tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3630622180979591512024-03-06T03:02:15.546-05:00Hailee TayHOME, HEART, AND ALL THINGS HAILEEHailee Tayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339419230079842694noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363062218097959151.post-44222282211609562562017-02-22T21:38:00.001-05:002017-02-22T21:38:14.452-05:00W.H.B<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #454545;"><i>I wrote this in the notes on my phone in the weeks after losing my father. From journals, poetry, songs... writing words has always been an outlet for me. On the outside, I may seem "normal" but my life will never be the same. I can't even look at something as simple as a box top without remembering how my dad would collect them for my sister and me, and sneak me my bag so Holly wouldn't get jealous. Memories make me smile and they make me hurt, too. I hope that by sharing this note with you, you will remember that life is fragile. People are fragile. You may never know the struggles the people around you are quietly facing. You have the power to fill other's days with joy and give them the love they need and you may never even know just how much it could mean to them.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hearing my mom cry through the words, "he's gone" while hugging and holding on to me in my family's home was the most surreal thing I've ever experienced. It felt like a nightmare I couldn't wake up from. I didn't want to believe that my father was gone. I still don't want to believe it. The quick transition of hearing his name combined with the past tense stings like hell. I don't think it's a thing I will ever be able to hear without feeling a twinge of pain deep inside. That entire week seems like a blur. I think life is still foggy and probably will be for a long time. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Up until that day, I had been blessed to have had so many people still here with me. I remember losing two great grandparents, a handful of great aunts and uncles, an uncle, and pets. At almost 25 years old, I still have three sets of grandparents. In recent times, I've been working on accepting that my grandparents wouldn't be here forever and focusing on thanking God for giving them to me as long as he has. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Never in my mind did I look at my completely full month of February in my calendar and think, "I could lose my daddy any of these days." Never did I even consider that a showing and funeral would be things I'd be planning for him in between maternity pictures and birthing classes. Never had I imagined that my baby, due in just over a month from that time, would only get to hear stories of Papa. Never had I thought that the last time I hugged and kissed my father would be the very last. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The truth of it is that it was always a possibility. Life is precious and death doesn't ask for permission from us. I've realized that just because I've now lost my father, one of the most important people in my life, doesn't mean I'm "safe" when it comes to keeping others that I love close. It's not a fun realization but a real one nonetheless. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The human in me cries over how unfair it is that he was taken so suddenly and too soon. I feel cheated in that it's very possible that more of my life will be lived without my father here with me than with. I feel an aching pain in my heart just to see other men -even strangers- my father's age and older. Being in public and seeing people just living is crushing. I feel heartbroken for my momma when I see elderly couples out shopping together and enjoying each other because that should've been my mom and dad. My heart breaks at the thought of celebrating first holidays with my baby as they will all be our first holidays without my father. I felt my first round of real anger about it all while looking through years and years of pictures from March birthday parties when I realized my father and me don't ever get to have a joint birthday celebration together again. I feel guilty and torn in telling myself it will get easier because I don't want to ever have a day where I realize he's not here and I'm okay. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I would give just about anything to be able to call my dad. Just to hear the distinct way he said hello and "mm bye bye" every time. I'd love nothing more than to hear him say, "how you doing sweetie?" Like he always did. I look out my back door and just wish I could see his car parked in the back of my yard and have just one more of his unannounced visits. I wish more than anything that he could be here to meet his grandchild and the closer we get to that day the more and more it kills me. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's a strange thing to know that some people's lives have been turned upside down meanwhile life just keeps going. People keep going to work, getting their gasoline, paying their bills, going on dates, laughing, celebrating, living. Its been confusing to go about my work day like I always have only to get in my car and break down on my own because it just seems that it shouldn't be normal for life to be so the same when a huge part of mine is missing. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You don't realize how many times you hear the name "dad" until you lose yours. You don't think about how much power words really hold until someone says the exact right or the exact wrong thing to you when you're hurting. You can't grasp how hard it is to want to be okay and keep pushing on when everything without your loved one feels foreign until you're there and feel trapped between trying to be positive and feeling terrible guilt for wanting to be strong. You don't understand how small you really are until the hearts of the people you love the most are broken before you and you have no words or no way to help. You don't know the meaning of faith and hope and trust until those things are the only things you have to hold on to. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The moments when I get wrapped up and start to question and try to make sense of it all is when the loss becomes too much and I have to remind myself that I can and will get through all of these icky feelings. I know I will never get over the loss of my daddy but I will work through it and that's how he would want it to be. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The only single solitary way I am able to feel any sort of peace, comfort, and hope is the faith that I have in Jesus. And while that might seem like a strange thing to some people in this world, it's the truest thing to me right now. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I know with certainty that my earthly father is now walking with my Heavenly Father. My faith is the only thing that allows me to feel those icky feelings, remember the memories, picture the future without him, and still pull myself up off the floor and "keep moving forward" as he would say. It still doesn't make the hurt in my heart any less but it helps me to find a meaning. When I cry... I'm sad for my family and me, not him. He is now in the place where I also want to be one day.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I want to urge you to not live in fear of losing a loved one, but to hug your loved ones a little tighter. Cherish the time you have together. Treat other people a little better. Mend relationships that need mended. Let others know how much you appreciate them. Stop and actually think about how much those around you mean to you. Live a life that is worthy of feeling great loss by others once it's gone. And above all, please. If you do not already have the love of Jesus in your heart, I pray you reach out and grab it. And once you hold it in your heart, share Him with all of those that you love... Because in times like this I don't know what else could possibly get a person through. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am so thankful to my parents for raising me to believe in my God because without Him I would be totally lost right now. My daddy lived the kind of life that everyone should. He didn't just tell me the right way to live, he led by example. I knew that he was an incredible man to have lived and loved and raised me in faith but I never realized that it all would make for a final parting gift until I see him again some day. Him raising me to believe what I do allows me to rest assured that he's in a better place. It allows me to cherish the time I had with him here on Earth, though too short by my standards, and trust that it was all a part of something bigger than my family and me could ever understand. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The hole in my heart will remain forever. I know that there will be many things both big and small that will undoubtedly make me smile when thinking of or remembering my sweet father. I know some of those same things will sometimes make me break down and cry, too. But by God's grace the hole will scar and I'll be able to honor my daddy by living my life for Christ and hopefully encouraging those around me to live the same so that we can all spend the real forever together. How lucky I am to have that sort of peace.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love you forever, I'll like you for always. As long as I'm living my daddy you'll be. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When you were one month old, I said I knew the time would fly. And here we are with two months come and gone. You've been the best little sidekick since you've come into my life and these four weeks and two days since my last letter to you have been just as wonderful as the first four. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You and I have become the best of buds. We've conquered many shopping trips {the bumpier the grocery cart the better}, been to cedar point twice {you stay on the ground, just like me for now}, and have made it through to restaurant experiences. You slept through your first dinner date with daddy and me! You've watched mama cry through many books as I've read them to you and heard me sing many lullabies. I even adjusted the words to Anna Kendrick's "When I'm Gone" and sing it to you before I leave for work. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"I gotta get up go to work today. My room's got the prettiest of views. It's got letters, it's got numbers, it's got bright and pretty colors, but it sure would be prettier with you. When I'm gone. When I'm gone. I'm gonna miss you when I'm gone. I'm gonna miss your button nose I'm gonna miss your little toes, oh. I'm gonna miss you when I'm gone. </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>When I'm gone. When I'm gone. I won't be gone for much too long. I'll be back to give you lovies, I'll be back for kisses and huggies, oh, so don't forget me when I'm gone."</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We keep going with your eyes, smile, tummy, and other things when we sing the song until I've covered all of the wonderful things that you are. Going back to work and leaving you has been one of the toughest things. I miss you a lot when I'm gone and cry on my way to school. I worry that you'll be mad at me or forget me or that I'll miss some awesome thing you'll do. But I know Mima is taking good care of you and the pictures and videos I get during the day make me even more excited to see you and love on you when I get home. I promise that we will make the best of our evenings and weekends during the school year and our summers together will make up for the time I'm not with you. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You've truly made being a mama so easy and I love all of our little moments together. When it's time to let your perfect little body rest for the night, I love when you aren't quite sleepy yet and you stare up at me from your bassinet beside the bed. I think you like watching me fall asleep just as I do you. And when we wake up in the morning and you finally open your eyes to face to day, I give you a smile and you smile right back, melting my whole heart into a pile of mush. No matter what is going on in our lives, I can't not be grateful for a day that gets to begin like that. I'll hold on to them forever. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My last post, you were still under ten pounds. Now, I can't believe how big you are! We will be going to your two month appointment soon, but the last you were weighed you were 10 pounds and thirteen ounces around six weeks!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are still wearing 0-3 months but where your sleepers once were loose they now fit nice and snug. You've even grown into some 3-6 month pants! Your old navy ones are our favorite, by the way. We are still using size one diapers but I don't think we will for much longer! We're trying to use up this stash of 350 size ones but I'm not sure we're going to make it. You're getting pretty close though!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We've had to change the straps on all of your seats at least twice now. You should've seen mama and daddy trying to figure out how to loosen the straps on your car seat. Well, you were there and I'm pretty sure you thought we were crazy!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So far so good on this front! Again, your little belly gets rumbly from time to time and it hurts me to see you scrunching up from the bubbles, but we are learning how to help you. Other than that you've been healthy and we are so thankful! I'm currently hoping you don't catch the cold I've got or I will feel terrible for giving it to you!