tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5729722890136009412024-03-22T00:43:06.605-07:00The Ongoing PlannerCOmeetsNEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18175233341584198273noreply@blogger.comBlogger471125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-76100526519469889702015-10-10T06:38:00.002-07:002015-10-10T06:38:47.101-07:00Marshall: Seven MonthsWe went from infant to person this month! Marshall is so involved in everything now and on the move.<br />
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He weighs 18.4 pounds and is approximately 27.5 inches long. (Vander was 21 pounds and 27.75 inches long for comparison)<br />
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This little guy is on the move. He started army crawling on a Monday and by the weekend was doing his in between crawl and army crawl moves. He is pretty fast!<br />
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He is excellent at sitting. Unless he sneezes and falls over, which is mostly just hilarious.<br />
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Vander has started getting mad at Marshall getting into his things, so the whole sibling thing really begins now.<br />
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We have introduced all of the stage two gerber baby foods at this point, as well as puffs, graham crackers, ritz crackers and cheerios. He loves food and is less of a fan of the bottle. He has to be in just the right amount of hungry and tired to eat a bottle. I think this is pretty standard since he would rather be exploring the world instead of being held to eat food. He will hold his own bottle when we do diaper changes though.<br />
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His sleep was better this month. We had a couple nights of sleeping through the night, or 8pm to 5am at the very least. We had a couple nights of getting up twice and most often he would get up once. Mostly one week is good and one week is bad.<br />
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I am astounded at his dexterity. He is so good with picking things up and moving them around.<br />
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Marshall has started discovering cause and effect and loves to knock over a tower of blocks.<br />
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He has gotten really into bath time and loves feeling the running water.<br />
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He is so so busy and wiggly ALL THE TIME. His demeanor is really happy and laid back still, but he is always kicking his feet when you hold him.<br />
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We brought out a lot of new toys this month too. Now I am just trying to decide what, if any, new things to buy for him for Christmas that Vander would also like too.<br />
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Marshall enjoys books a lot. I should say Marshall enjoys eating books a lot.<br />
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He also loves playing the piano. I was on the phone with Dylan while Marshall was playing and he legitimately was "singing" (yelling) in time every 3 seconds. It was awesome.<br />
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Per Grandma, Marshall was asking for "mama" while she was babysitting. I have heard a couple "mama"s but nothing definitely connected with me. But I will totally accept that as his first word :)<br />
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<br />Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-44358673211000309192015-09-07T21:43:00.002-07:002015-09-07T21:43:30.504-07:00Marshall: Six MonthsWhen I mentioned to Dylan that Marshall was officially six months old, he was shocked. Dylan said with Vander, it felt like a true six months, but with Marshall it seems much less. When I estimated four months he said he felt that was high. Guess that goes to show you how much more time flies when you have two kids, are getting older and summer happens.<br />
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Marshall grew by absolute leaps and bounds this month. He weighs 18 pounds and is just over 27 inches long, unofficially since he doesn't have his appointment for another week.<br />
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He can sit up on his own, but not for very long and I don't quite trust him since he gets mad when he falls on his face. He really seems to enjoy being able to look around more. He still loves standing up too and is trying to stand up holding on to things like tables and the couch.<br />
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Marshall can roll from tummy to back and back to tummy, I am not sure if he can go to the left and right or not, but he sure manages to get around now. We have witnessed him on all fours a couple times this last week, which means crawling is right around the corner. I hardly have to take my eyes off of him and he has moved several feet already. Feels like we need to go find those baby gates soon!<br />
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He is also really enjoyingnow. He was not a huge fan of baby food until the last two or three weeks, when it finally all clicked for him. He constantly wants to eat our food too (especially toast) so we have been giving him some real food in his little food pouch feeder thing for him to chew on. We have been through pears, peaches, bananas, and apples for fruits, and sweet potato, squash, carrots peas, green beans, and real mashed potatoes. We have also given him Ritz crackers, graham crackers and cheerios. We haven't been 100% on the one new food every four days rule, but we really don't have any allergies I am aware of in our immediate families at least and as long as he is interested I figure why not?<br />
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We still have no teeth. I am totally shocked since Marshall has been teething forever and is so drooly, but I have now decided he doesn't have teeth since the won't show up.<br />
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We started working on sleep training some more since we were through the new found rolling stage. He have had a couple nights (maybe three?) of sleeping through the night, but he has gone until like 5 am quite a few times without waking up at all. I hear him quite a bit since he bumps into the sides of the crib when he sleeps, but I will make sure he is really awake before I get him at night.<br />
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He is much more interactive and insistent on things now. He is grabbing and reaching for everything and he has a solid grip.<br />
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This is the second month he has been really into his feet. He grabs them all the time and eats them.<br />
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Firsts this month included his first swing ride, which he totally loved. He now gets to sit facing out on the carrier, so that makes his life much more interesting.<br />
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Marshall has been such a fun baby and I can't wait to see what get to experience next!Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-5045048365283301452015-08-25T21:22:00.000-07:002015-08-25T21:26:14.013-07:00Marshall Five MonthsOh about three weeks ago Marshall turned five months old! I do at least prepare most of the post right around his change in month, I just can never make blogging a priority to actually put it all together any time near then.<br />
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Marshall was 26 inches long and weighed 16 pounds.<br />
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We tried baby food this month! He was really not a fan. Marshall tried rice cereal, sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots. Otherwise he eats around 30-35 ounces of formula (mixed with my frozen breast milk stash) per day. I officially stopped pumping at work at about 4 1/2 months and made it to just past five months old for breast feeding at night.<br />
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He woke up usually just once a night, but he did not sleep through the night at all. This was totally expected with all the new learning he had this month.<br />
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Marshall is very chewy, but still has no teeth.<br />
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He is basically smiley all the time. Even at daycare they said he is the happiest baby. Now he looks at the new kids and wonders why they are crying.<br />
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He is very determined and vocal when he wants things, but 90% of the time he is totally laid back. This has worked out really well this summer so we can still do a lot with Vander.<br />
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He has developed so many new skills! He is doing really well reaching for and grabbing things. He can pull on the music on one of his play gyms.<br />
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His core is getting really strong too. He can turn himself all around in the exersaucer. He is not quite sitting but getting close. He had a chance to try the umbrella stroller and totally rocked it.<br />
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He will roll over from tummy to his back. He thinks it is hilarious to do this when mommy has to put both him and Vander to bed when daddy is gone.<br />
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We had one really distinct time when he "worm crawled" and rolled over to a toy. He has done some pretty good scooting otherwise as well.<br />
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He is in nine month pajamas and 6 month clothes.<br />
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He has started enjoying peek a boo.<br />
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Marshall is getting very into Vander and enjoying watching what Vander is doing.<br />
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He is already a ham for the camera (I train my kids well!). He also loves being tickled and of course being sung to.<br />
