tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88139501529608282062024-03-14T07:05:04.620-07:00The CrawfordsThe Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-70476781935040923222012-01-26T11:25:00.000-08:002012-01-26T11:25:43.322-08:00New year updateI'm going to get better at blogging, I promise!! I can't add pictures using my iPad, so I will have to do that later. <br />
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Nolan is getting to be such a big boy. He is almost 15 months old. He started walking at 10.5 months and is now running! He skipped puréed food and finally around 12.5 months decided to eat. He has 16 teeth, so we just need the two year molars and we will be done. He loves apples right now. He calls them "bapples". I leave it whole, peel half of it and he will bite off a bit and come back for more. He has a pretty large vocabulary. He will pretty much say anything. If I tell him, he knows it. Communication is not a problem. Signing helps too. He is very polite and will sign please and thank you. I won't try to list the words and signs now. He has a very strong will, and is not distracted very easily from what he wants. He does not forget!! He is still sleeping with us and nursing a lot, both during the day and at night. We are working on night weaning now and he hasn't nursed to sleep in days. After I sing/pat him to sleep, he sleeps in his crib. We have his crib pushed up against our bed with the side panel off, so our bed and his are level. He will sleep in his bed until 11 or 12 and then get in bed with us and start his nursing for the night. Next weekend we are going to start cutting out an hour, each week that he can nurse. Example, week one- he has to wait until 12. Week two- until 1. Etc. We will see how it goes. Pray for us :) <br />
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Brandon's practice is going very well. He is busy and it is continuing to grow. The Lord has definitely blessed us. We continue to be shocked at how much time we get to spend together. It helps that we are living above the office and can go see him whenever we want, but his 2 hr lunch break helps too. Everytime Nolan hears the door to downstairs crack, which it does every time a patient walks in the office, he says dada and holds his hands in the where position. It is really cute. I'm hoping he doesn't start beating on the door anytime soon. After lunch he gets sad when dada has to go back downstairs and will, say while crying bye bye dada dada. It breaks Brandon's heart. <br />
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We are finally down to one nap! Usually 1145-130ish. It is so nice to be able to go to the park to play or to lifetime to swim in the afternoons. Nolan is also loving his emler class. We have been to two. The first one was a bit overwhelming to him. It took half of the class for him to let go of my neck and have fun. This weeks class was much different. As soon as we walked in he started signing water please!! He is kicking really well and will jump in of the side and has breath control for 2-3 seconds so far. He isnt afraid of being under and will come up smiling and laughing. He is very proud of himself. We have 15 more weeks, so I am excited to see how much he will improve. <br />
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We have started school time. Just 20-30 minutes a day and he loves it. He will sit in front of his learning area and sign please. I have a chart for the alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes, opposites, and one of a boy and girl with body parts labeled. We are starting small and working on red, blue, and yellow. He knows the signs, but we are still working on recognition. He wants to read books all day, so we do a lot of that also. He LOVES to play hide/chase too! We stared potty time, just a time to introduce it. He like to watch the train on my iPad while he goes potty. He will sing train and that means potty time. <br />
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Pictures coming soon!!The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-65781570723818687942012-01-26T10:34:00.000-08:002012-01-26T10:34:38.762-08:00The search for a church home...The hardest part of our move to Austin has been trying to find a church home. I am not ready to put Nolan in the nursery, so I get to spend a little time in church during worship, but then nolan starts fussing and wants down. I find myself sitting in the nursing room. We have been to many churches, but haven't found the place we feel the Lord wants us to be. Never in my life have I longed to be around other Christian people. My whole life, I have been in church. We spend time with the Lord, but I never realized how important it is to spend time with other believers. Brandon and I want to be in church, but it is so discouraging to get ready, go to a church, spend the whole time in the nursing room, and go home. Sometimes I think maybe we should just settle and pick from a church we have been to, even though we really don't think any of the churches we have been to are where the Lord wants us to be. Is it better to just keep searching? It seems we can only grow so much, listening to Charles Stanley on the Sunday mornings I don't feel like getting ready to just sit with my sweet boy, alone in a room. <br />
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My prayer is that we find a church soon. When that happens I will become more comfortable putting Nolan in the nursery, once I get to know the people who work in there. Am I the only crazy stay at home mom that is just not willing to throw my kid into a room with people I do not know. It feels that way when the people in the nurseries, at the churches we have visited, have actually been quite rude. I have asked to go in the room with him, to let him play. The workers have not been very inviting. This upsets me, making it even harder to feel comfortable. <br />
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Just asking for your prayers. I believe we will find a church. Praying we find one...The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-26501614867803405742011-07-07T13:47:00.000-07:002011-07-07T13:47:57.751-07:00Nolan 8 Months & Rockport Trip!<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is hard to believe that our sweet little boy is 8 months old! The other night Brandon and I were looking at pictures from his birth and were blown away by how fast the time has gone. Nolan is a very chill, but outgoing little one. He loves meeting other babies and will be the first to try and get a little closer. He "talks" and will straighten his arms and legs and grunt when he wants to get even closer to other little ones. He started crawling over the weekend and is so proud of himself. He loves to be able to get to what he wants. Today he crawled to the coffee table, pulled up, sat back down, and clapped and said yay. It was too cute! He pulls up on everything and has been even been trying to climb on some of his toys. </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">We spent the long weekend in Rockport with my parents, Brandon's brother and wife, and Brandon's mom and grandmother. I was happy that Nolan waited to crawl until they were all around. --We wish Nathan, Hannah, Autumn, Josh, and Ava would have been there! I promise to get a video up soon-- It took about 4 hrs to get there, which was twice as long as any trip we had taken with him. Luckily, I had Baba--my mom-- to help entertain him! We got to Rockport at around 11pm on Thursday and Nolan woke up and checked everything out and then went back to sleep. He did great while we were there. I wasn't sure how he would act or if his "schedule" would be all out of whack, but he did great! He slept until 8:30ish like he always does and napped around 10 and 3 for an hour and a half. Around 8:45 he would start acting sleepy and went down really easily! He didn't cry the whole trip, unless he wanted out of his car seat. B's brother--Z and sister-in-law-- M have a black lab named Shadow. Nolan wanted to play with him so badly, but Shadow wanted nothing to do with him. Shadow pretty much acted like Nolan wasn't there and just ignored him. It was so funny, but sad at the same time. A few times Z would hold Shadow and Nolan would get to touch him, but would scare S because Nolan would scream in excitement. We are trying to talk Baba and Pops into getting a Lab for their house next summer, so Nolan could have a puppy that wasn't scared of him.