tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77754159643288247142024-03-12T19:39:07.485-06:00Jake & JoeyJoey Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467689400399895554noreply@blogger.comBlogger724125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775415964328824714.post-21516386807796872012017-12-28T10:47:00.000-07:002020-05-12T10:50:32.655-06:00Mom Back to Work, Clara Goes to Baby BusinessAlexxis, my cousin Amy's oldest daughter, was our first babysitter for Clara. I loved taking her to Lexxi and never worried a minute about it. I would drop her off and Jake would pick her up in the afternoon. Paisley loved her and always wanted to help take care of her.<br />
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<br />Joey Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467689400399895554noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775415964328824714.post-8122424411286790142017-12-27T08:26:00.001-07:002017-12-27T08:27:55.385-07:00Random Pictures from 2017<div style="text-align: center;">
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I could hear Abbi loading the dishwasher in the kitchen and wondered who she was talking to. She was just giving a verbal tutorial on the proper way to do the dishes :)</div>
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The kids stayed home for banana splits while Jake and I ran a couple errands for our Friday the 13th date night.</div>
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Grandma Hansen</div>
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We got so much snow this year. It just kept piling up. The kids were in heaven.</div>
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I finally won Jessica at the card game we play during lunch every day.</div>
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Noah's first Picasso or Pisacco as he would call it.</div>
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Abbi and I went to her Young Women New Beginnings.</div>
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Jessica and Caesar's first little wedding before the big Catholic cathedral wedding.</div>
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Abbi wrote a letter asking Anne's boss to allow her to have time off for our Bear Lake trip.</div>
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This is Alexxis's baby, Paisley.</div>
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I love this water color painting Abbi did at school.</div>
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Anne and Wendy on a sister trip in Sweden.</div>
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Noah had lots of fun playing baseball this summer.</div>
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Kids were out with dad for the day. The funny thing about Noah's scratch on his forehead is that he "doesn't remember" what happened. All we know is that he was "horsing around" with Jack and James with Grandpa nearby. That's all we ever learned about his Harry Potter scar.</div>
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The kids celebrated Wendy's birthday with her at Cherry Hill water park.</div>
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When we moved into Grandma's house, the young women brought a cute gift basket and gift over to welcome the kids into the ward.</div>
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Pregnant lady model pose with Jake's new smoker.</div>
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This is the puzzle my mom and I tried to do at Bear Lake but decided we'd need more time and did it at home instead. This was the hardest puzzle ever!</div>
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The kids made great entries for the annual melon roll at the Stone Family Labor Day picnic.</div>
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Jake's masterpiece gingerbread man. He baked and decorated it just for me.</div>
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This was a funny screenshot of texts I thought I was sending to Wendy but sent to Jake instead.</div>
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Clara in her cradle the day we came home from the hospital.</div>
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Noah was excited to find Clara was home after school.</div>
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Abbi loves to have a baby to cuddle.</div>
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This is when we started discovering Clara is a smiley baby.</div>
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James</div>
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Elizabeth</div>
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Clara's first time in her swing.</div>
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Popcorn Grandma meeting Clara on our first outing.</div>
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We already knew she could make good faces with her eyebrows because we could see them during her ultrasounds!</div>
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My first time back to church in a cute dress from Wendy.</div>
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Jessica Saari Alvarado</div>
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Hugo.</div>
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Anne and the dog having their afternoon nap.</div>
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Daisy wants an Easter treat.</div>
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Hugo camping.</div>
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Daisy camping.</div>
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I asked Quinn to send me a picture of a really pregnant cow so I could feel better about how I looked.</div>
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Daisy enjoying her deck at the Bills's.</div>
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Taking Daisy from the Bills's to her new family.</div>
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Look closely. There are 3 cats in this stroller. A customer at the D.I. brought them in and had two dogs on leashes, too!</div>
