tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28572979978956495862024-03-14T02:11:47.669-07:00The LivingstonsSam and Greg Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425028246453244639noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857297997895649586.post-4551885846470460862020-05-06T19:26:00.001-07:002020-05-06T19:26:12.136-07:00What It Feels Like to Have Depression<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I hate my depression. So much. It grabs a hold of me, choking me, until it feels like I can’t breathe anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Depression changes me. Or it hijacks my personality. Whatever you want to call it, when I’m depressed, it’s not the real me you’d see. It’s as if the happiness part of my brain is suddenly gone, like it took a vacation. It’s as if it is physically not even there anymore. The only parts of my brain that are left are sadness, loneliness, anger, hurt, frustration... So I bounce around between those emotions. I’m all over the place. But the one emotion I can’t seem to get to is happiness. It’s not even an option. So when I hear phrases like “You can choose to be happy,” I just want to SCREAM and say, “I CAN’T! I WOULD IF I COULD. BUT IT ISN’T EVEN AN OPTION FOR ME!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I’m able to show the world that “I’m fine.” No one wants to hear about someone who’s depressed; it’s too much of a downer. So I put on my “happy” mask and show the world that everything is just fine in Sam’s world. Only those closest to me know the truth. But sometimes, when I’m having a particularly hard day, my depression creeps out. And all of a sudden, my “crazy” can be seen by anyone. I yell. I cry. I say things I don’t mean. All to people that don’t really know what’s going on inside of my head. So I appear to be crazy, mean, selfish, etc. I start to feel guilty and worthless because of this sadness and craziness that’s inside of my head. I feel like everyone’s judging me or thinks I’m faking my depression. I don’t even blame people if they do think I’m faking it. It DOES seem fake. But it’s not. It’s truly not fake. It’s sooooo real, and so overpowering. It’s so horrible. I would give anything to have it go away.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Depression makes me feel so overwhelmingly lonely, that I almost think I DESERVE to be alone. So, foolishly, I push everyone away. Greg, my family, my friends, God. I think that no one really knows how I feel. No one could POSSIBLY understand what it feels like to be so out of control and angry and sad and confused. And for no apparent reason! It just HAPPENS! Out of nowhere! I push everyone away. I think, “No one wants to be around me. I don’t even want to be around myself.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Depression can become so overpowering, that I think to myself, “How much longer can I go on feeling this way? I want this hurt and pain and sadness to just go away!” But I feel helpless because I can’t just wishl it away. So I turn to a coping method: sleep. I am ALWAYS so overly exhausted, even after a full night’s sleep. Depression is mentally exhausting. So any chance I get, I nap throughout the day. I put movies on for the girls. I can barely function. And then I start feeling guilty that I’m being a bad mom. It’s this constant battle between, “I’m such a bad mom,” and “I’m doing the very best I can right now.” I don’t know which one to believe. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sleep helps take the pain away for a little bit. I don’t have to feel ANYTHING. I wish I could just sleep for however long these bouts of depression take. Sometimes it’s days. Sometimes it’s weeks. Sometimes it’s even months. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I take medication for it. I’ve switched my dosage several times. I’ve exercised regularly and tried to eat right. I’ve even gone to see a therapist. These have helped, but none are a cure. </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Depression makes me feel hopeless. Like I will never feel happy again. In fact, it makes me forget what happiness even felt like to begin with. I feel like a victim in my own body, taken hostage by my own chemically imbalanced brain.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">My depression frustrates me. Beyond words. I get so angry because if I had a broken leg, I’d probably get meals brought to me every day. I’d have notes given to me by friends or family. I’d get texts asking if I’ve made any improvement. It’s obvious when someone’s leg is broken. It’s not so obvious when someone’s brain is broken. I don’t blame anyone for not knowing what to do. I really don’t. And some people ARE really good about reaching out. Because they get it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">When I’m depressed, the one thing I want is to be taken care of. I want to know that someone else has life under control and can help me. Because my life feels out of control.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The struggle of staying above, the rising water line</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Well the sky is finally open, the rain and wind stopped blowin'</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">But you're stuck out in the same old storm again</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">You hold tight to your umbrella, well, darlin' I'm just tryin' to tell ya</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">That there's always been a rainbow hangin' over your head”</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I have to remember that I’ll get through it. It won’t be easy. It’s going to be really, REALLY hard. But I WILL get through my depression. I’ve always gotten through it, and I’ll continue to. It’s just up to me to have faith that things will get better. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Depression sometimes creeps into my thoughts and says, “Why would God let you go on feeling this way? Doesn’t He care? If He did, why isn’t He helping you? Why can’t you feel Him?” Sometimes I believe those words. Lately, I’ve pushed them away. I KNOW God is there. Depression is a Spirit blocker. Just because I can’t feel Him near DOESN’T mean He isn’t there! I read the book “Silent Souls Weeping” by Jane Clayson Johnson (AMAZING book, by the way). She talks about a woman who suffered from Bipolar Disorder and was hospitalized for a major depressive episode. She was laying in her bed, feeling out of control. Her husband came to visit her. He said that when he entered the room, a huge wall of love hit him. He felt God’s love for her SO strongly. When he started talking to her, she said, in tears, “Why can’t I feel God? He isn’t there!” Her husband looked at her and said, “But He IS there! I felt Him! He loves you so much, even though you can’t feel Him right now!” This story is so tender to me. I have learned that I have to rely on other people’s faith or my own faith that I’ve been able to build throughout my life. That helps immensely.</span></div>
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Samantha Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07148143071419385532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857297997895649586.post-83713020350437003962017-02-02T21:18:00.002-08:002017-02-02T21:18:41.540-08:00When It Rains, It PoursI've been wanting to write about what's going on in my life for the past couple of weeks, but every time I've gone to write something, I just couldn't bring myself to. It's too hard. But I need to write it down... For me, in the future. To remember and to learn.<br />
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I don't really know where to begin, but I'll try my best. Let's just start with the day I took the pill to start my miscarriage...<br />
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On Thursday, January 19, I took Misoprosol, a pill that makes your body start the miscarriage process. It helps your body expel all of the tissue and blood. I took it at around 8:45am and felt nothing for about 6 hours. No cramps, no bleeding. I was starting to get worried that the pill wasn't going to work. But all of a sudden, at around 2:45pm, I started bleeding and cramping HORRIBLY. I was in the bathroom every 15 minutes cleaning myself up.<br />
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This next part is maybe a little bit too much TMI, but I'm going to write about it anyway. Read with caution.<br />
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About an hour after I started bleeding, I started passing extremely large tennis ball-sized clots and tissue. One of the large pieces of tissue was the sac that my baby was in. It fell into my pants, and I just looked at it. And then the tears started pouring. There was my little baby. The baby I could've had. I had to physically let go of that future, and it was one of the hardest, most emotionally taxing moments of my life. I cried so hard.<br />
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Kate had followed me into the bathroom. I couldn't really control what she was doing because I was worrying about me. She watched me cry with bewildered eyes, wondering what was going on. She said, "Mommy, yucky poo poo." I just nodded to her as I cried.<br />
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The rest of that afternoon, I lost a ton of blood. I was changing pads at least 3 times every hour. By 8pm that night, I had started feeling very dizzy when I would stand up. I decided to call my doctor's office. I got the physician's exchange operator and told her that I was being treated for a miscarriage, and I was worried about the amount of blood I was losing.<br />
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The operator asked, "Are you pregnant?"<br />
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"No."<br />
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"Are you within 6 weeks postpartum?"<br />
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"No. I'm having a miscarriage at 10 weeks."<br />
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"I'm so sorry, but your case does not fall under any of our criteria for me to let you talk to a doctor."<br />
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Awkward silence.<br />
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Me: "But I'm having a miscarriage and I'm bleeding a lot. I guess I technically might still be pregnant. I don't know. Can I just talk to a doctor?"<br />
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"No, I'm sorry. You'll have to call during normal business hours."<br />
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Awkward silence.<br />
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Me: "Ok...... I guess I'll call back then."<br />
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And then she hung up.<br />
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I was appalled that she didn't take me more seriously. But I didn't know if I was overreacting about the amount of blood I was losing, so I decided to just let it go.<br />
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Less than two hours later, at around 9:45pm, Greg and I were watching a show, and it was time for me to get up and go clean myself again. I got up very slowly, but I started to feel dizzy. I walked over to the bathroom and sat on the toilet.<br />
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All of a sudden, I started feeling extremely dizzy, and I noticed some blood on the floor. I called to Greg, "Hey hon! Can you come over here? I think I need your help."<br />
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Greg came over to me pretty quickly. And then it happened. It was as if my body was tingling, starting with my toes and moving toward my head. Greg said he asked me a question like, "What do you need help with?" My ears were muffled, and I told him, "I can't hear you. I can't really hear anything." And then I passed out.<br />
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Greg caught me before I hit my head on anything. He laid me down. I was out for about 20 seconds, and Greg said those were the scariest 20 seconds of his life. He had never had anyone pass out in front of him like that. He said he laid me down, turned me on my side, and started kind of slapping my face, calling for me to wake up.<br />
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As I started to wake up, I felt really warm and oddly happy. Like I was having a really happy dream. I felt GOOD! But when I looked up at Greg, I saw he was crying. I said, "Hon, what happened? What's wrong?" Completely out of it. He said, "You passed out. You passed out." And then he called 911.<br />
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About 8 paramedics/firefighters came speeding to our house and up our stairs. I was very calm and very out of it, laying on my bathroom floor. The paramedics came in, asked me a million questions, and took my blood pressure. Everything looked normal. Then they tried to have me sit on the toilet. Immediately, my face turned pale white and my blood pressure dropped 20 points. I felt like I was going to throw up. They laid me back down and told me, "We recommend taking you to the hospital. It seems to us that you are losing too much blood."<br />
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During this encounter, Greg called our good friend Sara to come over and watch Kate (even though she was sleeping the entire time) so we could go to the hospital together. As I was being carried downstairs in the stretcher, Sara showed up and touched my arm, as if to say, "Hi. I'm here." It was really comforting, and I am forever grateful that she was there for us so quickly in our time of need.<br />
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As I rode in the ambulance, Greg drove behind us in our car. The paramedic that was looking after me was so kind and made me feel better about the situation. He told me he had a little 2 year old girl at home too. We talked about how fun and hard little toddlers are. Then I looked at him with tears in my eyes and said, "This sucks." He looked back and said, "I can't imagine what you're going through. I'm really sorry."<br />
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Just a little side note: ambulance rides are not super fun. They put an IV in my arm, but as the paramedic was about to put the needle in, we hit a bump, and he missed the vein. So he had to retry. I hate IV needles.<br />
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I got to the hospital, and that same paramedic told me, "Sam, I will be right by your side the entire time until we get you a nurse." That made me feel better about being in the ER. I told whoever was around me, "Please find my husband. Where is he?" They assured me that they would find him for me.<br />
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I got to my room and a nurse came in to take my vitals and make sure I was doing ok for the moment. And then Greg finally came in. We both just hugged and cried a little bit. I was so glad to have him there. Once we kind of settled down, I told him in a teasing way, "Hey, I got to ride in an ambulance! Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?" I don't think he appreciated the jokes.<br />
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A while later, the ER doctor came in to talk to me. They took some blood from my arm to check my blood count. He said he wanted me to do an ultrasound to see what was going on. Before he left, he said, "Just so you know, we are very busy tonight. Expect to be here for a few hours." Great.<br />
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Greg and I were alone in my room for about 45 minutes after that. We decided that he needed to call Sara to let her know what was going on, but the entire hospital didn't have cell phone reception. So Greg said he was going to leave me for a little bit to find some reception. I thought, <i>No big deal. It's probably going to take a long time for them to come in to do the ultrasound.</i><br />
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Literally 2 minutes after he left, the ultrasound technician came in and wheeled me out of my room down to a different part of the hospital to do an ultrasound. At this point, I hadn't stood up since passing out, so she did an abdominal ultrasound first. Then she told me to go use the restroom and come back so she could do a vaginal ultrasound. They do vaginal ultrasounds because it's easier to see in the uterus. I was so nervous. Greg wasn't with me, and I was standing up for the first time since being at home. I was scared I was going to pass out again. As I went to the restroom, I was constantly thinking, "Please Heavenly Father. Let me just get through this short little restroom visit without any problems." Over and over again.<br />
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Thankfully, I made it back to my bed, and she did the vaginal ultrasound. It took at least 30 minutes to do, and when she was done, she wheeled me out into the hallway and said, "I can't take you back to your room right now because I have to send the ultrasound pictures to the radiologist. And they are too busy at the ER to have someone come get you. So you'll have to wait until I'm finished." So, great. More waiting.<br />
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After probably a half hour, another technician came and wheeled me back to my room. Greg said he was waiting for at least an hour for me to come back. And then we waited in my room for another 2 hours for the results.<br />
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Finally, the doctor came in and said, "Good news. It looks like all of the tissue is out of your uterus, which means your chances of having an infection are very low now. Also, your hemoglobin count came back in normal ranges, so you don't need a transfusion." He then told me to come back to the ER if I got a fever, or if I passed out again, or if I was bleeding through 2 pads in an hour. Honestly, I don't think he took me super seriously with how bad the whole episode had been. I think he thought I just passed out because I saw too much blood. Maybe. But I kind of doubt it.<br />
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Thankfully, we were free to go. It was about 2am at that point, so we rushed home to relieve Sara. Thank the heavens above for Sara. She really came to our rescue. She was our angel that night.<br />
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After that night, my bleeding slowed down a lot. I was bleeding consistently still, but it wasn't accompanied by huge clots anymore, so that was good.<br />
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The next Tuesday, I went to go get a root canal. I was actually very excited to get it done because I hadn't been able to chew on my right side of my mouth for like 7 months! But I wasn't super excited about having to pay for it, even though I knew going in that it would be expensive to get the root canal and crown.<br />
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I got the root canal done, and looked forward to my doctor's appointment for that Friday. I wasn't worried about doing the ultrasound at all because the radiologist at the ER said all of the tissue was out.<br />
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But, the radiologist was wrong. I got to my doctor's office, did the ultrasound, and then went to see my doctor. She came in and said, "So, it looks like you still have some tissue in your uterus."<br />
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<i>What.</i><br />
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"You have about 1.7 cm of tissue still lining your uterus. If you had less than 1 cm, I would say your body is doing the job and we don't need to do anything about it. But since you have more, you need to take another dose of the miscarriage medicine."<br />
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I HATE that medicine. Hate it.<br />
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My doctor said that when I took the next dose, the bleeding was going to be very similar to the last time- heavy, with big clots. I was seriously mortified.<br />
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I left the office, so angry and upset. I asked God, "Why? Why can't my body just get through this on it's own? I don't want to go through that bleeding again. I can't. It's too much, Father. Please."<br />
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I decided not to take the medicine until the next day because dang it, I was going to go to Disneyland with Greg that night and enjoy myself before I had to go through that pain again.<br />
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Saturday morning, I took the medication, really nervous about what was about to happen.<br />
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But nothing happened. My bleeding got a tiny bit heavier, but other than that, nothing.<br />
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I was a little torn. On the one hand, I was happy to not have to go through that dreadful experience again, but on the other hand, if nothing was happening, did that mean that the tissue was still inside?<br />
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The next Monday was rough. Not because of the bleeding, but because I just couldn't take what was going on in my life anymore. I was super emotional. I cried and cried to Greg, telling him how hurt I was, and how much pain I was feeling that I couldn't really move on from this experience yet. Up until the ultrasound where they found more tissue, I had held it together pretty well. I was beginning to feel like I could move on. And then I get this bomb dropped on me. It's not over. It's not even over yet.<br />
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I cried about the miscarriage. And then I cried about our finances. I had just gotten a bill for $1400 from the AMBULANCE ride, let alone the hospital. I hadn't even gotten that bill yet. We have pretty good insurance that I hoped would cover most of that, but just seeing $1400 in my face was overwhelming. I cried about the expenses for the root canal and crown. It's just so expensive. I cried about other financial problems we were facing. We weren't in debt or completely broke, but I just felt like we kept getting hit, over and over and over again. We couldn't save anything because of just one thing after another.<br />
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I had lost it. I began feeling like God had abandoned me. I recognized His hand in some pretty amazing ways during this experience like friends bringing dinners, or flowers, or offering to watch Kate, or offering to just talk. That was really important to me, and I know that God was watching out for us. But I felt like I couldn't feel His love for me directly from HIM. And I was a little upset about that. I prayed and BEGGED Him to let me feel His love for me. I knew in my mind that He loved me, but I just couldn't FEEL it. I wanted to feel like someone knew exactly how I was feeling, but I didn't feel like I was getting that. I was hurting so incredibly bad, and I just felt like he had forgotten about me. And so I fell into despair.<br />
