tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56656863919904130742024-02-21T02:23:12.135-07:00Rollin' with the RawlinsonsEnjoying Life One Day At A TimeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665686391990413074.post-957241860368561842014-08-19T12:57:00.001-06:002014-08-19T12:58:24.434-06:00seven more things you probably don't know about meI had so much fun doing my last post like this that I decided to do another one. One of these days when I have time I'll write an actual update!<br />
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1. For years and years I could only sleep with one very flat pillow. Then last fall I got sick and it was hard for me to breathe laying down, so I started sleeping on two pillows so I was at more of an incline. I guess I got used to it because now I sleep with two pillows.<br />
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2. I graduated from college Magna cum laude. I have no idea how to pronounce Magna cum laude.<br />
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3. When I'm using a microwave, I choose the amount of time based on how little I have to move my hand. Need 30 seconds? 33 is faster to push.<br />
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4. I don't like condiments. Ketchup, mayo, mustard, you name it, I won't eat it.<br />
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5. Once in college it was late at night and we were out of toilet paper, so me and my roommates (who shall remain nameless) went across the street and stole some from stadium bathroom. I didn't even know the stadium had a bathroom prior to this.<br />
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6. I can't snap my fingers. Countless people have tried to "teach" me, but it's just not possible.<br />
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7. I was born at the same hospital in Pennsylvania as Taylor Swift. I am 8 months and 2 days older than her.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665686391990413074.post-30211362350436253002014-05-07T21:19:00.000-06:002014-05-07T21:23:06.226-06:00Sesame Street Live<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Back in March I heard that Sesame Street Live was coming to our town. Shawn is completely obsessed with Elmo, so I looked into getting tickets. They were ridiculously expensive, even for the seats way up at the top! Plus, any kids over the age of 1 needed their own ticket so we would've had to buy three for all of us to go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">About two weeks ago I saw an advertisement for a coloring contest put on by a local radio station. Shawn had never colored a picture before because he is more interested in eating the crayons. I put crayons in his hand and pretty much forced him to color his first picture. Here is the finished masterpiece:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This might sound really stupid, but as I sat there watching the joy on Shawn's</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> face I started to tear up a little bit. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing your child happy. I tried to hide it because, seriously, what kind of adult cries at Sesame Street Live? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm one of those people who never wins anything. After the last month, I can no longer say this about myself. I am not one of those crazy people who stay up late into the night finding giveaways to enter. But occasionally, if I see something that looks fun, I'll enter (with very low expectations). In the past month I have won not one, not two, but THREE things. This is so out of character for me that I had to write about it to share my excitement!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In March, the fabulous <a href="http://www.ostlerortho.com/">Ostler Orthodontics</a> gave away tickets to the Tri-City Americans hockey game. My first win! They lost the game, but we had a super fun time! I haven't been to a hockey game in years. As a bonus, the game was on my dad's birthday, so I took him and it was a free birthday gift! I also took Ben and my sister Kelsey. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Win #3 happened this morning! I participated in a NCAA bracket challenge through BYU-Idaho's Alumni Association. This one isn't really a giveaway since it took a little bit of knowledge about college basketball. Oh, who am I kidding? It was mostly luck. 45 people entered and I tied for 5th place. The top 9 got prizes. I would have gotten higher if it weren't for stupid Florida losing. I have no idea what the prize is, but who cares? I'm still pretty proud of myself. Anyway, there's me on the very bottom of the list. If you'll excuse me, I need to go enter the publisher's clearing house sweepstakes before my lucky streak ends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last night I planned a fabulous family girls' night! In attendance were me, my sister Kelsey, my mom, my grandma, my aunts Carmella and TyRee, and my cousins Carly, Sydney and Monica. I spent many hours brainstorming and planning activities that would be fun for everyone, since we range in age from 5 to 66 (sorry grandma, now everyone knows how old you are). I wanted to keep things inexpensive, so the idea I finally settled on was a mall scavenger hunt! We met at the mall for dinner at the food court and then split into two teams for our hunt. We did kids against adults. Even though I'm almost 25 (next week! ahh!), I'm still a kid at heart so I put myself on the kid team. The scavenger hunt had two parts- photos and trivia questions. Here were the lists we were given:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. The day I got engaged to Ben and the day Shawn was born are exactly 3 years apart (February 13, 2010 and 2013).