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You're favorite thing I think. When nursing during the day, you will start to get hungry every two hours if not a little earlier. You only nurse for 10-15 minutes at a time though. We started giving you pumped milk in a bottle just after one month to get you used to it for when I went back to work. You are such a laid back little boy and you will take a bottle of any kind that we've tried no problem. Depending on the time of day, you will take between 2-4 ounces. You're a little piggy though and you will gulp it down like you've never eaten in your life! Your chubby cheeks are a hit with everyone so you can keep on chugging away.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I know I said if last time but I can not thank you enough for how well you sleep at night, sweet boy. At around seven weeks you started sleep from 10-4:30 or 10:30-5. We put you in either the super swaddle or an arms out swaddle. My goal was to get you to bed for the night around 10-10:30 and sleep until 6 when I went back to work at 8 weeks. And you did it! This past week you have gone down at 10-10:30, let your mama get up at 5 to get ready for work, and I would wake you at six to get you ready for the day. I am one lucky mama to have a boy as good as you, though I'd love you either way. Keep it up for me!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You smile a lot now and it's one of the greatest things. We do the cheerio face back to you and you light up with the biggest smiles. You love being talked to and bounced around. You have such a sweet demeanor. When you cry or you're fussy, it's because you are hungry, tired, or just want to move around and check out the world around you. When you're awake you're always making noises, holding your head up so high. You don't just see things, you really watch and take in what's going on. Another thing that I love that you do is clench your right fist and pound it up and down. You never stop moving your hands and legs {your right sock is usually on the floor from all the kicking your heels so much}. </span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Smiling at and talking to people</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Talking to your "sheep friends"</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Looking at high contrast things</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Staring at your black and white art cards</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Being rocked</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Daddy and mama's cheerio faces</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Being propped up so you can see what's going on</span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The super swaddle</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Looking at lights</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Listening to music</span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Being on your belly for too long</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Waiting to nurse once you're ready</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Mama wiping your face</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Abrupt noises</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">When you are stopped during eating to burp</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Gas bubbles</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Spitting up</span></span></li>
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Hailee Tayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339419230079842694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363062218097959151.post-88284166039658623472016-04-21T17:25:00.002-04:002016-05-21T22:26:13.036-04:00Letters to Luka | One Month Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I can not believe that it has been one whole month since I got to lay eyes on you on the outside for the first time and hold your little warm body in my arms. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our first month together has been a whirlwind. In so many ways, it seems like I blinked and it was here... But at the same time I can not remember what life was before you. Even though we are all learning this new way of life together, every step of the way has felt natural. I believe it's because you are where you truly belong and I am living what I've always been meant to. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These weeks haven't necessarily been easy but they have not been hard either. Even when I'm exhausted and we move to the couch so we can let daddy get some good sleep for work, or I have to hop out of the shower before I'm sure the conditioner has completely been washed out of my hair because I can hear you cry, or when it's one in the afternoon, I still have spit up and milk stained pajamas on, and I can't remember if I ate breakfast or brushed my teeth yet, I don't find myself complaining. My hope is to continue to enjoy all of these moments with you, for I know you will soon be two months, then three, and four, and five... And the months will all too quickly turn into years and I will yearn for these simple times when you just need me to be there. These days with you have been some of the best days of my life and I wouldn't trade a second of them for the world.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So here's the scoop on your first month, little prince.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You started your life on the outside at 7 pounds and 7 ounces. Thanks for that by the way. We were all a little scared that you were going to be a chunker since mama measured big the whole time you were on the inside! When we left the hospital, you were down to 6 pounds and 13 ounces. I didn't mind because it meant I got to keep you teeny a little while longer. Just five days later, you were already almost back up to your birth weight at 7 pounds and 4 ounces! Most recently, at your three week well baby, you had weighed in at a big 9 pounds and 3 ounces! This was so very bittersweet. Sweet because it was good to know that you are a growing, healthy baby boy, but bitter because it was a reminder of how quickly time passes by. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You've outgrown some of your newborn outfits already and have started wearing 0-3 and 3 month sizes in clothing. A few days shy of four weeks, you switched to size one diapers. Perfect timing because we were all out of size newborns anyway! Speaking of diapers.. You went through more than 232 newborns in that amount of time. That's a whole lot of diaper changes! You keep me and daddy busy. We also have learned that we like pampers and that huggies are no good. At least not for you. I think you leaked through every single one!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At days old and on you were called a "c-section baby" so many times. Not because you were but because you looked perfect. Your little body was flawless. Maybe you got a special kiss from a special someone in heaven before making your big entrance into this world. Your apgar score was a 9. Made your mama and daddy proud! At your 3 week appointment, Dr. Karen said you were a perfect picture of health. I hope and pray we continue on this path! Your umbilical cord finally fell off one day shy of three weeks. I was beginning to think I would never get to give you a real bath! I think you have a little reflux. You get a little grumpy {and gassy} after nursing and spit up with your burps from time to time. Mama tries to follow the doctor's suggestions and we sometimes use gripe water. I think you like it mostly because it masks the taste of spit up for you! You also like the taste of your vitamin d drops. I was curious why you perk up when getting them so I gave it a little try. They are pretty good!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You love to eat and have been a breastfeeding champ. Our appointment with the lactation consultant on day five was perfect. You were latching with no problem and were gaining weight back. You made me so proud and so excited that I was doing a good job for you too. We make a great team. You like to eat just about every two hours during the day still and occasionally you like to power feed every hour for a few hours. Mama was a nut and tracked every nursing session and for how long, every wet and poopy diaper, and your sleeping hours for just over two weeks. I wanted to make sure you were getting and doing what you needed but I learned very quickly that you're smart and to trust you. You wake when you're hungry and you nurse just as long as you need. If something is off, you'll let me know!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank. You. In the past month, you have had four "tough" nights {two of them being the two in the hospital} and they truly weren't that tough. Since night one at home, you've been pretty great at your days and nights. We started out swaddling you "arms in" at bedtime, but you didn't like that too much at a week old. You are great at going right to sleep after your 11:30 pm nursing and you give me a big 4-4 1/2 hour stretch! After that, you sleep for two to three more hours before wanting to nurse again. We've had only two nights so far of moving to the couch after 3am because you wanted to wake up every hour. You sleep in your bassinet next to my side of the bed until daddy's alarm starts going off. Then daddy usually says, "give me that baby" and cuddles you until he gets up for work. You make the silliest noises while you sleep and I love falling asleep to the sound of you. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are a pro at funny faces. The "cheerio" is one of my favorites, where you push your tiny lips out into a circle like a cheerio! Another favorite is when you are sleepy and being lazy. You want to be involved in what's going on but don't want to really wake up so you just peek at the world with one eye like popeye. You also make a lot of judgmental looking faces. No intentional smiles yet but I can't wait for the day when you give me repeated smiles. A strong little boy you are, holding your head up and moving it from side to side. Your froggy legs give big kicks constantly... Just like in my belly. You've found your thumb and your voice. We've taken you out on the town quite a few times and you've been great. We always have your fooler and white noise app on stand by just in case!</span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Being held and cuddled</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sleeping on mama and daddy's chests</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Your rock and play sleeper</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mam pacifiers</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Your owl vibrating soother</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Making crazy dinosaur noises</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dancing with mama and listening to me sing to you</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bath time!</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Looking at faces</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The sounds on our sound sleeper app</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hanging out in the wrap</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm so glad that I get to be your Mama and I can't wait to know you more, sweet Luka. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We have been daydreaming about transforming this room since before our little one was even a certain part of our future. We knew we wanted something neutral and Stefan is the one who came up with our theme. We both love space so it only made sense that we would run with it. The moon and stars idea came together so well and I'm so glad we chose this for our baby.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is what you see directly left of the door into the nursery. Stefan and his handy self made the switch plate. A lot of our books came from my coworkers. They sure know how to get a library started!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know a lot of people are probably saying, "A T.V. in the nursery? Really?!" Hear me out. Anything to get Dad to stay up and keep Mom company during those late nights will be worth it! And I probably won't complain about a little throwback Nickelodeon in the middle of the night either ;)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On the wall beside the closet we have this cute little shelf hanging with a lot of meaningful things and a birch tree limb with some shower hooks for hanging things. No, we don't know we are having a girl. We just have some headbands on backup because all of our clothes are neutral which in turn makes them seem more boyish. lol. You know if I have a little girl I'm going to have this little lovey so dolled up!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The bottom shelf has some painted wooden blocks. The bottom row is our baby girl name and the top is our baby boy name. We aren't keeping them a total secret from the world but decided against posting them anywhere until after baby comes and one of them is certain! Whichever we don't use this time we plan to use in the future. The "Jesus Loves Me" teddy bear was the first stuffed animal that was purchased for baby. It is especially dear to my heart because my daddy is the one who picked it out and gave it to us for Christmas. I love picking it up and giving it a squeeze. It will definitely be coming with us to the hospital and I can't wait to tell baby how special it is special because it came from Papa.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Moving up we have a porcelain bunny and pair of vintage baby shoes which were a part of a gift from some coworkers. The little "Bushel and a Peck" canvas came from my momma. She picked it out with my brother. Sweet story, both my family and Stefan's enjoy singing this song to the babies!