tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27763559928879262752024-03-18T07:00:33.289-05:00Growing to Four Recipes, DIY, and family funGrowing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.comBlogger425125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-7898505797838367272018-02-13T09:47:00.000-06:002018-02-13T09:47:51.733-06:00Kids Birthday Party- 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This post is almost a year late but I wanted to get it posted and life is slowing down so it's time to play catch up. </div>
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In 2017 Max turned ONE! His first year went by so fast and he grew so quickly. Marley turned 9 and Mason turned 5. We had one big party for all of them at my parents house so we could use their pool. I didn't take many photos but here's a few. </div>
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We went with Rust-oleum Cabinet Transformation Cabinet Coating System that we picked up at Menards for around $70. We ended up needing 2 boxes. We bought the light kit and got it in Pure White. </div>
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The kit comes with everything pictured below. There are 4 steps but one of the steps is the glaze coat which we decided to leave out as we just wanted a crisp white finish. </div>
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Here's what we were working with as a before. We live in a log cabin so everything is wood inside. It was just too much wood and has just that one window so it was very dark in there. </div>
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We decided to work in sections, starting with the upper cabinets on the dining room side. We removed all the doors and hinges and laid them out on the counter with some paper down. A friend recommended some little triangles that hold your doors up so you can paint both sides, but we just used some push pins so when we flipped them over they would rest on the pins. Worked well actually. </div>
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The first step is the deglosser. It's essentially a cleaner. You just rub it all over following the instructions that came in the box. After the recommended drying time it's time to paint. The instructions say you'll do 2 coats but we did three just because I noticed once the second coat dried there was areas that didn't look covered completely. </div>
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After the paint is dried you can do the glaze coat if you want. It gives it a more antique look to me so that's why we decided to skip this step. I wanted bright crisp white. The final step is the protective top coat. When I first put this on it had a slight yellow tint to it but dried clear. I let everything dry for a whole day just to be safe and then we installed new knobs and hinges and hung the doors back up. </div>
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The process is pretty simple and fairly easy. It just requires a lot of time. Each coat has a 2-3 hour dry time. So we would paint for maybe 30 minutes then wait for it to dry. I'll be honest and admit that it took me a month to get all the upper cabinets painted. I waited 6 months to start the bottoms and that only took me a few days because the weather was nicer so I took everything outside and didn't have to do it 2 or 3 doors at a time like I did the uppers. I definitely recommend doing it all at once if you have the space instead of in sections like we did. Just seemed to go faster that way. </div>
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Isn't it AMAZING!! It makes it seem so much brighter in there. It's been a few months since we completed it and it's held up great. </div>
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Overall, I am very happy with how it turned out. But now we need new counter tops because they look really bad now. Let me know if you've ever tried this or have been thinking about giving it a try.</div>
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<br />Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-22538284180885017812017-11-16T19:07:00.000-06:002017-11-16T19:07:42.974-06:00Spring Break 2017 - Cumberland Falls KentuckyThis year it just so happened that Marley was on spring break the same time Mike was scheduled for a week off work. We decided to take a little trip. We didn't want to go to far and Mike's not big on touristy places so we settled on Cumberland Falls Kentucky. It was about a 6 hour drive which wasn't awful and the kids did great in the car so that helped. We went down on Wednesday and came home Friday night. We were also going electronics free. No video games, no tablets, no facebook, no movies. We did have our phones to take pictures and in case of emergency though. <br />
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We rented a super small cabin at Sheltowee Trace Adventure Park which is about 5 miles from the falls. Sheltowee is a campground that has RV sites, tent sites and several cabins. Since it was off season and we went during the week, there was 6 other people there besides us which was awesome. Our tiny one room cabin fit us perfectly and was so stinkin' cute! It had bunkbeds, a full size bed, and a countertop with a microwave. That was it. The bath house was a minute walk away. <br />
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We arrived on Wednesday afternoon and checked in. Within 30 minutes of being there, maybe even less, Marley was already asking if we could come back next year. That made me so happy. I thought for sure she would be complaining because we were going electronics free. The kids actually didn't ask to use electronics one time. They played outside when we weren't doing other things and at night they read books and we played games.<br />
