tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33312198194337232302024-03-18T14:15:28.701-05:00Life As The CoatsLife As The Coatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905072083232877403noreply@blogger.comBlogger787125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331219819433723230.post-31452790339125012922020-05-29T09:08:00.003-05:002020-08-13T10:56:11.721-05:00HUDSON'S BIRTH STORY<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It's hard to believe, but Hudson is already almost EIGHT months old and I am just now sitting down to write out Hudson's birth story. (I actually started this post when he had just turned four months old and I am just now finishing it). I'm so thankful Matthew took notes in his phone to help me remember the small details I don't remember or catch. This is going to be a <i>very</i> long post, but I want to remember everything (& and all the events leading up to Hudson's birth) for years to come.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Friday, September 27th</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We'll start with my regular weekly appointment on Friday (13 days before my due date; 6 days before Hudson was born). I woke up feeling fine, large and swollen, but fine. At our appointment the nurse checked my blood pressure like normal and it was high (142/84). The nurse asked if my vision was okay and if I had a headache at all that morning. I had neither so she said she would tell my doctor and be back. My doctor immediately comes into the room after that and told us that he was sending us over to the hospital to be monitored for a few hours and if my blood pressure didn't come down within a few hours they would start the induction process that afternoon. I am pretty sure all of the color drained from mine and Matthew's face. We were both shocked because we didn't even know my blood pressure was high, but turns out they do not mess around when your blood pressure is even slightly high at 38 weeks! We asked if we could run home and grab a few things and come straight back to the hospital (we live pretty close to the hospital I was delivering at) and my doctor advised us that it would be best to just go straight to the hospital. I tried to keep it together on the way over to the hospital because I knew getting upset would not help my blood pressure, but I was just so shocked. I still had some things I wanted to wrap up at work, some cleaning around the house and to finish packing our hospital bags (lol). I got checked into the hospital and hooked up to all the monitors and was monitored for around 2 hours. We had the sweetest nurse, nurse K, who answered all my questions and helped reassure me that all was going to be fine (bless her). We watched my blood pressure drop over the next 2 hours and I was discharged to go home with strict orders from my doctor to be on moderate bed rest and to come straight to L&D if I have any headaches or vision changes over the weekend and a follow up appointment the following Monday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matthew took this snapchat that morning. </span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, September 28th - Sunday, September 29th </span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That weekend we did take it easy. We went on one last date night before Hudson was born to Puckett's up on the square on Friday night and on Saturday afternoon we went to my best friend's little girl's first birthday party. My swelling was at an all time high and it was HOT that weekend. I basically wore a dress the whole weekend and sat with my feet propped up to help with the swelling as much as I could. Anytime that I was home (or in the car) I had on compression socks to somewhat help with the swelling. We did one last quick clean that weekend just in case they induced me on Monday morning after my follow up appointment. I had deep cleaned our house about a week before all of this- so glad I did that!! Sunday morning we sang one of my favorite songs at church, "It is Well", and I had the biggest lump in my throat the whole time we sang it. My biggest prayer that weekend was that whatever we were told at our appointment Monday morning that I would be okay with it and trust that God had everything planned out. I remember sitting on the couch Sunday night watching TV with Matthew and just kept thinking how this could be our last weekend just the two of us...spoiler alert, it was! I was so excited and so anxious, but so very thankful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Snapped a quick picture at my parents house...look at my belly! I was swollen all over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Evelyn's 1st birthday party! She was literally sitting on my belly it was so huge!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bright and early Monday morning Matthew and I met my dad at his work to turn my lease car in and get my new one....talk about perfect timing! We loaded our hospital bags, pillows, and car seat in the back because we planned on going to my doctor's appointment after. We had some time before our appointment so we decided to swing by a local fire station and let them install (and show us how) the car seat. We had an idea on how to install it, but both felt better about having them do it. While we were there I got a meeting invite from the VP of my department for the next morning. These kind of invites usually don't come with good news so I immediately started stressing out. Matthew kept reminding me that I needed to try and relax so my blood pressure didn't get too high. Awful timing to receive that email before our doctor's appointment that morning. After talking with some co-workers we pretty much all came to the conclusion that they were shutting our office down and that we would all work remotely (we all had a feeling this was coming, so not that big of a surprise).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got to our doctor's appointment and my blood pressure wasn't as high as on Friday, but still was 126/82. We were all relieved and my doctor sent me home and told me to continue taking it easy and to let them know right away if I had any vision changes/headaches. I had another scheduled appointment for that Wednesday, 10/2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to go eat lunch with my mom at her work and fill her in on our appointment that afternoon. While I was eating lunch with my mom my doctor's office called and it was my Doctor's Nurse Practitioner. He had her call because he was called into emergency surgery, but wanted to let me know that he felt very strongly that I needed to go on and be induced that week...that Thursday, October 3rd. He was worried about my blood pressure and that if I waited too much longer Hudson and I would both be in danger. Needless to say I was so shocked because I thought my blood pressure reading that morning was fine. My NP agreed that it wasn't high that morning, but that my doctor was still very worried about it getting higher and no one knowing (since I didn't have any signs of it getting high before). So it was planned, I was going to be induced Wednesday night. She informed me that my doctor would discuss everything in detail at my scheduled appointment that following Wednesday morning. At first I wanted to try and talk my doctor out of the induction, because that is not what I wanted at all. I wanted to be able to go into labor on my own, but quickly realized that my doctor was doing what was best for us. Just because I realized this does not mean I was 100% okay with this. I was SO bummed. <i>Not at all</i> that I was having our sweet boy THAT week, but bummed because I thought I did everything right (my whole pregnancy) and that weekend. I rested, drank so much water, and propped my feet up basically the entire weekend (I even put ice packs on my ankles that weekend to help with the swelling). So even with the excitement there was still a level of shock/disappointment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went straight home to tell Matthew about my call after we hung up. On the way home the song 'Soul's Anthem (It is Well)' by Tori Kelly came on and I just lost it. So many overwhelming emotions. It was one of those "Okay God, I see you" moments. I told Matthew right after I got home and we both just sat there on the couch kind of in a daze. I mean, you know you're about to have a baby when you are 38 weeks, but when you have a scheduled induction you KNOW. Matthew kept saying "okay okay okay" in a really high pitched voice and we just kept laughing. So thankful for Matthew's humor and his ability to know just how to calm me down. Somehow we both got back to work after that. I think I realized I only had a couple of days left before maternity leave, so something just clicked and I knocked out A LOT on my work to-do list the next couple of days.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday, October 1st - Baby MONTH!!</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I needed to go into the office for our meeting with our VP and to get a few things since it would be my last day in the office before I went on maternity leave. Even though I had a feeling I knew what the meeting was about. I was still pretty anxious about it. I turned on my music for my commute and the first song that started playing was Tori Kelly's 'Soul's Anthem (It is Well)". I just lost it all over again. I listened to it on repeat my whole commute (about 60 minutes) to work that morning and cried the.whole.way.there. The line in that song, "<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Everything I see tells me to let go. </span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Yet it is well with my soul"...