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A two-year hiatus from this blog has left us so far behind on what's been happening at home. Instead of going back to the new school year of 2015, we'll try and update on where we are now and work backwards while we go forward. I miss having my end of the year book to print as a journal/scrapbook.</div>
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Noah and Abbi got snorkel gear for Christmas today so they could be ready for some adventures with Dad. He's hoping one of them likes it enough to learn how to SCUBA dive with him. I'm glad we have kids for those kinds of activities.</div>
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Clara loves to sit with Dad and loves to smile at Mom. It's really funny to watch how her personality and faces match both of us in such opposite ways.</div>
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Here's our little starfish stretcher. Clara loves to lay on the ottoman to kick and kick. For Christmas, she got an activity mat that has a light and music just like she enjoys.</div>
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Noah's got some gems and crystals to work and is going to learn to solder on a Tesla coil. He got right to work on his puzzle, too.</div>
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I hope everyone we know (and I mean everyone) is ready to get their face painted. Jake thought she'd enjoy learning about it and it really blew up into a big business idea. She hasn't stopped drawing, listing, planning, and practicing. She got some other things she really likes but face painting has all of her attention right now.</div>
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Aunties and grandparents make it look like Clara got a great Christmas. Good thing for them because we were kind of naughty and trying to get away with a baby-doesn't-know-anyway Christmas.</div>
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Hurley isn't a talented model of his new hat but he does love Christmas.</div>
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It's hard to believe Christmas arrived and the sun has already set. This has been such a measuring date for me all year that now I should find something to look forward to. Christmas has been the marker of going back to work soon. Maybe if I think of something to look forward to I won't think so much about the milestones that came and went this year and think of exciting things coming up soon.</div>
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Clara was given her name and blessing by Jake after church on Christmas Eve. She wore the blessing dress that I wore thirty-four years ago. The little bonnet doesn't fit her Tracy-baby head. We had our little family, Grandma Tracy and Jed, Grandma and Grandpa Hansen, Aunt Wendy, Aunt Anne, and Bryce and Sally Wade's family with us. Clara was a good girl during her blessing and only cooed once.</div>
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Clara is a very smiley baby, especially at home on the ottoman. On her blessing day she was seven weeks and one day old.</div>
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We celebrated Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Hansen's house with all the aunts and uncles and cousins. Even Popcorn Grandma was there. We had lots of fun and lots of good food!</div>
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Clara and Dad make the same face while having their picture taken. Aunt Wendy gave Clara some story books and a Storm Pooper shirt.</div>
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Grandpa Hansen put together a nice progr'm (pronounced without the A to be like Grandpa Choo Choo and Uncle Jimmy). The kids did their special parts while he read a story and we learned how there would be no Christmas without Easter.</div>
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The kids wrote their own play called Jack's Ear. It was wonderful! They wrote a script and put together their costumes.</div>
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All the grandkids (except Liza) came ready to party with Grandma.</div>
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Last year we had a picture together and Cody made us do it again this year. Jimmy was very touchy this year and gave all the sisters a hug and a kiss.</div>
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I'm grateful that my mom works hard to help us keep our traditions going. It's really nice to be able to be together and have fun. We're lucky and blessed to all be friends.Joey Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467689400399895554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775415964328824714.post-48407284445278161212017-12-22T19:16:00.000-07:002017-12-25T19:17:45.143-07:00Hansen Christmas Party 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We weren't planning on Clara going to the party but we went for a little while. She looks so cute in her Num Num suit.</div>
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Noah and I planned a great date to celebrate Christmas break in Salt Lake City because we had to drive Abbi and Marlie downtown. Clara and Dad stayed home, we dropped the big girls off and we went off on our own adventure.</div>
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The girls were dressed up cute for the Ballet West Nutcracker at the Capital Theater with Aunt Anne. Abbi liked it but thought the men could use more clothing to cover their rears. </div>
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Noah chose P.F. Chang's Chinese for lunch. He loves Chinese food! We tried out the lettuce wraps and loved them. He ordered honey chicken and lo mein and I had sweet and sour chicken. For dessert, we brought home the Great Wall of Chocolate! Noah had such excellent manners and was a great date!</div>
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Before going to Temple Square, Noah wanted to go into the toy store we have taken him and Abbi a few years ago. I was letting him lead the way and the first, and only, thing he did was find a toy he thought was great and asked to get it for the Toys for Tots box. I had no idea he remembered when we did that before and was very proud of what he chose to do.</div>
