tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87755698774175720422024-02-07T00:07:44.336-08:00Meet the M'sLoving, Learning, and Living our Day Dreams One Day At A TimeCamillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-20756804066894652432017-07-24T15:57:00.000-07:002017-07-24T15:57:06.976-07:00Disney Adventure! <div style="text-align: center;">
We had originally planned on taking a trip to Disneyland in October right before Grayson's birthday to take advantage of their under 3 is free policy, and to experience the park decorated for Halloween.</div>
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God had other plans, and instead we will be welcoming our sweet baby 2 in October!</div>
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We had to decide pretty quickly what to do about our plan, and decided that if we wanted to still get a trip in before Gray turns 3 and make the off-season we were going to have to book a trip like.... now. Which meant that this is now my <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/06/five-on-friday-on-being-pregnant-at.html">second</a> trip to Disney in the last three years while pregnant. The one and only trip before that was when I was seven. </div>
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We booked our trip through Costco Travel and got a bunch of really great perks but not any real discount on tickets or hotel.</div>
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We were totally <u>that</u> family on the flight and I won't lie... this prego was giving the side eye to the Bloody Mary on the Southwest drink menu from the second we boarded the plane. </div>
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We decided to stay at the Paradise Pier on the property and upgraded to a premium view room so that we would be able to see World Of Color from our room and I'm so glad we did! Having the option to do that took away the pressure of feeling like we had to see everything else at night, knowing we could just go back to the room if we needed to and still see a show. </div>
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The room was also adorably decorated. </div>
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The view from our room was amazing. You just can't beat that. </div>
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We had our Extra Magic Hour in California Adventure on Wednesday morning and headed straight to Cars Land. Gray absolutely loves Cars and Lightning McQueen and it was so much fun to see him look around Radiator Springs and actually recognize what he was seeing. </div>
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Almost immediately after we got off of our first ride, Mater passed us walking down the road and we took off running after him to be first in line for a picture. Gray wasn't so sure but agreed to take a picture with him, but not by himself. </div>
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We spent the rest of the riding as many rides as we could, met Lighting McQueen and after a few tantrums and absolute refusals to get in the stroller, we went back to the hotel to swim for a bit and nap. </div>
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We played in the toddler pool for a little while and then my tiny two year old decided that he needed to go on this water slide. </div>
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And then actually did it. Twice. And he would have kept going but we had to shut it down before I had a panic attack. Insert wide eyed emoji here. Seriously. My kid is such a bad ass.<br />
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After naps we headed over to the Disneyland side to watch the parade and positively blew Gray's mind. Our cousins from Utah were in town and we met up with them for the parade and then met up with them later again that night for the electrical parade which was such a special part of the trip. Gray loved meeting his big cousins, especially Landon who is "so so so big" and he was absolutely amazed by seeing Mickey and all his favorite characters in the parades. <br />
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He decided on this trip all of a sudden that he hates riding in the stroller. Which is super inconvenient and led to us either carrying him or dragging him, or chasing him for 50 miles a day. So that was fun. No matter that I just dropped a bunch of money on a new stroller right before this trip. Toddlers don't care about that kind of stuff.<br />
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We spent the rest of our first day frantically passing out snacks to avoid a freak out and waiting in line for rides. Gray did such a good job being patient in line and melt downs were relatively few.<br />
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Saying good morning to Mickey's house! </div>
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Our second morning we woke up and had breakfast and headed over to the Disney side for our extra magic hour. We rode a few rides in Fantasy Land and then waited by the gates at Toontown to get in early to meet Mickey! </div>
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Gray was so excited and shy but totally gave the big guy a hug and it was everything I could have hoped for.<br />
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Gray waited so patiently the whole trip to get to ride the Dumbo train and he was so excited to finally get on. He loves Dumbo and watches it all the time. Because "it's about a train!" except not...</div>
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On a random Wednesday in February I got a notification from Redfin on my phone and texted our Realtor before I even texted Nick. I almost couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the listing and could have cried with excitement. We made arrangements to see the house the very next day and we all fell in love before we even walked in the door. Our Realtor actually told us she wanted the house if we didn't. Ha!<br />
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The weekend of the open house was rainy and gloomy and football playoffs so we crossed our fingers that our competition would all stay at home. We got our offer prepared and wrote a little letter to the owners hoping they would think we were just so cute they couldn't possibly deny us. It worked! They accepted our offer and after a few short days of negotiations we had a contract on the house signed sat back to wait to close escrow.<br />
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Then, just a few weeks into escrow I had a funny feeling on a Friday morning while I was making breakfast for Gray. I took a pregnancy test and yet again couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the result. My doctor had originally told us that it was very unlikely that we would ever be able to get pregnant on our own without Clomid, and wrote me a 5 year prescription (which I never filled after the first dose that got us Gray). I just didn't believe that my body would never be able to do what it's supposed to do and we had decided to go ahead on a prayer and see what happened. Anyway, here we are!<br />
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So, I find myself at 6:15am with a positive pregnancy test and a WHOLE entire day ahead of me that I'm going to have to keep this secret. I asked Gray if he wanted to be a big brother and he said "mmmm.. no sanks." Welp... this should be fun. Once I got to work I got online and ordered a Big Brother shirt from Target and picked it up on my way home and then picked up Gray from school and went to get dinner started before Nick could get home. I put the shirt on him and decided to just let Nick figure it out on his own. When he walked in the door, Gray yelled "Daddy! BABY!!" which didn't get a response. And then 5 minutes went by and nothing.... and finally I had to tell Grayson to show Daddy his shirt and Nick just started laughing and asked me if it was real. Real as can be, babe. Here we go!<br />
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I'm really behind on this post. It's been in my drafts for months but things have been a little crazy around here. We have settled in nicely to our temporary home. It was a little rough at first but we are feeling more and more comfortable everyday. It's tough taking your life that's been spread out through at 1,900sq foot home and condensing down to two bedrooms and a bathroom with minimal closet space. I bought up all the plastic bins and under the bed boxes at Target and slowly have found a space for everything... almost. </div>
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We finally closed escrow and said goodbye to our sweet little home for the last time the weekend after Thanksgiving. The final days were chaotic and stressful to say the least. We made it a point to keep Grayson and away from the house which added another element of complication. It took Gray weeks after we moved to Napa to stop asking for home so the last thing we wanted was to bring him back to an empty house and confuse him more. We are so thankful for a smooth sale, even though it seemed to drag on forever with delay after delay. </div>
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We started November with a trip up to Oregon to visit my sister's family and my mom. She retired this year and made the move up to Oregon to be closed to my sister and her grandbabies. We absolutely love where they live. Gray and Nayeli had so much fun playing together and we got to love on our sweet new nephew Arlo. </div>
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On the last day of our trip, on the way to the airport, we received a call that brought the world crumbling down on top of us. We learned that Nick's mom was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. The following months were a whirlwind of doctors appointments, meetings with surgeons, a hospital stay, and many tears. We cancelled plans for Thanksgiving and arranged for a quiet holiday at home with just the immediate family. Almost four months later, she is doing amazingly well. She is in good spirits and has been such an inspiration to our entire family.We are hopeful for the future and doing everything we can to remain positive and to reflect that positivity back on to her. It's so important to remember how, in an instant life can change. </div>
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Its easy to get caught up in the inconveniences of every day life. It doesnt matter how messy life feels, or how long our commutes are, or how chaotic dinner time is. Because together, we have <i>everything.</i><br />
