tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72720499126530916802024-03-05T06:01:04.295-05:00LoveStruckUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-15790881076952660182013-10-28T11:31:00.002-04:002013-10-28T11:32:09.275-04:00|{ Fall Family Session }|I was recently able to a super fun Autumn session for a beautiful family!! They were incredible to work with and I just love how their photos turned out!!<br />
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<img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa307/FoxyFlair/sig.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-10337848977793756222013-10-08T21:44:00.003-04:002013-10-08T21:45:05.546-04:00|{ Waiting For Movement }|When you have a miscarriage, something like waiting for your baby move can be super hard. I just wanted to feel the security of knowing he was still doing well enough to be moving around, but as the weeks passed I just wasn't feeling him. Or at least I wasn't sure that I was feeling him. <br />
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I had been feeling something since about Sept 4th (I was about 19 weeks into my pregnancy) but I could never say for certain that it was the baby and not something else. I had been told that my placenta was placed anteriorly so that it might take longer for me to feel him. I talked to my doctor on Sept 24th and she assured me that if I thought I was feeling him, then I was feeling him. <br />
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It wasn't until Sept 27th (almost 23 weeks into my pregnancy) that I was positive the movement I had felt was my little boy. I was sitting at the computer when I felt a little thump. I placed my hand on my belly and felt him kick my hand! I was so excited. I then watched my belly and actually saw him kick me as well! I told Jonathan right away, I just couldn't believe it! It was so exciting!!<br />
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I have been feeling him move daily since then and I just love it. It is such a comfort to feel him and it's fun too. I've been trying to get Jonathan to feel him but he always stops moving when he puts his hand on my belly. Silly boy. Hopefully he will get to feel him in the next few weeks!<br />
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I have been going into panic mode a bit. I feel like we have so much to do and no time to do it. I can't believe that I have less than 4 months to go! Not to mention the Holidays coming up, I just feel like time is going to slip by so fast. Which is great! But also scary!!<br />
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My baby shower is going to be at the end of this month!! Two of my AMAZING friends are throwing it for me and I just can't wait! It's going to be so much fun!<br />
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<img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa307/FoxyFlair/sig.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-56774715977515618252013-09-17T16:34:00.000-04:002013-09-17T16:34:02.827-04:00|{ My Baby Story- Part 1 }|One of the reasons why I haven't blogged in the last few months was because I knew I was pregnant and we weren't ready to tell people yet. And since that was the biggest thing going on in my life, I had no desire to talk about anything else. haha!<br />
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But now we have told everyone and so I thought I would share our story!<br />
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In November I miscarried, I was only around 10 weeks pregnant but it was still devastating. Even though it is super common, 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage, it was still one of those things that you think "Well that won't happen to me." It was really hard and there was a lot of pain and sadness. However, it did bring Jonathan and I even closer together and it meant everything to me to have him there. I didn't have to go through it alone.<br />
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My doctor is INCREDIBLE, and I really appreciated the way she handled the situation and encouraged us for the next time we got pregnant. We started trying again not too long after that. <br />
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The due date from my miscarriage would have been on May 27th, 2013. As that date drew closer I found myself desperate to be pregnant again. I wanted to be pregnant before that date came. I decided that no matter what, I wanted to take a pregnancy test on that day. It was a little earlier than they recommend you take the test, but I didn't care. I just had to try on that day, I had to know. <br />
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So, expecting failure for another cycle, I took the test that day. AND IT WAS POSITIVE!! I was shocked! I was sure it was going to be negative, Jonathan was sure it was going to be negative! But we both looked down at that test and it could not be more clear that we were pregnant again! And what could have been a very sad day, turned into a super happy one! We couldn't have been more excited...and worried.<br />
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The next few months would be filled with constant worry, worry that I would miscarry again. We didn't tell anyone this time, though we did end up having to tell our bosses at one point. We were excited but scared, we didn't want to feel that loss again.<br />
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A few days after we found out I had gone in for some blood work and scheduled my first doctors appointment. About a day or so later I got a call from my doctor. She was so happy on the phone! She said that she saw my name on her schedule and she was excited for me! She said it totally made her day to see my name! She said my tests came back fine but that she wasn't calling about that, that she just wanted to congratulate us! I love my doctor!<br />
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My doctors appointments could not come quickly enough. Every appointment I had feared that she would not find the heartbeat, that it wouldn't be there anymore, that I would have a repeat experience from last time. But she never even had to search for my baby, within seconds she had located it, every single time. It was a relief. <br />
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Right around the time that I found out I was pregnant, I got a call from my brother. Him and his wife were going to start trying for a baby! They had some questions, which I happily answered and I was excited for them! A month after that they called to tell us that they were pregnant!! They had only tried for a month, one cycle, and they were already pregnant! I was a little jealous of course, but super happy for them!!<br />