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On Thursday morning we headed to Cumberland Falls. I had no idea it was so big. I've never seen a waterfall like that. I am used to small ones from a small creek. This was massive compared to what I've seen before. We walked around the falls a bit before heading to the other side to do the trail to Eagle Falls. It took us a few hours to hike to the falls and back but it was an easy hike and the kids enjoyed it. After that we headed back to the cabin and loaded up the kayaks and headed to the Cumberland River so Mike and Marley could do some kayaking while the boys took naps and I read a book. Finding the spot to put the kayaks in the river was quite an adventure. First I backed into a tree when leaving the cabin. Then we drove around for maybe an hour looking for the spot to load them in. Asked a couple locals and they had no idea where the place was that we were talking about, but we finally found it. We drove past it several times and just overlooked it apparently. They went off down the river and I drove to the pick up spot and waited.... and waited... and waited. About 2 hours later I had to go to a different spot and pick them up because it was taking way to long to get where I was waiting. We loaded back up and headed back to the cabin. I made dinner while Mike and the kids flew the drone around. They did that for a while until the wind caught the drone and took it up into a tree and that was the end of the drone. It was getting dark and it was up about 50 feet so the drone is gone forever.<br />
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Friday morning we loaded up to drive home. We took a different way home so we could stop in Burkesville where I have family and my grandpa's old family farm is. We made it there and stopped to collect some bombshell rocks as we call them. Then we continued on our way home. We stopped to pick up our dog on the way and made it home right at bed time.<br />
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<br />Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-32715305547138891972017-03-08T20:09:00.002-06:002017-03-08T20:09:26.851-06:002016 in ReviewI wasn't very good at keeping the blog updated this past year but I'm really hoping to get back at it in 2017. Here's a review of all the exciting things that happened in 2016.<br />
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February- Mason did BMX and Marley did swim</div>
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March- Marley turned 8</div>
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April- Mason turned 4</div>
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May- <a href="http://www.growingtofour.com/2016/05/baby-3-is-a.html" target="_blank">Maxton was born</a></div>
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August- Marley started 3rd and Mason started preschool</div>
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He's army crawling everywhere. Everything goes in his mouth. We started
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We're totally skipping baby food. He just has his two bottom teeth
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<br />Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-76847958570738441362016-10-25T09:00:00.000-05:002016-10-25T09:00:12.392-05:00Max's weekly/monthly photosWell, life with three kids is BUSY! I made it to 6 weeks before I starting falling behind on his weekly photos. It's now transitioned to monthly photos. Much more manageable for me. Here's weeks 4-6. and his 3-5 month photos. He's already 5 months old!!<br />
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<br />Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-68828938284095090922016-10-24T09:14:00.000-05:002016-10-24T09:14:02.686-05:00We got chickens! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
In August 2015 we took the plunge and ordered 7 baby chicks. We went with easter eggers, rhode island reds, and golden laced wyandottes. We ordered all hens, but one of our reds ended up being a rooster. Unfortunately, in February we lost him to a hawk and then about a week later we lost one of our easter eggers to a hawk too. Marley and Mason go out there and play with them. They dig for worms in the yard and then go play restaurant with them. </div>
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August of this year, we ordered 7 more- buff orpingtons, silver laced wyandottes, and rhode island reds. So we're up to 12. </div>
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The new babies are now almost 2 months old. They're out in the coop but separated from the big ladies for a bit longer. So far only one has a name, Tennis Ball... However, she's now a beautiful white color. </div>
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Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-37174185467720786082016-10-19T20:20:00.000-05:002016-10-19T20:20:11.934-05:00Maxton's Birth Story<div dir="ltr">
On Tuesday May 17th at about 3:30am I woke up with some pain. I thought I just needed to pee so I got up and went to the bathroom and then got back in bed. The pain went away, but a while later it came back. This happened for about an hour before I started keeping track on my phone. At 5am I woke up Mike because I noticed the pain was occuring about every 5-15 minutes. Mike was supposed to leave for work at 5:45am, but I asked him to call off since I was in a bit of pain by this point. I continued to keep track and called my mom to tell her that I might be in labor so stay by the phone. (She would be watching the kids) By 7am when we took Marley to school, the pain, which I now realized was contractions, was about 5-10 minutes apart and lasting about a minute. We took Marley to school and came home to rest. I took a nap around 11am and the contractions let up a bit, but once I got up and moving they picked back up again. Around 1pm we went to lunch at Culver's and while there we decided we would head to the hospital since the baby wasn't moving as much after I had some food in me like it normally does. We dropped Mason off at my moms and headed to the hospital. We arrived at 2:30pm and I was dilated to 4. They didn't admit me, but kept me for a few hours to see if I made any progress. The nurse basically said she didn't think I was going anywhere since I was having regular contractions and was dilated. At 7pm they checked me again and I was dilated 4 1/2 cm. They said I could stay or I could go home and get some rest and come back when the pain increases. We decided to leave, go to my moms to see the kids, and go let the dog out and get some rest. By the time we got to my moms (about 5 minutes from the hospital) I was in a lot more pain. It was almost as if the contractions picked up as soon as I walked out the hospital door. We stayed at my moms for a little bit to tell the kids good night and ate some dinner. We then headed towards home to let the dog out. We weren't even halfway home when the