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Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-86875295319669770672016-10-31T10:45:00.002-07:002016-10-31T10:45:56.068-07:00Catching Up - The Move and Settling InIt has been an absolutely crazy three weeks since we started our move. The house in in contract and we are scheduled to close escrow in two weeks. We are so thankful that this has been such a smooth process! We have a ton to do before we can shut that door for the very last time. I left my job {can I get a THANK YOU sweet baby Jesus!} and I have been able to devote most of my time to taking trips back and forth between Napa and San Ramon to pack and I've been playing a giant game of tetris with our two storage units. We have one last big weekend of packing and we will be done and out!<br />
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Grayson has settled in nicely to his new school. He had a little bit of a tough time at first and cried a lot for the first few weeks when I would drop him off. He's connected with his teachers and likes his new friends, and even has a sweet little girl crush. This morning when I was smothering him with a million kisses after I dressed him, he said "No Emma! No Emma, no kisses!" uhhh... insert wide eyed emoji here. Apparently Emma has been kissing him. Heaven help us.<br />
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He was also having a super tough time sleeping. Gray has always been such a strong sleeper and even as a newborn we never really had those new parent sleepless night stories to tell.. until now. He is very much a creature of habit and this move has thrown his routine into a tailspin and he is just having such a hard time adapting. We finally brought his crib from the old house and things are starting to get better. He absolutely refused to sleep in the Pack & Play that we originally had him set up in. He watched me put it together in his room and was jumping up and down to climb in. As soon as it was all set up he jumped in and lied down and pulled his covers up. He kept saying "my night night!" Sweet baby.<br />
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We've been settling into our new hometown and are so in love with Napa. We had our first free weekend last weekend and were able to spend some good quality time together with no real obligations. We went to the farmers market Saturday morning and got all of the fixings for the most delicious freshest burgers. Sunday we woke up early and drove up to Yountville to go to the park and then stopped at the St. Helena Fire Department for their open house. Gray got to see the fire fighters and all of their trucks. While he napped we continued the drive up valley to Calistoga and stopped for lunch at a sweet little deli with a giant train table where G played. We don't do restaurants and this point and we were both so happy to have a meal out where we were actually able to sit and eat and talk.<br />
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We were originally hopeful that we would find a house before the holidays. We said for months prior to the move that if we were sleeping in an air mattress with boxes all around us and eating off of paper plates on Christmas that we would endlessly grateful. It is sinking in that it's just not going to happen for us and we are looking at waiting until January. There is just nothing on the market in our price range that we have been interested in.<br />
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One of my favorite things about this time of year is going to the pumpkin patch. I have such good memories as a kid of going every year and picking a pumpkin, playing in the hay maze, buying fresh apple cider, and of course taking pictures on the pumpkins. :) </div>
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Grayson's grams has a little pumpkin patch in her garden and so he got to practice picking pumpkins last weekend. I picked up some fun Halloween books and we have been talking about pumpkins and kitties and bats for weeks. We told him we were going to go to the pumpkin patch on Sunday morning when he woke up and he was so excited! </div>
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Our pumpkin patch has a fun little hay maze and Gray loved it and almost walked the whole thing by himself. When he gets tired he says "mama hug" "hug mama hug!" He is such a little stinker. How can you turn down such a sweet plea for a hug? Even if you know he just doesn't want to walk anymore... </div>
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One of G's favorite things in the entire world right now are tractors. He is obsessed with any kind of construction equipment and we are always watching diggers and tractors and dump trucks on you tube and reading every book we can find about tractors. He was so excited to see all of the old tractors at the pumpkin patch. <br />
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When it was finally time to pick his pumpkin, Gray was kind of over the whole thing. It was starting to get hot and he just wanted to go down the slide some more and he kept saying "pukin no!" but we picked him one anyway.<br />
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On the way out we stopped by the baby animals and fed the goats some hay which G thought was hilarious and then decided that he didn't want to leave, parked himself right outside of the cage and watched for a while.<br />
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After the pumpkin patch we drove around for a couple hours while G napped to check out some neighborhoods and drive by some houses we might be interested in seeing. This whole house hunting thing is pretty fun, but we are so ready to find our new home. In the meantime, I can't think of a better place to get to drive around on a Sunday morning. Every minute that we are here I am thankful for this life and this new chapter we are starting!Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-79098173082275796682016-10-04T22:33:00.001-07:002016-10-04T22:34:56.998-07:00First Weekend in Napa - HarvestWhat better way to kick off our first weekend as official Napa residents than harvest? We lucked out with perfect cool, fall weather on Saturday. Usually harvest weekend is blazing hot and so uncomfortable, but not this year!<br />
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Grayson ate his body weight in Cab grapes. He loved that they are so sweet and so much smaller than regular table grapes. </div>
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Before we picked, Gramps did the blessing of the grapes blew the conch shell to the North, South, East and West, a thank you for the blessing of a plentiful harvest. Ever seen Walk in the Clouds? </div>
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We like to blast old school Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin from the Bose speaker while we work in the vineyard and destem the grapes. <i>When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie</i>...... :) </div>
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We picked and destemmed {by hand} over 300 pounds of grapes this year. A record harvest by almost 100 pounds! Gramps read off his list from years past, and we couldn't believe that our first harvest in 2010 only yielded 25 pounds of grapes. This little vineyard has come a long way.<br />
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The next morning we went back to the garden and picked pumpkins from Gram's pumpkin patch and played on the tire swing. After Grayson went down for his nap Nick and I went out to meet our Realtor and started our house hunt! We found a few pretty good ones. Hopefully we are not too far off from completing this crazy transition and will find the perfect new home soon. In the meantime we are counting our blessings that we have such a beautiful family home to live in, and are endlessly grateful to Nick's parents {Grams and Gramps} for sharing their space, their little piece of heaven with us until we find our new house.<br />
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Monday morning was Grayson's first day at his new school. We had a really tough time leaving his old school and cried many tears with his teachers the last few days that he was there. We miss all of the awesome staff and all of Gray's sweet little friends, but we know that he will make friends quickly here and eventually he will love them just as much. He cried at drop off the Monday morning and looked at me like I was crazy when I started to walk out the door. He was so happy and having fun when I picked him up and he told us that he had a good day. Until Tuesday... when I pulled in the parking lot and he realized where we were and started shouting NO! NO! NO! NO! before we could even get out of the car.<br />
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He's sleeping like complete crap... unless one of us sleeps in his room, which means that all of us are sleeping like complete crap and we're doing everything we can to keep him comfortable and on his regular routine. It's hard knowing that he is having a tough time with the transition and when he asks for his friends at his old school or asks for home it is enough to break my heart. Everyday will get a little bit better, and just as soon as he's used to living here, we will be moving into our new forever home and that is exciting to think about. Even if it means we start all of this over again.<br />
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This is no doubt the biggest leap of faith Nick and I will make in our lives. We've decided to sell our sweet little home in the Bay Area and move North to Napa! </div>
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It's been a long year of late night conversations with many tears shed over shared bottles of wine, lots of prayers, weighing options, second guesses, and final plans. <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 12.8px;">This all started out as a crazy day dream. Slowly we started to realize that we could make it a reality and suddenly things started to fall together and it just felt right. </span></div>
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We're going to leave this place that we turned from a shell, an icky rental, into the cozy place that we love so much. The place were we celebrated each of our first milestones as a couple and the place where we became a family. We came home from our wedding and honeymoon to this house. <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 12.8px;">We brought our first baby home to this house. He took his first steps in this house. And now it's time for someone else to love it just as much as we have.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nick started his new job over a month ago and has been commuting everyday to Napa and he's exhausted. I'm picking up the slack and taking the morning and night shift most days. Nick is missing spending time with G and all of this has made us more anxious and ready to go. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 12.8px;">Gray starts his new school next week and the house goes on the market tomorrow. </span><br />