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My due date is January 27th, 2014. <br />
Their due date is February 26th, 2014.<br />
We are almost exactly a month apart.<br />
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And they told everyone the day that they took the positive pregnancy test! So now, everyone knows about them but no one knows about us and we are due earlier! Turns out that some members of my family began to wonder if I might be pregnant, mostly due to the fact that I was nothing but ecstatic for my brother, when all of them know how much I wanted to have the first baby on my side of the family (as the oldest). <br />
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So we finally made it to my second trimester! We had made it past the point where most miscarriages take place. My first trimester was fairly easy. A little nausea but nothing too severe. I was almost disappointed. All I wanted was some extra confirmation that I was really pregnant, but in the end I can't really complain. :)<br />
So we were finally ready to tell our families! We told every one through Skype, we didn't really do anything big this time, but showed them a picture of the ultrasound. Everyone was thrilled. Some even cried. It was so sweet! It was kind of funny to tell my family, and especially my brother and his wife, since we are due before them. <br />
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Everything continued to go well! We did our first trimester screen and the chances of our baby having a chromosome abnormality is extremely low! It was a relief. We have been so happy and excited!<br />
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At just before 20 weeks we had our anatomy scan appointment!! It was so awesome how much you could see of our little baby! Every little bone was visible, you could even see all the chambers of the heart! We even counted all 5 toes on one foot! It was so fun!!<br />
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We wanted to find out the gender but we didn't want them to tell us there. So we had them write it down for us! That day we went to Party City with a box and the envelope and asked the worker there to fill the box with the appropriate colored balloons! We then brought the box home, decorate the outside a little bit and decided to open it in the room that will be the nursery! We opened up the box and found out that<br />
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WE ARE HAVING A BOY!!!<br />
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Here is the video we made:<br />
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I was so excited! I had sort of been hoping for a girl, but as soon as I saw those blue balloons I was nothing but thrilled!! I can't even wait for all the fun things we will be able to do with him! We had a gender reveal party a few days later and made cupcakes with blue frosting in the middle for everyone to bite into! It was a lot of fun!<br />
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As far as names go: We know his middle name will be Jonathan but that is all we are sure of right now. Naming a person is hard!!<br />
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So here I am, halfway through my pregnancy and happy as can be!!<br />
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<img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa307/FoxyFlair/sig.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-63309892902459436862013-05-30T11:08:00.000-04:002013-05-30T11:08:26.958-04:00|{ Playing Catch Up }|So let's see. Jon is still working in lab and is crazy busy!! He is still there every single day and even does work most of the time when he comes home! It is going well though! He has 2 papers published and he is first author on both! He is also about to submit I think 3 more. He went to the American Burn Association Conference in California where he gave 2 presentations and he also got the student award for Outstanding Research!<br />
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He did decide to do a second year of research and will start his 3rd year of medical school in 2014!<br />
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I've been working, still doing massage. I left my last job at Massage By Sandy & Company when my boss was no longer able to pay me on a regular basis and I started working at Bellanina Day Spa! It's right in downtown Ann Arbor and I LOVE IT!! It's a wonderful place with great coworkers/boss and good clients too (who also tip well!) Oh, and Darren Criss (plays Blain on Glee) was my client one day...yes he was!! It was the most exciting thing ever!!<br />
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And that has pretty much been our lives the last few months, not too much to talk about. Just working working working all the time!<br />
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<img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa307/FoxyFlair/sig.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-83810839982980056952013-05-30T11:07:00.000-04:002013-05-30T11:07:55.156-04:00|{ My Man Turns 28 }|Wow, have I really not posted anything since the beginning of February? Maybe I can try to get back into the swing of things and play a little catch up!<br />
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First off, yesterday was Jonathan's birthday! He turned 28!! It worked out perfectly because Tuesday just happens to be my day off and he took the day off of lab so we got to spend the entire day together! Jon had the whole day planned out (which saved me from doing it, so that was nice. Birthday always make me panic.).<br />
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A few days before we went out to dinner with our awesome friends, Jawad and Jacob, for a birthday dinner at the Green Dot and had sliders! So fun and yummy!! Then we went and saw The Great Gatsby! We always love hanging out with those two, best people ever!! :)<br />
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So on the day of his birthday we set our alarm to get up in the morning, hit the snooze, and cuddled/slept for a bit longer (yes, even the snooze part was part of his planned day). Then we opened presents. I got him all the current seasons of Community, a box of his favorite cereal (that he never buys because it's too expensive), and a 'Greendale Delta Cubes' T-shirt! Once we were up and dressed and ready to go we went to Angelo's for breakfast! We ALWAYS go to Angelo's on our birthdays...and we always get the same thing. Haha. It was as delicious as ever!<br />
