tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73575815524697752042024-03-04T23:44:36.277-06:00elisepeaceSubstitute baby book for my childrenElise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07226574480463897121noreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-38569344052149189772020-06-17T21:05:00.000-05:002020-07-07T21:05:38.345-05:00August: 12 Months<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Everything just started opening back up here. Restaurants started allowing people to dine in with insane social distancing seating guidelines, and I hope the food-handling hygiene has gotten better but I am still unsure about any changes there. We have been able to spend the day at our beloved Somolona island with two other families. The experience along with the social connecting was so nourishing to all of our souls. Then 2 weeks later we went on Judah's 5th birthday to the mountains in Malino for the day. We hiked to two different waterfalls, hiked down to a river on some private land, and had a "nature study" of a different specimen every step of the way with our favorite naturalist, Judah Beau. I taught him the love of all things living, but his own interest has exploded in that area. We are so grateful for these two outings especially since all our trips in April and June were cancelled.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;"><br />I am grateful I had a largely uncomplicated pregnancy and smooth birth with August overseas, but I don't think I realized this decision to have him abroad would mean so many wouldn't get to meet him before he became a toddler. I am so grateful my mom and 2 cousins were able to come when he was 2 weeks old, but I grieve them not getting to devour his delicious laughs and long eye-lashed winks. I grieve my babies playing with their cousins and the chance for my brother's babies to grow up with my babies. I grieve their Aunt Haley not getting to spend more time with my kids who has said over and over that she loves our kids like they were her own. Dont get me started on grandparents... this probably hurts the most. My parents and Josh's parents LIVE FOR THE GRANDS. While I know we are exactly where the Lord wants us, I still grieve every single day the loss of these things.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">I am having very mixed emotions about August being my last baby and turning one. I think in the back of my heart somewhere I still yearn for more babies, but I think my mind knows that I cannot mentally handle anymore. We aren't even talking about the finances here either, but I know my capacity is pretty full right now in all aspects. I am sad these weekly pregnancy and monthly baby surveys I have filled out for the past 7 years are forever coming to a close, but I am so glad I did them for me and all my babies to look back on as virtual baby book. I am also so excited to move on and get to do life with my babies that are each their own unique person. They have ideas and personalities that are all their own and I feel privileged to witness their childhood day in and day out.</b></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">How many months old? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">12</span><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">months and a whole trip around the beautiful bright sun in such a dark world.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Weight? </b>18 pounds exactly</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Doctor check-up? </b>We actually have had to go to the doctor after his penis on the end continually became red and enflamed and wasn't getting better after two weeks. I am praying the steriod cream helped long-term. Our dear friend back in the states who is a pediatrician recommended an anti-fungal cream, but that is not what we ended up with after our clinic and pharmacy visit. We can get our point across in a conversation, but we still have miles to go before we can thoroughly communicate every thought with the vocabulary we want to say it in.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Any teeth? </b>His top two teeth just busted through last week, so they are still coming down, but those bulgy gums and big front teeth gapped with a middle frenulum front his gums are just about the cutest things I have ever seen. He has those bottom teeth too, so those gummy smiles are slowly getting brighter and brighter.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Sleep?</b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> He sleeps from about 7:30pm or 8pm until 6:30-7am. He wakes up every single morning with a big poop waiting to be nursed. I always change him before nursing him, and he doesn't love that, but sometimes I can lay him back down after feeding him and the diaper change wakes him up a little bit.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Feeding?</b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> He feeds like a 6 month old I would say....before every nap and when he wakes up. He does take a long stretch in the morning and evening, but it is still like 5 or 6 times a day. But since he has started teething his top teeth he has wanted to nurse non-stop, but gets mad when he has drunk all the milk and there is nothing left. He has a bit of a temper, but can also be easily pacified. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Eating anything? </b>He eats everything and anything. He is very vocal about what he wants and doesn't want. Watermelon is still his very favorite food and could eat an entire watermelon, seeds and all, if I let him. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Developmental milestones? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">He can stand now independently for about 15 seconds and can walk. He pushes the laundry basket to walk around...poor buddy never did get a proper walker! He can cruise furniture and practically run-crawl he is so fast.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Favorite toy? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">His favorite is still probably his baseball. I think it has to do with the weight of it, plus the texture. He just loves it and will chase it around all day.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Speech and language? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">He can say "mama, dada, and eja (which he always says when he wants Reza, our friend who lives with us and who adores August)." He can sign "more," but for some reason he is VERY resistant to use it because he knows he can communicate with a certain scream to get his point across. The few times he has signed it though it was PERFECT with all of his tiny chubby finger tips touching. He has also said and waved, "bye bye," but that is about it. He communicates just about everything else with his eyes and expressions.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Loves? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> Watermelon, eating, being held, but more than anything he loves to be OUTSIDE. He wants to play in the dirt, scoot on the dirty street, take a long stroller ride, or be held outdoors. He loves it and cries so hard any time we shut the front door to him. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Dislikes? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">He hates cold water or even luke warm water baths. He doesnt like changing his diaper before he nurses. He doesn't like it when I take my phone away from him, which he somehow gets frequently, but he cries like I am the meanest of means every single time. Sorry, buddy, my $1000 phone isn't going to be your chew toy. *insert emoji with both hands flipped out to the sides here*</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">How many months old? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">11</span><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">months</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Weight? </b>17.3 pounds</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Doctor check-up? </b>None, thankfully! We have been healthy!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Any teeth? </b>We haven't seen them appear yet, but I can tell he is teething. He constantly puts his hand in his mouth, but no new teeth have popped through yet. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16.8px;">Sleep?</b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16.8px;"> Sleep is great for August! I, on the other hand, cannot fall asleep at night despite how tired I get! That is anxiety for you!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Feeding?</b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> Still nursing and eating everything we eat.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Eating anything? </b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">He loves watermelon still, potatoes, and really anything with flavor that is soft, but still solid.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Developmental milestones? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">He can now stand unassisted for about 1 second, but no attempts to walk yet.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Favorite toy? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">He has been really interested in the kid's cups, utensils, and plates. The bin we store them in is in just the right place where he can get to them and take them all out. So is our bins where we store flour, sugar, baking powder, etc... He loves to pull those off the shelf as well!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Speech and language? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">He has started waving with his "bye bye" and says "Eja," consistently when we say "Reza." He babbles all the time and has a lot of purposeful communication even though we can't understand what he wants. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Loves? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> His favorites are still being outside and watermelon. He loves peek-a-boo and playing in water too.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Dislikes? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">He isn't a huge fan of meat. I think it is because of the teething, but he will pick out all of the vegetables and throw the meat on the ground.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Travelled to? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">Malino and Somolona. We got brave and travelled to two different places where we knew there wouldn't be many people. It was SO refreshing for us. </span></span></span>Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-69169029834820707512020-04-17T04:50:00.000-05:002020-07-07T04:50:30.379-05:00August: 10 Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A month in to full stay-at-home pandemic life, and this is hard. We have all lamented not being able to return to the preschool each week day and our favorite nature spot just outside of the city on the weekends. We miss the mountains and the beaches. We miss the play places in the malls and the restaurants that gave us so much restpit when we wanted a break from all the mess that comes with cooking and cleaning up after a family of 6. We are grieving Granna's trip being cancelled. She should be here right now. She was supposed to land the day after Easter, and we are grieving no only not seeing her now but not knowing the next time we will see her. Not having a definitive timeline on when I will next see my loved ones makes it really hard for us all to cope with the distance between us.</div>
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On a positive note, we have really developed a little schedule for our family. We wake up, have breakfast, and read a story from the Bible. At 9 we have a "circle time" including songs, stories, sometimes a lesson, sensory play, and a closing prayer. Then Shepherd and I move upstairs to focus on his homeschooling while Josh and Reza wrangle the other 3. During this time, August usually naps. Lunch at 12. Naps for the littles and quiet alone time for the bigs at 1. At 3, we have a tea time including a snack and a rotation of different things depending on the day including poetry, a read aloud, composer study, art study, devotional, drawing lesson, or rhythm lesson. My kids look forward to this time every day and cry if we skip over it. Then we play outside the rest of the afternoon in front of our house on the street. The kids either play basketball, ride bikes, or scooter around. Reza and I usually cook dinner starting at 5pm and we eat at 6. Bath time starts at 7 and then after books, the Doxology, hugs, kisses, and prayers it is about 8 before everyone is tucked in.</div>