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It turns out I didn't manage to miss documenting every single of Grayson's firsts on this blog. We went on his first camping trip this weekend! </div>
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We took Friday off and packed every single nook and cranny of the truck with all the camping things and took off to meet our favorite friends at Collins Lake. Gray napped most of the way and woke up just in time for lunch in the car before we rolled into the campground. We got there early enough escape the group of 70 or so that were camped a few feet away from our original site. Thank you little baby Jesus there were two extra sites and they were able to move us. </div>
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We decided that Collins is not going to be our go-to camp for the annual M/H family trip. Too crowded and way too dirty. So. Much. Dirt. I prefer something with a little bit of ground cover. Grass... pine needles... leaves, you name it. Anything is better than all that dirt. Unless you ask Gray. He was a pretty big fan actually and was absolutely covered in dirt all weekend long. We went through two full packs of baby wipes in two days just trying to keep him sort of clean. </div>
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We did not plan matching swim suits! We are just funny like that. Next summer we will have little baby Griffin with us. We can't wait for Gray's future bestie to join us! </div>
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Grayson is basically a professional camper now. He's got the whole relaxed, dirty thing down pat. And excuse me ... but where did my baby go? He looks like such a big boy here. </div>
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Two nights of camping was perfect for this first trip. We headed home Sunday morning and spend the rest of the day unpacking and getting clean. I let Gray soak in a big bubble bath to get all the dirt out from underneath his fingernails and we ordered sushi takeout and went to be at 8:30. </div>
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We caught a super early flight out Wednesday morning which meant leaving the house before five am and having all bags packed and loaded in the car the night before. The flight was relatively painless. I was actually the most nervous about this part of the trip, to the point of actually dreading the trip all together. I'm a major worry wart. I can't help it. Anyway, Grayson kept pretty calm and after playing and then fussing a little bit at the beginning of the flight, he eventually went to sleep for almost three hours.<br />
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The first few days we fell into a perfect little routine... breakfast, beach walk and playtime around the resort grounds, nap, and then Grayson's favorite.. pool time! He did such a good job swimming like a little fishy every day. We couldn't believe how well he was doing in the water by the time we left.<br />
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He's now jumping off the side of the pool into the water non stop. We're trying to teach him to say One.. Two... Three!! Before he jumps so we at least have a little warning. He mostly just shouts TREE!! and flings him self in wherever he feels like it, no matter if there's someone there to catch him or not. The kid has no fear... so this mama has <i><u>lots</u></i> of fear.<br />
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This trip was very different than our Maui vacations pre-baby. We used to go out to nice dinners every night and shop around downtown Lahina or hit up happy hour and order one of every appetizer on the menu. These days restaurants are hard because G refuses to sit still for even two minutes and pretty much hates most food unless he's allowed to throw it everywhere, which, is generally unacceptable. We were able to get out a few times which was nice even if it meant trading off chasing G through the restaurant out to the beach.<br />
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We mostly just picked up take out or grilled at the condo. Most nights we would feed G dinner and let him run off the last of his energy. He went down around 7 every night and then we would grill dinner and sit out on the patio for dinner.<br />
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We did get to get away for a dinner date and adventure in the mini van. Dinner was amazing and so nice to get away for some alone time. Nick told the restaurant that it was our anniversary to make sure they gave us a good table but we realized at dinner that the next day was actually our five year engagement anniversary. Ha!<br />
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We went to breakfast down the beach from our condo on the morning of the 4th and spent the rest of the day at the beach. It was a really mellow day considering how we usually spend the 4th, but it was nice for a change. That night we lit sparklers on the sea wall and Gray shouted Birdday! Birdday! Birdday! all night long.<br />
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Grayson did so good at the beach this day. He collected little shells and carried a cup around and smashed every sand castle we tried to build. Otherwise, every other day he wasn't a huge fan of the beach. For now, he prefers the pool which was just fine with me. Sandy babies are not my jam.<br />
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Most nights looked pretty much like this. Comfy clothes, and no make up. Perfection. I only actually did my hair once the entire trip which was useless anyway thanks to the humidity and non-stop misty rain we had all week. It was so nice to have such a long break from having to get ready all the time.<br />
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Our best times were spent wandering around the resort looking at all the things. Gray loved watching the feeshies! in the ponds and poking sticks into the water for the crabs to pinch.<br />
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One day I dressed him in this adorable Hawaiian outfit and let him wander around and ham it up for the old ladies on the putting green. He's just too much!<br />
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The last day we went down to Lahina to see the boats in the harbor and to see the Banyan tree which Grayson more or less ignored completely.<br />
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I know G is too little to remember this trip but it was such a special one for our little family. It was the longest consecutive days we've ever spent all together, and the longest I've spent with Gray since I went back to work after maternity leave.<br />
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The trip home was easy, except for a rather smelly barf episode in the mini van on the way to the airport. Nothing like a good pukey car ride to bring you right back down to earth. We need to talk to Grayson a little bit about not doing things that will completely freak his Auntie Caitlin out about having kids. We would like so have some cousins on this side too, one day.<br />
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We made it back Friday night, picked up the pups and grabbed In-N-Out {complete with two puppy patties!} for dinner on the way home. Gray was ready for bed after a long flight and we took advantage by heading to bed early too. As much as we love vacation, it feels so good to be home.<br />
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<br />Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-66039667364902882302016-06-20T15:24:00.000-07:002016-06-20T15:24:26.467-07:00Father's Day We started Father's day with a half day of work and got on the road early for a family weekend in Napa. <div>
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Friday night was so nice and relaxing. We went to a wine club event for one of Nick's parents wineries, William Hill Estate. Our tickets included a glass of wine an an appetizer and then we brought our own steaks to grill. It was such a beautiful night and such a fun and easy place to play with Grayson. He had such a blast playing on the lawn and with some other little kids. We kept him out way too late and he ate way too many crackers and not enough dinner, and it was a perfect night. </div>
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When we got home Saturday it was blazing hot so we got in the pool and Gray had so much fun. He loves the water so much and gets so excited when he sees the pool, even when the cover is on. He laughs and says poo! poo! Haha! </div>
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Sunday we woke up and did all the Father's Day things... breakfast, mimosas, presents and snuggles. Grayson's school helped G make some really cute presents for daddy. He colored a coaster tile for his desk at work and did a footprint card. I helped G make the Dad canvas painting and printed a photo of my two favorite boys on the beach. </div>
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We spent the rest of the day at the pool and then headed home to watch the Warriors loose. Womp... womp! </div>
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We are single digit days away from our trip to Maui and there are 785 things I need to do before we jump on that flight. Off I go to make some lists! </div>
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This weekend was my favorite kind of weekend. Relaxing, and filled with fun and loves.</div>
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We got sushi takeout Friday night after G went to bed and fell I asleep 10 minutes into a movie. Ha! #momsgonewild. Saturday morning Nick woke up with G and let me sleep in. Someone please tell my former self that someday I would be so stoked to sleep in until 7:30am. We took a walk with the dogs and then spent the rest of the day at the pool.</div>
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Gray loved splashing and swimming and he is doing so good! He was practicing blowing bubbles and kicking his feet and jumping off of the stairs and side of the pool. I think we have a little fishy on our hands! We are so loving this fun age.</div>
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Sunday morning we woke up early and went to play. We figured out it's best to hit up the park first thing in the morning before anyone else gets there. Its so nice for G to be able to climb and slide without having to worry about him getting knocked over or getting in the way of older kids. Perks of an every day 6:00 wake up call... accomplishing allllll the things before 9:30am! </div>
