tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52239955472498623762024-02-07T19:02:15.581-06:00Live a Life Worth Writing DownLiving and Writing by Elsa JohnsonElsa Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16629098404734634371noreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223995547249862376.post-59341479570009090502015-04-15T18:08:00.001-05:002015-04-15T18:08:36.018-05:00New blog over at WordPressNew beginnings, new blog to go with it. This one won't go away, but also won't be updated so check out new Johnson happenings, recipes and more at:<br />
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Thanks and see you there!Elsa Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16629098404734634371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223995547249862376.post-22417010635007595662015-03-25T12:21:00.001-05:002015-03-25T13:36:15.930-05:00Baby News from the Johnsons!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Affectionately named 'Owl Baby' by big sis Lucia </div>
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We're expecting a baby! And not only that but it's a BOY!!! </div>
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He already has our hearts but will be in our arms this August. </div>
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We could not be more excited! If you know my family, then you know that this is a day the Wallgrens thought might never come. With 7 little girls running around between me and my two sisters, we've all wondered if having a boy was even possible. Turns out it is but I still can't quite believe it. I made sure our ultrasound tech was really really <i>really</i> sure before entertaining the idea myself. We're glad to be the ones to usher in a new Wallgren era.</div>
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I am 20 weeks today. Half way already and feeling great.</div>
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Lucia has been convinced its a girl so she'll have to get used to the idea of having a brother instead of sister but regardless, she'll be a great big sister. She loves to help take care of babies and I imagine she'll love taking care of her Owl baby even more. She often comes up to my tummy, kissing it saying "I love you baby".</div>
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Lucia also has a 'baby' in her tummy named 'Claire Baby'. According to her, it's always in there but here she is pretending with a blanket under her shirt. Her baby is usually sleeping. But then when Lucia's stomach grumbles, she says "uhh! the baby noises!"</div>
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Bring it on, Baby Boy!</div>
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Miss Lucia Gloria turned 3 last week on March 6th! Here she is in the special outfit she picked out to wear on her birthday. If you know her, then you know she of course would want to wear a sparkly skirt and all pink. She has strong clothes opinions these days and it's a rare day to see her without a skirt on. She's definitely turning more each day into a girly girl loving all things pink, sparkly plus nail polish, lotion and choosing her hairstyle. She named this style the "Elsa ponytail" after Elsa from Frozen, not me...I'm not cool enough.</div>
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Lucia is (mostly) an absolute joy these days. She loves to play, laugh, make new friends at the park, read books, create art, dance when the credits come on at the end of a movie and snuggle. She's a goofy girl that "cracks myself up" as she says. Her language and memory skills continue to amaze us but these days she's into making up new words like "this cheese is too helpy" or "the covers are too flumpy". Mostly adjectives but funny when she makes them part of her normal vocabulary. Also funny when she says things like "I promise" or "trust me" when I know from how she uses them that she doesn't fully grasp their meanings yet. She is definitely a people person, learning others' names and using them often, engaging with her eyes and her contagious laugh.</div>
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She has been sleeping in a big girl bed for some time now. I took a while to dive into that world plus potty training world mainly because we had so many changes and transitions recently which usually does not work in favor of toddler transitions. But I have to say, I do not regret waiting til she was older because she has been more ready which make things easier for her to understand and easier on us overall. We still have some work on potty training but in general she is doing great. She sleeps a bit shorter now that she can get up from her bed but still gets a solid 10-12 hours of sleep and knows that if she comes to snuggle at night, it's only for a few minutes then she goes darting off back to bed herself.</div>
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Most of all when I think of Lucia, I think of how sweet she is. She loves to take care of her 'friends', the few stuffed animals that live in her bed. Before she goes to sleep she carefully tucks them in, kissing them and calling each one 'sweetheart' as they take their places. And she is even more generous with her love for Matt and I. I can't even count the amount of times in a day that she comes up to me, kisses me and says "I love you, Mama" in a such a tender voice. Sometimes over and over within the span of a few minutes. Then the icing on the cake is her newest repeated heart-melting phrase "You're the best Mama". </div>
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Here are some more pictures from her big day and the weekend of celebration...</div>
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When she woke up on her birthday, we made some pancakes and had a Disney dance party. She said "this is a beautiful party, Mama", ha! </div>
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She 'helped' me dip some rice krispy treats in white chocolate and sprinkles but in reality, she basically just did this. </div>
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Then we were off to the library to play and pick out some new special books and movies. </div>
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And we topped the morning off with a special lunch trip for a Happy Meal.</div>
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That night we had a fun family party for dinner, cake and presents. </div>
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Lucia was excited about the new bike we gave her and hopped right on to practice. The funny thing during opening presents was that each time we said, "this is from ____ ", she thought we meant "to" so she would begrudgingly walk over and hand whatever gift she just received back to them. No Lucia, that's for you, you get to keep it! I guess we need to work on the difference between to and from.</div>
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Best compliment from my cousin, Anne, "your mom is here because she may as well have made that cake". Yes, mission accomplished! This is the cake that I (and she) grew up eating every birthday so we are carrying on the tradition. </div>
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Though Lucia basically just ate the frosting, the ice cream and the chocolate part of the rice krispy treats, leaving this mess of desert when she was all done. A few days later, I blended up some left over cake (different left overs than the ones pictured above), chocolate ice cream, milk, chocolate chips and ice to make a cake milkshake. It was a great way to use leftover cake and they tasted super yummy, almost like a Frosty.</div>
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The next day was a gorgeous one reaching almost 70 degrees so we headed to one of our favorite parks.</div>
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Finding little crabs </div>
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We spotted a few otters swimming about so we walked over to get closer. </div>
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Then we spotted this eagle flying and went to get a closer view of it perching atop this tree. </div>
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Soon after getting close to the eagle, it flew off towards something about 50 feet away from us. As we look closer, we see an otter making it's way up the beach to bring a fish to it's den and the eagle swooping down to snatch that fish out of the otter's mouth. Well, the otter kept at it and got up to it's home with the fish. It was quite the site.</div>
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So we walked over to get closer to see if the otter would come back out (it didn't). We could hear little pup squeals so I'm glad the eagle didn't get the fish. I mean seriously, how lazy could the bird be? Go get your own fish.</div>
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Lucia had fun getting creative with this knotty, root-y tree. She was decorating it and seasoning it with 'salt' and 'pepper'. </div>
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I noticed this spot where a rock had been engulfed and overcome in the growth of the tree, probably long, long ago. </div>
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And went to a movie for a very special treat. Lucia loved it!</div>
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Happy Birthday Lucia!</div>
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It is our joy to be your parents and watch you grow. We can't wait to see what this year brings for you. And we will try our hardest to see you and love you just how we find you.<br />
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I read a Henri Nouwen excerpt about parents and their children recently that I liked:<br />
"Children are their parents' guests. They come into the space that has
been created for them, stay for a while - fifteen, twenty, or
twenty-five years - and leave again to create their own space. Although
parents speak about "our son" and "our daughter," their children are
not their property. In many ways children are strangers. Parents have
to come to know them, discover their strengths and their weaknesses, and
guide them to maturity, allowing them to make their own decisions.<br />
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greatest gift parents can give their children is their love for each
other. Through that love they create an anxiety-free place for their
children to grow, encouraging them to develop confidence in themselves
and find the freedom to choose their own ways in life."<br />
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And so we will try our best to do that. </div>
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One of my favorite recent dishes for our family lately has been these 'Make-Your-Own' Brown Rice Sushi Bowls. It's all about the toppings. Tons of them piled high and all nutritious. It doesn't take much effort but a bit of time to chop everything up to make accessible to everyone.</div>
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I make a cup of brown rice according to the Martha Stewart's directions instead of the package's (1 cup rice to 1.5 cups water for short grain, cook for 30 minutes). This way keeps the rice from getting soggy. Add some soy sauce, or other yummy sauces to the rice (like rice vinegar, siracha, sweet chili) and top til your heart's content. Here are some suggestions:</div>
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<li>Quick pickled onion or shallot (I mix a few tablespoons of sugar or honey with the onion, then place in a mason jar and fill with red vinegar until onion is covered, let pickle in the fridge for at least an hour before serving) </li>
<li>Fried eggs (must have in my opinion!)</li>
<li>Avacado, chopped</li>
<li>Greens of any sort, chopped</li>
<li>Keep it just veggies or add some beef, chicken, shrimp or crab</li>
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The beauty of the dish is that everyone can customize it to their liking.</div>
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Here was my daughter's: more simple with rice, egg, carrot, cucumber and edamame </div>
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And here was mine loaded up with rice, carrot, 2 eggs, cucumber, green onion, edamame, caramelized shallot and not so traditional to Asian food, jalepeno. The combination was delicious, especially with runny yolks covering everything. Next I'll have to work on a Mexican version.</div>
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This photo should be called "Every Morning in Washington". Dewy drops covering the grass, dew coating everything. But these days the weather has been quite nice and sunny so the dewiness doesn't last long. </div>
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We finally have internet in our place so I am going to re-welcome 21st century living with a new blog post. Ah, it feels so nice to be reconnected.</div>
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So here's what we've been up to lately...</div>
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From a day of hanging out with friends in Gig Harbor. </div>
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Here's Lucia's 'stage' in our back yard. "Let it Go" has been performed here many times. </div>
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And these are the rock yards behind our house where Lucia loves to play. There used to be actual play sets there but she doesn't need to know that.</div>
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So way back in the beginning of February there was a little game called the Superbowl. And we all know it didn't go well for Seattle. We'll just say that the food and the company were good.</div>
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Visiting Daddy at his office </div>
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Lucia has been taking a tactile art class. She has been loving it and I have been loving leaving this kind of mess at the classroom. </div>
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Although we will be living in Oregon, we still needed to update our plates and licenses in the meantime while we're in Washington. And I never even fully memorized the old plates from Illinois, oops.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Recently our car's brakes started malfunctioning. After bringing it to a mechanic and finding out the brake line rusted out, the guy asked if we and the car had been living somewhere else. When I answered 'Chicago' he said that the salt on the roads helped to rust out the brakes. So glad we don't have to deal with that anymore. Getting it fixed felt like leaving Chicago winters behind for good...and good riddance.</div>
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Lucia spends much time in the yard playing with Daddy, mostly playing baseball, throwing balls over the house, running around and playing with the mole-made dirt piles. </div>
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Then coming to the window to say hi to Mama. </div>
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Scoring some serious V-Day loot </div>
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Hanging out at the Olympia harbor, one of our favorite spots. </div>
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And we love the park by the harbor too </div>
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Recently there were some days where the water in the harbor was jam packed with jelly fish. Like, one of them every single square foot throughout the water from top to bottom. You can see just a few of them above in a picture from a later day.</div>
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The sunset was so beautiful last week that I just had to drive out to a clearing to get a better view of it and Mount Rainier. </div>
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Lucia has made great progress in potty training these days, yay! Not all good yet but much progress. </div>
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Check out that mountain view in the background. I love it!</div>
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Last weekend we had the chance to do some touristy things in Seattle like going to Pike's place market. It may be a touristy place but I got the best plums I've ever had there as well.</div>
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That same day we headed to Discovery Park and started out by the playground chasing bubbles. And of course I wasted my camera battery at the stupid park and then had none left for when we got down by the water and had THE-MOST-BEAUTIFUL-VIEW-EVER of the water and surrounding mountains. Ah well, we had fun and the images live in my mind. Plus the pictures of Lucia playing below are pretty cute.</div>
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<br>Elsa Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16629098404734634371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223995547249862376.post-14368633396702961822015-01-31T18:58:00.000-06:002015-01-31T18:58:16.899-06:00Wrapping up the Holidays with a Surpirse Trip to Chicago<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well it's about time I wrap up the holidays. We spent Christmas here out west and it was actually my first time. We had fun celebrating with both sides of our Washington family. Then on a whim, my sister and I planned for me to fly into Chicago to surprise everyone (more on that later). What a blessing to unexpectedly see all of my family too.</div>
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Even around Christmastime, nature is still so accessible here. Here we are at one of our favorite parks in the area, Burfoot park. With only a ten minute hike, you end up down by one of the Puget Sound inlets. </div>
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The moss has taken over, everywhere. There's even ferns and other plants growing through and on top of the moss.</div>
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Lucia collected some special rocks and shells to share with her Chicago cousins. </div>
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And each time we go she spends most of her time throwing rocks into the water. </div>
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I was there too!</div>
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And then that same night it was onto our first Christmas celebration at Matt's parents' house. </div>
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I didn't get a picture of it, but Lucia lined up all her presents before opening them and wanted to be sure to tell each of us, "these are all mine's". She <i>looooved</i> opening presents this year. </div>
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On Christmas Eve at grandma Marilyn's before heading to church. </div>