</span>full on alligator tears. I trusted God and I trusted my doctor, but I am still human (a very emotional almost 39 weeks pregnant human at that) so the tears just flowed and flowed while I drove in my compression socks and ate my pop-tart (if that doesn't scream pregnancy I don't know what does). At that moment there were just so many unknown things up in the air with my job and planned induction the very next day. I'm so thankful for that 60 minute commute that morning. Little did I know at the time, but it was my last commute to the office and it was my last time in the car, by myself, with Hudson in the womb and not in his car seat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In our meeting we were told what we had already known. They were closing our office effective November 22nd. I would already be on maternity leave then so I had to clean out my cubicle and take anything I needed that day. Perfect timing, yet again. While being able to work from home is an absolute blessing and something I have wanted and prayed about for years, there is still a small part of me that misses our office and working side by side with my co-workers. I spent that afternoon working and then cleaning out my cubicle. We were told to take any office supplies we needed so I grabbed another monitor so that I could have three at home like I did in the office. One of the best ideas I had that day, ha! I took one last trip to the bathroom (I learned very quickly to make sure I do that before leaving the office and driving the hour back home lol) on the floor above us and then told everyone bye and waddled out with my cart all loaded up. Again, cue all the emotions. I worked in that office for a little over 4 years and I knew I was going to miss it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My scheduled weekly appointment for this day wasn't until 10:30am so I took it really slow that morning. Making sure I had everything ready just in case he decided to send us over to the hospital that morning instead of that night. At my appointment my blood pressure was 140/94 and that just confirmed that inducing me that night was the best plan of action for us both. My doctor checked again and I still wasn't dilated, I was bummed, but pretty much already knew that. He explained to us every part of the induction process that would start that night and what to expect. He wanted to do two doses of Cytotec and then see where we were in the morning when he made rounds at the hospital. He told us to go home and to take it easy and be at the hospital at 9pm that night and that he would see us in the morning at the hospital. We came back home and I wrapped up things for work the rest of the afternoon. I was so thankful to get everything done and to successfully hand off all my active project to the appropriate person. I was at inbox zero and turned on my out of office message right at 5:00pm that afternoon and felt so relieved. I remember taking a long hot shower before going to dinner and just staring at my big belly thinking how in the world had the past (almost) 9 months passed so quickly...cue the water works again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After dinner we went back home and just laid on the bed talking and playing with Reagan. I am positive Reagan knew something was up because she was so cuddly and sweet. We laid there as long as we could until it was time to head to the hospital. We already had the car loaded so we turned everything off, said bye to Reagan and headed out. My sister stayed at our house while we were at the hospital and took care of Reagan for us. Surprisingly, it was a pretty quiet car ride. I remembered to snap a quick picture of us. No makeup, swollen, anxious, and excited!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got checked into the L&D floor and they took us to our room. I had Matthew take one last bump picture before I changed into the hospital gown. I purposely wore this dress in and packed it away in my bag to pull out and wear when we were leaving the hospital. I just about LIVED in this dress (and the green one) over the summer and knew it was the perfect choice to wear home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I asked Matthew to keep detailed notes of everything because I knew I wouldn't be able to remember everything. His notes make me laugh every time I read them!! After we got settled in our nurse came in and started getting things going for the night (introduced herself, asked questions, answered questions, checked vitals, etc.). She was about to hook me up to the fetal monitor when I asked if the wireless fetal monitoring was available. She checked and it was, I was pretty excited about not being tied to the bed, basically, and the ability to get up and down to the bathroom without needing them to come in and unhook me and such. Bathroom breaks at this point were verrrrry frequent and I hate asking for help when I know they are busy. All I remember about this monitor is that it worked well and had a human name, Monica. I hope to be able to use this with all future births. My nurse got me hooked up to all the things, blood pressure, checked my temperature, and then tried to inset my IV. The first attempt in my arm blew a vein so she had to try the other arm. Thankfully she got it after the first try.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was ready for my first round of Cytotec, but my nurse informed us that I was having contractions and that she would need to give me a bolus of fluid to try and space them out. Matthew and I were pretty shocked by that because I wasn't really feeling anything. I felt a little crampy, but nothing out of the ordinary. So she started the bag of fluid and said she would be back. We just hung out and talked until she came back (about 45 minutes later). The fluid helped space out my contractions and she was able to start the first round of Cytotec at 11:15pm. She also checked and I still hadn't dilated and my cervix was still really high. My cervix being so high caused these checks to be extremely painful. So painful that it literally made me sick to my stomach, yelp and cry a little. I should also note that having these checks were the worst and most painful part of my whole birthing experience. Just thinking about it now (6 months later) make me queasy. That was over and she told us to try and get as much rest in as we could that she would be back in a few hours to check on me. We got settled and I told Matthew he should probably get some sleep. I lightly dozed in and out between the bathroom breaks and cramps/light contractions. The Cytotec was definitely starting to work. I ended up needing another bolus of fluid before the second and final dose of Cytotec. The second round was administered at 4:15am and she did another (painful, <i>painful</i>) check, still no dilation and my cervix was still high. To say I was extremely disappointed and disheartened at this point was an understatement. We tried to get a little more rest in before shift change. The cramping had definitely picked up and I was just praying that was my body gearing up for what it was made to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At shift change our new nurse walked in and it was nurse K from Friday. We were so excited to have her again- I almost cried! My Doctor made rounds at 7:30 and we were his first stop. He checked for dilation and it was just as painful, but this time it came with good news. I was dilated to a 2 and was 70% effaced. Before I knew it he broke my water and told nurse K to start the Pitocin and to get the peanut ball. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sent this snap to friends who were waiting on updates!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my biggest requests was to have the peanut ball while in active labor. I truly believe that ball helps with progression. My doctor did warn us that my cervix was still pretty high. We asked if that was normal and he said it wasn't and that it was probably going to be a pretty long day for us all. Again, so disappointed, but I was happy with the progress that my body was making and I prayed for more. I felt a little achy and nurse K informed me that I had a low grade fever. She said I was okay to take Tylenol and that it was probably from the flu shot I had gotten the morning before at the doctor's office, but she would keep an eye on it. Thankfully it never got any higher. Nurse K also advised that whenever I felt close to wanting the epidural that I needed to let her know because it could sometimes take 30-45 minutes to flag down the Anesthesiologist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our families started to arrive just shortly after that and it was just the best morning. I told Matthew I wanted our families there in the room with us until I started experiencing some really painful contractions. My parents, Matthew's parents, two of my sisters, my mema and uncle Robbie were there. It was fun visiting with everyone and definitely helped pass the time and kept my mind occupied so I didn't have time to lay around and worry. Every 30 minutes nurse K would come in and help me flip to the other side with the peanut ball. Over the next two hours my contractions picked up. The Pitocin was working and they were getting stronger. Close to 9:00am I told Matthew we better let nurse K know that I would be wanting the epidural soon. My biggest fear with waiting to get the epidural was that the contractions would hurt so bad that I wouldn't be able to sit still while the Anesthesiologist administered it. Thankfully nurse K was able to locate him quickly and he administered the epidural at 9:05am. Getting the epidural wasn't that bad, thankfully I was able to sit still long enough for him to administer it. When I am in pain I shake and so I was shaking a good but by this point. I felt immediate relief on my right side, but could still feel the contractions very strongly on my left side. Nurse K told us to give it a few minutes and that sometimes it take a bit to work its way over. After about 30 minutes I still wasn't feeling any relief on my left side. At this point I was not able to talk through the contractions and they were coming closely together. Matthew held my hand and rubbed my back as I was shaking A LOT. Nurse K said we should probably flip me to the other side to see if that would help. Thankfully after about 10 more minutes I started to feel relief. my Doctor made another round and thought we should probably go on and check to see if I had dilated anymore by that point since my contractions were so strong. He checked and I was dilated to a 5 (!!!!!!) we were all SO SHOCKED and happy! That check also didn't hurt as badly as the other ones had. My family came back into the room after that, the epidural was working and I was feeling great and very encouraged by my body's progression. We all chatted for a little over an hour or so until around 11:45am, nurse K wanted to check and see where I was after telling her I thought I felt a little pressure. She checked and quickly jumped up and said I was dilated to a 10 +2. Our jaws about hit the floor. She told me not to move and that she was going to call my doctor to let him know that he should start heading our way ASAP. Matthew went out to the waiting room to let our family know. They were all just as shocked and I remember thinking, "well I didn't even get to tell our families bye"...like we were