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Noah and I had lots of fun looking around City Creek at the window displays, the Disney store, and the fountain. We rode the escalators lots of times, raced to the elevators, made jokes about the parking levels, and were more wild than we had been in a really long time. I think it was the perfect date for a cabin-fevered mom and a new middle child.</div>
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At Temple Square, we waited in line to donate to the Light the World vending machine. There were lots of options of things you could pay for in order to donate towards others. Water, meals, eye glasses, baby stuff, goats, water systems, etc. Noah chose to get 100 meals for the Utah Food Bank. The vending machines had nearly 24,000 transactions and generated $469,000 in donations from visitors to Temple Square. Amazing!</div>
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We went up to the top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and pretended to spy on all the people we could see below. Then, went back to City Creek to buy naughty little gifts for the Hansen Christmas Party.</div>
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Joey Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467689400399895554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775415964328824714.post-380941663852091642017-12-20T19:36:00.000-07:002017-12-25T19:42:45.769-07:00Grandma's Tea PartySince I was a little girl, my mom has had a special Christmas Tea Party for the girls. A couple of years ago we started including the grandsons because they like stories and treats, too. Every year, she finds a new Christmas story to read to us while we snack on delicious cream puffs and hot chocolate. We get to bring our own copy of the story home and get an ornament to remember the story or the year by. This year the book was The Worst Christmas Pageant Ever and we got snowman ornaments holding an American flag because Grandma and Grandpa went on an American History trip in the fall.<br />
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Abbi took care of Clara while I got ready for the party. She rocked her and sang her a million Christmas carols.</div>
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<br />Joey Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467689400399895554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775415964328824714.post-67817928247222520662017-12-09T19:44:00.000-07:002020-05-12T13:20:54.116-06:00SistersThis year has overflowed with help and love from my sisters. This post is going to be rather gushy for any of our personal taste but I still want to record it.<br />
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Anne has always known and had faith that one day I would get a baby. I told my sisters very early that I was expecting because I couldn't help but want to share something so big with them. During my pregnancy they were thoughtful and very supportive. They answered their phone every time I called and were interested in all the little things I would tell them. I liked to call them right after all my doctor appointments to update them on what was happening.<br />
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The sisters are so great to me but maybe even better aunties. They made sure Clara was all set up for her arrival. A few years ago, Old Navy had a whole line of penguin baby clothes that my mom and I saw while we were out shopping. I didn't remember but the clothes upset me and my mom told Anne that I was sad. Anne bought all of the stuff because she knew one day I would need it. Wendy got Clara a few sensible items but also the accessory items that dress every outfit up, like fur vests and such.<br />
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While I have been recovering, both sisters kept close tabs on how I was doing. I'm glad they were available to talk to me so much and I'm glad for Marco Polo because that's been a fun way to talk to them and show them the baby and me every day.<br />
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As I prepare to go back to work, Wendy has warmed me up by encouraging me with goals for making sure to snack, walking, going outside, and talking to people. And, today they met me in Salt Lake and we practiced all those things. I knew I needed to also practice leaving Clara for more than an hour so that my workday isn't the worst. I left Jake and Clara home and the sisters met me at Little America.<br />
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We went to see the fancy window displays at Grand America, Wendy really wanted to go in the American Girl store at City Creek, we bought water bottles from the Light the World vending machines, and then went back for dinner in the lounge at Little America. It was nice to sit and visit for as long as we wanted during dinner. I hadn't had a whole meal for a long time.<br />
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I'm really, really happy to have the sisters I have. They really are my best friends. I call, text, or Marco Polo them more than anyone else. Sometimes it's hard to live an hour away from each other but I'm grateful we still get to talk and spend time together as much as we do.<br />
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<br />Joey Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467689400399895554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775415964328824714.post-20148696931495977212017-12-05T20:12:00.000-07:002017-12-25T20:21:57.728-07:00Uncle Jimmy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Uncle Jimmy was the first of my siblings that I told I was pregnant. He was driving home from work and returned my call while I was at work. I could believe how happy he was on the phone! I think he almost drove off the rode. He was so incredibly happy. Because the news of a baby was still so new to me, it was still very unbelievable and scary. I didn't know how or even want to be to excited because I was really scared it wasn't true or wouldn't end well. But when I heard Jimmy on the phone, I was happy! He told me to not be scared and just be so glad for every day I had. He really was the reason I was able to give up the fear for gratitude. Even though the next weeks and first few months would be risky, I was glad every day that I even got the chance to be expecting. Even if that was all I would ever get.</div>