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Then we went and did some shopping! Jon got some new clothes and we went over to the Salvation Army and got a few more things (I even got a few baby things!). It was pretty fun, I love shopping with Jon, he's a great shopping buddy. Then we went to Bubble Island to get bubble tea and then I took him to my work where I gave him an exfoliating back treatment. The boy LOVES to get his back scratched, so I knew he would love it, plus he finally got to see inside where I work!<br />
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After that we got some lunch at Great Plains Burger Company and then headed out to finish the garden. This was what Jon was most excited for and he just loved it! We finally finished it and started to plant some things in it! Next week we'll be able to put in our seedlings! It looks great! He did an amazing job! For dinner he wanted me to make him chicken pillows and we also had carrot cake while we watched Arrested Development (where trying to watch them all again before the new season comes out).<br />
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It was a great day and he just loved it! He's my favorite person in the world! It was even worth it to get the mosquito bites while in the garden.<br />
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I came home to this the other day. It makes me laugh! Every time we have cookies Jonathan does this! Takes a bite of a cookie and then leaves it there! It's too funny! I remember thinking that he better stop doing this when we have kids. Then I changed my mind. There are obviously some things we should not do in front of our children but I realized that I always want our children to know who we really are. I want them to remember our little quirks. To have those things that drive them batty while they are living with us but that they look back on with fond memories. I want my children to know their parents. I don't want to hide that. My husband makes me laugh with things like this! I adore that man!</div>
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<img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa307/FoxyFlair/sig.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-20141865285245399582013-02-05T11:30:00.000-05:002013-02-05T11:30:18.341-05:00|{ Gullible... }|I am usually a fairly skeptical person. I don't believe everything I'm told and question a lot of things.<br />
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But I have found that there are 2 people in my life who I trust enough to believe everything they tell me....and they LOVE to take advantage of that!!<br />
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Those 2 people are my Dad and my Husband. They are so good and keeping a straight face and using a very believable tone when they speak that it doesn't matter what they are saying, I will believe them! Good thing they always tell me they are kidding...eventually.<br />
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Example: Last night in bed<br />
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Me: According to the groundhog there is going to be an early spring this year.<br />
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Jon: Oh yeah? Those crazy religion of the groundhog people.<br />
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Me: That's part of a religion? That's random.<br />
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Jon: Yeah.<br />
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Me: Then why is there a famous groundhog that is the one who determines it?<br />
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Jon: He's the king of the groundhogs.<br />
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Me: The king of the groundhogs? People really believe that?!<br />
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Jon: Well you believe there is a religion who worships the king of the groundhogs...<br />
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Me: Oh....<br />
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I mean really? Can I really be that gullible? Apparently yes, yes I can.<br />
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A few days ago we had this lovely fog that lasted ALL day! It was so cool! I made a point to get a photo of it since I haven't been using my camera as often as I would like. I'm glad I had it with me and that I was able to capture the fog as well as I wanted to! I LOVE fog!!</div>
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The day after we got there we woke up to the smell of bacon and my Dad slamming doors downstairs to wake us up. Jon says 'Whose mad?'. I smile and say, 'No one! IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!' So we headed downstairs for our fake Christmas!<br />
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Traditional Christmas breakfast!</div>
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The envelope on the tree started our treasure hunt for our gifts! It was a blast!!</div>
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The gift we got for my Dad! This was a once in a lifetime find! We bought it back in there summer and we were so excited to give it to him!</div>
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Looking at my Mom in awe!</div>
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He loved it! Yay!</div>
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On New Years Eve we played this fun marathon game thing. We had 3 different games going and every 2 minutes we would rotate down the table and end up on a different game. It was really fun!</div>
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Sparkling cider with rock candy to color it! Fun!</div>
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We did a boil! SO spicy! We were all dying!</div>
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We went to the Mesa Temple to see the Christmas lights! Dad brought hot cocoa for everyone, it was hot apparently. I love candid shots! :)</div>
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Funny sign!</div>
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And we got to see the Rainwaters!! Gosh I miss them!</div>
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We were babysitting Ethan while everyone else went to see The Hobbit (since we had already seen it) and after running around for a bit he had fun watching his uncles play Smash Bros. </div>
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Figuring the cooking schedule for the day!</div>
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Risotto for Aranchini</div>