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It has been hard not having anything to look forward to, but this schedule gives us some sanity in our everyday. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">How many months old? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">10</span><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">months</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Weight? </b>I haven't weighed him in a while, so I am not sure!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Doctor check-up? </b>None...still just staying home. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Any teeth? </b>Just the two bottom teeth still!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Sleep?</b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> He is sleeping through the night well again. I think maybe it is because we have had consistent routine with no travel or anything like that. That's the best part about this quarantine...it is easy to establish a routine and do it every single day with putting kids down at the exact same time in the same bed.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Feeding?</b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> Still nursing often and doing great with it. I have started letting him learn how to drink out of a cup with a mouthful of water at the bottom. He LOVES water, but I only give him a sip every once in a while.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Eating anything? </b>He eats EVERYTHING, but his favorite is watermelon. He would eat it for every meal if I let him. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Developmental milestones? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">He crawling all over the place and is starting to pull up and stand! So exciting! </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Favorite toy? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">Anything he can gnaw on...those teeth like to chew on everything!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Speech and language? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">I am trying to teach him "more," but he is stubborn. He has done is one time, which he did perfectly with all his fingertips touching, but he won't do it again. He says, "dada," "mama," and "bye bye."</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Loves? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> He loves going on our daily walks in the afternoon. He also LOVES to be outside and playing in the dirt. Before the pandemic I never let him on the ground outside, because it is just so dirty, but with the other 3 kids digging in the dirt, he can't stand to stay inside and miss all the fun. Many times we just let him go naked to save on cleaning clothes. haha. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Dislikes? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">He hates it when we won't open the front door to let him outside. He cries and cries, but it is a feat to clean that boy up after he plays outside so we tell him "no" often. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Travelled to? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">No where!</span></span></span>Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-53271450500773170442020-03-17T04:23:00.000-05:002020-07-07T04:23:48.812-05:00August: 9 Months<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;"><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">One thing I told Josh before my birthday on March 16th is that I selfishly wanted to be celebrated and have a big party for my 30th birthday. So two days before the big day, I spent the entire day with my dear friend, Jess, getting pampered and doing all the things that my mom-ing life prevents me from doing like getting a hair treatment and massage, etc.. Then on my birthday I was supposed to go to lunch with 4 moms from Shepherd's school to this incredible restaurant where the tables are in small bamboo gazebos surrounding a magical pond full of fish. This was on a Monday and it turned out to be the last day my kids entered their schools before the lockdown caused by the Corona virus. Only 12 kids out of around 50 attended school that day, and we were asked to pick them up early. All the moms I was supposed to have lunch with thought it might be better if we post-poned our lunch. Then slowly once those plans were cancelled, Josh and I realized most would be too scared to gather for an intimate gathering much less a large birthday party with the current circumstance. As much as I didn't want to, we cancelled that too to take precaution. I ended up spending my birthday with my babies and my sweet husband surrounding my dinner table. I did end up feeling celebrated and I cherished getting to spend such a big-to-me milestone with just my little family - the very people I love the most. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">How many months old? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">9 </span><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">months</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Weight? </b>16.8 pounds</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Doctor check-up? </b>None... especially since we just went in to shelter-n-place.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Any teeth? </b>Still only his bottom two but they are fully in now.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Sleep?</b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> He has woken up several times at 10pm and then 4am. Sometimes I go feed him and other times I dont. It just depends. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Feeding?</b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> My milk supply has gone back up. The only thing that helps is to drink a ton of water. No supplements or anything does the trick like water consumption. Plus, I just let him nurse as often and as long as he wants.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Eating anything? </b>He has started eating some rice if there is sauce on it...I also got him some vegetable food pouches when we were in Malaysia and he devours those. He will try just about anything, but he doesn't like steamed broccoli.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Developmental milestones? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">He took his first Pete Pete ride...we call it the Scooby-Doo public transportation system. He started actually crawling although I feel like it is more like him pushing himself forward. It is a hilarious feat for him to move. I would say is "officially" crawling though. He did learn to pull up! So fun! </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Favorite toy? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">He has started handing me toys...so if there are multiple of something, he likes it. For example, he spent at least 15 minutes handing me train tracks and giggled every time I said, "thank you! Can I have another one?" </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Speech and language? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">He has started saying "apa apa apa," which is the end of the phrase, "tidak apa apa." This means "don't worry about it," but he loves saying that last part. He has also started saying "dada." That is 0 for 4 for me with my kids saying "mama" before "dada" I am pretty sure!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Loves? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;"> I got a new shag rug, and August likes to rub his hands and face on it. Haha, it is probably heaven to him compared to the hard tiles he is constantly on.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="line-height: 16.8px;">Dislikes? </b><span style="line-height: 16.8px;">He loves playing with water, but he does not like it poured over his head even if it is just a trickle. He immediately starts crying and acting like I am water boarding him.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Travelled to? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Absolutely no where. August hasn't even left the house this month!</span></span></span>Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-69486081737801826482020-02-17T01:49:00.000-06:002020-03-04T01:49:25.135-06:00August: 8 Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">How many months old? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">8</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"> months</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Weight? </b>16.2 pounds...hasn't changed much</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Doctor check-up? </b>None...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Any teeth? </b>WOW! Out of no where his two bottom teeth popped through, which is way early compared to his siblings. You can see them barely in one of the photos!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Sleep?</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"> We finally trained August to sleep through the night with Josh sleeping with August and me sleeping in another room. He has only slept once through the night without waking, but he is doing it! This is so much better than him waking 4 times a night to feed.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Feeding?</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"> My milk supply has been way down since I have been sick. He wants milk, but he wants it from me. I have wasted so many bottles of perfectly good pumped milk and August wants nothing to do with it. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Eating anything? </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">He loves yogurt and anything a little sweet. He likes to gnaw on meat though too. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Developmental milestones? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">He is so close to actually crawling. He can scoot and move himself a little, but hasn't officially started crawling. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Favorite toy? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">He has been liking blocks lately or anything he can knock down. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Speech and language? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">I have heard several variations of babbling, but no actual words yet. He has started clicking his tongue and he thinks that is pretty funny. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Loves? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"> I am still his favorite thing. He also loves food, but I'm still #1 in his heart. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Dislikes? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">He doesn't like to lay down initially...he almost always cries, but he only cries for a minute or two. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Travelled to? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">No where surprisingly... We were sick from the second we landed back here in country for a month almost.</span></span></span>Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-51480600447499931382020-01-17T01:45:00.000-06:002020-07-08T03:29:00.833-05:00August: 7 Months<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">August had his first Christmas! What a sweetie pie he still is. He has started waking up earlier around 6 or 6am with his siblings, but he is usually ready for a nap around 8 or 8:30am. He woke up with no problems Christmas morning at 5:50am with everyone else. He was so happy playing with the toy wagon full of gardening toys and wooden truck Granna got him. He also loved his pop-up toy from Pops. We got him some clothes and ball and he was perfectly content.