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Another great month and he has already changed so much!<br />
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Marshall turned four months old on the Fourth of July!<br />
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Our little Marshmallow is officially 26 inches long (82%) and 14 pounds 11 ounces (44%). He is maintaining his longer, leaner profile.<br />
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He is wearing all 6 month clothes and jumped up to 9 month pajamas right before he turned four months old. Literally one night he suddenly didn't fit his six month footie pajamas anymore.<br />
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Marshall's sleep is pretty much the same as last month. Mostly he gets up just once a night, with a couple times of twice a night and a couple times with a 7+ hours stretch. He has moved up his bed time to about 8:00pm. He starts to get grumpy around 7:30pm. We wake him up for the day (during the week) around 7:20 and he takes two 2-3 hour naps.<br />
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His eating is about the same as last month as well. Marshall eats about every 2-3 hours with me and usually 2-3 4 ounce bottles at daycare. On the other side of things, he tends to spit up quite a bit (nothing that I am concerned with, I keep looking up reflux and he doesn't really qualify). We also give him major applause any day he manages to not poop on his clothes at daycare, ha ha.<br />
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Marshall still has no teeth, but I keep thinking we are really close! He chews on everything. That includes his pacifier, which he still refuses to actually use.<br />
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We still haven't seen much change to his eyes. I would guess they will be some version of hazel. He just started losing his hair though. It is all over his bouncy seat and he had a bald strip along the back of his head. At least his new hair has started growing back in already.<br />
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Marshall is such a smiley baby! He has turned out to be so easy going. Generally he will just hang out while we cook or play with Vander. He loves laying on a blanket or chilling in his bouncer.<br />
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He has started getting close to sitting on his own and loves to stand up. Squeaks loves his tummy time and can hold his head up 90 degrees very well. He he made a couple little attempts to push himself up with him arms.<br />
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Marshall also enjoys when you read books with him, sing or talk to him, and especially loves kisses.<br />
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His firsts this month included his first Rockies game, trip to the pool and trying out the exersaucer!<br />
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Love this little guy so much :)Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-56590993984795212942015-06-24T21:25:00.001-07:002015-06-24T21:25:09.685-07:00Marshall's Space Theme NurseryI finished Marshall's nursery almost six weeks ago, but have not had a change to take pictures until recently.<br />
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After weighing several options of how to design the new nursery, we settled on a space theme. Even once we settled on that, we had to decide colors and what type of decor.<br />
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I think it turned out great!<br />
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We used the crib and glider from <a href="http://theongoingplanner.blogspot.com/2013/06/final-nursery-reveal.html">Vander's room</a>. The room is painted Behr "Skyline Steel" which is a light bluish grey. It was exactly what I wanted. The bedding is a constellation design that is on the sheet, bed skirt, valance, and changing pad cover.<br />
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We used the same block letters as Vander's room. I found a paint that matched the bedding colors really well and made my own constellation designs that match the patterns on the bedding. This turned out awesome!<br />
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The last two things I did were commit to how to decorate this wall and complete the mobile. It is straight across from the door so I needed something that would fill up the wall well enough but I struggled to decide on prints I wanted. I found these on Etsy and used frames from IKEA. Dylan helped me do an excellent job of spacing them all out.<br />
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I also made this super awesome mobile. It is Harry Potter themed, using the chapter pictures from Sorcerer's Stone and Prisoner of Azkaban (the Chamber of Secrets images were very dark in color and a little too scary), that I put on star cut outs so it still fits the space theme.<br />
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We put together two Kallax shelves and put them as an "L" in the corner. I had wanted this to be a little bit more of a bench, but the vent for the room is on the floor in this spot, so I had to get legs to raise the shelves off the floor. I bought the cube storage ottoman to provide a step stool to get onto the shelves and for the boys to generally play with.<br />
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I am in love with the little Itty Bitty's from Hallmark. We officially have all of the Star Wars set and I rotate which couple characters are out. The pillow is from Pottery Barn.<br />
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For the main wall we put up a vinyl solar system in a dark grey. We also added a Death Star, which lead to our little bit of nerd theme to the room. Dylan helped make sure the planets were in order and spaced out relatively appropriately.<br />
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For the closet, we did the same closet shelving system as in Vander's closet, but arranged differently since Marshall's closet is longer. I also took off the doors and put curtains in place instead. (This is clearly not a clean staged photo since there are a lot of not perfectly organized things).<br />
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The nursery turned out great! I love hanging out in there and I am glad I was final able to share it with you all!Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-53141226804463992292015-06-10T08:31:00.000-07:002015-06-10T08:31:49.663-07:00Marshall: Three MonthsAnother great month in the books!<br />
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Marshall is approximately 25.5 inches long and 14 pounds. We packed away basically all of his three month clothes and he fits comfortably in the six month outfits.<br />
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Big changes this month included being home with dad for a couple weeks and starting daycare.<br />
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Sleep was much improved this month. Marshall even slept through the night a couple times! I would say on average I get up once a night during my sleep time. Marshall would prefer to sleep from like 11pm to 11am, but fortunately daycare has been and will help move that earlier. Since he started daycare at the end of his third month, that kind of threw off his schedule, even if it did lead to some solid sleeping at night.<br />
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Since Dylan was home with him, I hoped Marshall would be better about eating at daycare, but it took most of the first week for him to get comfortable enough to eat. With me he eats closer to every two hours, but with a bottle he eats closer to three or four hours. I am still breastfeeding and pumping, so Marshall has only been on breastmilk. So far, so good, but once he starts eating more at daycare, we will see how I keep up.<br />
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We *fingers crossed* moved out of the colicky phase in the evenings. Overall Marshall has gotten really laid back and easy going. He will easily hang out and watch everyone or just relax for a solid 25 minutes or so in the bouncer chair and sometimes that long lying on the ground. While he enjoys his down time, he generally prefers to be sung or talked to. Whenever you say anything in his direction, he gets a HUGE smile on his face. So stinking cute!<br />
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Since we tend to be on the go with Vander, Marshall spends a lot of time in his carrier, including our new Lillebaby carrier.<br />
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He loves hanging out with his Super G and Papa.<br />
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Dylan and I think Marshall is teething, since he loves chewing on our knuckles and his new teething toys I bought for him. He also tends to be drooly.<br />
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Marshall is totally enamored with Vander and loves to watch him.<br />
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It has been so much fun with these two. A lot of challenges, but Marshall's new attitude has made things much easier.<br />
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Vander is officially 36 inches tall! He definitely had a growth spurt recently, as evidenced by him eating every ounce of protein he could get his hands on, including three hot dogs one night and four sausages the next morning. I will be taking donations once he hits his teenage growth spurts. He is also 30 pounds still, but that has been pretty steady for a bit.<br />
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Vander generally eats well. He still loves his carbs (he ate a lot of waffles for breakfast the last couple of months!), but he loves beans and a lot of different meats. He hasn't been quite as good on his vegetables, but it mostly just depends on the day. Some days he doesn't eat much at dinner, but he just prefers to be busy playing. We are just starting to introduce some rules for mealtimes at home and we told him he was allowed to be done and go play, but mom and dad were going to finish their food before they would go play with him. So now he stares at our plates and the minute our plates are empty he jumps up to pull us away to go play with him.<br />