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yeah, it's been like a million years since I've written anything. The truth is, we moved and since then I haven't felt like it. I still don't really want to be writing right now but I'm forcing myself to do it. Even if no one else reads this, one day I'll look back and wonder what happened during the 4 month gap of no posts. So, here's a quick run-down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our Christmas was fun! Shawn got so spoiled. He didn't really understand how to unwrap the presents but he got really excited once he saw what was inside. It was nice to spend the holidays with my family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ben submitted the application for his Washington license, but they told him they are currently implementing a new system so they are <i>3 months </i>behind on processing applications. Thanks, Washington.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Month two of unemployment. Ben started applying to McDonalds, Walmart, etc. We weren't really sure what else to do since substituting wasn't an option. You'd think a college grad could get hired at one of these places, right? Not a single one called. We were getting quite discouraged and deeper and deeper into debt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On a happier note, Shawn turned one on the 13th! The year absolutely flew by. We had a small family party with cake and presents. He is in the 90th percentile for both height and weight. He's built like his uncle Cody who's 6'4" (really long torso with shorter legs), so we may have a very tall son!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The week of Shawn's birthday, a history teaching job opened up in Pasco (a neighboring town to where we live). Ben hastily applied. The only way he could have his teaching certificate rushed was if a district wanted to hire him. The next week he was called in for an interview. It went great! Then the waiting began.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shawn started regularly sleeping through the night this month! Hallelujah! Ironically, now that I can finally sleep to my heart's content, my insomnia has come back to haunt me. I'm not sure what causes it, but I often lay in bed for hours...or all night...unable to sleep. It's extremely frustrating. Shawn cut two molars on the top this month. So now he has 6 teeth on top and only 2 on the bottom. He has also become obsessed with Elmo and baseball bats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On March 11, almost three weeks after his interview, Ben was offered the teaching position at Chiawana High School. He started two days later. He is absolutely loving it. He's finally getting to do what he loves! He is what's called a "floating teacher," which means he doesn't have his own classroom. He has to share rooms with two different teachers and his desk is in a conference room. You have to start somewhere, right? He's teaching 10th grade World History and 11th grade U.S. History. We are quite excited to receive our first paycheck since last summer! (yes you read that right!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now that it's finally warming up a bit, Shawn and I have started going on walks every morning. He loves his stroller and would stay outside all day if I'd let him. He babbles constantly and should start saying some words pretty soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This month my little brother Keegan received his LDS mission call to the Nicaragua Managua South mission. He leaves on June 11th and will be gone for two years. He is so thrilled to learn Spanish. We'll miss you Keegan!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, that should catch you up. I'll try to post again before July! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I feel like I just wrote about Shawn turning 9 months, and now he's already 10 months. Seriously, where is the time going? In two months he'll have his first birthday. What?? Last week he started walking a little. He still prefers crawling as his main form of transportation, but he can walk short distances. We bribe him with food when we want him to do it. That's what good parents do, right? Ha. He is trying more and more foods and he likes most of what we give him. Except Cheerios. What baby doesn't like Cheerios? Of course I bought the biggest box I could find. If I try to give him a bite of something too soon, he'll just spit out whatever is in his mouth to make room for the next bite. Goof. He's still not sleeping real well, but I just keep telling myself it could always be worse. This past week he is getting up twice a night on average. He has also cut his naps from two a day to only one. I am not quite ready for that because his naps were the only times I got anything done!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also can't believe Christmas is next week. I have had a hard time getting in the Christmas mood this year because we have exactly zero Christmas decorations up. Listening to Christmas music as I type this helps a little. I usually do a tree and nativity and all that jazz, but we're moving this weekend! Yep, 4 days before Christmas. What a fun time to move. Not. The last month and a half has been extremely stressful as we try to figure out where to go and what to do next with our lives. Ben finishes up student teaching this week and has been trying so hard to find work. Nothing has worked out so we will be returning to Washington where Ben will be a substitute teacher until next school year. We were thankfully able to find a tenant to take over our apartment contract, which was supposed to go until April. That was a little worrisome since this is not a very popular time of year to move! We have truly enjoyed our short time in Nampa and we will miss all the wonderful people we have met here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Christmas song that just came on is the "extra festive" version. Thanks, Pandora. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And now, a bombardment of blurry cell phone pictures. Here's what we've been up to since I last posted about Thanksgiving.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shawn got his first Christmas present. He didn't really know what to do with it! He was much more interested once we opened it for him and he got to play with the Buzz Lightyear flashlight inside.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yum, spoons. My table now has dents in it from where Shawn decided to use it as a drumstick.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It looks like his foot is all twisted, but I promise these pajamas are just a little too long :) That ladle is now cracked in half and in the trash.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Those lips! He's enjoying playing with all the boxes and mess of random stuff that's everywhere as we prepare to move. It's like a jungle gym for babies.<br /><br />Merry Christmas!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. Ben was fortunate enough to have the entire week off so we spent the whole week in Washington with my family. Excuse my blurry cell phone pictures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shawn has now been outside of me longer than he was inside me. He turned 9 months old last week! Here are his 9 month stats (I know you probably don't care, but this way I can remember!):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">29.5 inches tall (87%)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He is reaching most milestones that would be expected of a one year old. He can do pretty much everything except walk! We're working on that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He brings so much joy and laughter to our home. No matter how hard I try, I just can't kiss those cheeks enough every day! He got his first two teeth in the last couple weeks. One on the top and one on the bottom. Ben says he looks like a Jack-o-Lantern! I imagine a couple more aren't too far behind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yeah, I hadn't heard of Enid either. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm trying hard to have faith that we'll end up where we're supposed to, but dang! It's hard!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have about a month left to figure out where we'll be calling home after student teaching. I'll keep you posted.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665686391990413074.post-6543783693445641622013-11-07T20:00:00.001-07:002013-11-07T20:00:29.364-07:00My Obsession<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since Shawn was born 9 months ago, I have gone to exactly one movie. One. Iron Man 3. In our life B.S. (before Shawn, haha) we went to movies all the time. Lots of weekends you could find us at the Dollar Theater for date night. But this month, I'm going to a movie. Nothing's going to stop me.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665686391990413074.post-70678979157841540842013-11-06T19:08:00.000-07:002013-11-06T19:12:55.010-07:00Look How Cute I Am!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I got a major face lift courtesy of Jessica Olsen. You can find her blog <a href="http://bigmommaolsen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665686391990413074.post-34663743800150719932013-11-05T15:57:00.000-07:002013-11-06T19:21:26.705-07:00November Update<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I know many of you out there are wondering, "What's new with the Rawlinsons?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I decided that shouldn't keep me from blogging! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ben- He's loving student teaching! He is doing so great and I'm proud of his hard work. He gets done right before Christmas. We are desperately searching for a teaching job...but how many teaching jobs open up in the middle of the school year? Not that many. We've applied all over- Utah, Nevada, Oklahoma, Kansas, Tennessee, etc. etc. etc. We believe that we'll end up wherever we're supposed to go (But I'm secretly hoping it's NOT Oklahoma, Kansas, Tennessee, or any of those other states that are really really far away!) Now that the middle school football season is over, Ben is home a lot more. It's nice not only for me, but now Ben and Shawn get more time together too. He got put in as 2nd counselor in the Elders Quorum in our ward. That calling plus all the job applications keep him very busy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Me- Um...nothing. Just kidding. My life is really not that interesting. I play with Shawn, clean, do dishes, laundry, the typical mom stuff. But I love it. Sometimes when I get tired or sick of doing laundry for the millionth time, I remember how lucky I am to be able to stay home! Although speaking of that, I'm currently looking for a seasonal job. No luck so far. I should have started looking a month ago. Oops. I just got put in as the new primary pianist. I haven't been in primary since I was actually a primary kid. It's fun to do something different! We looooove our ward and are crossing our fingers we can find a job around here so we can stay. If you remember my last post, we are still doing insanity. It's still just as hard, if not harder, than the first day. But we aren't giving up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shawn- He'll be 9 months old next week! I'm telling you, this kid is ridiculously smart. He takes after his mom. Just kidding. Kind of. But he learns new things almost every day! He is constantly making me laugh. This last month he has stood without holding onto anything a couple times, so walking is probably in the near future. He learned how to give high fives and how to stick his tongue out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Sometimes at night after he's in bed I just look at pictures of him because I miss looking at his face. We're pretty sure he's going to be left-handed. He eats all his food with his left hand. If I put the food in his right hand, he'll transfer it to his left hand before putting it in his mouth. Oh well, I'm not that surprised. He takes after his left-handed dad! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He loves to play in the fridge. Weirdo. His favorite thing is the bottle of mustard. He chews on the top. He has now slept through the night 3 times. Three glorious times! I'd love for that to become a regular occurrence. He growls a lot and crawls around saying "mamamama." I love it.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665686391990413074.post-31655589339365958622013-10-22T15:08:00.000-06:002013-11-06T19:21:52.119-07:00Our Journey to Insanity<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Before I actually start this post, I would like to brag for a second. I just swatted a fly out of the air and it landed in the garbage can. Can't get more efficient than that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You've probably seen the infomercials in the middle of the night. Thanks to Craigslist, we got it for 1/3 of the price. I'm pretty sure I'm going to look like that girl on the right when we're done. If I survive. Yesterday was day 1 and I spend the majority of the time on the couch trying to breathe. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665686391990413074.post-75688539355590576162013-09-24T14:46:00.002-06:002013-11-06T19:22:25.872-07:00Sleep<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Let's get real. Babies are cute and fun, but taking care of one around the clock is exhausting! Shawn has never been a good sleeper. Around 3 months he started doing a little better and would give us one solid 4-6 hour stretch of sleep, but once he turned 4 months old the sleeping situation went downhill. He wouldn't sleep in his crib for more than 1-2 hours without waking up. We tried it all! Different swaddling products, the swing, putting him in bed with us, etc. etc. etc. And naps were a joke! Someone had to sit near his swing and be on "binky patrol" because if that thing came out, you could forget about nap time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But now, at 7 months old, we are all finally getting some sleep! Last month we tried some sleeping training to help Shawn learn to fall asleep on his own. Prior to that, we always had to rock/bounce him to sleep. We did a modified cry-it-out method where one of us went in every 5 minutes to soothe him without picking him up. After a week or so he was able to go to sleep without crying at all. Life became a little easier, but he was still waking up anywhere from 2-5 times a night. Usually the only way to get him to calm down and go back to sleep was to feed him. But this month, he has gotten to the point where he is only waking up 1-2 times per night. Last night he went down at 7:00, woke up at 10:00 to eat, and then slept all through the night until 7:50 this morning! I haven't felt this rested in forever!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nap times have been a little tricky over the past week because Shawn learned to stand up in his crib. Every time I lay him down, he just cries and stands up! So I've had to resort back to the bouncing and rocking a few times. But once he gets over the new-ness of standing, I think we'll have ourselves one good little sleeper!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The bedrooms and closets are a little small, but we've found a place for everything. So far we have really enjoyed living in Nampa. It's fun to explore the new stores, restaurants and parks in a town. It's also nice to be "in between" lots of family members and friends. We've already had lots of guests who are passing through on the way to Rexburg/Washington/Provo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can't write a blog without talking about my little angel. Shawn is getting bigger and learning new skills every day. Ben comes home at night and swears he looks bigger than he did the day before. He is still up 3-4 times a night, but he generally goes back to sleep pretty quickly once I feed him or give him back his binky. At 6 1/2 months old, he is in 9 month and some 12 month clothes and size 3 diapers. We'll need to go up to size 4 soon. He is a rolling machine and we think he'll start crawling soon. He is extremely curious and will fearlessly nosedive off the bed/couch/counter/whatever if he sees something he wants to explore. I'll definitely have my hands full once he's more mobile! He is such a happy little guy with an infectious smile. His favorite things to do during the day are go on walks in the stroller and jump in his bouncer.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is the only time he's ever done this. I was feeding him green beans and he started eating the table! It was hilarious. </span></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665686391990413074.post-80383213984009169482013-08-20T21:21:00.000-06:002013-08-20T21:21:02.456-06:006 Months!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My sweet baby boy turned 6 months old last week! I can't believe he's halfway through his first year. It has gone by in the blink of an eye and yet it feels like I've been his mommy forever. He is getting bigger and learning new things every day. We took him to the doctor today (his third doctor already...that's what happens when you move a lot!) He weighs 19 pounds, 11 ounces (82nd percentile) and is 28 inches long (91st percentile). Quite a jump from the 12th and 14th percentiles he was in at birth! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We love him so much. I am so lucky to be able to stay home with him. I consider it the best job in the world. Ben started student teaching this week so Shawn and I get lots of time together during the day. We read books, play with toys, and go on walks. Ben is teaching 6th grade history and helping coach the 8th grade football team. We are enjoying our time in Nampa so far. We are {almost} all the way unpacked. Just a few more pictures to hang on the walls. Once we're done, I'll take some pictures of our new home!</span></div>