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I wrote that small blurb just after Christmas and the bubbly tone behind it all makes me miss that care-free feeling when I compare it to my current mood. We travelled to Cyprus, an island in the middle of the Mediterranean, which isn't easily accessible. We had to fly to a bigger island, fly to Dubai, then Istanbul, and finally Cyprus. We gathered with almost 300 people sharing praises and woes, lifting each other up and sharing our livelihood, and treasuring spare time with these people as if the shared-moments could be collected and brought back home and stored away. It was a beautiful 2 weeks. It all feels a bit tainted as our travel plans were dismantled after our first leg of our flights home putting the responsibility of caring for 4 children, 4 suitcases, and 5 carry-ons on Josh and me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We decided to stay over-night in the airport of Istanbul when we learned our flight was delayed 12 hours. The upside to Istanbul - I bought the most beautiful mug I've ever seen hand painted with thin Turkish designs (the downside is River smashed it the day after we got back home). We "slept" by a small food vendor in the terminal because it was near the only electrical outlet I could find. It was clear the 2 workers of that shop did not care if we got uninterrupted sleep. Multiple times they yelled out, cackle laughed, played loud videos and music at random times, slammed crates down, and asked us to move when they wanted to steer a cart pulling a wagon exactly where we were all laying despite there being ample room between the next set of benches and chairs. It was hard to have grace on these men when we were so exhausted and begging for sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Despite maybe getting 40 minutes of cumulative sleep, we were cheery as we made our way on to the plane the next morning to Dubai. Upon landing, we learned we had to book a different flight to Jakarta as we missed our previous flight and would again have to stay the night again, but in Dubai. Out of sheer exhaustion we opted to check in to a hotel, compliments of Emmirates, to catch a few hours of sleep. At 2:30am after maybe a few hours of sleep, Josh and I hauled all of our kids out of bed and all our belongings down to the lobby. I remember reading a friend's status on Facebook as we started off for the airport. I wanted to respond, but wifi was out of reach. I set my phone down and started to nurse August. This is where I went wrong. I was delirious. I was exhausted. I didn't have enough time to finish feeding August so I was frustrated and getting out of the car was a bit chaotic. August was wanting more milk and all my groggy kids were wanting their turn to be held. I didn't have pockets in those particular pants, and I am 99% positive I left my phone in that car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It wasn't until we made it through security that I realized the mistake. We checked security. We inquired at the security desk. We called Emmirates. We talked to the airport lost and found. We called the hotel manager who spoke to the driver...the phone was not showing up, which meant it probably wouldn't.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After landing in Jakarta and island hopping back to our island, the drive home was solemn. I have cried several times since then. Despite filling out multiple lost item forms with both the airline and airport and speaking several times to the hotel manager about their driver and hotel car, my phone seems to be forever lost. What is worse is I, the professional photographer, did not back up any photos or videos. I, who knows the importance of capturing the moment, was not responsible enough to duplicate what is most treasured to me. My iCloud was full, I hadn't backed them up anywhere else, and I take full responsibility, but I still cannot believe it. I just can't reconcile it because money can't fix it. Backing up things now can't fix it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The core of it all comes down to the summation that I feel like I failed August. His sweet baby pictures and videos every single one. Taking a second long video of him every single day since birth...all gone in a hotel cab back in Dubai. My heart hurts and I know this doesn't define my motherhood, but sometimes it feels like these small treasures are what will remind my kids how much I loved them when they grow up and finally realize how broken I truly am and how short I fall on the hero-spectrum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I pray for my self-worth not to be quantified in how I documented their babyhood, but rather how I have overcome my biggest weaknesses, sins, and insecurities because I fully relied on Jesus to lead me. I pray they see Jesus through me, not how insecure I am. I pray they know His love, not how much I beat myself up for how many times I have and will fail them. I pray they understand repentance, not the pride that wells up inside of me. All of these moments are fleeting, but I hope the way I make thf.;rem feel comforts them and lasts forever. I pray they don't see me as their hero, but as their mother. That this short coming will ultimately point their eyes to Jesus because he is the only one who never fails. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">How many months old? 7</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"> months</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Weight? </b>16.5 pounds</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Doctor check-up? </b>Not this past month</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Any teeth? </b>Still none, but that is no surprise to me</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Sleep?</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"> Still not sleeping through the night</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Feeding?</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"> He nurses the same about every 3 hours or less. Sometimes I nurse a tiny bit before I put him down for a nap just to get him nice and sleepy, but he always nurses when he wakes up within the first 15 minutes. He will still only take about an ounce out of the bottle, which is disheartening. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Eating anything? </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">He LOOOOOVES his food. My goodness he loves it. He like babyhood, yogurt, whole foods, meats, fruits...all of it. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Developmental milestones? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">He sits up like a champ now and has started leaning forward on his arms reaching for toys. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Favorite toy? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">He likes anything he can grab and then mouth. That is basically all he does all day long. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Speech and language? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Babbling a ton and say something like "dadada," but let it be known that "dada" isn't his first word...yet. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Loves? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"> ME. Oh my word...he love me. Any time I am around he wants me and doesn't want anyone else to hold him. He definitely knows who nourishes him...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Dislikes? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Doesn't necessarily love sleeping in his SnuggleMe anymore, he pushes himself up and out of it, so we have had to resort to flat sleeping now. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Travelled to? </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">Jakarta, Dubai, Istanbul, Cyprus (and back).</span></span></span>Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-85410550047487908252019-12-17T01:42:00.000-06:002020-03-04T01:43:31.895-06:00August: 6 MonthsIt has already been 1/2 a year! Little buddy is getting sweeter and yummier every day. His eyelashes bat up and have everyone envious with how thick and long they are. His dimples have everyone cooing and his laugh can't be outdone. Basically he is a baby dipped in sweet sticky honey and you can't help but get that yummy goodness all over you when you are around August. What a wonderful delight he is to have around. He caught a bit of a cold a day before he turned 6 months so we had to wait a few days to start food. As soon as we were able to give him some, he fisted some steamed broccoli and carrots and gnawed on them as if this were his only chance to get some nutrients in his body.<br />
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These are the only 3 photos I was able to recover after losing my harddrive. I was able to get them from a memory card even though I had cleared it already! I feel so grateful.<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">How many months old? 6</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> months</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Weight? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">I forgot to weigh him</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Doctor check-up? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">None still. I almost went to the doctor with his low fevers, mucous, and cough, but he got better before we ever made it out. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Any teeth? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">None - I honestly don't expect one for almost a year just like the other kids. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Sleep?</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> Still waking 4+ times a night. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Fe</b><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">eding?</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> He still nurses about every 3 hours</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Eating anything? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Yes! We are doing Baby Led Weaning again and he LOVES food. He has already had broccoli, carrots, potatoes, yogurt, mashed black beans, a piece of roast, chicken, and banana. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Developmental milestones? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">He rolls and somehow army pulls himself to stretch towards an item. He has quite moved forward or backwards. He rolls to his belly and can turn in a circle that way. He started sitting up too this month! It only took around 5 days to go from wobbly to pretty sturdy. I still put a poppy or pillows around him because the tile makes for a hard fall, but he has got it!</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Favorite toy? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Anything he can manipulate and mouth.</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Speech and language? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Babbling and doing repetition like crazy mainly saying "gagaga" or "thathathatha."</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Loves? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Loves to eat independently</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">D</b><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">islikes? </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">He doesn't like that his fine motor skills aren't developed. He cries when he can't grab food or a spoon and get it to his mouth like he wants to. Also, if I try to help he cries HARD. It is almost comical. He is not about that help.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Travelled to? </b>Malino and Maros</span></span>Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-84336030104690029752019-12-06T05:01:00.002-06:002020-03-04T01:49:41.800-06:00August: 5 MonthsHOW DID 5 MONTHS GO BY ALREADY?! I dozed and all of a sudden I better figure out how to conjure up a bunch of ingredients that are basically non-existent in this country to re-create my favorite recipes for Thanksgiving.<br />
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Now that it is actually post-Thanksgiving and it is taking me forever to update August's 5 months, I can tell you that making the usual dishes for Thanksgiving feels almost impossible unless you hoard things for year or just close your eyes, take a big bite, and tell yourself you are eating a savory piece of sweet ham but really all you had was sliced chicken breast in taco seasoning. Do what you can with what you have, right? I did manage to make a pumpkin pie crust and all from scratch, but it tasted like poo. Turns out you can't substitute honey for molasses and expect it to taste the same. On the flip side, I nailed Josh's favorite Apple Crisp pie and cheese ball so it was nice to see him to happy. Lots of friends congregated at our house to celebrate a holiday that I consider to be all about being grateful, eating artery-clogging food, and being around people you are thankful for. We taught many locals the meaning behind the holiday and also what a pot-luck is so that everyone could bring a dish and enjoy it all together.<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Weight? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">12.8 pounds</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> </b><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Doctor check-up? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">None but wow I need to take him for a wellness check and get some updated vaccines! yikes!</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Any teeth? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">None yet even though Judah SWEARS that he feels one coming through every other day. </span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Feeding?</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> He nurses about every 3 hours now. </span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Developmental milestones? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">That boy has FINALLY learned how to flip over from his back to his belly and back again. He isn't quite rolling all over the place, but I know it is coming. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Favorite toy? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">He likes his noisy Hungry Caterpillar book. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Speech and language? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Starting to babble a little more throwing in some "dadada's," but make no mistake, he has NOT said Dada YET! I am determined for him to say mama!</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Loves? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Loves eye contact, snuggles, and to be held. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Dislikes? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">He doesn't like to sleep through the night, to be cold, or to sit in someone's lap at the table. </span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Doctor check-up? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">He caught his first cold, sadly. I am not surprised though. All 3 of his siblings, Josh, me, and Gabi all had been sick for almost the whole month before he finally started coughing. I was fine with a little cough, but when he couldn't breathe from all the mucus and stridor that I knew I had to take him in. We did breathing treatments for him plus a coughing syrup. The medicine here is so interesting </span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Sleep?</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> ONE time, August slept all the way through the night while we were out of town, but it never happened again, unfortunately.</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Feeding?</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> He nurses about every two to three hours still. This hasn't changed from last month.</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Eating anything? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Just "mommy's milk"</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Developmental milestones? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">He smiles like it is his job and has really started looking at his hands. He also loves to find your eyes and smile or laugh at you.</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Favorite toy? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">He likes the sound of his hungry caterpillar book that makes a crinkly sound.</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Speech and language? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Nothing major, but the cooing is consistent.</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Loves? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">He loves to be laughed at. He gut laughs back and loves that eye contact. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Dislikes? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">He doesn't like being on the ground on his play mat for very long. He still prefers to be held over anything.</span><br />
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**All photos taken by <a href="https://www.lophotobirth.com/" target="_blank">Lo Photo</a>**</div>
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In the months preparing for this birth, I had talked with each of my children about the baby that was inevitably going to join our family. I had also talked to each of them about how we were planning another home birth, and how I had planned to have him in our bedroom. For River, we decided it would be best to bring her in right after and Judah was a wild card because he did not really understand the full concept of what was going on. Shepherd, however, knew from the moment that we told him I was pregnant that he wanted to actually see this baby enter the world. He distinctly remembered being very disappointed 20 months prior after River had already been born and that he missed her birth. He had made up his mind that he was not going to miss the birth this time. He confirmed this thought multiple times to me throughout my pregnancy and even the day before the big day. <div>
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After days and days of prodromal labor, I was still sitting at 1cm dilated and 40% effaced. My doula, midwife, and I decided to take Shepherd to the nearby hotel to swim around 4pm. This gave me a chance to really work baby into a better position to get real labor going and let Shepherd blow off some energy. I had to really coax Shep into staying in the shallow pool while I lunged and squatted the width of the pool several times with my doula, Sarah. Shepherd wasn't quite ready to swim independently, but those deep waters never seem to scare him enough to stay away. This seemed to be true about witnessing birth too. Many said they would never let a 5 year old in their birth room, but I knew that he was not scared of such a grand life event. </div>
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After very little progress with contractions, Sarah offered for us all to go up to her room in the same hotel to shower off before returning home. Shep and I kept booting each other out of the hot water trying to enjoy the warmth a little longer. Neither of us had bathed with hot water in months since we didn't have it at home. I laughed at the sheer joy it brought Shepherd, and we both agreed it felt like heaven. In this moment, I let the warmth completely relax me and my tense body. I was 5 days overdue and my entire birth team including my midwife, doula, and birth photographer were going to fly home in a few days whether I went into labor not. I let the stress go under that hot stream.</div>
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After 40 minutes in the hot shower, Salem checked and I was 4 - 5cm and 75% effaced. I had progressed rapidly. Salem asked me if I wanted a hotel birth or a home birth like I had planned. I felt completely secure and comfortable in that endless warm water, and I am certain I could have given birth within a couple hours had I been able to stay there. None-the-less, we all knew that I needed to get home to Josh and my birth photographer, Lauren. </div>
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When we arrived home, Shepherd happily announced to everyone that "mommy is going to have the baby tonight!" He looked in my room and confirmed that I was still having the baby in there. Josh and Lauren had already made up the bed with fresh sheets and prepared everything else in the room. Gabi came in and braided my hair while the girls hung up my birth affirmations. Shepherd agreed to take a break to eat his dinner and watch a movie while I labored for a while.</div>
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4 hours deep into labor at 9:30pm I thought I was ready to start pushing, but I was still only 8cm and 90% effaced. There was a moment either before or after this where I allowed myself to sit through a few contractions, just worshipping to a few songs and really reading my birth affirmations. I needed to, for the 4th time, surrender this process of birth and trust that God was going to deliver this baby when he was ready. Trying to fight back disappointment after finding out I wasn't 10cm yet, I told myself that I could do hard things over and over and over. </div>
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Josh brought the boys in one last time to say goodnight. They stayed for a few contractions reveling in the excitement of wanting to meet the new baby and trying to understand the complex process of the birthing woman. One of the boys asked if I was going to die, but Josh diffused the tension by explaining what my body was doing during a contraction in such an elegant and delicate way. I remember Judah smiling and saying, "Wow." Shepherd refused to go to bed, but he did agree to take a nap on the couch with the contingency that Josh would wake him before the baby came. </div>
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I spent several hours facing backward on the toilet and on all fours leaning on the birth ball. I swayed several times with Josh between going back to the bathroom or my bed. I had read Hypnobirthing during this pregnancy and had tried the relaxing meditation techniques mainly when I wanted to keep my temper at bay with my children. I had somehow practiced it enough that I was able to stay silent during my contractions and fall asleep heavily in between. This was unlike any of my other labors where I was so vocal, so it surprised me and my birth team. I felt unconscious for so much of my labor in my bedroom that the timeline is a bit of a blur. </div>
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Right when the baby's head was about to crown, doubt began to creep in. I remember thinking maybe I can't do this. Maybe I am not going to push my baby out. That is when Shepherd's squeal of excitement as he saw the baby's head brought me back to my focus that I could do hard things. The warm voices of Lauren, Salem, and Sarah cheering me to keep going along with Josh's affirmations gave me the extra boost of confidence I needed. As soon as the baby's head was out, it was apparent that his shoulders were not giving. Salem calmly and firmly directed me to turn and lay on my back where she helped guide the rest of the baby out. The only time Shepherd seemed worried or nervous was because the baby initially was covered in amniotic fluid and tinged blue when he was placed on my chest. Shepherd was expecting him to be dry and pink right away. This was another teachable moment that Shep easily accepted, but then asked when we could give the baby a bath because he wanted him clean. He was such a great little doula and an energy that I was not expecting to need so much in the end. </div>
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So after 8 hours and 10 minutes of labor, <b>August Noble Hurst </b>was born at <b>2:10am</b> (Central Indo time zone) on <b>June 17th </b>weighing<b> 7lbs 8oz </b>and measuring <b>20inches long.</b></div>
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Shepherd burst through Gabi's door letting it bang on the wall to announce the birth of the baby and for her to go and wake up Judah. Gabi jolted up in bed with the clang of the door and opened her eyes to Shepherd's ear to ear grin and shaking excitement right next to her face. She went upstairs and brought down a sleepy Judah. Josh woke River and brought her in to meet August too. The boys took turns carefully cutting the umbilical cord and they all took turns cooing over their new little brother. The initial love and excitement in their eyes as they met August for the first time is the same when they lay eyes on him almost 2 months later. As all the tiny humans crawled all over my bed at 3 o'clock in the morning that day filling the room with laughter and joy, I knew this little baby had completed our loud and rambunctious family. </div>
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The name August comes from St. Augustine who was a very influential early church father who helped deepen our understanding of the trinity, the conversation around sin, and so many other topics to aid us in building a stronger faith based on biblical truths.<br />