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He has recently starting giving us a lot of commands. He has asked for things for a long while now ("up" "milk") but now he tells us "Mom sit down" and points to a very specific spot in which you must be right away. Trying to teach a toddler patience is no easy task.<br />
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The independence streak has made a big show in our house recently. Vander's main phrases these days are "I get it" or "I do it". If you do it before he can, he will get mad. We are still getting used to this one.<br />
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His personality is so much fun! He is still a total goofball or class clown and loves being silly. When he gets a positive reaction to something he does it again and again to make everyone laugh. He loves being tickled, giving high fives and knuckles. He is hugely social, even though on occasion he may be shy at first, he ends up greeting everyone at the door even when we are not at our own house. We will definitely need to keep a close eye on him since he has no stranger danger.<br />
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At the same time he can also be really serious. He gets very focused on things and likes them to be a particular way. I have always thought he had an engineering brain and that proves itself to be true all the time. He crawled under my parents electric couches to see how they work. Now that we have a second boy, I notice how Marshall looks at what people are doing so much more than Vander ever did. Vander has always been figuring out how lights work and how things are put together. We just have to remind him to take his time and think about things so he doesn't get frustrated when they don't always work his way the first time!<br />
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He is also very loving. Dylan and I sung him Happy Birthday when we went to get him in the morning and he immediately gave us each huge hugs. I have gotten a couple unprompted "I love you"s which are amazing.<br />
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Dylan decided he would describe Vander as adorable with a temper. When he doesn't get his way he definitely falls into the usual toddler whining and anger. His current teething for his two year molars doesn't help with the quick to anger part.<br />
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His favorite activities include being outside in whatever way possible, duplex, trains, stuffed animals, playing with anything related to trucks, identifying any vehicle while we drive-especially buses, cranes, tractors and bulldozers. He also enjoys coloring and helping cook.<br />
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Vander is such a great kid and so much fun to hang out with!Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-47233522561970300782015-05-09T21:21:00.000-07:002015-05-09T21:26:42.332-07:00Marshall: Two MonthsOur Marshmallow is twice as old!<br />
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Marshall is 12 pounds 10 ounces (67%) and 23 1/2 inches (66%) long. He is so much chunkier than he was a month ago!<br />
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It will be interesting to keep comparing him to Vanderman. Vander was 14 pounds 8 ounces and 23 inches long. They both started to smile but I think they may be starting to look different. It just depends on the picture I think!<br />
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Sleeping has gotten better, but not consistent. We moved him to his room right at six weeks old when he was eating every 3 hours instead of every two. Best nights have been a 5 1/2 hour stretch between feedings, followed by a four hour stretch, but worst case is every three hours. He is really not fun to put to sleep in the evenings and he fights being laid down in his crib until around 11pm. Hopefully that improves this next month. But he does sleep in until 9am or so. If we could bump all that up like two hours that would make for a much happier mommy. We have had some awake days where he is up for 5 hours straight and some sleepy days where he eats and sleeps until the evening. This has no correlation with how putting him to bed goes unfortunately.<br />
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The baby smiles started right after he was one month old. They make life so amazing! Marshall loves it when you talk to him, sing to him and especially when you give him kisses.<br />
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He is starting to be entertained by toys and lights and sounds. He enjoys being walked around the house facing everything. We bought a fancy swing that helps for about ten minutes (and getting longer), but that helps get some laundry done or rest tired parent arms.<br />
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Vander has still been a great brother. Him and Dylan were playing peek-a-boo with Marshall and everyone loved it.<br />
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We had Marshall's first trip to Nebraska this month. Marshall's first day without Mommy since I started back at work. Both of which went well!<br />
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It is crazy how time goes with the second baby. I think it is because you realize how short each phase is. I can hardly remember Vander being so little. And thinking about the fact that in two months Marshall will start rice cereal is astounding.<br />
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It has been a fun two months with Marshall as part of the family!COmeetsNEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18175233341584198273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-39751481716664330762015-04-24T09:15:00.000-07:002015-04-24T09:15:13.512-07:00Big Brother VanderAfter having a new baby, the mom is obviously chopped liver and everyone always only asks about the baby (not entirely true, but bear with me). However, people do still ask about the other babies, specifically how they are dealing with the new baby, so I thought I would share how Vander is dealing with the newest addition to our family.<br />
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Vander has been an absolutely excellent big brother! While his version of "gentle" is still not quite as gentle as I probably want, Vander loves Marshall!<br />
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Vander lights up every time he sees Marshall, even though he is usually being carried by me. He really hasn't had any issues sharing. He has never once pushed Marshall out of my arms or showed any signs of being mean or unhappy towards him.<br />
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Vander loves to pat Marshall, whether he is sleeping or crying. Vander was trying to play "This little piggy" with Marshall's feet last night which Marshall did not really appreciate, but was super adorable since Vander loves it when I play that with him.<br />
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Vander points at (again, not as gently as I would like...) Marshall's eyes and ears. Vander will come lay down next to him on the floor on a blanket or under the baby gym.<br />
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As you can tell from this picture below, Vander is not especially empathetic and he usually doesn't seem to hear or care if Marshall is crying. He is generally not empathetic though, so it isn't specific to Marshall. But at least he can sleep through a baby crying next to him in the car!<br />
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I brought Marshall with me to Vander's school ice cream social last week and all of the little kids were so excited for the baby and Vander was positively thrilled to show off his baby brother.<br />
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Overall Vander is very helpful for getting things for his brother. Mostly he loves playing with all of Marshall's things. I would find him in the pack n play quite often.<br />
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I am so proud of what a great big brother Vander is and so excited to see them grow up together!COmeetsNEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18175233341584198273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-92153073515605378732015-04-13T09:04:00.001-07:002015-04-13T09:04:19.856-07:00Easter 2015<br />
The New and Improved Otley Clan (i.e. now a family of FOUR!) went to Nebraska for Easter to visit family and show off the Marshmallow.<br />
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While we all had a great trip, I would have to say Vander had the most fun! </div>
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We went to the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland since Vander has been super into airplanes. It was such a beautiful museum and completely awe inspiring. I would love to go back in a couple years and do the guided tour where they take people inside the planes and learn more about all of the planes. This trip was all about seeing planes up close and actually touching them!</div>
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We did some easter festivities with Dylan's family on Saturday. Vander got to die Easter eggs (with a lot of big plops in the dye) and go hunt for eggs. Marshall got a lot of snuggles. </div>
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Easter morning the boys found the Easter Bunny delivered some goodies! (I took the basket pictures the week before when I was putting everything together)<br />
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Vander went to go check out the tractors before we headed up to visit my family for Easter dinner. He loved it and absolutely didn't want to leave.<br />
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We went up to Omaha for the afternoon and I basically only saw Marshall when he needed a new diaper or to eat since my family all hoarded him. Vander and I went to the park and he played with everyone.<br />
