In case you want to get a hold of Joy or I today, I wanted to let you know how you could. Try Google talk, email, or just stopping on by. We are in the middle of a phone transition and have limited access to phones. SORRY!
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Google Wallet
Joy has this idea almost a year ago. She wanted me to make an app on our phones that would hold all our reward cards in them. Then Google announced a few months later that they would be making Google Wallet. An app that holds all your payment info and your reward card info. It’s releasing today and I’d keep my eye on it as it will catch on in some places. What do you think? Would you ditch your wallet and just carry your phone?
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Family of Five!
Here we are! We haven’t fallen off the face of the earth, just adjusting and enjoying the Little Bundle. We’re so grateful to our friends, family, neighbors, & ward members, who have been showering us with love, food, & gifts!
It feels good to have our baby here (& not in my belly anymore… although Chase tapped on my flabby belly the other day & said, “Oh good, you still have a drum”).
Caroline is a regular part of the family! She’s so snuggly, relaxed, & good-natured so far, crying just when something is up. To me, she doesn’t look much like Chase or Charlotte did as newborns– maybe the head of hair throws me off. She also sleeps a TON, especially during the day… a lot more than my other two did as newborns. Maybe that’s a sign of good night sleep to come in the future! Maybe!!
I’m happy to say that Chase & Charlotte love baby Caroline. She gets lots of kisses & adoration from them. Charlotte likes to say our baby’s full name every time (she pronounces it: “Keh-line Jean Mc-Call-law). The older two are helpful & somehow understand that Mommy just has to sit & nurse our baby a lot! It’s a challenge for me to balance everything & make sure I’m spending time with each of them. But I know we’ll all be okay.
Chase is pictured below wearing his all-time favorite outfit: Camouflage shirt & shorts (he’d wear camo underwear too, but that pair of underwear is too small now).
This proud big brother loves holding Caroline & always wants to carry her. He goes & gets her & then I have to confiscate her as soon as I catch him carrying her around. What age do you usually let kids do that? This seems too young. I’m just afraid he’s going to trip & fall on her!
I am very glad that my mom has been here to help with all the things that need to be done. Namely laundry & dishes, & just extra hands in general! & she also helps with diaper changes in the night, which helps me get a little extra sleep. I’ll have to get some photos of her & Caroline so I can post some of those! GG (Pace’s mom) has also taken the kids out a couple of times to run around & have fun. I SO appreciate the help!
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Caroline Jean McCulloch
She’s here! And after spending the day with her… she sleeps alot. WOO hoo! Best thing we could ask for. Joy and I are SO grateful to our Heavenly Father for this miracle. We know and love many friends who have had complications and problems during & after birth. We know it has nothing to do with us, so it’s really a miracle that this birth went so well. We wrapped up around 9am and then just hung out in the hotel room… I mean hospital room. As soon as Joy found out the new room service would deliver hot chocolate whenever she wanted, it felt more like a hotel room. (see the album to see what she ordered for lunch) Thanks to all for the virtual love and the in person love. Chase & Charlotte seemed ok with the new addition. I don’t think they realize how much time and attention she’ll suck away from them.
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second girl
Came to the hospital this morning around 5
Joys water just broke at 6:42
That’s her first natural water break. She did not enjoy it.
Kellie is sticking her iv in now. No I’m not gonna text all of you and tell you bc most of you are still asleep.
Joy wants her epidural
Ahh chaos!
Epidural in. .. ah peace again
8am fully dialated. Waiting on dr to push.
Dr ssaid 20 mins…
Caroline Jean McCulloch was born at 8:42!
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My work makes training that helps people learn skills to communicate better and great stuff like that. We have some skill videos in the training that show examples of how to and how not to. Here’s an old one:
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Each year we hold a conference open to the thousands of trainers who train our stuff. These trainers watch these videos every time they train, could be multiple times a month. So some videos they have memorized, and for sure they all have their favorite lines. So, at our conference we like to do something fun with our material.
This year we future proofed our videos, see if you can find me in them.
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Ready to Take on the World!
So, here’s our Kindergarten Boy. First day of school today.
There’s no denying that our kindergartener, Chase, is full of energy, opinions, & curiosity.
