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/><author><name>Liz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10863622931036157348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="30" height="32" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fmbg375z8GU/TZR07whN1ZI/AAAAAAAABwg/-6wLSrx4tKo/s220/mug.jpg" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>876</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MakingSomethingGood" /><feedburner:info uri="makingsomethinggood" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0YDRXY5eip7ImA9WhRUF0Q.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245257584121752.post-233630776141930607</id><published>2012-01-28T17:59:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T17:59:34.822-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-28T17:59:34.822-06:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="real life" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="2 years" /><title>No one talks about these types of perks...</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://makingsomethinggood.blogspot.com/feeds/233630776141930607/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8502245257584121752&amp;postID=233630776141930607&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8502245257584121752/posts/default/233630776141930607?v=2" /><link 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daddy mentions going back to sleep in mommy and daddy's bed and kid eagerly obliges... fast forward 40 minutes... absolutely no one is asleep at this point... and the queen size bed is not big enough for two adults, a dog, and a toddler... want proof?

...in an attempt to get comfortable..
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...it's served it's purpose, the last 6 years... 
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Total Weight Gain/Loss? +17 
Maternity clothes? Yes, please.
Stretch Marks? Nada.
Sleep? I'm less and less sleepy... productivity of life is up... (for now)
Best moment this week? Date night with Jim last night was pretty great!
Movement? I can definitely feel flutters, but no kung-fu-fighter, yet...
Food Cravings?  This week ice cream is the thing... yum.

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Two Blues Game Club Seats + Parking Pass!!!!  That meant we got to park in the attached garage... enter the "Special Club and Suite" Entry... Access to the Bud Zone and Buffet... and then in addition to cushy great seats... we had a server during the entire game... 
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Ethan: no.

Daddy: Ethan, then would you like a baby sister?
Ethan: no.
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{Peeling and Coring the Apples}



{Apples, Brown Sugar, and Cinnamon in the Crock Pot }
You'd be correct!
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{What are Ethan and I using this to make this morning???}

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And... this is what happens when I get a good night's sleep...

{So much for my $5 dinner...)
...dinner gets burnt to a crisp... but luckily the house still smelled pretty delish when i woke up this morning, not telling of what was actually in the crock pot - charred beans and rice. 

So here's what happened... I was trying out a new recipe... one from a super cute website with loads of dinners 
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xm2092uatYOieVxOnmOGkg5ueNg/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xm2092uatYOieVxOnmOGkg5ueNg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MakingSomethingGood/~4/odKe49SDidM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://makingsomethinggood.blogspot.com/2012/01/movie-night.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkQDQno5cCp7ImA9WhRVFk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502245257584121752.post-2712989538746651182</id><published>2012-01-15T07:32:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T07:32:53.428-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-15T07:32:53.428-06:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="real life" /><title>dump.</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://makingsomethinggood.blogspot.com/feeds/2712989538746651182/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8502245257584121752&amp;postID=2712989538746651182&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8502245257584121752/posts/default/2712989538746651182?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8502245257584121752/posts/default/2712989538746651182?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingSomethingGood/~3/5xRfxza6L_g/dump.html" title="dump." /><author><name>Liz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10863622931036157348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="30" height="32" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fmbg375z8GU/TZR07whN1ZI/AAAAAAAABwg/-6wLSrx4tKo/s220/mug.jpg" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><content type="html">...you know when you have an absolutely amazing day... and then you find out your partner had one of the worst... and suddenly your day is ruined? suddenly you have a black cloud sitting over you both.... because you don't know how to fix his mood... and you've tried "everything"... brownies and kisses...didn't work, at all... and so you go in the other room - to let his mood have space... and 
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big fish is the name of our plecostomus (sucker fish or algae-eater) we've had in our fish tank since we moved into our house nearly six years ago... he was a good guy... kept his house pretty clean... he'll be missed...
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Total Weight Gain/Loss? +13 (that is nearly twice as much as i gained at this point with ethan!!! good thing i started this pregnancy off nearly 12 pounds lighter healthier)
Maternity clothes? I'm wearing both maternity pants, and my normal pants... but i don't expect to be able to wear the non-maternity pants for much longer.
Stretch Marks? No new ones... well
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but 
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I THINK I JUST FELT BABY!!!!!
I'm sitting here at work, with my stomach kind of pressed against my desk... and i got the weirdest sensation... and I'm pretty sure that sensation was baby...

Hello, Kid... 
I knew you were in there... how are the gymnastics going in there? Plenty of room? Enjoy it while you can! And I'd much rather feel you moving like that, than to
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saturday morning, the boys both slept until almost 9am... and that gave me time to make this 
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Baby's Heart Rate: 146

Momma's Blood Pressure: 100/60
Momma's Weight: 111.4 pounds

The ultrasound showed that baby is still measuring a week ahead... and everything looks great! (but baby did not want to cooperate today, so we don't know if we're having a Harper or a Gavin just yet...)

Momma's check up was good too... we're going to try a different less-potent 
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got to clean up my car in the work parking lot...

i thought i had better aim, with all my practice...

gross.

awesome way to start the day!

edit:
add to the fun list...
i forgot my phone... and 
forgot my anti-nausea medicine...
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Total Weight Gain/Loss? +12 (the two pound gain probably explains why i suddenly feel like a whale...)
Maternity clothes? I'm wearing both maternity pants, and my normal pants - depending upon how comfortable I want to be on a given day. 
Stretch Marks? No new ones, yet.
Sleep? Our new bed came on monday!!!! It's fabulous... and although I wake up a few times a
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christmas . was. insane. in a good way of course... but i'll admit i was completely overwhelmed this year... and my child was sugar-ruined for almost the entire week afterwards. (and 
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like this... 
this is a sign that i'm not supposed to do any more folding of laundry tonight... (carter curled up in the warm clean laundry as i was transferring another load from washer to dryer...) or maybe it's a sign that our house is cold, and i should turn up the heat? nah...
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