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Mondays after a weekend like this are hard, especially Mondays when I have a late meeting night. I just miss my loves at home so much!</div>
Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-11269524803461274702016-06-07T20:31:00.000-07:002016-06-07T20:31:14.589-07:0014 Months of UpdatesOh heyyy! It's been a loooong hot second since I've checked in around here. We didn't fall off the face of the earth.. we've just had our hands full with a now 17 {what?!} month old with major ants in his pants and a very full vocabulary.<br />
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So what have we been up to the last year? Well... I started back to work at a brand new company, and Gray started daycare. We've been teething, traveling, sleeping through the night in a crib, crawling, walking, running, screaming, laughing little baby giggles, and doing all of the little baby and toddler things. We celebrated our first Mother's Day, Father's Day, daddy's 30th birthday, 4th of July, Gray's baptism, our 3rd wedding anniversary, 1st Halloween, 1st Thanksgiving, 1st Christmas, and finally, 1st Birthday, 1st haircut, and we did each and everyone of those things without so much as a tiny peep around here. Turns out that life actually does happen whether you document it for the world {or let's face it, my three friends that read here} to see.<br />
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We left off when G was just 3 tiny months old and looked like this...<br />
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Now days, at 17 months he's looking a little more like this...<br />
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I blinked and over a year has gone by.. I have so much making up for.<br />
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<span id="goog_590383686"></span><span id="goog_590383687"><br /></span>Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-51612408239742351562015-04-14T12:05:00.000-07:002015-04-16T09:34:31.486-07:00Grayson Brooks | 3 MonthsMy baby is 3 month old! I don't know how that is possible since we literally just came home from the hospital like 5 minutes ago.<br />
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The last few weeks have been so fun! It's like someone just flipped a switch and all of a sudden he's SO aware and so into everything that we're doing. He likes to look at the dogs and stare at himself in the mirror. <br />
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He loves his jungle play mat and plays on it everyday. He kicks and squirms so much when he gets excited and loves to grab onto his Sophie giraffe and shake it. He's babbling like crazy and has been making us laugh so much. He's so strong and can hold himself up on his arms when he does tummy time. <br />
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He's the happiest in the morning right when we first wake up, and when he's on the changing table he's all smiles. He's super ticklish and curls up into a ball and squeals when he tickle him. He's trying to laugh but that's about all he's been able to get out so far. <br />
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He loves bath time and is so cute splashing in the water. I've been bathing him on the fishy sponge in the sink but he's growing so fast that he probably won't fit in there much longer. He loves going in the big bathtub with me too. <br />
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He's been taking a bottle of pumped breast milk when he stays with his nanny Miss Darlene or with his Auntie but doesn't really seem to like it much and fights it a little bit. Especially if it's me or his Daddy giving him the bottle. Otherwise he is eating so good and is gaining weight right on track and has new rolls on his chunky little thighs every day. We haven't had to introduce any formula and I hope that we won't ever have to. My supply has been doing great. I started to notice that I wasn't making quite as much as before so I made a batch of lactation cookies {which were delicious by the way} and they totally worked immediately. <br />
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We've been reading lots of books every day and he likes to look at the pictures but gets bored and starts yelling and squirming in the middle of the books. Such a boy. <br />
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He loves when I wear him especially when I'm doing stuff around the house and usually conks out after a while with his mouth wide open. He is such a good sleeper. I cannot believe how blessed we have been in this department. Last night... he slept for 12 hours. He wakes up once or twice in the night to nurse but since he's sleeping right there with me it's so easy to just feed him and fall back asleep. It hardly even feels like waking up. I'm so grateful for all of the sleep we have been getting! <br />
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We had a brave moment and decided to take Grayson to his first A's game for opening night. He actually did really good and made it through dinner in the restaurant, through batting practice and the opening ceremonies. He slept through almost everything in the Moby wrap until it was time to head out to our seats and pretty much on queue, he woke up and decided he didn't want to be there anymore. The people sitting around us were so sweet and kept telling us how awesome we were for getting him to his first game at 3 months old and told us not to worry about him crying. It was sweet but neither of us was comfortable with him crying and it was loud and starting to get cold so we decided to go home early. Second inning early. Regardless we both considered it a success but probably won't be trying it again for a while. <br />
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We are loving life with our boy so much. Everything is better now that he is here. Better than I could have ever imagined. <br />
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We love you to the moon and back sweet boy. Thank you for choosing us.<br />
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<br />Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-35115061253296350782015-04-07T12:12:00.001-07:002015-04-07T12:12:56.334-07:00Grayson's First Easter We had a really low key Easter this year. It was so nice to just have a quiet day and relax. We went to 11:00 mass and then went home for appetizers and to cook dinner. We stopped by to see our friends and Grayson's sweet Godparents later in the afternoon and then spent the rest of the day in our comfy clothes. <br />
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The Easter Bunny(ies) spoiled Grayson big time this year. He got a basket from his Gram, from his Auntie Caitlin and from the real bunny himself! Of course he didn't have any idea what to do with his baskets but he was pretty excited to show off his cute bunny ears. <br />
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The Easter Bunny brought him a cloth swim diaper, some sunnies, sunscreen, a monkey rattle, some bubbles, a teething ring, and most importantly, some candy for mama! <br />
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This was definitely a special Easter, it being Grayson's first and all but for me it held an even more precious meaning this year. Last year at Easter we were well past a year of trying to get pregnant, we had met with doctors and done fertility testing and found that it was unlikely that I would be able to get pregnant without intervention. I will never forget sitting in church on Easter Sunday last year and having a silent conversation with God. Asking why not us? Why not now? Asking impatiently, when? It seemed so far out of reach that we would have our baby by the very next Easter! This year I sat in church for about 10 minutes before Grayson started to fuss and we headed out to the lobby to stand with the rest of the babies and mamas. We stood and rocked and eventually he fell asleep and I couldn't help but feel like the most fortunate person in the world. We are truly blessed this year. <br />
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The dogs even got into the spirit! Clearly they weren't as amused as me but how cute are they?<br />
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Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-51578077006037154692015-03-24T11:02:00.000-07:002015-03-24T11:02:42.093-07:00Beach Day This weekend was a fun one of firsts for Grayson! Saturday morning we went to the mall to meet the Easter Bunny. Grayson couldn't really have cared less about the ordeal but we thought it was pretty cute and had a good laugh. <br />
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Sunday we drove out to Capitola for Grayson's first beach day and to celebrate his Auntie Caitlin's birthday! It was sprinkling when we left home but it started to clear up as we got closer to the beach and it ended up being a beautiful day. <br />
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G fussed a little bit but finally fell asleep and had a long beach nap. This kid knows how to do it right. :) <br />
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Back in January, when little G was just 8 precious days old. He was so fresh and so squishy. Now he's 9 weeks and those first days home already feel like they were ages ago. Our favorite photographer, Lisa, with <a href="http://www.ellevor.com/">Ellevor Photography</a> came to the house for some baby snuggles and a quick newborn session. She also did our <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/12/maternity-photos.html">maternity photos</a> back in November. I love her style. She really captured our family and the joy of our sweet boy without feeling too much like your typical newborn photos. <br />
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We've survived tue first month! 6 weeks actually. It's been a whirlwind of a month and it has been so wonderful. I am absolutely loving every minute of my time home with G. It is starting to feel a little bit like the movie Groundhog Day though. Truth be told, I wouldn't mind these days lasting forever. </div>
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He now weighs 10 lbs 4 oz and is 23 inches long. The doctor said he's exceeding his expectations for growth and I'm so proud! He's starting to chunk up and is getting adorable rolls on his arms and legs. </div>
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He has officially grown out of his newborn clothes and diapers. We've moved on to the 0-3 month section of his closet and he's in size 1 diapers.<br />
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We were shocked to see how light his hair actually is. I really thought he would have a big head of thick black hair like his Dad. I was pretty blond as a baby so I'm interested to see what it turns into. I'm still guessing dark. We still can't quite see his eye color. There a really pretty steel gray right now but they're starting to look brown. Nick thinks they might be hazel. </div>