contractions became even stronger. Mike was ready to just head right back to the hospital, but I talked him into coming home. We got home and I headed upstairs and into the shower. That helped a little bit, but not enough. I tried to lay down in bed, but that didn't help either and we both decided to quickly head to the hospital which is a 30 minute drive from our house. Mike was driving about 90mph the entire way and by 10:30pm we were back at the hospital. I really think he thought I was going to have a baby in the van. From the parking lot to the 4th floor of the hospital I had to stop 4 times because of contractions. At 11pm I was back in labor and delivery and was dilated to 7cm! It was official, I was having a baby! Since I was going for a VBAC my doctor and midwife arrived and had to stay there the entire time until I delivered. I asked for an epidural and the nurses said several times they didn't know if I would have enough time to get one because they had to take blood and wait for the results before I could get one. HOLY COW! Was it happening that quickly?! They did my labs and must of rushed them because by midnight I was getting my epidural.</div>
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Wednesday the 18th at 12am I got my epidural and fell asleep. At 2am in my sleep my water broke. I must of been dreaming there was a nurse in the room with us because I yelled out 'my water broke!', but it was just Mike and I in there so he went to get a nurse to let them know. She came in and checked me and I was dilated to 9cm at this point. I fell back asleep for a bit until I woke up feeling some pressure. It was about 5am now and the nurse had me start pushing while waiting for my dr to come in the room. Pushing on my back wasn't making much progress so we decided to take a half hour break and let my body and the contractions do their thing. At 5:30ish I started pushing again, this time on my side. I was making progress with each contraction but the midwife said she thought the babies head was stuck on my pelvic bone. At about 6:30 my doctor came in to use the vacuum. Again, since I was going for a VBAC, they only allow the vacuum to be used for 6 contractions before I would have to go for a c-section. Yah, that wasn't going to happen. I was determined to get this baby out! At 6:45am on Wednesday May 18th, Maxton Randall was born. He weighed 9lb and 9 oz and was 22 inches. He was placed directly on my chest and stayed there for the next 2 hours. It was awesome! I can not believe I had a VBAC and I can't believe that I went into labor on my own just 1 day after my due date. This labor and delivery was everything I wanted it to be and I am so happy with everything! </div>
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Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-78960139106974286462016-06-08T14:49:00.001-05:002016-06-08T14:49:19.887-05:00Max is 3 weeks old Time is flying by now that summer is here and we don't have a routine. Max is already 3 weeks old. He's about 10 lb 8 oz. and is officially out of newborn clothes. Not all newborn clothes fit him but I had a few little rompers that did, but now he's in 0-3 months.<br />
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<br />Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-13559779638682822632016-06-06T14:05:00.005-05:002016-06-06T14:05:57.603-05:00Max is two weeks old<div style="text-align: center;">
Max turned two weeks old this past Wednesday. According to my scale he's about 10 lb 5 oz already. He sleeps about 3-4 hours at a time at night, nurses and then goes back to sleep so not much to complain about there. He's been awake more during the day and following us with his eyes. He turns his head when he hears the big kids talking too. Mason has yet to hold him (he doesn't like babies), but he has finally started talking to him and booping his nose. Small steps lol </div>
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<br />Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-15588092479830420762016-06-02T21:39:00.003-05:002016-06-02T22:13:32.986-05:00Baby Belly 38-40 weeksI never got the chance to post these before Max was born so I'm backtracking a bit, but wanted to get them up.<br />
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That's my last belly picture. Still in shock that I went into labor just 1 day after my due date. Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-52790327729320557952016-05-27T16:32:00.003-05:002016-05-27T16:32:39.735-05:00Maxton is one week oldMaxton is already one week old. He's been a good little guy. Just eating and sleeping really. His one week dr. appointment he weighted 9 lb 12 oz so he's already back to and over his birth weight which is good and everything else looks good too. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It's a BOY!! </span></div>
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Maxton Randall was born on May 18th at 6:45am. He weighed 9 lb 9 oz and is 22 inches tall. </div>
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We are home already and so far so good. I will post his birth story sometime soon and I'm sure lots of pictures will follow too! </div>
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<br />Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-22713056209118366532016-05-13T09:00:00.000-05:002016-05-13T09:00:34.356-05:00Homemade Carpet Cleaner SolutionI don't know what it is, but when I am pregnant I am OBSESSED with vacuuming. I literally do it every day. Something about seeing those lines in the carpet is so satisfying. This pregnancy I splurged and bought a carpet shampooer. My mom has one that we usually borrow, but I needed my own. I bought the <a href="http://www.menards.com/main/appliances/vacuum-cleaners-floor-care/carpet-cleaners/bissell-readyclean-corded-deep-cleaner/p-1444425431426-c-5575.htm?tid=-612727507126710355" target="_blank">Bissell ReadyClean</a> from Menards. It's a smaller one, but I love it. I'm not going to lie, I bought it in March and have cleaned the carpets three times already. Another thing I've become obsessed with lately is making my own cleaners instead of spending all that money on them at the store. I searched Pinterest and found this recipe for carpet cleaner solution and loved the fact that I could buy everything at the Dollar Tree for just $4. Yup, FOUR DOLLARS!! And you only use a small portion of each item so it's really less than $4 for a whole gallon of cleaner.<br />
