tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71580913548465757142024-03-14T08:26:54.949-07:00smith life nowNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.comBlogger1046125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-36421980685063575772023-08-02T19:58:00.002-07:002023-08-02T19:58:12.099-07:00Annette is 4<p>Happy birthday, my little Annette. My darling who calls her babies darlings and nurses them to sleep. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;">This morning we woke, hugged, kissed, sang to you. You let us sleep. We took the kids to piano. I had two late nights in a row and I was feeling it today. </p><p style="text-align: left;">We met our family at In-N-Out for lunch. Cheeseburgers animal style YUM. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Went back home and decorated, got snacks and made cookies. Elsa Frozen Shiny blue and silver birthday party for little Nette and her best gals, Jane, Ivy, Josie Barnes, Josie Bloxham, Sami, Hattie, Ella, and Zoey. </p><p style="text-align: left;">They played and dressed up, did hair chalk, stick on earrings, took pictures, opened gifts, did crafts, ate cookies, and had an epic dance party. </p><p style="text-align: left;">After everyone was gone, we went and watched clips of frozen the Broadway musical, and then started Frozen 2</p><p style="text-align: left;">We had fish tacos with homemade tortillas. Zoey and annette love the sour cream best. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The sun is setting; Hattie is home from girls’ activities; Fred is at mutual; Collin is at a meeting and then will be out with friends tonight; Zoey is asleep. Im falling asleep. 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She nurses, gulps and swallows, over and over, while she drifts back to sleep. I’m tired. Really tired. </p><p>Harriet laid down on the stairs. Trying to get my attention. Trying to reach out for me in her own way. I asked her to move out of the way. I didn’t go spend time with her. We did earlier though. We had the best time. We will tomorrow. We will make goals, write our book, make some art. </p><p>I want to play wii with Fred and Hattie and Ella. After church. I will use a quiet voice from now on. </p><p>I’m falling asleep. </p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-81890746291005809302023-07-25T22:53:00.001-07:002023-07-25T22:53:54.885-07:00Today<p> Today was a big day. </p><p>We exercised! 100 sit ups, 50 jumping jacks, 20 push ups, 10 burpees, run around the circle (stairs). </p><p>I talked w Kendra on the phone about Kyle being in Iraq and Jack getting hurt in the forest. </p><p>While putting Zoey down to nap I read the Liahona. I read about the temple bringing comfort and tips for success in marriage I felt the spirit and want to keep reading and sharing. Come follow me was my favorite scripture today. Acts 17: 28-29</p><p>I had my root canal. I was afraid. The kids and I prayed before. Everything worked out. It was 3 hours. Long and hard and I’m very sore. 6 shots!! But it went well, I’m told. </p><p>Fred Hattie Ella’s last day of summer hip hop a joy to watch them dance. Tears and blessings for the last few moments. I didn’t miss it. Joy and pride.</p><p>Dinner on Tuesdays is grilled chicken I heated tortilla bread and Collin made a tomato and fresh mozzarella salad. We added pickles. A delicious dinner. </p><p>Annette went to her last day of summer tumbling. It’s all going so fast. I’m not ready for them to leave again.</p><p>When my meds had worn off, my pain was coming fast. I went upstairs and put Zoey to bed. We were going to have a movie night and Collin and annette brought home an ice cream bar. I was in so much pain but still 3 hours till I could take more meds. The kids took care of me. Hattie room my hand and insisted I lay down and tucked me in. She read stories to me as I drifted in and out of sleep. Ella and bread asked how I was doing. Kisses and loved on me. Annette got home and sang to me, “go to sleep; go to sleep; go to sleep my little baby,” and lovingly touched my chin. She asked, “and how are you?” </p><p>Then we watched the movie, My Neighbor, Totoro, and the kids just loved it. Fred feels so much joy and shares it. I slept throughout and always felt better upon waking. Zoey slept through it all. </p><p>After the movie, Fred and Hattie were too tired to move and fell asleep on the couch. Collin and I put annette and Ella to bed and it was so sweet. </p><p><br /></p><p>I’m grateful for my family, who teaches me everything, who makes me feel so happy and never alone. I’m grateful for our sealing in the temple. And I’m grateful for the organization of the church, which is meant to support families. 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Zoey exploring. Collin watching and soaking it all in. Hattie guiding her sisters. Hattie jumping from the cliff into the water; her hesitation and then elation. Ella sun bathing on the rock. Annette following her sisters to the ends of the earth. </p><p>I smell: fresh water, pine trees</p><p>I taste: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Pizza Hut buffet, Taco Bell root beer. </p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-26495063383580261062023-07-25T11:15:00.000-07:002023-07-25T11:20:29.575-07:00It’s pioneer day<p>And we are on a mini road trip up to payson to hike to a waterfall. We stopped at a Pizza Hut for their lunch buffet. Collin has been searching for one in every small town we visit. He finally found one. The kids loved it. They played the board games there and the arcade games and ate all the pizza, breadsticks, pasta, salad, cucumbers and olives. And root beer!!! It felt like we had moved in; Zoey was laying on the ground, eating pizza, blissing out. </p><p>On the way up, Collin and I talked out our recent disagreement and I feel so much better about it. </p><p>The waterfall and swimming hole were amazing! I jumped off a cliff into the water and so did Hattie! we swam and played and explored. I saved Zoey when she got a little too far out. That was scary. She’s ok. Payson has a Flagstaff feel. </p><p>“I like to die and fall apart, cause I am part—TARANTULA!!” -Hattie </p><p>We saw tarantulas tossing the road on the way home!!!!!!</p><p>Me: “Knives and swords!?! 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Here’s the story of the big little surprise and big little entrance into the world of a sweet little gal called Zoey. <p></p><p>Part way into the pandemic we found out we were expecting another child!!!!!!! We hadn’t planned for this and this big surprise was a BIT of a shock for us!! But here we were…having another child! Fast forward 41 weeks……to March 14, the day after my 38th bday. </p><p> I had been thinning and feeling twinges for days. Mostly at night.</p><p>I took Ella to kindergarten that morning . Tried to sleep in the afternoon; Annette was so tired and tantruming but wouldn’t nap. She was screaming and crying, which was very unusual for her. </p><p>1:30/40pm felt an interesting movement. A budge. </p><p>Went pee, then when I got up, water was still trickling out. Was so confused. Must have been my water releasing?!?! I was distracted w annette so I wasn’t sure. </p><p>1:58pm I texted and told Collin I can’t get the kids from school. He had a really busy day with work but when he heard about the water we decided to text Christine.