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My mom brought my baby book down with her when she came to visit. I couldn't believe my eyes, but Grayson is my tiny clone. My baby pictures could be pictures of him. That was so fun to see! Although he's really a perfect mix of the two of us and sometimes looks exactly like Nick.</div>
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He got to meet his Grandpa {my Dad} and his Auntie and cousin when they all came to visit. Nayeli was obsessed with him and just wanted to pat him and grab his hair. We made Valentine salt dough foot prints for the grandparents and Daddies.<br />
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We've taken a couple weekend trips and Grayson has been so great every time. We went to Napa one weekend and to the family cabin for Valentine's Day.We have been having some really beautiful weather and ventured out to do some wine tasting and went out to dinner both weekends. He slept like a little angel in his car seat at the wineries and at dinner. <br />
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He had his 6 week shots on Friday and it broke my heart into a million pieces. I knew it was going to be upsetting to see but I was so not prepared for it. I've never seen his scream in pain that way ever and I cried like a little baby the whole way through. The poor nurse.<br />
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I've been wearing him in the Moby wrap to the grocery store, on walks, and around the house. He absolutely loves it and just conks out as soon as I put him in. I'm thinking that this will be the best way to bring him to church when we take him for his first mass in a couple weeks. </div>
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His head smells like vanilla popcorn and his breath smells like berries. Sometimes I lay in bed in the morning with my nose in his hair so I can soak in his smell while we wake up. I told Nick the other day that I want to bottle up his smell so I can spray it on him when he's 15. His eyelashes are about 6 inches long and he's got the tightest little cowlick right at his hairline in his forehead. </div>
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He makes the sweetest little noises when he's nursing. He mews like a little kitten and grunts and grumbles in his sleep. He is so noisy at night. He never cries but will let out a few random wails in his sleep. He's been sleeping in bed with us and it has been one of my absolute favorite things. </div>
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Part of me still can't believe he's ours. Watching him change and grow has been the best blessing of my life. The amount of love that I have for this small person is paralyzing and terrifying and beautiful and wonderful. </div>
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Happy one month sweet baby Gray. We love you to the moon and back. Thank you for choosing us. </div>
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This particular day was a Friday, and we had a doctors appointment so our day had a little more activity than usual. Some days all Grayson wants to do is nurse and sleep on me and I'm definitely not going to turn down those snuggles. Also, I'm still healing from his birth so I'm trying to take it easy. Days like that we stay in our jams all day and park it on the couch. <div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">12:30</a> To celebrate my being smarter than my stroller we go to Target for Starbucks, long sleeve onesies, mascara, and makeup remover wipes. We'll just pretend that's all I actually bought. #yeahright </div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">5:00</a> Nick gets home and snuggles our boy while I fold and put away his laundry. I pack an his overnight and diaper bag for our first overnight to Napa tomorrow.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">11:00</a> I throw a bag of my clothes together for Napa and we get in bed and pass out immediately. We have a couple of hours until the tiny dictator wakes us up for more fun. </div>
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Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-41482865169302002892015-01-27T13:07:00.000-08:002015-01-27T13:11:44.868-08:00Grayson's Birth The story of Grayson's birth is a long one... mostly because his birth was a long one. Long and incredibly difficult. We certainly did not have any kind of easy time getting him here. But, he's perfectly healthy and perfectly beautiful and that's all that I ever could have asked for. <br />
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I had my 39 week check up on Monday the 5th. I was so uncomfortable and had declared the past weekend our last with just the two of us. I was determined to have the baby before his due date. Saturday the 10th. Nick went to work Monday and I slept in, went to get a pedicure, and then saw my doctor. She had mentioned at my last appointment that if I hadn't gone into labor by my 39 week appointment that she could sweep my membranes and hopefully get things started. I was already 2 cm dilated and 80% effaced so I asked her to go ahead and do the membrane sweep. I went to the grocery store to pick up some last minute stuff after my appointment and said a quick prayer that my water wouldn't break in the middle of Safeway. <br />
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My dad was in town for the night so we cooked dinner {and by we I mean Nick} and chatted. I started to feel contractions coming on around 8:00 that night. I was so relieved that the membrane sweep had worked and started to get excited. I texted our Doula {Sara from here on out} to give her the heads up that we were hopefully in the early stages of labor and that we might be seeing her the next day. <br />
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I tried to go to sleep that night but woke up around midnight with contractions coming every 6-8 minutes and lasting about a minute each and I absolutely couldn't sleep anymore. I went out to the living room to sit on the yoga ball and watch tv while I timed the contractions on my phone app. After Nick woke up around 6:00 I decided that I was ready to go to the hospital and went to take a shower. My dad and Nick were both laughing at me for being so determined to get a shower and do my hair when we should have been rushing to the hospital but I told them I didn't know when I was going to be able to shower again and wanted to go to the hospital clean. Thank goodness I did. <br />
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We left for the hospital and my dad took pictures from the front lawn. When we got to the hospital they checked us into our room and we met our nurse, who just happened to be the same sweet nurse that helped with our ECV procedure just a few weeks before! They hooked me up to the monitors and Sara came to meet us armed with coffee for the nurses. Nick sent a text to the family and some of our closest friends to let them know that things were starting to happen and that Grayson was on his way. My contractions really weren't progressing and they ended up sending us home after a few hours. We picked up sandwiches on the way home, which I did not eat. Labor really does make you loose your appetite.<br />
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We went for a walk around the neighborhood and spent the afternoon trying to nap. I sat in the bath for a few hours and Nick sat next to the tub and timed my contractions. My Dad left to go home and my mom arrived to stay for a few days. By 8:00 that night my contractions had become pretty intense and we called Sara to come back to the house to help. She sat with me through the evening and pushed on my pelvis and rubbed by back through each contraction. Around 10:00 we tried to go to bed. My contractions had intensified so much but started spreading out to about 12 - 15 minutes apart but stayed that way through the night. Nick woke up with me for each contraction to apply pressure to my hips which really helped. <br />
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By 4:30 am we couldn't sleep through the contractions anymore and I got up to try to eat something... and ended up puking everything up instead. We went for another walk and watched the sun rise. Sara went home and we went back to bed to try to get some sleep. By the time we woke up I was starting to feel so desperate for some relief and I started talking about going back to the hospital to start Pitocin and ask for an epidural. Not at all part of my original plan. We called the doctor around noon and she told us to go back in and that she would call the hospital and tell them we were coming. My contractions started getting incredibly intense and we rushed to get everything into the car. By the time we pulled into the parking lot I was in tears and starting to panic. When we checked in to labor and delivery the front desk ladies joked that this time we were there to stay. Clearly I was way too happy when we showed up the morning before. <br />
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The family started filtering in and sat in the room with us for a while but we ended up having to send them out to the waiting room. I was getting distracted by talking to them and started skipping contractions but then would have one twice as strong the next time, or would have a "twin" contraction where the contraction would peak and then start to go down and then peak again even stronger before it was over. Those were absolutely the worst and continued all the way through until we started pushing.<br />
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At 6:00 my doctor came in to break my water and check on us. Things started happening pretty quickly after that. My contractions got incredibly painful and it started to be too uncomfortable to be on my feet anymore. Up until this point I had been sitting in a chair next to the bed that rocked or was leaning over the bed so that either Nick or Sara could push on my pelvis. I threw up the ice and little bit of Jello that I had been able to get down earlier. By 9:00 I was frantic and begging the nurse to let me start pushing. She kept telling me, over and over again just to wait another 15 minutes. I'm pretty sure she said that for at least an hour. Finally at 10:00 we started pushing and made pretty good progress in the first half hour. At that point the nurse discovered that Grayson was face up and that he was stuck on my pubic bone. She told me that we would have to try extra hard to get him to move past that point or we might be headed into a C-section. We tried pushing in pretty much every possible position to help him move and nothing really seemed to be helping. His head would not come down at all. <br />
