tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44215234938763597392024-03-13T16:49:22.541-07:00All That and a Bag of Chips on My ShoulderJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801437345471659993noreply@blogger.comBlogger309125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421523493876359739.post-19013963066302738792018-06-26T09:46:00.002-07:002018-06-26T09:49:34.073-07:00I Am My Husband's MuseMost of you know my husband (Joel) is the guy <a href="https://ackermaniacreative.com/poo-pourri-commercial/">who made the Poo-Pourri commercial</a>. What a lot of people <i>don't know</i> is that the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKLnhuzh9uY">commercial</a> is inspired by me! (He even directed them to color the main actress's hair even more red than it naturally it is to be closer to mine.) Here he is directing Bethany Woodruff in the manure pile at the dairy farm:<br />
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But, fortunately--for me and my posterity--I've inspired Joel to write other things, like poetry and a children's book about how a Lion, the king of the jungle, chooses his queen. Now if Joel will just get it illustrated!</div>
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Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801437345471659993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421523493876359739.post-4395279464930829812018-05-07T23:06:00.001-07:002018-05-07T23:06:43.229-07:00Family Pictures 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Taken at Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden in Portland.</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801437345471659993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421523493876359739.post-62200976793687968252017-06-18T22:58:00.001-07:002017-06-18T22:58:29.369-07:00Oskar's Procedure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Oskar hadn't seen a GI doctor since we lived in LA, so for more than a year. When we moved here that was on my list of things to do so naturally it took six months to get it done. But I finally did and when the doctor learned how much Zantac Oskar has been on and for how long he wanted to do an upper GI scope to see how things were looking. </div>
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Since we had done this two times before I wasn't too nervous about it, until the night before and then I got emotional. I didn't really think anything would go wrong but it was still an emotional time and I just felt bad for him. He's gone through a lot of tough stuff for a guy his age and I felt bad that he had to experience more. But the anesthesiologist called me the night before to go over everything and that helped calm me down a little. He went in early in the morning and got put under and got the scope done. Upon initial inspection the doctor said everything looked good. I was confused. Like looked good there were no problems? No reflux? What does that mean? </div>
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Last we checked there were no ulcers anymore and no precancerous cells but he still had reflux. The opening to his stomach was also wide open and we were worried it would have to be fixed with surgery. That was what we knew with our last scope done in 2015.</div>
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But this time he didn't see any evidence of "pathological acid reflux." I was shocked. He had been on this medicine for four years and it was so bad it was changing the lining of his esophagus. The doctor still wanted to see information the probe would give before we developed a new plan for his treatment.</div>
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So while he was under they stuck a tube down his nose and throat and into his stomach. Attached to the probe on the outside was a machine where we recorded when Oskar ate and laid down. There was also something attached the internal end that measured reflux episodes so we could have an accurate picture of how much reflux he was experiencing. When he woke up from the anesthesia and the probe was in his body he lost it. He threw a fit and told all the nurses he hated them. Joel said it reminded him of when I was in labor. But after he fully woke up he did much better with the probe and hardly complained about it the whole 24 hours. </div>
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The doctor called me at the end of the week to give me the whole prognosis. The short of it is that he doesn't have reflux anymore! It was so crazy and a complete miracle. There was evidence of some very mild allergic reaction in his upper esophagus but that was it. I couldn't believe it. So now we're very slowly weaning him off the medicine and as long as he doesn't have any resurgence of symptoms we don't ever have to worry about it again. I'm still quite overwhelmed by it all. Half of the stress that I'm feeling about his health problems have just been taken away, and that is no small thing. I'm so so grateful he's better and am thankful for all the prayers and fasting by friends and family for him this time and over the years.</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801437345471659993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421523493876359739.post-23767712377030718572017-06-18T22:38:00.001-07:002017-06-18T22:38:28.688-07:00More Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
More pictures of things that I'm going to want to remember.</div>
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Oskar took this picture of Ivy in the backyard. I think it's quite artistic.</div>
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Visiting Joel on set of the Zuma Juice commercial when I visited him in LA in April.</div>
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The last picture of Oskar before he lost his top tooth. A week before this he got hit in the face by a swing at the park. He didn't complain or have any problems until a week later something else must have happened because it got real loose real fast and he kept saying he was eating his tooth. So we took him to the dentist in GP while we were visiting and he did a quick X-ray and said it was coming out, there was nothing we could do at that point. So he's going to be toothless for longer than he would have if he lost it naturally but it was coming out sooner or later so it wasn't too upsetting for any of us.</div>