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">We finally bought Nolan a highchair when we got back on Sunday and he loves it. I bought some Happy Baby--gluten and dairy free-- puffs and he does a great job at picking them up and eating them. He only wants a few though. He is still just eating for the taste and hasn't had a real meal. Over the weekend he had pinto beans, green beans, and baked sweet potatoes sticks and loved all of them. </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">Nolan is also very talkative! He will repeat mama, dada, ball, bath, deer, bear, bye bye, and pretty much anything you say a few times. He will study your mouth and repeat! He jabbers all the time. He is still sleeping in bed with us, which is fine with us! He naps in his co-sleeper instead of our bed now, since he is crawling now. He used to wake up and let out a little fuss just to let us know he was up. Now he just rolls around and I am afraid he will fall out of our bed. It is taking him a little time to get used to napping in the co-sleeper, so his naps aren't always 1.5 hrs long, but they are getting longer and more consistent every day. </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia;">Yesterday I started a class called Stroller Strides. Let me say, it isn't exactly a striding and strolling along kind of class. It is pretty intense. I was happy to hear some of the women, that had been doing the class for a few months, that they were in better shape than they were in high school! We did a lot of running, sprints, lunges, squats, and too many other things to list. The class has about 20 moms and they have kids ranging from 8 weeks to 3 years. The class is from 9am-10am and so I thought Nolan would do great since he would be happy and awake. He did okay, but didn't act like he usually does in the stroller. I think it is because he wanted me to keep moving, but we had to stop for different exercises. All the moms said it takes a few weeks and then he will get used to it! I would stop and comfort him and he would let me continue the workout. I will hopefully make a good friend in the class and also get in shape. This momma needs some friends! The weight part of having a baby hasn't really been difficult, feeding a 20 lb baby will take that off. For me it is just being tone again. Before I got pregnant with Nolan, I would go to the gym a lot. I kept working out during my pregnancy, but stopped doing weights and the elliptical around 34 weeks. Now I have lost most of my muscle and my pre-pregnancy clothes fit, but I just want to be a bit more tone! The class is also a great alternative to the childcare at a gym. I am just not comfortable with that at all!</span><br />
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Brandon had a great 6 months in Clifton as an independent contractor at Bosque Valley Chiropractic with Dr. Bergren and we even had the opportunity to purchase the other chiro office in Clifton, but as the last minute the owner backed out. We were pretty bummed, but at that moment I told Brandon what I had been holding in for the past months...that I really didn't feel like Clifton was going to be our home for forever. Let me back up and say, we moved to Clifton after Brandon was told by the company he was working for in Dallas that they would be transferring him to work with Neuro surgeons, but that he wouldn't be able to adjust. Keep in mind that this was when I was 37 weeks pregnant. Stress is not a good thing when you are trying to make progress and have a baby! </span></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> We prayed about it and knew that we were not supposed to stay and work in Clifton. Dr. Bergren was more than generous to let Brandon work out his office on the days/hours he was not there. When the purchase of the other office didn't work out we had a decision to make. We could either use the money that we had to build our Clifton office, or we could use it as a down payment to purchase our dream practice. We decided that a practice in Clifton, a town that already had 2 established Chiropractors, could most likely only grow so much. We felt like we needed to look at Motion Chiropractic in Austin. </span></p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So, on January 14, all 3 of us headed down to Austin to take a look at the office. We had prayed about it and asked the Lord to make it clear if this was what he wanted for us. It was a rainy, cold day but after looking at Motion Chiropractic and meeting the owners, who were just a bright and cheerful as the office, we really felt this was the practice for us. Not only is the practice very successful, the doctors had the same philosophy on health and Chiropractic as we do. To top things off, we would be able to live on the 2nd and 3rd floor above the office! Little did we know that it would take 6 months to secure financing. The last 6 months have been a roller coaster of valleys and peaks, to say the least. Not only were we trying to purchase a new business, but we were also living with family, and raising a sweet baby boy. We were so blessed to have family to live with during our time of transition, it took many burdens away that we would have added to the stress that we were dealing with. </span></p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia;">It is hard enough to try and purchase a house these days, but to purchase a business, with all the lovely government SBA guidelines ,it is almost impossible. This is especially true when you have the student debt from Chiropractic school and only half a year of experience practicing. In the beginning, our broker said, if we were able to pull this off, we would be the first in 10 years, that had not been out of school for over 2 years, to get this large of a loan. I guess my wonderfully, stubborn husband took this as a challenge and we went in head first. A lot happened that is just too much to go into, but long story short...we found a bank in California that would work with docs that have been out of school for less than 2 years and have less than the usually recommended $100,000 to put down. How in the world is the average American supposed to be able to open a business, and have the drive to do so, but wait! You must know someone or just happen to have that kind of money lying around. Brandon sent the packet of around 100 pages to Cali and we waited. Unfortunately it seemed like every time we had to wait around on underwriting, it was a 3 day weekend. We were getting pretty discouraged. </span></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia;"> A few Sundays ago at church, I was holding Nolan while he slept, so Brandon went down to get some prayed with. He told the guy at the front we were having a hard time knowing if this is what God wanted for us and were not sure what we were supposed to do. The guy prayed for him and also prayed that God would give him a dream to let us know what we were supposed to do. Brandon told me they guy prayed for him, but didn't include the part about the dream. A few days later, I had the dream. I dreamt that Brandon had came home for lunch and as he washed his hands told me that we got the loan. God didn't want to give Brandon the dream, because that could just be an opportunity for us to think Brandon had thought about it so much and made himself have the dream. The dream gave us comfort over the next few days until we got he call from the banker and they told us the bank would be moving forward on the loan. We were so happy. We thought the hard part was over, but it wasn't. What was supposed to take 30 days has ended up taking 45. Around day 30 we moved to Austin and have been waiting and working out all the last minute details so that the loan would close.