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Vaka, Brooke & Jacob Tu'ifua: May 2009
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Thursday, May 14, 2009. Confession: I have an addiction. Any parent knows that upon welcoming a baby into your home, household expenses increase exponentially, just from diapers alone. Lucky for us, we didn't have to learn this until just a few months ago, thanks to a generous Grandpa Barker. Upon arriving at Jacob's blessing, Grandpa arrived with a truck full of diapers, pictured below. THAT IS 734 DIAPERS. Yeah, BIG deal. 4 velveeta shells and cheese. 2 small squeeze mayo. 1 box capri sun. However, app...
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Vaka, Brooke & Jacob Tu'ifua: February 2011
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011. I had been waiting to do anything with Jacob's room until we knew the gender of the baby and would therefore know whether I had to figure out something gender neutral, or could go all out BOY. As soon as I found out Jacob would have a little brother, I knew I wanted to copy the design from this. I originally had considered using beadboard, but after pricing it, it just wasn't in our budget, and I had heard it can be a pain to install. Instead, the faux board and batten was...
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Vaka, Brooke & Jacob Tu'ifua: Life as we now know it
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Sunday, February 6, 2011. Life as we now know it. For any of you who still read this blog, don't have a heart attack. Yes, it's true, I am posting! Hopefully it will be a more regular occurrence because it is something I enjoy and that I have missed, but just couldn't warrant the time to keep up with it until now. This past week was my first full week as a real stay-at-home mom, and I have loved it! It was hard to leave work after having been there for 5 1/2 years, but surprisingly the transition has bee...
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Vaka, Brooke & Jacob Tu'ifua: New & Improved
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011. I had been waiting to do anything with Jacob's room until we knew the gender of the baby and would therefore know whether I had to figure out something gender neutral, or could go all out BOY. As soon as I found out Jacob would have a little brother, I knew I wanted to copy the design from this. I originally had considered using beadboard, but after pricing it, it just wasn't in our budget, and I had heard it can be a pain to install. Instead, the faux board and batten was...
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Vaka, Brooke & Jacob Tu'ifua: July 2009
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Our little rasta man. Look at that boy groove! If Michael were still alive, I think he just may have stolen some of these moves. :) (And yes, that is reggae playing in the background. Other favorites include hip hop and the Mickey Mouse clubhouse soundtrack). Monday, July 20, 2009. For our first vacation of the summer, we spent a jam packed, fun filled 3 days in Southern California. Here are some highlights of our trip:. Cooling off in the resort pool. Jacob loving it too. A big...
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Vaka, Brooke & Jacob Tu'ifua: June 2009
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Fun in the Summer Sun. After 3 weeks of rarely seeing the sun, we took the first opportunity we had to hit the pool again. Luckily I was blessed with a water baby who adores water in any form! Its hard to believe June is almost over, we'll only get busier from here! July will be taking us on two separate trips - first to California (DISNEYLAND! 9 months and counting. How is it possible that I've been staring at this adorable face for nearly as long as I had him in my belly? Heathe...
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Vaka, Brooke & Jacob Tu'ifua: April 2009
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Thursday, April 30, 2009. The downside in having to sign another round of paperwork on the house this weekend? I don't get to hold this sweet baby. :(. Introducing Haylee Tacoma Barker, 7 lbs 14 oz, 19 inches long. Doesn't Tonya look GREAT! I did NOT look anywhere near that good right after labor! And finally, the proud big brother. His comment when he first held her? I love her.". Finally pictures of a baby other than Jacob to grace our blog. :). Congratulations Brandon and Tonya! Amy and Caleb Scoville.
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Vaka, Brooke & Jacob Tu'ifua: January 2009
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Monday, January 19, 2009. Unfortunately this blog too accurately resembles life in our house these days. always playing catch up and barely staying on top of things. Where did the month go! And in the blink of an eye we're already more than halfway into January. Here's a brief look at just a few of the many things we were up to last month. We got our Christmas tree! Jacob couldn't take his eyes off it, even before we had a chance to get the lights on. 15 lbs, 5 ounces (91st percentile). My dad got us all...
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Vaka, Brooke & Jacob Tu'ifua: March 2011
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Sunday, March 20, 2011. It's hard to believe that given my history of being overdue, today I should still look like this:. Instead, I am lucky to be 25 lbs lighter and get to snuggle my sweet baby from the outside, rather than in. Today I am more than grateful I am not still pregnant, but I wouldn't mind if my sweet baby were 1 day old again. He is already growing so fast! Monday, March 14, 2011. Arrived at 10:09 am on March 7th, at 8 lbs 6 oz and 20 inches long. Jacob had a hard time the first day adjus...
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Vaka, Brooke & Jacob Tu'ifua: Home Sweet Home
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Sunday, March 7, 2010. So apparently my "comeback" took longer for me to make than anticipated. I blame it all on my full-time job as a legal assistant, full-time job as a mother of an energetic 1 year old, full-time job of trying to find my husband a job so I can ditch my full-time job, time consuming new calling at church on top of the usual dishes, cleaning, cooking, exercising. you get the picture. The main reason I've been putting off posting pictures? So, without further adieu. Sorry, no pic of the...