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Noble comes from Philippians 4:8 NIV "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things."<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">How many months old? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> 2 months</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Weight? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">11 lbs</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Doctor check-up? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">The doctor said there didn't appear to be anything abnormal with Auggie's abdomen when he checked. Overall, the only suggestion was that I moisturize his skin more because it was kind of dry.</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Any teeth? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">None yet, PTL...</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Sleep?</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> I have tried just about everything and just the past 3 nights I've been able to nurse August first and then lay him down in his bassinet with the Snuggle Me Organic pillow to cradle him. He has been waking up about every 2 hours since he isn't next to me, but I've been able to nurse him and lay him back down a couple times. If I am too tired though I just put him in bed with me. One of the not so fun things to deal with when sleeping with August is he is a SWEATY boy. He sweats a ton. Also, the diapers here are not great, so many nights he leaks. Many mornings I can't tell if he is wet with pee or sweat. Its definitely a new experience despite him being my fourth. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Feeding?</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> He nurses about every two to three hours still.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Developmental milestones? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">He has started smiling and I've seen him roll over to his belly only once. He still hasn't roll belly to back, which usually comes easier. He kicks and kicks like crazy and has started holding his weight a little when I stand him up. Starting to track a little more and also really found his hand recently. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">He mouths his fist all the time. I wont lie, I'm worried he will be a thumb sucker.</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Favorite toy? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Still isn't interested in holding a toy yet, but he does like when Judah snuggles him.</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Speech and language?</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">His cries definitely communicate different things to me. For example, his cry that tells me he is scared is so profound and different from any of his other cries. Want to know what scares him more than anything? My cough. Poor buddy hasn't been able to sleep very well because of it. I'm hoping to get past this cold soon. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Loves? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">I think he sleeps the best and hardest when I baby wear him. He loves it when I run my fingers from his temples to his chin. He always laughs. I've even heard a good belly laugh twice. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Dislikes? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">He doesn't like loud noises, dirty fingers from his older siblings constantly poked in his mouth, and being woken up by his older siblings.</span>Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-78602160910184661202019-07-19T09:54:00.001-05:002020-03-04T01:51:10.663-06:00August: 1 Month<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Transition is heavy upon us and while I juggle how to cope with little and low quality sleep, my kids are learning how to deal with my inability to hold or help them as much since I am always holding August. I have learned here that it is culturally normal to keep the baby inside for a minimum of 4 months. Not only would I have cabin fever, but I think my family and kids would go stir crazy too. Needless to say I get lots of concerns looks, comments, and questions about baby August when I tell them he is only 1 month old. </b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Weight? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">10.5 pounds</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Doctor check-up? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">When Auggie was initially born, everything checked out except that there were differences that werent something to worry about - at least at the time of birth, but I would like to ask the pediatrician about some of them. Apparently his abdomen above and below his bellybutton wasn't fully fused. Maybe it is now? I'll have him check. Also he has a...dimple?...above his bootie and I want them to check on that too. He does have an upper lip tie, but I don't know about having it revised or not...I am not even sure if that is something they can do here or not. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Any teeth? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Not yet, but I don't expect any until he is almost a year like the other 3 kids. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Sleep?</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> I feel like he sleeps good if he is latched and nursing, which makes me sleep terribly and very light the whole night. I am hoping to put him in his Snuggle Me Organic more, which is right beside me on the bed, BUT I am not holding him and I sleep better when I am not directly co-sleeping by holding and nursing him. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Feeding?</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> Honestly, I feel like he cluster feeds all the time and I have a hard time getting him to fully wake up to drain both sides. He definitely isn't on a schedule. </span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Developmental milestones? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">He lifts his head a ton, but honestly I haven't given him the chance to roll belly to back. Whoops...It seems to be much harder to give him that belly time that he needs being here since the floor is so dirty. That is something I am going to work on and maybe just use my bed...</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Favorite toy? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">No toys yet! He has smiled several times and made eye contact. He definitely startles easily. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Speech and language?</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Very little in this area besides communicating when he wants to nurse. There has been some cooing, but he is mainly just quiet when he is awake. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Loves? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Me. Oh man...he loves ME. I can barely get anyone else to hold him! He does like my ring sling, but I haven't given him a chance in my wraps to know if he likes those. He likes his baths...I've been heating up water and using it to give him warm bath. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms", trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Dislikes? </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">He doesn't like to sleep alone and won't take the pacifier. He also doesn't like to be cold! He also doesn't like to be head butted, which oddly enough has happened more times by my children than I would like to admit. Bless this 4th baby's head! haha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>How far along?</b> 40 weeks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Baby is the size of a: </b>Pumpkin</span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Total weight gain: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">29 pounds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> Still just anything that fit me - one pair of jeans, shirts as tight as they'll stretch, and some dusters for when I'm home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Update from the midwife: </b>Lots of updates but hardly anything. My bp, pulse, and baby's heart beat have been great. Baby is continually in ROT or ROA which is fine, but not great. Ideally we want baby to be in OA so that his back is perfectly in line with my belly button. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Salem spent a good 20 minutes after my first cervical check where I was 0cm dilated and stretchy getting me to 2cm to sweep my membranes. It was uncomfortable, but not painful. This definitely got some contractions going for several hours on my due date, but everything dissipated once I went to sleep. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This happened 3 different times over the course of 4 days on and over my date where I thought I was beginning labor and the contractions tapered off. This was extremely disheartening. She checked me one more time early afternoon 4 days after my date and I was only 1cm and 40% effaced. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Sleep: </b>Sleep has been fine..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>My blessingway was very restorative. It filled me with so much encouragement and love from my birth team and from my friends back home who sent notes. </span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Movement: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Movement is normal and regular.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Food cravings:</b> I have actually lost my appetite this week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Just ready to not have these painful contractions without labor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Gender: </b>Boy - sweet August Noble Hurst</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Just crazzzzy contractions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Mood?: </b>I've been pretty down with the circumstances of losing my step-dad but also just disheartened about not being in labor yet. </span></div>
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Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-89885975596217118492019-06-06T01:55:00.000-05:002019-06-20T01:55:48.711-05:004th Pregnancy: Week 39<div class="p1">
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The first 4 days after my burn were really intense. My hand and arm turned black and on day 3 blisters formed so thick and huge that I couldn't believe that much liquid could be contained beneath the first layer of my skin and not pop. On day 4 all those nasty blisters oozed out all day. I have never felt like I had a contagious disease before, but this definitely made me empathize with those you only hear about in old stories with oozing sores who people avoid. I had to carry a rag around to catch everything leaking. Truly, it was as disgusting as I am making it sound or worse.<br />
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My contractions pretty much completely stopped as that part of my body went into flight mode while I recovered from my burns. My midwife arrived the morning after the kitchen fire and my doula and her husband arrived 2 days after that. Despite my burns I really spent some good quality time with everyone taking them to some fun spots around town including a beach and some of our favorite restaurants.<br />
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The same morning my birth photographer, her son, and her sister were arriving Josh came home with a bloody nose after playing basketball. I didn't think too much of it until I noticed how crooked his nose was. He had broken it. I insisted he go to the hospital to see a plastic surgeon one of our friends recommended. In the mean time, I decided to go to a coffee shop with Sarah to have a little one-on-one time with her before the rest of the team showed up. It was in the middle of our date that I got the phone call that my step-dad had passed away after a major heart attack and wasn't able to be revived. My brother was the one to call me and Randy, my step dad, wasn't even on my radar when my brother said he was sorry to call me with bad news. 100 other tragic things came to my mind before this news. Not only could I not believe Randy was gone but I was devastated I couldn't immediately jump on a plane to be with my now mourning mother. Sarah just sat with me as I made several phone calls crying through each of one feeling utterly helpless to my family.<br />
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The rest of the week was a blur as I navigated emotionally wanting and needing to comfort my mom and family from afar, physically and emotionally healing from my own wounds on my arms and hands, and also trying to support Josh with his very painful experience getting his nose reset without anesthetic (He hurt and bled for days afterwards). Plus, although our birth team was extremely low maintenance and very helpful, we still had the stress that comes with hosting 5 adults and a 1 year old that have never been to this country.<br />