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Baked pasta!</div>
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Dad didn't like the Orzo so much! :)</div>
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And after dinner?? Back to video games! Seriously, these two did this all week! It was actually pretty endearing since Ben just got back from his mission. He was definitely missed by his big brother!</div>
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Angela gave us a 'Totally Useless Card. This card gave us 0 presents,' Haha! She's so funny!</div>
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After presents mess!</div>
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We got to meet Kallie!! We were sad she wasn't there in person but Skype is the next best thing! :)</div>
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And we even got to see Temple Square!</div>
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Things we didn't get photos of.. :(... We got to see my brother and his wife!! They made us an awesome Christmas Ham dinner!! YUM!! It was so awesome to see them! We also went to The Pie and met up with my bestie Mercede and her boyfriend there! I miss her to pieces! She was looking as beautiful as ever of course. </div>
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Things we ran out of time to do: See Madame Baigue (which I REALLY REALLY wanted to do), sledding (both time and lack of proper snow apparel kept us from this), and there were other friend who I had hoped to see as well. Alas, a week is not enough time and when you only get to spend once a year with your family, that time is precious. I love you all and I'm sorry I couldn't see you! </div>
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I definitely slacked when it came to posting for November so let's sum up what we did! :)</div>
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My silly Husband chopped up our wood to use in our fireplace!</div>
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We celebrated Thanksgiving with some friends!! (Photo below does not belong to me)</div>
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Jonathan's brother, Ben, came home from his mission!! We got to meet him in Chicago during his layover!! It was awesome and we are so excited that he home!! Christmas is going to be awesome this year!!</div>
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We celebrated our 5th anniversary!!! Crazy!!! That day we exchanged gifts, went to get some AWESOME sushi for dinner (Shiro), had our first fire in the fireplace of the season, and watched our wedding video! It was a wonderfully relaxing evening!! It's been the most incredible five years of my life! I'm so blessed to have this man in my life!</div>
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My new Fossil wallet that I LOVE!!</div>
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Jonathan's new wedding ring that is comfy enough to wear in lab!</div>
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And last, but certainly not least, we decorated our house for Christmas!! Always so much fun!!</div>
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<img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa307/FoxyFlair/sig.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-89952056653792535342012-11-11T20:22:00.000-05:002012-11-11T20:23:01.119-05:00|{ Coping }|This post is a little overdue but I've been putting off writing it.<br />
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At my doctor appointment on October 30th we found out that we had lost the baby. They don't know how long it had been gone but when they did the ultrasound the didn't find anything. I was somewhere between 6 and 10 weeks when we lost it. <br />
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My doctor said that I am perfectly healthy and it was nothing that I did. Miscarriage is very common but that doesn't make it suck any less. We were heartbroken. Everyone around us has been SO AMAZING!! It's so great to have such amazing friends and family and they have really helped us to get through this unexpected hardship. <br />
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We both feel ready to jump back on the horse and start trying again. My doctor thinks the chances of it happening again is very slim. My doctor has also been awesome by the way, I kind of love her! I feel like she actually cares about me and it's a great feeling. <br />
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It gets easier every day, but it still hits me hard every once a while. We are definitely grateful that it happened as early as it did and Jonathan has been the most amazing of all. His love and support has been absolutely incredible and I am so lucky to have such an amazing man at my side.<br />
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I had fallen in love with this song while I was pregnant and now every work just fits perfectly so I thought I would share (I swear this was written about a child and not a woman) :<br />
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<b>"Haven't Met You Yet"- Michael Buble</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I'm not surprised, not everything lasts</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I've broken my heart so many times, I stopped keeping track</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">Talk myself in, I talk myself out</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I get all worked up, then I let myself down</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I tried so very hard not to lose it</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I came up with a million excuses</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I thought, I thought of every possibility</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And I know someday that it'll all turn out</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">You'll make me work, so we can work to work it out</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And I promise you, kid, that I give so much more than I get</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I just haven't met you yet</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I might have to wait, I'll never give up</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I guess it's half timing, and the other half's luck</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">Wherever you are, whenever it's right</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">You'll come out of nowhere and into my life</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And I know that we can be so