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Around 1:00 am, after pushing three hours, the doctor showed up. She was very serious and told me that we would have to use vacuum suction to get him out and that I was going to have to give it absolutely everything I had left. At this point I was on oxygen and pretty much passing out in between each contraction. I told her I literally had nothing left to give but somehow powered through. They started the vacuum but the suction cup kept popping off. We didn't know it at the time, but they can only attempt a vacuum delivery three times. On the third suction she was able to pull him free and on my very last possible push he came out. I didn't even realize what had happened until I opened my eyes and she was holding him up. I've never experienced such relief, or joy, ever in my life. <br />
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They rubbed him down and put him on my chest and Nick cut the umbilical cord. I will never forget looking at his face for the first time. He was just so beautiful. I looked up at Nick, we were both crying, and I kept saying <em>oh my God, hi baby, hi baby</em>. Because of the vacuum delivery the Pediatrician and baby nurse had to take him right away to measure his head. He had a really huge, bulging bruise on his forehead from the suction cup and a pretty bad cut where my bone had scraped him. <br />
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The Pediatrician had to take him from me pretty quickly to examine his head. They were concerned because the suction cup had been placed partially over his frontal soft spot and they were worried about bleeding from his brain. <br />
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While all of this was going on my doctor discovered that my placenta had ruptured and a piece of it hadn't come out and I was loosing quite a bit of blood. Again, also something we didn't learn about until the next day. They distracted Nick by giving him the baby and had him sit on the other side of the room. I had 2nd degree tears and she was rushing to get me stitched up and I remember saying that this must be why everyone gets the Epidural, so they don't have to feel the stitches afterwards. Seriously. I felt every single stitch. She was able to get the last piece of the placenta which saved me from a secondary surgery. {Another fun fact we learned about the next day.} I cannot even imagine having to go into surgery after that entire ordeal. My doctor is a Saint. Sure, I may have been threatening to kick her in the face the entire time but she was amazing. She absolutely went over and above to keep me out of a C-section. I think a lot of doctors would have called it off long before and I wouldn't have had the chance to have a natural birth. We had discussed my birth plan quite a bit during my prenatal appointments and she really did everything possible to help me stick to it. <br />
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So, after 56 long hours of labor, 3 and a half hours of pushing, a suction cup, 2nd degree tearing, and not a drop of pain meds, sweet little Grayson Brooks was born. 7 pounds, 10 ounces, and 21 inches of purple, wailing, perfection. <br />
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After the doctor was done torturing me and the room was transformed back the nurse handed me my beautiful baby and he latched on right away to breastfeed. By now it was 3:00 am and the family, who I was shocked to hear were still waiting, was finally allowed to come in to see us. The poor Grandmas. They were terrified after not hearing from us since 10:00 and after getting word from some random L&D employee that Grayson was actually a SHE. Which... he is definitely not. <br />
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Auntie Caitlin popped a bottle of champagne and my nurse pumped a lovely little Norco cocktail into my IV. She told me she wasn't offering, and that after everything I had been though over the last few days it was necessary and that I would thank her later. I ate a few saltines and graham crackers but skipped on the champs. <br />
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Around 4:00 the nurses came back to take Grayson to the nursery. They had to keep him for observation for a few hours to make sure that the trauma to his head was only on the surface. The family left to go home and Nick and I were left alone together for the first time. We both immediately fell asleep for a few hours before they brought G back to us. <br />
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We've talked a lot about how frighteningly close we came to things going really wrong during his birth. It's taken me a while to be able to write all of this out. The truth is, his birth was actually pretty traumatic and I still get really emotional when I think back to re-live the whole experience. <br />
We have some loved ones in Heaven who I know without a doubt were there watching over us last night. We are all feeling so incredibly blessed by our boy. Every moment, even long sleepless nights and times that we feel like we really have no idea what we're doing, have been amazing. <br />
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He is absolutely the best thing that I've ever done. <br />
<br />Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-83517603410868841452015-01-16T20:17:00.000-08:002015-01-20T11:46:09.726-08:00Life Lately | Grayson is Here! Well... life has changed pretty considerably around these parts in the last week. Our son is here! We have been spending most of our time soaking in that delicious newborn smell and warm snuggles on the couch with the most beautiful baby boy. <br />
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The last weeks of my pregnancy were pretty uneventful {and so uncomfortable}. We spent New Year's Eve with Nick's parents, had crab and {non alcoholic} champs, and watched the ball drop on TV. I was beginning to feel pretty miserable and was so happy to spend the night in my PJs rather than trying to squeeze into real clothes anymore. <br />
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I went into labor on Monday the 5th after having my membranes swept at my 39 week appointment. Birth story to come soon! By Friday the 9th we were back home with our boy and we've been settling into this new life with a baby. We had a pretty steady stream of visitors in the first few days. Our fridge and freezer are full of amazing food and almost every surface of the house has some kind of flower arrangement on it. We really have been blessed with some of the world's best friends and family. This kid really does have a lot of people who love him already. <br />
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Grayson got to meet his Great Grandma, something about that just feels so special to me. My grandparents all died when I was pretty young and I never got to meet my mom's mom. GG was beside herself meeting him and gave him so many kisses and $10 to start his piggy bank with. <br />
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I'm learning how to walk again... just kidding.. kind of.. And we are up to our eyeballs in very full diapers. We met the Pediatrician for the first time, we're getting the hang of breastfeeding, and of getting diapers changed before G has the chance to pee on his own face. It's true what they say about boys... <br />
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We did his first bath and G didn't miss the opportunity to let us know just exactly how he felt about that nonsense. Until his belly button falls off he won't be able to take a real bath in his fancy baby tub but we hope that he might learn to like bath time. <br />
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We celebrated my 28th birthday with breakfast in bed made by my amazing husband and sushi take out with the family from one of our favorite spots for dinner. Oh, how I've missed the spicy tuna roll. I refused to make a wish on my birthday candles because, I've got everything I could ever want in the world and one more wish just seemed selfish. <br />
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We took our first day trip to Napa to pick up some props to use for his newborn photos on the day that G turned one week old. My hiney probably wasn't quite ready to sit in the car for a two hour round trip but it was nice to wear real clothes and get out of the house for a little bit. We went to one of our favorite burger places for his first lunch out. He slept the entire time. We are so thankful that Grayson likes the car seat! <br />
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I've had my fair share of tears since we've been home. Every day is amazing and heartbreaking all at the same time. We've been keeping the big camera out so that we can grab it and take pictures all the time. I swear he changes by the minute and I want to capture everything. I secretly dread the end of each day because it means that in the morning he will be another day older. I just want him to stay tiny like this forever. I'm trying my hardest to remind myself to celebrate every milestone. Every pound gained and inch grown means that he is healthy and that I can successfully feed and sustain him with my own body. <br />
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He makes the silliest faces when he's awake and alert and we're starting to learn his little personality. He likes the pacifier but isn't fooled by it's inability to provide milk. He hates having his diaper changed, mostly because that means he has to get naked, and that means he has to be cold for a couple of minutes. He likes to fall asleep when he's nursing but wakes right up as soon as I try to reattach my shirt. He likes being swaddled but only if his hands are left free so that he can rub his face and suck his thumb. He makes the most delicious little squeaks and grumbles when he's sleeping. He has this pterodactyl screech that he reserves for when he wants to tell you something and gets annoyed when I cover his face with kisses. He likes riding in the car seat and will go from full blown meltdown mode to silent and sleeping the minute the straps are tightened and a blanked it stuffed around him. He makes these Frankenstein hands when he startles while he's sleeping and makes us laugh all the time. <br />
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My heart has truly never felt more full. I look at him and I can't believe that he's mine. We made him and we get to keep him forever. It's true that the love that you have for your child is something that you could never begin to understand until you get to feel it for yourself. I never knew how much I could love someone until this boy was born. Watching his dad love him is also one of the best things I've ever experienced. <br />