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Oskar's nearly finished room. I've changed the curtains since this picture but other than that it's the same and it's DONE! Now on to the rest of the house...</div>
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A beautiful day at the park</div>
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One of the flower bushes in our backyard. Since this is our first spring in the house every time something bloomed in the backyard it was such a wonderful surprise.</div>
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His breast friend.</div>
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My office area. I think it turned out quite nice.</div>
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They came to visit me while I was going to the bathroom.</div>
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Brothers!</div>
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We took a break from OMSI and ate our lunch outside on the river.</div>
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We spend a lot of time out in the backyard when it's not raining, so not nearly as much as we'd like to.</div>
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Joel had to take a picture of him in his office for a magazine article so we went through a couple options. I think they look really cool actually. You can really get a sense of Joel with these pictures and the carefully placed knick-knacks. </div>
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Date night at Powell's.</div>
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Went on a beautiful hike near our house.</div>
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Alvie in his Sunday best and Joel trying to give an Alvie expression.</div>
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Alvie was blessed on April 9, 2017 by Joel. In the circle was Jim, Ken, Pete, Zoram, Joel's friend Taylor, and Joel. It was a very special blessing and an old woman in the ward said it was the most beautiful she's ever heard.</div>
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Alvie's Rocky Balboa outfit.</div>
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Playing outside and looking like homeless people.</div>
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Around Oskar's 5th birthday Portland/Vancouver and much of Oregon got an unprecedented amount of snowfall! The Northwest is not equipped to deal with this kind of snow and ice so the roads were so terrible and nearly unusable for weeks. This was around when I was 37-38 weeks pregnant and I was so scared I was going into labor and have to call an ambulance to drive me to the hospital. I guess that's one good reason that I went overdue, by the time I finally went into labor the snow had been gone for a week or two.</div>
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This is the view from the front window out to the cul-de-sac. You can see in the distance the garbage and recycling bins, the snow was about halfway up them. It was so deep!</div>
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Oskar and Ivy had a few good days of playing in the snow.</div>
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For Oskar's birthday he requested that we go bowling and go to Chuck E. Cheese. We had a coupon for a local bowling alley so we went bowling in the morning. They also gave the birthday boy a giant ice cream sundae. Naturally I ate most of it and it was huge and delicious.</div>
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Oskar and Joel bowled and I think Joel only beat Oskar by a few points. It wasn't a good day for him.</div>
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In the evening we went to Chuck E. Cheese and invited some friends along with us. </div>
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And then we went home and had dinner and birthday cake. This year Oskar requested a Bumblebee cake and I did my very best (with Joel's help).</div>
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We always call Ivy our weirdest child because we so often find her and hear her saying the funniest weird stuff. It's probably mostly her age and the rest is because Joel is her father.</div>
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This is less funny and more scary but the other day Joel was outside paying in the backyard with Oskar and I thought Ivy was with them. When I didn't see her out there for a while I went and checked in the house but couldn't find her anywhere. I ran out to the front yard and saw that she had gone through the open garage door and had was sitting on my skateboard, riding it across the street! I was so glad I thought to look for her and that no car hit her as she was riding across the street. If we don't keep a sharp eye on her she gets into trouble.</div>
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Some more fun things about her:</div>
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She is obsessed with pink.</div>
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She loves wearing her princess and ballerina dress up clothes that we got from Keri.</div>
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She told me that she wanted to go to Keri's house because our house was too messy and yucky.</div>
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She said she didn't want to get married in the temple because she wants to stay with Oskar.</div>
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When she sings the ABCs when she gets to the letter q she sings, "q-you-you-you-you-you-r-s ...". </div>
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She sings the ABCs ten million times a day.</div>
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She's completely potty trained finally. We started months ago before Alvie was born but I had to take a break because I couldn't get up and down all day long with her.</div>
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She loves Alvie to a dangerous level.</div>