going somewhere lol. Matthew and I could not even believe it. We were about to meet Hudson and I could not stop smiling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Things started moving quickly and I was so overwhelmed. Nurse K wanted to start doing some practice pushes before my doctor got there (I think we all know what "practice pushes" are for...if you know, you know) and I told her I didn't think I even knew how to push (LOL). She got the stirrups up and put my legs into them and told me to grab under my knees, push with my bottom, and pull my legs back with each push. I pulled back on my leg too far and forgot I had ZERO control over my bottom half and my leg came out of the stirrup and kicked Nurse K, we all laughed and she helped me get my leg back in the stirrup. I will always, <i>always,</i> go for the epidural, if available, but man, is it WEIRD not being able to feel anything and have zero control of your lower half! We did some practice pushes and Nurse K told me to just push when I was ready and felt pressure. I kept feeling pressure and was ready to push. I always remember reading birth stories where women would say they couldn't stop their body from pushing and I get it now!! I would feel pressure and my body would have the urge to push...absolutely incredible. After a few minutes Nurse K told me we needed to wait on my doctor before we pushed anymore. Thankfully he walked in right as she finished saying that because there was really no stopping at that point. My doctor walked in laughing and said, "remember how I told y'all earlier this morning that things weren't really normal? Well this isn't normal either". He truly (along with every other person in that room) didn't think I would have Hudson until later that day. Behind him came in a bunch of other nurses. They all suited up and another contraction hit and I started pushing. It got HOT and I was so thankful for remembering to pack the stroller fan and had it clipped to the hospital bed rail. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We didn't count how many pushes, but before I knew it my doctor said, "okay, Shelby, one more and he will be here", and I think that was the hardest push because the tears just started flowing, but after that push he was here. At 12:27pm, after 27 minutes of pushing, our sweet boy was here and laying on my chest. My doctor held him up and said "hey little buddy, welcome, I know someone who wants to meet you" and laid him on my chest. His first little cry was music to my ears and made my entire world stop and time truly stood still in that moment. He was just perfect. He snuggled right up into my neck and had his little hand on my neck and stopped crying and I was just in Heaven. Matthew proudly cut the cord and we just stood there for a few minutes taking in every second of Hudson's first few moments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a little bit of skin to skin time they took him over to the warmer that was setup in our room to weigh him and such. Matthew followed them over and took pictures while my doctor stitched me up- I had a 2nd degree tear. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After that they brought him back over quickly and we did more skin to skin and he nursed for the first time. A lactation nurse was in there with us and he latched all on his own, perfectly the very first time. I was THRILLED and shocked! The lactation nurse was shocked he did so well on his own the very first time as well. The boy was hungry! She said "oh you got it down, he is going to nurse his whole first year" and then she said something that I have said to myself a million times over since he has been born, "never give up on a bad day". I am so thankful our hospital has onsite lactation nurses. What a huge blessing to our nursing journey! We did more skin to skin and then Matthew held him for the first time!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The very best sight to see, my two guys!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I still did not have any feeling back in my left leg, from the epidural, by late afternoon. I had to have a nurse assist me to the bathroom because I couldn't even lift my leg still. I will sing praises to L&D nursers for the rest of my life. They are truly heroes and never once made me feel embarrassed for needing help. They helped me every single time I had to go to the bathroom...again, if you know, you know...talk about humbling. I actually didn't get feeling back in my left leg until around 1:00am that morning. I had to have help going to the bathroom one last time around 12:30am and I could pretty much walk on my own, but my nurse that night wanted to make sure I could walk completely on my own before she left me do it myself. So thankful I had amazing nursers my whole stay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The rest of our stay was great. We had more great nurses and family and friends were in and out to meet him. It was great, but we were ready to get our boy HOME! My parents came by as we were getting out things ready to leave the hospital to help us. While Matthew was pulling the car up I got Hudson changed into his going home outfit and then quickly realized it was way too big. So we snapped a couple of pictures of him in it and then changed him to our backup going home outfit, ha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We arrived home as a family of three and were exhausted, but so incredibly thankful to be home with a healthy baby. Reagan was very confused, but very sweet. She just stared at him and it was adorable!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Our first night home and his first night in his bassinet! </span></div>
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I can't believe our second trimester is over! This pregnancy (so far) is FLYING by and as excited as we are for Hudson to be here we are soaking up these days of preparing our home and life for him all while trying to soak up every second that it's just the two of us. Pregnancy emotions are weird...sometimes I get a little emotional about thinking that it's not going to be just me and Matthew anymore. It's been just the two of us for almost TEN years, so I know things are going to look different and change is coming....all the emotions these days, but we could not be more excited about our sweet boy's arrival!</div>
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<b>- <u>Movement</u>:</b> The most exciting pregnancy update...I felt Hudson move for the first time on May 16th. I was laying down that afternoon after getting home from work and I thought I felt it, but wasn't sure since I had never felt anything like that. It wasn't very much movement or very strong and didn't last long so I didn't think too much of it until the next night I felt the very same thing! There was no denying it then that it was him moving. I was absolutely overjoyed and thankful to feel him move, I was 19 weeks and did not think I would feel him until around 23 - 24 weeks since I have an anterior placenta. I have felt him move just about every day since then and the movements are getting stronger and more frequent. I am absolutely LOVING it. Sometimes when feeling him move around I can go from laughing to how funny it feels to crying for how thankful I am for feeling him move all in about 5 seconds...we'll blame that on the pregnancy hormones! Matthew has felt him move and sometimes we just lay in bed and watch him move all around my stomach, such a surreal thing to experience!! We are so incredibly thankful for every little kick and jab we see and feel. He has also been getting the hiccups every couple of days for the past few weeks....so stinkin' cute!! I love when he gets them lol. </div>
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<b>- <u>Shortness of breath</u>:</b> I know this is completely normal, but this is something I have certainly noticed over the past couple of months or so. We take frequent walks around our neighborhood and I have noticed that I am getting out of breath quicker than normal, or walking up a set of stairs (LOL).</div>
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- <b><u>Back and hip pain</u></b>: Back in early May I had about 2 weeks where my lower back and hips really started hurting. It would take my breath when trying to get up or sit down. Bending over to pick something up or squatting was almost out of the question. I did many stretches those two weeks and took A LOT of walks throughout the day. I noticed that sitting still for too long (working during the day) would enhance the pain, so I took frequent breaks throughout the day to make sure I was moving around and not getting too stiff. I also scheduled my first prenatal massage back in May...it was absolutely glorious and helped with the back and hip pain! I have noticed small twinges of lower back pain here and there, but nothing like it was in early May, thankfully! When I first started experiencing back and hip pain a few friends recommended a U shaped pregnancy/body pillow. I ended up buying <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H5F22B3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">this one</a> and it was an absolute game changer for my pain and sleep during the night! I admitted on Instagram awhile ago that I used to think these pillows were silly, but I openly admitted to taking every negative thing I ever said about them back...ate my words on that one for sure! I still use this every.single.night and any naps during the day. I actually love it so much we bought my dad one for Father's Day, since he has bad hip pain from arthritis. </div>
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<b>- <u>Father's Day</u>:</b> Matthew got to celebrate his 1st Father's Day in June!! I had my sister make him a Nashville Predator's shirt and put "dad" on the back!</div>
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- <b><u>A growing belly</u>:</b> Matthew and I have been so amazed at watching my belly grow over the past couple of months. I certainly look pregnant now and not just like I had an extra cheeseburger lol. It is absolutely incredible and some days I feel like my body is changing every single day. I have not noticed any stretchmarks yet, but I am sure they are coming. I have been using this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Burts-Bees-Butter-Butter-Vitamin/dp/B00DM14TYC/ref=sr_1_3?gclid=Cj0KCQjw9JzoBRDjARIsAGcdIDW3sLgP3JZprVkKOmmGTK3n0v_6igwFE1vPT22UVM2Z8bfmRtHRqIYaAr_bEALw_wcB&hvadid=153707447982&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9013145&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t2&hvqmt=e&hvrand=11285806950849317294&hvtargid=aud-676677759524%3Akwd-8543568371&hydadcr=21881_9350869&keywords=burt%27s+bees+belly+butter&qid=1560782462&s=gateway&sr=8-3" target="_blank">belly butter</a> pretty consistently and LOVE it.</div>
