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Well, I had some pictures to share and thought I'd also add any news from here. We are well into preparations for Megan's (John's sister) wedding in a month. I am making Elise's flower girl dress and it is coming along nicely.
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Please be forewarned. This is perhaps the longest post I have written on here. It is more of an essay. :) Have fun reading it: A Day in my Life. by Miriam Lein, wife, mother, teacher, house manager, seamstress, cook and above all a child of God. Dedicated to all my
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Things have been busy here. To share with you all on what has been going on, I'll share what each family member has been doing lately. John-What has John been up to? Well, work of course! Last week John was home 4 days due to strep throat. He
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Sorry, no new pictures. I will get some more soon. I've been so consumed with sleep issues lately that I have not been taking pictures. Will is sleeping wonderfully at night. I could not ask for anything better! He goes down by 10:00 (sometimes earlier, like last
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Sunday morning I awoke at 6:30, after about 8 hours of sleep, realizing that I hadn't heard Will all night. I went to check on him, and he was still asleep. He slept until 7:45, which was almost 9 hours after I had put him down
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Doesn't this look like the most girly thing you've ever seen? Elise is still loving dance class and improving each time. She is also enjoying school. Even her numbers, which she sometimes gets frustrated with, are improving. Today, she wrote out her numbers to 30 with
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We spent all morning at the doctor's today getting Will's 2 month well child check-up (including shots, ugh!). First off, Will really is huge! He weighed 14 lbs. 14 oz., which means he has been gaining at a rate of about 11 oz. a week. He
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OK, here is a cute picture that I just had to share: By the way, Elise and I started doing preschool again on Monday. She is really enjoying it. Her favorite subject is crafts, her most challenging is writing her numbers. Here is something we did together for craft time.
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Well, Will slept through the night Sunday night. Although that requires some definition. (I remember when I was a new mom how upset and surprised I was to find out that "sleeping through the night" could be as little as six hours!) Will was fussy until midnight, but
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Elise began dance lessons today. She is in the preschool jazz and tap class at Rythm & Shoes in Tontitown. Here she is in her ballet shoes for jazz. She told me after the class that it was a lot of fun. When I asked which was her favorite part,
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I realized after I posted yesterday that I hadn't said much about how we are doing. We are all doing really well emotionally, physically, and mentally. I usually can get a long nap in the afternoon, and Will is only waking once at night, so that gives me
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I thought you all would enjoy some updated pictures. Here is Will discovering the joys of toys: Here he is on a recent trip to the Koala park: One of these is a little blurry, but I wanted to show off how strong he is: Here he is getting to