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I laughed countless times enjoying my company as we told stories and shared new experiences in a new country the rest of the week. I cried as they all held space for me. I retreated to my room letting everyone go out and explore different coffee shops, restaurants, and even the mountains for a day. I enjoyed myself as I went out and did restorative things like going to the movies. The paradox of emotions feeling both grief from our week's events (not even counting other things I've experienced in 2019) and pure joy of having some of my favorite people in my presence was a true testament that you can feel contradictory feelings at the same time. I am forever grateful they made the trip and sacrificed so much to be here. Who knew I was going to need them for more than just the birth of this little boy?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>How far along?</b> 39 weeks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Baby is the size of a: </b>small watermelon</span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Total weight gain: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've finally gained back to 29 pounds again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> Still mainly dusters but I have worn maternity jeans a lot this week now that my midwife and doula are here! We have been going out every day and dusters don't cut it when going out of the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Update from the midwife: </b>Now that my midwife is finally here she has been able to do her first hands on prenatal. Baby is still head down and very low in ROA. Two days later when my doula got here baby turned to ROP and almost OP, so my doula did a lot of sifting. When baby came out of my pelvis I just spent time on my hands and knees and then when I had a contraction I squatted to put baby back in my pelvis in OA. So now that he is in good position I am ready to go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">BP: 111/78</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pulse: 78</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Baby's heartbeat: 144bpm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fundal height: 32cm (very small but this has been my history with every baby so it is not worrisome. I still expect this baby to be my biggest)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Sleep: </b>Sleep has been horrible this week, whether my kids have woken me up or I've drank tea during dinner and just cannot go to sleep or fall asleep. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>Spending time with my midwife and doula!</span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Movement: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Movement is still pretty regular, but smaller movements because there is less room now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Really nothing this week other than wanting to drink coffee all day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Just being able to walk normally and ride a motor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Gender: </b>Boy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Symptoms:</b> I have barely felt the round ligament pain since Sarah sifted me and my swelling has gone down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Mood?: </b>Excited to have a baby but definitely worried about my hand and the function of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>My birth photographer getting here on Saturday!</span><br />
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Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-17255208573867687812019-06-01T01:53:00.000-05:002019-06-20T01:54:44.373-05:004th Pregnancy: Week 38<div class="p1">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I haven't wanted to write this down, but I feel like it is a part of the story and should be documented. On June 2nd, I cut up and prepared chicken to bake in the oven for dinner. I did a trial run and started the gas oven like Josh showed me around 4:45pm. Everything seemed right so I turned the flame off and planned to start the oven again at 5:15pm when I needed it. Little did I know that I wasn't using all of the buttons and knobs correctly. I thought that I needed to press the starter button used to start gas on the stove top for the oven, but that button isn't needed with the oven. So when I "turned everything off," I had actually left the gas on. I thought the starter button controlled the gas and the temperature knob just controlled the temp. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">30 minutes later, I lackadaisically went to light the oven. I smelled gas, but didn't think anything of it since I had started the oven 30 minutes before. I pressed the starter button not knowing gas had already been running for 30 minutes. I opened the oven with the lighter to light the oven at the bottom. As soon as I lit the lighter the oven exploded. I jumped back, but the flame completely engulfed my body. I felt it surround my head and expunge all of the air around me making my dress cling to my body. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The flame was out in 1 second, but I still screamed profanity making Gabi come out of her room. Luckily Josh and the kids were outside of the house walking around the neighborhood. Gabi asked me if I was okay to which I immediately responded that I wasn't ok. I started crying immediately because 1. it scared me 2. I knew I burned my hands and 3. a ton of my hair around my hairline burned off despite my hair being in a bun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gabi took me took the bathroom and washed my burned hair while I ran my charred arms and hands under running cool water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Josh came home and took me to the ER 20 minutes after I burned myself. The transit to the hospital was the worst because the little ice we had melted and didn't soothe the pain at all. I moaned as if I were in labor, but this pain didn't come and go in minute increments like a contraction. There was no break. It was just a continuous wave of pain without relief. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After 3 hours, the pain finally started to become manageable. They gave me an IV, pain meds intravenously, and treated my burns topically with an antibiotic salve. Finally after I wasn't in constant pain, Josh and I ordered our favorite pizza from a local authentic Italian restaurant that doesn't typically deliver, but they made an exception for us! Salem, my midwife, asked me to go ahead and get a urinalysis. This is where is gets funny. They gave me a bottle the size of a pill bottle. Well not only can I not see exactly where to aim over my big belly but I couldn't hold the container because of my burned arms. Josh had to do it. I literally peed all over him and into the toilet. We barely filled up that tiny container half way! Josh said that was absolutely disgusting. Love, yall. love. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have never laughed so hard in the midst of feeling so much pain with my arms. At least in labor the pain comes in and out in waves! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am just hoping that the burns become manageable before baby decides to make his arrival. I seriously thought I was going into labor the night before I burned myself. I was up most of the night with some painful contractions. We will see when he comes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I added pictures from future weeks too to show the full progress of the healing process of my burns. It has been a true miracle of how well they have healed with minimal scaring. We will see if that skin tans again or not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>How far along?</b> 38 weeks</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">Total weight gain: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've still maintained the 27 pounds gained. I was worried I would have gained a bunch this week since I have basically been on bed rest, but i haven't!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Update from the midwife: </b>The only update is that her and the rest of my birth team's flights are booked and they will be here in 5 days, 1 week, and 1.5 weeks! So close! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">BP: 103/58</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pulse: 78</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Sleep: </b>My sleep hasn't been great, but that is to be expected with the end of pregnancy. Last night, Josh started having sinus issues and his snoring kept me up all night! I am planning to sleep in 5ish years after my kids are old enough to stay in their own bed and maybe I will eventually teach myself to be soothed to sleep by Josh's rhythmic snoring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>This week had been rough. I won't lie... the best moment might have been last Friday when we went to my favorite Italian restaurant, but on my way home I had 4 contractions every 10 minutes. I decided I should probably not go across town again. With the start-stop traffic and continuous bumps in the road, I figured its too much for my body. BUT of course I felt good 4 days later and tried to go out again and I WAY over did it. Needless to say I was in pain the rest of the night and seriously thought I was going into labor!</span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Movement: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Movement is still crazy frequent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Food cravings:</b> One night I was really craving a Snickers, which Josh obliged and went and bought me - that sweet babyhead. Other than that nothing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Just getting out and about. Being in bed all day everyday isn't fun believe it or not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Gender: </b>Boy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Round ligament pain, but I feel like my swelling in my feet and ankles have gone down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Mood?: </b>Restless</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>My birth team to get here!</span><br />
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Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-43839876683180934182019-05-23T01:43:00.000-05:002019-05-30T01:44:20.641-05:004th Pregnancy: Week 37<div class="p1">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>How far along?</b> 37 weeks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Baby is the length of: </b>a Swiss chard</span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Total weight gain: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">still at 27 pounds gained</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> Well since I somehow ripped the only dress I was wearing in public, I've turned to my only two options: not leaving the house and also wearing my only pair of maternity pants that are still tolerable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Update from the midwife: </b>Nothing other than needed to rest due to Braxton Hicks/contractions and the occasional groin pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Sleep: </b>As expected - Still getting up 3-4 times a night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>Just spending it with Shep dabbling in homeschooling.</span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Movement: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lots of movement but I can definitely tell its getting tight in there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Food cravings: </b>Chocolate, but I haven't given in yet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Just being able to get out and about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Gender: </b>Boy. I can't wait to kiss his sweet cheeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Braxton Hicks (very infrequent), round-ligament pain, and swollen feet and ankles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> Out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Mood?: </b>A little cranky. I'm already having cabin fever and its only been a few days of trying to stay home and not go out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Finishing up getting the house ready for guests and the baby's big entrance!</span><br />
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Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-62478568649180880432019-05-16T01:49:00.000-05:002019-06-07T07:23:36.782-05:004th Pregnancy: Week 34 - 36<div class="p1">
I have been absolutely terrible at updating the past couple weeks. I have to admit it has been harder than I was expecting dealing with the heat, the climate, having 3 kids, being in language school, and now managing pain. Weeks 34 and 35 I had intermittent pain in my groin, but I didn't think much of it until one morning I felt completely crippled by the pain and couldn't bear any weight on my right leg.<br />
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I tried not to panic, but it seemed like no one could help me after 3 days. Finally, a friend of mine told me about a local midwife and doula. I was shocked, because I didn't even think doulas existed here on this island! Anyway, the midwife came over checked on the baby's heartbeat, baby's position, and my blood pressure. After everything checked out perfectly, she sifted my belly and massaged my hip and groin area. It was painful, but afterwards I felt a lot better. The pain still comes and debilitates me at times, but at least I've figured out the source! I am having round ligament pain, which is common in a multip, a mom who has had more than 1 baby and in my case I have had 3. So my round tendon is stretched and probably strained. Being 36 weeks pregnant means this baby is getting bigger and my round ligament is having to support a very heavy uterus.<br />