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And that takes us full circle! I hope you enjoyed this little peek into our sweet baby's room. We're basically ready baby, all we need is you <3</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">This pregnancy is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><b>flying</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> by! Even though my uncomfy days and sleepless nights are growing in number... I'm not quite to the point where I'm ready to be done. I'm so excited to meet baby, of course, but I honestly think that I will be one of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><i>those</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"> ladies who actually misses being pregnant. There's a certain comfort in knowing that I get to keep my little one safe with me every where I go and when I feel large and in charge, those little kicks remind me exactly why it is all worth it. It's also pretty liberating to walk out of the teacher's lounge with two cupcakes fully knowing no one is thinking a judgmental thought. Also, walking around in public I feel like a super hero. I mean sure- I'm waddling around like a fool - but how many of you are currently growing a human?! It's some hard work and I'm proud of it! ;)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">I've now had both of my showers come and go. I am so thankful to have so many people in my life who are so happy about our little one. It was truly amazing to feel all of the love for baby and me. I don't think I'll ever enjoy being the center of attention though. I'll be pretty pumped when our lil tot is old enough to run the show for birthday parties! My mother and sister in law threw an adorable "woodlands" theme shower in late January. This past week, my teaching team threw a beautiful "starry night" theme shower. I felt like such a lucky girl! These ladies put a lot into both days!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Even though I know A LOT about it all now, I feel as though it has helped to calm my nerves about the unknowns of giving birth. It is reliving to know that if and when things happen, I know the why and how.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">I'm going to try to blog a "bumpdate" next week as well so that I can hopefully share some new ultrasound pictures of baby as well as some maternity pictures!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>How far along:</b></span> 34 <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">weeks and three days</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Size of baby:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> pineapple {19-22 inches, 4.9 lbs according to WTE}</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Must have items:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Most of the same things as my last bumpdate, plus a place to sit most of the day {lol}, warm tea, and warmed up sock filled with rice. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Total weight gain/loss:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> about the same as last time! The pounds keep coming and I keep eating. I do make my kids do exercising while they practice spelling words and I do it with them. That counts for some effort, right?!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Maternity clothes:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> What would I do without teacher friends?! They've been so great and helpful in this area among others! I've purchased things here and there that were "maternity" but the prices of maternity clothes are ridiculous! I've mostly just picked a gazillion sizes up from the regular department. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Sleep:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> I love naps on the days I can squeeze it in. Every night is different. I mostly sleep pretty well but have been waking up wide awake well before my alarm clock or waking every hour with hip pain but able to sleep longer. It just depends. A few nights I've moved to the couch and the change allowed me some extra hours of slumber!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Challenge of the week:</b></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Last Saturday. It was our hospital tour and preregistration day. It was exciting but mostly overwhelming. Seeing the OR made me way more scared about having a c section if I'd need to. It was so cold and blah! I was a wreck the rest of the day.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Her: looks at me walking and bursts out laughing, "look at that waddle!"</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I guess I look about as comfy as I feel some days! Lol!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Best moment this week:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Cuddling on the couch and feeling baby kicks with Stefan, sitting in the nursery together working on small projects, feeling so spoiled and loved by my amazing work family at the shower they threw for baby!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Symptoms:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Frequent urination, pressure, baby kicks, acid reflux, leg cramps, congestion, hip pain. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Food cravings: </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">waffles, oatmeal, and pasta with butter. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Food aversions:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> still red meat, food that brings on acid reflux. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Emotional Moment of the week:</b> Saturday again. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sunday night. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tuesday at my shower. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Last Friday when the lunch ladies gave me a card for baby. <-literally went to the bathroom to open it in private cause I knew I was going to lose it. The teachers lounge wasn't safe and we had inside recess. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Fears: </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All of the unknown about how labor and delivery will actually play out. Baby being a chunk and not being able to deliver on my own. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>General Mood: </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Still happy though I'm pretty much the worst when I am grumpy and sad.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Gender:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Still not finding out!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Labor signs:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> No. I think I've had a few legit random contractions unless the BHicks are just getting real serious now. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Belly button in or out:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> It’s just there. Not fully out but she's stretched to her limit I think. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Things I was surprised by:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> How much I've enjoyed our classes and certain things I've learned from them. Like when you shush a baby you want to actually meet their loudness level of crying instead of being soft about it. And that foot rubs are off limits in the 3rd because they seem to really induce labor. And if your baby is breech you should try massaging your baby toe. So many cool and interesting things!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>What I miss:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Being able to sleep on my back and belly. Deli sandwiches. Being able to switch positions without feeling the need to grunt from my lack of belly muscles.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>What I'm looking forward to: </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Packing the hospital bags, installing the car seat, finishing planning for the year, finishing the nursery, our maternity shoot on Sunday, seeing baby again next week, meeting baby in about five and a half weeks!!!!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Baby Movement:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> There are many punches to the bladder and kicks to the ribs a day. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Bump:</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> No denying it!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This very well may be the outfit I choose for my first "picture day" as a teacher. Minus the scarf for the picture. I really loved this outfit! Shout out to ebay for this wonderful animal print skirt from Loft. A+ for style, comfort, and compliments. You did me proud, lil skirt!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Wrote this back in September. Not sure why I never posted it! But I really loved this outfit and wanted to share. Also, I did end up wearing (basically) this outfit for picture day. :)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Baby moves a lot and I feel kicks constantly. I love to poke my belly and feel baby poke back. It's also precious to me when baby hasn't been moving and I just happen to rest my hand on my shelf of a belly and baby starts to move. I especially love it when Stefan does the same. It makes me feel like baby <i>knows</i> we are mommy and daddy and wants to say hello :)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's amazing how much my heart feels for my little family. I knew I loved Stefan but I never realized that I could ever love him any more than I already did. Hearing him talk about me and our baby makes my heart soar. I appreciate him more every day. He will be so great and I can't wait to witness it in a few short months!</span></div>
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far along:</b> 27 weeks and five days || almost to the 3rd
trimester!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Size
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<b>Must have items:</b> I
can’t get enough sparkling grape juice lately –I call it my sparkling sparkling
and Stefan laughs at me every time. Lol!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cocoa butter – not
because I’m worried about stretch marks but to help with the dry itchy belly!<o:p></o:p></div>
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My boppy full body
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My ABH contour palette
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TUMS… equate brand
though because I’m a money saver. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Total weight
gain/loss:</b> Eeek! I went down in the first trimester but I sure made up
for it in the second! I’m up 20 or so pounds at this point… but really, who is
counting?!.... besides my Doctor…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Maternity clothes:</b> A
teacher I work with gave me some jeans and some dressier pants to borrow…
seriously so nice it made me cry. I’ve purchased some maternity jeans, a couple
dresses/skirts, and some tops but really I’ve mostly been reworking my own
wardrobe. SO glad leggings are a thing right now.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Sleep:</b> Oh
sleep, how I love thee. I wake up during the night to use the restroom and toss
and turn quite a bit but it’s not been horrible. Sleeping on my side was
starting to really bother my hips and back but I bought a boppy fully body
pillow this past week and it has been amazing. I LOVE it and it already is well
worth the money in my opinion. I did get mine on sale at babiesrus and I used a
gift card one of sweet students gave me for Christmas so I paid next to nothing
out of pocket but I would’ve sooner had I known how much comfier it would make
my sleep. I love that it can be used in different ways!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Challenge of the
week:</b> Three words… Glucose Tolerance Test. Haven’t received my results yet
and hoping everything went well! Also, I’m measuring ahead which has me a
little riled. I’m excited to meet baby but the thought of our sweet one coming
early is nerve-wracking as is giving birth to a hog baby. LOL! My Doctor
believes that baby may have been just chilling in a funny spot so we’ll keep on
eye on that at the next appointment and go from there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Comments:</b> "Wow
you really look pregnant now.” “I can’t decide if it’s a boy or girl based on
how you’re carrying.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Best moment this
week:</b> Celebrating the holidays with my hubby knowing next year we will be a family of three :)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Symptoms:</b> Frequent
urination, pressure, baby kicks and flips, heartburn/acid reflux<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Food cravings:</b> I
went through a sweets phase but that has passed. Basically as long as my belly
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<b>Food aversions:</b>
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<b>Emotional Moment of
the week:</b> They never stop. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Story One. Stefan went
with me for my glucose test but he had to work after so we drove separate. When
we were leaving, he turned left at the light to go to work and I continued to
go straight to go to the store. When his truck disappeared from my sight I LOST
IT. Full blown emotional breakdown because we were going different directions and
I couldn’t see him anymore and I just wanted him to be everywhere I am at all
times for the rest of eternity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Story Two. I went to the
Mcd0nalds drive thru for breakfast. Drove away. They didn’t give me the hash
brown I ordered. Game over.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>Fears: </b>Failing
my glucose test. Whatever is causing me to be measuring big. Baby coming before
we are ready. Delivering without medication is starting to scare me more.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>General
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<b>Gender:</b> Still
not finding out!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Labor signs:</b> Nope.