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Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-55982081076929137042015-04-10T11:32:00.000-07:002015-04-10T11:32:01.491-07:00Marshall: One Month Old<div>
Marshall made it to one month old this weekend! It has been really great having two kids and I absolutely love saying “the boys.” </div>
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Marshall weighs 10 pounds 5 ounces, which is 54%, and he is 21 1/2 inches long, which is 37%. </div>
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Sleep is always an interesting thing, especially with this little guy. I would say the average day goes as such: He has been eating mostly every two hours and he is awake at least twice a day for a two hour stretch. We try to navigate that to be around 7pm-9pm so he is awake that same time in the morning and not in the middle of the night. </div>
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We have had a couple of longer stretches between feedings. In the middle of our drive both to and from Nebraska for Easter, he slept four hours. He slept five hours our first night in Nebraska. Unfortunately that was a fluke and not a new normal. Marshall is obviously growing and I think we are getting closer to him going longer between feedings.<br />
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He is such a noisy sleeper though! His first nickname is definitely "Squeaker." He seems to do best swaddled and we have him laying flat in the pack n play most of the night (he was in the basinet part of the pack n play for a bit but then he slept well in Nebraska without it). Around 4 or 5 in the morning he will not lay in the pack n play anymore. We have gotten him to sleep in the swing a couple times, but really he just wants to cuddle with mom and dad.<br />
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Breastfeeding has gone really smoothly. It really helps when at least one of us knew what we were doing from the beginning! He is eating longer now, he was eating for around 5-10 minutes, but has gone to 10-20 towards the end of the month.<br />
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His eyes are still a clear grey blue, not brown at all yet.<br />
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Marshall is a fun little wiggle bug. He spent his first couple days all curled up and then slowly stretched out. He loves sleeping on your chest all curled up still, but also needs his "down time." He will happily lay on his back on a play mat for like 20 minutes straight. I can get him to do a little tummy time too. He can lift his head pretty well and pushes off on his legs a lot.<br />
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This little baby is such a squeaker and squawker. He is a little "temperamental" we decided. He is totally calm or asleep and then makes a huge squeal and then is back to totally fine and calm again.<br />
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Mostly he just sleeps a lot! So he makes a great buddy for lunch dates and Vander adventures as long as he is well fed before and has a comfy place to be.<br />
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We technically had planned to have a list of names and pick one when we met the baby, same as we did for Vander, but that didn't quite work out this time.<br />
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Vander's middle name is Scott, which is Dylan's dad's name, so we knew we were going to use Robert for the middle name this time. Robert is my dad's name, but it is also Dylan's maternal grandfather's name and a relative or two on his dad's side as well.<br />
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Since we already had Vander's name to work with, it made it easier and harder to find a first name we liked.<br />
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We knew we would need to be able to yell "Vander and ___" and have it roll off the tongue easily enough.<br />
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We did not want a "V" since I didn't want to have to choose a "V" name for our third child (not that I would <i>have</i> to, I would just feel obligated to have them all match).<br />
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We wanted a similarly well rounded name, that would work well for academia, sports and resumes.<br />
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According to everyone, including ourselves, we needed something relatively unique like Vander's name. We definitely weren't going to pick a top 50 name this time. Biblical names were off the table like last time.<br />
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While people do call Vander "Xander" on occasion, his name is easy to pronounce and spell, so we didn't want anything too complicated.<br />
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We started out with some of the names we had liked last time, but none of our "final four" names that we had when we were pregnant with Vander.<br />
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I spent about two weeks accumulating names and asking Dylan's opinion. I would write them out on sticky notes at work and in an app in my phone. I was surprised at how many more baby name websites there were this time around!<br />
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After about two weeks, I randomly remembered a comment I had made sometime during the previous year and a half. We watched the entire series of <u>How I Met Your Mother</u> since having Vander, and two of the characters are married and their nicknames for each other are Marshmallow and Lilypad, with their actual names being Marshall and Lily. I had told Dylan that if we had another boy I wanted to name him Marshall so we could call him Marshmallow since that was amazingly adorable (please note that the spelling of marshmallow always has been and probably always will be marshmellow, with an e, in my head, so if you see it spelled that way it is technically intentional). Once I remembered this, I asked Dylan what he thought about naming the baby Marshall. He said he definitely liked it and to put it on the list. </div>
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Well I kept coming back to the name Marshall and I really, really liked it. After about a week of still having it as a top contender, I asked my sister about it. I rarely shared any names with anyone last pregnancy, so the fact that I was telling her made it more real. I told her "You have to like the name since I think there is an 80% chance we are going to use it, but what do you think of 'Marshall'?" She said she honestly really liked it! </div>
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After a couple more weeks of sitting on it and not really looking at any other names (besides keeping a general ear open), we decided for Christmas that we could tell our parents. We bought gifts for each set of grandparents (mine and Dylan's parents that is) and signed the name tag "From: Vander and Marshall." We also told them the caveat that we could always change the name, so don't go get anything monogrammed. </div>
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We told Dylan's parents first since we saw them before Christmas. The night after we told them, my mom, sister, mother-in-law and I went to the Melting Pot for a girls' dinner. We ended up talking about names and I ended up saying "The person I generally associate with the name we have in mind is really mellow." My mom immediately says out loud "Mellow...mellow...Marshmellow!" The rest of us all looked at her in shock, since everyone else knew the name at that point. I told her that our name was Marshall and we picked in originally because of the nickname Marshmallow. Only my mom would randomly be able to guess the name of our baby! </div>
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It was really nice to call the baby by it's name the whole second half of the pregnancy. It was nice for us to tell Vander the name too. He kept going to Marshall's room the last couple weeks of the pregnancy and check if Marshall was here yet. </div>
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Marshall Robert Otley seemed to fit him just fine though!</div>
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Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-43738557423966857282015-03-18T15:16:00.000-07:002015-03-18T15:16:32.837-07:00Marshall's Birth StoryWednesday March 4, 2015 started with a 5:20 wake up by Vander. Vander hasn't woken up before 6:15 in months and he usually wakes up closer to 7:00. That was my first sign that I was likely going to go into labor.<br />
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I had my weekly doctor appointment at 8:30. After updating her on the continued contractions and my overall condition (good, but ready to have this baby!) we talked about next steps. We talked about doing a membrane sweep. This is where the doctor separates the amniotic sac from your cervix with her fingers. If your body is ready to go into labor, this can help encourage labor to start sooner rather than later. People will have their doctors do this in an effort to avoid an induction. She said we were technically a little early at 37 weeks 5 days, but she would do it if I wanted. She felt very comfortable that my body and the baby were ready for labor and delivery. I decided to go ahead and have her do it. It is a quick process and is a little uncomfortable but really not bad. Afterwards I was at 4 centimeters and my doctor and I said we would see each other that night or the next day to have a baby!<br />
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I went in to work and was totally calm and comfortable all morning and had no cramping or anything from the sweep that morning. I told my work that I was likely going into labor that day since I had the sweep done. The contractions started at 12:30 and by around 1:30 they were coming regularly at 5-6 minutes apart for about a minute. I texted Dylan that I would be leaving within the hour and left around 2:15. I drove myself home and put the last couple items in our hospital bag. Since my dad was staying with Vander that night I cleaned up a little bit while waiting for Dylan to meet me and drive us to the hospital.<br />