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Lucia loved holding her own candle during Silent Night. </div>
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While I recreating one my family's Christmas morning traditions of Swedish pancakes. </div>
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Then it was onto Jim and Sundra's in Redmond to celebrate with all the Andersons. Here are all of us cousins.</div>
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It was a nice sunny day which was perfect for Lucia since she could parade around sans tights all day. Taking off her tights/pants is usually the first thing she does when getting inside anywhere (in acceptable/non-public places). </div>
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Lots of lounging, catching up and hanging out all day. Oh, and of course yummy food too. </div>
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Uncle Jim and Lucia doing some quality Frozen reading. </div>
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Then I was off to Chicago...and only my sister Greta knew. We drove straight from the airport home to my parents' house where we surprised my mom first...</div>
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(She was pretty surprised)</div>
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Then we surprised the Johnson fam </div>
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Then it was off to surprise all of my Wallgren cousins, aunts and grandma at our family's traditional day after Christmas tea at the Drake in downtown Chicago. Right before we got there, they were all boo-hoo-ing about how everyone was going to be there but me. As you can see from above, Beth was the first was to notice.</div>
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It was so fun to surprise everyone but even more fun to have time with my family at the Drake. Between all of us girls there is always much to catch up on, even more now that I live further away. </div>
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Love me some quality mom and sister time! And then we realize, oh yeah, Dad doesn't know I'm here yet.</div>
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So we went home to surprise him too. He was more confused than surprised though, especially since I had just seen him in Washington a few weeks earlier.</div>
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And as a lovely bonus, I got to see my grandpa Erickson who was still in town for Christmas. </div>
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And all my aunts too. It was great to have time together. </div>
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Oh my, was it great to see all my sweet little nieces! The only one missing here is Sonja. And it was a pleasant surprise for me to see how excited they were to see me!</div>
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Renee had grown up the most in the few months I had been away. She went ahead and turned into a little girl on me.</div>
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They all tried to Skype Lucia which was super cute except that Lucia acted really weird, barely talking and looking zoned out. Ah well, there's always next time.</div>
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I even got to be there for the exciting staples-in-the-head incident with Sonja. She was a brave girl!</div>
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I may have not made it home for Christmas but I made it the day after and many of the remnants of Christmas still lingered. I ate leftover egg casserole and rice pudding from the special day topped off by mom's Christmas cookies (which are always the best). I saw The Holiday Affair DVD case resting by the TV which I know my parents watched the day before Christmas Eve while wrapping presents as is their yearly tradition. I got to have a late night at my aunt Marcia's hanging out with family like usual and go to tea the Drake with my Wallgren family ladies. It wasn't exactly Christmas at home but it was just about close enough for me.</div>
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It was strange to be a visitor in my home for the first time. Sure there were all the familiar faces and places. All the things that make home feel like home. I was with my family in places that I called home just months ago. There were the little things like the predictable eye roll from my mom when I told her I'm going to the bathroom almost immediately after sitting down at church or the fact that some people at church said hi to me like I never left cause they're just used to seeing me and the rest of my family there. But it was different this time and it was okay.</div>
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I also basically lived like a teenager while in Chicago...I slept in later than I thought was possible anymore, I had to have other people drive me around, lounged around for days, went to dinner just me and my parents and ate junk food like it aint no thang (I'm pretty sure I gained some weight in those mere 5 days, especially considering I consumed my ultimate Chicago pizza trifecta of Lou Malnati's, Barnaby's and Home Run Inn, each important in their own right). The difference of living like this now after being a mom is that I <i>really</i> appreciated it, soaking in each moment with joy. I was fully filled up with love from family and friends plus good food only found in Chicago. Thanks to all who made it a great trip, especially the one and only Greta who made it possible.</div>
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The week after I got back my dad was in town for work so we met up with him, Anne, Pete and Sommar at his hotel for some swim time.</div>
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Lucia always loves jumping on hotel beds.</div>
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And hanging out with her cousin Sommar.</div>
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She loved seeing grandpa again! And she was really sad to say bye to him this time.</div>
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More Sommar-time at her house</div>
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With the Superbowl coming up tomorrow our life is consumed with all things Seahawks. Here was Lucia getting ready for the game a few weeks ago.</div>
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And here's how that first half against the Packers felt.</div>
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Until things started to pick up...</div>
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And then it all turned out alright in the end, barely. Now we'll just hope for that tomorrow. Lucia is the least enthusiastic of our family..she usually refuses to wear Seahawks gear, she cries whenever anyone yells during games and has said when asked whether the Patriots or Seahawks are gonna come out on top that the Patriots are gonna win the Superbowl...maybe it's good luck? </div>
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Yes, we are moving to Portland although we are currently living in Washington. We're <i>muuuuch </i>closer than we were in Chicago but not <i>quite</i> there. For now, we are enjoying life here. Yet another season of transition. Yet another chance to embrace the simplicity of living life in the present, not looking to the past or the future for happiness but finding contentment in the now. A challenge but I've had much practice at this point:) I look forward to the day when I can unpack all our stuff, get settled and such but that day has been far off for so long now that what's the difference in pushing it back again? Both physically and mentally. For now, we take each day's troubles as they come.</div>
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The above picture is on the drive from Washington into Portland. It's a 2 hour drive we have gotten quite used to, Matt more so than me as he works closer to Portland and does more driving. When he's not working, we have been splitting time between Olympia and Portland but have put off looking for a place to live until his work situation changes.</div>
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We are living next door to the church where Matt grew up, in a house that they are so graciously letting us (cheaply) live in. We're still in a basement like our last living arrangement but upgraded; this time with our own kitchen and bathroom and you know, natural light coming in to wake up to...it's the little things. It is just enough space to be comfortable and we have been so graciously welcomed in by the other 2 tenants (I suppose the fact that one of them is my brother in law who is glad to spend some quality time with his niece helps). We have made ourselves a little community, both with people that frequent our house, our close-by family plus old and new friends. We have kept busy hanging out with others, exploring new parks and play spaces, taking walks and visiting downtown Olympia and other surrounding areas. The great benefit to living in the Olympia area for now: many family and friends close by to spend time with. Lucia is loving much more time with Grandma Debbie, Grandpa Mark, Uncle Jeff and all the new friends she is making.</div>
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Lucia is enjoying life in general, as usual. She likes being outside, exploring new things, jumping on Uncle Jeff's bed, running laps around our house and (lucky for me) she has been sleeping in ever since we got here. Oh, and she has also been liking cooking shows lately (my favorite) and asks to see them instead of kids shows (yes!). Matt asks her when she'll start liking football and she says, "I don't like that!" Sorry Matt, maybe some day. She has been incredibly adaptable to the one million new things we have subjected her too and she has seemed to enjoy the whole process. Once in a while, she'll ask about her Chicago cousins or say "remember when Sonja said ____ ?" but she's taking not seeing them in stride. She is a very talkative little girl with many new little phrases and words we are loving these days. Some of my favorites are how she says garbage (gaw-bage), randomly says 'I love you, Mama" and is very good with pleases/thank yous/excuse mes and hurried sorry, sorry, sorrys. We are also loving some her new little habits and mannerisms like how she gives Matt and I a double hug out of nowhere before bed saying to us "you're a boy, you're a girl, I'm a girl....let's hug!", likes to do 'shows' and 'cool tricks', chews gum for a long time but takes it out when chewing other food, memorizes her books after reading them for about a week and chooses certain songs on the radio that she likes apparently way more than others ('no, not THAT one. Go back please!'). Things we don't love: her tendency to open up the fridge and take items out to try (the worst of which was when she cracked an egg on the floor, smearing her hands in it to taste it, so we're just glad she doesn't have salmonella), her insistence on washing her hands a lot/putting on lotion/lip gloss all the time and her sometimes resistance to using the potty. But you know, if that's the worst then we have a pretty good kid. And we love her. She is still very tall. People always assume she is older than she is when meeting her. It'll be interesting to see just how tall she ends up being. Probably taller than her short mama. </div>
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Here's the view out of our window into the front yard.</div>
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And the back yard. </div>
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And the view from the kitchen seat where I like to read in the mornings. I love that things stay green here even in the winter!</div>
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Even with some sun sometimes. I have to remind myself that I would have to drive somewhere to get this view in Chicago. Pretty lucky to look out to it for now. </div>
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Here's a bit of the inside of our place.</div>
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And part of another side. Lucia has noticed that this spot works as a great stage for her shows (when the fire is not going).</div>
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Having fun at a children's museum in Tacoma. </div>
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My cousin Anne, Pete and Sommar only live 25 minutes away! Maybe the closest we have ever lived to each other. It has been fun to spend some time with them.</div>
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One of favorite spots to go...Mark's cousin's house on the Puget Sound. I love their updated log cabin house and beautiful view. Plus the cottage next to their house on their property and the tiny house next to it are for rent on airbnb so you can go there too if you want! Check it out <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1655792?guests=1&s=xVhi">here</a> and <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/717914?guests=1&s=Q0es">here</a>.</div>
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Lucia loved frolicking around there.</div>
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We celebrated an early Thanksgiving with one side of our family at Matt's aunt and uncle's house. The drive is a beautiful one...a bit different than what I'm used to in the Chicago area.</div>
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Lucia had fun playing with her 2nd cousin, Beau. </div>
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Then we continued on in a ferry to Seattle so Matt could go to a Seahawks game and I could hang out with some friends.</div>
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And a great day with friends it was! With a beautiful view too. </div>
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We even got to take in the night version of that beautiful view from the roof of our friend's apartment.</div>
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I tried to get a good pic of Lucia with the space needle in the back was it proved impossible with Lucia moving around so much. </div>
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But then I got some awesome ones like this one.</div>
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And this crazy eyes one, ha!</div>
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Apparently Lucia's not afraid of heights. She wanted to be as close to the window as possible.</div>
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One of our favorite spots in Olympia, this park by the harbor close to downtown. Lucia loves it too, no matter how her face looks.</div>
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Celebrating Thanksgiving with more family. Lucia is practicing her football skills with Jeff. And the guys are all watching football. Lots of football.</div>
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Trying to take a picture with her cousin Maggie but Lucia is not really cooperating.</div>
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Some more Sommar time. We got to hang out with them all day the day after Thanksgiving. So fun!</div>
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Lucia was not enthused when we put our Christmas tree in the back seat with her.</div>
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Running around in our back yard on a sunny day. If you're feeling like Lucia A) is wearing pink a lot and B) is wearing this skirt a lot, you are correct. She loves to pick out her own clothes and usually picks pink clothes plus a skirt everyday. It is definitely a struggle to get her to wear tights/pants with those skirts but we make it work.</div>
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If you can tell from this pic, the ground is almost always wet here. And usually the playground equipment but that doesn't stop us! 50 degrees feels like a dream in December to this Chicagoan so if it's not raining, we usually go to a park. </div>
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This is as close as Lucia would get to Santa. He is about 50 feet away. But at least she waved to him. </div>
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Celebrating Lucia day with some cinnamon roles </div>
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My dad was here for a day last week! We went for a walk.</div>
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I love the eerie moss covered trees here. </div>
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Then Christine came the next day to stay overnight! We had much fun with her.</div>
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Matt and his brother Jeff</div>
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And the whole Johnson clan</div>
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Get ready for lots of pictures. Lots to catch up from the last few months before our move. Way back in August, we had the pleasure of going to Estes Park, Colorado for a CBC reunion. CBC was the year long Bible College in Ecuador where Matt and I spent our freshmen year. Turned out to be a very formative year for both Matt and I (besides the fact that its where we met). It was so great to reconnect with great friends from that year. We had such a great and meaningful time.</div>
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For our fellow CBCers: here's a little sneak of some of the pictures I need to update the CBC blog with...I will do it eventually.</div>
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This is from the first night in CO. So much catching up to do.</div>
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And Daves on the phone. </div>
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Best buds Zeke, Lucia and Manu </div>
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It was also a great chance to enjoy the outdoors and hikes at Rocky Mountain National Park</div>
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Our cute little hiker </div>
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Lucia loved hanging out with the horses all weekend </div>
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One night we had a lovely picnic by Lake Estes</div>
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The kids had fun splashing in the water </div>
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All the CBCers who were able to attend. </div>
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Loving Tresor's weird talking cat app thing</div>
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We stayed at this old ranch/lodge type place that my family had stayed at a long time ago. Lots of quirks and apparently its haunted.</div>
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This is where a bunch of us stayed. </div>
