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Maggie Turns Four: Part Two

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Our girls are lucky enough to have a very, very large circle of people that care very deeply for them. Many of these people live within driving distance of us and we get to see them frequently (or maybe some might say not enough?) and for that we’re blessed. When it came time to plan Maggie’s family birthday celebration, and realizing that it fell on Easter, I felt the need to make sure that we had a sit-down meal all together.

I have many great memories from my childhood of both sets of grandparents, and extended family,  celebrating Mother’s Day together, and it’s nice that we can give that same sense of family-connectedness to my girls as well. Many of our very favorite people came and helped to celebrate our girl on her birthday. My friend Nicole graciously provided salmon that her husband caught just a few days before, the local bakery made Maggie’s cake, and most everybody else filled in between. I joked that I out-sourced everything, and I’m well aware that everybody helped, provided and made the day especially special. 

I’ve got one more batch of pictures from this day to share….they’re too sweet not to be their own post. 

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On The Fourth Of July, I Give You June

 

 

This is what our June looked like. Lots of time outside playing with the water. What isn’t pictured is all the sprinkler play and sidewalk chalk we’ve been doing…..or the post-sprinkler popsicle mess, or our friends that we’ve had wonderful play dates with. Anywhoodle, we’ve been up to no-good, making messes and having a grand ‘ole time. We’re off to meet up with some friends at the beach for some celebrating of “Norf ‘merica’s birfday,’  as Maggie likes to say it. Happy 4th,  Peeps.

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Over The Years

My friend, Clove, recently did a post where she flashed on some picutes of the past year and wondered if she’d rememberd to enjoy herself and take it all in. It spurred me to take a quick trip down memory lane to see where we were the last fie years. And I laughed because the last five years have been a whirl wind of pregnancy and babies. So, here we were before ANY of that. We went camping with Brian and Darcy and we probably hardly packed a thing…..wine and wet suits. I got pregnant with Maggie shortly after.

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And then here we are the following summer. Barry’s cousin got married and it was probably the first time we’d actually put on real clothes as a whole family since Maggie’s birth. I remember nursing in the car and in the bridal suite, but needing to practically take my entire dress off. Ugh. 

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One year after that and I was done nursing Maggie and back to feeling a bit more rested and working out. (Hallelujah!) This was the summer that Barry did some heavy-duty training for is half Ironman and was also in charge of a big project at work. Maggie and I went to North Dakota for two weeks to celebrate my grandparent’s 60th wedding anniversary….it was a fun, busy summer. 

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The following summer, and just two years ago, I was pregnant with Audrey and feeling sicky-poo. We’d gone to San Diego and I proceeded to feel nauseous the entire trip. I don’t remember much of that time, I was getting ready to go back to work in September and it was the first time that Maggie would be cared for by somebody that was not a family member. 

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And then last year. We were on a road trip to Montana for a couple weeks and it was a delightful trip in the sense that we outlawed any driving with the girls more than 2 hours for a while. But two kids! A year ago Audrey wasn’t crawling and was hardly eating real food. Maggie hadn’t started preschool yet and Barry hadn’t changed jobs. 

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Here we are most recently at Maggie’s birthday party a couple months ago. Since that picture was taken Maggie has finished her first year of preschool, Audrey has learned to run, Barry has started a job he loves, and I keep thinking I’m on the brink of being done nursing. We’ll have to get a more updated picture, but it’s pretty fun to get an idea of where we’ve been the past five years. Life certainly hasn’t been dull and not a single year matches another year. And dang, we’re happy. 

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