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<b>- <u>Dry Skin</u>:</b> I have heard this is normal, but forgot about it until I was consistently itching. I usually get a little dry skin in the winter months, but never in the summer, so I have been lathering on the lotion every morning and every night before bed. My arms, legs and back are usually the areas that need the most lotion. I pulled our humidifier back out and will probably start using that again at night. We usually only use this during the winter months, but it's looking like I will need it soon!</div>
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<b>- <u>SO Thirsty</u>:</b> I am constantly filling up my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bubba-Vacuum-Insulated-Stainless-Steel-Tumbler/dp/B01DGMBHT6/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2RJQJ89J2LILT&keywords=stainless+steel+water+tumbler+with+straw&qid=1560782837&s=gateway&sprefix=stainless+steel+water+tumbler%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-3" target="_blank">tumbler</a> with ice and water and carrying it with me everywhere, which I know is recommended during pregnancy, so I think my daily water intake is pretty well covered! I usually have at least two tumblers of water around...one with plain water and one filled with water, lemon juice and some lime juice. Matthew says I am basically making homemade lemonade with lime in it because I make it so tart lol. Give me allllll the sweet and sour!</div>
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<b>- <u>Maternity Clothes</u>: </b>I am officially out of my regular jeans and wearing maternity jeans. I realized it was time to buy some maternity jeans when I was wearing my normal jeans one day (using the ponytail trick to keep them together without having to button and zip them) and I sat down at a restaurant with some friends and the ponytail went flying off and landed by another table lol. I stocked up on a bunch of maternity shirts/tank tops for the summer from Old Navy and Motherhood Maternity over Memorial Day Weekend when they were having a great sale. I also bought some nursing tanks for after he is here. They were on major sale so I stocked up and put them away for when he arrives and I am wearing them daily. When I am home or not having to dress up for any occasion or event I am usually in my maternity leggings or non-maternity athletic shorts and a t-shirt or maternity v-neck I bought. Now that summer is here I have been finding myself wearing dresses frequently. I bought this dress from Old Navy and fell in LOVE with it. It is so flowy and not restricting at all. It is also nursing friendly so I can wear it after he is here (in the winter months I'll just throw a cardigan and legging on with it). I ended up buying it in two different colors and I am waiting on another color to restock. You can kind of see it in the picture below. If I know I am going to be outside for a significant amount of time or it's just really hot one day, you can probably find me in this dress!<br />
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<b>- <u>Nursery</u>: </b>Our glider delivered over Memorial Day Weekend and our crib delivered the week after! We decided to use the Ikea Dresser for the "changing table" and we ordered that with the rest of the furniture when we moved in. We also ordered a bookshelf and small side table that delivered this past week, so all of the nursery furniture is here! We have been brainstorming a "theme" for his nursery and I think we have finally decided on what we want to do in there, so now we are just deciding what decor items we want! </div>
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<b>- <u>Registry</u>:</b> We started our registry over Memorial Day Weekend and decided to register at Amazon and Target. We went to Target to "start" the registry and were pretty disappointed with the selection. We were able to register for a few items in the store, but did majority of it online once we got back home. We also went to BuyBuy Baby and tested out some of the bigger items (car seats, strollers, etc.) and that was a lot of fun! We purchased our diaper bag while we were registering at Target and I absolutely love it. </div>
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<b>- 25 Weeks</b></div>
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<b>- <u>Babymoon</u>:</b> We went back to one of our favorite places in the world, Charleston, for our babymoon. Once I have those pictures downloaded and organized I will write a whole post on our trip! We took a <a href="https://staycraftymyfriends.blogspot.com/search/label/Charleston" target="_blank">short trip</a> to Charleston a couple of years ago for our anniversary and absolutely LOVED it. There is so much to do there and we were excited to get back and to take one more trip, just the two of us, before Hudson arrives! I was 26 weeks on our trip.<br />
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<b>- <u>Birthing Classes</u>: </b>We started a 4 week birthing class on July 1st at the hospital we are delivering at. It is once a week and we have been enjoying them! We got a tour of the L&D floor one week which was nice. We have one class left and it is all on breastfeeding, which I am looking forward to! During our second class we were learning all about the epidural and that process and had just finished watching an animated video of a mom getting the epidural and a poor dad in our class completely passed out. It was quite the scene for a few minutes, but he was okay, just squeamish.</div>
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Our third class we got dolls to practice swaddling, burping and diaper changing. Matthew is now a pro at all three!<br />
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<b>- <u>Position</u>:</b> This ultrasound picture below was at our 20 week anatomy appointment. The SWEETEST profile and little hand- I absolutely love this one! The past month or so he has been head down (fingers crossed he doesn't flip on us!!) and all we have been able to see are his little feet. And actually in this past week I have felt, what I am assuming, is a little foot in my right rib cage :)</div>
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When I hit 30 weeks the bi-weekly appointments will start, so we are looking forward to that! We are still chipping away at our to-do list before Hudson arrives, but we are getting closer!!<br />
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We hosted a gender reveal party in our brand new home just two weeks after we moved in. Not sure if that makes us crazy or not, but it definitely motivated us to unpack and organize a lot quicker! Matthew and I were able to find out the gender of our sweet little one at our 16 week appointment. Somehow we were able to keep the secret TWO whole weeks until our party. </div>
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We invited our close family and friends and ended up having just a little over 30 people. We are so thankful to have everyone so close and to share that day with. I told Matthew that this is probably going to be the same group for Hudson's first birthday next year- so exciting!!</div>
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We had originally planned on doing the confetti poppers, but with rain in the forecast we quickly changed our plans to a gender reveal cake. I popped into a local bakery in town that we love and placed the order at the beginning of that week and they were go great to work with. As I mentioned in my <a href="https://staycraftymyfriends.blogspot.com/2019/04/gender-reveal-invitation-inspiration.html" target="_blank">inspiration post</a>, we weren't really going with a theme, just the colors, navy and pink. The bakery was able to do watercolor navy and pink on our cake with blue icing in the middle. It turned out better than we could have hoped for and was absolutely delicious!</div>
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- Gender reveal cake!</div>
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We also served lemonade, sweet tea, and water</div>
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On our <a href="https://staycraftymyfriends.blogspot.com/2019/04/gender-reveal-invitation-inspiration.html" target="_blank">invitations</a> we asked everyone to wear blue or pink to cast their vote. It was so fun to see what color everyone showed up in and as you can see, boy won the vote! </div>
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After everyone arrived we all ate and mingled. We didn't have much planned other than eating, hanging out with everyone and cutting the cake to reveal the gender. After the party, Matthew and I both agreed this was the perfect plan. If it had been a little nicer outside we might have played cornhole, but we did not see the need for a lot of games. Everyone was content mingling and eating!</div>
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We asked a sweet friend of ours to take pictures of our party so I didn't have to worry about running around snapping pictures of everyone and it was one of the best ideas we ever had. We will definitely remember this for birthday parties in the future!</div>
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We also revealed his name to everyone right after the cake cutting with an outfit we had made. We had his name embroidered on it.</div>
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And that's our gender reveal party! </div>
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We are so thrilled to share that we are having a sweet baby boy. </div>
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In the meantime, I will be researching all the darling boy outfits and how to be an official #boymom.</div>
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We will be finding out the gender of our sweet little one<i> very</i> soon and we have planned a gender reveal party for early May. We are so incredibly excited and I have been planning away! We decided that since this is our first time, we want to find out what the gender of our baby is just the two of us. So we will find out and then reveal to our close family and friends at the party. I will say, we are finding out a few weeks before so it will be quite the challenge not to spill the beans, but we are so excited to share that with everyone on the same day while we are all together. </div>