</p><p>2:13pm Texted Christine about the water. No surges were happening so we said we would keep in touch. </p><p>I put on movie for annette (Winnie the Pooh) and lay down in bed, listening to hypnobirthing tracks for a couple of hours.</p><p>When collin and the kids got home, I was resting. They all went downstairs or outside to play. I had to go to the bathroom, afterward dropped to my hands and knees on the bathroom floor and giant surge. Wanted to get in the tub but couldn’t move. I thought, “I don’t want to do this here.” </p><p>At 4:11pm I texted Christine, “come.” I called for Collin but my voice came out so quiet. Breathed through the surge, somehow reached and turned on the water, not too hot, felt for and found the plug, put it in place and flopped myself into the tub like a seal.</p><p>I lay on my side with my right arm and leg over the side of the tub. Collin came upstairs!!!! Yay!!</p><p>I told him “more water.” He thought I needed it to drink and I started to leave, “no! Don’t leave me!” I called. He put more water in the tub, got a towel for my face to lay on. Then I asked him to get my phone and play Hypnobirthing affirmations. He did and gave me a blessing. This gave me so much strength. More big surges coming. Collin suggested getting on my hands and knees and I said NO. (Didn’t want to move from that comfy position). But I knew that’s what I needed to do so I did. I tried not to strain or tense at all while leaning to the side of the tub with my hands. Then I started to breathe the head out. Big short breaths and I felt the head coming out. I could feel that it was a big baby. Collin was encouraging me, “the baby’s coming! The baby’s here!” After a lot of hard work through one surge, I felt down and expected to feel a head but it was gone! Back inside! Dang it! Haha! Collin told me later that he had watched the head come all the way out to the mouth and then go back inside!!</p><p>Another surge and more deep short breaths. I felt for the head to guide it out and felt it there, a wrinkly point. So intense and then finally the head was out!!!! For good!!! I said, ok go get the kids! Collin sprinted and got them and just as they came up, the body was born. </p><p>The baby swam up to me!! I caught and held the slippery body to me, so purple and sweet. She didn’t make any noise for a second and then let out a cry and gurgle and breathed heavily. She heard my voice and felt herself close to me and got super calm and quiet. Opened her eyes a bit. I turned her over and announced that she was a girl. Fred said, “Aw…but I’m still so happy.” The kids all touched and talked to her. Annette kept touching her cheek and saying, “baby, baby,” over and over. Hattie told me she was so happy she wanted to scream and so she went outside and yelled and yelled for joy. I just sat up in the tub with her in my arms. Christine came in, they helped me to the bed. After pains were coming, I wanted to birth the placenta but also didn’t want to. Phew it was all so intense and hard. </p><p>Finally the placenta came out, and I felt instant relief. She started to nurse and stayed on my chest for a couple of hours. </p><p>Bleeding was normal/minimal, and there was no tearing at all! Christine had prepared me with teaching me about guiding the head out and using calmer, more controlled breathing. The placenta was healthy and good and very big! Ella wanted to cut the cord and Hattie got to help her. They did great. </p><p>My brother, Joseph, came to see the baby and everyone was so excited!</p><p>After laying and nursing with me for a while, baby got her vitamin K shot, was weighed and measured…21 inches long and 9.5 pounds!</p><p>All the kids are all helpful and so loving to her. They want to hold her and have alone time with her and me. It’s been hard for them to leave and go to school and activities. Collin has been taking care of everything and we are so busy that we barely get time together just us three. But my mom will be coming soon!</p><p><br /></p><p>Zoey Louise Smith </p><p>Monday March 14, 4:24pm</p><p>We both love Zoey so much. It means “life.”</p><p>Louise means “warrior,” and Collin felt a strong connection to it. </p><p>After another day, my mom arrived and that was comforting and helpful to me and us in so many ways </p><p>Then Friday….</p><p>Christine, our midwife, had been coming every couple days to check up on us as per usual, but Friday my blood pressure was high—really high, and she recommended I go to get checked immediately. </p><p>The kids had played dates scheduled with friends that day and night and so Collin and Zoey and I left together. We first went to urgent care, assuming we would be sent home with an RX. They took my BP, and felt it was serious enough to send me to the ER. We went to St Marks, again, not knowing what would happen, but assuming we would be in and out. They got me right into a bed and the drs and nurses were sort of freaking out. Zoey needed to eat but because of ivs in both arms I couldn’t feed her. My milk had just come in the day before and she had already had a hard time latching on the left breast. I kept asking for a pump so she could be fed, then out of nowhere, they told me I was being transferred to labor and delivery and would be in the hospital for all least 2 days! My heart sunk. It’s was 9/10pm by now, we were not prepared to be overnight, the kids had arrived home and were upset and scared that we weren’t there when they got home. It was really really hard and I was also scared about my health.</p><p>Thank goodness my mom was here with the kids. I finally got a pump and Collin fed Zoey my milk. And finally someone explained to us what was going on and why I had to stay. I had postpartum preeclampsia with very high blood pressure and was high risk for a stroke or seizure. After getting lots of medicine, I didn’t want Collin to leave me but he went home for an hour to grab a few things. He took Zoey with him just in case to keep her safe. That was a hard time to be all along in the hospital late at night. I missed my kids and my newborn and my husband and home. It made me so grateful and so sad for many who have long hospital stays. </p><p>To speed things up, everything turned out the way the drs hoped; I responded well to medications and was able to leave Sunday morning to go home. All the drs and nurses were so kind and loving and informative. I am so grateful for them. The second night my mom stayed with me so Collin could be with the kids. We had a fun time. I continued to pump for Zoey and my mom would feed her. </p><p>We got home Sunday on a rainy day and it felt like it had been forever. I first saw Collin and Ella, home from church and I just held them and cried. Newborn hormones and sleep deprivation from staying in a hospital and all the beeping machines etc is no joke. </p><p>Then the rest of the family got home too. We were so happy to be together and also everyone is showing how hard it’s been on them in different ways. The kids had so many questions. Some were indifferent; some were really hurt and felt I had abandoned them. They were so glad to see baby Zoey too. </p><p>It feels like square one as I am healing from birth and trying to figure out breastfeeding, which is really really hard right now. The kids are pushing boundaries and are doing so well considering. I feel total gratitude for them and for Collin and my mom, who are doing everything they have to do plus what I usually do. Plus being yelled at and acted out on by kiddos figuring out where the boundaries are. </p><p>I’m so grateful for a midwife who came 3 times to check on me in one week, and cares enough to make sure I’m safe and healthy. </p><p>I’m grateful for little Zoey and our journey so far. It’s pretty chaotic and sometimes I don’t know how I’m going to do this. But as I pray, I feel inspired each day on ways to connect to each of my children and husband and how we will get through hard times and how blessed we are to have each other. A big thank you to friends for so much love and support. For meals and diapers and texts and offering to help or visit. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now pictures!!</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3m7P7dgYNnyJRNA62uCKELAu9PUas63VmZ0mPjQPlBXXmZMUuNodpmgqEUgAHZH3-kUQz-srPuPKJ176XutPwQYOUC1M62J2CgISGmII_fVzFn2ZQQZh3ALcp7mtGNMzWv0m3kFvTpwSDagArCPvCJuWxWElDrZy2hUBTLQJDkDL12opllcqWw/s4032/IMG_4884.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3m7P7dgYNnyJRNA62uCKELAu9PUas63VmZ0mPjQPlBXXmZMUuNodpmgqEUgAHZH3-kUQz-srPuPKJ176XutPwQYOUC1M62J2CgISGmII_fVzFn2ZQQZh3ALcp7mtGNMzWv0m3kFvTpwSDagArCPvCJuWxWElDrZy2hUBTLQJDkDL12opllcqWw/w480-h640/IMG_4884.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">March 13, 41 weeks</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MkvJJkH7xAOBABY08619N6Or-9Fad9kXAfqINxEghLwCJxMhx6uzlJF6Io54xkz-g65M-yA8VTIUU1ddTuD6u7U_ZIn2KDNOvFqmaD9ZXoM97RtunBYP3CQ-L7wHdAUEgRQS1qTBrNZQPBoxfT5ICH_cxDHn7DuO57dznVCZGiKW4duwaB3Ryg/s2047/RenderedI.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1894" data-original-width="2047" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MkvJJkH7xAOBABY08619N6Or-9Fad9kXAfqINxEghLwCJxMhx6uzlJF6Io54xkz-g65M-yA8VTIUU1ddTuD6u7U_ZIn2KDNOvFqmaD9ZXoM97RtunBYP3CQ-L7wHdAUEgRQS1qTBrNZQPBoxfT5ICH_cxDHn7DuO57dznVCZGiKW4duwaB3Ryg/w400-h370/RenderedI.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">little mermaid Zoe, fresh out of the oven</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruqxokS13aI8fGuqSvSXq1JJf_1LMRbE6XMR9R7EZaVQNcFSRMM3FqRX_xEYmjnP5VA41Y_iGn2nJy84fwOLgsqbZeIoEJUsW8RqmYohGeS98vrblebObCzRtK-PpQo_IRCPdTu7RGFcdYvpq3j762Ox5Llf6UpYfsW-U9iYZ4dvMY4DCif28dQ/s1024/IMG_2445.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruqxokS13aI8fGuqSvSXq1JJf_1LMRbE6XMR9R7EZaVQNcFSRMM3FqRX_xEYmjnP5VA41Y_iGn2nJy84fwOLgsqbZeIoEJUsW8RqmYohGeS98vrblebObCzRtK-PpQo_IRCPdTu7RGFcdYvpq3j762Ox5Llf6UpYfsW-U9iYZ4dvMY4DCif28dQ/w300-h400/IMG_2445.jpg" width="300" /></a><a 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href="http://nicoleem.blogspot.com/2011/09/welcome-to-earth-little-guy.html">Frederick</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://nicoleem.blogspot.com/2013/12/smiths-become-4-6-with-kitties.html">Harriet</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://nicoleem.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-incredible-tale-of-birth-of-ella.html">Ella</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://nicoleem.blogspot.com/2019/08/introducing-annette-jolie-smith-fierce.html">Annette</a></div><div><br /></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-68031463334308774542022-01-26T21:13:00.002-08:002022-01-26T21:13:55.239-08:00Annette Jolie’s 2nd birthday<p>Annette turned 1!!! A year ago! It was during Covid and the kids were about to start school so we had the most awesome impromptu family party. And then….just a few days ago she turned 2!!!! We got to have a party with our close friends at our home. The rainy weather cleared up for a few hours and it was beautiful, the kids were adorable, the backyard looked gorgeous and Collin’s grilled chicken was delicious. 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I am not perfect at it at all but I want to follow the savior and love everyone as he did. </p>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-32826553250636550372020-08-31T04:18:00.007-07:002022-01-26T21:11:59.191-08:00Annettes 1st birthday<p>Sweet annette turned one! We were on the road to Alabama to meet my new nephew, Ronan, and ate delicious donuts and happened upon a fair that day. Later in the month after getting back home we threw a sweet last minute family party that was one of our best celebrations. We all adore this girl. The night before she turned 1 I held and nursed her and sang lullabies and cried because I would never have a 0 year old again and I knew it would be hard to remember some of these details. Annette is outgoing and beloved. She’s loving and smart. 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It was so good. So fun for me, wonderful for the kids to play, be silly, talk, and even argue and get to know each other. I had a great time driving and seeing different parts of the country, talking with people and listening to their unique situations and their takes and opinions on what’s going on. Seeing how different communities have responded to COVID. I had a great time meeting my sweet new nephew, bonding with my brother and sister in law. I feel like I got super close to my brother, David. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures of the drive out to Alabama!!</p><p> Happened upon a FREE FAIR in north platt, nebraska</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJkdoLWkxSFvtEc7okZ811xZamD4YZ_rM4BgHCUJAfl9EYu2Jl52QXw744_uDly9cbLh4xokv7oE8lS8WHu_NwH-P3AzLJqEPthpquQwMrpMxUE8W2tEeWcCQfSA9f6_-7LXOgMSzEQ/s4032/IMG_3217.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJkdoLWkxSFvtEc7okZ811xZamD4YZ_rM4BgHCUJAfl9EYu2Jl52QXw744_uDly9cbLh4xokv7oE8lS8WHu_NwH-P3AzLJqEPthpquQwMrpMxUE8W2tEeWcCQfSA9f6_-7LXOgMSzEQ/s640/IMG_3217.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguS_m9UgiX1i9-xIeLggPA_1FCff3Vq0vEE80AON9wh4B2k8HIYGW_2S5svJxwPDWELtlQuhrgn-HpouCyBpaZaPID1CjCgLeZaNa1uzFb34VyfAVREskpS-vHZf-Lo-jeMCOT8VCXZg/s4032/IMG_3216.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I went over it all in my head again and again. I played advocate for each side, arguing with myself. I discussed it with collin at length. It was an easy decision for him. He’s always wanted four. I’ve never known how many kids I wanted. I was playing it by ear each time. And recently I had the number 5 in my head. I didn’t want to be done forever with having babies. Being pregnant. Feeling all those kicks inside my belly. Sacrificing for this special life I was growing. I would never give birth again. I would never nurse for the first time again. And someday, I would never nurse again.<br />
I had an experience finally that hushed my fears and anxiety over the whole thing and gave me peace and allowed me to confidently decide that we would be moving on to a new phase after this baby was grown. I decided to recognize what I had and to give myself permission to be sad about whatever I wanted to be sad about in the future. But I wasn’t going to regret. <br />
Covid distancing began in March 2020, and it became even more clear that I wasn’t going to have another child. Then, months later, I was talking to some good friends who are our age and are thinking they will have another. Suddenly all the feelings and thrills of having a new baby came back to me. I was jealous too. It looking at Annette, playing with the kids today...warm feelings of confidence and finality come to me, reminding me that for reasons that are important to me, Collin and I are done having kids. We will focus on these. They are wonderful incredible humans, and I’m excited for our lives together.<br />