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Over the next several months, Jimmy was still so happy and excited for us. It was contagious and helped my mom, too.</div>
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Then when Clara finally arrived, if it's possible, he was even happier. Uncle Jimmy loves to get a daily picture or Marco Polo from Clara. He often beats me to it and sends his own good morning message first. We love when he comes to visit and hold her.</div>
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I'll always be grateful for how Jimmy helped me choose to be happy and enjoy the experience I was having and the gift of the little baby we got.</div>
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<br />Joey Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467689400399895554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775415964328824714.post-37879910619936831602017-12-02T20:24:00.000-07:002017-12-25T20:27:56.077-07:00Trying and Failing at Family Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I tried to take the kids pictures for our holiday card with my iPhone in our family room. So many fails in such a short time. And, for such a happy baby, Clara was so very mad. And, for such cute children, no one could smile like they were genuinely happy. And, Jake was my assistant. Oh well. I put the pictures on our card anyway. We'll try again with a professional in the Spring.</div>
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Abbi is 13 years and 1 month; Noah is 8 years and 4 months; Clara is 4 weeks old.</div>
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Amanda Payne and I have known each other pretty much our whole lives but we became close friends in high school. After high school, and Ryan's mission, she married our friend and her high school sweetheart, Ryan Parent in 2004. I don't know all of the details about their journey through fertility issues but I know it lasted for many years.<br />
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Thanksgiving of 2016, Amanda told me she was expecting a baby boy! Amanda had told me that she and Ryan had decided to check just one more time to see if they had any options to have a baby. The news wasn't very optimistic until she was lucky enough to be a part of an invitro study and even luckier because it was successful! When she told me this I started thinking that if she was brave enough to try one last time than I should too.<br />
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That, and a little nudge from Jake, gave me the courage to talk to the doctor about affordable options that might be available for me to try again to have a baby. It was January of 2017 and that very day I walked out with a $2 prescription to try and a possible procedure.<br />
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Unfortunately, the first round of medication didn't work at all and sounded like it may not be a medication that would work for me at all. But, I had already filled the next round of medicine and decided to take it anyway. Because of some terrible timing and schedule issues, the day I was supposed to have the follow up procedure wasn't going to work and I didn't have it. So, I decided to go for the third and final round of the medicine. Before starting the medication, I took the recommended pregnancy test and couldn't believe it. I didn't believe it. Within a week, I took five more tests. They all came back with the same results. All positive.<br />
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Jack - 9Joey Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467689400399895554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775415964328824714.post-5665117943176895622017-11-18T20:06:00.000-07:002017-12-25T20:07:16.912-07:00Clara's Newborn PicturesAmber's sister, Mary Kay, came to our house to take Clara's newborn pictures. I think, of course, they turned out so beautiful. But, Clara wasn't the most cooperative baby. She doesn't like to curl up and be swaddled so it was really hard to pose her. Then, she got tired and grumpy, peed all over a bunch of blankets, but then she went to sleep and we got a few more good pictures.<br />
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Noah and Clara the morning after she was born.</div>
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Abbi and Clara the morning after she was born.</div>
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After a few false alarms and being sent home from the hospital I was feeling very gun shy about going back until I knew for sure I was in labor. Lucky for me (I guess) my water broke at 2:22 a.m. on November 4th. I was 40 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I remember the time because I woke up wondering if the pain I had just felt was real or if I was dreaming. Since I was awake anyway, I figured I might as well take one of my dozen night-time trips to the bathroom.</div>
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It worked out really great that I was in the bathroom when my water broke. I could not believe what was happening. And, I'll always be so very happy that my water broke at home and not at work or anywhere else public! The water just kept coming so I tried to yell for Jake but I had closed both the bedroom and bathroom door because I didn't want to wake him up with the light. In our room, I knew the fan was running and he had on his c-pap machine. I couldn't keep yelling because I didn't want to wake up the kids. Finally, there was a break and I walked to the bedroom door and yelled for Jake to wake up. The water gushed again all over the hallway floor. Thankful for tile!</div>
