tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38020201345772368862024-03-13T08:11:52.326-07:00Smiling EyesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210693009384476814noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802020134577236886.post-2633324944404042262013-09-29T22:30:00.000-07:002013-09-29T22:30:02.094-07:00NEW BLOG!!!hey readers!!! exciting news!!! we've moved locations!!! please come find us at www.jeadore.com<br />
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<img src="http://ironwooddesignstudio.com/smilingeyes/signature.png" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210693009384476814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802020134577236886.post-81080739588287979132013-09-01T22:38:00.002-07:002013-09-01T22:38:52.404-07:00Nine Months!!!holy gravy, my baby is nine months! i can NOT fully comprehend all the changes she has gone through since that first week...and how exponentially faster and faster she seems to be growing and developing each day. there is so much i want to share with you, but in all honesty, right now, i am on total catch-up mode...and the fastest way for me to catch you up, is photos! as i think most of you know, we moved into our new house...so the seven month photo was our last shot from immi's gorgeous nursery :(. i {not so} secretly want to go knock on the door of the condo, just so i can see if the new owners kept the nursery....then on the other hand, it's probably better i don't know, and just believe in my head that they are having a baby and bought the condo just to have that room as a nursery...{ok. ok...just let me think what i want....it makes me happy}. anyways, that also means we lost our magic lighting room. i swear, you couldn't take a bad photo in that room. everything came out perfectly lit each time. ok, enough babbling...9 month comparison photos!<br />
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so there were definitely better styled ones of her nine month shot...where you could see the entire "nine months" and we even got faith, immi's best bud, to sit in for a pose....but this face...this IS immi. she is adventurous, brave...a <i>little</i> mischievous, but really stinkin' cute, and sweeter and smarter and funnier than i could have ever dreamt of...make sure you watch the video at the bottom...pretty sure i will treasure this one for the rest of my life. this is us at nine months folks...<br />
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yes, there is more to this story than the 5lbs i put on in like 5 days by eating cheesecurds 24/7...<i>oh how i miss my deep-fried friends. </i>but, before i tell my story, i need to apologize for my absence to the blogging world. what can i say? life came at us full force :) in a good way...more like a great way! but i thas definitely been a whirlwind. while we were in wisconsin (oh, back over the 4th of july), we closed on our new house (YES!, there will be a NEW house post), and sold the condo! woot! which meant we couldn't take out time moving...oh yah, and then there was adam's almost month long trip to china...derp. me, baby, new house...talk about a dose of grown-up comin' at yah like a flock full of rhinos. lucky for me, MY mama came out and took good care of me...<i>ok, really, she ignored me</i>, BUT took great care of Immi...hahahahaha. i only jest. kind of...<i>and no, i'm not jealous of all the attention immi gets...<u>really!</u></i></div>
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adam is A LOT better and finding the right words to say for most situations...and since we can't exactly ask HIM how to tell HIM how much he means to us, Imbot and I created this little video instead. We love you daddy! The time we spend together is worth more than all the silver and gold...</div>
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as you can see...six months means much more Immi to handle!! hahahaha. she was way more entertained this time by the fact that she could rip the letters down than by the goofy noises and dances mom was doing to grab her attention. Can you see it in her face? "Look mama, these letters come off!"<br />
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so six months...wow. wow. wow. wow. it's crazy how you can go <b><i>YEARS</i></b>, and time flies by, and nothing really significant changes...then all of a sudden you have this amazing little person and SO MUCH happens in just 6 months...and you are continually grabbing at time to just cling onto whatever time allows you to keep for more than a millisecond! when i think about it, i start to hyperventilate...not a good idea. so the best thing to do is just be in every moment possible, and enjoy it. <br />
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* sitting up...it's great, because we can stick her on the floor while getting dressed and she'll sit there and grab for her toys...keeping her entertained for the seven minutes it takes to slap on some mascara, and blush...brush my teeth.<br />
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height: 27" - 85%<br />
head: 17.24" - 85%<br />
weight: 14lbs 4oz - 13%<br />
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normally there isn't a check up at the 5 month mark...they do the 4 month, and then the 6 month, since that is the recommended vaccine schedule...BUT since Immi's last weigh-in came in a little lower than <u><i>they</i></u> liked, we are headed back next week. honestly, i dont think she came too low at all...she grew a ton height wise, so thats where i think the energy goes. i mean c'mon...look at her dad!</div>
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this month we've really gotten into reading. dad reads every night to immi while mom gives her a bedtime massage. it's our little routine. just recently, immi has started to hold the book herself (for about 3 seconds, and then she tries to eat the book). below she is reading a cute little book from dad called "Little But Extremely Important Things Every Woman Should Know"... I think her favorite page is "Simply state your opinion as an ironclad fact..." </div>