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Today we finished three weeks of swimming lessons with Nichol Dowell. We have been in Phoenix with grandma and grandpa Money, having the best time, and are excited to go home this weekend!!Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-73147352303121866102020-06-06T21:15:00.000-07:002022-01-26T21:17:52.569-08:00School is out for SUMMER!After the most different school year of our lives, including 12 weeks of distance learning at home, the kids are done and school is out for summer. Hattie finished kindergarten and is now a 1st grader. Fred finished 2nd grade and is now a 3rd grader. Ella will begin her preschool year. We don’t know what school in the fall will look like. We don’t know if they will start with distance learning again, go with major restrictions, part time, or if everything will be completely back to normal. We can’t know for a while. I am so proud of them and all their work. They did work hard. I am honored that I got to experience it along side them. There were hard and frustrating days, and many rewarding, good days. There was about a week that we didn’t finish most or any of the work, but we did finish almost all of it. And there was a LOT. BUT it was all so valuable. There were some people saying we shouldn’t force school and that the stress wasn’t worth it, and I did keep that in mind. Though there were some stressful times, I felt strongly that my kids needed to do as much of the schooling that they could, that I could guide them, that it would bless their lives and give them and me guidance and purpose during this global pandemic. It has. I feel so much accomplishment and it did bless our lives as we found our rhythm together and worked at our goals every day. The Holy Ghost guided me through this school year the whole time. <div><br /></div><div>This was the rhythm that we settled on that worked best for us (after much trial and error!!) </div><div><br /></div><div>Wake</div><div>Breakfast and scriptures</div><div>Exercise (eye of the tiger!)</div><div>Get dressed/ready (there was always a day or two a week that we stayed in our PJs all day)</div><div>School time Fred and Hattie while I nursed Annette to sleep on the couch for her first nap and Ella would do trues school with her)</div><div>Lunch</div><div>Outside play until dinner time </div><div>(At 2pm if we didn’t finish all of school and music there Was time to work on that)</div><div>Dinner</div><div>Chores</div><div>Family walk</div><div>Bedtime</div><div><br /></div><div>Looking back, this has been some of the best times our family has ever had. Collin would be working all day and would usually make lunch and dinner. </div><div><br /></div><div>Happy summer!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-41928014213839422992020-05-16T11:00:00.000-07:002020-06-11T13:59:36.094-07:00Old life and new life at Honeysuckle Coffee Co<div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px;">
<span class="s1" style="font-weight: bold;">Its overwhelming to take in</span></div>
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<span class="s2">It starts to feel like I’m outside of my body, watching myself in a movie or tv show. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Playing a part </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Because this can’t be real. Everyone in masks. Everyone. The whole world. The human race. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">In my favorite coffee shop. They opened for business. I’m staring at everyone. I want to reach out. I want to connect. The old me is too timid. Knows that’s not what I should do. The me from the new world just sits here, heart pounding, wanting to say something, but paralyzed. I weakly smile at everyone. I fight back tears. My eyes get blurry anyway. My limbs are weak and racing. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Why am I overwhelmed and emotional? Why can’t I move or speak? </span></div>
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<span class="s2">I mourn the loss and desire of the old world. The freedom. I’m jealous of the people in movies and tv from before. They can stand next to each other. They can go into and out of buildings without a care. They can rush down a crowded street. They can be with other people. They don’t know how lucky they are. They don’t know what’s coming. They are stupid. They don’t understand anything. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">I’m frozen. My chest rises and falls only because my body makes it happen automatically. My hands are numb and have no blood. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">I look outside the windows from inside. The world is beautiful right now. May. It’s alive. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">So much good has come from this for my family and community. But when I do things from the old life, I am shocked back into reality of the new. A wrestle with wanting normalcy and not knowing what it is anymore. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Maybe my sorrow is from a place of wishing. Of humility. Wishing to go back and be better and take advantage of a freedom I never could have imagined to be lost. Things change quickly. Annette is close to walking. I want my parents to see her while she is still a baby. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">I will rush, even if it’s stupid and even if it’s dangerous. </span></div>
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1. We must eradicate from the soul all fear and terror of what comes towards Man, out of the future. We must acquire serenity in all feelings and sensations about the future. We must look forward with absolute equanimity to everything that may come. And we must think only that whatever comes is given to us by a world directive full of wisdom. It is part of what we must learn in this age, namely, to live out of pure trust, without any security in existence -- trust in the ever-present help of the spiritual world. Truly, nothing else will do if our courage is not to fail us. And let us seek the awakening from within ourselves, every morning and every evening. " Rudolf Steiner</div>
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2. Inner Quiet</div>
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"Quiet I bear within me</div>
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I bear within myself</div>
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Forces to make me strong.</div>
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Now will I be imbued</div>
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With their glowing warmth</div>
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Now will I fill myself</div>
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With my own will's resolve.</div>
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And I will feel the quiet</div>
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Pouring through all my being</div>
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When by my steadfast striving</div>
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I become strong</div>
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To find within myself</div>
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The source of strength </div>
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The strength of inner quiet." - Rudolf Steiner</div>
Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-66183485218856117162020-02-22T14:07:00.003-08:002020-02-22T15:05:06.168-08:00Stages: womanhood, motherhood The idea of not having another baby again<br />
Of not having another one to wear all the little tiny clothes my babies have worn<br />
Of there being a time when I’m not nursing<br />
Not co sleeping<br />
Not holding a baby at almost all times<br />
Not having those tiny deep eyes, staring up at me,<br />
Needing me,<br />
Seeing me,<br />
his or her world.<br />
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The idea of us all growing, older, growing up, growing past my child-bearing years<br />
Brings so much painful, gut-wrenching, terrifying, lonely, useless, left behind and unexplainable emotions.<br />
It’s always there, gnawing at me, breaking my heart. Reminding me that I want to know but that I don’t. But I do have those eyes. I have them now and they are tiny. So small and needy. Unconditionally, powerfully, perfectly loving.<br />
Given to me for forever. I have a small baby. And she needs me.<br />
I have a wonderful, maddeningly creative, funny, confident 3 year old, and she needs me. I have a sensitive, brave, giving, friendly, special 6 year old and she needs me. I have a smart, cool, daring, kind, growing 8 year old...who will be 9 this year. And 10 next year. And he needs me.<br />
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I am satisfied.<br />
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I am grateful. They need me and I need to be there for them. I have them. Now. They are right here in front of me.<br />
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When I look into their eyes, especially the littlest, the 6 month old, I can’t help but welling up with tears and feeling like I’m mourning something. That I might not remember this moment we are sharing. But I know now; it’s my love. I love motherhood. I love having babies and children. My emotions are so big for them that it’s hard to articulate. But someday when they are grown or even when I just don’t have a little baby anymore I’ll say,<br />
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“I miss having little babies. It makes me sad sometimes.<br />
<u><b>But I love who they are now!!“</b></u><br />
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And right now, for just a little while, and believe me,<b style="font-style: italic;"> I know how fast it goes</b>. Right now, I <i><b>do</b></i> have a little baby!!!!!!! Yahoo!!!<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-6303661487154892342019-12-31T16:59:00.002-08:002019-12-31T16:59:44.760-08:00Goodbye 2019! goodbye your birth year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-36503738724348322742019-12-20T05:45:00.001-08:002022-01-26T21:17:02.992-08:00Happy 6th birthday, HATTIE JILL! Best ever HATCHIMAL party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-64590474683966356702019-11-15T19:14:00.000-08:002019-11-15T19:14:48.116-08:00a new traditionTonight was our third lantern walk with Wasatch Waldorf school. We heard a story, sang a song, felt the excitement of the night and then the silence and the darkness as we walked, hand in hand and little hands holding their lit handmade lanterns, through the woods on a path marked with candles. I heard the rushing river, and tried to keep us altogether, among friends, loud “whispers,” and whiny can you hold mes. Annette was in the carrier, snug and warm and snoozing. <div>
We finished and went home. Some were not happy at how the night went. Some thought there was too much of going off with friends; some thought there was too little. We had contention. </div>
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But something changed as we got home. Annette and Ella has fallen asleep and were placed lovingly in their beds. Frederick and Harriet happily cleared off the table and counter and gathered every candlestick and candlestick holder to the table, arranging and lighting them on the table of the dark kitchen of our home. I prepared hot water for tea and hot chocolate. Collin got out the cider and we poured four bowls of cereal. Someone got cups and mugs and spoons. We stayed quiet. We all tried Fred’s new nerf blow darts. We all decided that this would be our new tradition as a family after the lantern walk every year. The lantern walk symbolizes kindness and service, as well as the light we can create, share and lean on during what is soon to be the darkest and coldest time of year. I realize how much light, warmth and joy my family brings to me. I remembered to look into their eyes and hold their hands. </div>
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Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-61621045213423877062019-11-12T20:13:00.001-08:002019-11-15T18:56:02.087-08:00A moment I pull you in close, pleading to God, please let me remember this. I close my eyes, smell your hair, listen to all of your noises, trying so hard. The light from the bed side lamp creates a deep contrast between the light and the shadows. My eyes well with tears; I know it’s impossible. I know someday this night will become a blur of nights and years and that you will grow and grow and never stop. Then you’re cooing, laughing, squealing! I’m laughing and sobbing. I catch it on film, somehow!!! Your sweet and silly expressions, your electric blue eyes, wavy red hair that is already thinning and changing. You want to eat. I start to nurse you, and you hold on to my finger so tightly with your little hand.<br />
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Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-74175631682921388322019-10-28T09:05:00.000-07:002019-10-28T09:05:47.656-07:00It has been 11 weeks that I’m a mama of 4. Well, in a few minutes. (It’s 5:26am). The past 11 weeks has gone by fast but has also gone slowly. I had soaked up every part of you, Annette Jolie, who is even more beautiful than your name. I have held you, and have been thoughtful. I have been blessed with guidance and patience from the Holy Ghost. I have grown closer to the Savior and Heavenly Father and Mother. I have realized things about myself I never knew. I have been supported and cared for, encouraged, lifted, loved by Collin, Frederick, Harriet, Ella, my mother, my father, my mother and father in law, more family and friends. I have been healing physically and emotionally. I am stronger. I can breastfeed a baby, give attention to kids after school, make lunches and breaskfasts and dinners, read to, listen to, can care for four children. I can sleep and wake and sleep and wake and sleep and wake. Day in and out. I can make it through a 3 year olds tantrums with patience and loving I gnoring. I can teach my children to do chores, and about the gospel of Jesus Christ. I can read my personal scriptures and study come follow me every morning. I can follow the prophet and have faith in him and in Jesus Christ and His church. I can prepare my children for baptism and lives of service. I can write letters to my brother on his mission. I can prioritize. I can try to get through insecurities. I can be strong for myself. I can be confident in who I am. I can pet and feed a kitty. I can play music and sing halloween songs. I can help my children with their music practice. I could go on and on.<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-57907802251630808822019-09-01T13:28:00.000-07:002019-09-01T13:28:13.496-07:00To Freddie, To Hattie, To Ella, To Annie<div jsname="U8S5sf" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Roboto-Regular, HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">
