tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15030447794798047382024-03-04T22:46:52.936-08:00Stephen with an IThe story of my family.Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-10327652059378005632020-07-12T23:03:00.001-07:002020-07-12T23:04:55.971-07:00Ephraim's Baptism<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the weeks leading up to his baptism, Ephraim became very concerned that he wasn't ready. He was worried that he wasn't ready to keep the commandments, and make such a big commitment. He worried because he hadn't seen God. He worried because he was nervous about getting in the water. For awhile he decided he wouldn't be baptized. So we just kept talking about his concerns and told him that it was his choice to make.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well, about a week before his baptism, he had a change of heart and decided that he would be baptized. We talked about what it meant, and helped him plan his program. Ephraim is a smart, thoughtful boy, and had really thought everything through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">His baptism day went off without a hitch. We were lucky enough to have a lot of support from afar and people, including Grandma and Grandpa, were able to participate digitally. Grandad and Grandma Vicki were able to come in person.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What follows is what Ephraim told me he wanted to remember about his baptism day:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> His favorite thing about his baptism was going under the water. He said it felt good and the water was warm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He remembers from the talks that Grandma Ison talked about the three "bears" of his baptismal covenant: Bear your testimony, bear the name of Jesus, and bear one another's burdens (help others).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He remembers Grandad Beckman used a radio to teach about hearing the spirit. Sometimes it can be hard to hear, and not very clear to you, but if you follow Heavenly Father, it's like using the tuner to get in tune on the radio and it can be easier to hear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The last thing he told me he wanted to remember is that after the confirmation to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost he heard Jesus in his mind tell him that he was really proud of him for getting baptized even though he was really nervous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We love this boy and are super proud of how thoughtful and good he is. We really enjoyed his baptism day.</span><br />
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<br />Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-72351274500876518212020-06-30T21:57:00.003-07:002020-06-30T21:57:58.072-07:00Eight Years Old<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It gets a little harder to write these updates as the years go by. It's hard to believe that it's been eight years since I snuggled my first born little baby Ephraim. I had no idea what the years would hold, but its been a wonderful, and crazy ride.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ephraim is smart. So smart. He loves numbers, math, and animal facts. He will spend hours reading little animal factoids, and loves to quiz us on our knowledge of animals, and math. He helps me calculate tithing, savings and spending from his allowance, and is a great baking buddy, because he helps me make sure I get the fractions right when we double or triple a recipe. Sometimes he uses his smartness to try and get away with things. He is pretty sneaky, but not quite sneaky enough yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ephraim really loves video games. Playing Fortnite is his all time favorite, and he will do just about anything to earn video game time. He talks about Fortnite a lot! He also will play some other games, but usually only if Fortnite isn't an option. We spend a fair amount of time talking about moderation, and the wide variety of things that life has to offer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When given free time, he will often instigate wrestling with Asher. Sometimes he can be a little mischievous and mean, but most of the time they play really well together. He loves his cute baby Everest. Being in quarantine has really strengthened the bond between Ephraim and his siblings. They are really learning to play together and love each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ephraim loves people. He loves to talk to his friends and family. He will talk to anyone, and really misses seeing his friends during quarantine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ephraim isn't much into reading stories and really does not like writing, but he will spend a fair amount of time drawing and inventing weapons and comics about various characters (mostly fortnite related), but he will write and leave notes around if he is sad, or feeling especially grateful. I like to find those.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ephraim feels things a lot. If he gets hurt, he can be quick to anger, but he copes by trying to run and be alone to process his feelings. He can be overwhelmed by lots of sounds, or stimulation and needs a break. He is learning to recognize this about himself, and if he isn't too tired, he can cope by finding some space to get away. He also is getting better at expressing his feelings, and we have a lot of really good discussions about life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ephraim really turned a corner in school this year. He is easily distracted and his mind wanders, and a side-effect of this can also lead to him being disruptive, and saying out anything that comes to his mind, even if it is off topic. He worked so hard this year to make better choices and finish his work, and work on staying on task. He got his work done, and was more patient with his classmates and teachers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before quarantine threw a wrench into things he was trying out karate. He was improving so much on concentration and awareness. He earned his yellow belt. I am excited for him to do it again when quarantine ends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are an incredibly picky eater, and it only seems to get worse. At least he loves most vegetables, but dinner is a battle every night, unless we are eating brats, pizza, or mac n' cheese. You also have a huge sweet tooth and get in trouble often for sneaking treats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Awhile ago Ephraim asked if we could see the Milky Way, so we planned a trip to go see the Milky Way, and because of quarantine we used it as a chance to celebrate his birthday. Ephraim has really enjoyed learning about the stars, and is excited to do some more star gazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ephraim wanted to spend his real birthday playing Fortnite, but instead he woke up and tried being sneaky. So he lost his video game privileges. He was devastated at first, but then cheered up and had a really good attitude about spending the day fishing, and eating his favorite dinner (Brats and corn on the cob).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's been so great learning and growing with you all these years, and I am looking forward to what the next years hold.</span><br />