amazing</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And, baby, your love is gonna change me</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And now I can see every possibility</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And somehow I know that it'll all turn out</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">You'll make me work, so we can work to work it out</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And I promise you, kid, I give so much more than I get</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I just haven't met you yet</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">They say all's fair</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">In love and war</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">But I won't need to fight it</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">We'll get it right and we'll be united</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And I know that we can be so amazing</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And being in your life is gonna change me</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And now I can see every single possibility</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And someday I know it'll all turn out</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And I'll work to work it out</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">Promise you, kid, I'll give more than I get</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">Than I get, than I get, than I get</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">Oh, you know it'll all turn out</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And you'll make me work so we can work to work it out</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">And I promise you kid to give so much more than I get</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">Yeah, I just haven't met you yet</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I just haven't met you yet</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">Oh, promise you, kid</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">To give so much more than I get</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">I said love, love, love, love</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">Love, love, love, love</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">(I just haven't met you yet)</span><br style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">Love, love, love, love</span><br style="font-family: verdana; 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We finally made it to the cider mill over the weekend! Definitely later than we would have liked to and most of the leaves are gone so it wasn't very Autumn looking. I'm sure we would have gone earlier had there been apples to pick, but since it was such a bad harvest year there were no apples to pick. So we went to Erwin Orchards, got some donuts and cider and went home. Short trip but at least we made it. And I actually didn't get cider.... since I'm pregnant and the cider is not pasteurized I had to get hot cocoa instead. On the plus side, at the least the year that I didn't get cider and the year we couldn't pick apples ended up being in the same year.<br />
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On Saturday night we had our ward Halloween party. We ran out of time and creativity this year when it came to costumes so I ended up at K-mart to buy our 50% off costumes. At least we still looked pretty cute. There were so many good costumes at the party! Everyone looked great and it was a lot of fun!<br />
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">How Big Is Baby: </b>Baby is the size of a prune! (1.2 inches long, weighs .14 ounces)</div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">Total Weight Gain: </b>I'm at 143 (pre-pregnancy weight was about 140)</div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">Sleep:</b> Pretty good, though starting to dread the only sleeping on my side thing, it's not gonna be very comfy.</div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">Best Moment Of The Week: </b>Spending Sunday with my husband eating chili and corn bread, and the Ward Halloween Party!</div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">Food Aversions:</b> None.</div>
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Practically none this week.</div>
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Other- Sore boobies, mild fatigue.</div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">Gender: </b>Getting excited to find out!</div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>What I'm Looking Forward To: </b></span> Seeing my family over Christmas! Can't wait to share my pregnancy joy with them! </div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-weight: bold;">What I Miss:</span> Cider from the Orchard!</div>
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I was originally going to start my updates at week 10, but I got too anxious so I decided to start a week early! :) I had a couple of ideas as to what I wanted to do with these photos, I kind of wanted to do them outside but decided that due to weather it might make it difficult. Then I thought that maybe I could do them in from of my window so you could still see the change of seasons but I couldn't make the photos look good due to too much background light. So I decided to do them in front of my fireplace, where you can still see the 'change of season' due to my decorations. </div>
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I also am planning to take a nontraditional 'bump' photo each week, I'll start doing that next week. :) </div>
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So here we go! My first bump update post! </div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>How Far Along:</b> </span>9 weeks!</div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">How Big Is Baby: </b>Baby is the size of a green olive!</div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">Total Weight Gain: </b>I haven't checked in a while, but last time I checked I was about 4 pounds higher than my pre-pregnancy weight.</div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">Sleep:</b> Sleep is great! I feel pretty tired during the day so I always sleep just fine.</div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">Best Moment Of The Week: </b>I started my new job on Monday!! That was exciting! I also got to do my first real pregnancy massage on someone and it went great! :) It was kind of weird to think that there were 4 people in the massage room instead of just 2. :)</div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-weight: bold;">Food Cravings:</span> I had a friend tell me that he didn't believe pregnancy cravings were real (which I suppose makes sense) so I'm interested to see if I really feel like I am having specific cravings rather than regular non-pregnant cravings. So far, not craving anything in particular. </div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">Food Aversions:</b> Anything with too strong of a smell, like my husbands sardines or hot dogs. Nothing sounds good when I'm hungry so it's been kind of hard to decide what to eat.</div>
