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 Just in case you were wondering, it's official- we have moved over to  meg + andy . Schmidt family blog will still be around in case you ever want to walk down memory lane but otherwise, I'd love it if you would "follow" (hint, hint) me over here to stay in touch. Thank you friends!

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If you'd like to see the finished result of "Baby Ben's Room" with lots of  "before" and "afters" as well as a look into the newest happenings in this little blog's life head over to the new and improving:  meg + andy!

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I just came across this little piece and completely cracked up. This is SO how our girls think! It is such a challenge to sort out all their little emotions and try to instill some loving and selfless thoughts in their hearts.... Toddler Property Laws 1. If i like it, its mine. 2. If it's in my hand, it's mine. 3. If i can take it from you, it's mine. 4. If i had it a little while ago, it's

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This post might fall under the TMI category but it chronicles one of those frequent experiences that can make me want to laugh or scream. So, it was 7:45pm, Andrew was flying and i was getting way too excited to finally put the dear children to bed. We had jammies on, teeth brushed and all we had left to do was read a story and close the doors. unfortunately, we also still had to get up the

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It'd be kinda fun to say i've been somewhere super exciting but mostly, i've been at home. at home realizing more each day that this whole 4-kid thing is a bit harder/more time-consuming than i thought...anyway, life has been busy and good and i'm excited to show some things i've been working on this month but for now here are a few pictures and some highlights from december. * one night at

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  happy times at mom's house. this year the kids outnumbered the adults by one. made for lots of fun and lots of noise. so thankful to live close to family.  little will with our big 10 pounder ;)  yay for sis and mom  3 little indians some changes and news coming to the schmidt family blog near you.........stay posted for details. :)

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 The kids came down w/ a terrible croup virus that lasted almost 2 weeks. Right before they got sick Will started talking about what he wanted to dress up as for halloween. Since they were all still in various stages of sickness and andrew was on a trip when the day arrived i was kind of hoping he would completely forget about the whole thing and we'd just make it up next year. Around 4:30

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I've been working on several projects for a craft boutique i'm hoping to be a part of in greeley this month. Here are a couple trial run ideas that were super easy and fun :) here's t-shirt #1- the "tie" supplies: onesie, cotton fabric, no-stich glue, scissors Cut out the shape of a fat tie.i cut the "knot" out separately. glue to shirt w/ this handy stuff  if you're in a rush, you can leave

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here's a somewhat long string of "fallish" pictures beginning with our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. always great fun. although looking at madeline's expression, one might think the whole idea was a bit overrated. ;) hayride!  barrel ride carving pumpkins. this year will designed a castle/ goofy face carving on his pumpkin and andrew went the Martha Stewart route w/ his. 

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here are some snap shots we took this weekend of all 6 of us!    

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 Ben's room needed a mobile. i had seen something similar to this online with a price tag of over $50.00. Here's what "handy andy" and i came up with (fyi- this is my new name for husband. those of you with preschoolers have probably met "handy manny" on tv. my handy andy is waaaay handier. in fact, i think he could probably take over this blog with all his handiness. Yesterday he made

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here's  benjamin or "baby ben" as the girls will adamantly correct anyone who refers to him as "benjamin" or "your little brother" or any other term. he's a little over a week old and just as sweet as can be; which makes up for the lost sleep and hormones that have gone berserk. :) My next post will be a baby room post...i hope :)

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For the last few weeks, my doctor was increasingly monitoring our baby's growth. there were several signs of growth restriction that they were a little concerned about. my weight gain had stopped, the fluid levels were low, the placenta was showing abnormal calcification and then finally in the last week, our baby's weight and measurements were showing that he was having to compensate for these

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here's a picture of my little girl who is a devoted lover of luggage, accessories and babies...

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So...i would not have had a clue what "chevron" meant until i saw this post on MADE today. Afterward i felt pretty cool that i just happened to have hung my curtains with the very same "chevron" pattern that she featured without knowing how very cool they were. Amazing how one person i don't even know can bring such confirmation of coolness. :) Anyway! here's a couple pictures: Like i mentioned

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here's the after of the paint color!

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When Andrew came home from his 4-day trip last week and looked in the baby's room he wondered if i had decided to do some kind of patch work quilt technique on the walls. I think i counted 10 different colors i tried and about 7 of those were variations on blue. i had bought several samples of colors i had seen in magazines or on blogs or just from paint swatches, my mom and sis had lent me some

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 Well, even though this weekend has been a bit of a bummer with Andrew on a trip, the kids and i sick and AND it being a holiday weekend, i decided to try and accomplish something for the baby's room during naptime today. I was actually really looking forward to this project because i was sure it would be super easy and produce quick and wonderful results...well, it wasn't terribly difficult

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Well, August has officially come and gone... there are several reasons my goal of getting the baby's room done by the end of August was unsuccessful. Here are three: These 2 innocent little cupcakes are probably the #1 reason. They have put everything i ever i thought i knew about parenting to the test...good grief, these girls can push boundaries and try my patience- especially at naptime and

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Alrighty, here are a few recent buys: 1. 2 sample paint colors which i hope to use for little paint projects in the room ----$6.00 2. Green stripe fabric from fabric.com which i've decided to use for the curtains------$34.00 3. Curtain lining from JoAnn's. 50% off this week! ---------------------------------$16.00 4. Impulse buy: adorable old red gumball machine from goodwill--------------------$

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maddiecakes and her Popsicle my favorite picture this summer of sophie will at the fair on a pony and feeling pretty happy with himself because of it.

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Well, now that august is almost over, i've finally begun the baby's room. Thanks to andrew, who, on the night of july 30th said, " well, meagan, is there anything else you're going to do in the girls' room? because if there is you have 24 hours to do it and then you have to MOVE on!" i did (mostly) meet my july goal of finishing the girls' room but haven't taken any good pictures yet. But here's

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I can sometimes get a little discouraged by the fact that we're still changing tons and tons of diapers even though the girls are 2 something...and then i start to think about what it will be like to add another little bum to the line up in a couple months...yikes! that's a lot of diapers. And a lot of diapers boxes! However, we just recently started recycling ( i know, what planet are we from?!)

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my sweet little Will turned 5 on the 5th of August- the same day i turned 27! It's such a sweet bond we get to share and i just love it....even if it does mean the day has become increasingly more about him than about me...somehow celebrating an adorable little 5 year old's birthday is just a tad more fun than a 20 something mommy. :) Although i must acknowledge that the very first thing out of

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celebrating my dad's birthday w/ my sis and family-yikes, so many little kids! :) madeline showing off her precociousness during lunch Will and his Nana before their annual bull-fighting/rodeo date Sophie doing what she could do ALL day long as long as someone was available to give her constant high pushes. visiting A's grandpa Sam- his last living grandparent

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