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The next Wednesday, my friends were meeting up at the park to have all of our little ones play together. I was really excited to just get out and do something fun. I pulled up to the park, and stood up. All of a sudden, I felt giant clot after giant clot, over and over again, fall into my pants. The blood was so thick that it soaked my pants down to my knees. I quickly got back in the car, freaking out. Luckily I had some newspaper in the passenger seat, so I shoved it under me to hopefully stop some of the blood from getting on the seat. I called Greg and told him what was happening. I was freaking out. The entire drive home, I could feel so much blood and clots just spewing. Kate kept saying, "Mommy! Park!" But I was just in my own world at this point.<br />
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When I got home and parked the car, I really didn't know what to do. I knew I had to get upstairs and into my shower, but I also knew that if I stood up, it was going to be a bloody disaster. As I sat in my seat, I turned and unlocked Kate's seat belt and opened her door. I told her, "You are in charge of getting yourself upstairs, ok?"<br />
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I stood up and blood gushed. It seeped all the way down my pants, almost all the way to my ankles. Kate wasn't moving. She kept saying, "Mommy, park!" I bribed her with everything I could throw at her to get her up to our house. I waddled to my house and up the stairs, blood dripping behind me the entire way.<br />
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I ran to the shower and stripped down. It was a murder scene. I sat down in the bathtub and just cried and cried. Harder than I ever have.<br />
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All of a sudden, I heard this voice come into my head. It said, "I am SO sorry that you have to go through this. But this is the only way. It's the only way to move on from this miscarriage and pass the tissue." I heard that over and over again, and I kept saying out loud, through hysterical tears, "I know. I know. I know." Heavenly Father let me know that He was there with me.<br />
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Still hysterical, I prayed to Heavenly Father and said, "Please, PLEASE help me to just calm down! I'm hysterical!" I was basically hyperventilating. Immediately, I'm telling you, IMMEDIATELY, I calmed down and stopped crying. I know that that was also Heavenly Father, letting me know He was there.<br />
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I tried to imagine Him just holding me as I sat in the bathtub under the shower. I needed Him.<br />
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I stayed in the shower for about 30 minutes, waiting for the blood to slow down enough for me to get out and put some clothes on. I called Greg and just cried and cried to him. I couldn't believe what had just happened.<br />
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About an hour after the initial bleeding started, it slowed way down. I felt like the worst was over, but it was extremely traumatizing. I had several people offer to bring dinner over that day. I had a friend come over and listen to me cry and vent and be upset. She will never know how much that meant to me. I was completely open with her about how I was feeling, and she basically told me that it's ok for me to be feeling frustrated, upset, sad, and hurt and that I should just embrace that for a little while.<br />
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That day and night, I kept pleading with Heavenly Father, "Please, Father. I just can't take any more. I can't handle any more. Please don't give me any more. Please remove this burden from me. I'm falling apart."<br />
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The next morning at about 6am, I woke up feeling extremely nauseous, like I was going to throw up. I couldn't even get out of bed, I felt TERRIBLE. I laid in bed and thought, "Are. You. Kidding. Me."<br />
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The entire day, I laid in bed, feeling nauseous the entire time. Kate was super unhappy with me for not playing or being able to take care of her. But I couldn't get up without throwing up. I literally was crawling on the floor when I had to help her. I threw up, violently. I thought that I had the flu because Kate had had a 24 hour bug a couple days before where she was throwing up too.<br />
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I thought, "This seriously can't be happening." I cried to Heavenly Father and asked, "WHY! Why can't I catch a break? Why is this still happening?! I thought we came to an understanding! I can't do this!"<br />
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But then I thought, "Yes I can. I can do this. I don't want to do this. I HATE this. But Heavenly Father knows me better than I know myself. He knows I can handle this. I don't know why this is happening, but He is stretching me. He is teaching me something. I don't know what it is yet, but He is teaching me."<br />
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When Greg got home that afternoon, I had gotten a low-grade fever, the nausea was still in full force, I couldn't get up from the couch, and I felt like I was dying. Greg is a saint. He immediately got to work. He cleaned the entire house. He took care of Kate. He went and cleaned the seat in my car from all the blood. He got dinner going. He got me whatever I needed. I love him so much. I can't even put it into words.<br />
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By the evening, I was starting to get worried that I might have an infection in my uterus and that's what was causing all of the fever and upset stomach. Greg kindly called the doctor again, after hours, and they had a doctor call us. The doctor said she thought I had the flu, and that she didn't think there was anything to worry about. Thank the heavens.<br />
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I have another ultrasound tomorrow to see if all the tissue is out, and I'm trying to be prepared for the worst, but hoping for the best.<br />
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Life is really, really hard. There have been moments through all of this that I've really thought, "I just can't do it." I've hated what I've gone through. But I have learned that people care about you when you're going through hard trials. People are there for you. Heavenly Father sends those people to us to let us know that He cares and that He is there. It's not always easy to see that. In fact, for a while, I couldn't see that. But looking at the entire situation, I realize, God loves me. He is there. He's not always going to take away our pain, but it's for a reason. I don't know the reason yet, but I have faith that He loves me and wants what is best for me.<br />
<br />Samantha Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07148143071419385532noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857297997895649586.post-36140953741621739702017-01-19T14:47:00.000-08:002017-01-19T16:54:02.315-08:00Miscarriages are MiserableWhen Greg and I found out I was pregnant with baby #2 at the end of November, we were thrilled! Our lives were about to change again when our new little bundle of joy would enter our world in August of 2017. We told Katherine over and over again that there was a little baby in Mommy's tummy. We asked her if she wanted a baby brother or a baby sister, and she would reply, "Baby sissuhs." We told our parents and a couple other people, but we were so excited to have our own little secret that we decided to wait to tell the world for a little while. Getting pregnant was so easy for me, and although I was SO nervous about this new journey we were embarking on, I was beyond excited to meet another little perfect angel and be his or her Mommy.<br />
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After Christmas, I went to my first doctor's appointment. I was 9 weeks along, and I was so anxious to see my little bean on the ultrasound. I brought Kate with me to the appointment and kept telling her that she was going to see her new little baby brother or sister.<br />
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The ultrasound technician was very kind and kept complimenting Kate on how cute and good she was being. Then she started the ultrasound. As soon as I saw my little one on the screen, my heart was so happy! But then, I heard the words no mother wants to hear:<br />
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<i>"I can't find a heartbeat."</i><br />
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It was as if my own heart had stopped beating. All of a sudden, my body felt cold and started shaking.<br />
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What? Did she say no heartbeat? That can't be.<br />
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And then, more daggers to my heart:<br />
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<i>"You're measuring only 6 weeks, when you should be measuring 9."</i><br />
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Breathe. Breathe in. Breathe out.<br />
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The technician told me that this could mean so many things, but that she'd let my doctor talk to me about it in a few minutes. And then she left.<br />
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As I went over to the suite where my appointment with my doctor would be, I tried focusing on Kate to keep my mind preoccupied. But I was in a daze.<br />
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When the nurse called me back, I tried to seem happy. But when we got to my room and she started asking me questions about how far along I was and how this pregnancy was going, I didn't know what to say. I didn't really know what was happening.<br />
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I sat for a while with Kate on my lap, waiting for the doctor. So many thoughts kept racing through my mind: <i>Maybe I got my dates wrong and I really am 6 weeks along, not 9. Maybe the ultrasound was wrong. Maybe I ovulated later than I actually thought. Maybe this is totally normal. Stop thinking the worst! It's going to be fine! I'm not cramping or bleeding- there's no signs of miscarriage. This baby is going to be fine!</i><br />
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My doctor finally came in, and Kate started screaming. Screaming at the top of her lungs. She normally was super comfortable around doctors, so this was strange. I tried to calm her down, with no success. The doctor tried to talk to me over the screaming. She said that she wasn't exactly sure what was going on with the pregnancy, so she wanted me to come back in a week and do a second ultrasound to see if there is any growth. Right before she left the room, I asked her, "So, have I had a miscarriage?" She answered, a little solemnly, "Yes, I think that you have most likely had a miscarriage. But we just want to make sure before we make any decisions about what to do."<br />
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When I heard those words, I knew what was ahead. I knew that I had lost my baby. <b>I just knew it.</b> I had lost this baby's future. And my family's future in August.<br />
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I carried screaming Kate out of the doctor's office and quickly walked to the car, the entire time thinking, <i>"Hold it together. Hold it together!"</i><br />
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At the car, Kate had calmed down, and I put her in her car seat as fast as I could. I jumped into the front seat. All of a sudden, the weight of the world was on my shoulders. I started bawling. I cried harder than I had in a long, long time. I felt deeply sad, hurt, hopeless, angry, frustrated, and confused.<br />
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I called Greg as soon as I had calmed down a little bit, but as soon as he answered, the tears came back. "Greg, the doctor thinks I've had a miscarriage." He had no idea, he was blindsided. He started tearing up, too, and we both just kind of sat for a few seconds in silence as we both cried. I explained that it wasn't an official miscarriage, but that I had a feeling that it was. It most likely was. We were devastated.<br />
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I called my mom immediately after talking to Greg, and the tears just kept coming. She felt so bad and so sorry for me.<br />
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At this point, I decided it was time to drive home. But suddenly, I thought of a good friend of mine who had gone through this exact same experience. I called her up and again, started crying and told her everything that had happened. I went over to her house, and she gave me a huge hug as I cried. She let me just talk about how I was feeling, and she talked about her feelings when it happened to her. I will never be able to express how much those moments meant to me. Those moments when I was deeply hurt and needed someone to talk to.<br />
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I went home and found Greg there, home from work. He gave me a giant hug, and we were both at a loss for words. Finally, I started telling him how I was feeling- sad, hurt, angry, confused, frustrated... I <i>hated</i> how I was feeling.<br />
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From there, I decided to try and suppress the horrible emotions I was feeling. I found that if I kept myself busy and tried not to think about it, I could act and appear just fine. But then, there would be random moments where it would just hit me all over again, and I'd break out into a crying episode. It was like this that whole week, waiting for the second ultrasound- back and forth. <i>I'm fine... Now I'm not.</i><br />
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During that week of waiting for the next ultrasound, I started noticing some things on social media. As I'd be scrolling through the feeds, I saw picture after picture after picture of friends that were pregnant and due around the same time I was supposed to be due. I saw friends having beautiful babies. I saw so much happiness, and I was very happy for them. But I was also feeling really hurt and extremely envious. It wasn't their fault that I was feeling like this. It was my own fault. I let myself feel that way. I wanted what they had. I HAD what they had, but now it was all taken away. It wasn't fair. Why was this my fate?<br />
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I wasn't mad at God. I was just confused. Why had I felt so good about getting pregnant and having another baby, but then when I got pregnant, I had a miscarriage? Right before I got pregnant, I felt like God and Greg and I were on the same page, that Greg and I should have another baby. That the timing was perfect. But now this? Why?<br />
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I knew that miscarriages are common, but I always thought that they happened to other people. It wouldn't happen to me. But it did. At least, unofficially. I felt a little silly for being so sad about a little baby inside of me that probably didn't make it past 6 weeks, but I couldn't help but feel this deep, deep sadness. I all of a sudden realized that if I was feeling this way about a baby that I lost at 6 weeks of pregnancy, how much more would it hurt to have a miscarriage later on in pregnancy or have a stillborn child or have multiple miscarriages or deal with infertility? That would just be horrible. My heart aches for people that have to go through that.<br />
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As I neared my second ultrasound, my mindset shifted. I was still extremely sad, but for some reason, there was this thought in the back of my mind that there was a chance that this baby was still alive. After all, the doctor didn't officially tell me that I had had a miscarriage. There was still hope! I started feeling like those were dangerous thoughts to be having. If I let myself feel this hope and it turned out that it was a miscarriage, I would be even more devastated. I decided to allow the hope to be there, but to not expect any good news. I expected it to be a miscarriage, but if it wasn't, all the better!<br />
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My dear friend offered to watch Kate as I went to my second ultrasound. It was nice not to have to worry about another little person during this time; however, not having Kate made it so that my mind wasn't distracted from what was coming. It was all I could think about as I drove to the doctor's office.<br />
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When the ultrasound technician called me back to my room, I took some deep breaths. She left the room as I got undressed from the waist down. It felt like an eternity as I waited for her to come into the room and start the ultrasound. My mind kept going back and forth. <i>The baby might still be alive! No, I've had a miscarriage.</i><br />
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The ultrasound technician didn't say a word as she did the ultrasound, which made everything 100 times worse. I could see the little fetus on the screen, but I had no idea what to even look for on an ultrasound. Finally, after about 5 minutes, she turned to me and said, "You were measuring 6 weeks last week. Now you are measuring 5. Your sac has shrunk. I couldn't find a heartbeat either. I am so sorry for your loss." And she left the room.<br />
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Devastation. That's really all I can say about how I was feeling. There was no room for anything else.<br />
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I walked over to my doctor's suite with my head down. I didn't talk to a single person. I barely said a word to the receptionist. I sat down and stared at the floor. I had no cell phone reception, so I couldn't even get a text or a call out to Greg or anyone. I felt utterly alone.<br />
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The same nurse from before called me back after 40 minutes of sitting in the waiting room. When we got to my room, she was about to ask me a question about my pregnancy, but stopped herself when she saw that I had had a miscarriage on the computer she had with her. "Two pregnancies. One birth, one miscarriage," she said as she entered information onto the computer. <i>There it was.</i><br />
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I waited for my doctor for about 20 minutes, alone again. Now all I could think about was, "What now? I have to pass this sac inside of me. And then what?"<br />
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My doctor came in and confirmed that I had indeed had a miscarriage. She said the fetus probably hadn't even had a single heartbeat. She then proceeded to explain my options to me:<br />
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<b>Option 1:</b> Wait it out and hope that my body figures out that I've had a miscarriage. I should start to bleed and cramp and pass the baby. But we don't know when that will even happen, or IF it will even happen on its own.<br />
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<b>Option 2: </b>Take medication to induce the miscarriage. It would basically make my body start cramping and bleeding and pass the baby. I had heard horror stories about this option, with people bleeding so bad that they had to have an emergency D&C. My doctor assured me that those cases were very rare. She said that one of two things could happen: either the medication wouldn't do anything and I'd have to have a D&C anyway, or it would work how it is supposed to and flush everything out in a couple of days. She said that I would also have extremely bad cramping and HEAVY bleeding.<br />
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<b>Option 3: </b>Get a D&C. My doctor said that this was the quickest and least painful way to get everything flushed out. The only downside is that it is a surgical procedure, so any risks associated with surgery are there.<br />
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Well, none of these options sounded great. I wanted to have a baby in August, not flush it out right now. But obviously that wasn't going to happen. So I chose Option 2. I would take the medication.<br />
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My doctor explained how to use the medication. And then she switched gears and told me that it was ok for me to be feeling sad and hurt. She told me that I should not suppress those feelings, that doing so would only make it worse in the long run. She said I needed to grieve and mourn the loss of this future that I almost had. She said that I would probably go home and blame myself for this happening- if only I hadn't worked out that day, if only I hadn't taken the ibuprofen that day, then I'd still be pregnant. But she said that I needed to remember that there was nothing I could have done to prevent this from happening. She said she had looked at my health and lifestyle records and I was extremely healthy. This is just something that happened. I was in tears as she said this to me. I really needed to hear all of that right then.<br />
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The rest of the day, I pretty much did nothing. Kate napped for a while, and I just laid down. I figured I deserved at least that. I started thinking about this medication that I was going to take in the morning. And having to deal with the physical aspects of this miscarriage- the blood and the cramping and the passing of the baby. I suddenly started crying as I realized I was going to have to physically let go of this future child that I could've had. For some reason, this was so hard to think about. That I'd actually physically have to pass this little one.<br />
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I prayed and prayed and prayed! I asked Father in Heaven to please give me comfort and courage to do what I had to do. With tears in my eyes, I pleaded with Him for these two gifts. I was so sad and so scared.<br />
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Thankfully, He gave me those two gifts. It didn't make any of the pain go away, but He made it so that I could bear it and that I could have enough courage to press forward.<br />
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Dealing with the physical parts of having a miscarriage is a miserable, miserable experience. That's all I'll say about that.<br />