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She was fascinated with Alvie's belly button when the umbilical cord was still drying out as well as his penis when he got circumcised. She often talks in public places about how she likes Alvie's penis now that it's not yucky.</div>
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She talks our ear off just like Oskar did and still does.</div>
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She saw Grandma put curlers in her hair and wanted to be like her.</div>
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I found her napping like this.</div>
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Snacking on an apple. If an apple is whole and not cut into slices she calls it a plain apple.</div>
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If we ever don't know where she is, the first place we check is Joel's office. Most of the time she's banging on his computer.</div>
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Snacking on a banana.</div>
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She sat in this chair at Marshall's for a solid five minutes like this.</div>
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She always takes her clothes off even though it's pretty cold in our house.</div>
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If she does leave any clothes on she wears her pants like this.</div>
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She feeds DeeDee pills too apparently. The seal is unbroken, don't worry.</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801437345471659993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421523493876359739.post-48954429981013376902017-02-05T21:45:00.001-08:002017-02-05T21:45:39.930-08:00Alvin's Birth Story<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At 5:30 PM the big guy was born at 9 lbs. 6 oz., 20 ¾ inches long, and a head measuring 14 inches. Joel was right there the whole time being very helpful, I could not have done it without him, and his hands may never recover from the squeezing they got from me. Before he came out but when his head was visible they asked if I wanted a mirror or to reach down and touch his head. No way. I never want to see what’s going on down there and I can wait to touch until he comes all the way out. They took baby boy out and plopped him right on my chest, he was covered in blood and goo, and was purple but started crying and kept crying which helped him turn the right color. He started nursing almost immediately and nursed for about two hours straight. He passed all his tests and we stayed in the hospital just one night before we named him Alvin Wilson Ackerman and brought him home.</span></div>
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Christmas 2016, the first Christmas in our first house! It was really fun to do our own thing this year. Santa left us a candy sculpture, a letter, and presents, and he treated us well this year, in fact a little too well. Now Santa has a better idea for next year about how not to go overboard. Oskar was so excited after he went downstairs with Joel he came back and jumped up on my bed and shouted, "Santa came! This is such a THRILL!" Ivy was excited but didn't show it nearly as much. She opened one present and wanted to play with it and didn't care about opening anymore, we should have just got her one thing! After opening presents we went to church and then drove up to Keri's house for Christmas dinner, which was deeeelicious.</div>
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It has snowed a few times this winter but last night was the biggest snowstorm of them all! The snow started yesterday evening and went all night and into this morning. I was so stressed I was going to go into labor and have to call 911 so I could get to the hospital. The roads aren't clear yet so we're not totally safe but since I have no signs of going into labor I think we'll be okay. Oskar and Ivy went out and played in it this morning and it was so deep Ivy kept getting stuck. It was fun but I'm okay if it's just a once a year kind of day.</div>
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A new friend in our new ward offered to do a quick 20 minute Christmas photo session for us a few weeks ago. It was so nice of her and we really loved the pictures she took. Joel knew he wanted to do a Tiny Tim picture with Oskar so he dressed himself and Oskar in period clothing and me and Ivy just wanted to dress up too. It was funny because when we got to her house we realized she was planning on just taking pictures of the kids. We felt pretty silly but she insisted we all get some pictures and they really turned out great.</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801437345471659993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421523493876359739.post-85623212387253713602016-12-04T22:54:00.000-08:002016-12-04T22:54:06.855-08:00Thanksgiving and Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For Thanksgiving this year we were supposed to go to Keri's house where Grandma and Grandpa would be along with Jordan's family and Kamron. But they had some sick kids there so we decided at the last minute to stay at home to keep Oskar from getting sick. So with very little time to prepare we had to throw some Thanksgiving plans of our own together. I was pretty down about not being able to be around family and I really didn't want to cook anything. So Joel and the kids cheered me up by reenacting the first Thanksgiving. Below are my two little Indians.</div>
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Then we made a thankful tree and listed all the things we were thankful for.</div>
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And even though I didn't want to cook, we had to eat something so we had a roast and green beans and it ended up being fine. We had just purchased a dining room table a few days before so we were able to have our first meal at our new table.</div>
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Oskar wanted me to film his ninja training at the park yesterday. I am always amazed at what he can do. He's so strong, there's no way I could do what he is doing, at least while I'm pregnant. I need to get him signed up for gymnastics or something. It's kind of a long video but the end is my favorite part.</div>