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Conquering Old Man mountain </div>
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We saw this guy along the way. </div>
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I tried to convince our crew to climb down this tree instead of going around it. Bad idea- and I'm glad I wasn't able to convince everyone because I don't think it would have ended well. </div>
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We got to stay in this room with the lovely mural. And the last night we found out it was the most haunted of all the rooms in the most haunted of all the houses which meant I had a little more trouble sleeping that night.</div>
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So onto the rest of the summer. Matt left for Washington/Oregon straight from Colorado. Lucia and I headed back to Chicago for a few more months. We had fun accompanying Linnea to her trapeze lesson.</div>
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And then Sonja wanted a try at it. Here she is getting ready. She's covering her ears cause the Blue Angels were practicing directly above us at the time. So if flying on a trapeze isn't scary enough, doing it with Blue Angels barreling past oughta scare a 5 year old...but not this five year old...<br />
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Then we had a fun lakeside picnic.</div>
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We found some new fun parks this summer.</div>
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Last beach trip </div>
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We also went to the air show and it was sooooooo cold but the girls had fun running around. </div>
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To go back before CO, we had a fun time catching up with one of the World Relief families I worked with about 4 years ago. So fun to see how they were doing and how well their kids were growing up. </div>
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And Lucia made a great new friend. Even though they were speaking two different languages, they seemed to completely understand each other. It was pretty amazing.</div>
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Lucia also went to her first movie. She loved it (as evidenced by her 'in-the-zone' face here). </div>
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Fun at Ikea. Jumping on things they aren't supposed to. </div>
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Grandpa Bert's birthday party </div>
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Helping blow out the candles. </div>
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Eric showed off his sweet hula hoop skillz </div>
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Grandpa and all his great-grand daughters </div>
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All the sisters with their dad:)</div>
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Group hug!</div>
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Although we were apart, I still kept up our tradition of breaking a glass on our anniversary (this one being our 8th one). This years glass was from a scented candle that I had since it smelled like one from our honeymoon.</div>
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And I sent Matt a piece to take part.</div>
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We had fun watching butterflies hatch? out of their cocoon.</div>
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We had fun watching 'Wizard of Oz' at Millennium Park on one of the last warm summer nights. </div>
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And then onto Buckingham Fountain which Lucia got scared of. </div>
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Pretty girls on a pretty day </div>
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Us girls had a fun day in Humboldt</div>
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Park with Uncle Eric</div>
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This tree fell down in the yard which left us with out power a few days. </div>
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We had many visits with GG and Grandpa Ray, eating lunch and looking at the fish. </div>
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Sisters! After spending so much time together we figured we should get at least one picture together. (I don't know where you were, Greta.)</div>
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We had many surprises in store for our mom's big birthday in October. First was to surprise her at the end of her race. </div>
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And the main event was a surprise tea party at Greta's. Here are all of us sisters with our mom. Happy Birthday Mom! It was a fun day! So fun, I forgot to take pics at the tea party.</div>
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Taking a walk on a fluke warm autumn day (while our car was at Wally's getting fixed). </div>
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Celebrating Sonja's 6th birthday. </div>
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At Wagner Farm </div>
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And Chicago Botanic Gardens </div>
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Lucia ran off the path and did this funny little dance under the tree right after I said it looked like it belonged in Oregon.</div>
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Most of the time we spent together with Matt gone looked like this: Lucia trying to get away from me. But we had tons of fun in Chicago those last few months. I tried my hardest to soak in all the scenes, all of our family and all of our dear friends. We'll be excited to come back and visit and see some of you out here too!</div>
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We've been in the Pacific Northwest now for about 2 weeks. Splitting time between Portland, Olympia, Wa and Longview, Wa means lots of driving. For now, Lucia and I are living in Olympia, Matt is working and staying some nights in Longview and then we've all been making trips to Portland. Oh yeah, and our stuff is in Shelton, Wa. I'm excited for the day (in the hopefully near future) where the three of us and all our stuff are in one place! For now, it's fun to see family and friends in the area and get reacquainted with Washington and Oregon.</div>
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But to go back a bit into our journey out here (I'll do another post soon on the time between and August and now)...</div>
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Matt left back in August so we had great time with special friends before he left. Here was our last hang out time with Janine, Aaron and Zeke. Lucia is trying to put her arm around Zeke.</div>
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Last Wallgren family hang out at Depot Nuevo in Wilmette</div>
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Heidi and Charley's wedding was a great time and a great chance to hang out with World Relief co-workers.</div>
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And our last Johnson family hang out. We played a big game in the back yard, lots of fun as usual with this bunch.</div>
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Then once Matt left it was a lot of mom and Lucia time...</div>
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Fast forward a few months and we were already packing up the truck. Nice work Linnea and Greta!</div>
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And hanging out with special friends for one last time. </div>
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Matt came home on Halloween to help pack up the truck and then drive the car out. We got a little trick-or-treating in with our little grumpy Tinkerbell. </div>
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But she was much happier once daddy came back. </div>
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And then a little Halloween craziness at Linnea and Cam's. </div>
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The party was over...time to get this truck packed up </div>
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Pushing the wall to make it fit!</div>
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We had a fun party with friends and family to say see you later (not good-bye) </div>
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On the last day of hanging out with the fam, we had the pleasure of going through all of the childhood dresses my mom made us girls growing up and even got to take some for our own girls.</div>
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Modeling some of the 'good' ones</div>
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The girls all looked so cute in them! </div>
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I just had to take one last picture on our drive out! And then we were off... </div>
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Some parts of the country more boring than others </div>
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Because we didn't have a swimsuit handy and couldn't find anywhere still selling them, Lucia had to settle for this Wal-mart get up. Matt's comment "she looks like her parents shop at Wal-mart". <br />
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At the Great Salt Lake</div>
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Utilizing the sweet 'smile timer' on my camera that takes pictures automatically when one in the group smiles.</div>
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We made a little stop at this cool nature walk/park in Boise, Idaho </div>
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It had cool river viewing windows to see the fish swimming.</div>
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Last stop in picturesque Enterprise, Oregon</div>
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Oregon on our side, Washington on the other side of the Columbia river. </div>
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Lots of this in the car which was good.</div>
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And another park the next day. This will surely be one of our faves, Mt Tabor in Portland. </div>
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Lots of time with Nate in Portland. He's always so good at taking us in and showing us the good parts:)</div>
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And day, another beautiful park in Portland</div>
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We've spent some time outside but also inside, like at this cool play space in Tacoma that Lucia loved.</div>
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"So how's Matt? When's the move date?" - To Me</div>
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So to answer this question for the ba-jillion-ith time: no solid move date yet (yet hoping to solidify plans in the next few days), Matt is still looking for a job and I hope to be out there soon..like by the beginning of November. But it's still hard to say.</div>
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In the meantime, Matt is out in Portland and I am here in Wilmette. Besides being apart from my best friend for waaaay too long, I'm having a pretty good time. Not because I'm unemployed and spending much quality time with Lucia, friends and family, all super great, but because I feel like I'm really living each day at a time for once in a long while. I have lots of time on my hands and because I'm in this funny transition period, I don't really want to get involved in too much here. I have so much time on my hands that I actually get bored. What a gift. No, for real.<br />
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I like being done with being busy for a little while and having time to start the day right with mindful reading, time to be present with Lucia, time to think about eating right (I'm not actually at the 'eating right' part :), time to be outside, to go for walks, do yoga, cook food and take the occasional nap. Basically---time to detox my mind, remember that each day brings it's own troubles and refresh with peace daily.<br />
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So right about now, you're thinking "what a pompous jerk. She just has soooo much time on her hands that she takes naps, boo hoo". And I would agree with you BUT it's not actually easy to be bored. You ever tried it? Ever tried being bored and not turning to some sort of device about 3 seconds later? I don't know about you, but when I have a free moment I tend to:<br />
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And in that order. It has taken me a while to turn those tendencies off in my brain and decide instead to read a great book, be fully present with my daughter and engage instead of always trying to get something done when I'm with her or sit outside and really notice the beauty of my surroundings. The positive effects on the brain are amazing. Awareness and gratefulness are powerful tools for good. If you know anything about the science of mindfulness then you know that just being aware and grateful in the small moments of your day can literally rewire the brain towards all things good. (The bible is a testament to this but I always love when science backs these ancient ideas up as well.)<br />
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As I continue to plan for this transition of moving (by not actually doing that much to prepare for it- oops), I try to stay present here while I'm still here. And as I try to stay fully here, I've noticed something going on in my brain. Whenever I feel content, my brain says to itself something like "okay, this is good, let's remember this so we can get back here when things get rough". Which is fine, except its completely impractical. Anticipating the difficulties that will surely come, my mind wants to stockpile all the good here and bring it along. But it doesn't really work like that. In light of this, my mind jumps to ponder manna, like the manna from the Bible that the wandering Israelites gathered each day to provide for each day. In one translation of the Bible (NIV) it says about the manna that "in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor". This kind of blew my mind. I guess because I've always pictured the whole manna thing in my mind like this: the people asked God for bread and then the clouds opened up and cracker-like bread came immediately, raining down on them as they opened their mouths to catch it like snowflakes on their tongues and each day went on like this as bread miraculously fell from the sky. You know---the movie version. But as it turns out, the manna looked like something totally normal, like flakes on the ground after the dew dried. They didn't even know what it was and Moses had to tell them it was bread.<br />
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Forth of July parade in Winnetka with the cousins. After 30 years--28 of those living in Winnetka-- this was my first time going to a parade there. We were never around for Memorial Day or 4th of July growing up. Lucia had a blast and immediately ate all pieces of candy that she acquired, using her bag for gathering candy as a trash bag for the wrappers instead.</div>
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Cam rocked a pretty sweet patriotic outfit.</div>
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Then it was off to Noah and Corries to party up on their roof.</div>
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Like usual, it wasn't long before Lucia stripped down to her diaper.</div>
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The guys were once again reliving the glory of winning the Superbowl back in February---the natural thing to do at a 4th of JULY party, right?</div>
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There was a beautiful sunset then time for some 360 degree firework gazing up on the roof. It was bittersweet since Noah and Corrie moved a few weeks later, making this the last time hanging out at their place.</div>
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Lots of good times and memories, we'll miss hanging out here. We do look forward to hanging out with the Fletchers in Seattle! Not too far from where we'll be.</div>
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I realized I don't have a picture of Noah and Corrie from that night but I do have a pic of those lovely chairs :)</div>
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Greta and Scott went on vacation, leaving us with some quality time watching their three girls. A little crazy at times with the whole gang of girls but fun overall.</div>
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Making nature soup</div>
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Wagon ride to run around on some nearby hills</div>
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Snack time for Renee</div>
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Why not fill a pirate booty bag with water?</div>
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Our church has been working hard to get a new playground and play space finished. Here were some of the kids playing for the first time on the new equipment.</div>
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At the koi fish pond at Old Orchard</div>
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Summer Night Live with Jim the magician at church. Lucia didn't make it all the way through, she got freaked out during the middle and we had to take a little break inside.</div>
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At Indian Boundary Park in Chicago with some friends. We've found some great parks around here this summer.</div>
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One of Lucia's go-to games is asking if you want ice cream and then running off to 'get some for you', 'just pretend', so Lucia was in heaven with this little play ice cream truck.</div>
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This is a face Lucia makes a lot these days-- squinty eyes and big toothy smile. It's not like she's posing for a picture, I think it's the result of us randomly looking at her and smiling---now she's doing it back to us. This is from a special coffee date we had in the garden at Tre Kronor, the <i>perfect</i> Chicago summer spot.</div>
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I have been loving life with Lucia now that I am not working and have more time with her. Especially fun is to see her learn new things and see how her brain puts them all together. She can say almost complete sentences almost completely all the time. My favorite of her wrong uses of words is saying "there her is", saying 'anymore' after everything, and her over excitement to say a sentence that turns into stuttering. And my favorite recent moment was when she found a scrap of paper with writing on it. She picked it up, ran her finger over the words like she was reading it and said, "it says, I love my mommy!" </div>