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When you find out you've had a miscarriage, especially when there have been absolutely no signs of it, the last thing you want to do is deal with the bleeding and cramping and everything that comes with that. But you have to have courage and just do it. No matter how nervous or sad you're feeling. You have to rely on God. Otherwise, you'll just feel alone at all times. If you pray and ask for His help and comfort, <i><b>HE WILL GIVE IT TO YOU.</b></i><br />
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I asked Greg if he thought God was hurting as much as I was. After all, He can see the bigger picture. He can see that I will probably have more children in the future, and that this experience is a short one in the grand scheme of things. But I can't see those things right now, even though I have faith and hope that they will happen. Right now, I'm just hurting. I'm hurting really deeply. Greg said, "Of course He feels as hurt as you. Probably more. He loves you and hates seeing you so sad. And He is also probably sad that another one of His children couldn't come to earth just yet."<br />
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I have faith that that's true. I have hope that things are going to be ok, and that I'll look back at this experience in a few years and realize that everything did turn out ok. But for now, I'm going to mourn and grieve and be sad. I've never gone through anything like this, and it's really hard. I need to be able to mourn. And that's ok. It's expected, and it's normal.<br />
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<br />Samantha Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07148143071419385532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857297997895649586.post-86643719054760399832016-03-28T21:06:00.001-07:002016-03-28T21:06:19.308-07:00I Just Love My Little Boo Bear<div style="text-align: center;">
Tonight, Greg and I were doing FHE with Kate. We pulled out a picture of President Hinckley, and we were trying to explain why prophets are important to us. As I was talking to Kate, she grabbed the picture, leaned all the way over, and kissed President Hinckley. It was the sweetest thing! She also does that to the pictures of Jesus in her room. Almost every night, she points to the pictures (there are like 3 of Jesus), and when we give them to her, she gives them kisses. Seriously, it is the cutest thing ever.</div>
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Kate is just such a sweetheart. She has been a lot more cuddly lately, which is a giant step for her. She's been giving us kisses and hugs and just wants to be with us. She has major stranger anxiety right now. If people stay like 5 feet away from her, she's super friendly, but if they get any closer, she jumps right into my lap or arms. It's actually pretty cute.</div>
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The past few weeks, Katherine has been cutting 4 molars. It has been INSANE. She does NOT handle it well, and so it makes for one angry little baby. I don't blame her- cutting teeth is horrible! I'd be crying too! I totally did cry when my wisdom teeth came in. But even though I feel for her, it doesn't make it any easier being the mom that has to take care of the crying, screaming, wailing baby. There are times when I try everything up my sleeve and she STILL isn't happy. I just tell myself that this teething will be over soon, and I can get through it. We both can get through it. When she isn't screaming or wailing, she is the SWEETEST little girl.</div>
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Greg and I are going to Europe in June. Greg has to go do an audit at a company in Lausanne, Switzerland, so I'm going to come with him and we will make a big trip out of it! We will go to Switzerland, Austria, and Italy (maybe France and Germany, too). We are having Diane come and watch Kate for 2 weeks while we are there. I'm really excited, but SO nervous to leave Kate. Honestly, it gives me anxiety just thinking about leaving her. I know she will be ok, I totally know that. But I haven't been apart from her for more than like 6 hours (not including sleeping) her entire life! I'm nervous that she won't know what is going on and will think we abandoned her, and I'm nervous that I won't be able to handle being away from her. I really do want to go on this trip because I think Greg and I need it (and we deserve it), but I just get so sad at the same time.</div>
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As you can tell, I am basically obsessed with Kate. My heart could explode with the love I have for her. She is the sweetest, cutest, happiest, most beautiful girl I've ever met. I'm so glad that she is all mine.</div>
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<br />Samantha Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07148143071419385532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857297997895649586.post-66760870532345197302016-03-28T20:53:00.000-07:002016-03-28T20:53:30.047-07:00My Baby is ONE!<div style="text-align: center;">
When people tell you not to blink because once you open your eyes, your baby will be in college, they aren't far from the truth. I feel like I just had Katherine yesterday. And now she's one year old! She's not my little tiny baby anymore- she's a toddler!</div>
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She loves to walk everywhere and get into everything. She sometimes likes to crawl really fast and be silly. </div>
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She loves pointing at everything and clapping. She especially loves grabbing my hands and making me clap. She just giggles and giggles.</div>
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She is an awesome dancer! Seriously anytime a song comes on, no matter what song, she just stops what she's doing and starts bouncing up and down or back and forth on her feet. Once, we were walking on the sidewalk, and a car drove past with some rap music playing, and Katherine stopped and started bouncing. It was hilarious!</div>
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She loves to eat everything she can get her hands on, and that includes toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and toilet water. </div>
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Her favorite foods are bananas and grapes, by far. She really hates apples and tomatoes. But she's generally a good eater.</div>
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She loves to babble and "talk." She can't say any distinct words yet, even though Greg swears she says "dada."</div>
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She LOVES books- she brings them over to me and tries to sit in my lap for me to read to her. Books are some of her favorite things.</div>
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She loves to giggle and play peek-a-boo. She goes over to our curtains and hides behind them, and when her little head emerges, we say "Peek-a-boo!" and she loves that.</div>
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She puts so many things over her head to be silly. She'll put clothes, books, toys, strings, towels, etc. over her head or around her neck (sometimes it's a little dangerous). She's so funny.</div>
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She has the cutest little giggle. You can get her really riled up when you tickle her (especially her thighs and armpits), and she absolutely LOVES it.</div>
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She climbs on everything. If there is anything right next to the couch, she uses it to climb up onto the couch. Once she's on the couch, she loves to be silly and flop herself all over the pillows. And yes, she has fallen one or two times. It was the scariest thing. But she's ok. She also grabs onto the top of my dresser (it's not a tall one) and just hangs from it or tries to climb up. There's also a little paint can next to my dresser, and she uses it to stand on and grab things from on top of my dresser.</div>
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She loves playing in her "kitchen." A girl from our ward gave us a play kitchen set a few weeks ago, and Katherine is seriously obsessed. It's her favorite thing. She loves to try to eat the play food. She doesn't quite get that it's pretend yet.</div>
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She is not a huge cuddler. Not even when she is hurt or crying. She doesn't love giving or getting kissies, but there are those rare times when I ask her for a kissie, and she stops moving her head, looks at me, and leans forward to kiss me. THAT IS THE CUTEST THING EVER.</div>
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She has started to help me when I'm trying to put her clothes on. She'll push her arms through the sleeves, and she puts her legs up to push them through the pants when she's laying on the ground.</div>
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She has slept through the night since she was about 9 months old. She's so good at not screaming or crying that when she wakes up from her naps, she even just sits there and doesn't make a sound for a little while (I know this because sometimes I go in there and she's just sitting there playing with her stuffed animal bunny).</div>
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She loves when I chase her around the house and then she gets to chase me. She just giggles and giggles!</div>
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She loves to try to mimic what Greg and I do. For instance, when we smack our lips, she tries to do it too. Or when I blow kisses to her, you can tell she's trying to figure it out and do it too. Or when I tell her to say "Hi" or "Bye bye" and wave, she waves too. It's seriously the cutest.</div>
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She's kind of a little bully with other kids. And by bully, I just mean that she doesn't really care that other kids are playing with toys, she will just go over and forcefully take whatever she wants out of their hands. Little stinker.</div>
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She does love other babies though. Depending on her mood. Sometimes she just squeals and gets so excited and points when she sees other kids. She has some cute little friends, Audrey, Gemma, and Lyla that she loves to play with. She also loves to play with Savannah and Sterling, but if they try to hold her hand or anything like that, she just SCREAMS.</div>
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Speaking of her scream, she has the LOUDEST scream I've ever heard from a baby. I'm not kidding. It is ear piercing. I've never heard another baby scream as loudly or as crazily as Katherine. She has got some lungs. I actually get that a lot from other random people that we meet at the store or when we are shopping.</div>
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She is really good at squatting. It's no easy feat. Trust me, I've tried. She does it with her bum almost touching the floor. It takes a lot of balance!</div>
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When we are cooking in the kitchen, she has to be in our arms seeing what's going on. She HATES being short.</div>
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If I'm taking a shower, she thinks it's hilarious to pull the shower curtain to the side and play peek-a-boo. It makes for a freezing shower.</div>
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She LOVES the beach! On Christmas Eve day, Greg, Ann Marie, my dad, Katherine, and I went to Seal Beach. My dad was put in charge of watching Kate while the rest of us took some pictures for my jewelry company. Next thing I know, I look over and Katherine was basically rolling around in the sand with her clothes on (not a swimsuit). It was a hilarious sight to see, but not fun when she started getting cold because she was soaking wet. </div>
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She loves holding the iPhones. I don't know how, but she just knows where they are and sneakily grabs them and runs away. She doesn't give them up easily either.</div>
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She's a VERY smart girl. She impresses me every day with how smart she is. For instance, she knows she isn't supposed to get into the garbage, but she does it anyway. When I start heading over to her to stop her from grabbing the trash, she immediately knows what's going on and starts running away, usually with some trash in her hands. Sometimes it is an absolute mess.</div>
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She hates the stroller. I've pretty much given up trying to put her in it when we go shopping. She just wants to be out walking around. By herself. No hand holding.</div>
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She's obsessed with the dishwasher. She comes up and grabs a knife or fork or spoon and just runs away with it.</div>
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She loves to rough house with daddy. He tickles and throws her onto a pile of pillows and stuff like that. She giggles the entire time.</div>
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Church is basically a nightmare with Katherine. She doesn't sit still at all, and she screams in the middle of the chapel during sacrament meeting if she can't walk around. So, I take her out into the halls the first hour, and then Greg takes her out in the halls the second and third hours while I'm playing piano in Primary. Church with a baby stinks. Especially 11am church (right during nap time). We just cling onto the fact that she will be in nursery in 6 months and we can go back to having a good, spiritual church meeting again.</div>
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She does REALLY well with new people. She's definitely not one of those shy babies. We've had others babysit her a few times, and she's done really well every time. She doesn't scream when we leave. Hopefully that lasts.</div>
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She throws tantrums still, but they aren't as bad as they were a couple months ago. She gets over them pretty quickly. We've just ignored her when she starts screaming, and when she knows she's not going to get attention out of it, she stops.<br />
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You know, parenthood is such an ever-changing roller coaster of emotions and new adventures. As a parent with a newborn, you just can't wait until they start to smile, and when they do, it just melts your heart. And then you can't wait until they can roll over, and when they do, you are just bursting with pride. And then you can't wait for them to eat real food and crawl and walk and talk...</div>
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But what you aren't expecting is that along with all of these amazing milestones comes a little personality from that darling sweet baby. And not every part of that personality is darling and sweet.</div>
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Unfortunately for Greg and me, our little not-even-11-month-old has figured out that she can throw tantrums. She can throw them in stores while we are shopping. She can throw them when we take something away from her. She can throw them when she's hungry. She can throw them just to throw them. Like, if she's bored. And I'm not talking just simple crying. I'm talking stomping her feet, falling onto her bottom, SCREAMING tantrums.</div>
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This is the face I get a lot:</div>
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I have become that mother in the store that looks around me with sorry eyes while my screaming baby runs around terrorizing the merchandise. I have become that mother who stands next to the sink and takes one or two or ten deep breaths while her baby stomps her feet, falls on her bum, and screams at the top of her lungs. I can't tell you how many silent prayers I say in one day.</div>
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I mean, my baby is not even one year old, and she already stomps her feet and tries to hide that dangerous pencil in her hand from me. Isn't she a little young to be that smart? Am I missing something here? </div>
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I guess I should count myself lucky that she's just so smart... So smart that she's already testing my limits!</div>
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I have a feeling that this little girl is going to be giving me a run for my money and teaching me new things every day of my life. Like how to be patient. Or how to successfully lock myself in the bathroom without hearing the screams.</div>
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I know that I need to cut myself some slack and remember that this is all new to both Katherine and me. I've never had to parent a screaming baby, and she's never had to control herself. We are both learning, and I know it will take a lot of time and patience on both of our parts. I'm sure I'll look back at this blog post in 10 years and laugh at how naive I was. But I guess that's the point: I AM naive. I've never done this before, and I'm learning. I'm excited to learn how to be a parent.</div>
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Here are some things we've been up to the past 5 months (the pictures are a little out of order)!</div>
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We went whale watching!</div>
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We went to a pumpkin patch in Irvine with Greg and Karina and the kids.</div>
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We went up to Utah at the beginning of September to celebrate Chris and Bailey's marriage! </div>
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Greg and I finally got to go on a temple date while my parents watched Katherine. It was so nice.</div>
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This is Katherine at Dan and Alisa's wedding in early October.</div>
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Halloween pumpkin carving was so fun!</div>
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We went to Downtown Disney to see the decorations for Christmas! There was an outdoor ice skating rink. It was like 65 degrees outside.</div>
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This was the only picture we got on our 4th wedding anniversary. It's gone by so fast!</div>
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Katherine LOVES dogs. I even become chopped liver when dogs are around, and that's really saying something. </div>
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When we were in Utah for Chris and Bailey's reception, a bunch of Greg's little cousins played with Katherine. I'm not sure who was having more fun- Kate or the boys! </div>
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On our way back to California after Chris and Bailey's reception, we found Ann Marie in the airport! SO FUN!</div>
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We went on a beautiful hike in Park City when we were there in October. It was so awesome!! Notice Kate on Greg's back... Totally zonked.</div>
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Kate has some really cute friends, Audrey and Gemma! (And mommy loves hanging out with their mommies).</div>
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How can you not love a face like that?</div>
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"You sly dog...."</div>
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Pumpkin baby.</div>
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Not very happy about her costume... </div>
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We were Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Swee'Pea for Halloween this year! </div>
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Beach kissies.</div>
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We go to Music Makers with some women and their kids from the ward and stake. It's really fun! Kate still isn't really sure about what's going on, but she'll get it eventually! </div>
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Cuties at Music Makers.</div>
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Our pumpkins this year. Not my best, but Greg's always turn out awesome! He always does some sort of Star Wars character. </div>
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Alisa did this AMAZING picture of the three of us. She is seriously so talented. I just love it!</div>
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Two little sickies. Katherine and I both had strep, and she was a serious trooper through it. Strong girl.</div>
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Katherine and I went to the San Diego Zoo with Greg, Karina, and the kids back in October. It was such an awesome time! We love that zoo!</div>
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This is in Old Town. I just love Kate's face.</div>
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We visited the temple! So gorgeous! </div>
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We all went to La Jolla Cove before we came home. It was really pretty! La Jolla is a hoppin' little town. It's super busy. But it sure is gorgeous! </div>
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We went to Greg's Aunt Lori and Uncle Dave's apartment in downtown San Diego. They live in a really cool high rise! We had dinner with them and then walked around downtown. It was really fun!</div>
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Aunt Wave came to visit us for a few days! We LOVED being with her!</div>
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Wave took some cute photos of this little babe at the beach (the beach in NOVEMBER).</div>
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Hanging out at grandma and grandpa's on Thanksgiving.</div>
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And here's Katherine's Thanksgiving meal. She LOVED it!</div>
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Thanksgiving weekend just wore us out!</div>
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The past few blog posts I've written have been about how amazing it is to be a mother, and while I fully stand by what I've previously written, I feel that I should write about something that I've been dealing with this year as I've transitioned into motherhood.</div>
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I have been struggling with a deep sadness, something underlying, something that is always there, regardless of how happy or upset or excited I am at a given time. I don't know if I could classify this as "depression," and I don't mean to offend anyone who truly struggles with chronic depression, but what I have been dealing with hasn't just been caused by a bad day or my feelings getting hurt. </div>