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I have been searching Pinterest/Blogs for the past few weeks collecting ideas. There are so many cute themes out there, but we decided to keep it simple and just go with a navy and blush "theme", if you will, also what our wedding colors were! </div>
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I decided to search Etsy for our invitations and didn't have to look too far. I came across this design and instantly fell in love. Stephanie at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DuffyDesignCo" target="_blank">Duffy Design Co</a> was great to work with and she does beautiful work! So many cute things in her Etsy <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DuffyDesignCo" target="_blank">Shop</a>. The colors, font and watercolor background caught my eye and I knew instantly that these were our invitations. </div>
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We are doing our party mid morning, so we will be serving brunch foods. I am still working on putting the menu together and such. There are so many choices when it comes to brunch foods (and I love 99.9% of them) and I just want to make it all. We are so excited and can't wait!</div>
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I have never really experienced insomnia. I could drink a large coke, full of caffeine, at 10pm at night and then fall asleep within the hour and sleep all night with no problem. I could also wake up to use the restroom in the middle of the night and go back to sleep pretty instantly. However, now I am experiencing insomnia pretty frequently, I've been told it's a fun pregnancy thing ;) I'm not complaining here, just wanting to document things like this so that I can remember these little things. Plus, maybe this is preparing me for all the sleepless nights to come once our little one is here!</div>
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Life As The Coatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905072083232877403noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331219819433723230.post-53362432580561069012019-04-08T06:30:00.000-05:002019-04-08T06:30:09.173-05:00PREGNANCY UPDATES | WEEK 4 - WEEK 13<div style="text-align: center;">
I have been writing this post since shortly after we found out we were pregnant! I've had it saved in my drafts and I have been coming on here and updating it each week so I wouldn't forget anything. We are so incredibly thankful for a healthy pregnancy so far and I am excited to share on here some updates. So this post will catch us up from week 4 (when we found out we were pregnant) to now, week 13! I will share later on how we found out/how we told our family and friends.</div>
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This is the week we found out! We were in Pensacola, Florida for our <a href="https://staycraftymyfriends.blogspot.com/2019/02/workcation-pensacola-florida.html" target="_blank">workcation</a> and we could not be more thankful that we decided a few months before for me to go on this trip with Matthew. I am so glad we were able to be together when we found out. I kept getting all my normal period symptoms (& had been the weekend before as well) so I was convinced that we were not pregnant. Towards the end of this week I started cramping (implantation cramping).</div>
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I still had a little bit of cramping at the beginning of this week, but it stopped after around Tuesday of this week. No other pregnancy symptoms this week other than seeing a rare steak at dinner one night literally made me almost throw up. I silently gagged the whole dinner- ha! This week we were back in town and around family and friends and were DYING to tell them. We decided to tell Matthew's parent's at the end of this week- so fun telling them!<br />
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Matthew was out of town for work this week and I had dinner with some family and friends this week....which was hard to not spill the beans, but I held strong! I had some pretty rough headaches this week, a couple had me crawling in the bed as soon as I got home from work a couple of days. I also had a couple of bouts of dizziness. Matthew surprised me and flew back into town a day earlier than I thought (Valentine's Day night).<br />
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Nausea set in big time this week. I found myself dry heaving over the toilet many times throughout this week. I also lost my appetite this week. Nothing sounded good and when I did eat I only ate about half of my meal before feeling like I was going to be sick. We told my parents and sisters, Matthew's brothers and my best friends this week. It was so fun and it felt SO good finally sharing our good news!! Everyone is SO excited and were shocked/surprised.<br />
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We had our very first baby appointment this week! So incredibly exciting and we were so incredibly thankful to receive a happy and healthy report from the doctor. We had our first ultrasound and got to see our baby for the first time. We also got to see the heartbeat measuring at 178- so thankful for a strong and healthy heartbeat! We will be able to hear it for the first time at our 12 week appointment.</div>
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Nausea seemed to be slightly better this week. I learned quickly that I needed to eat/snack on something every 1.5 - 2 hours or my sugar will DROP quickly. It has been that way since about week 5. Exhaustion set in this week as well and I was lucky to make it through the day without needing a nap. Even just a 20 minute nap in my car helped lol.<br />
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Nausea was pretty much gone this week, thankfully. I still had to eat small meals pretty often. Unfortunately, certain foods that I used to eat sounded gross (yogurt, salads, fruits). I was still taking almost daily naps, I traveled for work this week and booked it back to the hotel after meetings each day to sneak a quick nap in before dinner every night. Traveling for work is already exhausting in itself, traveling while pregnant about knocked me out lol. I slept like a rock every single night this week in the hotel, which is not typically normal for me. I usually don't sleep that well in hotels, but didn't have a problem at all this week. I also got bloated <i>really</i> easy this week. I could drink a glass of water and immediately felt like I had a full meal. I told my co-workers this week that we were expecting on our trip, too! They were all surprised and it was so fun telling everyone.<br />
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Nausea set back in a little this week. I think from certain food smells mostly. I got sick for the first time after smelling some leftover rotisserie chicken one night while making dinner and almost didn't make it to the bathroom in time because it hit me so quickly....thankfully I was at home so no one heard/saw me vomit lol. Insomnia also set in BIG time this week at nights. Some nights I felt like I never fully fell asleep, just dozed off and then would be wide awake...plenty of time to research car seats, cribs, strollers, etc. ;) Still napped as much as I could during the days though.<br />
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Nausea was mild this week, I still had to eat small meals/snacks throughout the day to keep the nausea away and to not feel like I was going to pass out. Pretty much was still taking a small nap throughout the day this week. Most nights I woke up around 2:00am and I am awake until 4:30 or 5:00am....aka I finally fall asleep about an hour or so before our alarm goes off for the day. I started sleeping on my side this week as I know you shouldn't sleep on your back after the first trimester. Needless to say, I didn't realize just how much I slept on my back. I started sleeping with a pillow between my legs to help with the aches and pain in my hips and it helped with sleeping on my side some too. I feel like I started being able to eat somewhat "healthy" again this week....fruits/salads/some vegetables. Basically things that I used to like, but since around week 6 the thought of them made me want to gag.<br />
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<b>Week 13</b><br />
This is where we are now! We had our "12 week" appointment at the end of last week (the beginning of week 13, my doctor was out of town during our week 12.)! We got to hear our sweet baby's heartbeat for the first time and it was the sweetest sound. The heat rate measured at 161- so thankful for a strong and healthy heartbeat! We also shared our good news on social media, which was fun/exciting/relieving. So hard keeping such a big secret! I also came down with an awful cold the day of our appointment last week and it has lingered around. I am feeling better though and thankfully never ran a fever! I have been chugging lemon water and using taking throat lozenges (approved by my doctor) to help with the sore throat. I have also been craving all the sweet/sour foods in these past couple of weeks.<br />
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Life As The Coatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905072083232877403noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331219819433723230.post-39673870495310896432019-02-08T08:40:00.001-06:002019-02-08T08:40:45.749-06:00SEWANEE MOUNTAIN BACHELORETTE WEEKEND<div style="text-align: center;">
We got home from our workcation late Thursday night and Friday morning we were greeted by our contractors to install our new countertops! I'll share more on that next week, once I am able to take some good pictures. Then Saturday morning I left bright and early for my best friend's bachelorette party, making a pit stop on the way to meet up with my other best friend, who was also going.</div>
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My childhood best friend is getting married at the end of March and we are so excited for them! She wanted to get away for the weekend and we had been looking forward to this weekend for awhile now. We stayed in the cutest cabin about an hour away in Sewanee Mountain. The cabin was the perfect size for the 6 of us. </div>
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We did her lingerie shower late Saturday morning after everyone arrived. The brunch theme was "pancakes and panties". One of the other bridesmaids thought of this and it was so cute! </div>
