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A Small Sample of Us: May 2014
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A Small Sample of Us. Tuesday, May 27, 2014. I warn you now, this will be lengthy. There's a lot to update you on! Claire Irene Sample was born on May 16, 2014 at 8:18 in the morning. She was 20.5 inches long and weighed a whopping 9 pounds 3 ounces. We were all a little surprised at that since her last ultrasound estimated her weight to be about 7 pounds. Pat came to get Reed and Dane left work to come and be with me. I was 3cm dilated at the time they admitted me and my labor progressed pretty slowly&#...
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A Small Sample of Us: 7 Months
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A Small Sample of Us. Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Now that Claire is a week away from being 8 months old (seriously? It seems to be the perfect time to write her 7 month blog. In my defense, 7 months fell just after Reed's 4th birthday and just before Christmas. It kind of got lost in the hustle and bustle of December. I believe you all will forgive me. Here are some bullet points:. First Christmas went well. She's super close to crawling. seriously.any day now. She's eating more solids. The bad part is ...
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A Small Sample of Us: November 2014
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A Small Sample of Us. Monday, November 17, 2014. Claire is already 6 months old. Wow. Time is flying by so much faster than it seemed to with Reed. Before we know it, we'll be celebrating her birthday. She will see her doctor on Friday, so I don't have her 6 month stats. Suffice it to say that I'm sure she has doubled her birth weight by now. She's a bit of a chunker. Carries it in her thighs. And continues to develop as a normal, healthy, happy, baby girl. How do my kids keep growing up so fast? I'm exc...
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A Small Sample of Us: Months 10 & 11
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A Small Sample of Us. Friday, April 17, 2015. Months 10 and 11. So I've slacked on a couple of months. Things have been busy around our house as we've worked to get it ready to list again. Let me tell you.it's not easy living in a house with two little kids while making it look like your house is not. Being lived in. Sheesh. Claire has four teeth on top now and two on bottom. She has had two ear infections. She LOVES her blankey (a gift, made by her Aunt Devan). Reed is at a really fun age. He's supe...
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A Small Sample of Us: 9 Months
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A Small Sample of Us. Monday, February 23, 2015. Or alternately titled: How is my baby already almost one? Or: Claire is packing up for college. Claire is almost 23 pounds and is 28.5 inches. This puts her in the 90% for weight and the 80% for height. She had her first cold and is just now getting over it. Turns out she also had a double ear infection the doctor found at her 9 month appointment. Girl was down right pleasant for having a double ear infection! In March, Claire will have her first nights aw...
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A Small Sample of Us: August 2014
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A Small Sample of Us. Thursday, August 21, 2014. What's In a Name? On my drive into work this morning I was thinking about how my children will live up to the names we've given them. In naming our kids it was important for us to come up with names that honor our families and the people who have come before our kids and influenced either Dane, myself, or us both. But we can see that she is already living up to her name. She has such a bright smile and flashes it around all the time. She is a peace...I hop...
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A Small Sample of Us: April 2014
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A Small Sample of Us. Friday, April 25, 2014. Oh goodness you guys. We will be meeting this little girl so soon! I start maternity leave on May 12th (just 2 weeks away! And would appreciate it if she could wait until then. It' so surreal to think that I will finally get to meet this baby so soon. That I will be a mother of two. That I will have a daughter. That the journey of the past 9 months is about to be over and I will begin another one. I'm at once excited and terrified. Oh sheesh.pray for us!
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A Small Sample of Us: Half Birthday!!!
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A Small Sample of Us. Monday, November 17, 2014. Claire is already 6 months old. Wow. Time is flying by so much faster than it seemed to with Reed. Before we know it, we'll be celebrating her birthday. She will see her doctor on Friday, so I don't have her 6 month stats. Suffice it to say that I'm sure she has doubled her birth weight by now. She's a bit of a chunker. Carries it in her thighs. And continues to develop as a normal, healthy, happy, baby girl. How do my kids keep growing up so fast? I'm exc...
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A Small Sample of Us: October 2014
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A Small Sample of Us. Monday, October 20, 2014. I cannot believe that Claire is already 5 months old. That makes her only one month away from 6 months! Impressive math skills, huh? She is still a chunky monkey with thighs that won't quit. She's still a rock star sleeper (although this week she's struggled a bit). She is still super chill (a trait obviously inherited from her father). She is working really hard at sitting up unassisted. She smiles a ton and laughs a lot too (mostly at her big brother).
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A Small Sample of Us: September 2014
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A Small Sample of Us. Tuesday, September 16, 2014. This Too Shall Pass. This post is a portrait of the real struggles of a mom and her trying preschooler. I don't want to paint a bad picture of my son and hesitated to post this because of that. But in the end felt that there is beauty in our struggles and maybe in sharing my own another mama will be encouraged. When it's good, it's really good. But when it's bad.oh boy. Aware of justice, more. He doesn't just throw a tantrum. He throws a tantrum. I've si...