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What I've been dealing with is ongoing, it doesn't really go away. It's something that I really do not understand because I've never felt like this before in my life. It's something that is extremely frustrating to me because I don't know exactly what to do to get rid of it.</div>
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It all started after I had Katherine. I had what they call the "baby blues" a few weeks after her birth, and then it seemed to get better. I felt more confident with being a mom, and so I started feeling a lot better. But then it came back, and this time it seemed worse than the first time. And I didn't understand what could've triggered it.</div>
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I started blaming other things for the way I was feeling. I would tell myself that I just feel like this because motherhood is such a huge transition. Or that I don't get out of the house enough. Or that I don't have enough friends. Or that I don't talk to people enough. Or that this past year with all of the craziness has just been catching up to me. The list would go on and on. And while many of these things were true, I knew that just fixing those problems probably wouldn't just make this sadness go away. It was something more.</div>
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I wasn't a very fun person to be around when I was at home. I'm sure Greg struggled being around me because I was upset or sad or annoyed or whatever. I felt really bad. I knew that I had nothing to be sad about, that I have an amazing life (I really do). But I tried to explain to Greg that it wasn't as simple as just thinking happy thoughts or having a positive attitude. It was definitely something harder to overcome than that.</div>
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I had a hard time understanding exactly what it was that was happening to me. I wasn't sure if I was depressed or just in a really bad mood all the time or my hormones were going crazy. I was open to whatever it was that was going on; I wasn't going to sit back and be in denial if I truly needed help. But I was so confused as to what exactly was going on. It wasn't like I was really really sad all the time. In fact, I have had a lot of really fun and happy times with people I love. But when the dust cleared and I was at home laying in bed, the sadness would return. And sometimes, it seemed encompassing. </div>
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I realized that I needed to do something about this sadness. I couldn't go on with the way things were. I knew that I had some choices. I could keep blaming other things or people for how I was feeling. I could let the sadness envelope me and take over. Or I could choose to follow God with my whole body, soul, and heart.</div>
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I began to pray to find out what God wanted me to do. I asked God for help. I evaluated the things I wasn't doing that God wanted me to do. I decided to try harder every day to do what God wanted me to do, including doing the little things day by day. I was happy that I was really trying my hardest, but it seemed that the sadness was still there.</div>
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One night, I told Greg that I felt like I was trying my very hardest to do what God wanted me to do. But it seemed like God didn't hear me. Or at least, it didn't seem like He was answering my prayers just yet. Why were my problems seemingly getting worse while I was striving to do what was right? Through our conversation, I knew that God was there, listening. I knew I needed to have faith.</div>
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I turned to the modern day apostles for help. I stumbled upon an amazing talk given by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland (here's the link: <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/like-a-broken-vessel?lang=eng">https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/like-a-broken-vessel?lang=eng</a>). The talk is called "Like a Broken Vessel." In his talk, Elder Holland addresses people who have any type of mental or emotional illness, especially those with depression. He gives hope and counsel as to what to do when you or someone you love is afflicted with any degree of mental illness. It is an amazing talk; I strongly encourage you to read it.</div>
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This talk gave me strength and encouragement. It gave me a little bit more understanding. It gave me comfort to know that I was not alone, that Christ knows exactly how I'm feeling, and He has the redemptive power to heal me.</div>
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My struggles have not gone away. They still hover over me. But I have faith that God hears us. He understands exactly what our struggles are. He has the power to heal us. He WANTS to heal us. Sometimes it just takes patience and endurance on our part to be healed. We must have faith. Everything will be made right in the end.</div>
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I love God, and I love that I get to have a deep relationship with Him. I know He is listening, even when it seems like He isn't. He is there, always. I love Him with all of my heart. I love my life, even with the struggles I've been going through. I love my husband, I love my beautiful daughter. I truly do have an amazing life.</div>
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If you are struggling with any sort of mental or emotional illness, please talk to God. Find out what He wants from you. It might mean that you should seek professional help in addition to spiritual help. God can heal you.<br />
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8 months ago, I was a clueless 22 year old thinking life couldn't get any better. I thought I was as happy as could be- I had just graduated from college, I was married to the man of my dreams, and life seemed pretty amazing. And then I had a baby.</div>
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8 months ago, I was scared. I knew that having a baby would change my life forever, and I wasn't sure how I was going to deal with that. I was scared of the entire birthing experience I was about to go through, and I was scared about bringing a baby home and raising her. But then I had my baby.</div>
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8 months ago, I was uncomfortable, had to use the restroom every 5 seconds, felt like my body didn't belong to me anymore, and couldn't wait to be done being pregnant in hopes that I would finally "have my body back." And then I had a baby.</div>
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I had a baby: the most beautiful human being in the entire world. Katherine Ann Livingston.</div>
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I finally realized that life was INFINITELY better with a baby. It was (and is) really, really hard, of course. But it is the best thing I've ever done.</div>
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I realized that pregnancy was almost a joke (I'm so sorry to all my first-time pregnant friends). Don't get me wrong, pregnancy is not fun on your body, and it's really uncomfortable. Sometimes (if you're unlucky), you feel pretty darn terrible, enough to even throw up. I totally get it. But I realized that your body isn't really your own anymore- at least not for a little while. If you're nursing, you are on demand every few hours. That little munchkin NEEDS your body for survival. That baby also loves to crawl all over you, pull your hair every chance she gets, climb up your legs so you'll hold her, or poop, pee, and throw up on you. It's just part of being a mom. And it's the absolute best thing ever.</div>
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I do have to say this though: not every day is the best thing ever. I don't feel as happy as can be all the time. In fact, I have felt extremely sad and depressed at times, and it's hard to understand why sometimes. But through those hard times, I've learned to truly rely on God. He is the ONLY way to truly be happy. When you are in those dark and terrible times (and they will come, no matter who you are), God is the answer.</div>
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My little Kater Tot is a little miracle. I love her with all of my heart! Here's what we've been up to the past couple months!</div>
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Caught red-handed (time to baby-proof).</div>
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My mom and dad babysat Katherine one Saturday afternoon so Greg and I could go to a much-needed temple session. It was AWESOME!</div>
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Beautiful girl.</div>
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Katherine loves massages almost as much as her mommy.</div>
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Surfer girl.</div>
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This is pretty typical when she's in daddy's arms for some reason.</div>
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We went to the Laguna Beach Sawdust Art Festival. It was fun to see some cool art!</div>
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The beach is also one of Katherine's faves.</div>
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We went on a walk with some friends one afternoon and made a pit stop in Barnes and Noble, where Kate started chomping on her friend's toes. Such a funny situation!</div>
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Katherine loves the beach with Grandpa!</div>
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We love the beach.</div>
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We went to Utah at the beginning of August for a family reunion. While we were waiting for some of our family, Kate decided she wanted to drive.</div>
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We really love Aunt Wave!</div>
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She really is obsessed with outlets, unfortunately.</div>
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We went to Salt Creek to watch the sunset one day. It was gorgeous.</div>
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We hung out with Grandma and Grandpa one day! We had a lot of fun!</div>
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Katherine's favorite thing to eat are bananas. She can just eat the entire thing if we let her.</div>
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In August, some of Greg's family came down and stayed with us for a few days. It was really fun! We did a lot of things together.</div>
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Little Sam with his skim board.</div>
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Cute Lauren!</div>
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Greg tried to teach her to surf a little bit.</div>
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We went to the Orange County fair and had some fun!</div>
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We also went on a hike with the family. It was gorgeous.</div>
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We went to the park and had a BBQ, too. Katherine loves the park!</div>
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Just swinging with daddy.</div>
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Cutie pie.</div>
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Just so precious.</div>
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Our 4 year anniversary was on August 26. We had a lot of fun together!</div>
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Katherine is always getting into everything. Troublemaker.</div>
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She LOVES shoes.</div>
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Katherine's all-time favorite things ever are DOGS. She LOVES dogs. She loves getting licked in the face, grabbing their hair, and just being with them. She literally starts smiling and laughing when she sees a dog. So cute!</div>
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At the beginning of September, we went up to Utah for Chris and Bailey's wedding reception. It was fun to be there and celebrate with them. We had a lot of fun being back at BYU too!</div>
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Greg's little cousins and Sam loved playing with Katherine.</div>
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On our way back home, we ran into Ann Marie at the airport! Such an AWESOME surprise! We love Auntie Ree!</div>
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One night last weekend, we went to Victoria Beach in Laguna Beach to see the sunset. It was absolutely gorgeous. We LOVE where we live. It was one of the best decisions we've made.</div>
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So cute!!</div>
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Seriously an angel.</div>
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We also went to Downtown Disney and checked out the huge Disney store. Katherine was in HEAVEN. There was so much to look at and touch. It was a lot of fun! It really made me want to get a Disneyland pass.... We are taking donations...</div>
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We went on a hike to Holy Jim Falls in Trabuco Canyon on Labor Day. There was barely any water, and it was SUPER hot, but it was super fun!</div>
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8 months ago, my life changed forever- in the best possible way! Katherine is seriously such a happy and curious little baby. And I absolutely love it. It's a lot of work because of how active she is, but it's so worth it. It's worth every second.<br />
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Life has just been wonderful lately. I am loving being a mom more and more every single day. My heart grows all the time. I absolutely love the 5-6 month stage! It's the most fun so far, in my opinion. </div>
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Katherine is just too cute to handle sometimes. She's a chatty little girl who loves to giggle and smile. She loves vegetables, especially peas and squash. She likes bananas, but isn't too fond of apples surprisingly. She still doesn't have any teeth, but they really should be poking through anytime now. She drools like crazy and chews on her bottom lip all the time. She's about to crawl all over the place too! She hasn't figured out the hand and knee crawling, but she does scoot all over the place. She is happy most of the time (although I wouldn't call her an "easy" baby). I just love seeing her little personality shine through.</div>
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We've been doing a lot of fun things lately! Check it out!</div>
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Greg's birthday was on May 30. He turned 26! It just seems so old, considering we met when he was 21. We put Katherine in some tissue paper and a bag as a gift for daddy.</div>
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We went on a hike in the Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park for Greg's birthday. Katherine loved being in the carrier walking around!</div>
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After Greg's birthday dinner that night, we went to K1 Speed Racing and went go-karting. It was a BLAST! Greg got 1st place out of like 6 of us. I..... didn't do too well. Haha! But it was still so much fun!</div>
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We've been able to explore some of the beaches around Laguna. It's just so gorgeous here.</div>
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One night in early June, we went over to my sister, Steph's, house for dinner. Davy and Kelly and their kids were there too. It was the first time we met little Daphne. She's such a cutie! We had a lot of fun being with family!</div>
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More beach fun at Salt Creek!</div>
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We put Katherine in a swing at the park for the first time. SHE LOVED IT SO MUCH! At first, she was a little hesitant and unsure...</div>
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But then she realized it was something fun and squealed and giggled and just absolutely had the time of her life! I love watching her experience things for the first time and love life. It really makes me feel like I'm experiencing those things for the first time too. It's amazing.</div>
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My little precious babe.</div>
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Ann Marie came down for a few days. We were able to go to the beach with her. It was so much fun!</div>
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Katherine loves reading stories! And eating them. She seriously tries to eat every single book we read to her.</div>
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We went up to Southern Utah to a little place called Duck Creek to go camping and dirtbiking with my parents over the 4th of July. It's about 45 minutes east of Cedar City, near the Brianhead ski resort. Greg's parents came down from Park City and camped with us too. It was so much fun! Camping with a baby was a TON of work, but so worth it. Kate loved it. Her favorite part of camping was watching the campfire. She was mesmerized by the flames. It was really cute. </div>
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We went to Brianhead on the 4th with Greg's parents and little Sam. There were a bunch of little tents up with food, crafts, art, etc. There were also some fun activities (ziplining, a big slide, and some other stuff) for Sam to do. It was really fun!</div>
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The boys wanted to go fishing on the 4th of July.</div>
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Sam is seriously SO CUTE with Katherine. You can just tell that he really loves her.</div>
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I made a flag cake (gluten free for my mom). It turned out pretty cute!</div>
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Nana Diane loved being with little Katherine!</div>
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Katherine was also mesmerized by my dad playing the harmonica. She just stared and stared.</div>
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It was SO FUN to be with Greg's family!</div>
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Greg took Kate for a mini ride around the camp on the quad. She was LOVING it! She smiled and just loved looking around. She put her cute little feet on the gas lid the entire time.</div>
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On the 4th, we went into Duck Creek Village for dinner, and we made it right in time for this awesome little parade! The people in the parade threw a bunch of candy out to the kids, so Sam got a TON of candy in a little bag. It was really fun. Katherine just loved watching the whole thing.</div>
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We went on a little ride on Lance and Diane's last day with us. We rode to this little place where we hiked to a waterfall. Kate fell asleep basically the whole time, but it was gorgeous!</div>
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Nana Diane and Grandpa Lance! Love it!</div>
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Katherine was not too sure about the bath in the trailer. It was totally out of her element. She wasn't very happy about it.</div>
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Playing with daddy!</div>
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She is so stinkin' cute!!</div>
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Katherine sure loves her daddy.</div>
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Still trying to crawl.</div>
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One of the best things to happen this past month has been that Katherine has FINALLY slept through the night! HALLELUJAH! It is about time. She usually sleeps from 8 to 6:45, eats, and then sleeps for another couple hours. It's been a lot of hard work to get here, but she's starting to be more consistent about doing it. It's been soooooo nice. Let's just pray she keeps it up!<br />
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She also has been taking the sippy cup with formula! That's HUGE progress for this little baby. I am one happy mamma!<br />
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Having a baby is amazing. It's life changing. It's crazy. It's unbelievably fun. It causes anxiety. It's undeniably the best thing I've ever done. I absolutely love it. A couple of days ago, though, I posted an article on Facebook that talked about things you are unprepared for about motherhood (here's the link: <a href="http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/9-things-i-was-unprepared-for-about-motherhood">http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/9-things-i-was-unprepared-for-about-motherhood</a>). There are good things and bad things that you are unprepared for. For example, the love you have for your husband changes (in my case) in such a good way. I love Greg more than I ever have now that we have Katherine. But you also aren't prepared for the fact that your life is no longer yours, which isn't always fun. I find myself sometimes thinking about how I miss my old life, where I could do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I sometimes look at my friends who are single or married with no kids and I envy their lives. I get jealous that they can just go out and get ice cream at 9pm if they want. Or they can go play soccer together as a couple. Or they can go on dates whenever they feel like it. But I can't do those things anymore. I mean, I can do some of them, but it takes WAY more planning and preparation. I can't really just do things on a whim. Anyway, I look at those people and just think, "I really wish I could do whatever I want and not be tied down so much!" But then I think about the fact that I was just tickling my little baby and getting the loudest little happy squeals out of her, and I realize that I am the luckiest person in the whole world to be able to know Katherine and to be her mommy. It's the best feeling. And when I think about little moments like that, that envy or jealousy goes completely away.</div>
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Boy, when they say the days are long and the years are short, I totally believe it! Except, in my case, it's the days are long but the months are short. Looking back on these past (almost) 5 months with Kate, I've realized that it has just flown by!</div>