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Jake came flying out of our room already halfway dressed. We cleaned up a little bit, I called my parents to come for the kids, and we headed to the hospital. Abbi was awake when Jake went down to tell her we were leaving because I guess she did hear me yelling for Jake.</div>
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We got to McKay Dee and I was checked in at 3 a.m. and even better, the nurse said they wouldn't send me home this time! I knew it was the real deal because they took me straight to a labor and delivery room. I had a few contractions since I woke up and was naive enough to think that was as bad as contractions were. So, I told Jake and the nurse it that's all it was then I maybe didn't want an epidural. The nurse laughed and then I had my first real contraction.</div>
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I was so scared to have the epidural. I really don't think I've ever been that afraid before. Jake and the nurse did a great job trying to help me. I never looked at the doctor or his cart of materials. He came in, did his work, and was gone quickly. Having a contraction and an epidural at the same time is actually really awful. Really awful. But the epidural made my day. Oh, it was wonderful. And, we're so lucky we came to the hospital when we did because right after my epidural the two anesthesiologists were both taken into an emergency situation and were unavailable for the lady that came in after me. She was further along in her labor and there was no epidural available for her. Hearing her holler from down the hall made me very grateful.</div>
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My doctor, Dr. Davis, left for New York City to run the marathon the night before so my doctor was Dr. Johansson. She had six women in labor and delivery that day but her and the nurses expected I would deliver in the late afternoon because I progressed quickly after arriving at the hospital. We kept talking about all the good things I could choose to eat for a late lunch. But the day shift nurse came and left and I was back to my original night time nurse. My progress had really slowed down and they kept turning up the pitocin to keep my contractions strong and regular. </div>
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At 9 p.m. I was ready to start pushing but the day had shown the baby had no intention of lowering for delivery. Neither of us were in distress so the doctor wanted to see what would happen if I tried pushing for 90 minutes. So I did. I was so exhausted from the day that I would nap in between every contraction and Jake would have to nudge me when it was time to push again. The epidural is amazing. I could nap in the middle of delivery. After 90 minutes, the baby hadn't moved down at all so I was prepped and taken into the operating room for a c-section.</div>
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I had always felt like the c-section was inevitable so I wasn't surprised or nervous about why I had to have one. While the nurses prepped me, Jake gave me a priesthood blessing and then we were whisked away. Jake had been dressed in some coveralls and a mask and they put a hat on me.</div>
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I saw very little in the operating room and things went really fast. It was a small, cramped room with lots of people. I was taken in at 11 p.m., Jake sat next to my head and tried to start my Pride and Prejudice sound track on his phone and a few seconds into the first song I heard a little squeak and got a peek of a baby over the curtain and they took her away. It took a minute to convince Jake to follow the baby because he was focused on helping me be calm. But, the anesthesiologist scooted up and visited with me while the doctor sewed me up.</div>
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After a minute, Jake and the baby were back right next to my head. I couldn't touch her because my arm was tied down but seeing her in Jake's arms was the best thing I've ever seen. Once I was moved onto my bed to be taken to recovery I got to hold little Clara. She was wide awake and it wasn't long before she was hungry. We fed her a little bottle, the nurse cleaned me up, and we got moved to our hospital room. I loved that I got to hold her while we got moved around.</div>
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It was daylight savings and the time changed which was really confusing for our new nurse. She was busy figuring out what time the medicine and other things had to happen while I just held the baby. I was so exhausted but I didn't want to send her away while she was still wide awake. But the nurses talked me into it after a while because Clara still needed her big bath. I asked to have her back when she was ready for her next bottle because there was no chance to really get good sleep. </div>
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The next morning started all the exciting introductions for everyone. Abbi and Noah had a long day waiting for the baby to arrive and fell asleep before we could tell them she had arrived. It was the best to have us, all five, together first thing in the morning.</div>
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Jake filled out the loads of paperwork in the labor room. He also kept my water cup full and the Dum Dum suckers on hand.</div>
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Jake was by my side for everything I needed during labor. He handed me everything, reminded me to push the epidural button, held my hand when I was in pain or scared, turned me, sat me up, read to me, let me rest, took care of keeping everyone updated, he did everything.</div>
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Clara was cleaned up and wrapped in a room next to my operation room. I could kind of see through the window a little bit but I'm so glad Jake was able to go with her and take some pictures for me.</div>
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In my recovery room I was able to hold her and gave her her first bottle. She would have eaten the whole thing right up but the nurses said she could only have one ounce to start. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Clara was wide awake for hours after birth. I was exhausted but didn't want to send her away while she was still awake. Luckily, the nurses talked me into it because Clara still needed a good bath in the nursery so they took her for a few hours so I could sleep. Yeah, sleep. I wish.</span></div>