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We spent all of last week in Park City, Utah for a mini family reunion. I say "mini" because it was just my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and 4 of my cousins. My brother Cody and his new wife Lindsey came up for the second half of the week. We had a blast! We weren't sure if we wanted to go because it was planned for a week after our move, but I'm so glad we did. We partied hard! We played lots of games, hung out by the pool, and spent lots of time laughing! Here are some pictures from our trip:</div>
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I know I haven't posted in a while, but I have excuses. We moved 2 weeks ago and have been busy unpacking and trying to get settled. Since we sold a bunch of our furniture when we left Rexburg, it has been a challenge figuring out where to put stuff. We've already bought 3 bookshelves from Walmart! </div>
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Ben and Shawn at Kelsey's softball game.</div>
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Shawn chews on everything he can get his hands on...including his own hands. He turned 4 months old yesterday. He now weighs 15 pounds, 4 ounces and is 25 inches long. My baby is growing up!</div>
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Shawn is 3 months old today! He is growing so fast and weighs in at almost 14 pounds now. I can't believe how fast the time is flying. He's getting cuter and cuter every day.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our family has experienced a lot of changes lately! I've been meaning to blog for a while but it took me a week to figure out how to put the pictures from my phone onto the laptop. I have over 500 pictures of Shawn. Can you say obsessed mommy? Can't believe he'll be 3 months old on Monday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In April, Ben graduated! (It's about time!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He still has to complete his student teaching this fall, but since we won't be returning to Rexburg he was able to participate in the graduation ceremony. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My family came for the graduation. It was great to see everyone and celebrate Ben's accomplishments! Here is Shawn with his great great grandma Ruth (yes, two greats!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two days later, we moved! Ben got a summer job so we headed to my hometown of Richland, Washington. He's working here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are grateful for the employment but we don't see much of him. He works 12 hour days. Factor in the 30 minute commute each way and sleeping, he's only home with us for about 2 hours a day. He has to work the next 8 straight days before he has another day off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm lucky enough to get to spend my days (and many nights...) playing with this little munchkin!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On May 5, he was <a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&sourceId=7ac30f9856c20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=e1fa5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD" target="_blank">blessed</a> at church. I was afraid he'd cry, but he slept through his whole blessing. We were lucky to have so many family members there to support him. I loved his bow tie!</span></div>
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Brother Christianson taught Seminary. He had an open-door policy and would take in any student that had been thrown out of another class as long as they would abide by his rules. Steve had been kicked out of his sixth period and no other teacher wanted him, so he went into Brother Christianson's Seminary class.</div>
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Steve said, "I do about 200 every night."</div>
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Scott's reply was, "Well, can I do my own pushups?"</div>
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Bro. Christianson said, "No, Steve has to do them."</div>
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Then Scott said, "Well, I don't want one then."</div>
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Bro. Christianson then turned to Steve and asked, "Steve, would you do ten pushups so Scott can have a donut he doesn't want?"</div>
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Steve started to do ten pushups. Scott said, "HEY! I said I didn't want one!"</div>
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Bro. Christianson said, "Look, this is my classroom, my class, my desks, and my donuts. Just leave it on the desk if you don't want it." And he put a donut on Scott's desk.</div>
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Bro. Christianson asked Jenny, "Jenny, do you want a donut?"</div>
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Jenny said, "No."</div>
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Then Bro. Christianson asked Steve, "Steve, would you do ten pushups so Jenny can have a donut that she doesn't want?" Steve did ten, Jenny got a donut.</div>