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Brunch was delicious and the shower was adorable. One of the bridesmaids made us all little goody bags for the weekend that included, a sweatshirt, temporary tattoos, and the cutest cups that all had "bride tribe" on them. </div>
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On our way back to the cabin from our hike, we decided to make a little detour and see <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/tennessee/sewanee-natural-bridge" target="_blank">The Natural Bridge</a>. Sarah had heard about it before and really wanted to see it since we were so close. Sarah is a teacher and has actually studied this with her kids before so it was fun actually getting to see it.</div>
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The temporary tattoos were a hit with everyone. They went on well and were a cute addition to the weekend!</div>
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We went to dinner Saturday night at <a href="http://www.highpointrestaurant.net/" target="_blank">High Point</a> and the food was great. There is a lot of history in this restaurant as well! We made tons of pictures before we left for dinner since we were all dressed up.</div>
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Sunday morning we all packed up and headed our separate ways. It was a fun weekend and now we are counting down the days to her bridal shower and then WEDDING!</div>
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Matthew had to make a trip to Pensacola last week for work (Praise for clients near the coast!), so I tagged along with him....turning his work trip into a workcation! </div>
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It was definitely a lot cooler than we thought it would be. Monday was the only real warm day, reaching almost 70. The rest of the week was in the high 40's to low 50's. </div>
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I went to a couple of different beaches/beach accesses throughout the week, but I think my favorite one was the dog beach. I didn't even realize I was at the dog friendly beach access until after I arrived. There were dogs EVERYWHERE....so basically heaven on earth. I even made friends with this little fella names Haus. Sweet boy kept trying to climb up in my lap lol.</div>
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and then one day I had the whole beach to myself at lunch. Very peaceful and relaxing.</div>
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Then this guy showed up and joined me down by the water...</div>
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Another favorite beach area. The sand was bleach white and beautiful!</div>
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I saw a sign that said there was sand on the road, but didn't think much of it until I literally came up on it. Is it snow or is it sand? Definitely looks like snow haha!</div>
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Matthew and I did try some new restaurants and enjoyed alllll the good food! A few restaurants worthy of mentioning....</div>
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1. <a href="http://crabswegotem.com/menu" target="_blank">Crabs</a> - delicious crab cakes</div>
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2. <a href="https://www.mcguiresirishpub.com/" target="_blank">McGuire's Irish Pup</a> - very large and popular restaurant in the area with great food!</div>
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3. <a href="http://globalgrillpensacola.com/" target="_blank">Global Grill</a> - This adorable restaurant is located in downtown Pensacola. The best steak we have ever had! Matthew went three years ago when he was in Pensacola for the same client and he has mentioned it often over the years. He said I had to try it and I can confirm his opinion on it. Their worcestershire sauce is homemade in house with over 70 ingredients in it. The steak was cooked to perfection in the homemade sauce and then served over garlic mashed potatoes. My mouth is watering thinking about it again- YUM!</div>
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One afternoon Matthew had to stay pretty late at the client so I decided to watch the sunset on the beach. Without a doubt one of my most favorite times to be at the beach. </div>
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I told Matthew on our honeymoon that I wanted to start a small tradition in our marriage, where every time we go on a trip together I want to pick up a postcard or two and save them all to look back on over the years. I'm not a big fan of buying t-shirts or other souvenir items that cost a fortune and will soon be forgotten, so a .50 or $1 postcard was it. I have to give full credit to my parent's because this idea came from them. They didn't always pick up a postcard on their trip, but they did pick up travel/hotel pamphlets and documented things on them. I have LOVED looking at these over the years. </div>
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On the back of the postcards I document the following, in bullet point style so it's not 4 paragraphs long or messy....</div>
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<li>The dates of our trip<br /></li>
<li>The reason or occasion of our trip<br /></li>
<li>Where all we went (landmarks, shows, etc.)<br /></li>
<li>Most memorable moments (ex. me packing over 50lbs in my suitcase for our California trip that caused Matthew to almost crumble with embarrassment in the airport when I had to put some of my clothes & shoes in his bag LOL.)<br /></li>
<li>If I can remember (most of the time I forget this and have to go back and add it later), the price of bigger things (ex. cruise ticket, plane ticket, excursion ticket, the cost of the hotel per night, etc.). My parents did this and I love seeing how much things cost back when they went on trips compared to things now- very interesting to me! </li>
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Life As The Coatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905072083232877403noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331219819433723230.post-44295106292561357042019-01-16T07:44:00.003-06:002020-08-27T13:22:24.551-05:00WELCOMING OUR NEPHEWA week ago today my BIL and SIL welcomed their first baby (& the first grandchild in the family! He was born at 9:51pm. We are so happy for them and beyond thrilled that he is HERE and HEALTHY! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the night you were born the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered....”life will never be the same” because there had never been anyone like you ever in the world....Heaven blew every trumpet and played every horn on the wonderful, marvelous night your were born 💙🌙</div>
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I drove to the hospital bright and early Wednesday morning and met my in-laws in the waiting room when I arrived. Matthew planned on coming as soon as he finished up at a client that afternoon. They induced my SIL at 4:00am and it was a really long day for both her and my BIL, but they pushed through and were absolute CHAMPS the whole day. Since he wasn't born until 9:51pm, Matthew was able to be there and meet him soon after he was born. </div>
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We decided that I would stay at my BIL and SIL's house to hangout and take care of their dog, Darcy, while they were in the hospital. Thankfully I am able to work from just about anywhere, so I worked at their house Thursday and Friday. I went up to the hospital both afternoons thought to get in all the baby cuddles I could though. They gave me one of his swaddles for Darcy to pick up on his scent and I laid it out on the couch when I got back to their house one night and Darcy took a nap on it....so sweet.</div>
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Matthew came back to town on Friday after he wrapped up his work week and we got in even more baby lovin' that night and Saturday morning.</div>
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We are smitten and so excited to be uncle Matthew and aunt Shelby to our first nephew!</div>
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Life As The Coatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905072083232877403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331219819433723230.post-61891670458236972402019-01-07T09:19:00.003-06:002019-01-07T09:22:25.017-06:002019 GOALS2018, just wasn't my blogging year and that is okay, but I'm back and hoping that 2019 will be a good year of blogging (among many other things)!<br />
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I used to blog my yearly/monthly goals, but decided not to do so last year. I missed it and the feeling accountability that blogging my goals brought, so I am hoping to do that again this year. </div>
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Matthew and I made some family goals as well as personal goals at the beginning of December and I am excited for a new year and to start working towards those goals! I'll share my 2019 goals below.</div>
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<b>1. Organize and print pictures. </b>What I really want to do it organize our pictures first, then create yearly photo books. I created one for 2016, our first year of marriage, but then totally forgot after that.</div>
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<b>2. Read the Bible from start to finish. </b>I have never tried this, but I am excited for this goal. Our church is actually doing this and there is a workbook to go along with the study, so I am thrilled to be doing this with others.</div>
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<i>Action steps: Set a reminder on my Bible app on my phone so that I do not miss a daily reading. </i></div>
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<b>3. Read 12 books this year.</b> I am hoping to break it down to one book a month. I miss reading! I am going to use the Hoopla app to listen to some books and actually read some.</div>
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<b>4. Punctuality. </b>One of our family goals is to work on punctuality this year. I am also making it a personal goal because I want to really work on this and discipline myself. I want to be on time (or early) to events/places and be prepared. If I am running late then I am usually frazzled and frustrated. </div>