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Mix these all together in a gallon jug and then add hot water until it's filled. Fill your shampooer per instructions which is about 1/4 cup of cleaner and test a small spot of your carpet before doing it all to make sure it doesn't mess up your carpet.<br />
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We have really old carpets so I didn't think this would make them look brand new, but it would at least clean them before the baby comes. I was disgusted with how dirty the water was afterwards. That may be part of the reason I've cleaned them so many times since I've gotten the shampooer, but they were lots cleaner on the third time. HAHA! <br />
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I've been wanting to share this with you all for a really long time. Mike got me the Conair Curl Secret for Christmas in 2014. See, told you it's been a long time. </div>
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I don't fix my hair every day. I'm a messy bun woman. But, if I do want
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This is right after curling it. I usually then separate the curls and put the front up either with a headband braid or just bobby pin it back. </div>
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This above is day two. I love the curls on the second day even more. I just use hair spray after curling and they hold for at least two days. </div>
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Marley requested I curl her hair too and it worked great on her hair as well. </div>
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Here it is in action. I will admit that the first time I used it I was so scared it was going to suck my hair in and burn it off, but I haven't had any issues with it getting tangled or burning myself. </div>
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This isn't a sponsored post and Conair doesn't even know I exist, I just wanted to share this with you because I love it so much! </div>
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2 lb boneless pork loin</div>
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1 1/2 multi colored peppers, thinly sliced</div>
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To freeze, combine all ingredients and freeze in freezer bag. To cook, thaw and toss into crock pot. Cook on low for 5-6 hours. I flipped mine after 3 hours so that each side of the meat would cook in the juice. </div>
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To freeze, divide all ingredients between two bags and freeze. To cook, thaw and dump into crock pot. Cook on low for 4-6 hours. </div>
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<br />Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-62251695150967978172016-05-02T09:00:00.000-05:002020-04-10T22:43:06.215-05:00Orange Chicken Crock Pot Freezer Meal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2 lbs chicken breasts, cubed</div>
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3 colored bell peppers</div>
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To freeze, mix everything together in freezer bag except for the cornstarch. Freeze. To cook. dump into crock pot and cook on high for 4 hours. To make the glaze, simmer 4 cups of juice from the crock pot with the cornstarch until thickened. Mix back into crock pot. Serve with rice. </div>
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It's been a while since I did a baby update. I only have a few weeks left and they are flying by.</div>
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At 31 weeks I had gained 23 pounds. Babies heart rate was 160 bpm. Everything looked good!<br />
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At my 36 week appointment I was up 26 lbs. Babies heart was 154 bpm. Everything still going good. Just very hard time falling asleep at night.<br />
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37 weeks started my every week appointments. I'm up 28 lbs. Babies heart rate was lower at 132 bpm but still good. I'm also dilated 1 cm and 50% effaced. I've had random contractions almost daily, but nothing crazy.<br />
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Mix everything together in freezer bag and freeze. To cook, thaw and then toss in crock pot. Cook on low for 6 hours. </div>
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I don't have any pictures of this once it was done cooking. However, the chicken was delicious. The beans were a little weird tasting to me and Marley, but Mike liked them (he likes everything) Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-71635696975178637302016-03-17T11:21:00.001-05:002020-04-10T22:43:06.408-05:00Shredded Lime Pork Crock Pot Freezer Meal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Freeze everything together in a freezer bag. To cook, thaw and cook on low for 8-12 hours. Shred and serve on tortillas or rice. </div>
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Growing to Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731818897042953895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776355992887926275.post-17162122769401714382016-03-11T08:57:00.002-06:002016-06-02T21:40:52.778-05:00Almost done! Baby #3 UpdateI can't believe I'm already 30 weeks. The time is just flying by. I am now into the every other week doctor appointments. And the weather is getting warmer so we're doing more stuff so I'm sure the next 10 weeks will go by even faster.<br />
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I had my glucose test almost 2 weeks ago, and I passed that! I was super nervous about not passing because since Mason was so big we all thought for sure I had gestational diabetes but it just wasn't picked up on the test with him.<br />
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As of my appointment last night I have gained 20 pounds so far. Baby's heartbeat was 140 bpm and everything was looking good. This baby is super active, especially at bed time.<br />
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We still don't know gender, but the kids are having fun guessing and coming up with names. Mason is pretty set on naming the baby Minecraft. I have a feeling he's going to be upset when we don't pick that.<br />
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