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By now, the students were beginning to say "No" and there were all these uneaten donuts on the desks. Steve was also having to really put forth a lot of effort to get these pushups done for each donut. There began to be a small pool of sweat on the floor beneath his face, his arms and brow were beginning to get red because of the physical effort involved.</div>
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Bro. Christianson asked Robert to watch Steve to make sure he did ten pushups in a set because he couldn't bear to watch all of Steve's work for all of those uneaten donuts. So Robert began to watch Steve closely. Bro. Christianson started down the fourth row.</div>
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During his class, however, some students had wandered in and sat along the heaters along the sides of the room. When Bro. Christianson realized this; he did a quick count and saw 34 students in the room. He started to worry if Steve would be able to make it.</div>
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Bro. Christianson went on to the next person and the next and the next. Near the end of that row, Steve was really having a rough time. He was taking a lot more time to complete each set.</div>
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Steve asked Bro. Christianson, "Do I have to make my nose touch on each one?"</div>
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Bro. Christianson thought for a moment, "Well, they're your pushups. You can do them any way that you want." And Bro. Christianson went on.</div>
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Bro. Christianson said, "Okay, I'll let you get Jason's out of the way right now. Jason, do you want a donut?"</div>
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"Steve, will you do ten pushups so that Jason can have a donut?" Steve did ten pushups very slowly and with great effort. Jason, bewildered, was handed a donut and sat down.</div>
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Bro. Christianson finished the fourth row, then started on those seated on the heaters. Steve's arms were now shaking with each pushup in a struggle to lift himself against the force of gravity. Sweat was dropping off of his face and, by this time, there was not a dry eye in the room.</div>
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Linda said, very sadly, "No, thank you."</div>
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Bro. Christianson asked Steve, "Steve, would you do ten pushups so that Linda can have a donut she doesn't want?"</div>
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Grunting from the effort, Steve did ten very slow pushups for Linda. Then Bro. Christianson turned to the last girl, Susan. "Susan, do you want a donut?"</div>
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Susan, with tears flowing down her face, asked, "Bro. Christianson, can I help him?"</div>
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Bro. Christianson, with tears of his own, said, "No, he has to do it alone. Steve, would you do ten pushups so Susan can have a donut?"</div>
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As Steve very slowly finished his last pushup, with the understanding that he had accomplished all that was required of him, having done 350 pushups, his arms buckled beneath him and he fell to the floor.</div>
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Brother Christianson turned to the room and said, "And so it was, that our Savior, Jesus Christ, pleaded to the Father, "Into thy hands I commend my spirit." With the understanding that He had done everything that was required of Him, he collapsed on the cross and died. And like some of those in this room, many of us leave the gift on the desk, uneaten."</div>
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You have learned to survive on 4 hours of sleep a night. </div>
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Your clothes are covered in spit-up but you don't care because you've already changed your shirt 3 times. </div>
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You talk to everyone, including adults, in a high-pitched baby voice. </div>
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You are writing this post at 3:00 a.m. while watching an infomercial for Insanity.<br />
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I can't believe my little guy is 5 weeks old already! He is growing so fast. He has moved on to his size 1 diapers and he's in 0-3 month clothes. We think he's probably close to 10 pounds already! What a chubster. He's starting to sleep longer stretches at night. The last two nights he has gone 4 1/2 hours in between feedings. That makes one happy and slightly less sleep deprived mommy. He makes the most hilarious faces and keeps us laughing every day. We are still waiting for that first real smile! He loves to be cuddled and will often cry when I try to put him down for naps. I love snuggling with him but he makes it hard for me to get anything done! We took him to church for the first time and he almost made it through all 3 hours. He started screaming when there was about 20 minutes left. He loves to play with his rattle and when we lay him on the floor he will often turn his head toward the tv. We often have it turned onto ESPN, so we're pretty sure he must like sports already! And now, a few pictures.</div>
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We sure do love this little guy! Sometimes I look at him and think, "Is this really <i>my </i>baby?" Being a mom is definitely the best and hardest job I've ever done.</div>
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