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She had an orthodontist appointment that morning so I checked her out of school and after the appointment we went for lunch and to the salon to get her hair done. I'm glad we got to spend that time together because later in the day the baby was playing mind and body games with me and I had to go to the hospital only to be released a little while later. So I missed the cake and ice cream but Jake did a wonderful job writing on it all by himself.</div>
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We're grateful Grandpa and Grandma Hansen were available to make her birthday dinner while Jake drove me home from the hospital. And, we're glad for the cousins and aunts and uncles who celebrated with her at Grandma's house.</div>
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Abbi really wanted an art easel and found quite a pricey one on Amazon. Secretly, Jake and Noah went to work and built one for her themselves. After school on her birthday, Noah was so proud to bring it out of hiding and show her what they had done!</div>
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Abbi's 6th birthday was while Jake and I were dating. I was so overwhelmed because I knew how much I loved all three of them. I was scared by how much they all meant to me. That sixth birthday was a funny night because Jake worked hard on making her requested unicorn cake. Six or seven cake mixes later, I'm not sure if it ever turned out or not :) But we partied anyway!</div>
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Now we are eight parties into her being my little SuSu and the only thing I'm scared of is how wild she is and the teenage years we just jumped into!</div>
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I sent this ultrasound picture to a couple of my friends to tell them I think I caught a bug.</div>
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Baby was not shy and we knew less than 60 seconds into the appointment that we were having a girl!</div>
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And the pumpkin was all the way filled up here. This picture and the one below were taken on Halloween, 4 days before Clara was born. I tucked my shirt in to be funny for my sisters.</div>
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This year we got to go to a couple of fun trunk or treats in our new town of Plain City. The ward put on a fun night where we saw the headless horseman and Noah got his face painted. One of the young men also played Abbi a special song on the piano in the primary room :)<br />
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Earlier in the day, I was determined to walk and walk to get the baby coming so I planned a full day. I started at Noah's school parade which was very festive! Then, I headed to Deweyville to see my cows. I ate an order of cheese bread at Pizza Plus before heading home for a nap.<br />
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Halloween night, we went to a fun trunk or treat the bible church puts on at the park. Noah was most excited for the can of Pepsi he got at one of the cars. Jake and I walked around the neighborhood with Noah while Abbi manned our door for trick or treaters.<br />
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It was kind of a different Halloween for us but I think we all got plenty of goodies!<br />
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Joey Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05467689400399895554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775415964328824714.post-80190471437976101772017-10-07T16:00:00.000-06:002017-12-26T11:54:22.824-07:00Noah's Baptism<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two months after his birthday, Noah finally was baptized. With moving and a new ward, he wanted to wait until he was with his new primary and friends. He was the only kid in our ward getting baptized in October so he was able to choose the program himself.<br />
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Grandma Hansen and Aunt Anne said the prayers. Aunt Wendy led the music and Mom Joey played the piano. Abbi gave a talk on the Holy Ghost and Marlie gave a talk on baptism. Mom Joey did a spotlight about Noah. Brother Rowley, from the bishopric, gave some great remarks about choosing the right and always moving forward. Dad baptized Noah with Grandpa Hansen and Grandpa Nelson as the witnesses and then Dad confirmed Noah a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<br />
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Lots of people came to support Noah, including his two great grandmas, on his special day and we are so grateful for all of them! The Relief Society room was packed.<br />
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After the baptism, Noah planned a delicious meal for everyone in our backyard. We had pulled pork sandwiches, cookies, brownies, chips, and homemade root beer.<br />
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We are so proud of Noah and his decision to be baptized. He has taken the decision very seriously and tried hard to remember why he was baptized and how to choose the right.<br />
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Tammy and Kayli threw me the cutest baby shower! It was so fun! I was surprised by how many friends came and am so grateful for their generosity. I'm pretty sure we don't have to buy any baby stuff for a long time.</div>
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The decorations were cute pumpkins and Kayli made some delicious pumpkin squares. I think I ate a half dozen of them. The guests made onesies and wrote messages on diapers to make us laugh in the night time.</div>
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Mom and Dad did a little decorating before the shower, too! They're pretty funny!</div>
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