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<br />Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-67289188535142013422020-06-30T21:32:00.001-07:002020-06-30T21:38:39.323-07:00Three Years Old<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So I am about a month late, but better late than never. Our sweet Everest is three!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everest is obsessed with all things Frozen. She loves to pretend to be Elsa, and her favorite about Elsa is that she gets to wear a cape. Often she will say, "Me Elsa, You Anna!" She especially loves the Frozen Soundtrack. She calls the first Frozen, "Let it Go Frozen" and the second one "Water Horse Frozen." I love to listen to her sing along and chatter about her favorite Frozen characters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everest still loves to try on shoes and socks and run around the house, and she is constantly putting on funny hats and costumes. Often she will be found changing her dolls and barbies into various outfits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She loves cute little things, and will tell me how cute and tiny everything is. One of my favorite things that she does is call all the bunnies around "bun buns."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She will color for hours, and really loves to stick stickers everywhere. She draws little smiley faces and stick figures everywhere (mostly on paper, but a few on the tile and couch), and they are seriously adorable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If she sees a rock, she is compelled to climb it. She loves to climb, swing, and slide. She holds her own when jumping on the trampoline with the boys. She runs this funny little run where she swings one arm with all your might.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everest likes to "watch a show." Frozen, of course, is a favorite, but she's also super into Dino Dana, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She doesn't do many other electronics, but occasionally Stephen lets her watch PBS kids on his work phone (which is an I phone). She thinks this is her phone, and occasionally tells me "Lost it, my apple phone" when she sees the boys doing electronics and doesn't have her own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everest loves to eat just about everything, and especially loves to dip things. She will eat the spiciest salsa forever just because she gets to dip chips in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She is getting so big, but she likes to tell me "I'm baby Everest," if I ever tell her how big she is getting. You often crawl around pretending to be a cat, and love to come have kitty snuggles with mom. Sometimes you snuggle and pretend to sleep and think that is very hilarious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She is learning how to play with her brothers. She especially loves to play chase with Asher, and will yell, "Asher, come get me!!" to get him to play with her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She is developing a sense of humor. If she thinks she is being funny she laughs this hilarious forced laugh. She really loves knock knock jokes, but she doesn't quite get that there is a punchline. It goes like this:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">E- "Knock knock"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-"Who's There"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">E- "(Something you see)"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- "(Something you see) who?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">E- (laughs) or "Eat (something you see) num num num!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She has a good memory and talks about things that happened in the past sometimes. I get surprised by the things she can remember. One of her favorite things to remember is how she fell and hit her head while we were hiking earlier this year. "Get owie, going on a hike. Go to the doctor." She will randomly say this whenever she remembers, and also reiterate that this is why she needs to hold hands when we are hiking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everest was so excited about her birthday. She really understood what was happening, and kept talking about your presents and "water horse cake." She was on top of the world!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We are so happy to have you in our family!</span><br />
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<br />Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-2649581826278537032020-03-03T13:17:00.000-08:002020-03-03T13:20:39.486-08:00Five Years Old<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How to describe my silly Asher?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are so much fun. Sometimes I watch you and my heart just wants to burst with pride at how thoughtful and friendly you are, and other times, I just don't know what to do, as you try and push everyone's buttons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher started preschool this year. He likes to tell everyone he is in "first grade" and is rather confused that there are two grades BEFORE first grade; like, how does that make any sense? He loves school, and doesn't like that he doesn't have school EVERY day. I don't know much about what he does at school, other than what he has for snack every day, because thats all he will tell me about. He is already counting down the days until Kindergarten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is a quick learner, and astonishes me with how quickly he can memorize entire books. His favorite books were The Pigeon Books by Mo Willems, but now they are Elephant and Piggie Books, also by Mo Willems. We read several every night, occasionally with some Dr. Seuss, and There is a Monster at the End of this Book thrown in. I love his love of reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher really loves his friends. He likes to ask everyone what their name is and tell them "My name is Asher: A-S-H-E-R." Every time we go to the park he will walk up and introduce himself to people until someone reciprocates and will play with him. He doesn't get discouraged easily. He loves to run and play chase or hide-and-seek most of all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher likes to get a reaction out of people. He will make silly faces, and get right in your face if you don't respond. Sometimes he will push, just because, and often he will grab toys from Everest, just to make her yell at him. Asher has a lot of mischief in his little body, and if he doesn't have space to run and explore, it escapes him in less than ideal ways sometimes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher is very physical. He doesn't play with toys as much as he likes to throw them. He loves to run, jump, climb, and explore. He likes to cuddle, and sit REALLY close to everyone. He likes to touch EVERYTHING, and really enjoys playing with sensory things, like play-do and slime. Asher has no concept of personal space, and will run and jump on anyone (something we are constantly trying to remind him not to do if he doesn't ask first, because he is a big kid, and can easily bowl over just about everyone.