I think I’ve had Braxton Hicks contractions a few times.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Belly button in or
out:</b> It’s just kinda hanging out in between. It’s just there. Lol!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Things I was
surprised by:</b> How quickly the 2<sup>nd</sup> trimester went!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What
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sandwiches. Being able to switch positions without feeling the need to grunt
from my lack of belly muscles.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What I'm looking
forward to: </b>Celebrating baby. Taking some classes at the hospital.
Getting our crib bedding in the mail. Finishing the nursery. Picking out take
home outfits. Meeting baby in just over 12 weeks!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Bump:</b> Oh
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<b>Milestones:</b> Baby’s
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In case you don't follow me on other social media platforms... I have some kinda sorta <i>huge</i> news to share. I am expecting! Stefan and I will be welcoming our first little one into our family in March. We couldn't be more overjoyed. Definitely one of the most exciting times of my life... Even if I've spent the last seven weeks with my head in the toilet, trash can, or sink. Sorry guys. Pregnancy is a beautiful thing but I will be the first to tell you it definitely doesn't always look, feel, or sound so pretty! Unless you're one of those. Ya know, one of the lucky small 20% or less who don't experience morning {all day} sickness. You just keep feeling awesome and make us unlucky ones feel even worse, girl. Ha, kidding. But really.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So anyway, I definitely have not felt like blogging. Or taking baby bump photos. Or even planning the nursery for many weeks. I woke up on the morning of the week six mark, also our two year wedding anniversary, and felt absolutely awful. And it did not last for just the morning. Who in the world decided to call this morning sickness by the way?? I liken them to the creators of the old Disney princess movies. It's like being set up for unrealistic expectations on crack. Neverending sickness would definitely be more suitable. I mean if you have to carry your bathroom trash can with you in the car because the sight and smell and thought of literally everything makes you feel like death... You've gotta be forewarned with atleast a more fitting name.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In all honesty the first weeks of being sick were thee worst. It was non stop nausea and dry heaving with a little unpleasant something here or there but not too much of that. Around the time that school started, the nausea calmed a bit during the day but I still felt pretty crappy. At that point I started being able to make it through the school day but I wasn't able to keep a thing down in the evening. Around week 13 I started feeling better in the evening and during the day as long as I kept my belly fully. I've become a professional snacker at school. "Take out your reading books." INHALES APPLESAUCE. "Let's review a personal narrative." CHOMPS ON PRETZELS. Not a bad life, really.</span></div>
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far along:</b> Fourteen weeks | Hey second trimester!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Size
of baby:</b> Lemon! {3 inches, 1.5 oz}<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Must have items:</b> Food.
Fruit juice. Bubblegum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Total weight
gain/loss:</b> Last time I checked, I was down four pounds from my pre
pregnancy weight so I didn't gain in the first trimester. I'll be making up for
that now that my appetite is back I'm sure ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Maternity clothes:</b> Haven't
purchased any yet. A friend gave me two pairs of colored maternity skinny jeans
though and they are SO comfy. I'm sure I'll wear them as soon as the weather
cools. {thanks, Jacki!}<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Sleep:</b> The
quality of sleep is hit or miss. I'm usually up in the night to pee. I flip
around a lot and have been researching pregnancy body pillows. Suggestions?! I
do love my new bedtime of like 7:30pm. Stefan, however, does not. Lol!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Challenge of the
week:</b> This week I have noticed my heart pounding and the dizziness
when moving quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Comments:</b> "Are
you done feeling barfy?" "Oh my goodness, is that a little baby
bump?!" "I say boy."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Best moment this
week:</b> When people called out my bump! It's not much, but it's there.
And that is so cool. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Symptoms:</b> Frequent
urination, major bloating, food aversions, food cravings, mood swings, hate the
smell of most things...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Food cravings:</b> Warm
subs or deli sandwiches, certain Mexican food {nothing spicy}, broccoli salad,
applesauce, anything dipped in ranch, anything I don't have to cook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Food aversions:</b> Lettuce,
garlic, red meat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Emotional Moment of
the week:</b> I was going through my itunes and listened to "Next 2
You" by Chris Brown and JB. The one part says, "If you had my child,
that would make my life complete. Just to have your eyes on a little me, that'd
be my forever." Done. Every love song means so much more. And carrying the
man I love's child makes me love him even more than I ever imagined I could.
Gracious, the tears will be rolling when Baby is actually here with us!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Fears: </b>Everything.
Honestly though, I am a worrier as it is and pregnancy can be scary! Every ache
and pain makes me wonder if something is wrong. I worry about our ultrasound
around 20 weeks and that something will be wrong. I'm worried about a
c-section. I'm worried about going into labor early. And silly one - I'm
worried about getting sick again! But I have faith that everything will be fine
:)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>General
Mood: </b>I feel like I experience every mood really extremely at all
times.. haha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Gender:</b> We
won't be finding out but right now I think <i>maybe</i> a girl?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Labor signs:</b> Nope.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Belly button in or
out:</b> In.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Things I was
surprised by:</b> The ta-tas. lol! They haven't bothered me as much as
they seem to bother some pain wise. I'm not complaining. I'll take a little
tenderness if this is the upside ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>What
I miss:</b> A good cup of coffee every morning. I know I
can technically still have a cup a day if I want to, but I gave up coffee in
May anyway and don't want to go back on that!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>What I'm looking
forward to: </b>Feeling Baby move and knowing without a doubt that it was Baby!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Baby
Movement:</b> I could swear that Baby did a flip on
Saturday morning but I'm sure it was probably just wishful thinking :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Bump:</b> A <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">little </span>one!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>Milestones:</b> We
got to hear the heartbeat {170!} three weeks ago and should get to hear again
in 8 days. Yay! Do you think the heartbeat will stay high - which is <i>supposed</i> to
mean girl, or drop - which is <i>supposed</i> to mean boy according
to old wives tales. Guess, guess, guess!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <b>What I think is really cool and crazy:</b> That
half of Stefan and half of me is growing away and we get to meet him or her
in 26 weeks!!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The scariest part of a new haircut is knowing how to style it. A drastic change is exhilarating but also very intimidating. Since cutting my hair into a pixie, handfuls upon handfuls of women- some close and some whose names were never known to me- have made the statement, "I wish I were brave like you. You pull it off so well, I wouldn't know what to do with it!" I say, if you really want to do it, you never know until you try.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just before entering pixieland, many hours were spent searching the internet for different ways to style the cut and what kind of products would be beneficial. The hard part is, everyone's hair is different so it really is a trial and error thing. Getting your hair cut on a weekend, or during a few days when you don't have things going on, will allow you to figure out what will work for you. Today, I wanted to share the products I tried that worked for my hair and certain styles I have loved as a <i>little grown fairy. </i>I got them all at drugstores but I have linked them in amazon for you to check out possible prices<i>. </i>Don't mind all of the selfies. Still can't quite bring myself to turn my husband into my own professional paparazzi. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Garnier-Fructis-Style-Deconstructed-Pixie/dp/B00ID1OAJU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436463297&sr=8-1&keywords=pixie+play" target="_blank">Pixie Play</a> by Garnier Fructis is a go to for when wearing a chic, relaxed straightened pixie. The lotion like consistency feels great when being applied to freshly straightened hair. A little goes a long way. Usually a nickel sized amount does the trick. Simply rub the product between the tips of your fingers and shake it through your hair before smoothing it back out. For a little more texture, grab a tiny bit of product.. and I mean tiny.. and pull random strands of hair and apply the product through to the ends. Here's a style where I used this product:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I want to style my hair like the picture at the top of this post, I use the pixie play product as well, but I use a little before softly curling my hair with a straightener and then top it off with just a bit of the next product in line.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another Garnier Fructis product. There are a few of these putties that you can choose from. The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Garnier-Fructis-Style-Maker-Power/dp/B00CBLHT82/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436463345&sr=8-1&keywords=garnier+mess+maker" target="_blank">Mess Maker</a> worked best for me and what I wanted it for. This product's consistency is very different from the Pixie Play. I can't explain it any better than being putty like. Its hold is much stronger on my hair which makes it perfect for edgier styles that I need to stay in place. Definitely a "go to" when doing a look with swept back bangs. Apply this similar to the Pixie Play, but in a few layers for a better hold. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I use the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/LOreal-Advanced-Hairstyle-Tousle-Spray/dp/B00HTT6QWG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436463461&sr=8-1&keywords=txt+it+wave+spray" target="_blank">Txt It Waves Spray</a> in a lot of different looks. After softly straightening my hair in different directions, I sprayed a teensy bit of this spray and shook it through my hair before applying the Mess Maker.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What I love about this spray is that it feels natural after going on. It doesn't leave my hair feeling sticky, heavy, or greasy. I often spray it on my hair after using a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Revlon-Perfect-1inch-Curling-Styling/dp/B00005CDSQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1436463388&sr=8-2&keywords=revlon+curling+iron" target="_blank">curling iron</a> too. Sometimes I brush out the curls more than others. I love that it still holds the form of the curls but the overall hair doesn't look too "springy."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This look is wonderful for day old hair. After a day and night of having my normal straight and relaxed pixie, I like to spray Clean Freak, tease up my hair, give it some hair spray, then messily slick it back using the Mess Maker. Letting it fall to either side a bit is fun. Top it off with some more hairspray and you're good to go!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For me, Tresemme <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tresemme-Tres-Extra-Spray-Ounce/dp/B000UWDF0A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436463523&sr=8-1&keywords=tresemme+hairspray" target="_blank">Tres Two Extra Hold</a> (ooo la la) is the best hairspray. It does the trick and never leaves me dissatisfied. I commonly spray my hair after any style as a safety cushion. Naturally wavy hair tends to do crazy things in the right (or wrong) kind of Ohio weather... so hairspray, you are my truest friend.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Speaking of my natural waves, there is not much to taming them with a pixie. Pixies are fun because messy texture is cool. Applying a little of this next product when hair is still slightly damp and then blow drying while scrunching can be an effortlessly cute style when you don't have the time to put into your hair. If you don't have natural waves, the same technique can be used to create waves easily.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As a warning, Not Your Mother's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Not-Your-Mothers-Beach-Texturizing/dp/B004UL0GTK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436463494&sr=8-1&keywords=not+your+mothers" target="_blank">Beach Babe</a> ( <-lol ) gives a lot of texture and truly leaves your hair feeling like you spent a day on a beach off the Gulf of Mexico. It's a great summer time product for that beachy feel! I don't have a picture of a style with this product at the moment. I may add one later!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So those are the products I have be loving with my pixie. If you have any other questions, don't forget to leave a comment below!</span></div>