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Lucia generally is really 'bringing it' in everything she does but she can especially 'bring it' when it comes to becoming an emotional wreck after A) not getting something she wants or B) getting something she wants taken away. But I secretly sometimes love those moments too, like when she crosses her arms tightly while proclaiming "humph" over and over again, raising her arms over her head and down to chest again for further emphasis. Also funny is when she gets annoyed and lets out a throaty "ugh!", pouting her lip and stomping around. Somehow, Matt and I each think she got her attitude from the other so apparently there is enough attitude in this family to go around. </div>
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I love it most when she is being my sweet little girl, the one who gives me a kiss on the cheek just because or instigates to help clean up her spills or takes care of her baby dolls so gently and carefully but especially when she gave me an extra, and extra long, hug last night when she knew I felt sick. Those are the best moments.</div>
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<br />Elsa Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16629098404734634371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223995547249862376.post-47338300041905171572014-07-30T15:11:00.001-05:002014-07-30T15:12:16.772-05:00We're Moving <div style="text-align: center;">
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If you know us well, you might be thinking "what else is new?" We have moved many times but this time, everything will be new...sort of. New city, new church, new friends, new surroundings and hopefully new kids someday to join us there. At the same time, we will be closer to Matt's side of our family and some long time friends but these old relationships will be negotiated in new ways which makes them new too.<br />
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In two weeks, Matt will be done with his job in Chicago and heading out to Portland, Oregon to look for a job there. Lucia and I will stay here in Chicago and join him (hopefully in the next few months) once it makes sense for all of us to be out there (aka: there is some job prospect and therefore we can pay rent). We have been talking about moving for a while now, in fact since we were married 8 years ago, so it's exciting to be making some real steps towards this move. But it's complicated. <br />
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We have moved before, and have moved much greater distances at that, but this time feels more severe. This time, after moving one million times, we would like to settle a bit. This gets complicated when half of the people in our lives are excited about this (the Northwest half) and the other half is sad about it (the Chicago half). The reaction is usually one of the three: "Yay, you're moving closer to us!" from the Northwest crowd, "I'm so jealous, I want to move back!" from the Northwest transplants living in Chicago, or "Why would you do such a crazy thing like that, moving away from family/friends and the best city ever?" from all the Chicagoans in our life. That's the complicated thing about having multiple places that your family calls home. So what do we do? We're just gonna go ahead and make another place our home. And who knows what the future will hold for us, maybe other places to call home too.<br />
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So back to that gnawing question: Why would we move away from the amazing family, friends, church community, great weather (ha, just kidding), that we have here in Chicago? You know, I can't really answer that question. It's complicated. I can tell you we are sad to be leaving everyone and everything special to us here. For me, it's home. I'll miss the unique smell of spring, the sound of cicadas in the summer, sometimes even the multitudes of snow in the winter and of course all the people here that I love. There are so many and I will deeply miss each one of you. I will miss seeing your faces. I am grateful to each person and place from my home here that made me who I am today. I was reading a book on an unrelated topic, part of it talking about leaving the familiar and how it is <i>because</i> of a great home, not in spite of a bad one, that we even<i> can</i> leave to explore new places, becoming fuller versions of ourselves in the process. <br />
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There are many reasons why we are excited about living in Portland. Some of them are practical and tangible, others are harder to put into words. Amongst all the preparations and unknowns that come along with them, I sometimes get nervous about what we are stepping into as we leave the familiar for all things new but just then--there is that still, small, inner voice simply assuring me that it will be okay. And that's all I really need right now. So we go forward to explore because life is just too short not to.<br />
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<i>“The great affair, the love affair with life, is to live as
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<i>Where there is no risk, the emotional terrain is flat and
unyielding, and, despite all its dimensions, valleys, pinnacles, and
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Our annual trip up to northern Wisconsin was wonderful as usual. Most of my dad's side of the extended family were there--- grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and their spouses plus 10 great-grand kids. I think there were about 30 total but we missed those who were not able to make it. It was so peaceful to be surrounded by the sights, sounds and smells of nature once again.</div>
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Before making the trip up north--- into the woods, cabins, lake, nature and bugs--- I was at home reading an email about Scott's and my mind was catapulted into thought of the sereneness I was about to enter, then back to the thought of life here at home. Sitting on the porch, taking in my surroundings--- the trees, chirps, smells of freshness, enjoying the words of my book with long, leisurely cups of coffee--- I thought, 'how much better could it get? This is all I need."</div>
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Yes, this is true, but once up there it became clear once more that the heart can become constricted in city life. And mine had indeed been tightening over time. Each noise, task, to-do list, jam packed day, stressor and 'ping', adding another constricting band around the heart. Each little task taking me further away from the moment, from myself, from thinking about the important things in life, from wholeness.</div>
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Like vines of ivy wrapping around an old brick building--- the rushing, the noise, the interruptions--- wrapping themselves, constricting the life around and within me. Sneakily, with each 'ping' and notification, taking me hostage. And also like ivy, the only solution to loosen the grip is to cut away at each branch. So as my phone reached the point of no service for the week, my first thought was "I didn't even get to say good bye" turning to "I can do this" then quickly settling on "good riddance". </div>
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The week was filled with quality family time, catching up with each other and hanging out. Much time was spent reading and listening to thought provoking podcasts with plenty of time outside (when the mosquitoes weren't driving me crazy). As I sat by the water, I was aware of all the life happening around me. Each gushing breeze, flying eagle, slow snail, rustling leaf--- slashing away at the tightness, leaving me with peace. I could breath in the silence and it was okay. Play became priority and doing nothing became easier. I didn't just read, I ingested words. And then a funny thing happened as life powered down, slowed down and became simpler; I felt more whole. In the wake of wholeness, the importance of this and that could take their proper place. Once upon a time, a few days before, I would fill 30 seconds of down time by checking something electronic, but here I space out looking at the lake, actually staying in the moment. And if I had a hard time staying in the moment then certainly each new mosquito bite brought awareness. Awareness of my hatred of mosquitoes but awareness none the less.</div>
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As I drive back, I start seeing grey over green. Concrete takes the place of trees. Quaint towns become outlet malls and sprawling manufacturing buildings. Costco comes into view and I feel a familiar, slight tightening in my chest. Which reminds me, I wonder if I have reception yet? I start checking my phone--- "an old habit" ---I tell myself. The complications of "real" life come back into focus.</div>
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But then once at home, unpacked and at ease, I'm playing in the backyard with Lucia. It's the closest thing we have to nature here. Our everyday nature fits neatly into square plots. It might be less wild and unruly but it's all here on a smaller scale--- the chirps, the majestic trees, leaves rustling, bright blue sky. I just have to work harder to connect. We may not have soaring eagles but we have singing sparrows and that's just enough.</div>
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After a heart loosening week, I'm encouraged by the fact that it's easier for me to pay attention to life around me at home as well. It comes easier for me to drop everything and play with Lucia. I forget until night that I didn't remember to put make-up on. I find myself deep in thought at random points throughout the day. I feel more at peace and for this I am thankful.</div>
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The key to these kinds of things is to integrate lessons learned into our everyday life, real life. And real life requires work, responsibility, time constrictions. But just as important is to bring awareness and breed wholeness to my life. This kind of work begins at each new day and picks up the next day right where it left off. Now if only I can do those things that come so much more naturally when in nature: to help the heart be open each morning and to unbind the unnecessary constrictions each evening. </div>
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We got to stay with Anne and Sommar, in from Washington. I loved having so much time with them and Lucia had a great time playing with Sommar.</div>
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Each evening, one cabin cooked dinner for everyone so we all ate together.</div>
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Right before the week, Lucia entered this phase of not ever wanting to wear pants/shorts/skirts, basically anything other than a frilly shirt or her bathing suit. This couples with the fact that she is now capable of taking off her own pants. Perfect-- at least were outside all week. No pants required= no extra and unnecessary toddler battles. </div>
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"I want to take my top off" has been replaced by "I want to take my pants off", her most common phrase these days. In the mornings, Lucia insists on one of her favorite shirts, shoes on and pigtails. Other notables: she is obsessed with nail polish meaning she loves to wear it and show it off herself but also notices and compliments others' nail polish, 'frustrated' is her word for flashlight, she calls some people consistently by the wrong names (my mom is 'grandpa', Greta is 'Scott' and I am usually always 'Elsa' instead of mommy. She knows the right names but just chooses not to use them). </div>
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I like to say Lucia is 'full of life' but this is often an understatement. Like most toddlers, her emotions are always heightened, but this little one seems to bring some extra oomph. It seems that Lucia has inherited her moms' and dads' strongest traits rolled into one tiny person, Lord have mercy. At least her biting-when-angry tendency has taken less destructive paths like forcefully crossing her arms, pouting her lips and saying "hmmmph" loudly or forcefully 'shhhshhh' us, spit barreling through her clenched finger to bring the point home. We try not to laugh, just calmly thank her for not biting/hitting/yelling when mad. </div>
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On the other side of emotion, Lucia is full of joy at times. She loves to use people's names when she sees them. She'll run up to everyone in the room, smiling and squealing their name over and over, jumping up and down to greet them. She gives great hugs, kisses and snuggle time. She loves to take care of her dollies, saying things like "You wanna sit here honey?". I love the way she checks on people when they are crying ("What's wrong with Naomi?" "I don't know, Lucia" "I'll go check"). I think this comes from the fact that when Lucia needs to apologize to someone after yelling at them or hitting them, I tell her to make sure they are okay. I feel like a forced "I'm sorry" doesn't really help or teach anything after hurting someone. Now I don't know if my method actually helps it sink in but at least she checks on others when she sees something is wrong. I hope that means empathizing is on the horizon. </div>
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Tea party with our cabin cuties, Sommar and Lucia</div>
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Lucia had tons of fun playing with her cousins and became mildly obsessed with 'Molan' (Nolan).</div>
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She was also very comfortable romping around in the water.</div>
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Pizza night at Alexanders!</div>
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Sommar and Sonja</div>
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She was one happy camper. Especially when we told her she could have candy too! She was like a...well, you know...kid in a candy store.</div>
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Then we put all that sugar to good use and let her loose in a bounce castle and slide playhouse.</div>
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Then it was our turn for a boat ride and this is the best pic I could get. Blame it on the fear that Lucia would just pick up and throw herself out of the boat at any moment. This move would not uncharacteristic of Lucia to anyone who knows her at all. So I kept one hand firmly on her at all times.</div>
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Trying to take her clothes off, as usual. Another fun factoid from the week: Lucia figured out how to climb out of her pack n play. She was in her own room, so she would get out, come find us and say "I'm just awake!" A whole new beast for us who are used to leisurely waking up after letting Lucia play on her own in her crib for a while. From that to Lucia busting in on us, jumping on top of our faces yelling "I wanna eat breakfast!" At least she kissed me when she said it. Plus, she did not transfer this skill of getting out of her pack n play to her crib. Yes! More time til we'll have to deal with that one for real.</div>
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All ten great grandkids</div>
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Carson - Nolan - Lucia - Naomi - Renee</div>
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Gwen - Sommar - Sonja - Addison - Caroline</div>
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Some cute close-ups</div>
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I love how this one captured Lucia's pouty face and the interaction between Gwen and Renee</div>
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First time trying pop rocks</div>
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Grandpa's walker helped Sommar walking too!</div>
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Lucia loved helping aunt Julie make brownies</div>
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Last night hanging out at the campfire</div>
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Then --- crack --- party foul! Dad's chair broke depositing him flat on the ground. Barreling laughter all around.</div>
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Gwen and Sonja hosted a dance party on the last night...tons of fun.</div>
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A quiet eveneing at South Twin lake</div>
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Spring is always up and down in Chicago. One day, visions of summer bliss and warmth, the next flashbacks of the worst winter cold ever. It snowed at some point in May, I believe. Regardless, we put away our winter gear cautiously and without too much joy (lest we jinx the warmth), dusted ourselves off and got outside remembering what the air feels like on our skin again. I just love the smell of spring. Dare I say, it's worth even the harshest of winters.</div>
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Here are some pictures from the last few months (end of spring, getting into summer)... </div>
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There is a really cute English garden themed play space at Old Orchard. Lucia loved running through the mini garden maze.</div>
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We had a Titanic slash Marti Gras party with some friends. Mainly it was to get our friend Noah to watch Titanic for the first time because come on, who hasn't seen it? That's right, nobody. SO we had to fix that. Between Matt and I, we saw it six times in theater. There was movie watching, Mexican food and drinks, a pinata plus this amazing sinking Titanic cake.</div>
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We had fun with the pinata on Noah and Corrie's roof.</div>
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Once a week, we tagged along with Linnea and her kids to hang out with GG and grandpa Ray while Gwen and Sonja did piano lessons at Covenant Village. The kids love hanging out with them (plus the tv and snacks they get out of the deal).</div>
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At Gwen's request, we played a family game of kickball at her school. It was tons of fun and funny that this fam has enough people to field a kickball game.</div>
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GG and grandpa Ray watched the action from the sidelines. Yep, that's a seat out of a car that my grandpa is sitting in. The mind of John Wallgren and his problem solving skills never ceases to amaze us.</div>