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Here are some of our best moments since Kate was around 2 months old:</div>
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The worst part about the past 5 months: I have been EXHAUSTED. You can't completely understand how hard it is to be a parent until you become one. I had no idea what it would take. I've been exhausted physically (Kate likes to wake up very frequently during the night) and emotionally (Kate REFUSES the bottle, and I have tried working with her for about a month with hardly any success).</div>
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The best part about the past 5 months: I have felt indescribable joy and love for my little one. I cannot get over her cute little smiles or her uncontrollable giggles. She is so aware of the world around her, and I just love watching her explore and learn. She is truly amazing. You also can't completely understand how amazing it is to be a parent until you become one.</div>
Samantha Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07148143071419385532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857297997895649586.post-51355701675932926072015-06-04T10:52:00.002-07:002015-06-04T10:54:49.737-07:00How Do We Treat Others?Since there has been so much talk about same-sex attraction and transgenderism, I wanted to really study out what the Church's stance is on all of it. On lds.org, I found this great article: <a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/same-gender-attraction?lang=eng">https://www.lds.org/topics/same-gender-attraction?lang=eng</a>.<br />
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Obviously, the LDS Church does not support same-sex marriage. I'm pretty sure we all know that. But the Church is very specific about being loving and compassionate to those who disagree with us because we are all children of God.<br />
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I think some people don't really understand that we can love and be compassionate toward people who do not hold the same beliefs as us. If, in order to love someone, the requirement was that we had to agree with everything the person does, no one would love anyone.<br />
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Love isn't agreeing with everything that someone else does. Love is treating people with kindness. I'll be the first to admit that I am not always kind. That's a flaw that I have, I guess. It's something I am constantly working on. But I do try my very best to love and be compassionate toward others, even if I don't agree with their beliefs or lifestyles.<br />
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I will never apologize for my beliefs. Even if those beliefs aren't accepted by many.<br />
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Christ was always extremely clear with what He knew was right and wrong, and many people hated Him for that. Yet, He always opened his arms to anyone who wanted to change and come unto Him.<br />
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Even though I am far from perfect, I will always strive to do what I believe to be right. Christ lives. He is the head of the LDS Church. I will always try to do what He would want me to do.<br />
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Here are some other great articles from the LDS Church that explain our stance on LGBT rights:<br />
<a href="http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/explaining-religious-freedom-and-lgbt-rights">http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/explaining-religious-freedom-and-lgbt-rights</a><br />
<a href="https://www.lds.org/church/news/key-points-from-churchs-religious-freedom-and-fairness-announcement?lang=eng">https://www.lds.org/church/news/key-points-from-churchs-religious-freedom-and-fairness-announcement?lang=eng</a><br />
<a href="https://www.lds.org/church/news/church-signs-amicus-brief-filed-on-marriage?lang=eng">https://www.lds.org/church/news/church-signs-amicus-brief-filed-on-marriage?lang=eng</a><br />
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These past two months have been CRAZY! In a good way.<br />
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Basically the entire first month, I was a wreck. I was so nervous and I felt so incredibly overwhelmed. The first couple weeks, whenever it started getting dark, I would start getting really nervous and anxious because I was scared of not being able to sleep very much. In that first week with Kate home, people kept telling me to sleep when she sleeps, but whenever I would try to do that, I wouldn't fall asleep in time before she woke up again! I just could not sleep very well because of the nerves, and that made me more nervous!<br />
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Luckily my mom came into town for that first week or so. I was SO HAPPY she was there to help me. She was a life saver! Before Kate was born, I considered having her come a few weeks after the birth, but I am SO GLAD that she came right away! It was just so nice to have her support, emotionally and physically. I really realized that you need so much emotional support after you have a baby because your hormones are going crazy!! And having your mom help you is just such a special thing.<br />
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I also have had a lot of support from Greg's family and my little sister. Diane comes and watches her sometimes so I can sleep or run errands. Aunt Liz has come to see her and has had me over at her house to spend some time together. Grandma Sisco and Alisa have been super supportive. My little sister has come down to spend time with us. There have been others who have helped out, and it's been great.<br />
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After that first month, things got a lot easier. I definitely wouldn't say everything is easy now, but it is easier than that first month. I've been feeling much better and more confident. I have felt an overwhelming love for Kate that I have never felt before.<br />
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You know, I really thought that as soon as I saw my baby, none of the pain or anxiety or anything would matter. I thought I would have this overwhelming love for her and feel connected to her. Don't get me wrong, I definitely saw her for the first time and felt a love that I had never felt before, but after that, my anxiety kicked in and I missed my old life and felt so sad that things would never be the same. I resented the fact that now I couldn't sleep very much. It made me really sad because I yearned so much to just love Kate with no regrets or sad feelings.<br />
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But after that first month, I had some special experiences with her that I wouldn't trade for anything. I finally felt connected to her and felt SO incredibly lucky to be her mommy. Now, I just look at her and wonder how I got so lucky to have such a beautiful and sweet little girl. I often wonder to myself how I could love anyone like I love Kate. It feels like my heart will burst from the love!<br />
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About a week ago, my sister, Steph, came to help out. It was so fun to have her here! She definitely pampered me, and I loved every second of it! I'm lucky to have such amazing support.</div>
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Here are some of my favorite pictures from Kate's first two months of life. She has changed so much since she was born! She has learned so much! She loves to smile (she was smiling from day 4), she loves kisses from mommy and daddy, she loves to be held and rocked, she loves when mommy sings to her, and she is so observant and aware of the things going on around her.</div>
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2 days old, and our first day home with her.</div>
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Auntie Ree came to visit!</div>
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4 days old and happy as can be!</div>
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Those crazy hands love to scratch her face.</div>
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Her favorite piece of clothing: the snow suit. For a while, we put her in this to sleep at night. It's so comfy and warm for her! She was so tiny the first time we put her in it that her arms didn't even come close to reaching the end of the sleeves.</div>
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Auntie Wave! Loving every minute.</div>
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Kate's first stroller ride!</div>
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Kate scratched her face a ton that first month. We would put little mittens on her hands, but she just swiped them off all the time. So Greg decided to get some socks and put them all the way up her arms.</div>
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Kate used to HATE baths. Probably because we gave her sponge baths at first and it was too cold. But once we started giving her real baths, she was IN LOVE. And she would scream and cry when we took her out.</div>
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Aunt Liz, Rebecca, and Anna came to visit!</div>
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Cute little Anna.</div>
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Cute Rebecca!</div>
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Princess Kate</div>
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Daddy time!</div>
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Cute little bundle!</div>
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One night, Kate was screaming while we were trying to eat. So Greg got up with her, walked over to this picture of Jesus, and as soon as she saw it, she immediately stopped crying and just started at him. It was the cutest thing! She already loves Jesus.</div>
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Partying even when she's sleeping. Put those hands in the air.</div>
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SOOOO cute!!!</div>
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Precious angel</div>
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Seriously the cutest.</div>
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Just hanging with daddy.</div>
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Family fun at the park on Valentine's Day.</div>
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Daddy got her a little Minnie Mouse stuffed animal while he was in California!</div>
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Having some sweet dreams!</div>
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Diane made this gorgeous blessing dress for Kate. We just LOVE it!</div>
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Kate is the best! I love her so much! She's already growing up too fast!!!</div>
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We had a baby!!!</div>
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It has been absolutely wonderful! It has also been the HARDEST thing I have ever done. It definitely hasn't been just butterflies and rainbows. In fact, it has been lots of tears and anxiety. But there have been some breathtakingly beautiful moments. I wouldn't have it any other way.</div>
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Let me start from the beginning.</div>
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I was part of a research study called the ARRIVE study. Basically, you get randomly assigned to one of two groups: the first group is the experimental group where you get induced at 39 weeks, and the second group is the control group, so you either go into labor on your own or you get induced at 41 weeks. Unfortunately, I got assigned to the control group. I wasn't dilated at all at my 40 week visit, so it looked like I was going to have to get induced. And that's exactly what had to happen. So on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at about 6:30pm when I was 41 weeks exactly, we got a call from a nurse at the hospital telling us that they were ready for us to come so I could be induced. After I hung up, I immediately started crying. I was SO nervous! </div>
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Greg and I got to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, UT at about 7:00pm Sunday night. I pretty much cried the entire way over to the hospital (which is literally down the street, like 4 minutes away). I kept telling Greg, "I'm so nervous. I am so scared to have this baby." I was also really excited, but the anxiety was overwhelming!</div>
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When we got to my room, Greg and I were so impressed! It looked like a hotel room (with lots of machines)! Little did I know that the next few days would be no vacation. </div>
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Waiting for things to get going!</div>
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At about 8:30pm, the nurse came in and asked me a bunch of questions about my medical history and stuff. She also started me on an IV. I remember thinking that the needle for the IV hurt really bad. HA! I was so naive...</div>
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The nurse told me that they were going to give me a pill called Cervadil every 3 hours 4 times throughout the night. The pill helps ripen the cervix before they start the Pitocin. Once she gave me the first dose, I started having really frequent contractions. The nurse and doctor both decided that because my body seemed to be going into labor on its own, they wouldn't give me any more doses of Cervadil. They didn't want my contractions getting any more frequent. My contractions weren't super strong, but they were strong enough for me to not be able to sleep at all that night! </div>
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Unfortunately these contractions weren't really helping me dilate at all. I was barely 1 cm (and I think that's actually being generous). At probably 3:00am, a nurse came in and basically dilated me by hand. Just imagine that happening to you. It hurt SO bad!! But I guess it helped me officially become 1 cm dilated.</div>
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At about 5:30am, I still wasn't making progress at all (even though I was still consistently having very frequent contractions), so they started giving me the Cervadil pill again. I also opted to get my epidural at that point too. After all, who wants to even be uncomfortable at all during labor? I'm pretty much a wimp. Haha.</div>
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Anyway, at around 3:00pm, they FINALLY started the Pitocin. It was seriously ridiculous that it took that long for them to start it. Whatever. Throughout that day, though, my epidural kept wearing off all the way on my left side and almost all the way on my right side. I kept pressing the button to give me more medicine, but it did nothing. So the anesthesiologist had to keep coming in and give me huge shots of the medicine to help with the pain. The shot lasted 3-4 hours every time before he had to come in and give me another shot. </div>
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By about 5:30pm, I had dilated to a 3, so I was starting to make progress! A couple of hours later, I was at a 5. The nurse came in and gave me a peanut pillow to put between my legs to help labor progress even more. I think it really helped! At around 9:30pm, my epidural completely wore off, and I was in excruciating pain. It was a pain that I had never felt before. Greg started massaging my hands and my head to help distract me. The nurse came in and checked how dilated I was. She said, "Well it's no wonder why you're in so much pain! You're an 8, and you're in transition!" Seriously? My epidural just HAD to wear off right as I was in transition. I had the anesthesiologist give me another shot of the epidural medicine, but it did absolutely nothing. Then he gave me Lidocaine (which is a local anesthetic that wears off pretty quickly) to numb me. The Lidocaine seemed to do the trick for the moment, and I was feeling a lot better. </div>
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After a half hour, at around 10:00pm, the nurse checked me and I was a 10! She said I was ready to start pushing. For the first half hour of pushing, the medicine was still working. But then I started feeling it wear off, so I had the anesthesiologist come back and give me more Lidocaine. BUT IT DID NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. I was in the worst pain I had ever felt. And there was nothing they could do about it! They told me I was just going to have to keep pushing and get through it without the medicine. I pushed for another hour (so an hour and a half total). It was HORRIBLE. I was not prepared to not have an epidural. I cried the whole time I pushed. It honestly felt better to push through the contractions than sit through them and do nothing. I looked at Greg and just cried and said "I can't do this Greg." And he looked right back at me and told me that I could and told me to say, "I can do this. I can do this." I am so glad I had Greg there with me. He is the best. I couldn't have done it without him.</div>
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Just before Kate was born, the nurse told me I needed to stop pushing and wait for the doctor. I sat through about 5 contractions while waiting for the doctor to get there. Those were the hardest moments ever. It felt like an eternity waiting. I kept asking, "Is he almost here? Please tell me he's almost here!" I was in so much pain, and I kept thinking the doctor was taking his sweet time just to torture me. I was a little angry. I even had the thought that the doctor was out at the nurses' station flirting it up with all of the nurses. I obviously was going a little crazy. He finally came in, and 2 pushes later, Katherine was born! She was born at exactly 11:30pm on January 12, 2015. She was 8 pounds 4 ounces and 19 inches long. She was delivered by Dr. Jefforey Thorpe.</div>
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I remember seeing her for the first time and feeling so proud of myself. More proud than I'd ever been (and I had just graduated from college, so I was already pretty proud of myself for that!). I thought she was the most beautiful person in the entire world. I was still crying from the excruciating pain, but I also had a new feeling that I was crying from: love. </div>
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When I finally got to hold her and do skin to skin, I was in HEAVEN. I was still in horrible pain, and I honestly thought that pain would never go away (everything felt like it was on fire). But I was just SO incredibly happy to have my little baby! She was stunning and gorgeous! She was such a precious little angel! I was so happy that I had this beautiful baby with my amazing husband. They are my entire world.</div>
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I definitely didn't escape without some battle wounds. I tore and then got an episiotomy, and then I tore some more. I got a 3rd degree tear, and lots of stitches! I was in labor for about 30 hours. Giving birth was one of the hardest things I have ever done. It's right behind taking a baby home and having to figure out how to raise her. Haha!</div>
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Found that thumb! </div>
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Josh and Diana got us these flowers while we were in the hospital! We LOVED it! </div>
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We had a lot of visitors the day after she was born. Diane, Lance, Alisa, Lauren, Shaun, Wave, Chris, Bailey, Grandma Sisco, Liz, and my friend Sara all came (unfortunately the hospital had a policy that wouldn't allow anyone under the age of 14 to visit, so Sam didn't get to come in and see her at the hospital). Grandma Sisco and Sara got us some flowers, too! It was fun for them to see her. We loved showing her off. </div>
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It was such an amazing experience. Granted, it was pretty rough, and I didn't have the experience that I thought I would. And whoever says to get sleep while you're in the hospital must not know that it's almost impossible to do that. Nurses, doctors, pediatricians, lactation specialists, and visitors are coming in all the time! </div>
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It is so incredibly special to get to give birth to your child. I love Katherine SOOOO much! I can't imagine my life without her. I am so lucky to be her mommy! She is the sweetest little angel. And I truly do have the most amazing husband. He is so supportive and loving. I sure do love my beautiful little family!</div>
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We have had a very fun Christmas Break! It has been so great to not have to worry about school. Greg got to be home basically the entire 2 weeks without school or work. I was SO happy to have Greg with me 24/7. We rarely get that much time to spend together. Here are some of the things we have been up to!</div>
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We took a little temple trip up to Salt Lake a few weeks ago. We wanted to go to a session together before the baby is born and we are both super busy again. While we were there, we got to see the beautiful Temple Square lights. It was awesome!</div>
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We went on a 5 mile round trip hike to Fifth Water Hot Springs with Greg's entire family. It was very beautiful; I think it snowed most of the time we were hiking. We had a lot of fun! </div>
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I got into this thing called arm knitting, thanks to Wave. It's pretty awesome. I made a little blanket for our baby, and I made a few scarves for myself. Pretty exciting! </div>
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Here's our tree in our little apartment. I just love Christmas.</div>
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Greg and I had our own little Christmas celebration, just the two of us, before we went up to Park City for Christmas with Greg's family. This is a tradition we do every year. I love it because we get to exchange gifts and spend some good times together. </div>
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This year, my big present to Greg was fishing waders. He has been wanting these for a while because he goes fly fishing all the time. The water is getting really cold, so he's been wanting to be able to get in without freezing instead of just standing on the shore. The waders are kind of funny- the boot size is perfect for him, but the rest of the waders are WAY too big for him. I don't think he really cares, though. He was so excited when he opened them; he just put them on and walked around the house. It looked kind of funny. I'm glad he likes them.</div>