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We checked in to the hospital at 3:30. It was probably close to 5:00 before we were fully admitted but there wasn't really any question we were staying. My contractions were definitely getting stronger. I was at 5 centimeters. when they checked me. At about 5:30 they started me on penicillin, since I had the Group B Strep bacteria again, which is a very common thing to have, but they don't want the baby to get it during delivery. They ideally have you on the antibiotics for four hours so we anticipated delivery to happen sometime after 9:30.<br />
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I definitely made it longer into labor before asking for the epidural this time. At around 6:00 they started my epidural. I guess there are two ways to administer an epidural. One way goes into effect quicker but tends to have more side effects, which is what I had last time and I literally didn't feel a contraction again. This time the anesthesiologist wanted to go the safer route and it took thirty minutes and two dosage increases for my epidural to kick in. Once it kicked in, I was so happy for the break!<br />
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Unfortunately, the epidural couldn't keep up with how rapidly my labor progressed and I started feeling contractions again when my water broke right around 7:00. I had a really big contraction and pop! My water broke all over the bed.<br />
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Basically right after my water broke, my mom came with dinner for Dylan and her and two of my girlfriends came. I kept having to summon Dylan over so I could squeeze his hand when a contraction came. My contractions started coming every minute and a half or two minutes and were definitely strong enough to be felt through my epidural which had been increased several times and I even had an extra dose from the anesthesiologist.<br />
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My doctor came back in around 7:25, which was great since I had been asking where she was since I could feel the baby's head being ready to pop out. My girlfriends left when the doctor came in and my mom and Dylan stayed for delivery.<br />
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Once my doctor was settled, she told me to push once my contraction came. I had one big push and my doctor told me to slow down so I wouldn't tear. The next day she said she actually thought I was going to hit her in the face with the baby since my first push was so big. After less than one minute of pushing, at 7:31, Marshall Robert Otley slid into the world!<br />
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My epidural worked well enough since pushing and the couple little stitches I needed didn't hurt at all. My girlfriends were shocked when Dylan went out to tell them Marshall was born about 5 minutes after they left.<br />
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Marshall was 20 1/4 inches long and weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces.<br />
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We are so excited he made his big debut! He has been an excellent addition to our family already these first two weeks!Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-78584996673866854452015-03-18T09:19:00.000-07:002015-03-18T09:19:19.508-07:00Pregnancy 2.0: Weeks 33-37<div style="text-align: center;">
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Total failure and didn't get any pictures during week 33.<br />
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During week 33, my belly button officially popped out. Not a fan of having an outie, but I don't really have much choice in the matter! During my pregnancy with Vander, my belly button didn't officially pop out until the week I had Vander.<br />
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One night the little guy was moving around like crazy when I was trying to go to bed, so I asked Dylan to sing to him and the baby was totally still while he was singing and then started moving again when he stopped. So cute!<br />
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I have had a little bit of swelling due to the heat, but nothing significant. I prefer running around without shoes anyways.<br />
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Getting dressed in general is my least favorite activity. The warm weather makes it easier since I can wear dresses and sandals, but the snowy days suck since I need to wear boots at least outside. I got a couple new dresses when I bought a new dress for our maternity photo shoot. I figured I have potentially six more weeks of struggling to find clothes to wear, so I might as well make it a little more pleasant.<br />
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<b><u>35 Weeks</u></b></div>
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Failure again! Clearly I was one tired mom.<br />
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I had a delightful false labor. For about seven hours I was having contractions every four to fifteen minutes, but never consistent and they never really got stronger. The worst part is how distracting it is from work! It is hard enough to focus with a baby on my mind, but all of the physical interruptions don't help. I mentioned this to my doctor and she decided to do a cervical check (a week earlier than normal) just to get a baseline and I was two centimeters dilated and 50% effaced. My doctor said she would be surprised if I made it to 38 weeks.<br />
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After two weeks of feeling like I was going to go into labor at any point in time, I have now had several days where I feel like I am going to be pregnant forever. I also have to remind myself that I had no idea I was going into labor with Vander when I got up that morning. I just get more uncomfortable by the day. It is so hard to move around, let alone play and interact with my busy boy Vander. </div>
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Plus I am motivated to have this little guy while my sister is in town, March 7-11, if not before. While I have no medical backing since they legally have to use the dating ultrasound which put our due date at March 20th, I really do feel like using the last period date as the basis for my due date, March 12, is more appropriate. The 12 and 20 week ultrasounds put the baby 3 and 5 days ahead of the March 20th date, so basically right in between the two due dates. </div>
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We are so completely ready. Ready for my heartburn and contractions to be done. Ready for our family to be complete. Ready to not be tired. Ready to be done waiting! </div>
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I tried going on a walk with one of my friends at the mall since it isn't nice enough to go outside, to try to encourage this little guy to vacate. I told Dylan I was hoping to give him a really excited call that I was going into labor. I obviously had no luck. </div>
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I asked Dylan how I was during labor last time, and he said overall I was really calm and easy going. That made me feel good about going into it all again. They say you block out most of the details of labor, so I wanted to double check with him to make sure I wasn't too crazy.<br />
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Last pictures of this pregnancy! These were taken at the hospital.<br />
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Plus a comparison photo of the last photo of my pregnancy with Vander and the second to last day of this pregnancy. </div>
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Overall this pregnancy was comparable to my pregnancy with Vander. My doctor always said I am great at being pregnant. I definitely got uncomfortable with this pregnancy earlier, mostly due to the heartburn and contractions. Already having a child made a difference too, since I was definitely more tired and also struggled with wanting to play with Vander more but not being able to move easily. </div>
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Just general excitement about adding to our family! Trying to keep low expectations about how the new little guy will be with eating and sleeping.<br />
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I had my first "ready to be done" moment. It is just getting hard to move easily and I am sick of going to the bathroom ALL THE TIME.</div>
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I pulled out Vander's 0-6 month size clothes. So fun thinking about how little he was and the memories from when he wore some of the outfits! Pregnancy hormones definitely got the best of me and I totally teared up. Partly due to thinking about how big Vander is and partly due to the fact that a whole new little person will be wearing all these clothes!</div>
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Looking at all the baby stuff made it feel like it really wasn't that long ago that we used it the first time. Some of it has only been put away for about a year. It is just crazy how fast time goes! </div>
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The baby is gaining about a half pound a week now and I consistently feel more and more stretched.<br />
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I can tell he is making use of his growing size too since those kicks come a lot and they are big. I know I couldn't feel Vander as well, but this little guy is definitely busier than Vander was!Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-10390098445714568952015-03-17T07:10:00.002-07:002015-03-18T09:20:26.167-07:00Pregnancy 2.0: Weeks 25-28My apologies to myself and those who read my blog for totally slacking for two and a half months on blogging. Between the holidays, busy season at work, a toddler and being pregnant, I just didn't feel like taking time to blog. And I decided to be ok with that. I still had a lot of blog ideas in my head and sincerely missed it, but just felt I needed to focus on other things, like sleep. Either way, I am back at least through my maternity leave!<br />