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Now I am taking it one day at a time. Sometimes I have to cancel my language lessons and stay in bed all day. Sometimes I am able to go plant shopping just to come home and not be able to climb one stair to help put the kids to bed. Luckily, Josh and Gabi have totally swooped in without a hesitation and haven't made me feel an ounce of guilt when I need to rest and leave the kids under their complete care. I am sometimes sad thinking this will be my last pregnancy, but it is fleeting and I will be happy to see this baby's movements from the outside instead of feeling them inside the womb!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>How far along?</b> 36 weeks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Baby is the size of a: </b>romaine lettuce</span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Total weight gain: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've actually lost weight...just two pounds less, but it is still surprising. So I have gained 27 pounds now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> I have pretty much banished anything that touches my girth. I have one dress that I packed when I moved over here and hadn't tried on. Since I don't leave the house much anymore I pretty much only wear that dress. It is really popular to wear dusters, which are loose fitting dresses but tighter fitting than a moo moo. I have two of them and they have become my best friends. So basically I am over clothes and I wear as little as possible while staying culturally appropriate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Update from the midwife: </b>Really no update other than I am perfectly healthy despite the round ligament pain and swelling in my feet and ankles. The swelling though hasn't gotten any worse. I did finally break down and buy bigger flip flops, because 3 months of being uncomfortable in my tight shoes did me in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pulse: 78</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Sleep: </b>My sleep patterns have been off for ~6 years since I was pregnant with Shepherd. Anyhow, I have definitely been waking up around 3-4 times to use the restroom. We decided to just give in to Judah sleeping in my bed and it has kept me from waking up in the middle of the night 5-6 times and for hours at a time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>Getting to meet Bidan Ku! She was amazing! </span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Movement: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Movement has not only been constant but slightly painful. Sometimes he moves and causes cervical pain. He is definitely getting ready to make his debut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Just fried everything, which I know is terrible so I am definitely limiting myself but I am human so definitely giving in a couple times a week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Multiple cups of coffee for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Gender: </b>Sweetie BOY!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Symptoms:</b> I've already talked about it, but again it is just the round ligament pain and swollen ankles and feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Mood?: </b>Just hating the pain when it comes on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Getting out of the house!</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Movement: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">Lots of movement - sometimes I feel like he is stretching and he likes to spread his arms and his legs out as much as possible. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Food cravings:</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> The cravings and aversions have been unreal this week. I have gone from HAVING TO HAVE sour candy at 10pm some nights to not eating anything at lunch at all, because it all looks disgusting and all I want is some enchiladas, queso, and chips. I have also craved grilled cheeses, chocolate, and other things I can't remember. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Miss Anything?</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">FOOooooooood. American food</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Moving into our new home. They started painting this week. I am hoping it will only take a week and then we will have to let it air out for a week before we can move in.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Baby is the size of a:</b> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;">naked-tailed armadillo (HAHA Why is this so funny to me?!) This is what one of my apps told me. Bless it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Total weight gain: </b>Still exactly the same over 4 weeks! Crazy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Update from the midwife: </b>I HAD THE BEST MEETING WITH MY DOCTOR HERE! I knew I needed to be completely open about my plans to have a home birth though with an all American birth team instead of at the hospital in the traditional way. I was really worried I was going to offend her since we have connected so well up until this point. Have I mentioned that her and her husband are about to become my new landlords? So this is all so intertwined. Anywho, after telling her she wasn’t shocked or offended at all. She said I am free to choose however I want to birth, but of course she will be there for me if I need to transfer to the hospital. I was so shocked by her support and also overwhelmed with gratitude. I knew I felt different kicks, but she confirmed baby boy is now head down! PTL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve been taking my blood pressure, pulse, and have also been checking the baby’s heart beat since last week. Everything looked great this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pulse: 86</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Sleep:</b> Sleeping is better this week. I made Shepherd switch me rooms and I put River in my room. That means I get the room with the most effective AC unit, Judah isn’t waking me up in the middle of the night, and I am only having to get up once to use the restroom, which I consider a win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>Definitely getting it off my chest about my home birth plans, but also knowing that my doctor is supportive and will provide care if I need it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Movement: </b>Movement has been CONSTANT. Bless it. I can’t even walk 100 meters without feeling him move lower and lower. I am SOooooo done and I still have ~8 weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Still just semi-missing American food, but I make up for it every once in a while by making grill cheeses, quesadillas, and buying French fries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Gender: </b>Boy! I am pretty sure we are set on a name unless something spectacular jumps out at me.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Just occasional nausea in the morning, but it is only every once in a while - usually when I am cooking eggs and am sweating from being so hot and having an empty stomach. It is seriously scorching here as soon as the sun comes up.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On still. My hands don’t seem swollen, but don’t get me started about my feet.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Mood?: </b>Sometimes irritable, but I think that is more of still adjusting to life here. I really want to learn to cook, BUT I want to learn how to cook AND enjoy doing it. Every time I cook a meal and it doesn’t turn out delicious I just want to quit and order out for the rest of my life. That is a bit dramatic, but I typically don’t like to do things unless I can do it really well. I am hoping to get better at it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Friday! I think we are going to an island with Shepherd’s school on a field trip. I am pretty excited about it. Plus, Easter is going to be very different this year, but I am pretty excited to break bread and. praise His raising from the dead.</span></div>
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I just got home from spending all afternoon with my language tutor, Alfa. I followed her on my motor through busy streets to a pasar (a local market), where we bargained for all the fresh ingredients for the traditional meal we ended up cooking later. This was all such an honor when I found out later that she has never invited any foreigner over to her place before. Usually calm and confident, she seemed a little nervous since we have been developing a friendship for just a month. I reassured her that I was so excited to spend time with her, and she didn’t need to worry about me. I’ve learned a lot about the culture here just through my experience tonight. I thought I was a minimalist, but it turns out I have no idea what it means to live with little and want little. </div>
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After shopping, we headed towards Alfa’s kost (which is a like an apartment, but smaller). Her kitchen contained only a small sink with a cut off hose as the faucet and a 3ft x 2ft space on her counter beside the sink. Her counter is mainly occupied by her single burner plugged into the wall, leaving a very small space to prepare the rest of the meal. She and her sister peeled, cut, and used a mortar and pestle to grind garlic, shallots, lemon grass, ginger, turmeric, salt, pepper, sugar, galangal (root similar to ginger), and lombok, which are small chile peppers that will burn the baby hairs off of your face. </div>
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On the floor behind her was a plastic drying rack where she keeps all of her dishes, a water dispenser for clean water, and a rice cooker. YALL. THAT IS ALL THAT IS IN HER KITCHEN! No fridge, oven, microwave, dining table, cabinets, chairs, big island countertop, or any other “necessity” we all consider when making our house a home. I was fine sitting on the stairs that were in her kitchen as she prepared the meal, but she informed me that I couldn’t sit there because the kost above her leaked frequently and she didn’t want me to get wet. Sure enough, it POURED down the steps about 10 minutes later. She pulled up the only “chair” in her kost, which was a plastic stool for me to sit on and a fan out of her bedroom for me to feel comfortable since she doesn’t have air conditioning. As much as I hate admitting it, I was thankful for the chair and fan being 31 weeks pregnant and HOT in this humid climate.</div>
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We talked the entire time Alfa and her sister prepared the meal. It was one of the first times I really got to connect on a deeper level with Alfa. Alfa and her sister were open about their lifestyle now and back in their home village. I admired their work ethic as it took them about an hour to prepare and grind all the spices. She scooped all of the crushed ingredients into a wok with some oil and soon after started cooking the bone-in chicken bits. She prepared rice and also had her brother buy some fried tofu stuffed with veggies down the street. We all sat together on a rug in her living room, and they taught me how to debone the chicken using only your right hand and spoon it into your mouth gracefully without silverware. This traditional dish was DELICIOUS! They laughed at me as I wiped my nose continuously and drank a gallon of water to stifle the symptoms from this spicy dish. They said this wasn’t spicy to them and they even added sugar to make it less spicy! I laughed at them at how many times they kept having to shoo these two kittens out of the house. I used as much language as I knew and Alfa’s siblings used as much English as they knew, which was very little. Somehow eating a meal together doesn’t always require words to communicate with one another. </div>
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After dinner, Alfa also showed me her bedroom. Alfa and her sister shared a mattress on the floor that was a little wider than a twin size bed. They also had a small set of plastic drawers for her clothes. As we talked about furniture, she explained that they move around a lot being students, and it is much easier to move with less furniture. Also, in her home village they never ate at a table or owned an AC unit. She asked what I use a refrigerator for other than keeping water cold. She couldn’t imagine keeping that much food in storage or having leftovers. They eat until they are content or invite a neighbor to join them when they cook too much. I loved learning about this communal lifestyle.</div>