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On Mother's Day, the kids face-timing with Sommar in Washington.</div>
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Lucia-sandwich with cousins Caroline and Addison</div>
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Heading to the park with these crazies</div>
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Feeding the ducks at Lovelace park. I love that this park is walking distance from us.</div>
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"What should I have for lunch?" -is probably what she is contemplating</div>
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Our yearly Memorial Day weekend tradition is to go camping with friends at Lake Kegonsa in Wisconsin. The group changes a bit each year and it never fails to be a great time hanging out with friends and relaxing all weekend. This picture is from our drive up there. Love me some old barns next to beautiful trees.</div>
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This year we secured a group site that we have been scoping out for a while because it has lots of room and a shelter over the eating area. Not to mention, completely surrounded by green trees and beauty.</div>
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Setting up the tent</div>
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Lucia was trying to be her daddy, I guess. Reading his book, sitting in his chair with his hat on.</div>
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Lucia and her new buddy, Soren</div>
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The babies on the trip this year, Samuel and Anders. It's fun to watch the families grow as the babies multiply.</div>
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Christine and Tresor even got to come hang out with us, yay!</div>
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Lucia made friends with Lea from the campsite across the street. They mainly bonded by bubbles and running around our campsite squealing and holding hands. So cute!</div>
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Oh man, what a great way to be welcomed home from work on my birthday!</div>
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Matt planned a super fun party for me with friends and family but this was one of the only pictures I took, oops. Thanks for the fun time, ya'll!</div>
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Then we got to go to Ron of Japan later in the weekend, which is always oh so yummy. Plus, the whole fam was there (and the kids were not:)</div>
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Sonja's ballet recital dress is now Lucia's favorite thing to wear.</div>
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And when she puts it on, she has to dance around in it. Here are Sonja and Lucia doing one of their shows.</div>
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Beach trip in Winnetka</div>
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Linnea and I took all our kids to the Shedd Aquarium for a free day. We almost didn't make it due to Lucia refusing to wear shorts (or anything besides just a shirt) but good thing we did cause look at this view at lunch!</div>
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Look, they're so happy! </div>
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Wait for it...</div>
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And just like that...the many faces of childhood</div>
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Watching the dolphins</div>
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Oh my goodness, gracious. This is one of my favorite foods I've ever made. Matt says the best ever. My dad tried it and said "meh". I guess it's just a matter of taste. But if you are the pork belly type, you will most definitely like this recipe. </div>
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I've tried pork belly a few different ways and this is my fave recipe. I get pork belly from a Mexican market, this time with ribs still attached but that doesn't really matter. Next time, I'll actually remember to have the butcher remove the skin for me because it is a very laborious task.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The Recipe (from <a href="http://havekniveswillcook.com/archive/braised-pork-belly-tacos/" target="_blank">Have Knives Will Cook</a>)</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">2½ lbs. boneless skinless pork belly, cut into large chunks approx. 4 oz. each</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1 cup white distilled vinegar</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">4-6 cloves garlic, crushed</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1 tsp ground annatto and coriander </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">crushed red pepper (optional)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">salt & pepper</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">vegetable oil</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">queso fresco, crumbled</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">sour cream or Mexican crema</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">fresh pineapple, cut into small chunks</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">fresh cilantro leaves</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: black;">tomatillo salsa (see below)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: black;">pickled onion (see below)</span></span></span>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">lime wedges</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">2 dozen soft corn or flour tortillas</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and position the rack in the center of the oven.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Lightly score the pork belly on the
fat side by making a few 1/8″ deep cuts. Generously season the pork
belly with salt and pepper. Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a large
skillet or flame-proof roasting dish over medium high heat until it
shimmers. Lightly sear the pieces of pork belly on each side.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Drain the excess fat from the pan and position the pieces of belly
with the fat side down. Add the orange juice, vinegar, garlic, annatto/coriander, and a pinch of crushed red pepper so that the liquid comes
halfway up the pieces of meat. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil
and bake in the oven 1-1/2 to 2 hours until the meat pulls apart easily
with a fork.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">While the pork is cooking, prepare the garnishes.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">When the pork is cooked, let it rest
covered in the cooking liquid for 5-10 minutes before pulling apart.
Once it has rested, shred the meat with a pair of forks, or your fingers
and mix it with just enough of the braising liquid to coat each
morsel. Add salt to taste.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pile up in tortilla with all the yummy garnishes and eat your heart out. Yum!</span></span></span></li>
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I made some tomatillo salsa and picked red onions to go with it all. Yes, they are delicious and essential. For the onions, I just thinly slice them then add enough vinegar (red wine or apple cider) to cover the onions plus a little sugar or honey. Mix it up, pour into a jar and let it all soak in a few hours. Tomatillo salsa recipe below...</div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1 lb. fresh tomatillos, husks removed (approx. 4)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1-2 fresh jalepeno peppers (more if you like it hot)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1 small onion, chopped</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1 bunch of fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1/2 tsp cumin</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1 Tbsp lime juice</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">salt to taste</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Bring a large pot of water to a
boil. Add the tomatillos and jalepenos and cook until the tomatillos
turn yellow. Remove both the tomatillos and the jalepenos and cool them
in ice water. Drain.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Remove the stems from the tomatillos
and jalepenos. Combine all the ingredients in a blender or food
processor and pulse until the mixture is a rough puree.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">For a more chunky salsa, blanch only
the tomatillos, cool them in ice water, drain, then dice. Stem and
de-seed the jalepenos and finely dice them. Combine the diced
tomatillos and jalepenos with the remaining ingredients.</span></span></li>
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Elsa Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16629098404734634371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223995547249862376.post-85341920608627543432014-06-05T10:17:00.000-05:002014-06-05T10:17:17.151-05:00My Dirty Thirty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Me and Lucia today on my 30th birthday. Yep, we're matching:) I thought it would be funny.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A few months ago it was Matt's turn and now mine to turn 30. My mind has a certain way it has always visualized life, or rather, the years and duration of life. For as long as I can remember, I have seen in my mind a timeline spanning along my life with meaningful tick markers. I don't know where it came from and I can't quite explain it, but there it always is. The meaningful tick markers have always been the years 12, 18, 21, 30 and so on. Beyond this visual, I can't quite remember what I really thought when I was younger of what it might mean to turn 30. I just knew it was one of those more meaningful, milestone tick marker ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So as I look back on the way my years have stacked up on top of each other, one after the other, I find myself 30 years deep. Each birthday is made possible only by the fact that all those other years have come before this one. I am who I am today because of where I have been and what I have done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But I don't think that this is the whole story. Because it is in each present moment, not the past nor the future, where we find consciousnesses, peace, happiness and who we really are. This moment is actually the only moment we ever really have. Lately, I have been much more conscious on being mindful in my every day life. In other words, I have been trying to actually pay attention to each moment of my day, soaking it all in and giving gratitude. Some days I do better than others but I am really aware today of all the things I am grateful for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Regardless of when I was young and what I might have thought this day might look like, I am lucky and grateful for what the reality has come to be. I am the wife of a wonderful man, I get the pleasure of being mom to an adorable, sweet, full of life daughter, I am the daughter/daughter-in-law/sibling to an amazing family who continues to surround me with support no matter how old I get and I get to be friends with some awesome people with whom I have so much fun with but who I also get to live this meaningful and messy life alongside. I have had countless traveling adventures, a job I love, a great church community, a place to live and things to call my own. Not to mention, this place where I currently live, holds the best porch reading spot. And I am sitting there right now. One of my favorite places in this whole world to be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But more importantly, aside from these titles and possessions, I feel content. And that is something I am truly grateful for, realizing that it has taken some cultivation, stillness and reflection to get me here. Not that it's a destination. But today, on my thirtieth birthday, I am thankful for this 24 hour destination point. I will do my best to soak it all in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In honor of my 30th birthday, I thought I would share 30 things about myself. My dirty thirty. Some surprising, others not so much, some embarrassing, but all of them what makes me me:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1. Fruit roll ups are my ultimate guilty pleasure. Nobody knows this better than my husband Matt who randomly picks them up for me just to bring a smile to my face much like other woman may feel about receiving flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2. My family knows that I have a very strong and definite opinion about soy sauce brands. I mean, why would anyone even <i>think</i> about buying La Choy when they could get Kikkoman, There is just no competition and my family gets afraid if I am in need of soy sauce and they realize they only have the former.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. I have been to 49 out of 50 states. All I can say is that we did a lot of driving trips growing up. I will have to throw a big old party once I finally make it to North Dakota.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4. When I am not working or tending to my parental duties and such, I love listening to pod casts, reading and/or listening to music. I love a good thought provoking piece for my mind to wrestle with...this goes for listening to NPR, WBEZ and watching a good WTTW show or documentary too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5. Speaking of meaningful shows, I love the Bachelor/Bachelorette and I am not ashamed. Yes, I realize I should be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">6. Ravinia on a warm summer night with good friends or family and good music is one of my all time favorite activities. For those who don't know what Ravinia is, it is an outdoor music venue where instead of watching the performer (which there are some very notable ones) you sit on the lawn in front of the stage on a blanket/chairs, eat good food and drink wine. Some of the elaborate set ups of table/chairs/food/drink that people bring are incredible (complete with candles, fancy plastic wine glasses, gourmet food, etc.). You have to see it to believe it. I tend to keep things simple (one time last year, I forgot a wine glass so I ended up sippin' out of my daughter's sippy cup she left behind in the car. Keeping it classy:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">7. I love traveling! I have lived in Chicago, Ecuador,
Iceland and Bolivia and I have traveled to Mexico, Sweden, Spain, Italy,
England, France, Peru and Chile. Sooooo many more countries to go...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">8. Speaking of traveling, one of my favorite traveling moments was snorkeling on a remote bay in Hawaii. Seriously, breath taking beauty PLUS, because my face was underwater, I was forced to reflect on the beauty of it in my head (although I was trying <i>very</i> hard to point out to Matt all the amazing things I was seeing).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">9. Speaking of making a clearly individual moment into a social one, I am definitely an extrovert. I gain energy, laughter, meaning and goofiness from others. It takes me a lot of people time to get sick of it. In related news, Matt is definitely an introvert but we make it work. Usually, this means lots of hanging and talk time with just the two of us because usually he is all the 'people' I need. In fact, we talk a lot. If we don't have around 3 seriously deep conversations and 5 silly ones a week then that feels weird.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">10. Although Matt is an introvert, we <i>love</i> to hang out with our family and friends. We are with my whole family at least once a week and smaller combinations of family throughout the week. Plus we spend lots of time with friends, at least once a week and sometimes up to 3 times a week. We may be parents of a young child, which seems to make people think that means we would just stay home all the time, not so. We pack up Lucia and bring her and her pack n play along if necessary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">11. My family has been selected to be on Family Feud, we are just awaiting a taping date. We tried out for fun back in October 2013, made it through tryouts and have been notified that we made it! Until we are actually scheduled, I will probably think it's not actually gonna happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">12. I have an obsession of playing with the tags on my shirt. You know, the ones inside on the side? All of mine are tightly twirled from rolling them between my fingers. This is partly due to my extremely fidgety nature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">13. I love organizing things but have a pretty high tolerance for a messy house. It's just not something that stresses me out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">14. I was convinced Lucia would be a boy so the first thing I said after Matt announced she was a girl was "really?!?"...with tears in my eyes because I was so happy to have a girl. My first thought when seeing her was, "whoa, those are some <i>enormous</i> eyes". Beautiful, but enormous none the less. Still one of her most prominent features.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">15. I definitely do not shower every day. Every other day at best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">16. When I was little, I was pretty shy and especially afraid of the large real life Disney characters at Disney World. I am reminded of this fact, oh, every time my family gets the chance. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some other
things my family won't let me live down: crying after getting hit while
playing whirly ball...on my 21st birthday (I guess I was a little old
for that) and my refusal to sing with the whole family at church because