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Nausea- Not bad, just a little queasy when I get hungry. There was one evening this week that was particular bothersome, but still not bad enough to throw up or anything.</div>
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Cramping- Very slight, only every once a while. I still hate when it happens though, I'm afraid something is wrong when I feel it but it's never bad.</div>
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Other- Mild fatigue, breakouts, slightly heightened emotions, sore boobies.</div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">Gender: </b>No idea! When asked what we are hoping for we never have a real answer. At the moment neither of us have a preference! Just healthy! Please be healthy!!</div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>What I'm Looking Forward To: </b></span> I can't wait to start showing!! I want this bump to get bigger! :)</div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-weight: bold;">What I Miss:</span> Not a whole lot yet! I even kind of like my negative symptoms because it means I'm pregnant and I love that!! :) Not even missing certain foods either because usually nothing sounds good.</div>
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<b style="color: #f1c232;">Next Doctor Appointment: </b>October 30th! (Pretty sure it's going to be an ultrasound appointment and I can't wait!)</div>
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As I have looked on the internet for baby names or heard about people talking about naming your kids with a unique name, the feedback is often (though not always) negative. People say things like, "No one will be able to pronounce it", "They will get made fun of", "They will always have to correct people and they'll hate that", etc.<br />
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However, as someone who has a unique name, I don't agree. Yes, people say my name wrong, though as the years go on and more and more people have unique names it happens less often, I think people are getting used to it. I have never been made fun of. I don't always correct people, only when I know I'll see them again, and I don't really mind. I don't get mad when people say it wrong. It really doesn't bother me.<br />
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Most of my conversations go like this, "How do you say your name?"- "Shalay"- "Where does it come from? Is it Irish?"- "No, my Mom made it up actually."- "Well it's absolutely beautiful, I've never heard that before."<br />
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My Mom did make up my name, I asked her how exactly she did that because I can't even imagine just making up a name and she said that she was just putting letters together one day. I had my name picked out before my parents even met. My Mom even wrote me a letter, with my name, before she had met my Dad.<br />
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I'm proud of my name, I like that it's unique! So I say, if you want to name your baby something unique then go for it! :) (Just don't let it get too out of hand, there are some crazy ones out there! Haha!)<br />
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I wanted to share some awesome news today!! Jonathan and I are expecting our first child!!!! We are SO EXCITED!!! <br />
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Here is our story!<br />
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On Sept. 25th I was supposed to go to the dentist to get my surgery started to get my tooth implant (woohoo!)! I hadn't taken a pregnancy test in a few weeks so I figured I should probably make sure I wasn't pregnant before my appointment (due to chemicals and such). I was SURE that I wasn't pregnant! I was feeling cramping every once in a while so I was sure that I wasn't. But I took the test first thing in the morning and then snuggled with Jonathan in bed for a few minutes. When we got up he came with me and I walked right over to the test and picked it up, sure that it was going to negative. To my immense surprise there were 2 lines!!! 2 VERY solid pink lines!! I couldn't believe it!<br />
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So, I called my dentist and had to cancel my appointment until I'm out of my first trimester and then called the doctor to schedule my first appointment! We had NO idea how far along I was, due to my cycle being so irregular so they had me come in as soon as they could fit me in (the following Monday and again on Tuesday). On Monday (October 1st) I went in and just met with the nurse and we talked as she gave me lots of information. Then on Tuesday I came in and saw the doctor and they did an ultrasound to figure out how big the baby was!<br />
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We found out I was 6 weeks and 1 day pregnant and my due date is MAY 27TH!!<br />
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It was so cool to see the little spot on the ultrasound. Jonathan and the doctor even got to see a little heart beat flickering (I was too far away). SO AWESOME!!<br />
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After that we spent the next few days cleaning out our spare room, which will now be a nursery!! We cleaned and painted and even went out and bought a few things (stroller and carseat, crib, and dresser to use as a changing table). I REALLY hated the spare room before but it looks so good now!! It's awesome!!<br />
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Then on Saturday the 6th we called our families on Skype and told them we wanted to show them our Halloween decorations and then said we had one more. We put a sign on the nursery door that said "Get Ready!" and then showed them the room where we had put up a sign announcing that we were pregnant!! Their reactions were AWESOME and we recorded them! Once we put the video together I will definitely post it here! :)<br />