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My sister and mom got to feel a lot of baby kicks, but he kicks at Vander the most. These kicks are getting pretty big!</div>
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Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-44604979499252172362015-03-12T06:42:00.001-07:002015-03-12T07:18:42.576-07:00Vander at 21 MonthsMy little munchkin is really not little anymore! <br />
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We haven't measured his height, but he is tall enough to bump his head on all the counters if he isn't watching where he is going. He is just about 29 pounds. <br />
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Vander loves his big bed. We put it up on a bed frame in January and that transition was entirely seamless. We put a round knob with a childproof door knob cover on his door, and he generally doesn't try to open his door. We generally leave his room at 8:30 and he will chat with his animals for about 20 minutes before falling asleep. He gets up around 7 and take a two hour nap.<br />
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Vander eats great at daycare but tends to eat less at home. Partly I think he gets distracted, but we also let him get up whenever he wants. We plan to introduce dinner rules after he turns two. He eats most foods pretty well but he absolutely loves pasta. <br />
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He talks all the time at home. He consistently uses two word sentences and has started using bigger sentences. He very clearly said "what did I do?" the other day when he did something unintentional while playing with my phone. So cute! We also get a lot of "please" and "thank you"s. <br />
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Overall Vander is a good listener and understands everything you ask him to do. We let him pick between two options. He has started negotiating, like when we tell him "2 more minutes", he will ask for two more minutes by holding up his fingers (5 fingers, no matter what time we tell him). We are consistently working on using our words and not whining and asking for help or thinking through things instead of getting frustrated. <br />
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Our daycare moved him up to the next room early so he wouldn't transition while dealing with the baby. He has done really well and they tell us he is really helpful at cleaning up, but if something gets put back in not quite the same spot as before, he tends to reorganize it... No idea where he gets that from...<br />
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Now the fun and cute part: Vander's favorite things!<br />
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<li>Books and reading. One of the few things he will pull off his shelves after we leave him for nap is his books.<br />
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<li>Being tickled. He just started tickling people back too, which is super cute. </li>
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<li>Cars and trucks. These are his absolute favorite things in the entire world. He always wants to play in our cars all the time. He yells out "truck" and "bus" when we drive by them. </li>
<li>Shoes. He is always putting on his shoes and boots. He can put on most pairs himself now! We find shoes in his bed after nap time a lot. He picks out his shirt, socks and shoes most days. And he usually picks button up shirts, which makes me so happy since he is so adorable in them!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Personality wise he is a goofball and a ham. He loves the camera still and totally poses for pictures. He is very organized and generally great at entertaining himself. He is getting pretty self sufficient and is super helpful (when he wants to be, which is most of the time). <br />
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Vander is my little buddy and I have so much fun hanging out with him. He is the bestest!Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-53069249852477737672014-12-22T21:42:00.001-08:002014-12-22T21:42:18.626-08:00Preparing for Christmas: LightsWhile we didn't actually do Christmas lights on our house this year we did go see a lot of lights!<br />
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Denver does a great job of helping get everyone in the Holiday spirit.<br />
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Since the weather was really mild we decided to go to the Parade of Lights downtown. My pregnancy brain was in full force and I didn't even think about how bad traffic would be to go downtown and find parking... So after already leaving about 45 minutes later than I planned, it took us an hour and fifteen minutes to get there.<br />
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We still managed to catch about 20 minutes of the parade, which probably worked out just as well for an 18 month old's attention span.<br />
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Vander definitely got a kick out of the lights and we even got to see the Mighty Mouse balloon pop up right in front of us!<br />
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We hung out around downtown for a while afterwards and got some hot cocoa (Vander's favorite) so it made it worth our while to drive that far and then we didn't have to fight against all the people leaving right after the parade.<br />
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We also made it over to the Denver Zoo lights. Again, the weather was really nice (60 degree days the day of and the day after) so it wasn't too cold for any of us. I would say that Vander liked the Zoo lights, but didn't love them. He definitely missed seeing all of the animals and wanted to stay and watch the ones you do get to see for extra long.<br />
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We have gone to the Chatfield Botanic Garden Trail of Lights before too, but we prefer to do that when it is snowing since that makes it so pretty. I don't know if we will make it this year, but two light activities is pretty good!<br />
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What holiday events do you guys like to do?Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-71694695007691925822014-12-22T21:20:00.001-08:002014-12-22T21:20:34.715-08:00Preparations for Christmas: The TreeWe have had so much fun enjoying the holiday season and preparing for Christmas!<br />
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First up: the Christmas tree!<br />
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Since we were out in Billings for Thanksgiving we set up our tree before we left.<br />
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We put the tree one night and Vander and I enjoyed some peppermint ice cream while Dylan did the final tree fluffing.<br />
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Then a couple nights later we put on the lights and ornaments. Vander was mostly helpful but since then has enjoyed taking off and rearranging the ornaments.<br />
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We get new ornaments every year for places we got and here are the new ones we got this year:<br />
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I think next year we will have a lot more Vander designed ornaments!Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-68753954561308693542014-12-22T20:52:00.001-08:002014-12-22T20:52:14.488-08:00Vander at 18 Months Old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Vander is officially 18 months old and this is basically the last post in terms "months!"<br />
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At his doctors appointment he was 34.5 inches tall, 95%, and 26.7 pounds, which was 60%. Of course since then I feel like he has had a growth spurt every 10 days... His feet are huge and we measured him at around a size 8.5, which is officially a preschool size, not baby/toddler size at Stride Rite.</div>
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His feet growing and general growing cause me surprising sadness. I am generally not sentimental about growing up since every new stage is so much fun and it isn't really anything to be sad about. For example I was totally happy and ready for Vander to move up to a big bed out of his crib. However, I was able to choose when that milestone occurred and I don't get to pick how big he gets and when. Dylan said Vander's feet getting so big is especially hard on me since I generally hate feet but have always loved playing with, tickling and kissing Vander's little feet and they are quickly become less tiny. </div>
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I would say overall he eats less food at each sitting, but mostly since he wants to be running around instead. He also ate a ton of food before and from what I can see he still eats more than the average 18 month old. His current favorite foods are sausage, hot cocoa (which adorable when he says "cocoa"), cereal, carrots, zucchini still, mac and cheese, and pasta. I say this but then he has eaten seconds or thirds at day care a lot the last couple weeks (see note on growth spurts above). </div>
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He eats very well with his utensils and is making less of a mess each week. He loves drinking from a cup, preferably mom or dad's. He will still spill every now and then but he will pick up a cup, even a tall one, with both hands, take a little drink, set it back down for approximately 1.5 seconds and then pick it up again. </div>
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Sleep has been interesting these last three months. Vander definitely goes to bed later and overall sleeps less at night. If we put him to bed earlier he just gets up earlier. In general we have been trying to figure out the whole bedtime thing. That is probably the biggest challenge of this whole three months. We dropped the pacifier at 16 months since the two weeks before then is when the bedtime struggles started. He would throw his pacifier out of his crib and it was at least 20 minutes for him to fall asleep on his own. Even if we gave him back the pacifier he would just throw it out. Now we generally do bathtime, play in his room and read books, then do about ten minutes of "turtle time" with his turtle nightlight and then hugs and kisses and good night. We moved Vander to a big bed and have gotten him into a decent routine (which still doesn't mean he wants to go down to sleep but he usually doesn't get too mad at us when we leave).</div>