Just this morning, he:
Showered & got dressed, made some things with his Legos, scarfed down a banana because I made him eat SOMETHING, listened to a story, made a few paper crafts (a butterfly for me, some boats, & even the Eiffel Tower), did a couple chores, did a science experiment from a box to explore acids vs. bases, had a neighbor friend over to play, watched a TV show on Benjamin Franklin, and did his own music experiment with glasses & varying amounts of water (pictured below). THIS WAS ALL BEFORE LUNCHTIME at 11:30 am! Whew.
There never has been & never will be any stopping this guy!
But when it came down to it, Chase was a little apprehensive about his first day of school today.
In the car, I told him that it’s normal to feel nervous about something we don’t know about yet, & that he’d probably feel better once we walked him to his class. We said a prayer together in the car. He was still a little hesitant before entering the classroom, however, & didn’t want any pictures taken. But I quickly took a couple of his faux smiley face.
Chase was just fine after walking inside, seeing Mrs. Miner’s friendly face, finding his name tag, & sitting at a table with his friend Vaughn (who was on his soccer team last year).
I’m SO excited that he’s in school now. Personally, I loved elementary school & all my fun teachers, and I hope he will, too. We’re all ready for Chase to be back in school!
(They look so cute & I am so…. pregnant. 2 WEEKS LEFT!)
Very fun day. At the same time, as I said goodbye to Chase, my voice caught a little & I was feeling a tiny bit emotional. Probably pregnancy hormones, as usual… But seriously, I didn’t know why I felt the least bit weird leaving him, since we already did a year of Joy School AND preschool to gear up for the real thing! And kindergarten is only 2 1/2 hours per day, anyway!
But I guess part of me was thinking, Oh my, he’s getting older. And here we go on the slippery slope of SCHOOL! No turning back! & we’ll be doing this every day! And he’ll be graduating from elementary school before we know it…
Well, here’s to enjoying the journey!
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Princess Tea Party
Charlotte went to a Princess Tea Party today for her friend Mollie’s birthday. She got all dressed up for the occasion!
My kids get sooooo excited for birthday parties! I love it because I remember how exciting parties were for me as a kid, too. I took a couple of quick photos while dropping her off, & then left her to enjoy her pink punch & all the other goodies at the tea party!
Chase did Charlotte’s hair the other morning. She sat so patiently. I had to get out the camera for this one.
His technique was to thoroughly drench her hair with the spray bottle (not only before, but also during & after the styling of her hair).
So, what do you think of it??
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Charlotte Noel at Age 2 1/2ish
Charlotte is just about the most wonderful little child a parent could ask for. She is very easy to entertain, get along with, joke around with, snuggle, take places, etc. I can see how, if people have a kid like this as their first, they feel that they could have like 12 kids no problem. I mean, she is a toddler & has her moments, but overall, she’s an absolute delight.
She pronounces the letter “r” like “–uh”. So “show-uh” for “shower.” I joke that she has a British accent.
This week she’s been into naming the people she knows & correctly calling each one a girl (“gull”) or boy (“buoy”).
Charlotte likes to line things up a lot, especially books & Band-Aids. She would love it if she could put on a new girly Band-Aid every single day, for no reason at all.
This girl really likes books, and I’m glad that I have time to read to her when she asks a few times a day. (I think this will be extra helpful in less than 5 weeks when I’m going to be sitting & nursing a newborn). Charlotte also likes to read to herself & to me, which I love (especially when she quotes exact lines from the books with her cute voice).
Charlotte is into makeup (I just let her have makeup brushes), purses, & jewelry. I know this is not uncommon for a girl, but I still find it entertaining. She’ll fill up her purses with rings, tiny toys, & her pretend cell phone, & carry them around all day. She’ll even take the toy cell phone out of her purse & “text” someone.
She also loves the colors pink & purple. One day, she dumped out all my hair elastics, sorted the pink & purple ones from the rest, & put them all up one arm as her bracelets for the day.
Charlotte’s favorite/ most quoted quotes these days:
— “So, how’s YOUR day?”
— “Trick or treat, smell my feet” (when I go to get her out of her car seat, she points her toes at me & says this)
— “This is a nice day for a picnic.”
— “Wanna see my cool trick?!?”
— “That was so much fun!!!” or “That was a fun day.”
— “I can’t go get it. My nails are paint.” or “I can’t! I have winguh-nails!” (=fingernails)
— “We don’t say, ‘Oh my gosh.’ We say, ‘Oh my my.’ ”
— “We need to buy that.”
— “It’s the same!!!” (when she recognizes something that’s familiar or the same as what we have)