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Greg got me some Nike running pants. I love them! I have been wanting some of these, especially since I want to get back into really exercising after I'm not pregnant anymore.</div>
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We opened a present for our little baby from Greg's Aunt Leslie and Grandma Livingston. It's an ADORABLE winter snowsuit from NorthFace. Seriously, SO CUTE! We love it!</div>
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Greg also got me some books. I've been wanting <u>The Giver</u> and all of the sequels by Lois Lowry, so he got me a book that has all four books in it! He also got me <u>To Kill a Mockingbird</u>. I'm super excited about this gift because it'll give me something to do when I have this baby and when I need to feed her.</div>
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I'm also a little obsessed with Double Stuf Oreos. So Greg found MEGA Stuf Oreos and got them for me. I thought it was hilarious that they even made Mega Stuf Oreos. I love it!</div>
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Greg also got me some crackers, cheese, and summer sausage. We enjoyed that little gift together :) </div>
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One thing that I really loved about this Christmas season with Greg was that we started a "12 Days of Christmas Nativity Scene." We made this using a template from online. We printed out the little characters for the scene and the little cards that go with each of them, laminated everything, got a hard poster, glued green felt fabric to the poster, and put Velcro on each of the laminated cards to stick to the Velcro. The little cards have rhymes on them that go with each of the Nativity characters and a scripture reference. Each day (starting 12 days before Christmas) we opened an envelope that had a character and its card and learned a little about each member of the Nativity Scene. It was really great. I think it enhanced my Christmas experience by helping me remember Christ.</div>
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A couple of days before Christmas, we drove up to Park City. Provo Canyon was beautiful!</div>
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Greg's family went sledding a few times while we were up there. Luckily, there was a ton of snow! </div>
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This is their deck on Christmas morning. A beautiful white Christmas! </div>
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Greg's parents got a huge real Christmas tree this year. It was awesome! It reached their super tall ceiling.</div>
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One of the gifts Greg and I got was an adorable blanket that Diane made for our little baby girl. We love it! </div>
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Diane also got us a baby book for the little one. We are so excited! It was super nice of Diane to do this for us! </div>
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Another gift we got was a necklace made by Lauren for our baby. She made the charm for the necklace. The "K" stands for Katherine. We seriously love it! Thanks Auntie Lauren!</div>
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This is just one of the two gigantic puzzles we all (Greg's family) finished while we were up there in Park City. We were kind of obsessed with puzzles.</div>
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My honey and me on Christmas.</div>
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My parents got us a gift card to Target for Christmas. We decided to get a baby diaper trash can to try to contain the nasty smells that will inevitably come from the little one. We are super excited about it.</div>
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We also got some much needed speakers for our computers with the gift card. They are awesome! Thanks Mom and Dad! </div>
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A couple days after Christmas, we went to the Salt Lake Temple to see one of my very good friends, Shaleah, marry her now husband, Jared. I am so excited for her! Unfortunately, I didn't really get any good pictures of them together. But, I did manage to get a picture of the back of her dress, which was beautiful! She was gorgeous!</div>
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Here's a picture of us bridesmaids. It was freezing (considering it was only a couple days after Christmas and after a big storm)! Shaleah chose navy and mint with a white accent as her colors. It looked super good. </div>
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At Shaleah's wedding!</div>
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Congrats to Shaleah and Jared! They are moving to Idaho, which makes me sad because I won't be able to see her very often. But I am also SO excited for them to start their own journey together as husband and wife!</div>
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Greg and I decided to get on top of making freezer dinners for when our little baby arrives. We made a ton of food, probably enough for almost 3 weeks worth of dinners. I know we will be SO happy that we did this when she comes.</div>
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We also decided to build a snowman in our front yard, AKA the park. It was fun! Luckily, it had just snowed, so the snow was very fresh. </div>
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This is Pioneer Park, literally RIGHT across the street from our apartment.</div>
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That's our apartment four-plex. </div>
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Building the snowman.</div>
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And here he is! He turned out pretty awesome!</div>
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We took a selfie with him. </div>
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One of my favorite parts about him is his icicle nose.</div>
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Achoo!</div>
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Snowman kisses.</div>
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We also decided to go on a hike one day during the break. We went up into Hobble Creek Canyon and found a little trail to walk on. Unfortunately, we chose the worst day to go on this hike because it was FREEZING. Seriously, it was probably 10 degrees, tops. And that was with the sun out and everything. Even though it was so so so cold, it ended up being really fun! I just love doing these types of things with Greg.</div>
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Here I am at 40 weeks. I'm completely over this pregnancy. Mainly because I want to meet our little girl, but also because pregnancy is so uncomfortable, as so many of you know!</div>
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Today, Greg had to go back to school and work, and I got to go back to sitting around waiting for our little baby to arrive (NOT FUN). I really don't like this waiting game at all! One really great bit of news is that this semester is Greg's last one! We are seriously SO excited! After he graduates in April, our plan is to move to Orange County, CA where Greg is potentially going to work at some sort of medical manufacturing company (something he really wants to do). We are still job searching, but I know everything will work out for the best. We are so excited! We have so many good things coming within these next few months!</div>
Samantha Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07148143071419385532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857297997895649586.post-84751994446375837742014-12-18T15:48:00.001-08:002014-12-18T15:48:17.538-08:00I'm a College Graduate!<div style="text-align: center;">
Well, everybody, I am done with college! I am SO excited! And I did it right in time before this little baby will be joining us. It couldn't have worked out better.</div>
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I finished my Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from Brigham Young University. I finished in the top 10% in my class. I worked my butt off these past 4 and a half years. It wasn't easy. Teaching is not easy! But I did learn so much. </div>
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I think the number one thing I learned from my college experience was how to be responsible and work hard. Of course, I learned a ton of stuff about young children and how to teach, and I'm so grateful for that knowledge, especially because I am about to become a mother. But I really have valued learning how to work hard, and I know that when you work hard, you are rewarded. Maybe you are rewarded financially. Maybe you are rewarded with a sense of pride. Maybe you are rewarded with good grades. Maybe you just learn amazing things, and that's your reward. No matter what, you are rewarded for your efforts if you work hard.</div>
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I have had a lot of life changes happen as I've been in college. I moved to Idaho. I met the man of my dreams and got married at 19 years old. I moved to Utah. I worked hard to get into BYU. I changed my major I think 3 times. I have had to learn how to take care of myself financially (obviously Greg and I did this together). I have learned such valuable knowledge about young children to understand how to teach and raise them better. I got pregnant. And now I'm going to have this baby in a couple of short weeks! So much has happened, and I'm not even 23 yet! I am so proud of myself! I definitely could not have done everything without the support of my amazing husband and God's help.</div>
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And there will be more huge life changes coming soon as well. Not only will we be having this baby soon, but once Greg graduates in April, we are planning on moving down to Orange County, CA. We are beyond excited! Not only will I be able to be with a lot of my family, but we are pretty sure Greg will be able to get a good job. It's going to be great!</div>
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A couple of days before I finished school, Greg and I went on an evening hike. It was beautiful to see Mount Timpanogos during the sunset.</div>
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I am 36 weeks pregnant here. I'm almost two weeks past this point now.</div>
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Me on my last day of school. I was in the preschool. You can tell I was pretty excited (even though this picture was completely staged).</div>
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The night I finished school, Greg took me out to a Japanese grill, which was SUPER yummy and fun, and then we came home and celebrated with some sparkling cider (my favorite!) and our favorite little snack (it's kind of a tradition when we celebrate to have that snack). It was so fun! </div>
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So now that I have been done with school for about a week, I have to say that I'm not exactly sure what to do with all of the extra time I have. I'll be honest (and I know this sounds crazy), but I have been a little bored, since a lot of my friends have been busy with finals or work, and Greg has been gone most of the day every day this week. I don't know what to do with myself! I've been making lists and coming up with things I can do to get ready for the baby, like making freezer dinners, cleaning the house, making sure I really do have everything I need, figuring out how certain baby products work, etc. I'm sure all of this time for myself will be truly missed when I have the baby.</div>
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Because I've had all of this time to myself, I've had a lot of time to kind of freak myself out about having the baby. Don't get me wrong, I'm SO excited! But I'm also a little terrified of giving birth (maybe a lot terrified). I'm also super scared about bringing the baby home and my life completely changing. Any advice, moms?</div>
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Well, life as I've known it is going to change soon with this baby. But I am so glad that I finished school before having a baby. I am so proud of myself. I worked so hard. I totally deserve to be proud of myself. My life really is so great!</div>
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I had my baby shower on November 1, 2014. It was AMAZING! Wave put it all together, and she did such a great job. She is awesome! We had it at Grandma Sisco's house in Orem, and I was so excited about everyone who came to support Greg and me with our little precious girl. I was overwhelmed with happiness and love for everyone that came. It meant so much to me to have so many people there. Diane and Grandma Sisco helped Wave a lot with the preparation and food. It was so nice of them. Wave's mom, Heather, is amazing too! She helped make these DELICIOUS cake pops- they were seriously so cute and so yummy!</div>
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My friend, Jessica, made this blanket with her mom for our little baby. It's so awesome!! I just love it!</div>
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Diane made these cute little party favors. They are bags of popcorn that say "Ready to pop!" on them. </div>
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A cute little sign that Wave made that says "Katherine." That's what we are naming our baby- we will most likely call her Kate. </div>
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We played a game where everyone had to guess how big around my stomach is and then cut off a piece of string and see if they were right. So we were measuring all of the strings to see who was closest to the actual belly. </div>
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My wonderful Sara. I just love her to pieces.</div>
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Here's the food Wave put together. There were some yummy chicken salad sandwiches on croissants, some fruit, and some salad. It was delicious!</div>
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Here's a close-up of the amazing cake pops Heather made. She made red velvet, chocolate, and lemon. She is so awesome. I just love her so much! </div>
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Wave and me. I love this girl so much! She is such an amazing friend and sister. I'm so glad we are family! </div>
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We only have about 5 weeks left! We are so excited (and nervous), but mostly excited!</div>
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Thank you to everyone who came to the shower and has been so supportive of our little family! And thank you to those who have sent us packages and adorable gifts :) We are so grateful!</div>
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I only have 7 weeks until I graduate!</div>
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7 more weeks of teaching. 7 more weeks of college.</div>
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And that means 10 more weeks until our little baby girl is due. That just blows my mind.</div>
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Here are some of my thoughts on my life recently.</div>
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I have been EXTREMELY busy. When am I not? I have absolutely loved student teaching, but it has been a very crazy and nonstop experience. I have loved the things I've learned and have enjoyed the time I had with those little cute 6 year olds and my mentor teacher, Cortney. I have had the best experience as a student teacher, and I will miss these past 7 weeks like crazy.</div>
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That being said, I am also excited that this past 7 weeks is over. I know that sounds like a complete contradiction, but it's true. I loved it, but I am ready to move on. </div>
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The part that I will not miss about this past 7 weeks is the dreaded Teacher Work Sample. 74 pages, about 17,000 words, and many long hours later, I have finally turned it in to the department for review. I have never written or done anything like this before, so I am actually extremely proud of myself for the hard work I put into it. But it was the absolute worst.</div>
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My next 7 weeks of college consists of me being in the BYU Preschool as a student teacher. It's going to be a VERY different experience than the one I just had. The BYU Preschool is the complete ideal: 3-4 teachers in the classroom at all times, 20 students, seemingly limitless resources, seasoned and amazing teachers... I have some mixed feelings about it, but I'm sure it will be a great experience.</div>
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I will say one thing about this whole student teaching experience. I've talked to a lot of people, especially other teachers and faculty members, about my pregnancy and teaching. I've had a lot of people ask me what my plans are after student teaching and having the baby. It seems like a lot of people (not everyone) kind of just look at me being pregnant and assume that I'm just jumping through student teaching hoops to graduate. It's true, I do just want to get through this and graduate and have my baby. But let me just say, after this first 7 weeks of student teaching, I had such an amazing experience. I can say with 100% absolute positivity that I WANT TO TEACH. Whether that happens one year from now, 5 years down the road, or more, it doesn't matter. I'm not going to just forget about my degree and move on. I desperately want to have a family, and I'm so excited to be pregnant and have this little girl in January, but I definitely want to be a teacher as well.</div>
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Anyway, enough about that. Let me fill you in on this pregnancy of mine.</div>
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I am just about 30 weeks along. I think my favorite part about the pregnancy is seeing my stomach completely shift to one side because of how she is moving around in there. We've been very busy trying to get ready for her. Last weekend, I got a nice rocking chair for pretty cheap, Greg went and picked up an awesome jogging stroller (Diane got this for us), changing table, and high chair. A few weeks ago we got a baby dresser from my aunt. My mom and grandma have gotten us a really awesome Pack and Play for her. We have gotten some really cute clothes from some women from my home ward and from some family members. We've gotten an awesome baby carrier from one of my good friends. Not to mention all of the countless things my amazing sister-in-law Meagan has given us: bottles, a pump, maternity clothes, tons of baby clothes, blankets, etc. Things are really coming together. </div>
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There are lots of things that have been great about this pregnancy, but let me tell you some struggles I've had. </div>
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I never realized how uncomfortable it is to have another human being living inside of your body. I'm starting to kind of get over it, honestly. I am excited to meet our little girl, and I am very ready for my body to stop being physically shared with her. Pregnancy is a very special miracle, and I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to carry this little one, but it's no easy task. Sleeping is uncomfortable, I have to pee every 5 seconds, and I have aches and pains in my back, legs, and abdomen. Not so fun.</div>
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I also never realized how much my changing body would affect me emotionally. Obviously, I knew going into this that my body would change: my abdomen would get bigger and I'd gain some weight. Mentally I knew this, but emotionally, it's been hard. I haven't gained a ton of weight, just the normal amount you are supposed to by this point, and my abdomen isn't huge yet. But I am noticing the weight gain and changes. It's hard to see other girls or women who are skinny and beautiful and then look at my own body in the mirror. I try not to have pity parties about it because I know these changes are normal, but it's really hard for me for some reason. I guess I just need to remember the little miracle that I have the privilege to carry and be a mommy to.</div>
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I've realized how much people like to comment on your body when you're pregnant. Normally, I am not super bugged by it, but I guess it depends on my mood. People don't say mean or offensive things (like "Wow, you're really getting big!"), but they do like to say things to me about how my body looks. I think my emotions are just on overdrive sometimes. I'm already pretty self-conscious about my body, and even if someone says something not offensive, I still start to think about my body and get emotional. Haha. I am such a baby.</div>
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Here are some really awesome things about this pregnancy: </div>
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It has flown by. I have been so busy with student teaching that the past 8 weeks have come and gone so quickly. That's been nice.</div>
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I feel this baby kick ALL the time. She is so active! I usually just love it; it makes me feel reassured that she is just fine.</div>
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All of my tests and screenings have come back completely normal. This also makes me feel really reassured that the baby and I are and will be ok.</div>
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We have had so much help with our preparation for the baby. Most of the help has been financial (people getting or giving us important essentials for the baby). We really haven't had to buy very much stuff yet, and we have most of the most important things.</div>
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Despite all of the aches and pains that I've been feeling, I would have to say that I have been pretty lucky this pregnancy. I've heard of women feeling sick their entire pregnancies or just getting really big or their feet getting swollen or getting bad stretch marks. I am lucky enough to not really have any of these symptoms. That doesn't mean it's been easy, but I have had it a lot easier than other women.</div>
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I do have to say that even though I am very excited to have this baby, I am EXTREMELY nervous. I sometimes get sad about how much my life is going to change and how hard it's going to be to have a child. But then I just think about how much happiness she will bring Greg and me and just how cute she is going to be, and I realize that it will be all be worth it. It will be hard, but I'm sure I will be so happy.</div>