I thought it was 'sick and twisted'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">17. When I was young, my parents once forgot me twice in one day. Forgot, like forgot to bring me home or pick me up somewhere. First they forgot to bring me home from church (picture a scared, trembling girl huddling in the coat rack by herself when the pastor found me to let me know my parents were on their way back to pick me up) then they forgot to pick me up from a birthday party later that same day. Such is the life of a third born.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">18. Speaking of bring a third born, I have two older sisters and one younger brother. All four of us are wonderfully different and we each have unique relationships with the others. I love having multiple siblings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">19. I was in a musical in Chicago when I was in junior high, starring me and Donny Osmond. Okay, maybe not starring me but I was one of the kids in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Chicago Theater. I loved being in it and being onstage. I also loved missing school for the matinee shows:) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">20. Matt and I have lived in 8 different places in 8 years. This trend is getting a little old. I dream of the day when I can pick things out, a mere paint color perhaps. Is that asking too much?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">21. The noise from metal on metal, metal on teeth, knives scraping plates, etc. is my 'nails on a chalkboard' noise. Ugh, I hate those sounds. I suppose I also hate the sound of nails on a chalkboard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">22. I love cooking. Oh, and eating. I get inspiration from cooking shows and books but I don't love to follow recipes exactly. I tend to get the concept then put my own stamp on it, adapt it the next time til it's perfect. This is why I write recipes out on my blog, so I can remember how I changed the originals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">23. I love to get up a bit before Lucia is awake and read. Mornings with coffee and a good book are the best. The quiet and stillness helps sets up the rest of my day right. My brain absolutely absorbs information at this time of day. Sometimes I even keep reading after she is up but hasn't started yelling for me yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">24. I have dreams of creating a 'Hot Dogs Around the World' book. Loaded up hot dogs of all varieties are the best. And as it turns out, most places I have been to have their own specialty hot dog. And I like them all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">25. I have a weird hip injury from over ten years ago that makes it too painful for me to bike, kayak, run for more than 5 minutes or walk for more than 45 minutes. I need to go ahead and get the surgery to fix it already. I miss biking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">26. I love my job. It doesn't even feel like a job to me. I guess that means I love it. I get the pleasure of working with teen parents. The particular families I work with are lovely and I it brings me great joy to walk alongside them for this season of their life. Not that it's always easy, I just like doing it. Did I mention I will only be the director of Parenting Progress for another few weeks? More on that in another post...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">27. I believe that the bible is actually true. Turns out there is a lot of good stuff in there. Read it and surely it will resonate truth with you too. I'll break it down: God loved/s us, all of us, He has shown this to be true through Jesus, we are in Him, He is in us, so we are called to go on and love others as Jesus loved/s us even to the point of death. So simple yet so hard that it takes one's whole life to live it out. But when you know that peace that passes understanding, when you know you are fully known and fully loved, the call to love and take care of others, especially the most vulnerable in our world, becomes incredibly clear (and joyful).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">28. I am extremely grateful to my parents and surrounding family that helped give me a great sense of self from a young age. When I think back, my younger years felt swirling and chaotic but I can see now that I have a sense of security and feeling loved that stems all the way back to those early years. One could not receive a better gift to set them up to thrive, not just survive, in life. I pray that my own children feel this some day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">29. Matt was my first and only boyfriend and I pretty much knew I would marry him when I was 18 years old. You may think this is naive but I'm glad I made that choice, no matter how old I was. We started dating our first year of college in Ecuador. Our first real bonding moment happened while hiking a volcano. I famously wrote home to my mom after that hike, knowing that this guy might become something special to me saying something like "me and this guy Matt hiked together on the edge of the mountain, making our own path". "And they've been making they're own path ever since" my mom declared at our wedding rehearsal dinner. Indeed, and I have no doubt this will continue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">30. I may be 30 but I still love to swing at the park. Having a young daughter gives me a great excuse to do so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Disclaimer: I realize that some of this list seems annoying. If you're annoyed, then just disregard. If I were reading this, I might be thinking "Ugh, would she get off her high horse already and stop beaming about her life?!?" I get it. Like I said, I'm feeling particularly grateful today on this milestone of my life. I think it's healthy to cultivate gratitude in one's life. Go ahead and try it in your own. You might be surprised to find out how much you have worth appreciating each and every day.</span><br />
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Folly Beach in South Carolina</div>
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Ah, warmth...it had been awhile since our Chicago skin had felt it. </div>
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So long, in fact, that because Lucia learned to talk over the winter, she
learned the phrase "walk in the snow" and thought it meant just plain
old walking outside. This spring she has had to re-learn the fact that walking
outside doesn't mean walking in snow. And South Caroline with friends for a week was a great place to do so.</div>
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Lucia had quite the set-up on our drive down (plus an extreme rule bending amount of pacifier time to keep things sane for the adults in the car).</div>
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Cabin fever: things got a little weird. BONUS: Lucia threw up all over herself shortly after this picture was taken.</div>
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Our first full day there was Matt's 30th birthday! It was so fun to celebrate with friends, sunshine and a relaxing day.</div>
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We had some really yummy brunch in Charleston at Hominy Grill.</div>
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Then some hang out time on the beach.</div>
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Lucia loved looking for shells and bugs.</div>
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Matt conducting his birthday song while proudly displaying his new Seahawks jersey.</div>
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We had a ton of fun that night, lots of laughs together with friends as we hung out and played games. And with the help of our family and friends, I was able to put together a very special book for Matt filled with stories, fond memories and appreciations about Matt. He loved it and I hope it made him feel loved as well.</div>
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Our place in Folly Beach was awesome! There were 8 adults and 2 kids but plenty of room to spread out.</div>
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Some cool lofted space</div>
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I loved these staircases. And by some small miracle, neither Lucia nor Zeke discovered during the whole week that they could walk up the steps. This made things A LOT easier on us parents with small children.</div>
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Our room</div>
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Lucia's room :) This arrangement allowed us to get a few extra minutes of sleep in the mornings before Lucia would stand up, repeatedly open and slam the closet door yelling, "Mommy awake!?!" the <i>split</i> second I opened my eyes.</div>
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The porch. Hard to beat that view.</div>
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We were located across the street from the beach which was especially great since the weather turned cooler...much easier to take quick trips to the beach without making a big production of it (like Matt and Lucia in the background of this pic).</div>
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Lots of yummy restaurants to enjoy.</div>
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Charleston is such a pretty place, one of my favorite US cities for sure.</div>
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We took a stroll through the historic part of Charleston. So many beautiful and interesting houses on lovely tree lined streets. You can feel the history of the city, some of it dark, buzzing in the streets due to all the well preserved houses.</div>
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Lucia and Zeke enjoyed themselves on our walk.</div>
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The last time I was in Charleston, about 8 years ago with my family, we took a carriage tour. I have forgotten everything we learned then leaving me with a slight and fleeting flicker of familiarity at sites around the city....no wait, nothing there, I forget.</div>
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We happened upon this cool building... </div>
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...which turned to be a horse washing station or something</div>
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The last time Matt and I were in Charleston, it was about 8 years ago, three weeks before we got married. We had rented a house on a nearby island with my family to celebrate my parents wedding anniversary. My siblings and I sat on these same benches to take a picture so of course, Matt, Lucia and I had to recreate it. </div>
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Matt and I hadn't seen each other all summer before we got married back in September 2006 because he was at home in Washington and I was in Chicago. We had just graduated from college and we were used to spending time apart, being from different states across the country from each other. When we got to South Carolina, it was great to spend vacation time , with Matt and my family right before our wedding. I have memories of great family time, late night talks on the beach with Matt, plus place card making, program planning and strapless shirt tanning on the beach (so as not to ruin my tan lines for my wedding dress, duh). We were so excited to get married, join our lives together and dream dreams of what that joint life would entail. It was the beginning of something special and it seemed like the possibilities of our life together were endless.</div>
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So it felt like some sort of important milestone to go back to that same place and reflect on all that has happened since the last time we were there. And much has happened since then! For one, we have moved about 7 times in those 8 years. We have lived in a few countries, we have great family and friends, have had some great jobs, we've learned a lot about ourselves and have had a beautiful little girl that we adore. We have been able to make some of those dreams a reality but we are still dreaming up new adventures...hopefully that will never stop.</div>
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Lucia and Zeke had fun practicing their jumping and chasing birds on the beach.</div>
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Lucia and Corrie</div>
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And we even had time to stop at a whiskey distillery, Buffalo Trace, on the way home.</div>
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But the kids went a little crazy during the whiskey tour (I mean, come on kids, can't you hold it together for just one little whiskey tour?) so Janine and I went to find some food for them. Little did we know, we would end up in some Kentucky university cafeteria. Good times.</div>
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Here are a few more recent pics of Lucia...</div>
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Lucia had to come with me to work for a few days and she did a great job napping while I got some work done.</div>
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Lucia has been really into glasses and headbands lately. And she must put them on her way, as evidenced by the above picture.</div>
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Palm Sunday. Belly protruding.</div>
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Playing with some shaving cream and food coloring</div>
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Naomi and Lucia doing a show</div>
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Gwen leading us in some yoga</div>
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This pretty much sums up life in our house with 4 little girls!</div>
Elsa Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16629098404734634371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223995547249862376.post-26920585702876445722014-03-21T09:28:00.000-05:002014-03-21T09:28:37.277-05:00Lucia is Two!<br />
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On March 6th, Lucia turned two. If is it even possible, this year went faster than the first. It has been filled with fun but also interesting new parenting challenges. As is with any two year old, days are filled with sweet moments, new skills learned accompanied by lots of crying, whining and tantrums plus lots of begging for videos, food and candy. Even now as I write this, Lucia is begging for Skittles and the Gummy Bear video she loves to watch. And as I say 'no' for the 10th time today, she comes to sit on my lap, stops crying and we watch the birds together out the window. It's the little moments.</div>
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Lucia continues to be a big girl, 89th percentile for height (35.5 inches) and 97th for weight (32 lbs). Her doctor told me the day she was born that Lucia would be taller than me and I am now starting to believe it. It will be fun to watch her grow tall. Part of this growth is due to the fact that she loves to eat a lot and eat fast. She is pretty good at trying new foods overall and she loves to pick out what to have for breakfast and add sauces of any kind to use as a dip. She continues to sleep well, about 12-13 hours a night and has yet to figure out how to get out of her crib. She loves to snuggle in our bed, reading books, praying and singing songs before bed time. She enjoys when both Matt and I are there for bedtime (especially if she can see us, asking "you coming mommy? snuggle bed?") but she doesn't mind if just one of us is tucking her in. </div>
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She loves taking all her clothes off, dancing, drinking out of a normal cup without a top, playing with babies, play-doh, coloring, getting goofy with her cousins, reading books, singing songs, going on bear hunts, watching Gummy Bear and nursery rhyme videos, playing dress up, walking in the snow, picking out her socks, snuggling, washing hands, practicing going potty, pretend play, coloring her nails with marker, playing airplane, getting tickled and putting her cousin's pet birds on her head or tummy. </div>
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Her language has grown so much even in just the past month. She has so many new words and phrases under her belt like her change from saying 'pater' to 'pacifier'. My favorite new things she says are "What you doing?", "How are you?" and asking "What's that?" to every noise. Every time we ask her about what she dreamt about, she says "baby Sommar" who is her 2nd cousin. She's obsessed with baby Sommar and loves to talk about holding her. I love her new thing with strangers, she'll say to me, "I wanna say hi" then I say it's okay and she looks at them and sheepishly waves.</div>
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I love to watch Lucia's social skills grow. To an onlooker, it probably looks like a zig-zag chaotic line of growth but as her mom, I am starting to see the benefits of Lucia spending so much time with her cousins. She gets very mad, wants to hit and bite sometimes and today I heard a new tone come out of her mouth when yelling "Don't close the door!" that was worthy of an angsty teenager. However, she can instigate turn taking, uses names when addressing other people/kids, says 'please', 'thank you' and 'your welcome' without prompting, she can ask another to share with her, she can ask for help and tell me when something is wrong and what happened. She notices when someone is sad and asks if they are okay. My favorite recent moment with her happened the other day when I hurt my knee. I was saying "ow" and she asked "hurt, mommy?" "Yes, Lucia. Mommy is hurt." Then she asked if I wanted a "boo boo buddy?" which is a little ice pack she uses to feel better when she gets hurt. So she ran to the kitchen, brought back the boo boo buddy and placed in on my knee. A few minutes later she asked, "better mommy?" And my heart was officially melted.</div>
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Here are some pictures from the last month or so...</div>
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Silly faces with mommy (or 'mom' as she calls me a lot now).</div>
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And learning new silly faces from her cousin, Naomi.</div>
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Playing in the snow. There was LOTS of snow this winter but it was too often too cold to go play in it. Lucia loved making snowmen.</div>
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Watching the Seahawks win the Superbowl.</div>
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Go Hawks!</div>
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Matt and Ben were overwhelmed with excitement.</div>
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Playing with babies, putting them to bed.</div>
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Keeping warm this cold, cold winter.</div>
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Lucia holding baby Sommar.</div>
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And hanging with great-grandpa Ray.</div>
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One of Lucia's favorite activity, jumping from the table to the couch.</div>
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And another favorite, swinging from the stair banisters at church.</div>
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Helping mommy cook chocolate mousse for a special Valentine's Day treat.</div>