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So yeah!! We did it!! I'm pregnant!!! I'm feeling pretty good. A little nauseated when I get hungry and I am REALLY thirsty for water ALL the time!! But I'm feeling great!! :) I plan to start taking bump photos starting at 10 weeks! :) The following photos were taken the day we found out! :)<br />
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Though it was really hard to go through at the time and left us feeling frustrated and angry I think that it turned out for the better!<br />
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Jonathan found a great lab to do research in this year instead, postponing medical school until next year! He is already having a lot of success, he is getting paid for it, and he will get MANY publications out of it which will help him to get into a really good residency!<br />
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He has been VERY VERY busy!! Definitely more busy than his classmates who did get to start their 3rd year! He spends every day in lab, even the weekends, and is there from around 8-10 in the morning to 8-12 every evening! I don't get to see him much so when I do I try to take advantage of it. Usually the weekends are less busy when he only goes in for a few hours. He has had a few days off, mostly for things like birthdays and my graduation, and those days are always awesome!<br />
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I am so proud of him for all the work that he has been doing and I'm excited for our future! He's so amazing!!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-81437258029146077332012-09-12T19:24:00.000-04:002012-09-12T19:25:12.812-04:00|{ Julie & Julia }|I just watched this movie on TV and no matter how many times I see it I just love it! It reminds me of when Jonathan and I were Italy because I saw it for the first time on the plane on the way there, then I bought the book (I believe it was in Rome), and read it while we were there.<br />
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I came home with a plan to start my own cooking project, which I did for a while until I just stopped, like I always do. <br />
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I think I like the movie (and the book) for multiple reasons:<br />
1- I really do LOVE cooking and watching it always gets me in the mood to start cooking again. I have definitely been in a cooking slump and I think I'm ready to get out of that!<br />
2- I LOVE blogging and I can relate to how she feels about blogging and how exciting it is to get a comment (even if it is from someone you know)! And though my blog never has been nor ever will be as big of a deal as hers turned out to be, I still love my blog!<br />
3- I feel like I can relate to her character a lot, we have a lot of the same temperaments and I feel like I would react in similar ways as she does to things going wrong.<br />
4- And of course you can NEVER go wrong with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams is so adorable (and was in The Office!)<br />
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So, I'm feeling the need to try this project again. Yeah, laugh it up, you're probably right, it won't last long. I need to take the time to figure it out exactly what I want to do and to make it a realistic goal. No 524 recipes in 365 days. I'm not that motivated. <br />
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But first on my list:<br />
Make Boeuf Bourguignon- Julia Child's Boeuf Bourguignon<br />
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Because it looks way to delicious to not taste!!<br />
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When I got my hair done this last time my stylist asked me if I was using purple shampoo. I had NO idea what she was talking about and she told me to just go to a beauty store like Ulta and get purple shampoo because it would help to my hair keep the platinum rather than going yellow.<br />
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I took her word for it and walked into the store. "Uh, I need purple shampoo...?" I felt so silly but the sales associate simply smiled and walked me right over to the shampoo. I grabbed a bottle and felt happy that I had accomplished the task.<br />
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It wasn't until I actually used it that I decided that having this hair color ROCKS!! I get to use the coolest shampoo!! I didn't realize they meant it was actually PURPLE!!! (And it smells good too!)<br />
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I'm a massage therapist for real now!! I can't believe it!! I got a job about a week ago at a place called Vibrant Touch. I'm helping out a lady who has a private practice and needs help with her clients! I can also use her room for my own clients (which I will soon be working on getting! :) )<br />
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Graduation was amazing! It was surprising emotional, there were lots of tears knowing that we won't get to see each other again and that we've all been such an integral part of each other's success. I gave a short speech which I think went pretty well, if your lucky I might post the video sometime...if your very lucky! :)<br />
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There was a lot of laughter and inside jokes as well, it was an all around amazing experience and now I'm a massage therapist!!! WOW!!!<br />
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Here were some of my favorite photos! I'm so glad my hubby was able to take lots of photos! :)<br />
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I put an orange heart in Michelle's print and she put a pink one in mine!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-63477614141414747382012-08-31T10:55:00.002-04:002012-08-31T10:56:56.734-04:00|{ The Day I Turned 24 }|The first thing I want you to know...my husband is AMAZING!! I don't know how I got so lucky but he is absolutely incredible and my birthdays are always so much fun...until his birthday comes around and then I just feel guilty because I cannot replicate his awesomeness!<br />
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Secondly, I want to apologize for the lack of pictures. We just didn't end up taking many. *shrug* Oh well.<br />
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So, first thing in the morning we got up and went to breakfast at Angelo's, which is a popular restaurant in Ann Arbor and is on the medical school campus. We got our favorite things to eat, mine is an omelet with ham, cheddar, and avocado and Jon's is Eggs Benedict! SO yummy!! Then, after breakfast Jon gave me this:<br />
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If I survive, guess these words three, I'll take you on a Shopping Spree!!"</div>