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<i>Action steps: Set alarms on my phone, schedule and prepare ahead of time so I am not throwing things in the car at the last minute when I should have left 10 minutes earlier. </i></div>
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<b>5. Meal prep and meal plan. </b>I feel like this is one goal I can always improve in and with each season of life I know meal prepping and planning will change. My best friend shared a new way to meal plan with me a couple of months ago and I loved it. I am almost finished with it and I am excited to share with you all soon.</div>
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<b>6. Healthier lifestyle. </b>Can you really have yearly goals without a fitness/healthy lifestyle goal? ;) One of family goals is to be more disciplined in 2019. Disciplined in a lot of things (faith, finances, food, fitness, etc.) We don't want to join a gym or run 12 races this year, but we want to eat out less, eat healthier and live a more active lifestyle. </div>
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Life As The Coatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905072083232877403noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331219819433723230.post-28060806325710219312018-11-05T07:10:00.001-06:002018-11-05T07:10:20.157-06:00MY SWEET NANNY On Sunday, October 21st my sweet nanny passed away. On Friday, October 19th she suffered a massive stroke. She fought hard that whole weekend to stay with us, but passed peacefully in her sleep late Sunday morning. After 59 years she is finally reunited with her baby boy and after 17 years she is finally reunited with her husband.<div>
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When I think of nanny I think of trying on all her jewelry when I was a child. I think of the small butterscotch pieces of candy she would always have in her purse. I think of her giving me and my sisters a dollar each to put in the offering plate every Sunday. I think of watching ER and Golden Girl reruns, because those were her favorite. I think of seeing her in the stands at all of our softball games. I think of her dumplings and red cinnamon apples at Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think of her calling me every single year on my birthday and singing happy birthday to me. I think of how every Wednesday she would get her hair done and then come over for dinner, and every other Wednesday, she’d get her nails done. ❤️ But most of all, I think about how big of a heart she had. She was one of the most caring ladies I know, always looking out for others. She never once hesitated to tell us how proud of us she was and just how much she loved us. I found an old voicemail, from a year ago, from her on my phone the night of her funeral, and it was her calling to check on me because she heard I had a migraine. At the end of the voicemail she said something I’ve heard her say hundreds of times, “nanny loves you hon”. My heart rejoiced and broke all over again. Love you forever, nanny. I’m so thankful you were mine. ❤️</div>
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I took some time off from blogging, understandably, but I couldn't just pick up where I left off without sharing a little bit about my nanny. We are heartbroken that she isn't with us anymore, but also at peace, as we know she isn't suffering anymore. </div>
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Life As The Coatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905072083232877403noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331219819433723230.post-65907380250183561032018-10-15T11:12:00.000-05:002018-10-15T11:12:13.543-05:00WEEKEND RECAP | FALL FUN WEEKEND<center>
Friday night I went to dinner with some friends from work downtown. I am so thankful for these girls and so happy that I have coworkers who I actually want to hangout with outside of the office- they are so fun!</center>
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Saturday morning we did stuff around the house and I made it out to three different grocery stores in under two hours...on a Saturday morning...I'd say that's pretty good! Saturday afternoon we went to my parents for my cousin's birthday party and it was a lot of fun! She wanted to do all the fall fun things, so that's what we did. We had our first outside fire of the season to keep us warm and for the hot dogs and s'mores. She had some friends over too, which she really enjoyed and she told me later that this was the best birthday, EVER! Woo hoo for turning 12!</center>
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We missed my other sister, who was at the beach for fall break!</center>
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My dad has always made a pretty fall setup in our yard every year, and this year he made a huge one. How cute is this?!</center>
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On Sunday morning I taught the kindergarten class at church and they were just the sweetest and funniest group of kiddos! I am so excited to be teaching them some this quarter! After church we came home and I made a big pot of chicken and dumplings- cooler weather means all the comfort food! Sunday was also Reagan's gotcha day (I can't believe we <a href="http://staycraftymyfriends.blogspot.com/2016/10/meet-reagan.html" target="_blank">brought her home</a> 2 years ago this past weekend!) and our best friends birthday. Since they were in town we celebrated her birthday with milkshakes at <a href="https://www.legendairymilkshakebar.com/" target="_blank">The Legendairy Milkshake Bar</a>! So fun and the shakes were delicious. Matthew and I definitely split one though, because they were HUGE! We got 'Rolling in the Cookie Dough'.</center>
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Happy Friday! It has been a good week around here, some exciting news in our world....I finished an intense 20 week training program at work! So thankful to be officially done with training and for all the support I received from my new company over these past 20 weeks. Also, Matthew is so close to wrapping up his fall busy season and then it should be a lot slower for the rest of the year for him - woo hoo! <i>Quick side note:</i> with my new company and new role, my busy seasons will align with Matthew's busy seasons. That has it's pros and cons, but we will make it work! I'm happy that both of our non busy seasons will be at the same time!</center>
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We are having fall pictures made this weekend and I am thrilled to have them done so early so that I can get Christmas cards ordered within the next few weeks. Getting those in early means I can get them addressed and out the door at a reasonable time! </center>
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Matthew is wearing blue gingham, I have a burgundy sweater (fingers crossed I don't sweat through it lol) and I am hoping to find Reagan a gold bandana today! I love this color combination!</center>
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Reagan will sleep on the couch for hours and then wake up and be very hyper for a good 30 minutes before she's back to side sleeping on the couch. It's hilarious and we love when she brings us toys to play with her. She's the sweetest!</center>
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Sweet Evelyn turned two weeks old yesterday and I got to get in some of the sweetest baby cuddles with her! </center>
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If you are planning a trip to Disney soon be sure to get in touch with my sister-in-law, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dreammakerchristina/" target="_blank">Christina</a>! She is a travel agent for <a href="https://www.dreammakerstravelagency.com/christina.html" target="_blank">Dream Makers Travel</a> and has a ton of experience and knowledge when it comes to all things Disney!</div>
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Picture of last years mums, because they are just my favorite, also the cutest bumblebee.</div>
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It's no secret that Friendsgiving is our favorite event to host year after year and this year's event is right around the corner. A month from today, actually, so I am sharing this years invitation with you today!</div>
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As you can see from the invitation, we are going with navy and gold for the two main colors this year. I love this color combination so much and I am so excited for Friendsgiving this year!</div>
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Life has been full speed lately and this past weekend was the first weekend in months where we had zero plans. We took advantage of that and other than running a few errands on Saturday afternoon and church on Sunday, we stayed in the whole weekend!</div>
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Since it's been a little bit since I did a 'life lately' post, here are a few snip-its from the past couple of weeks to round out September.</div>
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Last Saturday we went to 'Family Fourth' at Matthew's parents house and then we all went bowling. It was a really fun time and the perfect activity to do since it was a rainy day out.</div>
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The rain continued on into the week and I do believe it rained every single day of last week. The rain did bring cooler weather and I did not mind it one bit while I worked from home. I opened the window in my office and listened to it rain all day while the cooler weather came in. So relaxing and a nice change from the HOT weather. </div>
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Reagan was a huge fan of it too. Her favorite place to stay when I work from home, in one of our dining room chairs I brought up to my office by the window. </div>
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One afternoon last week my uncle surprised me by stopping by the house with this ADORABLE wreath that he found at Home Goods! He knew that we hosted Friendsgiving every year and said I needed it. He's the sweetest!</div>
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No political talk here, but I watched the whole senate hearing last Thursday and snapped this picture of Reagan at the perfect moment- it looks like she is watching it too here lol.</div>