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Vander activities include climbing everything, chatting, learning new words, wearing hats, snuggling blankets, reading books, chasing the dogs around (although he has started getting very good at petting gently), playing in any sink with water as much as possible (man I miss summer and Vander getting to play with his water table instead!), and helping mom and dad cook. He has started using his imagination more and playing with his toys on his own a lot, making noises and the whole works. He started getting very into cars and playing with his stuffed animals. </div>
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His personality is coming through more all the time. In general I would say he takes up to 10 minutes to get comfortable at a new/less frequented place and then he is generally fine interacting with everyone and playing around. He usually love helping mom and dad with things and he loves to organize and clean. He also likes to be silly and make people laugh. He has an amazing balance of interacting very well with people but also being able to go play on his own. </div>
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Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-72470626059436038102014-12-14T12:21:00.001-08:002014-12-15T08:15:33.384-08:00Vander's Big Bed MoveWe are about three months away from having another baby join our family! This clearly brings big changes for everyone in our family, especially Vander. <br />
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One change we decided to implement sooner rather than later was moving Vander into a big bed. <br />
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Baby Otley #2 will be using the same crib Vander was in since we didn't want to buy a new crib when we figured Vander wasn't going to be in it too much longer anyways. We wanted to move Vander before his little brother comes so that he is comfortable in his new bed and the change is completely separate from his brother's arrival. <br />
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We only kept Vander in our room for about a month when he was born and expect to do about the same this time so that doesn't give us a whole lot of time to transition Vander after the baby is born, so we knew we had to do it before. Unfortunately I am really busy with work January until my maternity leave and I didn't want to leave Dylan to a new bedtime routine on his own or have to deal with losing any sleep, so we decided December would be best. <br />
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The next decision was what kind of bed. There are a ton of pros and cons to a toddler bed, twin bed or full/queen bed. In the end we went with a full bed since Vander has pretty consistently been in the 90%+ for his height. We figured that was most cost effective too since we will likely put Vander and his little brother in a full size bunk bed at some point. Since his bedroom is plenty big enough for a full bed we didn't have any concerns there.<br />
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We also decided to put his mattress directly on the floor for a while. This way we didn't have to worry about him falling out (not that he was ever at the edge of his crib before). Since he sleeps on a mattress on the floor for nap time at daycare we figured he would be a little bit more comfortable with this anyways. <br />
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Based on other needs beside the new bed we started doing more of a bedtime routine the last couple months and the last couple weeks this included putting his crib mattress on the floor for him to get the idea that he can lay down on the the mattress on the floor. <br />
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We brought the mattress home almost two weeks ago and let him check it out while he slept in his crib for one more night. He was clearly very excited:<br />
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The next night we moved his crib out and set up the mattress. (It is not set up in the corner due to the air vent being right under the window. Once he uses a frame the bed will go in the corner.) We did our usual routine and gave him his his and kisses and asked him to stay in bed. <br />
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We had bought a door lock for his door but it didn't fit with the handle so we just hoped he wouldn't be able to open his door (which is a little harder to open than most of our handles). He spent five minutes the first night trying to get out and crying, and right when I was about to go get him he decided to quietly play with his toys and books and then go to sleep. <br />
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The second night was a little off since he had mostly fallen asleep in the car, so then he actually cuddled with me (he is a snuggler but not for actual going to sleep, which I wish he would just let me snuggle him to sleep! Although in the long run this is probably for the best). When I left him he tried he door again and was crying for two minutes and feel asleep. <br />
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Then we had his first nap the next day and he tried the door once, then played for a bit, took a good nap, and played on his own for a bit after his nap too.<br />
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Since then he is just sad when we leave, but he basically stays in his bed and chats to himself while he goes to sleep or maybe plays around a bit. <br />
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I have been pleasantly surprised at how well it has gone! He has been sleeping great in his bed and loves playing on it. Dylan and I like getting to all snuggle up for reading before bed. <br />
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We aren't sure when we will put the bed up on a frame, but he seems to like the easy access for now.<br />
So even though pregnant mom would prefer to not get on the floor, we will likely leave the bed on the floor for a good while since we have no other reason to put it up at the moment.<br />
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Even though I find my self getting teary eyed about Vander getting so big, this was one change I was ready and excited for!Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-39170128775119426112014-12-09T21:03:00.001-08:002014-12-09T21:18:41.651-08:00Pregnancy 2.0: 23-24 Weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In one day I went from mentioning to Dylan that I didn't feel overly pregnant and felt like I hadn't grown much in the last couple days to that evening I started having issues bending over and felt totally huge. <br />
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Since everyone on my dad's side of the family was going to be out of town this year we did an extra thanksgiving the weekend before. I got some practice with two babies!<br />
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I had a conference and a lot of timing sitting in the car driving up to Billings for thanksgiving, so I got to feel a lot of baby kicks!<br />
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It was nice to have a short week at work week and then getting to spend time with my family up in Billings! Having six adults entertain Vander was definitely helpful for me and super fun for Vander. He fell asleep right away every night. <br />
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It was really cold, but it wasn't a big deal since we didn't really ever have to go anywhere. That meant we got a lot of snuggle time in!<br />
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My pregnancy brain has been pretty bad this whole time, but it has gotten significantly worse these last couple weeks. I feel like I try to save my brain power for work so by the time I get home my logical reasoning and general grammar skills are pretty weak. Dylan is generally amused by this, but there are definitely times it is frustrating when I can't tell him what I am thinking since I literally cannot find the words!<br />
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I also had my 24 week doctors appointment. I am up about 23 pounds total (so clearly I am not going for the 25 pounds of the general 25-35 pound weight gain, but I gained 45 with Vander so I am not too worried!). Everything is right on track with the babies heart rate right around 144 and my uterus was measuring right. <br />
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The above mentioned pregnancy brain was in full swing at my doctor's appointment. Every time I have a doctor appointment I pee in a cup. This time I take the cup and set it down next to me and realize after I pee that I didn't pee in the darn cup! Full bladder plus pregnancy brain to not add up well!<br />
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We also made progress in preparing for this next little guy! We picked our nursery theme! We are going with a space theme. I ordered a little bedding set and just have to decide if we want more rockets or more planets for decor. Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-39905265114605631722014-11-23T12:36:00.000-08:002014-11-23T12:36:21.054-08:00Pregnancy 2.0: Week 22<br />
I decided to not write a post for week 21, since not a lot was going on besides the gender reveal!<div>
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We are so excited about having two little boys. We keep talking about how we think that will go. We always have different thoughts on different aspects of the future. One of the big ones this week was that Vander will always be cleaning up after his little brother, because you know little siblings are always messy... (Love you Goose!). </div>