<span jsname="YS01Ge">I can feel a difference.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Today, a difference:</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">all of us, in our tents,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">fearing god like a mistress.</span></div>
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">We lay on the rocks, in the sun,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">watching you and your mama row in,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I sat up and blinked,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">when you appeared,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">so pale you were nearly clear!</span></div>
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">Later, I stumbled to my bed,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">all alone in the branches.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I lay in the dark,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">thinking about all of my friends,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">and their changes.</span></div>
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">And I do not know</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">if you know just what you have done.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">You are the sweetest one</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I have ever laid my eyes upon.</span></div>
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">It's a beautiful town,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">with the rain coming down.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Blackberry, rosemary,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">jimmy-crack-corn.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">You've got the run of the place,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">now that you're running around;</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">and may kindness,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">kindness, kindness abound.</span></div>
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">In this hour of our lives--</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">hour of effortless plenty--</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">how do we know</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">which parts of our hearts want what,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">with such base generosity?</span></div>
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">Taking so many photographs--</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">so amazed!--</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">we've never seen a baby so newlyborn.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And, when the bulbs do flash,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">as bright as morning,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">the crowd keeps on gathering</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">like an electric storm.</span></div>
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">The phantom of love</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">moves among us at will.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Each phantom-limb lost,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">has got an angel</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">(so confused,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">like the wagging bobbed-tail</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">of a bulldog):</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">kindness, kindness prevails.</span></div>
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">Kindness prevails!</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Ties and rails fall into line,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">bearing kindness.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Where will you go, if not here?</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">What will you say,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">when you write to us?</span></div>
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">This is a world of terrible hardship,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">everywhere,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">and I search for words</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">to set you at ease.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But there, in the looking-glass,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">a kite is soaring,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">stilling my warring heart</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">and my trembling knees.</span></div>
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">Clean as a breeze,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">bright as the day:</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">all of the people gather to say:</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">"Sweet Esme! Sweet Esme!</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Oh, oh, oh!"</span></div>
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">I believe love will always surround you--</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">brave as a bear,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">with a heart rare and true.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But if you are scared,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">if you are blue,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I have prepared this small song for you:</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Sweet Esme! Sweet Esme!</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Oh, oh, oh!</span></div>
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-By: Joanna Newsome</div>
Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-6156752099689462019-08-07T19:21:00.000-07:002019-08-07T19:21:16.694-07:00beautiful maternity photos by Jayna Hedges<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of my best friends, Jayna Hedges of the incredible By the Hedges Photo + Video, took some lovely maternity photos for us just before Annette was born. We love them so much! 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This is my life right now. And I’m just really grateful and happy. I get how quickly this girl is going to grow. I get that I need to cherish her and this time. I’ve seen it happen. I keep asking how I’m going to remember this. Forge it into my memory—her small perfect head, her smells, her noises, every thought and feeling...you forget. I’ve forgotten so much from the other kids. I get to vividly remember them, watching her stretch and breathe and nurse and fuss and try to poop. But I know that with time, it will be hard to remember almost anything from this time. I know now that I probably won’t even remember writing this post. So I’m trying to soak it all in. I’m staying in bed and reading and sleeping and nursing and changing diapers...not fun after having 3 kids potty trained and not being used to doing it all the time!!!! </div>