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The house hunt has been ... interesting. We found a house that we liked and made sense on paper but was at the top of our price range, we put in an offer, and then ended up not feeling good about it so we backed out. Now we're back where we started. Soon after saying never mind to the first house I found the most beautiful, perfect house that was also at the top of our price range but was my dream home. I wanted to put in an offer on it but, of course, Joel didn't like it. So we're still looking. Everything Joel likes, I hate, and everything I like, he finds boring. So I don't know how this is going to work out but I'm hoping we can find something soon. Living in a two bedroom apartment with the two crazies and being 22 weeks pregnant is not a great combination.<br />
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Other than the stress of trying to find a house I LOVE living in the Northwest. As soon as I got here it just felt like home. And without trying we happened to find an apartment that was within walking distance of my BFF Jamie D.! So now I get to see her all the time and I'm loving it.</div>
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Keri gave Lena and Ivy "Tinkerbell hair"</div>
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Finding fun spots to hide in, in our apartment.</div>
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Finally, at nearly 22 weeks along, we were able to have the mid-pregnancy ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby! I was 100% sure it was a girl and had a name picked out and everything. Oskar really wanted a little brother, since he already has a little sister he said, but I tried to warn him that it was probably a girl and that he shouldn't be too disappointed. Well I was wrong and Joel and I were both very surprised. There were so many times in the last two huge moves I wanted to get rid of the bags and bags of baby boy clothes I have accumulated but now I'm really glad I didn't. There are no boy names I currently like so I guess I better start thinking!</div>
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This is how he was positioned the entire ultrasound, knees to his nose. I guess he wanted to make it ABUNDANTLY clear he was a boy. Joel asked the ultrasound tech probably three times if she was sure and she kept showing him the crotch shot and saying, yes, she was very sure.</div>
<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801437345471659993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421523493876359739.post-34300244666917901342016-08-19T13:56:00.001-07:002016-08-19T13:56:38.882-07:00More Oskar QuotesDo those freckles make you itch a lot?<br />
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Oskar: I need a day reminder.<br />
Jamie: What do you mean?<br />
Oskar: Something that tells me what day it is.<br />
Jamie: Oh, like a calendar?<br />
Oskar: It needs to be a glass screen with a calendar in the screen. There's an arrow on it and the arrow stops on the day it is. Then I read the day, then I know the day.<br />
Jamie: What do you do on the different days?<br />
Oskar: On Monday I play basketball. On Friday I'm doing construction working.<br />
Jamie: What about the other days?<br />
Oskar : On the other days I'm just working on my computer.<br />
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Jamie: Is that dirt or freckles on your cheeks?<br />
Oskar: I don't like freckles!<br />
Jamie: What about mine? I'm covered in them.<br />
Oskar: I'm only interested GIRLS wearing freckles.<br />
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Jamie: What's your idea?<br />
Oskar: Keep my eyes open [while sleeping], but I still appear in my bad picture dream.<br />
Jamie: Oskar, you're hilarious.<br />
Oskar: Mom! I'm SCARED of my bad picture dream!<br />
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*whispers* If you do what I want you'll be happy.<br />
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The Mona Lisa is the thing that will tell you which way to go in the wilderness.<br />
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Ivy Ruth, you present so many problems to your parents.<br />
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(Referring to my tie-dye shirt) Mom, you have a shirt with the beautiful sky on it.<br />
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I like that weird hair on you.<br />
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Wouldn't it be a handsome name if we named our next boy Bad Guy Brinkerhoff Ackerman?<br />
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Oskar finished his 100 reading lessons in the reading lesson book and has slowly and with a lot of help moved on to level 1 reading books. English has so many silly rules and sillier exceptions to the rules that it is very confusing but he's getting it and enjoying reading.</div>
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Two days ago he fell and knocked a tooth loose so his upper lip is really swollen and he's talking kind of funny. We took him to the dentist and they said it probably won't fall out so he's just taking it easy right now and eating lots of soft foods.</div>
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Back at BYU Halley, Sarah, and myself called ourselves the Triforce, which I never really understood because it's some Zelda reference and I was never into Zelda, so to me it just meant we were best friends. Now that we live on the East Coast I get to see Sarah a lot but all three of us haven't been together in years so Sarah and I hatched a plan late one night to convince Halley to come visit us. She was very willing and so we were all together again just weeks later.</div>
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We had a very busy week planned and because I have two kids I didn't get to participate in as much as I would have liked but I did get to see a lot of historical sights and mostly it was just fun to be with my best friends again.</div>
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I don't think about taking pictures while I'm out and about so the pictures I did get are kind of random and there were plenty of opportunities that I missed. But I always think it's better to be in the moment than constantly on my phone snapping pics.</div>