<i><br /></i>Hailee Tayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339419230079842694noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363062218097959151.post-46586371433645770782015-07-08T12:05:00.000-04:002015-07-08T12:08:45.394-04:00A New Classroom: What to Order?!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The day after I got my teaching job, I was asked to come into the school to pick up my catalog so that I could order supplies. Mrs. Horner handed me a book that - I kid you not- was about 2 1/2 inches thick. I had from Thursday until Monday to look through it and come up with an order list. They gave me my budget and I went home and dug right in. As I went through the book I was extremely overwhelmed. WHAT DO I NEED?! I felt like I needed everything. And as a teacher.. you kind of do!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thankfully, my aunt retired from her job as a second grade special ed. teacher last school year and saved a bunch of things for tutoring, me, and a garage sale! I went through a bunch with her this past weekend before placing my order and talked with her about what I need to get started. She was so helpful! Four other teachers that I will be working with helped me out, too. I'd text, "Hey, do I need to order student paper?" or, "Will a clip chart be in my room already?!" I had so many questions and they were so willing to help. By Monday, I was ready to turn my list in.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So what did I order and what will you need? It really depends on how you teach, but I've compiled a list of things I was given (or else would have been looking for), things I bought on my own or will be buying, and the things I ordered through school!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just a heads up, some schools supply certain office supplies. I found out after making my list that there was a supply storage area hidden in the office! Asking before ordering or buying wouldn't hurt.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Got a pencil and paper ready?! Here we go!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Supplies for Teacher and Classroom:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Stapler (a couple won't hurt! Bulletin boards tend to jam them up. Ain't nobody got time to fix that in a school day!!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Staple Remover</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Staples</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Tape Dispenser</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Scotch, Masking, packing, and Mavalous tape. <- the teachers insisted I order this one!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Single Hole Punch</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Three Hole Punch</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Good Scissors (a few pairs!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Paper Clips (assorted sizes)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Binder Clips (assorted sizes)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Rubber Bands (assorted sizes)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Brants</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Hole punch reinforcements (proper name?!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Rings for Pocket Charts/Anchor Charts (assorted sizes)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Avery labels</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-White-out</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Highlighters</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Dry Erase Markers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Wet Erase Markers (vis-a-vis)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Permanent Markers (thick and thin)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Markers (lots! I love grading with the white tube, colored lid, super tip crayolas and the kids use thick ones to make posters, ect.)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Crayons</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Colored Pencils</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Pencils</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Pencil Sharpener (electric and wall mounted)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Pens (flair pens are awesome as well as sharpie pens)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Post-its</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Erasers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Extra pairs of student scissors</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Craft Scissors</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Rulers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Yardstick</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Tweezers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Magnifying Glasses</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Pointer Fingers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Headphones</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Sticky Tack</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Easel</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Bins (you'll need some for a classroom library and things you never knew you needed them for. lol!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Note Cards</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Thank You Notes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Binders</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Stickers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Band-Aids</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Febreeze</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Batteries</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Dishwashing Tubs (teacher tip: excellent for storing copies!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-File Folders</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Folders</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Clothes Pins (behavior chart, noise level chart, names to turn in)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Broom (kids love to sweep so grab some hand held ones too!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Dust Pan</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Downy Sheets (teacher tip: bees stay away from students if they wave one in the air around them!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Plastic Silverware</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Straws</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Paper Plates/bowls</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Cups</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Squirt bottle (teacher tip: cool off sweaty kiddos after recess)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Tension Rods and Fabric to make curtains</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Carpet for "Circle Time" and "Library Area"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-"Treasure Box"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Toaster/Mini Fridge/Microwave/Coffee Maker (check on school codes!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Coffee Cups and Water Bottles</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Lunch Box Tub</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Lunch Card Box</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Storage Tubs</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Glue Gun and Glue</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Zip Ties</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Trays for turning in papers and for teacher storage</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Dish soap (if you have a sink)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Gloves for cleaning</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Storage for Paint Shirts</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Manilla Envelopes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Card Envelopes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Pocket Charts (hanging and tabletop)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Dry Erase Boards</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Privacy Boards (for test taking)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Play dough</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-ABC Stamps</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Tempera Paint</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Paint Brushes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Stamp Pads</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Magnetic Letters (Uppercase and Lowercase)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Googly Eyes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Popsicle Sticks (for crafts and name pulling)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Pom Poms</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Pipe Cleaners</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Note cards</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Chart Paper</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Writing Paper (if your school doesn't provide it)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Copy Paper (white and colored if your school doesn't provide it)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Art Paper (if your school doesn't provide it)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Timers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Class Bell</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Sentence Strips</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Inside Recess Games</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Sidewalk Chalk</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Laminating Sheets (if you have a laminator, or self laminating if not!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Magnets (cute ones and ones that you can glue things to)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I apologize if there are any repeats! I read this list a thousand times and always ended thinking of more things to add. My next teaching posts will be about how to stock up on some of these things with as little spending as possible and how to decorate an elementary room so stay tuned!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I tried to keep this list more about supplies rather than teaching resources. If you'd like a list of more things you will need to help you teach, let me know in the comments below!</span><br />