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Well, those are some of my thoughts on my life lately. It's been crazy and exciting and busy and awesome, all at the same time. </div>
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Here are some pictures of some things that we've been up to these past few weeks.</div>
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A few weeks ago, my parents came to Logan to see some of Ann Marie's games. We were fortunate enough to be able to go up and visit them and Ann Marie for about a day. They sure came at the perfect time; the fall leaves were absolutely beautiful. We all took a drive up through Logan Canyon. Ann Marie showed us some really pretty areas, and we took some cool pictures. It was really fun!</div>
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I sure love my dad!</div>
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I love my little sis!</div>
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I love my mom and sister!</div>
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Greg shook some trees to get the leaves to fall. It was awesome.</div>
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We also went to the Utah State homecoming football game together. It was fun!</div>
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Here are some picture of some baby stuff we've gotten. This is the dresser that we got from my aunt Debbie. My grandma's mom got it for my grandma when she was little, and then my grandma used it for her daughters. Then she gave it to my Aunt Debbie, and she used it for her daughter. Now, she's giving it to me for our little girl. We are very excited to have it. We painted it gray with the drawers mint (as you can obviously tell).</div>
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Here's the Pack and Play my mom and grandma got us. We just love it! It comes with a baby bassinet on the top and a small changing pad.</div>
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And the changing table for when the baby grows out of the one on the Pack and Play.</div>
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A couple days ago, we carved pumpkins with Shaun and Wave. It was fun!</div>
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And here are the finished products. Shaun and Wave did the Olaf one, I did the Little Mermaid in the middle, and Greg did the Boba Fett on the right. It was great.</div>
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Here are some pictures of my two awesome classes who I got to student teach. There were two groups, each had 32 first graders. I just love them to pieces! This is the first group.</div>
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And here is the second group.</div>
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Life is wonderful, despite how hard it can sometimes be. I'm very grateful for the life I live and for the blessings I have been given. I really do have an amazing life.</div>
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Well, it's my last semester of college! I'm about a month into it, and there's only about 2 and a half months left! I have been student teaching at Cherry Hill Elementary in a 1st grade Dual Immersion class. I have 32 students in the morning, and then they switch to their Spanish class, and then I get another 32 students in the afternoon. It was pretty overwhelming at first, and there are still some pretty stressful days for me, but I ABSOLUTELY love it!!!</div>
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I have the BEST mentor teacher (a mentor teacher is the teacher whose classroom I am student teaching in). Her name is Cortney Clemmer, and she is seriously so amazing. I have learned so much from her. She is an amazing teacher- I want to be like her as I learn to become a good teacher. She is also such an awesome person. I think she matches my personality a lot- she likes to be organized and gets things done quickly. I really admire her.</div>
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I have been extremely busy with school, not just the whole student teaching part, but I have a huge paper I've had to write. It's called a "Teacher Work Sample." I basically have had to plan a unit (planning for this TWS means writing a couple of big papers). Then I taught my unit, which happened to be on Healthy Habits. Now I have to just show how much the students learned from my teaching. It's been very crazy!</div>
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Not only do I have student teaching and my TWS to worry about, but I have been pretty busy as the Young Women President in my ward. Sometimes I feel like I'm trying to keep my head above water, but I end up drowning! My life is just so hectic and busy all of the time. I'm lucky when I catch a break, and I cherish those moments so much!</div>
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I know that I've said my life is super crazy and busy all of the time, but let me give you some examples of why I have been loving student teaching and this semester:</div>
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1. The students are seriously the cutest and sweetest little kids in the entire world. There is something about 6 year olds that just melts my heart. For example, the other day, I was walking down the hall, and one of the little boys in my class was walking right next to me. I greeted him, and he said, "Hi Mrs. Livingston!!" Then we kept walking for a couple of seconds (his little arms were folded and he was being such a good boy). Then he looks up at me and says, "Mrs. Livingston, you look very beautiful today." My heart melted a little when he said that, and I replied, "You look very handsome today, too!" Is that not the cutest thing ever?!</div>
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2. Cortney has been very supportive and so encouraging to me. I struggle sometimes as I try to teach and get across the ideas I want the kids to know. It's hard to take an idea you have and convert it into 6 year old words for them to understand. It takes a lot of thought and effort, and I'm not always the greatest teacher. Cortney encourages me and gives me new ideas to help me learn. It's great.</div>
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3. I'm almost done with my wretched Teacher Work Sample!</div>
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4. My pregnancy has been going great! I feel alright most of the time. Sometimes my back starts hurting or I just get super uncomfortable, but most of the time, it's fine. I feel my little baby kick all the time. She is very active, and I love it! I can't wait for her to come in January!</div>
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5. Greg has been extremely supportive of me. He knows I have been so busy with so many things in my life, and he has also been super busy with school and work as well. But he always tries to make my life easier by either making dinner, cleaning up around the house, or other little things. It makes me happy!</div>
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6. Let me just tell you some cute little things the kids have said or done:</div>
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-As Cortney was reading a book to the class, she got to a page that talked about how gross it was that a character picked his nose in the story. One little girl called out, "Wait, what's wrong with that?" I swear, I've seen so many kids pick their noses and eat it.</div>
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-As the class was getting in line to leave one day, one little boy said, "Teacher! I love you!" Then another little boy called out, "Hey Mrs. Livingston! I love you!" Then another little boy said, "I love you, too!" I just love them.</div>
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-One day, a little girl in my class came up to me at recess. She asked me if I was going to bring my baby in for them to see. I told her that I would have the baby in January, and that I would be out of their class by that point. She said, "Wait, you're leaving?" I told her I was. She asked me where I was going. I told her that I have to go teach another class in a few weeks. Her eyes got really big as she said, "Mrs. Livingston, I don't want you to leave." I'm going to have a really hard time leaving this group of kids, I can already tell.</div>
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-There is this one little boy who has a hard time sometimes in school. He really is such a sweet boy, but for some reason, he just struggles with the rules and listening to the teacher sometimes. It seems like almost every other day, he has a hard day. One day, I told him that I was so proud of how hard he was working, and that I loved him. The next day, he came up to me in the hallway, and without saying a word, gave me this huge hug. It was a great moment.</div>
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That's just a taste of the daily things that these kids do and say. I just love them. I love this experience, even though it's hard. I am very excited to be moving on from school and having my little baby, but I really have enjoyed this student teaching experience so much!</div>
Samantha Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07148143071419385532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857297997895649586.post-38092147727689307712014-08-28T13:16:00.001-07:002014-08-28T13:16:05.193-07:00My Last Day of Work/Our 3rd Anniversary<div style="text-align: center;">
Well, I've had a very eventful past week. Last Friday was my last day of work as a secretary in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at BYU. It was sort of bittersweet. I was excited to just be done working and move onto a different part of my life, but I was very sad to leave a lot of the people I work with. The reason I had to quit work is because starting on Tuesday, I will be student teaching full time during my last semester of college. There is no way I would be able to work and student teach at the same time; it would just be too crazy. I'm basically going to be "working" (student teaching) for no pay for a semester. Then, our little baby will arrive in early January after I'm done with school, and that will bring on a whole new definition of busy. For the time being, Greg will continue to work, and we both are getting some pretty great grants/scholarships, so we will be fine. It's just a little odd to not have to go in to work every day! I'm not used to it!</div>
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The night before my last day of work, Wave came over, and she and I highlighted each other's hair. It was a lot of fun! Great memories!</div>
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Wave after we highlighted it, but before she washed it all out.</div>
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Shaun ended up coming up and seeing what we were doing. He wanted a blonde streak in his hair apparently. Needless to say, it didn't actually do anything to his hair. I think his hair was just way too dark.</div>
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Me after I washed all of the stuff out and blow dried my hair.</div>
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The next day was my last day. Wave had put up this sign for me at work for when I got in. It was really cute!</div>
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This was a few days before my last day, but we kind of celebrated it when all of us secretaries were there. From left to right: Shaleah, Wave, me, and Jessica.</div>
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Dr. Hawkins gave me a schmock as a going away present. How nice of him.</div>
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We had a lot of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups to celebrate! My favorite!</div>
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This is one of my very best friends, Shaleah. She just got home from her mission a little over a month ago and came back to work. I just love her so much!</div>
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We have a lot of fun together.</div>
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So, on that little sign I'm pointing at, it says "Happy Retirement & Baby!" But for some reason, several people came in and didn't see the "&" sign, so they thought it said "Happy Retirement, Baby!" It was a crack-up! So I'm just clarifying what the sign meant in this picture.</div>
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The day after my last day of work, Greg and I went to the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy. It was awesome! We love to do things like this together. </div>
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We saw some awesome sharks!</div>
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Some cool fish!</div>
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My favorite part was seeing the penguins. </div>
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We saw some cool frogs.</div>
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My cutie.</div>
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On Monday, Greg and I went up to Ogden Canyon to a place called the Alaskan Inn for our anniversary for a couple of days. Our 3rd anniversary was on Tuesday. It was amazing! This inn was very rustic and secluded in the canyon. The whole vibe was a touch of Alaska here in Utah. Our room was super cool; I totally recommend this place to anyone who wants a fun weekend away!</div>
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On Monday night, Greg and I went to a drive-in movie. We saw Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. You can imagine how great of a movie it was... Haha. I had never been to a drive-in movie, so it was a really fun experience! I loved it!</div>
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For the two mornings we were at the Alaskan Inn, they brought us complimentary breakfast straight to our door. It was amazing. I don't think I've ever had better French Toast in my life. The fun thing was that we got to choose what we wanted in our meal the night before. It was awesome!! </div>
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On our anniversary on Tuesday, we went and explored the canyon. We went up near Snowbasin Ski Resort, and it was beautiful!</div>
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We then decided we would take a little nature hike. It was beautiful and so fun!</div>
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Greg brought his fly fishing rod. I was in a good mood, so I told him I didn't mind that he fished on our anniversary. He was really cute, though. He wanted to teach me how to fly fish, so he didn't just leave me behind and fish on the creek on our hike; he had me actually fish myself. It was fun! </div>
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Greg threw the line in for the first time during the day, and immediately, he caught this little fish. It was so awesome! We both just looked at each other with surprise and started laughing! It was only a little 6 incher, but it was pretty awesome that he caught it on the first cast.</div>
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We saw this really cool uprooted tree on our hike.</div>
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A view of the little trail we were on.</div>
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For our anniversary dinner, we went to a restaurant called Rickenbacker's Steak House. It was right next to the Ogden Airport, so at our table, we were overlooking the runway. We saw tons of planes taking off. The entire restaurant was airplane themed. I think the owner was a WWII air force veteran. It was really cool there, and the food was delicious too!</div>
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There were planes all over the place in that building!</div>
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I don't know anyone more sweet than Greg. He is extremely thoughtful and so creative! For our anniversary, he designed these two rings for me. One is made out of steel, but gold-plated. The other is made out of stainless steel. He took special care in the design and how he wanted them to look. He is amazing! I love when he designs things just for me. Not pictured here is another gift he gave me. It was a jar full of sticks- each stick has a date idea on it. When we want to go on a date, I can just pick one of those sticks and that's what we will do! I love how thoughtful Greg is!</div>
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I got Greg an iPad 1. It's definitely not the latest iPad or the best, but it was relatively cheap and it works great! I think he really likes it.</div>
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Here's the outside of the Alaskan Inn. It was really cool!</div>
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Some beautiful flowers next to our inn.</div>
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This is a pathway to some other cabins at the Alaskan Inn. Pretty cool.</div>
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We had an amazing Friday this past weekend! I had my mid-pregnancy ultrasound. Greg came with me, and we got to see our little baby moving around in there. We saw basically every part of the baby: the cute little hands and feet and toes and fingers, the legs and arms and head, the heartbeat and the four chambers of the heart, etc. It was very special. The sonographer told us to turn away or close our eyes as she checked the gender. We were so excited!! It was hard not to look! But we wanted it that way so we could have a little gender reveal party with our families.</div>
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Here are some pictures of the ultrasound. This little baby is just perfect in every way.</div>
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Straight on face shot.</div>
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Two arms.</div>
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After the ultrasound, we had our sonographer put the gender picture into an envelope and seal it up. We then gave the envelope to Wave and she went to the store and got balloons to put into a box for us to open up and be surprised! It was super nice of her to do that.</div>
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We then all went to Vivian Park, which is in Provo Canyon. All of Greg's siblings were there, and so were his parents and his Grandma Sisco. We also had several of my siblings, my parents, and my best friend, Sara, on different phones so they could either see or hear the reveal. We had all brought some food to share, but first, we had to find out what our little baby was...</div>
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I am going to get the video of the reveal on here, but we opened up our box and found two pink balloons! IT'S A GIRL!!!</div>
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We seriously are SOOOO excited! I have actually wanted a girl. Greg wanted a boy, but he's so happy with a girl too. We just are already so in love with her, and we won't even get to actually meet her until January! It seems so far away! We can't wait!</div>
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Here I am at 19 weeks 6 days.</div>
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My mom has actually already gotten the baby a blanket, but here's one of our first gifts from someone for our little girl. Janalyn, a lady I work with, gave us this little blanket. Super cute!</div>
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We went to a fun Livingston family reunion at Bear Lake a few weeks ago. We had a great time! Greg's dad, Lance, and all of his siblings and their families all go to these reunions. We enjoyed being with them.</div>
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This is our view from the cabin we stayed at. It was gorgeous!</div>
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This is Greg's little cousin Olive. We had a little princess party that Heather put together, and this was her cute little princess outfit.</div>
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Greg's cousin, Laurel, and I got to dress Anna as a princess with toilet paper and paper towels. I think she ended up looking more like a bride than a princess, but those are basically the same thing, right?</div>
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Maggie got to dress Soren up. Such cuties! </div>
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I got to be Anna's escort down the stairs and into the living room where everyone was waiting to see the pretty princesses.</div>
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Eliza got to dress Becca. Beauties!</div>
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One evening, we took family pictures. Of course, Greg's siblings were interested in the baby. I love how Chris' face looks super creepy, and he's blocking Greg's face, which makes Greg look more creepy too.</div>
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Later that night, Leslie (Greg's aunt) did some fun team games. We, as a team, had to cover our teammate's head with shaving cream and then throw cheese puffs onto it and see how many we could get to stick. It was pretty awesome.</div>
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Here's Lauren after we attacked her with cheese puffs. </div>
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Greg brought a kite for us to play with. When I tried using it, it wasn't windy enough, so I got on the back of Lance's quad and we drove it around. It was fun. </div>
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Here's Heather, Daniel, and Eli. Such an awesome little family! We sure love them tons!</div>
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Bear Lake was great! We loved being there and being with family. Until the next family reunion!</div>
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We painted this piece of furniture (we actually stained it black). It used to be a light wood color, and I didn't really love it. But now it looks fantastic!</div>
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We also got some new curtains and pillows. I'm in love with the way our living room looks now. </div>
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Here's our awesome sunflower! We have several more, but this is the first one to blossom!</div>
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These past few weeks have been fun. I'm sad for summer to be over!</div>
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We have been up to a lot of things these past few weeks! It has been a busy, crazy, amazing, and fun summer so far!</div>