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and what better a place than the City of Roses - Portland!! bahaha,ok, maybe we spent a little less time smelling roses, but we did let our noses do the leading...right into pretty much every eatery downtown Portland has to offer. this was our first flight as 2 + 1...and boy, did that +1 have a lot of +'s!!!! The hardest part about flying with a baby is definitly keeping track of all your crap through security. they literally make you take everything apart and out...and then there is swabbing and scanning... once we got through that though, it was pretty easy. Imster is a pretty laid back baby and as you can see, maintained a fairly happy mood. you will notice that her jamjams are unbuttong though. of course we boarded the plane, ended up having to sit for awhile, WITH NO AC.... so it started to get toasty. she got a little fussy, but was no where near as cranky as most of the adults. oh goobs.</div>
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well, lets start here, at cacao! yes, you see the sign, "drink chocolate" and. that. is. what. we. did. this little place was attached to our hotel, The Heathman Hotel, which is a charming little hotel with lots of fun character...and maybe i'm biased becuase this cacao heaven was attached to it. in the 3 days we were in portland, i think i was there 4, mmmmm, maybe 5 times. while dad was at work, immi and i would go get a cup of 'drinking chocolate' (<i>NOT to be confused with hot cocoa!</i>) and sit and watch portlandians walk by.</div>
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and then there was this place.... the reason i went to portland in the first place. The Grilled Cheese Bus...ok, this wasn't technically the Grilled Cheese Bus. it wasn't even a bus...but it IS the same guys...just the downtown location. and i know...i could probably make a delicious grilled cheese sandwich all on my own at home... but i have fond memories or the Grilled Cheese School Bus, playing cards with one of my favorite little men (Yah, Kaz...you know who you are).... anyways, immi and i were just walking along, checking out the city, and the rows of food trucks, when i spotted this gem...i'm not supposed to have dairy, but c'mon...could i really pass up a grilled cheese? NOT. LIKELY. we then went on to find a gluten-free vegan bakery...which i'll write about later, since we went there multiple times as well...(meep).</div>
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so then it was friday night...when we went to bed that night, we had NO IDEA what excitement we were <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">in for. it was about 3am when what i thought was a VERY loud and obnoxious alarm clock started going off. it kept telling me i had to leave the building...i don't know how many times i hit that damn alarm clock before i realized - <i>no nikki</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"> - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><u>THIS IS AN ACTUAL ALARM TELLING YOU TO LEAVE THE BUILDING</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><i>oh lord</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">...was pretty much the thought that went through my head. we wrapped up the baby and grabbed her diaper bag and some blankets...and made our way to the stairs. immi and i led the pack of bedheads from the 4th floor out the building, not really knowing what to expect. after what had happened in boston the weekend before, i dont think anyone really knew or wanted to think about what could be happening... so we all sat outside, waiting. the fire trucks came, and a nice lady from the hotel came out to let us know that it was a fire alarm that had gone off, but that she wasn't sure how/why. there didn't appear to be any fire or smoke... so we all sat it out. immi was in awe with all the lights flashing. her arms were just flappin' away in excitement...then, the firemen (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><i>who looked SO PLEASED to be awake</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">) came back out and said we were safe to re-enter the building. best part- immi went right back to sleep - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><i>thank god</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">!</span></div>
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ok, back to the food... downtown Portland has a block of food trucks...can you say YUM, from things like thai food, gourmet dumplings, crabcakes - oh - and BRATS!! bahaha. of course the cheesehead in us couldn't turn down a brat. i have no idea how to pronounce this food truck's name, but what i do know, is that they were the first truck on the block, they had a packer helmet on the fridge, and they had pretty amazing brats. Adan got a brat on a burger...and i got the "frenzy" a brat style sloppy joe. nom. nom. nom.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210693009384476814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802020134577236886.post-91884412153110008542013-04-14T21:11:00.000-07:002013-04-14T21:11:28.538-07:00Careful What You Wish For..So when I was pregnant, I'd always joke around about how I'd end up with a little girl, who was a combination of Adam and my dad...short, no-neck, tree trunk legs...with my nerdy personality....all along really thinking that she would end up looking just like me, brown hair, brown eyes, brown skin (so i guess, in short - brown)...but apparently my brown dominant genes are no match for those blue eyes! she looks... just. like. my. dad. and. adam... with my goobery personality...but somehow she is JUST GORGEOUS! <br />