<br />Hailee Tayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339419230079842694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363062218097959151.post-68293260014956027452015-07-07T14:32:00.000-04:002015-07-07T14:44:23.567-04:00Meeting Mike Posner: My Story<div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The past few months have been emotional in so many ways and it hasn't been easy. It hasn't been all bad by any means but from the moment I found out I had to move positions to teach at a new school I have been struggling to stop myself from believing the lie that I'm just not good enough. Once that train has started it chugs its way into every aspect of your life if you let it, and I have. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've been so wrapped up in how I feel that it has consumed me. Sometimes when I'm down, I wonder if any other person in this world is feeling what I'm feeling. In a state of gloominess, it unrealistically seems as though I must be the only one. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That's how I felt on Sunday when I opened twitter to tweet.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was upset at the time, so I marched upstairs to take a nap. I don't get on twitter too often anymore, and while I'm not proud of the reason I did so on Sunday, I'm so glad that I did. After tweeting, I happened upon Mike Posner's tweet. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Screen shot! Because I obviously couldn't run down and tell Stefan the exciting news when I just huffed my way upstairs claiming to be grumpy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Taylors have been Mike Posner fans for years. Stef bought <i>31 Minutes to Takeoff </i>just before we took a weekend trip to Louisville, Kentucky. That's a lot of car time mostly spent with none other than MP. We always talk about how great the entire album is, some of our favorites being the lesser known by fans who enjoy Mike because he's the "cooler than me" guy. Unfortunately, a lot of my favorites many people probably have never even heard.<br /> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, sticking to my guns I waited until dinner to fill him in and we made plans to go to Edgewater in 24 hours. The closer our "date night" came the more "me" I felt. Excitement crept in that was too much to suppress for the sake of my cause. The car ride was therapeutic. As we parked, Mike ran through the parking lot in front of the car. According to <a href="http://mikeposner.com/" target="_blank">his blog</a>, he's done that before some of his Ninja Shows. That was cool. A small reminder that even though a lot of people of people know his name, he's still human just like me. Expect for the running. Running makes me want to die.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">People crowded around his rented RV and waited for the show. As he finished his run and made his way back, Stefan extended his hand. He announced he was going to warm up and be out. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The whole thing after that was surreal. He was so raw and so real. He shared a poem, stories, and songs; some old, some new, and some never heard before. He even shared his friend, <a href="http://www.adamfriedmanmusic.com/" target="_blank">Adam Friedman</a> with us who, by the way, you should look into because he's already creating amazing music. He has the voice of an angel. I'll be sitting here, patiently waiting for the day when he puts songs on itunes. Hopefully the two he sang for us last night!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've only met two well known people in my life that I'm aware, Mike Posner and Kandee Johnson. I'm extremely satisfied with them being the two. They have some of the most gracious and beautiful souls. Its funny how famous people seem above our level because they are famous. It is crystal clear that these two see themselves as people too and I love and respect them even more for that.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We took a picture and shared our names. Stefan told him, "God Bless." He told us he loved us. And I believe it. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that Mike Posner would even know my name let alone tell Stefan and me that he loved us. But I believe Mike Posner does love his fans. Why else would he be traveling the country giving free acoustic shows to his fans? Why else would he spend hours after his shows meeting any fan who wants to be met? His love for all of his fans resonated through Edgewater Park last night. It was an awesome experience and I'm so thankful that he gave it to me. I don't think I'll go to another concert again. I'm afraid nothing could ever compare.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Afterwards, Stefan and I had a wonderful dinner at the Winking Lizard. We drove the hour home talking about how cool the whole thing was, singing Mike's new songs, and enjoying each other. It was such a <i>happy</i> evening and I'm so grateful for that. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">More than anything I wish I could really thank Mike. I woke up today so high on being alive and feeling so grateful for a job, a roof over my head, and a wonderful man with whom I can share this life, both the good and the not so good. I'm grateful that God works in mysterious ways and that in the midst of my humanness, he allowed me an amazing opportunity for joy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A rule, to me, means a regulation that is enforced and must always be followed without question. When the word rule is thrown around, it makes me feel as though students must listen because they are told to do so and they are never encouraged to internalize why the rule is important. It's simply important because someone somewhere said so.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As adults, we live our lives and make our choices based on many things. We choose what is right and wrong based on our values, beliefs, morals, and cultural expectations. Now, I'd venture to say that in life, we have "rules" too. Adults have laws to abide by as citizens but we even break laws as we see fit. When we do break a law, there may or may not be a consequence depending on if it was seen by someone enforcing our "rules."Most times, we follow the laws - even if we are running late and don't see an officer in sight- because we know it's what we should do. When we don't follow the laws, we ourselves are weighing the consequences in doing so. My point is, we always have a choice. We can choose to do what is right, but if we choose to do what is wrong, there may be consequences. Everything has an outcome and we hold the power in our hands every single day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In my opinion, teachers use "rules" incorrectly all the time. They may reprimand a child for talking in the hall one day, but may totally ignore it the next when they stop to joke with another teacher friend about a television show the night before. This creates inconsistency in what we are telling our students to expect. We are teaching them that the enforcing of rules has nothing to do with them and their choices but everything to do with us and ours and I don't think that is giving them the correct mind set.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In my classroom, I wanted my students to internalize their decisions. I wanted them to think about the benefits of doing what is right versus the consequences of doing wrong. That, to me, is real life. So instead of rules, my class has expectations. It may sound the same to you, but to me it is all about how these principles are presented. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ron Clark's book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Essential-Award-Winning-Discovering-Successful/dp/0786888164" target="_blank">"The Essential 55"</a> was like a dream come true for me. It seemed to align perfectly with what I dreamed of instilling in my future students. I highly recommend reading ALL of his books. They are nothing short of inspirational. He does have 55 rules for his students, and some <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">of my expectations are from his book. Others have been adapted to better suite lower grade levels.</span></span><br />
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<br />Hailee Tayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339419230079842694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363062218097959151.post-48818143718801236852014-09-23T16:10:00.002-04:002015-07-03T10:33:51.856-04:00"Red"-y For Meetings<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I couldn't stop my built in teacher ability to "turn every phrase into a pun or something cheesy" when writing my title for this blog post. Sorry, guys. Working around kids helps to keep me from taking life too seriously. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So the autumn equinox occurs at like, 10:30 tonight. Is it jumping the gun to say "first day of fall" then? Should I wait until the first full day to consider it the first day? I'm already over it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We had a teacher inservice day to work on a bunch of things no one outside of the education world cares about... (and most in the education world don't care about it either!) The picture above is my, "I'm really not happy about starting the day a half hour earlier than normal but at least I still got up and made myself look like a human after being sickly all weekend" selfie. If such a thing existed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> It was chilly and it felt like fall today. And I loved every moment of it. The meetings, not so much. But the fall sky, absolutely. Especially during cheer practice. Did we know I was an assistant middle school cheer coach now? Well I am, nevertheless, and I think it's actually pretty great. It's kind of refreshing to spend an hour of my Monday evenings with young, silly girls who laugh about the stupidest things and act like goofballs non stop. It's quite a change from spending all morning and afternoon with adults. And on normal Mondays when I'm teaching, it's nice to see that my crazy, full of life students won't lose their adventurous and light hearted sense of themselves for quite a few more years!</span></div>
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<br />Hailee Tayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339419230079842694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363062218097959151.post-52410978648927071112014-09-14T16:14:00.000-04:002014-09-14T16:21:38.926-04:00Pencil Skirts & Button Down Shirts<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On the days that I want to go home and drink a glass of wine by 11:00am, looking like a professional helps me feel like a professional and therefor it's like I can trick my brain into thinking I've got it all figured out. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nice "work" clothes aren't cheap. Thank God for hand-me-downs. I have just about no extra time for shopping, and when I do.. I'd rather fall down on the floor and stay there until I have the energy to move again. HA! Teaching isn't a nightmare. It's fabulous. But when you put your whole self into it, it's easy to get lost. </span></div>
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Hailee Tayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339419230079842694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363062218097959151.post-76179830004184564742014-09-13T20:49:00.001-04:002014-09-14T09:37:12.396-04:00Falling For Fall<br />
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Hailee Tayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339419230079842694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363062218097959151.post-17067327828058106412014-08-10T19:37:00.000-04:002015-07-03T10:36:13.243-04:00UN-cleaned Classroom | Classroom Sneak Peak<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ever since I found out I got the job, I have been absolutely dying to get in the school and set up my classroom. Isn't that what every teacher - new and old - wants to do, especially come August?! The fourth was the day I've been waiting for. It came. It went. And my room still has a LONG way to go. Yes. Capital letters because I'm yelling.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For whatever reason my school was the last in the district to be cleaned. My hall was the last in my school to be touched. Can we not talk about how this is the epitome of my luck?! I was able to get in and start working on my bulletin boards which was really helpful. Thursday was the last day I was able to get into my room and I wont be able to get in again until WEDNESDAY. I start next Monday. I'm literally dying.</span></div>
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Hailee Tayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339419230079842694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363062218097959151.post-63222785424600668992014-06-25T11:03:00.001-04:002015-07-03T10:38:08.502-04:00Exciting News & My Mini Portfolio<!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page -->
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next I included my resume and reference list. There's too much personal information to really edit out to show you. One thing I will say is to include any special awards that you feel could be conversation starters. Even though it sounds silly, I included my three "most spirited" awards that I received from cheerleading in high school. The assistant superintendent loved that! She commented on how I can say I'm positive and energetic but that really proves that I am. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*This post was to give my fellow teacher friends ideas. Please feel free to feed off of the pages I shared but I ask that you don't copy word for word. Let your own heart shine - your interviewers will want to see who you are and what you're all about! :)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don't care if you are the most eloquent, charming, and convincing speaker in the world.. you need to practice and prepare for every interview. There are a handful of questions that perspective teachers are bound to be asked such as why you went into teaching and what's your educational philosophy. Know what you'd say! It's a better idea to be ready for questions that might not be asked rather than leaving the interview wishing you had said something you didn't think of off the top of your head.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I just read Ron Clark's book, <u>The Excellent 11</u>..., and one of the qualities he mentioned was being prepared. It is so very important when going into an interview! If you want to land that job you have got to know what you're talking about. You have to fight for that position actively.. not go into it blindly and hope it will all work out which leads me to my next piece of advice.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was browsing around Etsy for kitchen chair ruffled slipcovers when I thought to search for ruffled ottoman pictures. Low and behold.. someone had already thought it up! Now, I have never used a sewing machine. I'm sure I could.. I've just never tried. So, I made the first slipcover for our cubes by hand. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After doing a little research, I decided to pick up some drop cloths at Lowes to carry out this project. I bought two 4x5 ft. drop cloths by Finish Factor and one 6x9 ft. by Blue Hawk. I have some other cover ideas in my head so I wanted to get a big one so I'd have left overs. Plus.. I knew I'd need some nice long pieces to make the ruffle. I didn't even worry about changing the color of the drop cloths. I just tossed them in the washer and dryer to soften them up a bit. The natural color goes perfectly with our home.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total Cost: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> 7.91 !!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thanks so much for checking out my newest project! Stay tuned for my next one..</span></span></div>