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Our first stop was Salem, MA. This was an art piece in someone's yard. It looked kind creepy, giant nests or something, so it fit in at Salem very well.</div>
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We also went to the Salem Witch Museum. I had Oskar and Ivy with me and I asked the people taking tickets if it was too scary for my kids and they said it wasn't that scary and they should be fine but if I needed to leave I could. So we went in to a big dark room and the recording started with a loud deep voice and the spotlight shone on an animatronic devil with red eyes. Super scary. So I quickly averted their attention to the devices I had with me and mostly distracted them because I wanted to stay and listen. Ivy wasn't really bothered but Oskar kept looking up every once in a while from his game and asking what was going on. It was really creepy ... and interesting. I learned a lot.</div>
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We also went to a witch house which wasn't actually a house that a witch lived in but the house of a judged that accused and sentenced the witches to death. I didn't go inside because Ivy was restless but I did get this picture. Ivy took it so that's why it's all slanted.</div>
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Next day we went to the zoo in Rhode Island.</div>
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This is Ivy after getting home from the zoo. My kids aren't known to sit still so the fact that she was laying on the floor for a while meant she was real tired.</div>
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Next day I left the kids at home with Joel and our first stop was Fall River, MA where we took a tour of Lizzie Borden's house. Halley and Sarah both knew and were interested in Lizzie Borden's story, I had never heard of it so it was really interesting to me. Basically it's an unsolved mystery of the death of Lizzie Borden's parents. They were killed by an axe to the face and I think most people think Lizzie did it although nothing was ever proven. We went through the whole house while the tour guide gave us a step-by-step explanation of what happened on the day of the murders.</div>
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Then we went out to lunch at a seafood place so Halley could have authentic New England seafood.</div>
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Last stop of this day was Plimouth Plantation where they have a pilgrim settlement and reenactors, and an Indian camp. They lived in squalor, I would have been a TERRIBLE pilgrim.</div>
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And Plymouth Rock. I thought it would be bigger.</div>
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Our second to last day we went to Concord where Emerson lived along with Thoreau and Louisa May Alcott and family. We went to Walden Pond and my brain wasn't on right so I didn't have their swimsuits with me. That didn't stop them from freezing their tails off in the water. I did remember to bring the paddle board so Sarah and I, with Oskar, went paddle boarding around the pond, it was so great. Halley and Sarah went on to look at Emerson's house and Minuteman Park but I had to get my grumpy kids home.</div>
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The last day I got pictures on my phone which I'll have to add later. We did the Freedom Trail in Boston and saw the Boston Common, Park Street Church, King's Chapel, Site of the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere's house, and a few more. I was so exhausted this day it was kind of rough going around the narrow, crowded, cobblestone sidewalks with a giant double stroller and kids who's only goal in life is to run away from me. But again, it was the most fun to hang out with Halley and Sarah again.</div>
<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801437345471659993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421523493876359739.post-1500833850503171292016-05-05T06:46:00.001-07:002016-05-05T06:46:57.728-07:0030 Before 30<div style="text-align: center;">
This is the year that I go from being young, fun, and attractive to being old, and bitter, and wrinkly. To make this transition a little more fun and less depressing I decided to make a list of 30 things I want to do before I turn 30 in November. I got the idea from my friend Joanna who did this a couple of years ago when she was turning 25. Some of them are small and easily accomplished, some are things I've never done before and I've always wanted to, and some are going to cost a lot of money. But I've got to live it up now because as soon as I'm 30 I'm just going to be boring and middle-aged!</div>
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Swim in the Atlantic Ocean</div>
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Read 5 classics</div>
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Repaint my coat rack and shoe bench</div>
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Go fruit picking</div>
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Sew a dress</div>
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Index 500 batches (I've never indexed so I don't know if this is a lot)</div>
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We saw this "Joel Rubbish" trash can after we had a few weeks of frustrating experiences after moving to MA. It just felt like the universe was telling us, hey you guys, don't expect much, your life is going to be just rubbish now.</div>
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My cute little girl</div>
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Oskar and Ivy during knowledge time.</div>
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I found Oskar out here "fishing" on the log. What he really was doing was pulling trash out of the water with a stick. But at least he had a helmet on.</div>
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SNOW ... and Ivy's snowsuit. She looks so fat and ridiculous, I love it.</div>
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Oskar's t-ball parade</div>