</span></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia;"> Yesterday we went downtown to our lawyers office and signed the closing papers This afternoon around 3 o'clock the money was drafted and the practice became ours! </span></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia;">We are so thankful to everyone who has made this possible for us! Brandon has been working so hard and it is hard to believe it is finally ours! Many times during this journey we have stopped and thought, are we fighting too hard for this? Is this what the Lord wants? For us, the Lord has always been pretty clear with his plans. We always thought it it is something he wants for us, then he will make it easy. Well, with the we were wrong. He has showed us many things and has opened our eyes to all that He can do. We have learned that He is in control and it took us having almost nothing for us to learn that. We would lay in bed at night, cuddling with our little Nolan and remind ourselves that this is all we need and the Lord will always provide.</span></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia;"> </span> </p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><p$1><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia;">I promise to start blogging more, but I have had to keep this all to myself because we didn't want everyone to know we were trying to purchase another practice, until it closed. Many posts and pictures about our sweet little one will follow! He is getting so big!!</span></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UgrfrWPYxAusFCt4WSAnvFGhraexhrqnFqnv_14a_Z7nHmP2nMXdpMfl-cLjLuicDS5CltcvKb27xakYTMH-mVkOR1qoRYi2niNEpnJM56-rWGoE2h9gZK_QbHwXxMoyE1KfoAWli9_l/s1600/Nolan+Lee+May+269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UgrfrWPYxAusFCt4WSAnvFGhraexhrqnFqnv_14a_Z7nHmP2nMXdpMfl-cLjLuicDS5CltcvKb27xakYTMH-mVkOR1qoRYi2niNEpnJM56-rWGoE2h9gZK_QbHwXxMoyE1KfoAWli9_l/s320/Nolan+Lee+May+269.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hanging out with Daddy!</div><p$1><p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvF_SohXEFUN3zM9PibV1GQJlUM6lpSq_dykEq_CetgKM9p8boxxuA7iTG13GGm8OvTqfL5qPwFTNN0XzKSW_8mQdW0H3U2snRi0JXhqbqOYqA2P9yTr5x0NfMJWngOf-5zYLIvt2aVdI/s1600/Nolan+Lee+May+318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvF_SohXEFUN3zM9PibV1GQJlUM6lpSq_dykEq_CetgKM9p8boxxuA7iTG13GGm8OvTqfL5qPwFTNN0XzKSW_8mQdW0H3U2snRi0JXhqbqOYqA2P9yTr5x0NfMJWngOf-5zYLIvt2aVdI/s320/Nolan+Lee+May+318.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being silly with momma!</div><p$1><p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqefe7e-tsO7ojS0KXtD1201Qxqb8VFO49QkoG1ybWtPMdsC2q88as2JSgD3OVla647JFp9-dqJy3lV-ZnwnLcESsvBUqLEH_2hKQpNxFWwOZKbCB7I1k7cxicP2Tj_3RYdOEpu5z-93YP/s1600/Nolan+Lee+May+224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqefe7e-tsO7ojS0KXtD1201Qxqb8VFO49QkoG1ybWtPMdsC2q88as2JSgD3OVla647JFp9-dqJy3lV-ZnwnLcESsvBUqLEH_2hKQpNxFWwOZKbCB7I1k7cxicP2Tj_3RYdOEpu5z-93YP/s320/Nolan+Lee+May+224.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Playing in my "boat" with Peanut!</div><p$1><p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXy__dNM8owGslyjvM6xiBRA5Q4_sJm_K5LmSt1esaeNhNReEVADcqq0umbJn3GtnmWp1KaqHc8mXn2AQOnRTysIOWDfNyyaKOGRl35M0MR8R_wzuAxFs4ywoPjUWIBg_265P8SSDWTRTB/s1600/Nolan+Lee+May+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXy__dNM8owGslyjvM6xiBRA5Q4_sJm_K5LmSt1esaeNhNReEVADcqq0umbJn3GtnmWp1KaqHc8mXn2AQOnRTysIOWDfNyyaKOGRl35M0MR8R_wzuAxFs4ywoPjUWIBg_265P8SSDWTRTB/s320/Nolan+Lee+May+003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sleeping in until almost 9 with Dada and Momma!</div><p$1><p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Z-EMrmsq6f0oFcdIrjUR-jx6kNVeBXuFiz8ljTGjQGzcDDvhSgLXCxcOzyB26u79C-XWvuEwhhyphenhyphenKCKYk7JeyFfc-84INfZ6h_YdpauacdK3m-CSGAAcDgFpEHfbPxHB_GBQ1JHl3mxyx/s1600/Nolan+Lee+May+094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Z-EMrmsq6f0oFcdIrjUR-jx6kNVeBXuFiz8ljTGjQGzcDDvhSgLXCxcOzyB26u79C-XWvuEwhhyphenhyphenKCKYk7JeyFfc-84INfZ6h_YdpauacdK3m-CSGAAcDgFpEHfbPxHB_GBQ1JHl3mxyx/s320/Nolan+Lee+May+094.JPG" width="296" /></a></div><p$1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Waking up a happy little boy!!</div><p$1><p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-56291126839742990062011-02-10T09:36:00.000-08:002011-02-10T15:17:32.278-08:00Nolan's Birth Story<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">With all the craziness we have been through over the last 3 months, Brandon has finished the birth story! 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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What an amazing, fast paced, mind blowing, beautiful day! Little Nolan decided that his Mommy’s womb was no longer comfortable at around 3:30 am, and he was going to pack up his things and get out of there. Sarah woke up off and on from about 3:30am until 7:00am; she then just got out of bed and made breakfast. I rolled out of bed around 8:30am. We had previously made an appointment at Allen Birth Center with one of our midwives, Kathleen Mayorga. The other two midwives there were Amy Giles and Becky Burpo. The plan was that if Sarah had not gone into labor by Monday November 1 (41 weeks) we were going to schedule a non-stress test for Nolan on Tuesday. We were happy to report to the birth center that the NST was not going to be necessary! After a quick lunch pickup from Jason’s Deli, Sarah and I began timing her contractions. Initially they were a good 7 to 7.5 minutes apart lasting 1 to 1.5 minutes. They were slowly, but surely, coming more frequently so we called to move up our appointment at 3:30 to 3:00pm. After calling ABC, Sarah’s contractions slowed down to about 10 minutes apart; so we took our time getting ready to leave for the birth center – still knowing that we were not returning without baby in arms.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The typical trip to Allen Birth Center would take us about 40 minutes, but when we were about half way to the birth center Sarah’s contractions were coming every 2 – 3 minutes. So we made it to the birth center in about 25 or 30 minutes, and would have been faster has there not been traffic on highway 75. When we finally arrived to the birth center, Kathleen said Sarah was dilated to about a 4 and a half. The birth center doesn’t admit you until you’re to a 5, so she recommended that we go ahead and put our stuff up in a room and start walking around the block. I’m not sure exactly what the temperature was, but there was just a slight chill in the air – perfect for Sarah. After inserting some acupuncture press needles, we walked outside off and on from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. After the walk Kathleen checked Sarah’s cervix again and said it was now 5cm, but she felt like Nolan’s head was stuck on her pubic bone. She advised Sarah to have about 5 contractions on her left side, then 5 – 10 on her hands and knees, then a few on her right side. This all took about 2 hours to complete. During this time I could tell that Sarah was really starting to work with her contractions, even more so than when we were walking. This is about the time Sarah’s parents arrived with sandwiches from Schlotzkies. So we both began eating. Sarah then felt nauseated and blamed it on the sandwich. She then began having to fall to the floor on the exercise ball to have contractions. Sarah then felt like she had to use the bathroom. All I remember here is that Sarah called me and Kathleen into the bathroom because she “felt like she had no control over her body”, and she was frantically taking the press needles out of the acupuncture points! Sarah was now entering transition! We got her back into the room, only in time for her to throw herself down on the floor on the exercise ball to have another contraction. Little did we know, Kathleen was about to leave for a few hours to grab some dinner! She and Becky were expecting Sarah to deliver Nolan around 3 or 4 that morning. Thankfully, Sarah began transition before Kathleen left! So Kathleen checked Sarah once on the floor, and proclaimed that she was about an 8, but she wanted to get a better feel with Sarah on her back on the bed. After Kathleen checked Sarah this time she stated, “she’s complete and ready to push!” While this was going on I was trying to get a hold of our doula, Stacy Hutchins – who was also our Bradley method instructor. Stacy was surprised to hear the news and headed over after putting her 4 kids to bed. Stacy was going to take pictures for us during the birth, so we frantically asked “Baba” (Sarah’s mom) to take the pictures until Stacy arrived. Baba agreed, but did not know what she was about to witness! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sarah started pushing with all her might. While she was pushing she wanted me to hold her, so she would pull me down on top of her and hold on tight. Sometimes Sarah would slip in a few bites on my neck and scratches on my arms as well – not that I minded of course. Stacy arrived about 20 minutes into the pushing and jumped right into the action. She was great at giving Sarah positive affirmations and helping to calm her down in between contractions. However, Sarah was slightly annoyed at the stories that were being told in between her contractions by the midwife about her other birth stories. At this point the midwife advised Sarah that she needed to stop holding on to me and try to pull her legs up to push. So, Stacy grabbed her left leg and I her right, then Sarah leaned forward and started pushing so hard I thought her eyes were going to pop out! Let me just take time here to say that my wife is amazing! I don’t know that I could have done what she did, and she is already talking about having another baby!! After about 40 minutes of pushing little Nolan started to poke his head out. He crowned for about another 20 minutes or so. Kathleen then told us that his heart rate had dropped to 80 beats per minute, and she put the oxygen on Sarah. This of course scared Sarah and I both, but I tried to keep my calm and get in my “doctor” mind so I could let Sarah know that everything was alright. After a few minutes of oxygen Nolan’s heart rate returned to the 120’s. However, Kathleen decided to go ahead with an episiotomy after letting Sarah give it a few more pushes because she didn’t want his heart rate to drop again, and Sarah wasn't stretching enough for Nolan's head. <span style="color: #134f5c;">---I was told I could have pushed Nolan out without one, but it would have taken a few more hours of pushing. Kathleen also told us that if I was given that much time, Nolan may have needed to be resuscitated and we did not want that to happen.---</span> So</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> after about one hour and 10 minutes at exactly 10:00pm, we finally met our NoLee and immediately fell in love. He came out screaming his head off with the umbilical cord loosely wrapped around his neck. Kathleen placed him on Sarah’s chest and we both just stared at the amazing work God had done inside Sarah. Nolan’s left lung was a little wet, so we held him on his right side to help it drain. After an hour or so it was normal. Everything about him is perfect. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After the birth, Sarah nursed Nolan, whose suck was so loud that we were told you could hear him in the next room. We spent about four hours at the birth center while Nolan and Sarah were monitored and we were allowed to spend some alone time as a family. At 2:00 am we packed up our things and took our little baby home. Nolan slept like a champ; however, Sarah and I woke up with every little whimper and finally just laid awake with NoLee between us. It was a wonderful night.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was the most wonderful day and night! After Nolan was born, I did have to have a shot of pitocin because of some excessive bleeding, but besides that is was a 100% unmedicated birth. We loved the care we received at Allen Birth Center. We were very informed about everything and a decision was not made without our consent. Nolan didn't leave my chest until they started doing the stitches. Brandon then sat beside me and had some bonding time with Nolan. They would have let me hold him, but I felt like I was tensing up too much and I didn't want to squeeze him too tight. They waited until we asked how much he weighed to weigh him--which was about an hour. I could not have imagined having him rushed away to a bed beside me to be weighed, washed, and observed. They would check on him every few minutes while he was in my arms. His lung was closely monitored as well. We want to wait a few years for another one, but natural labor is a high that is so addicting! We have already decided that our next child will be born in our home! I have to say, I loved being pregnant and I loved experiencing every bit of birthing our sweet little Nolan. </span><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here are some things that fill up our days!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">* He loves bath time! Especially with mommy.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the morning when he wakes up he will grunt, stretch, and sometimes toot for at least 20 minutes before he opens his eyes. At times I think he is going to cry because he acts so mad! As soon as he opens his eyes and looks at Brandon and I he smiles so big! We love our mornings!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">*</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">He loves tummy time! We have been doing it since he was 2 days old. He will do it for 10+ minutes and can get his legs under him really well. He wants to scoot, but can't get the hang of it. He talks the most when he is on his tummy. I think he likes that his spit goes out of his mouth, instead of down his throat. ***The picture is from tummy time a month ago. He has gotten much better at it!***</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* He is still such a quick nurser! 5-10 minutes max. </span></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* He is sleeping like a champ! It isn't important to us to try to get Nolan on a strict schedule. I don't work, so we feel that we can let him work out his own schedule and it seems to be working great. He will go to sleep around 10 or 11 and sleep until 9 or 10. He nurses a couple of times a night, but since he sleeps in bed with us, I just get him latched on and I fall back asleep. He hasn't "woke-up" at night since he was 2 weeks old. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">*He was rolling over a lot around 2 months, but he stopped for a few weeks and is now starting to do it more again.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">*He smiles and talks all the time. He has started to try and actually talk, so it isn't just coos. It is so cute. He does it a lot when he is getting tired.</span></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* He has the sweetest laugh. He laughed for the first time at 2 1/2 months. We came home from Waco and he laughed for 10 minutes! It was the best 10 minutes of my life! He isn't laughing all the time, but at least once a day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvy5rvT6Ai5bd4G8FAZlV9ifViz5i5g2vIMWooJEpuu6s-pZ0_E29NnmFd6uUb0FZIZCaY3ttfJogkzwEquAk2kDrzY3GLl_F6KKMCtZP6NCLGDcWnIKXfg6_PCwJ3o602JmXB9wns4REh/s1600/nolan+laughing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvy5rvT6Ai5bd4G8FAZlV9ifViz5i5g2vIMWooJEpuu6s-pZ0_E29NnmFd6uUb0FZIZCaY3ttfJogkzwEquAk2kDrzY3GLl_F6KKMCtZP6NCLGDcWnIKXfg6_PCwJ3o602JmXB9wns4REh/s320/nolan+laughing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* I think he is going to love outside time because he loves to look out the window. A few times when it has been warm I have taken him outside and he is so happy!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* Nolan is such a happy baby! We have days where he doesn't cry and only gets fussy when he is fighting sleep. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">*Poor Nolan HATES his car seat! I have figured out that if I make myself sit in the front, he only cries for a few minutes and then falls asleep. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* He is not a paci baby and I am so thankful for that! He hasn't had a bottle, so I am thinking that is why the rubber isn't soothing to him. He chews on his fingers all the time!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* He loves looking at his toes and feet. He has started to hold his hands together!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* Nolan has started grasping for toys and will take them to his mouth and chew on them. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* He loves to stand--with our help--and has such an accomplished look on his face when he does.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">* He is starting to sit up with a pillow behind him!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Brandon and I are so in love with Nolan. We are so busy, but can't imagine if we didn't have him to sleep and cuddle with every night. We can't wait for all the exciting changes that he will go through over the next few months!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-47503504970684457002010-10-07T12:03:00.000-07:002010-10-07T14:12:32.079-07:00Circumcision...This will probably be the first of many blog posts that might offend some people, so I am warning you now, if you don't want the facts don't keep reading!<br />