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<i>see! they are like twins!</i></div>
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have you ever listened to the Little Bunny Foo Foo song? i think if i saw the real bunny foo foo, i'd go running the other way!! i youtube'd the song to sing with Immi, and the cartoon video was showing bloody field mice :( NOT COOL! </div>
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tutu and boppa are in town...mama is off on mondays...and so is auntie cassidy! so what does that mean? butterfly jungle TAKE TWO! when we were at butterfly jungle on friday, the lady wearing yellow had dozens of butterflies land on her...obviously that meant that we'd look like a walking blob of sunshinethis time around! YELLOW (and no, you're not seeing double...the girls are wearing the same shirt....these girls lack color in their wardrobe)! </div>
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i feel that in order to tell this full story, i need to share some information that i haven't shared to the majority of you before. and sorry to start this post a little heavy...but, you'll appreciate the story for it's entiriety. before our little love, immi, came along, i miscarried... and yes, it was sad, and affected me more than i thought at the time...but, don't feel sad for me. i am a true believer that things happen in life for a reason, and now that immi is here, i couldn't be a bigger believer in that statement...</div>
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anyways...when it came time to take that pregnancy test again, i was nervous. nervous that it would say "not pregnant", nervous that it would say "pregnant" and then i'd have to go through all the worry about things going wrong again. i didn't want to tell anyone, not even adam, i was taking the test, because i didn't want to have to tell anyone what it said. SO, knowing that i wanted to take a test, i really needed to be distracted...i took off a friday and went to butterfly jungle with my cassidy and sweet rylie. there couldn't have been a better place to just be at ease. when a little butterfly landed on my stomach, i smiled a little. no one knew why. it was my little secret. after i got home, i went straight to the bathroom, peed on that stick...and voila. one year later, i took the sweetest, most beautiful, happy baby girl to butterfly jungle. </div>
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dear rylie. you may not be the biggest fan of little immi right now...but i know down the road you two will be the best of friends. you and your sweet little smile gave me the courage to take that test again...thank you. </div>
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le. sigh. this moment seems so long ago, and yet, like it was 10 minutes ago. a squishy little ball. she seems so much older now, yet it's been no more than a couple of months since she's entered our lives. for me, going back to work isn't hard becuase i am worried about her...i have too many wonderfully loving people in my life willing to love her while i'm away...rather it's hard, because i'm afraid of missing out on something. just seeing how much she's has changed and developed in such a short amount of time...i know that each moment i am away from her, she is developing, changing, growing... that both breaks my heart and excites me all at the same time. this "mom thing" is a crazier adventure than i could have ever have imagined. i have never been so angry about time passing so fast...never been so happy to see someone poop (after 24 hours of no poop)...</div>
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someone posted a story on FB that seriously took the words straight out of my soul. Instead of making this blog post super long, please take a minute to go here to read it...<a href="http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/this-made-me-cry#axzz2OOXLtJAB" target="_blank">BecomingAmom</a>. </div>
<img src="http://ironwooddesignstudio.com/smilingeyes/signature.png" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210693009384476814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802020134577236886.post-28035029571004223322013-03-14T09:32:00.001-07:002013-03-14T09:32:04.027-07:00daddy love!this blog is typically all about me and my <i>(baby-daddy)</i> mini, but there is most certainly another very important piece to this whole crazy life puzzle...so i just wanted to give a quick little shout out to the one who helped make this amazing little creature. do they do maternity tests? we KNOW that she is adam's kid, but we still aren't completely sure she's mine. she's as smitten with him as i am :)<br />
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<b>weight:</b> last weigh in was at 11lbs 6oz</div>
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<b># of smiles/day from baby:</b> 100</div>
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<img src="http://ironwooddesignstudio.com/smilingeyes/signature.png" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210693009384476814noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802020134577236886.post-43225896309610346252013-02-26T18:42:00.000-08:002013-02-26T18:42:25.642-08:00instant momentsi've said it before. i love polaroids. they capture something that all my fun digital gadgets just can't. even blurry, out of focus and not well-framed, the images i get with polaroids always seem to amaze me.<br />
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my time to be able to spend 24/7 with imogen is quickly coming to an end... and i am really not handling it well. i don't want to miss anything and she is just growing and changing so ridiculously fast. <br />
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<i>and yes, i am holding out the camera. i don't even know how i managed to actually get us in frame EACH time! </i><br />
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