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Presenting the CUSTOM made window seat. Mom did and A+ excellent job making this beautiful seat and Dad did a great job modeling it.</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14801437345471659993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421523493876359739.post-41852820122340306092016-03-20T15:18:00.002-07:002016-03-20T15:18:46.755-07:00The CottageUntil we come up with a better name our house will be referred to as The Cottage. I'm reading Anne of Green Gables right now and I'm realizing we need to pick a much more imaginative and romantic name. <br />
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We have been in MA for three weeks and in our house for two and our belongings have still not arrived and most likely won't for another week. IT'S KILLING ME! We finally broke down and bought another bed, even though we have one coming, because sleeping on the air mattress was so uncomfortable and sooo cold. The plan is to have a guest room and put the extra bed there. I've had to get real imaginative with my cooking, finding things we can eat that don't require real utensils, baking dishes, or really any ingredients so we've eaten a lot of macaroni and cheese, canned beans, and cereal. It's just so difficult to go buy things that you know you will have soon. We've also broken down and bought furniture even though we're not sure how the new pieces will work with what we already have. But we have to sit somewhere! And for now it's just two rocking chairs in the living room.<br />
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For this house I told Joel he could have free reign on decorating and style because the house really is more his style than mine. But I regret that now that everything he has bought is all wood. Nothing but wood. No color, no variety in materials, just brown, brown wood. The next house I'm going to take lead on and it's going to be so obnoxiously colorful and bright and cozy.<br />
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Oskar and Ivy have taken to all these changes fairly well. Oskar loves that he can go outside whenever he wants, as long as it's not too cold, and just play in the rocks and dirt to his heart's content. It's really nice for me too. I've still got Ivy barking up my tree 24/7 but it's okay. Ivy is a complete dickens. She goes to the bathroom at every opportunity, and oh is she stealthy, to turn on the water in the tub. Before I got in the habit of closing the bathroom door it happened like 20 times a day. She also jumps at every chance to throw anything down the stairs. And she is always shutting herself in rooms and is unable to let herself out so I have to open all five of the doors upstairs to find out which one she is behind. She is talking a lot more and when she says no she shakes her shoulders at the same time and does a little shimmy, it's real cute.<br />
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I feel like there have been so many things that have gone wrong, so many frustrating situations, and SO MUCH money we have spent that we really haven't been able to start enjoying life and this area yet. When I think about doing this again I think we have learned a lot and would be much better at it, but I don't really want to do it ever again, except for the move to where we're going to live forever, that's the last move I want to make. But we'll see, maybe I'll change my tune after we get settled here and things get less frustrating. <br />
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Generally, from what I know if it, I like the area we're living in. It's technically Auburn but it's really close to Worcester. The library is great, we've already got involved with story time and Lego club, we've been to a few parks, and we're going to try the gymnastics gym this week, they have an open gym for kids that I'm sure Oskar would really love. The libraries here have passes that give you discounted tickets to all the children's places of interest like the zoo, museums, farms, etc. We got our first one and are headed to the Ecotarium this week. Since I'm reading Anne of Green Gables I want to go visit Prince Edward Island but that's 10 hours away so I don't know if we'll make it.<br />
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The day we moved in Joel took pictures of The Cottage from all angles because that's just the kind of guy he is. <br />
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My friend Joanna offered to take these pictures for us because she is practicing to be a professional photographer. I think she should start charging after I saw these! They are so good and I love them. I can't wait to move into our new place and print them out and put them on the walls.</div>
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Oskar had a great time while we were taking pictures, playing in the dirt, running around, and trying to sell people sticks. He kept asking people if they wanted to buy sticks, if they didn't, he told them they could just have the stick for free. He told us just today that selling something is the same thing as giving it away so we're not quite sure he understands the concept. But two saps paid him $1 each for a stick in the park and he came home with $2 in his pocket. What a guy.</div>
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I'm glad to have these pictures to document this point in time. Oskar as a four-year-old, Ivy at 18 months, right before we make a big change in our life and move across the country. When it's -10 degrees in MA we can look at the pictures and wonder what the heck we were thinking. And then in 25 years we can look at these pictures and cry because we miss the babies our children used to be, but be glad for our LA experience and the experiences that came that year.</div>
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This is one of my favorites, it just makes me laugh every time I see it.</div>
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Does anyone else think Joel looks super handsome in this one???</div>
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I didn't realize until I put this as the main picture on this blog that Oskar and Ivy are holding hands. That just makes my eyes leak a little.</div>
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