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At my first midwife appointment, many months ago, we were asked if we wanted a packet with some circumcision facts and studies. Of course, I thought, but we are going to circumcise, everybody does... it just makes since. So we took the circumcision packet, along with many others and put it in our birth/labor folder. It sat in the car for the weekend and on our way home from Clifton, I got it out and started reading it to myself. That didn't last too long, before I could get a few sentences into it I had to read it to Brandon. <br />
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Link to the Article<a href="http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/fleiss.html">--The Case Against Circumcision, by Dr. Paul M. Fleiss, MD--</a><br />
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The article is very long, but I couldn't stop reading. It is very informative! <br />
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Some interesting facts from the article:<br />
<em>"Routine circumcision of babies in the United States did not begin until the Cold War era. Circumcision is almost unheard of in Europe, Southern America, and non-Muslim Asia. In fact, only 10 to 15 percent of men throughout the world are circumcised.</em><br />
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<em>Circumcision started in America during the masturbation hysteria of the Victorian Era, when a few American doctors circumcised boys to punish them for masturbating. Victorian doctors knew very well that circumcision denudes, desensitizes, and disables the penis. <u><strong>Nevertheless, they were soon claiming that circumcision cured epilepsy, convulsions, paralysis, elephantiasis, tuberculosis, eczema, bed-wetting, hip-joint disease, fecal incontinence, rectal prolapse, wet dreams, hernia, headaches, nervousness, hysteria, poor eyesight, idiocy, mental retardation, and insanity.4 In fact, no procedure in the history of medicine has been claimed to cure and prevent more diseases than circumcision.</strong></u> As late as the 1970s, leading American medical textbooks still advocated routine circumcision as a way to prevent masturbation.5 The antisexual motivations behind an operation that entails cutting off part of the penis are obvious. </em><br />
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<em>The radical practice of routinely circumcising babies did not begin until the Cold War era. This institutionalization of what amounted to compulsory circumcision was part of the same movement that pathologized and medicalized birth and actively discouraged breastfeeding. Private-sector, corporate-run hospitals institutionalized routine circumcision without ever consulting the American people. There was no public debate or referendum. It was only in the 1970s that a series of lawsuits forced hospitals to obtain parental consent to perform this contraindicated but highly profitable surgery. Circumcisers responded by inventing new "medical" reasons for circumcision in an attempt to scare parents into consenting.</em><br />
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<em>Careful anatomical investigations have shown that circumcision cuts off more than 3 feet of veins, arteries, and capillaries, 240 feet of nerves, and more than 20,000 nerve endings.31 The foreskin's muscles, glands, mucous membrane, and epithelial tissue are destroyed, as well." </em><br />
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There are many interesting facts in the article, read it if you want all the facts. <br />
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The main things that changed our minds: <br />
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Circumcision was brought back as punishment. <em>--I would rather not do something to my perfectly formed child that was originally done as punishemnt! </em><br />
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Circumcision is not medically necessary as stated by the American Academy of Pediatrics. <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/03/990302063210.htm">Link to the article.</a> <em>--Did you know that most health insurances do not cover the cost of circumcision now that it is viewed as not medically necessary?? </em><br />
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By circumcising you are taking away around 240 feet of nerves and more than 20,000 nerve endings. <em>--I am pretty sure, even if you don't want to think about it, that your child will be very thankful for those nerve endings one day! </em><br />
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If a child is born without a foreskin it is actually looked at as a birth defect! <br />
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I found the article very interesting, but Brandon was even more surprised by the facts. I thought of it as a decision we both needed to make, but it was more his choice. I obviously don't have a penis, so how could I make that decision. I know most fathers will say, everyone in my locker room was circumcised or the only guy who wasn't was made fun of...blah blah blah. Do you know that in the US only 40-50% of boys are circumcised these days? So actually, by circumcising your son you might make them one of the few? <br />
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We just feel that I have been molding and making this perfect child inside of me for the past 9 months, why should we screw it up as soon as he comes out? We view it as part of his body and if he comes to us one day, down the road and wants to be circumcised, it is totally his decision. I just feel it isn't one that we should make for him. <br />
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I hope this post will make you think, read, and discuss circumcising your child before you just do it!The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-40224073452909718382010-09-09T15:14:00.000-07:002010-09-10T08:18:19.787-07:00Nolan's Shower and More Sewing!<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Can you tell I am ready for fall?? I am in need of cooler weather, Honeycrip apples (which should be in the store in few weeks), pumpkin pie, and of course to meet this little pumpkin that has been growing like crazy in my stomach! I am almost 33 weeks, so Nolan should now be over 4lbs and 17 inches long. CRAZY!! He isn't much of a kicker, or at least it doesn't feel like it, but he does like to stick his little butt out right above about my belly button. Speaking of belly buttons...mine is still a normal belly button, but is starting to frown and look sad from all the stretching. Brandon has been saying the center of the universe is located in my belly button and if it doesn't pop out soon, Stephen Hawking is going to come make sure it wasn't what actually created the universe! </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Nolan has been mostly head down for about a month and over the past week is seems like he is getting more and more comfortable down there. He has the hiccups all the time and I can tell his hearing is getting better because anytime I start to sing or he hears something loud he will squirm a bit. He also seems to hate hearing babies cry! I was watching the new show on TLC, Quints by Surprise, and he started moving like crazy as soon as he heard them fussing. Many other times he has reacted the same way to crying babies. It is so amazing that it already seems like he is starting to develop his little personality. Brandon and I are getting ready for him to come out, but I am still feeling very comfortable pregnant. I do get seem to get tired faster when we are shopping or running errands. My feet also hurt...it probably doesn't help that I wear sandals that have no support! Luckily, I can still wear my rings and my feet have only swollen two times, both were after we had eaten out. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On Sunday, we had a wonderful shower at First Baptist Clifton. It was such a blessing!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is a tree that I am going to embroider every month</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> with a different theme and colors for each month! I will</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">take a picture of Nolan in them for his monthly picture. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One day I plan on making a quilt using the different onsies</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have embroidered for him!</span></div>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-64988507275162354192010-08-16T12:43:00.000-07:002010-08-16T12:43:04.809-07:00Brandon's Graduation & {3rd} Trimster<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This has been a very exciting week!! Saturday {August 14th} Brandon graduated from Parker! He graduated magna cum laude and 3rd in his class of 119. I am so proud of him and all hours and hard work he has had to to go though to get to this point. We were very lucky that all our family was able to be there--we had a total of 13! My dad and I got to the church early to save seats- @7:45- to be exact- the doors didn't open until 9!! I was a bit crazy about making sure we had good seats and since the ceremony took place at our church, I knew exactly were we wanted to sit. I have to say, people were not happy when they got to the ceremony at 9:15 wanting the best seats and my dad and I were saving a whole row, but I didn't care!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">After the gradation we had lunch at Saltgrass with everyone and then we went back to our apartments for cake. I make Brandon's favorite chocolate cake and it was very yummy!</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">My 3rd trimester started a week ago and things are still going great. We have started going to the midwife every 2 weeks and we have also stared our Bradley Method classes. We are really enjoying the classes. We both like the confidence we feel when we leave the class and they reassure us that we are making the best decision for our family. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_8WC-S3ppbNiVURBOEbECzvd2t0zWn3xxdNHyTHN-whppm4dv1mUrhQK4E2h-wkiTSo9QHX5sdkvk3H2qxjDtv_50FJRruC2SbTzOGZtqmKIDfXZ19EdUw-qG2wZRcXMXT7Gjy2VQTqk/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_8WC-S3ppbNiVURBOEbECzvd2t0zWn3xxdNHyTHN-whppm4dv1mUrhQK4E2h-wkiTSo9QHX5sdkvk3H2qxjDtv_50FJRruC2SbTzOGZtqmKIDfXZ19EdUw-qG2wZRcXMXT7Gjy2VQTqk/s320/003.JPG" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">This is a picture from 28 weeks-- I am now 29 weeks! I was the first day of my 3rd trimester and the day of our first Bradley class. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Brandon is still enjoying his job and can't wait for his license to come in so they will put him in his own clinic. Hopefully his license will be in by November - it is crazy how long it takes to come in!! </span></div>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-78787605523225344402010-07-27T14:20:00.000-07:002010-07-27T14:20:20.333-07:00Sewing!<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last week I was busy sewing for Nolan! I love having something that makes my day fly by! Brandon is at work from 9-12, he is home from 12-3 and then back to work from 3-7. I love having him home for a few hours during the day. So far I have made...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Everything is still going perfect with me and Nolan! I was looking at a picture that Brandon took of me June 30th and I knew my stomach had gotten bigger. He took another one and it definitely had! It is hard because we see my tummy everyday, so we don't really notice the changes. In the last month he has grown so much. Starting off @ 11 inches and about 1 lb and now he is over 14 inches and over 2 lbs. Quite a growth spurt, so no wonder my stomach has rounded out so much! We are now seeing the midwife every two weeks, which will make these next 3 months go by much faster! We also start our Bradley method classes August 8th. They will be every Sunday from 1:30-4:00 until September 26th. The classes will be held at the birthing center, which is in Allen. Luckily it is only a 30 minute drive, since we will be going there 6 times a month for the next 2 months!!</span>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-82445372314636873922010-06-19T09:59:00.000-07:002010-06-26T19:02:16.155-07:00Its a.....BOY!!<div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmMWMTfRm2SMhexolFgwdb5i5I0aEWNqSTGVvyhHefyzcfIkoGzo_HQ0kc1Lo70_n_mGO7PbwG8gqABDShzjR7_PsvRzMJeGhJCdYc8JvqL0Pangg2PhQByC0R4TxHxCnoPnaRxE3FNju/s1600/Nolan_Page_0%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmMWMTfRm2SMhexolFgwdb5i5I0aEWNqSTGVvyhHefyzcfIkoGzo_HQ0kc1Lo70_n_mGO7PbwG8gqABDShzjR7_PsvRzMJeGhJCdYc8JvqL0Pangg2PhQByC0R4TxHxCnoPnaRxE3FNju/s400/Nolan_Page_0%5B1%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
The wonderful baby that I have been spending all day with has been a boy all along! We were very very surprised because we were sure he was a girl. Our wonderful <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">sonographer</span> (who has been one for over 30 years) started off the appointment by measuring the head, then the heart, bladder...and then this popped up on the screen!</div><div style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He didn't even have to tell us. We both looked at each other and I said, its a boy?! and Brandon said I think so!! I couldn't stop laughing! I could tell B was even more excited. He always said he was happy about having a girl, but when he saw the above picture, I could tell he was thrilled! We were so surprised, but so so happy!!</span></div><div style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After the appointment we called our families and they were also very surprised, but excited. Then we went looking at clothes and other fun stuff for Nolan! We fell in love with the <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Uppababy</span> stroller! I was so excited when we went to get it yesterday!</span></div><div style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia;">Everything else during the sonogram was perfect! Brandon enjoyed getting to see the spine (of course) and all the other organs functioning properly. The <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">sono</span> guy said he was about 14 oz and measuring just right! I have my next prenatal appointment on Thursday with Becky, our midwife! I am still loving everything about seeing a midwife. I love the flexibility, appreciation, and respect they have for a woman's body! </span></div>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-12279739241354383612010-06-09T10:20:00.000-07:002010-06-09T10:26:41.406-07:00Vacation, cooking, and bump!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We just got back from a very relaxing trip to Arkansas with my parents and brother! They rented a house on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs...the lake was so beautiful! The first day we went to Lake <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Quachita</span> and had a picnic lunch and went for a swim. (Let me just say...Hot Springs National Park is not at all what you would think. It consists of two roads in town, one leading to a lookout tower and one leading up a hill.) Luckily, Lake Quachita's park was much more like a national park!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The second day we went shopping and looked around town. On the third day mom and I went to one the of bath houses. She had a mineral bath and I had a wonderful facial! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;"> The vacation was just what we needed. Every morning I would wake up around 7am-to a very hungry baby- and sit and read on the deck overlooking the lake until someone else woke up. The boys (dad, <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">brandon</span>, and <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">nate</span>) were lazy on the trip- we had to drag them out of bed every morning!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9F59K32WcmLCIloxOCVRc98eT7tXTaKhvPiAIlLwiKZAPgNaRD8LhAH6nc61A0aqgrNGJoCbMRlkfk6QrHDZ3b2qZejGgwcO1TbCvbRe5x_A3GTxWj0gS34IdtUAw1HP9iGZ3RMNr-EGs/s1600/Summer10+036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9F59K32WcmLCIloxOCVRc98eT7tXTaKhvPiAIlLwiKZAPgNaRD8LhAH6nc61A0aqgrNGJoCbMRlkfk6QrHDZ3b2qZejGgwcO1TbCvbRe5x_A3GTxWj0gS34IdtUAw1HP9iGZ3RMNr-EGs/s320/Summer10+036.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yesterday was Brandon's first day at work and my first official day as a stay at home "mom"! Although I have been done working for two weeks now, we have been moving and on vacation so the reality of my new life hadn't really sat in. Let me just say how excited I am to be able to have a clean apartment and supper made so that when B gets home we can spend time together. Luckily, he gets a 3 hr lunch break and we live 2 miles away from the practice so we get lunch together everyday! I have always known that I wanted to be a stay at home mom, I just never knew if it was a realistic dream. Not only do I get to be a <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">SAHM</span>, I also get plenty of time to rest, relax, and focus on staying healthy during the last half of my pregnancy. I think that people forget how important rest is during pregnancy. Of course your baby is going to be fine! It gets first dibs on everything you eat, drink, and all your energy, but have you ever thought about the stress that puts on your body on top of a crazy schedule?? Your body could become malnourished and not to mention how exhausting it can be. I know all this rest is not an option for everyone, but I thank Brandon and the Lord everyday for this opportunity! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The first thing I did yesterday was to find a recipe for peach cobbler. The only thing I have craved during my pregnancy are peaches. It was so bad that I would eat them out of a CAN- no syrup-just juice! On our vacation we found some fresh peaches and I was in heaven. I have been telling B that I cannot wait for <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Fredericksburg</span> peaches to be in season because we will have to make a pilgrimage to get some. To my surprise, as we were shopping at Market Street on Sunday, I spotted a sign that said, " Texas Grown <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Fredericksburg</span> Peaches." I was beyond excited! The first day I ate 4 and decided I had to go back and get some more for a cobbler. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGq7UiExfMYlMGT8YQTnppdy8TwfSMMw8dSNc4-vpsCKLx36x8xsnLaitT1nSqSsd43zXKjTTKZjYaniH0xcMQba5B_fCoPjkhDxeqNgfuT_6AV014kbz3Hx_UpMxDTl-4eeNJKxE4bWWI/s1600/Summer10+055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGq7UiExfMYlMGT8YQTnppdy8TwfSMMw8dSNc4-vpsCKLx36x8xsnLaitT1nSqSsd43zXKjTTKZjYaniH0xcMQba5B_fCoPjkhDxeqNgfuT_6AV014kbz3Hx_UpMxDTl-4eeNJKxE4bWWI/s320/Summer10+055.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-48901293590675246172010-05-13T10:00:00.000-07:002010-05-13T10:00:34.017-07:00Change Change Change!<div align="center"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Proverbs 16:9</strong></span></div><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So much has changed since my last post. We are not moving to Austin, we are staying here! Brandon got a job offer here in Dallas working with a wonderful company. He is finished with everything in clinic and just has part 4 boards this weekend! We signed a lease with a brand new <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">midrise</span> complex in Los <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Colinas</span> and will be moving the 24th, although we haven't started packing-eek! I also had to change birthing centers and will now be seeing the midwives at Allen Birthing Center. They didn't have any openings for October births, but they fit us in and they give a 30% discount to Parker students and a 10% discount if you pay by 26 weeks! Just goes to show that the Lord is is all of this change! We are also happy to stay here because we won't have to leave our church, Irving Bible. A girl I took classes with at <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Blinn</span> and her husband have recently moved here, so I am happy we will get to stay here and spend time with them also! H is expecting a little boy in June, so it will be nice to have a friend for our little one. It has also been nice to have another future mommy to walk with! So as you can see all this change has been very welcomed! The 21st will be my last day working as a nanny! I will miss the family, but am looking forward to some time off. I am just happy they won't be too far away! </span>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-90966685161001947532010-04-19T18:48:00.000-07:002010-04-19T18:48:01.594-07:00Almost done in Dallas!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Brandon started finals today...2 down 6 to go. We are both beyond excited! It is hard to believe that we have been in Dallas for 2 years 8 months and we only have 4 1/2 weeks left. During our last month here Brandon will finish his finals, attend his neurology seminar weekends (over the next couple of years he will be working on his masters in neurology!), finish his adjustment credits (only 30 to go), review for and take part 4 boards (his last boards!), and do a 2 week rotation in the radiology department. With so much to do, I am sure it will fly by! I have 4 1/2 weeks of work left and 3 weeks of school...throw in a weekend in Canton with my family, an appointment with my midwife, and a lot of packing and May 26th- MOVNG DAY- will be here before we know it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I cannot say I will miss Dallas, I am so looking forward to the next chapter of our life! Brandon will be working over the summer with a Chiropractic Neurologist, while I will be living a life of leisure! We are fortunate enough to be able to live with my very generous aunt and uncle in Austin for 6 weeks this summer. This will give us enough time to figure out exactly where we want to live and find a house to rent! I will be spending most of my days with my aunt Mary! We will go to the gym, lay in the pool, and do plenty of shopping for the baby! That is another thing- all this change is making my pregancy go by very fast! It is so hard to believe that I am 12 weeks pregnant! I am sure it will go by very slow once August comes around. I am not looking forward to the Texas summer I will have to endure! I have decided that I will just go from my gym clothes, to a swimsuit, to a dress and stay indoors as much as possible! Once August rolls around will will be living somewhere, permanently, and Brandon will graduate August 14th! After that Brandon will have to wait to start practicing until the earliest November...it take that long to get his license! Although this seems like a very long time, I think it will be nice that he will be able to take a few days off with me and Baby Cashew! So, eventhough we have a lot going on over the next few months, it is going to be so very exciting! </span>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-16879894837669915792010-04-06T17:47:00.000-07:002010-04-06T17:49:41.628-07:00Baby Crawford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Baby Crawford will be here around October 31st, which is Brandon's birthday! We were very suprised when we found out, but also very excited! We had our first appoinment at the birthing center in Austin, called </span><a href="http://austinabc.