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Hailee Tayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339419230079842694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363062218097959151.post-90665685094131247462014-02-26T14:08:00.000-05:002014-03-25T20:22:04.238-04:00Our Registry - Target<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is my second post in my wedding registry series here on my blog. This list includes all of the things we registered for from Target. If you missed our list from Bed Bath and Beyond you can check it out <a href="http://haileetay.blogspot.com/2013/12/our-registry-bed-bath-and-beyond.html" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/bunn-10-cup-coffeemaker-white-nhbxw/-/A-10300635#prodSlot=medium_1_59"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bunn Coffee Maker</span></a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love our coffee maker. It only takes three minutes <br />
to brew because it constantly holds water and keeps it warm!</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/taylor-trutemp-meat-dial-thermometer/-/A-11010262#prodSlot=medium_1_3&term=taylor%20trutemp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Meat Thermometer</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/charisma-white-wine-glasses-4-pk/-/A-13794204#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=charisma%20white%20wine"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wine Glass Set of 4 x2</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/chefmate-cake-pan-9x13/-/A-13541081#prodSlot=medium_1_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rectangle Cake Pan</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/olde-thompson-plated-metal-salt-pepper-set/-/A-14748779?lnk=atc_overlay"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Salt and Pepper Shakers</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/oxo-soft-works-apple-wedger/-/A-13567791#prodSlot=medium_1_0&term=oxo%20soft%20works%20apple"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Apple Cutter</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/rubbermaid-34-pc-easy-find-lids-set/-/A-10837211?lnk=atc_overlay"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rubbermaid Storage</span></a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You need a big set of storage containers. You can never have enough!</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/kitchenaid-stainless-steel-shears-with-sheath-black/-/A-14554417#prodSlot=medium_1_0&term=kitchen%20shears"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kitchen Shears</span></a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A kitchen isn't a kitchen without a rolling pin.</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/chefmate-clear-glass-juicer/-/A-12704481#prodSlot=medium_1_0&term=chefmate%20clear%20glass%20juicer"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Glass Juicer</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/chefmate-poly-cutting-board-set-white-3-pc/-/A-12208384#prodSlot=medium_1_0&term=chefmate%20poly%20cutting%20board"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cutting Board Set</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/kitchenaid-utility-whisk-black/-/A-13370349#prodSlot=medium_1_9&term=whisk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wisk</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/kitchenaid-food-chopper-white/-/A-13918178#prodSlot=medium_1_0&term=kitchenaid%20food"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Food Chopper</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/libbey-craft-brew-12-piece-set/-/A-13686274#prodSlot=medium_1_0&term=libbey%20craft"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Craft Brew Glass Set<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a fun one for the Mr. and his friends will enjoy <br />
drinking beer from special glasses when they come over, too.</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/room-essentials-tan-dishcloth-6-pk/-/A-13710691#prodSlot=medium_1_31&term=room%20essentials%20tan"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dish Cloths</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/sunbeam-electric-kettle-white/-/A-12225854#prodSlot=medium_1_0&term=sunbeam%20electric%20kettle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Electric Kettle</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/room-essentials-bar-mop-kitchen-towel-set-of-4/-/A-13710705#prodSlot=medium_1_35&term=room%20essentials%20tan"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bar Mops<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the dish cloths and bar mops that I got like this. My favorite!</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/threshold-ceramic-egg-platter-white/-/A-14172064#prodSlot=medium_1_0&term=threshold%20ceramic%20egg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ceramic Egg Platter</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/libbey-stemless-white-wine-glasses-set-of-4/-/A-715347#prodSlot=medium_1_0&term=stemless%20white"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stemless Wine Glasses x2</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blue Hand Towels x4</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blue Wash Cloths x4</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blue Bath Mat</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gray Bath Towels x4</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px;">Gray Hand Towels x4</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px;">Gray Wash Cloths x4</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My faith is important to me and the choices I make in life revolve around it. Am I perfect- not even close- but I do make conscious efforts to try to live a life that would please God. Stefan and I did not live together until we were married and furthermore, I waited for my husband. I would never change those two choices. I'm extremely proud of both of us and I know that those choices glorified The Lord. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We dated for over four and a half years before marrying. I'm closer to him than anyone else I've ever known. During those four and a half years we took the time to have fun.. but we also really got to know each other. Did we know every little detail? No. But we definitely covered any grounds that would have been huge problems if we hadn't talked about it and then later disagreed. I also did a thorough background check and had him psychiatrically tested before I let him put a ring on my finger. Joking. But you know what I mean. I knew him. I know him. There was nothing that I could've found out upon living with him that I wouldn't have had at least the slightest inclination about before that would have caused me to not want to be with him any longer. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The idea of a test run seems so selfish and cowardly to me. If you want to live with your significant other than fine.. but if you want to move in together in order to be sure that they're really who you want to spend your life with.. I question your judgement and intentions. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you feel comfortable enough to make the choice to live together, you should know whether or not they're the person you want to marry. I feel like you should have already had the deep and foundational conversations by that point. You should have talked about deal breakers and found out by now if you are truly compatible. To me, dating is the test run.. that's where you figure all of the important stuff out. To call moving in together a "test run" is setting yourself up for failure. You're coming into it with the idea that if something isn't just your way.. you don't have to compromise and work it out together. Little things become big things, and you'll be more inclined to be selfish instead of working through issues like leaving the toilet seat up and leaving clothes all around.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Is living with Stefan a magical fairy tale? Lol.. Let me laugh for a minute. We are just over six months in to our marriage and I can tell you that there are surprises every day when it comes to the two of us. He has weird habits and so do I. He lets em rip in bed and I leave socks literally everywhere.. then complain to him when the dog chews them up. We annoy each other.. But had I lived with him before we signed a paper and said some vows.. I would've still married him that day, today, and every day for the rest of my life. It wouldn't have changed a thing and we wouldn't be any closer than we already are.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don't think I needed to live with him in order to know that he was the right one for me and I don't think I made a mistake by not doing so. It's my personal belief that getting married should be a life changing event. It's the moment in time where you no longer live to serve yourself but rather live to serve your spouse and in doing so, serve The Lord. I can't help but think about how blurred the lines become when you live together first. When you live together but aren't married.. you may be in a relationship but there's nothing forcing you to be united. When you become angry it's easy to get in the mindset of "I'm not your property.. I can leave and not tell you where I'm going," and it's also a lot easier to give up when fighting. If you're just dating.. you can threaten, "I'm moving out" but when you're married.. it's both of your home and you're forced to work it out at some point. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know some people live together first and work out just fine. When it comes to working out.. I believe It's all about mind set and I personally think it's easier to have the correct mindset when you're married. That's not saying that everyone who is married does, though. I knew life wouldn't be a dream, where since I'm marrying the man I love I'd never have to go through anything rough ever. That would've been foolish. I knew he wouldn't be perfect and I knew I'd irritate him too. We are both human beings. I don't even want to be friends with myself some days!! I don't know how I could realistically expect him to think every move I make is awesome. I knew we'd argue.. and I know we'll have a lot of blow out arguments in the years ahead of us. That's just life. But we are a team and refuse to give up on each other and the commitment we made to each other. Divorce is not an option for us. We made a lifelong choice and because of that we are united. Doesn't matter if he stays out too late or I spend too much money. We'll work it out together.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Even more personal than people making comments about not living together.. people told me I was making a mistake by choosing to wait for our wedding night. People actually told me I needed to rethink my choice because maybe it won't be good and then I would be stuck with him. They said I shouldn't wait because my wedding night would be awkward and wouldn't be fun and it should be a good time. They said I was giving him a reason to cheat on me while he was at school. The list goes on and on. No one ever gave me a legitimate reason. Every reason was very selfish and I guess that act just isn't selfish to me. I love Stefan. I couldn't imagine that taking that step together would ever be negative unless I hadn't waited like I wanted to. Him respecting my wish to wait proved he loved me far more than if we'd taken that step a few months after dating. To me, that could never be awkward or bad with my husband because I'm so close to him and have so much love for him. It's deeper to me than just an act to satisfy myself and I wish people would understand that.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It made me so angry to see all of the tweets about Sean and Catherine from The Bachelor and how they were never going to work because they didn't live together first. I'm not going to tell my friends they're wrong for living with their boyfriends and I'm not going to judge every person who sleeps with someone before they're married. I'm not here to tell anyone how to live their life but I'm here to tell you that I'm so tired of people telling me I'm wrong for living my life the way that I do. I don't need Stefan to cater to my every liking in order to want to spend the rest of my life with him. That way of thinking would be completely selfish. I may not like every little thing he does but I'm not perfect either and this life is about so much more than just what I want. Selfless love is the kind of love that can and will last a lifetime.