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The innocent comparison of lifestyle differences was very eye opening. Before we moved here I had a lot of “non-negotiables,” meaning I had a list of things that I needed to be able to live here. Some of those things included AC (at night), internet, and a western toilet. I never thought to put a refrigerator, oven, or table on my list because I assumed they were given. When I reflect on what is necessary to live and what is necessary to live like an American, I am very convicted. This past week and the upcoming weeks are full of buying items to fill the house we are about to move into, but I can’t help but see the goodness in having little and sharing everything you have. I hope to adopt some of the customs here - sharing more, having less, and learning to cook!</div>
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<span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Best moment this week: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">Definitely getting to go to the pasar and cook with my language tutor. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Gender: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">Boy</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Symptoms:</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> My feet just have never gone down from the time I flew here initially. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>I am not sure that I am looking forward to it, but I really need to contact my doctor even though I am a tiny bit scared! I need to tell her of my birth plans to stay home! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Maternity clothes?</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> Still my 3 pair of pants. Well, that's not true. I finally got brave and got out my black overalls. I thought they would be too hot to wear, but I feel equally burning hot in those as I do with anything else I own. So this helped expand my wardrobe just a tiny bit. Luckily, I can fit into almost all of my shirts still. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Best moment this week: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">Getting to have a game night with our language tutors. It was life giving and another "overwhelming" hurdle that I was nervous about jumping, but as soon as they showed up I realized it wasn't any different than hosting a few friends from America. We had a blast playing the card game, BS, but we called it Liar instead, bohong. But also I got a care package in with canned jalapenos and bottles of Chalula and I couldn't be happier!</span></span></div>
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Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-24588280343077137302019-03-29T22:29:00.000-05:002019-04-16T22:54:26.505-05:004th Pregnancy: Week 29<div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 18.48px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Baby is the size of a:</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> head of cauliflower (OMG I MISS CAULIFLOWER AND BROCCOLI)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 18.48px;"><strong>Total weight gain: </strong>75 kg which is just under 30 pounds of weight gain... Yiiiiiikes. haha Honestly, I am not surprised though, because I gained exactly 38 pounds with both boys at the time of delivery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Best moment this week: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">Just getting back to our new home and settling down again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Movement: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">Not sure exactly what position baby is in but movement keeps getting bigger and bigger.</span></span></div>
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Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-64138753718888775022019-03-21T05:37:00.000-05:002019-03-26T05:37:36.964-05:004th Pregnancy: weeks 23-28<div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.6364px;">At first I was feeling extreme guilt for not keeping up with my week to week updates the past 6 weeks, but really it has been so good for me to practice a rhythm of grace when just stepping out of our new home once a day seems like such a feat. I have stepped away from social media, blogging, newsletters, and even worrying about taking photos with my professional camera and editing. It has been a freedom like I have ever felt before especially being a part of American culture. My only responsibilities have been to learn language and help my family survive transition. I am embarrassed to admit I have only cooked twice since we have been here! I learned cooking Mexican food is really expensive and should only a special occasion type of meal. All ingredients including beans are an import so basic fajitas feeding 4 can be at upwards of $40 - $50. My other meal I cooked was spaghetti and that was an easy and cheap meal! We will see what else I am able to come up with. Eating take-away local food for all of us costs around $10 total. It almost just doesn't make sense to cook, so we have allowed this indulgence not only to save a little bit of money but also to save a little bit of sanity. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px;">I learned the kids don't do well when they are bord, tired, or hungry. Josh found a slab of concrete painted for badminton where neighborhood kids play futsol (soccer) every afternoon. Shepherd and Josh have thrived playing with them each day. We came up with a schedule. Mornings are for school, more on that later, lunch, and then nap. Once everyone wakes up we eat a snack, read a book, and go for a walk and/or go to the "park" as we call it, which is the concrete slab. We have tried pushing our meal times back from 5pm to 6:30 or 7pm. Everyone here eats at 7 or later. Some restaurants don't even open until 7pm! Then each kid take a mandi, a bucket bath, because they sweat so much each day they are disgusting by the end of it. Shepherd and I have been reading Treasure Island together, which has been good for us to bond. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 18.48px;"><strong>Total weight gain: </strong>I still haven't gotten my hands on a scale, but honestly I would be fine right now not knowing how much I weigh. We have almost been in country a month and I haven't had the capacity work out once. The heat is unreal. The jet lag is real. The pregnancy woes are real.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Maternity clothes?</b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> I mainly wear maternity long sleeve shirts or flowy shirts with either stretchy tights or maternity jeans. I wish I would have brought more light weight pants, but once I have this baby my outfits will expand, I am sure. I can't wait to buy some fashionable skirts that all the ladies wear here. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.47px;"><b>Update from the midwife: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.47px;">I actually had my first prenatal appointment with a doctor here, and surprisingly it went GREAT! I think I had a slightly different experience because the doctor was expecting me and I didn't have to make an actual appointment or wait at all. She thoroughly explained everything she was looking at during the ultrasounds. Baby Boy looks healthy and happy! He is breech, but I guessed that by the consistent double kicks in my pelvis.</span></span></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 18.47px;">Sleep:</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 18.47px;"> I have been extremely tired these past several weeks so I have been sleeping A LOT! Plus I have to wake up to use the restroom multiple times a night, but also sometimes it is really hard for me to go to sleep at night. Judah has consistently slept with me at nap times and at night, but the past two nights all three kids have been sleeping in the same room together WITHOUT me for the entire night. I have never been more proud. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Best moment this week: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">The best moment this past week has really been being in Singapore, reconnecting with old friends, and experience a mini 2.5 day vacation getting our new visas. It is amazing how two days can totally refresh your soul and also exhaust you, because Josh and I do not know how to chill. We did as much as possible while we were there!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Movement: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">Most movement has been way down low by my pelvis, which I assume is this sweet boy's feet, but I do feel his head every once in a while up high.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Symptoms:</b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> All nausea and vomiting has subsided since I left the states. Now I am just tired with swollen ankles/feet. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Wedding rings on or off?</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> On - Speaking of wedding rings. I lost my beloved wedding rings last May. Josh took me on a special date on my birthday last week ring shopping! We picked out a simple gold band. The band has a thick textured strip that makes it look like the gold glitters. It is simple, but it is so meaningful.</span></span></div>
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Elise Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189353905461332661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357581552469775204.post-29551258979289299082019-02-06T16:41:00.000-06:002019-03-26T05:33:49.676-05:004th Pregnancy: Week 22<div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.6364px;">I must admit I was slightly hoping for pink to appear for the sake of River having a sister, but now that it has settled in I am so excited to have another little boy to complete our family! River will be loved and protected, but she will also have a "baby" of her own to care for. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 18.48px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">How far along?</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> 22 weeks</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 18.48px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Baby is the size of a: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">spaghetti squash</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 18.48px;"><strong>Total weight gain: </strong>24 pounds still. Sheesh. This is how much I gained with River at 40 weeks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Maternity clothes?</b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> This week I have worn lots of tshirts and sweats, because I am over clothes already</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.47px;"><b>Update from the midwife: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.47px;">Fundal height was 18cm and the baby's heart rate was 144bpm. </span></span></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 18.47px;">Sleep:</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 18.47px;"> Much better after being back home and getting a little bit of help from the grandparents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Best moment this week: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">Getting to hear baby's heart beat!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Movement:</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> Lots of movement and even some externally</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Food cravings:</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> Just craving a lot of food at meals and even snacks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Miss Anything?</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> Missing wrestling with my kids this week since they seem to really want to sit on my belly this week</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Gender: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">WE ARE HAVING A BOY!!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Symptoms:</b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> A little nausea this week but no morning sickness!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Belly Button in or out?</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> out</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Wedding rings on or off?</b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"> On</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><b style="line-height: 18.47px;">Mood?: </b><span style="line-height: 18.47px;">So grateful!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.6364px; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 18.47px;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Looking forward to: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Knowing if baby is a girl or boy! (I wrote this the day before the ultrasound, but decided to include the reveal in this update. </span></span></span></div>
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