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Also nursing has been challenging for us both. Pain, cracks and bleeding, frustration, gas because of gulping so much air, up all night, crying for 30+ minutes, not knowing what to do... But today has been a little easier and I think it’ll all be ok. There have been dark and lonely moments in the mid-night when my worries take over. But during the day when it’s crazy and loud (Fred hat and ella dance party and fashion show for us), or quiet (they are all at the library), or when we put on a movie and collin and I get to connect for a few moments together) I feel bright and happy and hopeful and grateful. Grateful she’s mine. (I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS!!!!! AND ONE SON!!!!! What?!?? 😂🥰😄🥰😂😄). </div>
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Today Hattie said that Annette is the queen. And I thought about how they all three are such queens. Me too. And Fred and collin are total bosses too. Hahahahaha. A house of bosses and royalty we all think. Oh boy. The drama that will ensue!!!!! Hahaha. I love my life. I love my husband. Even though we are CONSTANTLY butting heads and arguing for 10 years!!! We are also filled with a passion for each other that is bigger than the universe. When we click, we click. He has been taking care of everything with the house and kids. EVERYTHING. And has been feeding me delicious soft, nutritious, warm soups, stews, bowls. Taking care of me. And we get frustrated and then try to work through it over a cup of tea every night. Or just watch SYTYCD. 💖 </div>
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Alright. Nap time. </div>
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And some pictures including Annie’s first car ride!! To the pediatrician! All went well and the dr called her perfect. </div>
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Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-69765621838595867992019-08-04T00:48:00.000-07:002019-10-18T04:25:58.641-07:00Introducing Annette Jolie Smith, a fierce lovely lady, and her equally fierce entrance into the worldThis story begins as any story might begin....with a 41-week pregnant woman, shifting and rolling to get herself up out of bed in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom once again.<br />
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I had just gotten back into bed, laid my head down, ready to fall instantly back to sleep, when I heard a familiar sound of little footsteps up the stairs, coming down the hallway, and saw a little blonde head, shining in the moonlight crossing the room over to my side of the bed. Ella comes into our room a handful of nights a week and USUALLY these days just crawls in bed with us, undetected, and sleeps soundly till morning. This was NOT one of those nights. This was a night when a 3 year old was HANGRY. She asked me to get her food. "I will in the morning. It's the middle of the night," I replied. She didn't like that and when Ella doesn't like something, she lets you know. She began an epic tantrum that lasted over an hour, which, mixed with surges that were getting stronger and stronger, turned into one exciting entrance for our new baby into the world.<br />
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I got up again to go to the bathroom, feeling a little pressure and some mild surges. I didn't think much of it because one week before, I had been woken up at night by surges that grew so intense that I thought I was going to have the baby. Let me preface this with saying how different it is for me to experience this before active labor begins. In my first 2 pregnancies I felt tightenings here and there that felt like the early progression that can last weeks, but were never painful for me. And my 3rd pregnancy I was feeling these not-painful-tightenings from about 20 weeks on. In my past experiences labor never got intense or felt real UNTIL the point of transition and needing to bear down and breathe while my body and the baby worked together to bring the baby out. The point where, undeniably, “it was time.” So one week prior, I was laying in bed, feeling tightenings and surging that were getting more and more intense. Unfortunately I was giving in to fears more and more. I started getting so fearful that I was physically shaking. I was up for most of the night this way, waking Collin throughout the night. But it never got to a point where I thought I should call Christine, our wonderful midwife. I did text her and let her know what had been happening and she said she was on stand by, and would be here if I needed her. Collin and I were both convinced it would be happening very soon. The next morning he had a meeting and had to leave for just an hour or two but blew up the birth tub and turned on comfort zone (hypnobirthing musician playlist) in the living room. I laid on the blue couch in and out of sleep and the kids played nicely and quietly while the music played on repeat all day long. There was no further noticeable or uncomfortable progression at that point (though I’m sure I had actually and was still progressing a great deal.) Looking back, I am grateful I had this experience and another week of being pregnant to really push me to get through my fears and be very willing to give birth.<br />
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So fast-forward a week as I knelt over the foot of the bed to do some breathing. Ella had calmed down and left the room and brought me some books including one about a home birth where the family is all there together. She was showing me pictures and talking to me about it. I got on the birth ball and kept breathing. Then I got back in bed and turned on Rainbow Relaxation from Hypnobirthing. I was relaxing but Ella started getting upset again and started pushing against my back. I asked Collin to take her out at that point because I couldn't handle it right now. He did and I heard her screaming at him downstairs. I ended up falling asleep and know this helped me progress a great deal. I got up after 30 minutes to go to the bathroom again. At some point I got into the shower, which felt good on my back. The surges were coming stronger now, and Collin suggested calling Christine. This was 5:10am. She lived 30 minutes away, in SLC, and was pregnant herself, so I didn't want to bring her over if it wasn't the real deal but knew Collin was right that I should at least call. I was on the toilet at this point. Christine answered; I assured her that I didn't necessarily need her yet, but wasn't sure. She said she would get dressed and be ready for me if I needed her to come. 5 minutes later (5:15am) she texted that she was going to come over to check on how I was progressing just in case. The surges were enough for me to reply, "that would be good." I called Collin in who had been downstairs and in and out of the room helping Ella and could only point to my phone. I was listening to the Hypnobirthing affirmations, and heard, "each surge brings my baby closer to me." I nodded and said aloud, “yes,” and decided that I had no fears. I was ready. <br />