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And decorating the chocolate mousse with sprinkles.</div>
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Lucia couldn't stand letting any of the sprinkles go to waste.</div>
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A special valentine for daddy.</div>
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Brushing teeth with Lucia is a struggle! She has come up with this 'spot' for brushing teeth (sitting on TOP of the toilet for easy access to the sink) then she feverishly proceeds halfway brushing her teeth and firmly closing her mouth when it's my turn to help her. Some days are better than others and so we continue to work on it. Someday...</div>
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Cousin movie night watching E.T.. For the first time, Lucia got scared watching the movie and ran to me saying "Mommy, I gared! I gared"</div>
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With her friends, Samuel and Zeke</div>
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Having fun at a birthday party at the church where I work</div>
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Lucia was obsessed with with her little goody bag. It was so sweet and innocent how she would take stock of her items, counting the candy in the bag over and over, literally for hours.</div>
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We had a special birthday breakfast of fun-fetti pancakes with berries.</div>
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Things got a little messy.</div>
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We spent the morning at Northbrook court, playing at the indoor playground.</div>
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Then we went to H and M, where Lucia and Naomi got to try on tons of fun accessories and then pick out a few items. They had so much fun.</div>
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Then we had lunch before heading home.</div>
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Here are the styling sunglasses Lucia picked out.</div>
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I made a fun tie-dye cake on Lucia's birthday.</div>
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Presents time with the cousins.</div>
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The next day we went to the Botanic gardens and everyone had fun at story time then running around in the snow.</div>
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We had a fun birthday party with family and a few friends.</div>
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I had fun making all the rainbow themed decorations.</div>
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Rainbow jello! A Wallgren family favorite.</div>
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Gwen helped write out the menu</div>
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The birthday buddies</div>
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Christine and Renee</div>
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I made this punch board for the kids to get a little treat instead of goody bags.</div>
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And I made these fun rainbow heart picture garlands to hang from the chandelier. </div>
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So then Lucia got a hold of a pair of scissors and cut some of her hair so it was time for her first hair cut.</div>
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We thought she wouldn't do so well (hence the pacifier) but Kid Snips is a crazy kid place with tons of distractions so she did great.</div>
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The above photo may be blurry but it pretty accurately shows Lucia's state during the holidays...happy and crazed with buzzing energy. Christmas is a favorite in the Wallgren family. Filled with gatherings, fun, food and the amazing realization over and over again that no matter how much time we spend together, we just don't seem to get sick of each other. What a great thing. </div>
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We spent Christmas Eve in our new tradition of hanging with the whole Wallgren fam at my aunt and uncle's house. This event is made crazier by the growing number of children always entering the family but then made more controllable by the fact that my aunt runs a home day care and has everything a child could ask for. Then its on to spend the night at my parents with all my siblings and their families, following by lots of gifts, brunch, and then dinner with the other side of the family, more gifts, etc. It was a great holiday season and I tried to enjoy the little moments without letting it all rush by in a blur.</div>
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This is the best photo I could of us get while Lucia was squirming around.</div>
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GG and great grandpa Ray checking out baby Renee.</div>
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Opening presents on Christmas morning.</div>
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Of all the stuff Lucia received, she became most obsessed with the hats that Addison and Caroline got.</div>
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Trying to calm baby Renee</div>
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Lighting the real candles on the tree at Marcia's house</div>
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As I look back from the pictures this past month, I realize how many great friends we got to see. I am so thankful. Here we are with Molly, Mike and Luke for a night we like to call 'Ron Meier'....we missed you Jaime and Ryan!</div>
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For our Christmas gift to Gwen, we gave her a chance to get her American Girl doll's hair done at the store. Man, is that place a trip! It was fun to spend some special time with Gwen. She seems to be growing up so fast.</div>
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Here we are at the...are you ready for this...doll salon. Yes, those are doll salon chairs and stylists.</div>
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And 'after'. I mean, they do a great job, right? I hope Lucia never gets into that whole world...here's hoping (I fear I don't have much of a chance).</div>
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So here is some of Lucia's recent accomplishments. I was washing dishes for a few minutes and when I went to go check on Lucia, this is what I saw. She had taken a black washable marker and drenched her eyes with it. From what I can tell, she was very proud of her work, showing it off by batting her eyes in the mirror saying "eyes". And although I sternly talked to her about not doing the same in the future, I was also pretty proud. I mean, do you see how symmetrical she did it?</div>
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Here she was crying cause she wanted to go see "Yurts". This was the made of name she made for our friend, Dave, when he was last visiting. I have no idea where she got that from, but it's pretty great and we hope it sticks.</div>
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A big part of our lives lately has been watching Seahawks games with our friends Noah and Corrie. Above was one of my favorite game day creations that I made. Can you tell it's a Seahawk?</div>
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Zeke and Lucia playing together during one of the games.</div>
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Obviously we make them hug cause we're their parents and we can.</div>
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Lucia watching the game with her daddy.</div>
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Ben toting around the 12th man flag as a cape. Obviously this is why they won.</div>
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We had the chance to hang out with some great friends from our Bolivia days. Katie was actually in town from Bolivia, our other friends and their husbands live in the area. It does my soul some good to reunite with these guys.</div>
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Here we are testing the smile timer feature on my camera...it just keeps taking photos when it detects a smile which makes for some good ones.</div>
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Lucia and Naomi playing their new favorite game, horsey. Notice that Lucia holds on by grabbing Naomi's hair.</div>
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We had so much fun meeting my cousin's baby, Sommar. She is so cute and it's always fun to see Anne and Pete since they live far away. </div>
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She got a lot of attention from her second cousins.</div>
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Here are GG and great grandpa Ray with all 10 of their great-grandkids for the first time. Eight girls and two boys.</div>
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And then all Lucia wanted to do was hold Sommar.</div>
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THEN, we got to meet baby Ellie. Austin and Ashley also live far away so it was so great to see them and meet their sweet little Ellie. Lucia loved all the baby holding time.</div>
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So cute!</div>
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And here's our crazy little girl. As you can see, she usually finds a purse to tote around like this one. I'm loving the stage she is in as she learns better and better how to communicate. We have daily giggles about new words or phrases she's picked up. I guess I'll have to write some down some favorites as I start to think about her 2nd birthday...</div>
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The thought just occurred to me that Lucia is almost 2...whoa. But not so fast, we still have a few more months with our little one year old. My favorite thing right now is watching her language blossom. She says absolutely everything and puts together 2, 3 and 4 word sentences incorporating new learned words all the time. Some of my favorite sentances are "don't doooo dat" (don't do that), "No-mi, mere" (Naomi, come here) and of course "I love you Mommy". </div>
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She loves to sing along with songs, learn new songs, go on 'bear hunts', play with her cousins, take care of her babies, color, make funny faces and noises to make others laugh, take bubble baths, read books and she still loves her 'pater' (pacifier, we'll work on that at some point). After forever calling Linnea and Cam 'mommy' and 'daddy', it is so cute to hear say "Hey, Nay-ya" and "Hey, Cam".<br />
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Lucia is a fiesty little one, always ready with a smile or a scream. She's showing stronger personality traits and it makes me curious to see how they will play out and develop as she grows up. Like when she decides that she wants to be held by someone (usually one of my sisters) and will stay with them and only them for a while. She is a people person, intent on mastering names and using them when she says hi, even her identical twin cousins Addison and Caroline. She used to call them "Addison" and "another one" but now she is starting to get their names down.</div>
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She's still a great eater and great sleeper meaning she eats almost everything put in front of her and would eat all day long if we let her and she usually sleeps around 13 hours a night. She likes to play with her stuffed animals and babies when she wakes up until she decides she wants to get out and yells until someone comes to get her. And I love that she is becoming more snugly at bedtime and beyond.</div>
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Here are a bunch of pics from the last few months... </div>
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Naomi and Lucia playing in the leaves.</div>
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Doing a tap dance show on the coffee table.</div>
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Hanging out with Caroline and Addison on Thanksgiving.</div>
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She likes to squeeze into this little spot and burst out.</div>
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We had some fun in a HUGE leaf pile we made in the front yard.</div>
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Caroline and Addison turned 4!</div>
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Lucia loves her cousin Renee.</div>
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Lucia celebrating Lucia day. </div>
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She was not so happy about wearing the crown.</div>
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We got to celebrate early Christmas with grandma and grandpa.</div>
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Ring around the rosie. </div>
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Playing babies with grandpa.</div>
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We had great fun at our ugly sweater family Christmas party. </div>
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There were some great outfits.</div>
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But Cousin Eddie took the prize. You serious, Clark?</div>
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Aw, so sweet. Even when she tried to wear something ugly, grandma still looks great.</div>
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Here is Lucia and I on the same stairs at church where I walked down to marry Matt 7 years ago.</div>
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Lucia and Naomi had fun making and decorating edible Christmas trees.</div>
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Lucia really liked the edible part of the project.</div>
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After a camera mix up, I found some photos that I thought were lost. Earlier this year we went to Goebberts on a nice fall day. The place is a weird combination of a farm, pumpkin patch and zoo plus a ton of commercialized stuff/junk. Fun times. There are a ton of animals to see and get very close to and lots of other kids activities.</div>
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Hmm, which pumpkin should I pick?</div>
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Good luck with that, Lucia.</div>
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We had fun with good friends Zeke, Janine and Aaron.</div>
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Then it was time for our Second Annual Fall Feast. Some very good food with great friends.</div>
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Matt and I were Ron and Sheila for Halloween. Don't ask, you either know who they are or you don't.</div>
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Lucia was a garden gnome for Halloween. She was pretty crabby when we were putting her costume on and she refused to wear the hat after pictures were done.</div>
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She's an angry elf.</div>
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Trick or Treating with her cousins!</div>
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Playing bubbles with grandma.</div>
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Hanging out with her 2nd cousin, Beau.</div>
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Debbie and sister, Terry, with their grandkids</div>
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Twirling with momma</div>
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We've been busy finishing up our summer and heading into fall. Here are a few of the things we were up to...</div>
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Molly and Mike's Wedding</div>
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One of my dearest friends got married September 21st. Molly and I grew up together, we have so many great memories and such a great time whenever we have the chance to catch up. It was a pleasure to be a part of her special day in Minnesota and it makes my heart happy to see her so happy. The day was beautiful, the setting gorgeous and everything went perfect. Congratulations, guys!</div>
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The ceremony and reception were at their family's house in Wayzata, MN.</div>
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The bride and Lucia. They kind of match, right?</div>
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She had a fun time too! My camera died right after this so I didn't get as many pics as I would have liked, bummer.</div>
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A bonus was that we got to stay with good friends Ashley and Manu plus see Carolyn too. Here are Manu and Lucia on a little walk.</div>
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The Wallgren fam tried out for Family Feud a few weeks ago. Pretty random, lots of fun, very interesting for people watching.</div>
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Here we are, getting hyped. Each family played a round to show off their enthusiasm and skills. We went way over the top which seemed to work cause we got a call back. It does not seem like we'll make it on the show since we haven't heard back. It was fun none the less.</div>
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This family was off-the-charts enthusiastic. They were in it to win it and everyone seemed to be laughing at them, not with them. The Schmitts!</div>
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Here we are...the dream team. Feeling good after the try-out. Then right when we were hanging out at Navy Pier and enjoying the skyline view, we received word that my cousin Anne had her baby. Sommar Krisitna has arrived!</div>
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Then the night ended like this (making up for entering into the parking lot at the wrong spot). Go Team Wallgren!</div>
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Lucia is almost 20 weeks now, spurring on in growth and development. The biggest change in the last few weeks is her explosion of language. She went from saying simple short words to naming and repeating <i>everything</i>. She can communicate most needs/wants, can replicate almost everything we say, says lots of two word sentences and slurred one-word sentences like 'no-I-want-that', 'don't-want-it' (complete with vigorous head shaking back and forth) and 'I-wanna-see-that'. She can remember names for animals, items, food, animal sounds plus count, if 1-3-4-9 counts (cute, none the less). One my favorite things right now is how she's says "please" with that toothy little smile when she wants something.</div>