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Austin Area Birthing Center</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">, with a wonderful midwife. To everyone that is a little sceptical about a birth outside of a hospital...check out the above link to the center! Not only did they spend 2 hrs with us, they have much better statistics than any other hospital in the nation! </span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">•88% of all admitted clients successfully delivered at the birth center </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">•11.7% of admitted patients were transferred to the hospital during labor </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">•Overall C-section rate is 3.6% </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">•2% of patients were transferred to the hospital after the birth </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">•1.5% of newborns were transferred to the hospital </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">•0% Maternal Mortality Rate </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">•0% Fetal Mortality Rate </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">•0% Neonatal Mortality Rate</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...pretty impressive!</span>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-47224495288165454372010-03-26T12:13:00.000-07:002010-03-26T12:13:02.187-07:00Una Dia Sisters Post<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Check out the new <a href="http://unadiasisters.blogspot.com/">Una Dia Sisters</a> post!</span>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-66914751381073267952010-03-04T06:50:00.000-08:002010-03-04T06:51:05.476-08:003 months later...<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wow... I cannot believe it has been three months. We have been very busy since my last post. Brandon and I both had finals, I was in a wedding, and of course Christmas. After Christmas we stayed with Brandon's brother and his wife in Rockport. It is always nice to go down there and just relax. January went by too fast, I don't exactly remember too much. February started my birthday month! I turned 23. February is always a great month because of my birthday and Valentines, but his time we also had a record breaking snow storm in the big D. </span><br />
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The weekend before Thanksgiving Brandon had a seminar, so I had him help me get the tree out on Saturday, and on Sunday I decorated the mantel and the tree! We had to wait until Monday night to have a fire, so I had to wait to take pictures. <br />
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</div>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-47149103681720017762009-12-04T09:27:00.000-08:002009-12-04T09:27:39.208-08:00Thanksgiving/Autumn and Ava visit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In October Autumn and Ava came to visit, so Josh could have a study weekend. We were talking in the living room and noticed Ava was missing. We found her in B's study adjusting her baby! She told Brandon she needed some help, and of course he was ready to assist!</span>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-67765896456051003322009-10-04T19:45:00.000-07:002009-12-04T09:01:42.996-08:00Fall is here!<div align="left"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Things I love about fall</span><br />
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</div>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-24804792903523946492009-09-15T19:38:00.000-07:002009-12-04T08:59:56.535-08:00If you live in Dallas, come see Brandon at Parker Chiropractic!<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream...It has not worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." Jeremiah 17:7-8</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last weekend Brandon took part 2 boards for chiropractic school! He says they went well, so that's great! He took 6 tests in 1 1/2 days...crazy! Although he still has part 3, 4, acupuncture, and PT boards, we are very happy part 2 is over! He is now trying to find patients, since he is now in the outpatient clinic! He needs 200 adjustments before we can leave, and although we have until August (when he graduates), we are trying to be out by June. So, if you or anyone you know lives in Dallas, please come in! They accept insurance and it is very reasonably priced! We know God will see us through this stressful time, but sometimes it can be a bit nerve-racking. Parker is a 9 trimester program, but some people are tri 11 and 12 because they cannot get enough people to come in. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!</span>The Crawford Recordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246262528429079629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813950152960828206.post-68356017642001566802009-08-29T12:47:00.000-07:002009-12-04T09:00:20.131-08:00Bar Keepers Friend & Skinny Bitch<span style="color: #990000;">...my mom will not like this title, but both have quickly become two of my favorite things! (after my husband of course!) </span><br />
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<div><div><span style="color: #990000;">Last weekend Brandon and I spent a relaxing weekend in Austin with Dr. Douglas Stakes and his wife Janet. Friday night I decided to make cookies. After making the cookies, I was trying to clean the the cookie sheet and was having a very difficult time. Janet reached under the cabinet and handed me bar keepers friend and it cleaned the cookie sheet quickly with no scrubbing! On Monday I found BKF in the cleaning isle next to the Comet. It cleaned my stainless steel Emerilware so easily and took off stains from wear and shined the copper bottom! I ended up cleaning all my emerilware and it looks brand new! </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.skinnybitch.net/"><span style="color: #990000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375480276955529090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi414MuUhctMDQkSgZTJg4DOpxkpX2fhf3dSwAbhO1nd1EfU8ApV8HYly6x1_MmkZVKz-L5v_HZQ3TEWIvsQErOyFYPbUwIhyZT7SlRBhFjaDWdIOZMi7hwdVW9hwUJbH1eJScaBtUxHP4b/s320/skinny_bitch.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 226px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 164px;" /></span></a><span style="color: #990000;">For the past 6 months I have been monitoring my animal protein intake and have only had 1-2 servings a week. This has been an easier task than I thought it was going to be. I had never thought about it but, the typical American probably eats beef, chicken, or fish 21 times a week-crazy!! Although this has taken more creativity and $$ when selecting recipes, I am very happy with the way it has made me (and Brandon) feel! Last night I found this book, Skinny Bitch at Barnes and Noble. The authors of SB are vegan, which I will never be, but they have some very interesting advice. The book does not only talk about animal protein intake, but also dairy, artificial sweeteners, and simple carbohydrates-just to name a few! They also discuss the importance of getting off your butt and being active! I have also become more active in the last year and have finally worked up to running 3 miles. This is especially a big deal for me because before then I had not run a mile since middle school! Let me say that I do not eat right and work out to be a skinny, this is not, nor never will be a goal of mine. I want to live a long, healthy life and believe nutrition and being active are crucial to do this. Anyways...off my soap box... if you are interested in getting healthy and can appreciate the crudeness of the authors- pick up a copy! They also have a book called, </span><a href="http://www.skinnybitch.net/bun/index.html"><span style="color: #990000;">Skinny Bitch Bun in The Oven</span></a><span style="color: #990000;">, for pregnant women! </span><br />
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<div align="left"><span style="color: #990000;">In May my mom bought Autumn and I each a sewing machine. My summer has been very busy ( I am a nanny for 2 girls 8&10 and a boy 11) so I have not had too much time to sew, but I have completed 3 projects! It is deffinetly nice to have something to do while Brandon studies! I bought a sewing project book called </span><a href="http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/products/books_detail.php"><em><span style="color: #990000;">In Stitches</span></em></a><span style="color: #990000;">, by Amy Butler. I love this book and would recommend it to anyone new to sewing! </span><br />
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