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I am absolutely not the same person that I was a week ago. Having a baby changes you, no doubt about that. Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-78505413348827175822015-01-05T11:46:00.001-08:002015-01-05T11:46:10.923-08:00Grayson's Nursery <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finally, FINALLY, we are completely done with the nursery! Just in time too, given that my due date is Saturday. Although I'm crossing my fingers that this little boy will be making his appearance before the weekend. <br />
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I got this sweet little sign from Etsy. I love it so much. It makes me want to cry every time I look at it.<br />
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Of course as soon as I found out that I was pregnant I turned immediately to Pinterest to start filtering through some of the photos that I had pinned on my {secret} nursery board to start narrowing down exactly what I envisioned for our first nursery. We couldn't really do anything until we knew for sure if we were having a girl or a boy so the actual purchase of anything had to wait until late August when we had our little gender reveal. <br />
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I hate buying large ticket items. Nothing makes me happier than getting a really, really good deal on something like a couch. Or in this case, a crib. I couldn't stomach the idea of spending $500-$700 on a crib. Let's face it too, I really hated everything new that I found under that price range too. I think they call that... champagne taste on a beer budget? Yep, that's me. {mmmm.... champagne... I can't wait for that to happen!} Anywhooo... I scoured Craigslist for months in search of the perfect crib and just when I was getting ready to give up, I found it! I love this crib, and I love that it's a convertible that can be turned in to a toddler bed, and eventually a double bed. Pure genius in my opinion. This crib would be $780 if purchased brand new and we bought it from a family whose daughter had slept in it <em>twice</em> for $120. Bingo. I did buy a new mattress. Because, gross. <br />
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The dresser/changing table and night stand we got from Ikea, and Nick's parents had the glider already. We just had to repaint and recover it, which meant, I sewed! With a real sewing machine! Yep. I did it. We got Nick a new dresser that matches mine {also from Ikea} for our bedroom and moved his old dresser into the nursery closet for extra storage. <br />
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I am absolutely in love with how this room turned out. I was a little nervous at first because it's the smallest room in the house and I wasn't sure how we were going to fit everything in but it worked out perfectly. I love it. We have spent a few evenings sitting in his room together talking about what it's going to be like when he's finally here. Only a few more days! <br />
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It's that time again! This year was definitely one for the books. If I had to choose one word to describe the goings on of 2014 it would be <i>abundance</i>. This year has been an abundance of blessings for sure. It has been a very full year with many, many home improvement projects, and some incredibly busy times when I felt pure and utter exhaustion. There have also been times this year that I feel like my heart could just explode from pure joy and happiness. This year has been abundant with love and surprises and it has been full of some very trying times too. Work has been incredibly stressful for both of us and then my mom got sick over the summer and that was very scary and difficult. All in all we are closing out the year with a sigh of relief. We have everything we could ever need in the world. <br />
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<span lang="EN"><b>January</b> </span><br />
<span lang="EN">We spent New Years 2014 at the family cabin with a group of friends, celebrated by 27th birthday with a birthday party at our house, and completed a bucket list item for my MIL by going to a Sharks game. We also began the conversation with my doctor about infertility treatments and started testing to find out why we hadn't conceived. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN">We started February by spending a very rainy and stormy Friday courtesy Kohler {you know... the faucets?} at the Pebble Beach Pro Am in Monterey. Definite perks of the industry! We remodeled the kitchen, and Nick cooked the most delicious and thoughtful Valentines Day dinner. He made chicken satay because our first date was at a Thai restaurant, French onion soup because we honeymooned in French Polynesia, and lots of crab and champagne because that's what we always have for Valentines! We went out to Half Moon Bay for a little date day and finished February with Chinese New Year dinner with the family. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN">March was all about my sweet friend Jeanette. We started the month with her bridal shower at her parent's house in Monterey and finished it with her Bachelorette party in San Francisco. I just love this girl so much. Being her Maid of Honor was so much fun, I loved planning these fun wedding events for her! After finding out a little bit about our<a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/03/baby-fever-part-2.html"> fertility situation</a>, we started clomid treatments and said a lot of prayers.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">In April we had our annual first A's game of the season tailgate at O.Co with our friends, celebrated Easter in Napa, and went to Stagecoach with some of our best friends in the world. I guess you could say we inadvertently planned our last hurrah as non parents, because....</span><br />
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<span lang="EN">In the very first weekend of May we found out that I was finally <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/06/and-baby-makes-three.html">PREGNANT</a>! We hosted <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/05/mothers-day.html">Mother's Day</a> brunch for both sides of the family, went to <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/06/five-on-friday-on-being-pregnant-at.html">Disneyland</a>, and kicked off our incredibly full of love wedding season with my cousin's wedding here in the Bay Area and then Jeanette's wedding at the Sacramento Zoo! </span><br />
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In June we celebrated Father's Day in Napa at our favorite winery at their club members BBQ. We've been going for the last 5 years and it's a weekend we all look forward to all year. Later that month we had Nick's 29th Birthday also in Napa, and I went to New Orleans for my sweet friend Brooke's bachelorette party. <br />
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<b>July</b><br />
I came home from New Orleans with a very nasty bug and was so incredibly sick over the 4th of July but we went to the family cabin anyway. The power went out and we lit tons of candles, BBQ'd with the family and watched fireworks at the community clubhouse. On the 9th my beautiful, amazing, sweet baby niece Nayeli was born! Nick and I headed to <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/08/oregon-trip.html">Hood River, Oregon</a> to see our friends get hitched. After the wedding festivities Nick came home and I took a week and went to visit my sister and to meet Nayeli. <br />
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<b>August</b><br />
We started August with a houseboat trip to Lake Don Pedro. Shortly after my mom got very sick and we dropped everything to go to Mt. Shasta to help her. After some incredibly frustrating experiences with area doctors we made the decision to temporarily move her down to the Bay Area to our house and she ended up spending a week in the hospital near our house. August was dedicated to her recovery. We celebrated Nick's Grandma's 80th birthday with a family reunion, and found out that <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/08/is-a.html">Baby M is a BOY</a>! <br />
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<b>September</b><br />
In September we headed to Half Moon Bay to celebrate our dear friends and G's Godparent's wedding, we took off to a super smoky Tahoe for our <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/09/cotton-anniversary-2-years.html">2nd anniversary</a>, harvested this year's grapes, and my sister and niece came to visit.<br />
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<b>October</b><br />
In the first days of October we decided that my mom was finally ready to get back on her own and we moved her back home. And, we wrapped up wedding season with a family vacation to Pismo Beach for Nick's cousins wedding. <br />
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<b>November</b><br />
November absolutely flew by We had two <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/11/showering-bebe.html">baby showers</a> in a row, took our <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/12/maternity-photos.html">maternity photos</a>, escaped for our pre holidays <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/11/weekend-in-mountains.html">cabin trip</a>, and celebrated <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/12/thanksgiving.html">Thanksgiving</a> in Napa. <br />
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We prepped for Christmas early and had the house fully decorated the week before Thanksgiving so that we could dive right into December without having to worry about getting all of the Christmas decorations up. We spent all of December soaking in all of the Christmas fun that we possibly could. We took Nick's grandma to see the 60th anniversary of White Christmas at the theater, went to a neighborhood church's amazing Christmas play, drove around to see Christmas lights, and hosted a Christmas PJ brunch for 20 of our favorite friends. My co workers threw me a sweet little baby shower dinner after work, we successfully attempted to turn our <a href="http://meetthems.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-very-upside-down-boy.html">breech boy</a>, and I officially started my maternity leave! Of course we had a wonderful Christmas and everything that comes with it. <br />
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We are ending this year on the highest note. We are waiting to meet our son any day! <br />
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Happy 2015!<br />
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</span>Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-52984858327084167992014-12-29T14:07:00.000-08:002014-12-29T14:07:12.707-08:00A Very Upside Down Boy This is the story of how we got our stuck, breech boy to turn. <br />