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There were little signs with birthing affirmations and positive, encouraging words hanging all over the house. My dear friends had made them for me at a blessing way just weeks before. I had my birthing bracelet on too. It has beautiful and unique beads on it, given by and representing strong women and mothers in my life. I felt their strength surrounding me as Collin started setting up the birthing pool (blowing it up and filling up the water.) STILL at this point I wasn't positive that the baby was really coming, haha! The pressure was getting more intense though. I wanted to lay down, but kept having to pee and didn't want to pee anywhere in the house!! I noticed how slowly the water was filling up in the birthing pool.<br />
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I went into our bedroom and laid on our bed on my side. Collin came in, and I could barely speak to ask him to hold up my top leg because I was feeling so tired. He did, then came a BIG BEARING DOWN SURGE. I breathed through it with all my might and my waters BURST on the bed. There was no longer any denial from me and I immediately got up and said, get me in the water! The birth pool at this point was only filled to about 5-6 inches of scalding hot water so...plan B...get me in the shower! I said, "get Fred!" who was downstairs sleeping in his bed and had been begging me every night to not forget to wake him in case this baby came at night. Ella was with me, being so good and so quiet--just excited! Fred came in and was so excited. He woke Hattie up from sleeping on the floor in our room and she happily joined us. They couldn't believe it was finally happening! Collin turned on warm water in the shower, which felt better than I hoped for, and kneeling forward with my hands against the back of the shower I experienced one VERY long very intense surge. I breathed through it again and again, just trying to stay as relaxed as possible and stay out of the way of my strong birthing body and strong brave baby. I reached down and felt the head emerging, as I have done with all of the babes. I thought her head would come with this surge and then I'd have a rest, but nope! Her head and body were all born at once. I caught her slippery body myself and held her to me. Hallelujah! It was over.<br />
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5:35am. <br />
Collin, Fred, Hattie, Ella, baby and me. <br />
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She immediately cried, then when I started to talk to her she got so calm and quiet, recognizing my voice, that Collin worried something was wrong. She was completely fine. Her eyes were closed because the bright lights were on. Fred dimmed them. We were all so happy.<br />
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Collin and Fred announced, “its a girl!” The girls rejoiced! Fred had wanted a brother, but was SO HAPPY. He kept exclaiming how cute she is, and wanted to see her eyes. I heard him run into the hallway, yelling, "yes!!!!!! she's so cute! I can't believe it!" He and hattie were talking to each other about how amazing it was and Hattie said, "It wasn't when I expected at all!!" Their excitement and giant smiles melts my heart so much. <br />
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While I was holding her, sitting back in the shower, she immediately began to nurse, and did so for about 2 hours straight before falling asleep for the next 4 hours. She had worked hard!!<br />
I transferred to our bed, and Christine arrived. She was so happy for us and proud of me. I was able to do what I did with her help and preparation and complete confidence in me. I love her with my whole heart. <br />
When Collin held baby girl for the first time, she promptly pooped on him, a tradition for each of the kids. The placenta was delivered, looked beautiful and healthy, and after a good long time, Hattie cut the cord in one cut. <br />
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We snuggled in, cozy and warm together for a while and then the baby and I were each examined, cleaned up, and passed off, readied to nestle in for the next many weeks together figuring out life and a brand new family of 6. Our kitty, Dot, came and met her and made sure to stay on the bed, protecting us. <br />
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The other 3 adore their sister. They love her and each want to hold her all the time. They are learning to be more careful and gentle; we all have big emotions that go up and down and are all doing our best to be patient with each other. Collin has been holding down the fort, caring for the kids and for me. We've had friends and family come by to talk, visit, clean, give love and support, feed us...we feel so blessed and so grateful for everyone and especially beautiful sweet Annette's and my health and safety. She makes the CUTEST sweetest funniest noises all the time. She's very expressive and even laughs at her own jokes. We love her very much. <br />
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Annette Jolie Smith<br />
August 2, 2019<br />
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8lbs 8oz<br />
21 inches long<br />
wavy light brown hair<br />
grey eyes<br />
adorable little ears<br />
chubby cheeks and double chins<br />
beautiful eyes and nose and mouth<br />
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Maternity photos with the amazing <a href="https://www.bythehedges.com/">Jayna Hedges</a> </div>
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Our last appointment at 40.5 weeks</div>
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And then she was here...<br />
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Read our other birth stories here...<br />
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<a href="http://nicoleem.blogspot.com/2011/09/welcome-to-earth-little-guy.html">Frederick Ian</a><br />
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<a href="http://nicoleem.blogspot.com/2013/12/smiths-become-4-6-with-kitties.html">Harriet Jillian</a><br />
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<a href="http://nicoleem.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-incredible-tale-of-birth-of-ella.html">Ella Claire</a><br />
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Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158091354846575714.post-47415259283398375952019-07-23T13:05:00.001-07:002019-07-23T13:05:15.456-07:00In the days/weeks before your birth...Dear little one, I will be 40 weeks pregnant in two days. I am excited for you to come to our family and my arms. We have been doing lots of fun things this summer to keep busy but also taking it slowly, one day at a time and not over scheduling ourselves. The kids have been doing a summer camp, art and games in the park, and swimming lessons every night for a month. Now we’ve taken a break from it all.<br />
We have been staying close to home, and staying cool as it hit 100 degrees outside this week!!! Friends have been rallying around us, helping me feel loved and supported. We have grown close as a family and we love to have a long breakfast time with stories and reading the Book of Mormon every day. Freddie and Hattie took Moroni’s challenge and prayed about the Book of Mormon to know if it is true. They both said they felt the Holy Ghost tell them it is true and that they felt so happy. Mom and dad love your siblings and are so proud of them. They love each other. We ALL love you.<br />
I have been trying to prepare my mind for labor and birth and have been practicing Hypnobirthing, reading The First Forty Days and a nursing guide book to refresh. We will be together soon.<br />
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