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A few weeks ago, Stefan texted me to ask if I had ordered something online. Turns out.. Adore Me had charged our bank account 39.99 without my knowledge and had done so every month since my purchase. Irritated, I called the company to get everything worked out. Here are my frustrations.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. I couldn't understand either woman I talked to. They barely spoke English and kept having to have me repeat things and vice versa which is an annoyance for both parties involved and puts a huge rift in communication.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. They said their policy is that you're charged every month that you don't "skip" and that it's made clear upon check out. Now maybe I'm naive but when I originally signed up.. I was not asked to enter a credit card to be charged monthly. When I selected "VIP membership" it said your account would be charged store credit that could be used toward future purchases. I simply thought it was on my adore me account. I never dreamed they would go ahead and charge the first card I ever used to order a month after signing up.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. They won't refund any "store credit" that occurred past thirty days.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Off the top of my head, I can't think of one store that has such a ridiculous time frame. Some stores will still accept returns years later and I'm not even trying to return anything to adore me. I just want my own money back!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. Store credit expires after 12 months. So basically they take your money and if you don't take advantage of those credits within a year you lose out on your own money. If that's not a huge scam I don't know what is. I told the one woman this and she stated, "ma'am we wouldn't run our company in that way." Wait, what? Except that's exactly the way it feels and looks like to me.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Who boasts about membership being free but still takes your money and refuses to make things right for their customers?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. They state right on their "how it works" page that VIP membership is free... However, I found out the hard way that if you don't skip a month and don't use the money they take from you within 12 months you get nothing in return. That sounds like a fee to me.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I searched the website for some fine print and the company uses the phrase, "monthly dues." Again.. how can you boast free membership in big bold letters on one page but talk about monthly dues in teensy tiny print on another page filled with a billion other sentences? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. They claimed I should have been notified about each charge by email each month. The problem is.. After they stated this I noticed that they send 3-4 emails a day so it's no wonder that the one email they sent to "warn" me didn't stand out. If I actually read every email from adore me, modcloth, forever21, Victoria's Secret, hautelook, YouTube, zappos, amazon, world market, kohls, 1800contacts, glasses shop, mac, coastal scents, ulta, and all of the other thousands of companies I get numerous emails from daily... I'd never put my phone down. I'm sure I'm not the only person who deletes emails as soon as they see who it's from. My life doesn't revolve around technology contrary to what society seems to think. Is anyone else sick of how technology based everything is? Ugh!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7. The first woman hung up on me and cut me off multiple times while I was explaining my frustration. I told her that I did not want to use my store credit because I had no desire to order with them ever again and that I would like money back. She told me that she could remove the credit and terminate the account if I'd like but I would not get that money refunded. I can't even comment on that statement. I'll let that Adore Me customer service rep speak for the company itself.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8. They refused to let me talk to a manager. They said managers are "too busy" to take calls at the beginning of the month. I'm curious if that's due to all of the calls they probably get on or after the sixth when everyone realizes that they've been charged.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">9. They don't seem to care about keeping customers happy or building lifetime customers. I would have been an Adore Me shopper for life. But now that they treated me as if my business means nothing, took my money without my knowledge, and used misleading terminology to make this okay I have no desire to give them my business. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've never been treated with such poor customer service in all my life. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will never buy from a company who does not strive to satisfy their customers and uses misleading tactics to make their money. Honesty, character, and integrity are so meaningful to me. I don't care if you're a person or the biggest company in the world. If those things aren't meaningful to you.. you're no one I want to deal with.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It boils down to this.. I should've known better than to trust that a company would make their policies clear and concise. Had I done the research before hand, I would've seen that the way they worded things and the terminology about store credit and free membership confused me and now come across as misleading. Again.. I just never imagined they would take money from the bank account that I used to make my first purchase with them and I have my own naivety to blame. However, the company was rude and made no attempt whatsoever to understand my confusion and mend the relationship between customer and company. They had a, "you should have known" attitude from the second I started speaking with them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you're considering purchasing from this company please be sure to skip each month or DO NOT sign up for free VIP membership. And if you do forget to skip.. CALL within thirty days. Don't let a company make money off of you that they do not deserve. From now on I will definitely make sure I know what kind of company I am dealing with prior to doing business with them. Sadly, good products are not worth being treated the way that I was.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sorry this blog was fiesty, long, and probably very boring. I really just want everyone to be aware because I never realized I'd have to make sure a company was being upfront before ordering.</span></div>
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Hailee Tayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01339419230079842694noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-363062218097959151.post-16235813264266461212014-01-23T13:52:00.002-05:002014-01-23T13:52:43.824-05:00“Are You Sure You Want to be a Teacher?”
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know this is a long post.. but it means a lot to me. I wrote this paper as a way to vent during my student teaching semester and decided to put it my teaching portfolio. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It sort of hit me
one day that I wanted to go into teaching and since then I have noticed the
mixed opinions on the profession. I’ve gotten, “you’ll be a great teacher,”
“that seems like the perfect job for you,” and “good luck finding a job!” Of
course I find the latter to be a bit annoying, however nothing gets under my
skin more than the people that reply with, “are you sure you want to be a
teacher?” This question has been asked in a number of contexts. Sometimes, it
was asked by non-teachers in regards to the money and the politics. Other
times, it was asked by other teachers in reference to the every day of being a
teacher, such as after a child puked in a urinal or while dealing with a petty
fight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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methods, I had a tough time keeping the students quiet in the hall. It was
their teacher’s, my mentor teacher’s, birthday and they were supposed to
quietly sign the birthday card and wait patiently in line. As I struggled, a
first grade teacher also dealing with her rowdy class half jokingly asked, “Does
this really make you want to be a teacher?” Though I was annoyed by my
inability to calm my unruly class, I was a lot more annoyed by her question.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>They are
children. Children get loud. Their cares from day to day are small and
irrelevant in the big scheme of things, which can sometimes be a bother. But
that is the thing. These things are small and irrelevant and can often be fixed
with a word, a hug, or a band aide. I would love to be able to save my students
from simple problems forever. That’s the beautiful thing about teaching
elementary aged students. At least most of their problems are simple. I will
tie shoes, wipe noses, talk through petty fights and deal with tattling and
loud students all day. None of that deters me from wanting to be a teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What makes me not
want to be a teacher is seeing the little boy eating lunch in the cafeteria on
Friday and knowing he more than likely won't be able to eat another meal again
until Monday morning at school. It’s the little boy whom is desperate for hugs
and is acting out for extra attention because he is neglected at home. It’s the
little girl whose academics are failing simply because her mom doesn’t feel
like getting out of bed and taking her to school. It’s the little girl without
a coat. The little boy who, for a writing assignment, chose to write a letter
to his father that says, “I miss you daddy. When are you coming home?” His
father is in jail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I don’t want to
be a teacher after helplessly watching a little girl wait for a bus at the end
of every day that is taking her to a place full of suffering and darkness. It’s
knowing that the place that she should be able to feel safe and call home is a
place where she endures more pain than any child ever should. It’s knowing that
instead of going home to parents that love her and care about her more than
anyone, she goes home to monsters that abuse her in ways you can't fathom, and
there is nothing that you can do. Children being children doesn’t bother me. What bothers me are the children whose innocence is being taken for granted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I want to be a
teacher for so many reasons. I want to help my students excel in academics and
I want to teach them good character. I want to teach them little lessons and
life skills that they will remember long after their time with me. I want to be
the teacher that encourages them to love to learn. I want to help every student
reach his or her highest potential. I want to be the person cheering them on
when no one else is there, and I want to be the extra cheerleader on the
sidelines for the students who are blessed with supportive guardians. I want
to touch lives. I want to be there and to save little children from their
little problems. It’s a hard realization that sometimes their problems aren’t so little and try as you might you aren’t always able to
rescue them from the cruelties of this world. It’s the times when you know that
even though you are doing everything you can possibly do to help and it still
isn’t enough… that breaks you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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make me realize how important my job really is. It’s not about the money, or
the benefits, or the vacations. Being given the opportunity to be the one person
that made that hurting little girl smile is worth more than a paycheck. Each
student and every moment spent with them is the most wonderful blessing. There
is no way that you could ever put a price on that. Being there to wipe away
tears, to give hugs to the precious little ones when they need it most, to feed
them, to care about them, to make them feel special is much more rewarding than
having the summers off and the weekends free. These times make me realize that
sometimes, you are much more than their teacher. Those little children really
count on you, because you are all they have.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> So in answer to
all of you wondering, “are you sure you really want to be a teacher?” Yes. I am
absolutely, positively, one hundred and ten percent sure that I really want to
be a teacher. I know that one sticker, one smile, and one hug, truly can make a
difference. I can make a difference. I know that I may not change the world…
but by becoming a teacher, I have been given the biggest privilege to bring
light to a child’s world… and that is enough for me.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Architects Daughter';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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