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Here she is, running at top speed as usual. At 75th percentile for height and 95th for weight, Lucia is still on
track to be a tall girl. She continues to be a good eater, a tad
pickier seemingly due to toddler strong will. Lucky for us, she likes a variety of fruits and veggies and it's not too hard to get her to eat healthy. She still sleeps her solid
12-13 hours a night and takes a 3 hour nap mid-day. It's so funny to
hear to playing with her animals, books and 'bug blanket' in the morning
when she wakes up. Common phrases to come out of her mouth at that time: 'bye Cia',
'night-night kitty' and 'eyes, nose, hand'. She can go on happily for up to an hour.</div>
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loves bugs (pointing them out, screaming 'bug' at them), watching the
Fox Song and doggy/kitty videos on youtube, getting crazy with her cousins (mainly chasing
each other up and down the halls), giving hugs (on her terms), playing
and singing at church, taking care of baby dolls, reading books,
coloring, vacuuming and dragging her kitty around everywhere. She is able to engage in more imaginative play and sit for longer periods of time to focus on a task. She likes to help with small things like picking up and wiping the table.<br />
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Our days are spent like referees, designating turn taking, curbing dangerous activities and tantrums, attempting to teach rules and values while trying to create special loving moments amidst the chaos. Such is life with a toddler (especially when you also live with three other young children). It exhausting, fun, crazy and loud but rewarded with hugs and "mommy"s as loud as the "no"s. Lucia is very people friendly but acts shy around new people, physically dragging one of us with her by hand into new situations.</div>
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Lucia, Sonja and Gwen at a nearby nature park, looking at bugs.</div>
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Lucia and Naomi dueling with sticks.</div>
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The girls were using willow tree leaves as a curtain for their performances. Here was Lucia bursting out of the curtain.</div>
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Most of the cousins hanging out in the porch. So many little girls!</div>
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Hanging out with Nolan and Carson at GG and great-grandpa Ray's. The little ones can only last there for so long because after about 10 minutes they turn into a little pack of wolves, on the prowl to destroy all the breakable treasures in the place. But it's always fun to be at there , so cozy.</div>
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Sonja and Carson</div>
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Playing with her friends at church during singing time at Wednesday night activities.</div>
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And play group at church. Lucia is channeling the 90s here.</div>
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Making her silly face</div>
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Playing house with the bunnies</div>
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And marble run. This is one of my faves too. I guess that's one of the great thing about having kids, you get to play like a kid again and read some of those favorite books that launch you back into childhood.</div>
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Many people ask if these two are twins when we're out and about. I guess that's not much of a surprise when you see them side by side like this.</div>
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Lucia and I had a little date one of the last warm days of the season. We grabbed some strawberry smoothies and headed to one of my favorite spots, the rose garden in Evanston, down the street from where we used to live.</div>
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She just loved sipping her smoothie and smelling all the roses (literally).</div>
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We had a wonderful fall day at a pumpkin/animal farm then our second annual Fall Feast with friends. It was a great time but somehow, I lost all the pictures from the day...ugh!</div>
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Elsa Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16629098404734634371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223995547249862376.post-78779393206558612372013-09-06T23:55:00.000-05:002013-09-07T10:17:09.515-05:00Summer 2013 PLUS Lucia Lately (18 months)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's our little Lucia. She's 18 months old today but still my little baby. Except now when I call her my baby, she looks around the room for her baby doll feverishly chanting "Baby, baby, baby". Oh how times have changed...more on her later.</div>
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Our summer has been wonderfully full, steadily busy but fun and life giving. We've spent lots of time outside, hanging out with friends and family, playing in parks, going to the pool and beach, frozen yogurt runs, taking walks, picking veggies from the garden and running up and down the drive way. We've been busy at work but have been able to get in a few long weekend trips along the way. Amongst the crazy schedule and full days, there have been many moments of peace. I think I love the smell of summer the most. It may be because of that place in your brain that connects scent with memories but when I'm out for a walk I feel catapulted back to that sweetest feeling of childhood happiness. All I can do is take in and try to teach Lucia to do the same.</div>
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This kind of sums up summer...lounging, sunshine, happiness. I love spending time here in the porch, especially in the summer.</div>
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Here is Lucia at play group at church. I look at her happily playing at church and think how crazy it is that she is already a year and half old. In some ways it has flown by, in other ways, not so much. But we celebrate the great things that 18 months brings for Lucia: ability to be more independent, using words more frequently, showing affection towards us in the sweetest ways and enjoying the people around her more thoroughly. </div>
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One of her biggest developments is the great expansion of language lately. It's like all of a sudden all of the little gears in her head are turning together, working and she's saying things like "there-she-is", "oh no!" and "Cia bite" (she calls herself Cia). Some of my new favorite words of hers are 'stuck', 'back' and 'owie'. She says 'thank you', 'mine', 'me' or 'Cia' when she wants something. She calls me 'Mommy' or 'Momma' and Matt either 'Mommy', 'Daddy' or 'Matt'. It's so funny when he comes into the room and she loudly exclaims "Hi Matt!". She can communicate almost everything she wants now: when she wants to go outside, go downstairs, eat something, put her shoes on, drink water, drink milk, eat, play with something, get her pacifier/sock, be comforted, give a hug/kiss...I mean, what more could an 18 month old want? And she's oh-so-able to communicate things that she doesn't want/like. But on a positive note, the biting is down to a minimum now that she can understand about taking turns. </div>
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Lucia still loves to eat for the most part. She can be pickier about trying things but usually comes around with another try. She says "no hay" when her food is all gone (Spanish for 'all gone', sort of, unfortunately the only Spanish we have taught her so far). She is pretty proficient with utensils now and has fun using them. She sleeps about 13 hours a night plus takes a 3 hour nap in the afternoon. This is great although there was about a month when she slept for at least 14-15 hours a night and it was glorious. Lucia like to dance, play hide and seek, 'read' along with books, sing along with songs, make us laugh, play with her cousins, pretend play, carry around purses, put on necklaces and take care of her baby dolls and kitty. She can follow simple instructions and still does not like having her diaper changed most of the time. The difference now is that she is so big and strong that sometimes I am literally incapable of containing her for a diaper change (meaning my 1 year old is stronger than me, kind of pathetic). She likes being helpful by cleaning up, picking up toys and throwing things away. Usually, the first thing she says in the morning is "Mimi" for Naomi, her cousin closest in age; they love seeing each other and playing together. We have yet to go to her 18 month appointment but I suspect she is still on track as big and tall. We saw another 18 month old at the park today and Lucia looked like a monster compared to her. </div>
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Here are some more pics of Lucia and some of our summer:</div>
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We were able to hang out with Dave some this summer while he was in town. Always good for the three of us to be together.</div>
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Having lunch at my favorite playground by the lake in Evanston.</div>
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Then it was off to Washington to visit the grandma and grandpa.</div>
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There was a band on the plane that impromptu sang 'You Are My Sunshine' over the intercom from the back of the plane. Only on Southwest.</div>
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Lucia and her second cousin Beau.</div>
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Lucia with her grandpa Mark.</div>
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And grandma Debbie</div>
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We had a chance to hang out at Anne and Pete's house!</div>
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Playing at Priest Point Park in Olympia.</div>
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Always fun to hang out outside on a nice summer day in Washington</div>
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We had a great time hanging out with friends. This is the moment when Lucia realizes that I am holding a camera and needs to be holding it.</div>
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How cute is pregnant Anne?!?</div>
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Lucia behind her namesake garden.</div>
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And she's packed up and ready to go home.</div>
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Hanging out with her friend, Zeke</div>
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And riding in a car cart for the first time time with her friend, Aliyah.</div>
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Lucia loves taking care of her baby</div>
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And swinging on her belly on the big swings</div>
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At great grandpa Bert's birthday party</div>
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Why so serious, Naomi?</div>
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We hung out at my parents on Labor Day and cut down this tree. Little did we know that it would be a source of so many activities.</div>
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Climbing the stump</div>
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The beautiful Gwen and Sonja</div>
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Labor Day was also our 7th wedding anniversary. We had a wonderful night out the day before to celebrate and then continued our annual breaking a glass tradition by throwing a cracked mug in the fire.</div>
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I am so glad to be married to Mr. Matt. We're more in love with each other today than 11 years ago when we were first dating. Thanks for 7 wonderful years of marriage, Matt! Many more to come...</div>
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I had the chance to go to Palm Springs for a long bachelorette weekend in July to celebrate my dear friend Molly, whose getting married in September. I not only got to spend time with Molly but with some of my other closest friends. The kind who I have known forever and ever and know everything about me...ya know, like those awkward Jr. high days and the gobs of eyeliner I used to wear. And it never seems to matter how long we have been apart but we always just pick up right where we left off.</div>
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It was a great weekend and my first one away from Lucia. I thought and talked about her a lot, missed her tons but it was refreshing at the same time. I knew she was in great hands with her dad. I felt like being away from her for a few days made me think about parenting from a bit of a distance and allowed me to see things from a fresh perspective when I got home.</div>
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(thanks Kelli, some of them are yours)...</div>
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First things first when we got to LA...'connecting with the ocean' (as Jaime put it).</div>
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Then after a brunch of breakfast sandwiches all around, it was a road trip off to 29 Palms for the night (a town right outside Joshua Tree National Park).</div>
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We stayed at the guest house of this awesome historic hotel. Quirky, desert-y, amazing. Seriously, everything about this place was awesome.</div>
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Including this dog</div>
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And the fascinating nature tour that Jaime and I went on. I'm not joking, it was legit fascinating.</div>
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There was a definite 'Palm Springs'-'hay day'-'rat pack' kind of vibe by the pool and restaurant. We may have disrupted it with pulling each other into the pool with their clothes on and such.</div>
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Our guest house...turning the key together!</div>
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Hearty breakfast before heading out to Joshua Tree National Park. The crock pot oatmeal was the best, ha!</div>
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It was wonderful.</div>
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I love the ombre quality of this plant.</div>
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Book-ending the storm...with pouty lips.</div>
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Oasis in the desert.</div>
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The 115 degree hike. And I was DONE at about this point slash this heat.</div>
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So we headed out to Palm Springs for a few days. This was the house we rented and it was perfect.</div>
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...hanging out...</div>
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Duck. Dogscarf.</div>
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Hanging out at the Ace Hotel.</div>
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Testing out the smile timer...apparently Molly wasn't ready.</div>
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At least dogscarf is showing.</div>
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You know that Marilyn Monroe statue that used to be on Michigan Ave? Well, I guess it's in Palm Springs now.</div>
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Beautiful sunset on the last night.</div>
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So long Palm Springs.</div>
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I can't wait for the wedding! Thanks for the great weekend, THE FOUR! (THE SIX with Kelli and Kristine!)</div>
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We've had lots of fun this summer. It really is the best time in Chicago plus we haven't had to deal with much and humid weather so far. Lots of very pleasant days. Lucia is almost 17 months now and continues to grow up (crazy how that happens, right?)</div>
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She still loves to eat, try new foods, carry around purses, put things in those purses, brush her teeth, color, ride in the wagon, listen to fun songs, say 'yeah', copy words and songs and get rowdy with her cousins. It is amazing seeing her learn new words, use them in the right way and really understand what we are saying. She can follow simple directions, is starting to pretend play and says things like 'thank you', 'bye' and 'night-night' on her own. She says about 10-15 words at this point and can copy many more. She is down to one nap and continues to be a great sleeper. She's definitely getting into some toddler tantrums and continues to express her emotion by biting or trying to bite others (working on it). She is learning how to use eating utensils but in the meantime, she usually refuses to let us help her which means oatmeal/apple sauce/cottage cheese everywhere. So many fun new things but of course each stage brings their new challenges. She's a cutie and we love her!</div>
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Helping out at home by raking the leaves and throwing them in the trash can.</div>
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Looking at baby Renee</div>
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Gwen and Renee</div>
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We walked to our wedding reception site to get some last pics before it gets demolished and becomes some multi million dollar home. It is close to my parents house in Winnetka and across the street from one of my childhood favorite parks.</div>
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Lucia liked the park too</div>
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Father's day at the beach</div>
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GG and Renee</div>
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Forth of July on our friends' rooftop</div>
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Hanging with Janine and the Zekester</div>
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Such a cutie!</div>
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Beach time</div>
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Her tummy is her greatest feature</div>
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