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I have been doing a lot of painting projects recently. I forgot how much I love painting. Reagan has not been enjoying that because she can't sit in my lap while I paint. I snapped this picture Saturday morning because I took a break from painting and she jumped in my lap as soon as I put the paint brush down, ha!</div>
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Matthew grilled us delicious burgers for dinner on Saturday (we had plenty for leftovers too -woo hoo!) night and we watched the State vs. Florida game.</div>
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Reagan found a turtle in our backyard while Matthew was grilling. We had to put her inside to get the little fella to safety....away from her and on the OTHER side of the fence. </div>
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We bought new curtains for our living room last month and we absolutely LOVE them. Since our kitchen opens up to our living room I wanted to use the same design. We bought another pair (Amazon for the win!) and I took it to my seamstress in town and she made them into valances for us. They turned out beautifully and I hung them up Saturday night. We are so happy with them and only regret not doing this sooner. I'll share more soon!</div>
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I got to be a part of and witness one of the most incredible moments of my life, my best friend welcomed her precious daughter, Evelyn Kyndness, into this world at 12:40pm last Thursday afternoon.</div>
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See the baby shower I helped host for her a couple of months ago, <a href="http://staycraftymyfriends.blogspot.com/2018/08/weekend-recap-evelyns-baby-shower.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I'll back up to February of this year. I met my two best friends for dinner and Kathleen surprised us and told us she was pregnant and due in September. Needless to say we were shocked and beyond THRILLED. She also asked me if I would be in there with her and her husband during the delivery to make pictures....!!!!!! I was even more surprised and so honored that she would want me to be a part of a special moment, of course I said yes. We have been best friends since third grade, we've been in <a href="http://staycraftymyfriends.blogspot.com/2015/10/my-best-friends-wedding.html" target="_blank">each other's weddings</a>, been on <a href="http://staycraftymyfriends.blogspot.com/2016/07/hilton-head-girls-trip-day-1-2.html" target="_blank">vacation together</a>, and we have done just about every <a href="http://staycraftymyfriends.blogspot.com/2014/09/my-best-friend-is-engaged.html" target="_blank">step of life</a> together. I am so thankful for her friendship!</div>
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On to last Thursday....she was induced bright and early at 5:00am and I arrived at the hospital around 6:30. Her family was there and I got started on taking pictures of details and we all hung out in her room chatting all morning. Around lunch I went down to the cafe with her brother to grab lunch when her husband called and said I needed to come back up to her room, she was fixing to start pushing. Thankfully I booked it back up there because Evelyn was here 25 minutes later!!!! </div>
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Kathleen did so incredibly well and is a total rockstar. Her husband was right there encouraging her and after 20 minutes of pushing, their baby girl was here. </div>
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9 lbs 5 oz. 21.75 inches and absolutely perfect in every way.</div>
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The prettiest sunrise on my drive to the hospital Thursday morning</div>
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The rest of the day went by quickly and by late afternoon I got to hold her for the first time and on Friday night Matthew got to meet her and hold her too! Kathleen and Matthew grew up together as well, so it was a sweet moment for all. </div>
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The prettiest sunset on my way home Thursday afternoon</div>
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We are so incredibly happy for our best friends and so incredibly thankful that Evelyn is here and HEALTHY!</div>
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I have mentioned them a few times before, but I wanted to do a full (non-sponsored) review on my recent Amazon purchase, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYOEYTK/ref=twister_B01LY3812B?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">boxed succulents</a>.</div>
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I am so happy with these and I loved the price! I ordered these ASAP when I realized they were on sale back in the summer. I was able to get them when they were 50% off, so if you are going to purchase these, I would definitely recommend waiting until they drop the price again. You just can't beat a succulent that's under $2.</div>
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They arrived in a small box that was clearly marked, 'fragile' and there was a nice layer of air bubble packing to keep them secure. They came with instructions on what to do as soon as your receive them and instructions on how to care for them once replanted. </div>
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I replanted them into new <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DWS4X3Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">ceramic planters</a> and I have placed them all over our house. We have some in our guest bedrooms, entryway, living room, and kitchen. They are the perfect touch and add a little bit of greenery here and there. The best part? They require very little care. I just water them about once a week (or a little over a week when I forget) and make sure they are getting plenty of sunlight. Some were small enough that I was able to plant two per planter</div>
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We both worked from home on Friday, which obviously meant that we had to go to Chick-fil-A for lunch. I had a call soon after lunch so we just got it to go, so Reagan came along for the ride. </div>
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The weekend started promptly as soon as I shut down my computer on Friday and I booked it to Murfreesboro to watch my sister's soccer game. It was a good game, but they ended up losing. We still cheered her on the only way we know how to, loud and proud.</div>
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Saturday we woke up and worked on things around the house. I ended up putting this cube organizer together for our hall closet downstairs. I am loving having it in our hall closet so far, now if only this area could stay this organized for longer than 2 days. ;)</div>
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I also replanted all of my <a href="http://staycraftymyfriends.blogspot.com/2018/08/6-on-friday.html" target="_blank">succulents</a> over the weekend. I love the morning light that comes through our kitchen windows each day!</div>
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I also noticed some new baby blooms on the plant that Matthew's grandmother gave me a few months ago! </div>
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Saturday afternoon we met my family for mine and my dad's birthday dinner. It was good to see the whole family! My youngest sister and I showed up practically wearing the same outfit lol.</div>
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Life As The Coatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905072083232877403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331219819433723230.post-6468595302379114452018-09-14T09:21:00.000-05:002018-09-14T09:21:04.746-05:00BIRTHDAY FESTIVITIES <div style="text-align: center;">
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This past Tuesday marked another trip around the sun for me and it was such a sweet day. Matthew, my family and friends made it the best! Matthew made me a delicious breakfast before we both headed off to work. He had flowers and the sweetest card waiting for me as well. </div>
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So thankful for him!!</div>
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My sweet friends at the office had cupcakes and a fun card waiting on me when I walked in.</div>
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So thankful for them, work would not be the same without them!</div>
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I met Matthew for lunch at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants close to my office. We practically sat in the same spot as we did last year at my <a href="http://staycraftymyfriends.blogspot.com/2017/09/life-lately.html" target="_blank">birthday lunch</a> here, ha! I love when Matthew is in the office and we can meet for lunch. It doesn't happen often, so when we realized he would be in the area on my birthday we quickly planned on meeting for lunch!</div>
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Matthew surprised me with dinner reservations at one of my favorites, <a href="https://www.maggianos.com/" target="_blank">Maggiano's</a>. </div>
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Their chicken parm is to die for!</div>
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It was the best birthday and I loved that I got to eat every meal with Matthew that day hahaha! I am so thankful for my health, my family and friends, and of course, my sweet sweet husband! I am excited to celebrate with family this weekend. My dad's birthday is four days before mine so we always have a big birthday dinner with family for the two of us. I LOVE sharing that with my sweet daddy!</div>
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Life As The Coatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905072083232877403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331219819433723230.post-18510942517062262082018-09-10T10:27:00.001-05:002018-09-10T10:27:23.539-05:00REAGAN IS TWO!<div style="text-align: center;">
Our Sweet girl turned TWO on September 1st. </div>
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Although it was a busy weekend we still made time for a quick birthday photo shoot with her pink birthday hat, and he got all the eggs, cheese and bacon flavored treats her little heart could desire. </div>
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We just adore our sweet furbaby and are so thankful she's in our life! </div>
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