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It also had a few papers with directions for a random address and a note that said that I had an appointment at 1:00.<br />
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So, we played hangman at the table and I did NOT want that little dude to die so I took my time. I never hit that moment where I knew what the answer was and Z was the last letter I had to guess! It was pretty hard!! So I finished the puzzle and it was not helpful.<br />
Me- "What is that?"<br />
Jon- "The place we are going shopping!"<br />
Me- "Ok cool! I've never heard of it..."<br />
Jon- "Yes you have! It's your favorite place!"<br />
Me- *Looking confused at the paper* "Oh! H&M?!?!"<br />
Jon- "Yeah, I definitely had to Google that one."<br />
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So, off to H&M we went. I asked Jon what my budget was, he said I had a little over an hour before we had to leave for my appointment, that was my only limit! WHAT!? Awesome!! It was really fun to walk around the store knowing I literally could get whatever I wanted!! And I did, and it rocked! How cool is he?!<br />
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Jon's original plan for my birthday present was going to be a surprise. In the room that will someday be the nursery for our child there is wood paneling on all the walls and it's all painted this weird gray-blue color. He knows I hate it and was going to put up drywall in the room and paint it and then surprise me on my b-day! Aww!! But there were complications and our landlord doesn't want us to do that, so we'll have to come up with a new plan instead. Oh well, it's the thought that counts! :) He's so sweet!<br />
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Anyway, so after shopping we headed out to my appointment. He refused to tell me where it was we were going or what the appointment was for but about 45 minutes later we ended up at the dentist...on my birthday... I looked at him and glared and he just laughed. The appointment ended up being a consultation to put an implant in so I won't have the space in my teeth anymore!!! YAY!!!!! I am so excited!!! I have always been self-conscious about the space and now we are finally getting it taken care of!! I have an appointment on Sept. 25th to get the first of 4 appointments done and it's gonna be the big one where they do all the surgery. I'm a little nervous but excited! The ONLY downside is that I've waited too long to get it done so the roots are starting to grow towards each other so I have to get the tooth behind it pulled and get 2 implants, which means that for a few weeks I will have a bigger space there until the implants actually get placed, but it will be SO worth it!! I can't wait!<br />
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After that we went home and got stuff ready for dinner. We were having people over to make sushi!! It was so yummy and so much fun! We always love making sushi!! Then after that we had more people over and had brownies instead of cake (Triple Chocolate Ghirardelli brownies)! Then Jon got liquid nitrogen and we made homemade mango Dippin' Dots and raspberries! It was delicious and so much fun!!<br />
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It was an AMAZING birthday and I have my incredible husband to thank for it! I could not be more blessed!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-28249593464771640742012-08-22T08:54:00.000-04:002012-08-22T08:54:00.152-04:00|{ Do Blondes Have More Fun? }|I had the most lovely day yesterday! I went and got a massage (because it's a graduation requirement) and actually felt good results afterwards!! You would think that being in massage school would mean I get massaged all the time, which is partially true. I do get massaged, just not nicely. We're just bodies for other people to work on so our issues are not actually focused on, so it was nice to get a massage where and how I actually needed it for once! :)<br />
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Then I got to go and get my hair done! I REALLY needed to touch up my roots and I wanted some bangs too. I also got my eyebrows shaped, which I have never done at a salon before, so that was cool! I have been working towards going lighter and lighter and this is wear I am right now. It's such a cool color! I really like how light it is! :)<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-77506028379499181752012-08-17T21:06:00.001-04:002012-08-17T21:06:42.646-04:00|{ The BIG Test }|Since before the first day of massage school we have been hearing about the dreaded NMT (Neuromuscular Therapy) exam that is at the end of the year! It's no surprise that the whole class was scared out of their wits! Honestly, if the teachers wouldn't make such a big deal about it and keep any actual info about the test a secret until it's almost there then it would NOT be so scary!<br />
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Anyway, I took this big test which included writing the attachments for a routine of my choosing, doing said routine, writing down the attachments for 10 muscles that I pull out of a bag, and working on 6 extra muscles that are not in my routine but are giving randomly by the tester. The only thing I really had a hard time with was the attachments of the 10 muscles. They were ALL really hard for me!! There was only 1 that I even sort of knew. I really should have studied harder! BUT, I PASSED!!!! You have to get 75% to pass, guess what I got???..... 76%! BOO-YA!!! Haha! I don't even care, I'm just glad I passed!! Especially considering that my tester was the school director! Yikes!<br />
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Now I just need to do a few more clinic hours and tie up a couple of loose ends and I'll be ready to graduate from massage school!! How crazy is that?! I can't even believe it's been a whole year!! WOW!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272049912653091680.post-65945042612130309362012-08-06T16:54:00.002-04:002012-08-06T16:55:09.727-04:00|{ Amore }|My husband is so sweet! I came home from school the other day and found this on the bathroom mirror!<br />
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It's been a weird week. We have lost a few wonderful people and it has made me realize how grateful I am to have my husband around. I don't know what I would do without him.<br />
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Also, my mother! I love her so much and I can't imagine a life in which I couldn't call her whenever I wanted. She is always there for me and I miss being close enough to visit with her!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0