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Dylan and I also talked about his perspective on this pregnancy versus last time. He said I seem more comfortable with myself. Which makes sense since I know what to expect. Physically I have had a baby and that makes you much more comfortable with your body since it has put everything out there for everyone to see anyways, so there isn't much to be uncomfortable about. At the same time, I know I can get back into shape after a pregnancy, so that makes it easier to accept myself too. </div>
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He also said I tend to get frustrated more quickly. Which is a very fair statement to make, since our lives are definitely much busier this time around and I don't always get the rest my body feels it needs. That is definitely the story of our lives for the foreseeable future.</div>
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This little buy is busy, busy all the time! He kicks a lot, but still not for anyone else! On Dylan and I's little get away last weekend, I got a massage and he was completely still when she was anywhere near my belly. So I think he will be a lot like Vander in that sense! Vander would mostly only kick for his daddy and a couple times for my mom and sister. </div>
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My internal furnace kicked on this week. Just in time for Winter, so that works! It will come in handy when I don't feel like wearing a coat. Really though, it is kind of annoying, since I kind of like wearing boots in the Winter and need to when it is snowy out, but it is too hot to keep them on all day at work. I guess I will just bring a second pair of shoes to work. </div>
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Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957336051814808694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572972289013600941.post-18999336184818818372014-11-22T20:46:00.001-08:002014-11-23T11:13:18.834-08:00"I Do": Life with a Chatty ToddlerOne of the best things about having a toddler is they start to communicate with you!<br />
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I am continuously amazed at what Vander understands of what adults say. We can ask him to do simple tasks, like pick something up or throw something away. We can ask him to pick between two options or whether or not he wants to do something. We keep our sentences simple but I feel he understands anything we tell him or say to him. <br />
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Vander can repeat most words you say. The other morning I told him he was getting Crispix for breakfast and he said "Crispix" to himself several times out loud. I love how he whispers words he isn't quite comfortable with yet! When he was learning "purple" he would said it really quiet, and now he says in a normal voice. <br />
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I guess the average 18 month old says around 40 words and we are right on track! Words he says on his own, without anyone saying them first:<br />
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<li>Hi</li>
<li>Bye bye</li>
<li>More</li>
<li>Papa</li>
<li>Momma</li>
<li>Daddy </li>
<li>Dog</li>
<li>Arf (dog noise)</li>
<li>Baa</li>
<li>Maa (goat noise)</li>
<li>Quack</li>
<li>Oink</li>
<li>Boo</li>
<li>Hippo</li>
<li>Hop</li>
<li>Neigh</li>
<li>"Who" owl noise</li>
<li>Roar</li>
<li>Agua (he says the Spanish word for water since his current and prior teacher are Hispanic) </li>
<li>Ball</li>
<li>Car</li>
<li>Light (still with a bit of a d instead of l)</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
<li>Purple</li>
<li>Spots (one of his stuffed animals)</li>
<li>Out</li>
<li>On</li>
<li>Up (up also means down if he is already up)</li>
<li>I do (this one has started coming up a lot! Not surprising with an ambitious toddler)</li>
<li>Help </li>
<li>"No no no no no"</li>
<li>Yes</li>
<li>Please (pronounced like "peace") plus the sign for please</li>
<li>Boat</li>
<li>Trash, but sounds more like "bash"</li>
<li>Bear</li>
<li>Hot</li>
<li>Sock</li>
<li>Shoe</li>
<li>Home</li>
<li>Cracker</li>
<li>Snack</li>
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He won't sing songs yet but he loves to hear us sing to him and he always claps and cheers at the end of songs he knows. Dylan and I both practice the alphabet with him and he is making the sounds really well! For example I will say "'A' sounds like 'Ah ah'" and he will repeat the "ah" part. He is even starting to know what comes next! Not quite the real alphabet but close.<br />
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It is so exciting to see him learn! You can tell he loves talking too. He gets frustrated when you don't know what words he is saying. <br />
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I had so much fun planning the party and it worked great to distract me from me impatience of finding out the sex of Baby Otley #2. Dylan and my family thought I was a little nuts for being so into it...<br />
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Unfortately I did not take as many pictures as I would have liked and they are just with my iPhone. At least it will give you an idea of the party and hopefully help share some ideas with other nerds out there.<br />
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To me, the event was an excuse to throw a Harry Potter party and it also just happened to be my gender reveal. I thought I had a pretty good balance of both aspects if you keep my order of priorities in mind.<br />
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(The majority of my ideas came through Pinterest and google, nothing specific so I am not citing sources)<br />
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For decorations, people entered the party by walking through the brick wall that is Platform 9 3/4. To make this I stamped an old sponge in watery red paint on a twin sheet. (Only $5.50 for the sheet and paint at Walmart!)<br />
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We of course had floating candles. I knew I wanted to do this a couple weeks ago so I bought a pack of LED candles for our Halloween pumpkins and the party. I then using fishing string, tape and pushpins to hang up to the ceiling. The only pictures I took were when Vander was checking them out. He literally went "WOAH!" at every single candle, twice. It was adorable. <br />
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At a gender reveal you generally do some form of "voting" for which gender you want or think the baby is. You can have everyone come wearing pink or blue or they can be given a blue or pink pin to wear. Thursday before the party I came up with the genius idea to do scarves for voting. I went to the fabric store and bought red and silver houndstooth micro fleece fabric and blue and gold of the same (the closet colors and designs to Harry Potter I could find!). I then cut it all up into scarves for everyone to wear. I out the baskets of each color under a sign about how to vote. <br />
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The scarves were also next to my "Old Wives Tales" of what signs and symptoms generally are associated with which gender during pregnancy. I ended up being split down the middle so you can see how reliable those old wives tales are!<br />
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I also had a place to put in name suggestions. It was actually pretty fun since I read them all out loud toward the end of the party and we actually did put a couple on our list. <br />
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Since I wanted to make it worth everyone's while to come over to our house to simply find out the gender of our next baby, I decided to put together a Harry Potter type feast. Dylan worked like a happy house elf putting it all together. Our menu included butternut squash soup, London broil, roasted potatoes and vegetables, witch hat crescent rolls, and onion tarts. Beverage options were adult pumpkin juice (pumpkin beer), alcoholic or nonalcoholic butter beer or wine (a red or white "Middle Sister" since this is intended to be our middle child or "Spellbinder" to match the magic theme). Everyone seemed to really enjoy it all! We set up three long tables since that felt the most like the Great Hall and was the only practical way to fit that many people!<br />
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After dinner came the cake and cupcakes, which was how we all found out the gender! My friend Kelly asked if she could bake for us and we passed her the sealed envelope the day of our appointment so she could make our cakes. The cake was food coloring in the batter with fondant so you couldn't peek and the cupcakes had a filling of the appropriate color. We passed out cupcakes and told everyone they had to wait for us to cut the cake.<br />
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After cake we played quidditch beer pong! It follows the same basic rules as beer pong except also has quidditch hoops in the middle that give you double cups but you are allowed to block a ball (quaffel) thrown through a hoop. Also, you have to use a special snitch ball for the victory cup. <br />
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The whole event was a success! We did have some non-Harry Potter fans, but they still had fun. A good group of us were guessing the scenes from the music soundtracks I had playing... I think everyone enjoyed being part of such a fun moment of ours. <br />
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I definitely hope Vander or any or all of my kids are into Harry Potter so I can throw some awesome Harry Potter birthday parties in the future. There are a lot more ideas out there I didn't do! <br />
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However, it was really hard for me to wait three days for the gender. And given that we are currently only planning one more kid, I don't foresee wanting to wait to find out the gender or being willing to find out in front of a bunch of other people! We will see when the time comes.<br />
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So glad I had the party this time and I thought the theme was excellent! <br />
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