Auntie Emily brought her from Hawaii!<br />
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Little Miss isn't so little! Her stats are 18.5 lbs and 26 inches long. All well over 90th%. I really can't keep up on the clothes front. I'm just going to start grabbing 12-18mo clothes and hope they last and that she slows down! I even had to go to a whole different 'big girl' section in Carters for footed sleepers...too sad!<br />
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Here, she's dreaming of College Station.</div>
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This video makes me happy on so many levels. Watching her use her legs brings a little tear to my eye after seeing her not even able to kick for 9 weeks in a harness. I hope her hips continue to improve and are 100%!<br />
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Oh and I can't tell you how excited I am to meet Chelsea's baby Logan soon! That's what I'm talking about in video. In just a couple weeks, she's going to drive or fly...undecided still, but I'm so happy!!<br />
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Claire is discovering mush on a spoon. My first mistake was rice cereal mixed with water (LOL)...she spit that out, apparently it tastes like cardboard. Then I really read the directions and said mixed with formula. That was better, but she got really constipated! ROCK HARD POO! (yup, poo discussions, I swore I'd never show pics though.) <br />
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Tried some green beans to help, she hated!! So, my bible book "Baby 411" said that oatmeal...got some of that, Auntie Emily helped out...Oatmeal was a hit! She's been getting about an ounce of that mush once a day. Nom Nom (ew).<br />
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In other news, you have kids and live in the same city as your mom, you're SOOOOO lucky... that is, if you like your mom. So, I LOVEEEE my mom and she doesn't live in Houston, she's in San Antonio. BOO. So, we discovered we can meet half way sometimes. She had Friday off, so Claire got all fancied up...<br />
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And we met my mom and Aunt in Columbus,Tx at Nancy's Steakhouse. It was surprisingly really good! An hour each way for me, and Claire slept on both drives. Whatta good little baby.</div>
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That iz all. Oh and I got a hair cut, with a baby in my lap! Win.</div>Erin+Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08885025550777337519noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734978281759767388.post-24204107712664743212012-04-23T18:58:00.000-07:002012-04-23T18:58:36.479-07:00You don't forget!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d17G4eKrCwc/T5YDnIwBtOI/AAAAAAAABw4/lvO8UZhUbSs/s1600/infertility.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d17G4eKrCwc/T5YDnIwBtOI/AAAAAAAABw4/lvO8UZhUbSs/s320/infertility.jpg" width="208" /></a></div>This week is <a href="http://www.resolve.org/national-infertility-awareness-week/home-page.html" target="_blank">National Infertility Awareness week</a>, which I hold very near and dear to my heart. Once you've experienced the struggles of infertility, you always remember, even after you've been blessed with your little miracle. <br />
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I've chronicled my journeys on my blog <a href="http://www.nowakloveshack.blogspot.com/2011/02/number-twelve.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.nowakloveshack.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-hate-stats.html" target="_blank">here</a> and probably some other posts along the way. It's surreal that about a year ago, I got my BFP (+). We were on our way to IVF land due to my low ovarian reserve. Basically I have the ovaries of a 40 year old. God sent me to do some accupuncture, prayers and faith and we were pregnant on our own!<br />
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</div>My heart goes out to the MANY women in my life that are struggling at the moment. It shouldn't be taboo and it needs to be addressed, even in our Health System. It's not fair that it's treated like a luxury health item. Hopefully weeks like this help spread the awareness. I feel like if men get things like Viagra covered, than fertility medications and consultations should get the same treatment.<br />
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Claire's latest obsession is blowing spit bubbles. It's really cute actually, I need a video. But I'll leave you with her latest trick, the roll over! Big heads are good momentum for rolling =)<br />
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Elise KILLED it for the girls, she was the stand out female last night. Also, they really gave Hollie a great make-over, she looked hot!<br />
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I may be really uninformed, but I'm tired of them singing a lot of songs I don't know. Seems to be a pattern this year. Is it because I'm old??<br />
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In other news, today was supposed to be Claire's big hip check up to see if she's done with the harness. Well, I got a flat tire, couple of nails, so I couldn't make it. I'm waiting for it to be fixed. I also missed a few playgroups today that I really wanted to attend! UGHGHGHGHHG such a frustrating day. First world problems.Erin+Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08885025550777337519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734978281759767388.post-2294511657046598962012-03-24T17:10:00.000-07:002012-03-24T17:10:31.079-07:00Pattern?I mean... you just want to get a good photo of your baby....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we are at the Library baby story time. Claire missed the whole book and play time with her crying then eating... next time, next time... Erica and Fini met us there, but she had to leave early, so I stalked a few moms here and there, but hung my head when they all walked to lunch with the strollers and I didn't get the pity invite I was hoping. Few more convos around the parachute, I just KNOW I'll win them over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next attempt to friend moms was at Baby Boot Camp at Memorial City mall. There were a few interested, I courted them, made small talk... but no digits yet (emails more like it). It was actually really fun, Claire was semi-bad again, but the instructor was nice enough to take her off my hands so I could do the work-outs. I am going to be SO SORE! Since I did ZERO working out my whole pregnancy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Just so you know... I really do have friends, really good friends in fact. It's making new ones that I can share more baby talk with that I'm trying for, and it's so freakin' awkward! I wanna laugh out loud and just be like, "Hey, BE MY FRiEND. I like you!" Then they'll probably run their stroller in the other direction... I've gotta be cool about this...let's not scare them...<br />
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I'll just be patient and keep participating.... I may be a huge loser... but this little gal, with<em> hair a'blazin'</em> (her <em>toupee</em>, if you will) will win them over fo sho.<br />
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I called Josh and cried to him that he needed to call Center Point Energy. Then I looked and actually SAW one of their trucks and proceeded to yell at them with a crying baby on my hip! The man said it'd be another 45 mins. Man, I have issues! I'm laughing about it now because our neighbors came over to help me. They put my groceries up, manually opened the garage and pulled my car in while I fed Claire. Thank God for good neighbors, thanks David and Kerri (PS: Why weren't you at work David?? LoL, glad you weren't though!).<br />
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That little story is what my high school friends would call "First World Problems!" We made a huge joke about that last week in San Antonio... try it, it's hilarious and puts you in perspective. Like, "damn, my iPhone is dead!" First world problems! Or... "Ugh, they're out of my favorite cereal, I have to get generic!" First world problems! They even went so far as to laugh when I said how much I hate uploading photos to Blogger..."Stay at home mom problems!"<br />
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That's why me complaining about no power for 2 hours is stupid. But I still cried of course...what if I had a REAL problem...a 3rd world problem...I shouldn't complain!<br />
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The Bluebonnets are in Bloom! Little Claire bear looks so pretty =)<br />
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</div>... got bit by fire ants taking blue bonnet pics...and my camera died, so I didn't get any with me or Josh! (first world problems).<br />
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Also, Shea's crawfish boil was really fun! I'm glad it's spring, gotta get prepared for the heat though...it's A'comin'.<br />
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</div>I'm starting to venture out more, Target..H.E.B.... and I'm looking at some mom's groups and library time. I'm not 'getting the hang of it' more, I'm just dealing with it MUCH better and starting to really enjoy her and our time together.<br />
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I love you little Claire Bear!!<br />
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