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These first few pictures are of our Fourth of July weekend. Greg's mom's side had a family reunion, and we got to do a lot with them. It was fun seeing a lot of the people on that side that we don't see very often. We did so much, too! The first night, Grandma Sisco paid for everyone to go see Les Miserables at the Scera in Orem. It was actually really good. I'm not a huge fan of Les Mis, but the actors were actually really great. The next day was the Fourth, so we went to the Provo Parade for a little bit, and then we went and hung out with the family.</div>
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My cutie at the parade.</div>
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There were so many people, and it was way too hot to be standing in the sun. I felt like I was going to faint from overheating. </div>
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When we went over to Grandma Sisco's after the parade, there was this cool physicist there. He showed us a bunch of cool stuff that had to do with physics (obviously). I really don't know how else to explain it.</div>
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In this picture, one of Greg's cousins laid down on a bed of nails, and supposedly, it doesn't hurt you because your weight is dispersed across all of the nails. It was cool. </div>
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The physicist also showed us centripetal motion. </div>
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Crysti, Greg's aunt, stood and touched a Van de Graaff generator. It basically puts static through your body, and so her hair ended up sticking out. It was funny. </div>
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Greg's cousin, Eva, also touched it. Her hair went wild!</div>
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This is Mackenzie's baby, Noah. He is such a cutie! </div>
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There was also a talent show that we all got to watch and some got to participate in. It was great!</div>
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This is Mallory, Greg's cousin, singing the National Anthem during the talent show. </div>
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We also got to see some old pictures of Greg's grandparents. This is a picture of his grandpa when he was younger. Pretty funny.</div>
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This is Grandma Sisco when she was a kid. So cute!</div>
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Here's Sam, getting ready for the fireworks!</div>
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The next day, we went to a park to take a huge family picture with everyone who could make it. Here's just a picture of us kind of waiting around.</div>
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We also went up to Midway for a "Family History Treasure Hunt." We pretty much just learned about a lot of cool things about Greg's family. </div>
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We got to go into a barn, and the kids were loving it! </div>
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The view of Heber Valley from the top of the hot spring.</div>
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We had a lot of fun with Greg's family. It was a busy weekend, but it was great to be with them!</div>
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So, in mid-July, we went down to southern Utah near Cedar City to go camping with my family. My parents were there, and then Ann Marie and her boyfriend (Trent) and another friend (Matt) came down as well. It was seriously SO much fun! It was a treat to see my family again. We did a lot together: we played cards, went to Zion National Park (the Narrows), played tetherball, played games, and had so much fun together. Greg, my dad, my mom, Ann Marie, Matt, and Trent rode dirtbikes/four wheelers too! And guess what! I even rode a four wheeler as well! I took it pretty easy, due to the baby, but it was so fun! I wasn't planning on riding anything because of being pregnant, but we took some pretty easy roads, and it was great! We all really had a fun time together!</div>
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Greg, Dad, Ann Marie, Matt, and Trent all took a night ride one night, and my mom and I drove behind them in our car. It was fun!</div>
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We went to these cool underground caves one day. It was pretty awesome. Here's Ann Marie posing.</div>
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Dad, Mom, AM, Trent, Matt, and Greg outside of the cave.</div>
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My love and me... and Trent. </div>
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Outside the caves.</div>
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We all got some pretty cool dirt mustaches after riding. It almost looks like I have brown lipstick on.</div>
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Mom and me at Strawberry Point during our ride on the quads. Zion is in the background, although you can't really see it that well.</div>
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So, basically immediately after we got back from southern Utah with my family, my mom, Ann Marie, and I went to New York City to visit with Steve and Ray! It was AN ABSOLUTELY BLAST! We had sooooo much fun! We did so much, but here is a highlight of the things we got to do while we were there.</div>
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The first night we were there, we went to Lincoln Center. Ray and Steve were laughing because I kept saying, "Where's THE Lincoln Center?" instead of just saying "Lincoln Center." I also thought we were at Lincoln Center before we actually got there. I was pretty clueless, to be honest. It was funny.</div>
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Here's the big waterfall at Lincoln Center.</div>
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Here's the beautiful Metropolitan Opera.</div>
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This is Steve and Ray's cute dog, Tempo! He was so much fun to play with, and he's such a good dog!</div>
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This is the view from Steve and Ray's apartment. Pretty sweet!</div>
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The second day we were there, we walked past this place. This is where the Soup Nazi is from Seinfeld. It was fun to see it.</div>
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We also walked past Carnegie Hall. Both Steve and Ray have played here, which I think is pretty awesome.</div>
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We went to Tiffany's on 5th Avenue. There are so many beautiful things in that place. This picture shows the Tiffany diamond. Steve and Ray say it's Tiffany's most famous gem. It was beautiful.</div>
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Some beautiful Tiffany & Co. engagement rings.</div>
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My mom got me a beautiful key necklace from Tiffany's! I am so excited! It is just perfect! She also got herself a pretty infinity necklace, and Ann Marie got an infinity ring. It was so kind and generous of her! </div>
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Here's my key necklace!</div>
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And here's Mom's beautiful necklace!</div>
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We did a lot of touristy things. I mean, that's all part of going to New York! But, we did get to do a lot of things that weren't so touristy because we had Steve and Ray with us. They took us to some really yummy restaurants and showed us around places that aren't as well known. It was awesome! I loved that!</div>
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Here's Louis Vuitton on 5th Avenue. Pretty cool.</div>
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We also went to St. Patrick's Cathedral. It's amazing inside. They are currently doing some construction, but it was beautiful, none the less. </div>
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Here's the statue by Rockefeller Center.</div>
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And here's Rockefeller Center. It threw me off guard to not see the ice skating rink there instead. I love this place at Christmastime.</div>
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More Rockefeller Center.</div>
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And here's Times Square. This is not my favorite place; it's just too packed with people!</div>
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My mom got us tickets to see the Phantom of the Opera for half price! I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS SHOW! It was soooo good! I had never seen it before live, so it was a real treat! I have been wanting to see it so badly, so when it started, and they pulled the big chandelier up, I got a little teary-eyed. It was so awesome!</div>
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Ann Marie was excited too!</div>
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Here's the stage. We sat a little higher up, but they were still really great seats! </div>
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After Phantom, we went and got some cheap New York pizza. I was in love. I'm pretty much obsessed with this greasy stuff.</div>
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As a side note, here I am at 16 and a half weeks! Starting to grow!</div>
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Anyway, the next day we went down to SoHo to go to Warby Parker and walk around. I really love the buildings in SoHo. They are so old and beautiful.</div>
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We then walked all the way down to the World Trade Center Memorial. It was amazing. There was such a peaceful feeling there, separate from the rest of NYC. It's a special place. It was kind of sad to walk through and remember what happened.</div>
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Here's the new World Trade Center. It is GIGANTIC. It's amazing!</div>
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Here's the memorial. It was beautiful. There are so many trees and so much open space.</div>
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Here's the memorial for the North Tower. It was absolutely amazing. Just so different from the rest of the city. Around the edge of the memorial, there are just tons of names of the people who died from the tragedy that happened at this tower. There is another one of these memorials for the South Tower as well. The memorials also remember those who were killed in the 1993 bombing.</div>
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At the North Tower Memorial.</div>
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One night, Ray made us these cute little things! He carved out a watermelon and put strawberry Jell-o into the middle. It was really yummy!</div>
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One of our last days there, Steve and Ray took us down to Chinatown to try some dim sum. Dim sum is basically just a bunch of small dishes of food that you eat. Little Chinese women walk around with carts full of these little dishes that you can get. I was IN LOVE. It was so delicious!! I totally recommend going, wherever you are.</div>
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Mom and Ann Marie at the restaurant.</div>
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The restaurant was huge! </div>
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We saw this BMW as we came out of the restaurant. It was nuts!</div>
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More Chinatown</div>
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Steve took us down to Battery Park to see the Statue of Liberty. We walked through the financial district to get there. Here are some awesome buildings near Wall Street. </div>
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Down at Battery Park. It was such a cool view!</div>
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It was a gorgeous day!! You can see the Statue of Liberty teeny tiny in this picture. </div>
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Unfortunately, we were too late in getting tickets to get onto the Statue. But it was still totally worth it to come down and see it from afar. </div>
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Steve then took us to Union Square. Steph had taken me to this delicious restaurant, Max Brenner. They serve DELICIOUS chocolate. Unfortunately we didn't stay to eat, but my mom did buy my dad some delicious little chocolates from here. </div>
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Union Square. This is at 14th street. We walked all the way back to Steve's apartment from here, which is on 53rd street. Needless to say, we walked a ton that day. Steve has a Fit Bit, and it said we walked about 10 miles that day.</div>
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And here's the Flat Iron Building. It's so cool! </div>
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Right next to the Flat Iron Building was this delicious place where we got gelato called Eataly (like Itay, get it?). I got mint chocolate chip! It was such a fun restaurant/store!</div>
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Our last night in NYC, Steve and Ray took us to this delicious Italian restaurant. I honestly can't even remember the name, but I got this really good pepperoni and arugula pizza. </div>
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Here were some of my favorite parts about NYC this trip: spending time with my mom, sister, brother, and soon to be brother-in-law; bread dipped in olive oil and balsamic vinegar; Steve taking us around Manhattan to some cool local places; the Phantom of the Opera; Tiffany & Co.; the amazing restaurants we got to eat at! New York was amazing! I'm so glad my mom was willing to take us, and I'm happy that Steve and Ray took us in while we were there! I miss it and them already!</div>
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If you think all of this was a ton during this summer, we have more coming up! It's been an amazing summer so far!!!</div>
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We went to California for a little over a week at the end of June. Every time I go down there, I realize just how much I truly miss it and my family. This time, it was especially awesome because Josh and Diana and their kids were there too on vacation! It was so much fun to be with most of my siblings. We don't all get to be altogether very often, so this was extremely awesome!</div>
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Savannah and me at Sweetee Thai. She's a doll.</div>
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Sterling loves Grandpa.</div>
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The day after we arrived, a lot of us went over to Davy's house for swimming and a barbecue. It was so much fun! I loved seeing my little nieces and nephews play together, and I loved being with my siblings. </div>
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Anna is so cute! She got a little sunburned.</div>
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Lucy and Anna loved Uncle Greg. He played ball with them for probably 45 minutes. They are so cute. </div>
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On Sunday, we had another huge family get-together. It was so fun! Here's who was there: Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa Wertz, Kyle and Meagan and their family, Davy and Kelly and their family, Josh and Diana and their family, Greg and Karina and their family, Ann Marie, Shaun and Wave, and Greg and me. It was quite the party. The cousins were all so cute together.</div>
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Meagan and cute little Hannah!</div>
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Anna is seriously SO cute. </div>
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Josh and Daniel. Daniel has the cutest little shy smile.</div>
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Savannah- such a cute little doll. </div>
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Grandma and Grandpa (2 sets) with the grandkids. Wish all of the grandkids were there, but this was super cute! </div>
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Lucy is so beautiful! </div>
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Grace is such a sweetheart. </div>
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I love Parker! </div>
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So adorable! </div>
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Haha! I love this of Andrew! </div>
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Loving that ice cream! </div>
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Me and my sweetheart.</div>
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On Monday, we went up to Leo Carrillo (just north of Malibu) with my family (Mom, Dad, and Ann Marie), along with Shaun and Wave to go beach camping. Josh and Diana and their family also came along for a few days. We met up with Lance and Diane and most of their family for the week. It was a blast! We all had a really fun time being together- going to the beach, cooking s'mores, laughing around the fire, playing games, etc. It was awesome. I wish we could just be on vacation for the rest of our lives (don't we all wish?)!</div>
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Greg and I slept in a tent the first night. But don't worry, it was camping in style. We had a queen size air mattress to sleep on. It was great, even though it wasn't filled up all the way.</div>
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We got my mom this huge blanket with our faces on it for her birthday a few years ago. It has a caption that says, "If you ever miss us, we're right here!" It was a great addition to our mattress.</div>
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Anna and Andrew at the beach on the first day. </div>
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So beautiful. I love the beach. </div>
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We went to some cool rocks one day to look at some crabs and other gross sea stuff (like muscles and slimy things). The kids really loved it.</div>
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The waves would crash against the rocks and create this really cool splash. </div>
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Cute little Anna!</div>
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Shaun and Wave </div>
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Diane and her girls.</div>
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We brought a Smashball set down to the beach and Andrew LOVED it. He was willing to take turns with others, but as soon as they were done, he went right back to it.</div>
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WE ARE GOING TO BE PARENTS! Can you believe it?! It's pretty exciting for us! It's going to be a HUGE change, but we are so excited!!</div>
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For Father's Day, I decided to create a "Dad-To-Be Survival Kit" for Greg. Check it out!</div>
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<b>An Address Book/Brag Book</b> for all the need-to-know phone numbers, information, memories, brag moments, etc.</div>
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<b>Hand Lotion</b> to remind you that babies need a lot of soft touches. </div>
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<b>Lifesavers</b> to remind you that to our baby, you are a lifesaver.</div>
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<b>Eraser</b> to remind you that every new dad makes mistakes. </div>
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<b>Sweet & Sour Candy</b> because every child can be both at any given moment.</div>
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<b>Gloves</b> to protect your hands while changing the mystery diapers.</div>
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<b>Goggles</b> to protect your eyes from any UFOs while diaper changing.</div>
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Greg is one fourth of the way done with his life (granted he lives until he's 100). I know, he's so old. I still look like a baby at 22 compared to him. </div>
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I tried very hard to pamper and spoil him again this year. We love surprising each other on our birthdays. I wanted him to have the best day/weekend ever!</div>
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His birthday was on a Friday (May 30th). On Thursday night, I forced him to stay in the living room all night while I baked in the kitchen. I didn't want him to see what I was doing. I made him some cupcakes (chocolate with cream cheese frosting), and also made some muffins for the next morning, partly so I wouldn't have to wake up at 6:45 with him to make him breakfast. He could just grab some muffins on the go. I put a few cupcakes in a container that he couldn't see through and wrote him a little note. I had him open that and eat the cupcakes and read the note after he ate lunch at work. </div>
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When he got home from work, I had him open his presents. I usually try to get a lot of different fun presents to open. It's a fun little thing that I've been trying to do for him every year.</div>
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After dinner, we went geocaching. Geocaching is basically a scavenger hunt that you can do to find things around the city, using a GPS. We found quite a few of the little canisters! It was a lot of fun. Sometimes the canisters are big, sometimes they are small. Sometimes they are hidden really well, and sometimes the hints they give you are super obvious. It was really cool.</div>
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On Saturday morning, Greg went spearfishing with his brother, Shaun. He brought me back this beautiful bouquet of wild flowers. </div>
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We went to Seven Peaks on Saturday. It was so much fun! We got a lot of sun and it was very refreshing to be in the water. Greg's family ended up coming with us. We had a good time. Lance and Diane also took us all out to dinner for Greg's birthday at a restaurant that Wave works at (Osaka). It was yummy!</div>
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Overall, I think Greg had a fun weekend. It was pretty casual and laid back, but it was fun being together. It was fun surprising him with all of these different random activities that we did. I think he appreciated that. I just love him so much.</div>
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