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I haven't talked much about how he was positioned, but basically since we've been able to identify where he was at by feeling him, his head has been directly under the bridge of my ribs. He wasn't flipping on his own and my doctor felt like the likelihood that he would was very slim. Basically our options were to schedule a C-section, or to go ahead with an external version procedure and hope for the best. After trying basically every single method in the book to turn him on his own, and a few long discussions we decided to go ahead and try the version. <br />
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I had my last day of work last Monday and I had to rush from work to my 37 week appointment. We did a quick ultrasound to confirm that stubborn G was still breech. He was, in fact, and we scheduled an external version procedure for 7:30am on Tuesday. That night we kind of frantically packed hospital bags, just in case something happened during the procedure that might have prompted baby boy to join us sooner than original anticipated. <br />
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Tuesday morning we woke up at 6:30 to head to the hospital. They hooked me up to all of the monitors, my IV, and we settled in to wait for the doctor to show up. She came in and took another quick peek with the ultrasound and then gave me a dose of a muscle relaxer to help move things loosen up so that I didn't start contracting while she turned him. <br />
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The muscle relaxer made my heart race a little bit but I didn't ever feel very affected by it. Not long after the injection they went ahead and started to turn him. Basically all she had to do was push and pull on my stomach in a clockwise motion. It was incredibly intense, absolutely uncomfortable, and painful when they got him transverse. Nick stood up by my head and rubbed my arm, I couldn't look at him and stared up at the ceiling and concentrated on not holding my breath. He said it was an amazing thing to watch and could actually see the entire outline of Grayson's body as he turned. It only took a few more seconds and he was in position! Success rates of an ECV procedure are only about 50% so we are absolutely counting our blessings that it worked for us. <br />
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Now I'm settling into my new found freedom in maternity leave, sleeping in, and making lists of things I want to do before G joins us! <br />
Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-58887542585672777542014-12-28T16:18:00.002-08:002014-12-28T16:18:24.327-08:00Maternity Photos We spent the morning with our new favorite photographer, Lisa with <a href="http://www.ellevor.com/#1">Ellevor Photography</a>, back in November at this beautiful park in Livermore. The park was filled with tons of families taking their Christmas photos, it seemed like there was a photographer around every corner posing a family and we actually had to wait in line at one point to take photos on the bridge. Pretty funny. <br />
Sometimes getting everything ready for a little photo session can be stressful, picking outfits and what not, but this time everything came together so easily. We didn't even have to buy Nick a new outfit. I just pulled stuff out of his closet. Done and done. <br />
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I'm so happy that we will have these photos to remember this pregnancy by. And how special for our little boy that he can someday look back and see what it was like when we were waiting for him. <br />
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Here's some of my favorites... <br />
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Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898831541430143546noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775569877417572042.post-59960127107145883662014-12-19T15:07:00.001-08:002014-12-19T15:07:47.669-08:00Bump Date | 37 Weeks <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Okay so I started this post at 33 weeks and couldn't motivate myself to clean the dang chalkboard sign and do another one.. that stupid chalkboard. If we make it to 40 weeks, that will be my last one. <br />
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How Far Along? 37.. Blow my mind.. we are officially full term! <br />
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What's Going on? Well, according to my app baby he's 6.5 pounds and the size of a winter melon? I've never heard of a winter melon.. ever. On Monday though, our doctor told us that I'm measuring at 34 weeks, so he's a little smaller than average. Which is completely normal considering neither Nick or myself are very big. <br />
He's breach at the moment and doesn't seem to have any intention of turning. We have an appointment on Monday to take a peek at him and make sure there's nothing that's "keeping" him in that position. Assuming he's just being stubborn, we will be going into the hospital early Tuesday morning for an ECV procedure to turn him. We are praying that he cooperates and turns.... and then stays that way until he's ready to make his arrival! <br />
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Weight Gain: 16 pounds from my weight at my 8 week appointment.<br />
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Stretch Marks: No, still not a one! <br />
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Maternity Clothes: Yep mostly. I'm down to about three pairs of pants that I can wear in public, maternity leggings, my maternity skinnies, and a really comfy pair of Candies work pants that seem to be made of magic. They fit me perfectly pre-preggy and fit me perfectly now. I'm mostly in maternity shirts except for a few that are still working. <br />
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Nursery: Done! Everything came together so beautifully, it seriously takes my breath away every time I walk in there... which I do several times a day just to peek at it and soak it all in. Everything is organized, hung, painted, and has been assigned it's place. I am so, so in love with his room. <br />
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Purchases: We bought the crib mattress right after the baby shower and then I went just a little bit crazy on Black Friday buying clothes. We now have a fully stocked closet!<br />
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Movement: Yep he's a pretty wiggly guy. He's starting to shift around more slowly since he's probably starting to run out of room. He moves his head back and forth right along the bottom of my ribs and likes to jab his elbows up in there too which is definitely not the most comfortable sensation. I'm really really going to miss feeling him from the inside. Lately every time I feel him I get a little pang of sadness knowing that this pregnancy is almost over.<br />
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Symptoms: Same old heartburn and reflux. If the old wives tales are true, I'm not growing a baby... I'm growing a small gorilla. I had some acupuncture done last that was supposed to help relieve some of the heartburn and reflux and I think it actually worked. I've been able to cut my Zantac intake in half. <br />
Also, let's talk about the swollen elephant legs I've grown out of thin air. Normally, my feet are skinny, boney, funky little feet. They are definitely not the body part I'm most proud of. Those boney little piggies have turned into hogs. My feet are pretty much overflowing out of my shoes by the end of the day. Let's just say I'm looking forward to being allowed to live in slippers and Ugg boots starting next week. <br />
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Sleep: Doing okay.. I'm waking up almost every night wanting a snack though. Seriously, I'm up and munching on something in the kitchen in my jams around 2:30-3:00 on any given night. I've never done that ever before in my entire life. There is something pretty peaceful about it though. I guess my own midnight feedings are getting me ready for G's midnight feedings? I'm wide awake at night but it is sooo hard to wake up in the morning. <br />
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Cravings: milk. milk. milk. Give me all the milk. And apple juice. And apple sauce cups... and pudding cups... and jello cups, apple slices. Anything that you might find in an elementary schooler's lunch box. I want it. <br />
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Food Aversions & Morning Sickness: Still being really picky about meat, nothing has changed there. Sometimes I like it, sometimes I'm a vegetarian. I don't even know anymore. <br />
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What I'm Missing: Sleeping on my stomach. Being able to snuggle my husband comfortably, being able to fit my feet into my shoes, being able to eat a granola bar without feeling like there is molten lava in my chest. Not feeling like a turtle stuck on it's back when I'm trying to get out of bed. I'm getting complainey but I feel like I've earned it. <br />
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Best Moment {since my last bumpdate}: My baby shower! Nick's mama and sister threw me the sweetest most perfect shower. I feel so lucky knowing how truly loved this little boy is already. <br />
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Looking Forward to: <strong>Maternity leave.</strong> Monday is my last day! I'm so ready to be at home, finish the last minute baby prep and then spend endless time snuggling our little boy. <br />
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Anything else? Well.. we had a little bit of a scare during week 31. I woke up with some bleeding, called the doctor, and was told to go immediately to Labor & Delivery. Completely hysterical, I called Nick who lucky didn't pick up on the first call. That gave me a minute to calm down, get dressed, and get in the car. I called him again and told him I was headed in and he left work to come meet me. I got checked into a room, gown on and everything and settled in just as Nick walked in the room. They hooked me up to some monitors and ran some tests. We ended up spending half of the day listening to G's heartbeat and waiting for test results. Luckily, everything was fine, the bleeding stopped and they sent us home. <br />
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It's happened again once since then but early on in week 35 and the doctor wasn't too concerned. I didn't have to go into the hospital this time. We are both starting to wonder if these are small signs that he might be joining us sooner than originally anticipated! {I secretly hope so!}<br />
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