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher loves music. He is often found singing a song, will dance anywhere and is doing really well learning piano.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher really likes playing Minecraft and Fortnite with Ephraim. He loves Sonic, the Hulk, Little Einstein's, Frozen, and Mickey Mouse. His favorite colors are Green and Purple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher loves animals, and wants to pet every dog he sees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher is branching out with eating, although he still prefers meat to vegetables. He will try a lot of things, but loves ice cream the best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher has loved Sonic for a long time, and when a new Sonic movie was coming out so close to his birthday, he quickly settled on a movie birthday. He got to bring 4 friends to the movie, and couple other friends came along as well. Asher picked out his own cake and we ate it and sang Happy Birthday in the courtyard as soon as everyone came out from the movie. It ended up being a perfect birthday party. Very little work for me, and Asher loved it so much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Birthday Ash-man! We love you so much!</span><br />
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<br />Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-73159736696502322062019-08-12T14:18:00.002-07:002019-08-12T14:18:40.369-07:00Back to School<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's schooltime! Ephraim went off to second grade last week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He seemed a little more nervous this time, and was sad to see summer fun end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last week we had meet the teacher. Ephraim's classrooms are right next door to his first grade classes, so that was helpful is easing some of his nerves. His teachers are Mrs. Garlutzo and Mr. Yao. He was also excited to have his first ever boy teacher.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He liked his new shirt and told me it was "kind of funny." He chose a Minecraft backpack this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He told me he wants to design video games or be a twitch streamer (a person who plays video games for a living) when he grows up (of course).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is super excited to have Asher at his school, and he's going to do great this year, I just know it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today, Asher had his first day of preschool! He's going Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons for 2.5 hours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last week we had meet the teacher. Asher loved his classroom, and his teacher, Miss Tammy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher has been counting down to this day for ages. Last week he asked me everyday if he could go to school tomorrow. He chose a Mario backpack this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He told me he wanted spiky hair for his first day of school and when we got to the school gate he was talking to everyone and reading his shirt to them. "Hello preschool! I'm Asher."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everest was devastated that she didn't get to go in with him, and while I was managing her, they opened the gate and he ran off to his classroom instead of lining up to walk there in an orderly fashion and one of the teacher's aids had to go get him. He was just too excited, but once they got his attention he lined up to wait with everyone, no problem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher told me that he is going to clean up for his job when he grows up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As long as Asher can contain his excitement, he is going to do great ;-) and I am excited to hear all about his first day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-36361417448059698122019-07-01T21:22:00.001-07:002019-07-01T21:23:04.107-07:007 Years Old<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ephraim Alexander Beckman. You are getting so big!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are so smart. You love numbers, math and problem solving. You always have schemes and solutions to every problem in your head, and you are constantly thinking of new and better ways to do things. Your favorite book is "non-fiction."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You love video games. You are especially into Minecraft lately, although your love for all things Pokemon is still very strong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are active. So far team sports aren't really your thing, but you love to run, climb, and play. You and Asher are constantly rough-housing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are creative. You like to draw, make things with lego, and write little notes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are emotional. You feel things very strongly. When you like something, you REALLY like it, but when something makes you mad, it makes you VERY mad. You are learning better coping skills all the time, and are overall a very good brother and friend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are still by far my pickiest eater. Every meal is a battle. Luckily, broccoli is still one of your favorite foods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You love people. You get so excited when you see someone you know, and always want to play with your friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are also so loved. Asher and Everest look up to you so much, and its been really fun to have you home for the summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For you birthday you got to go to PokeFest in Chicago. It was a dream-come-true for you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although, that trip was in lieu of a birthday party, you still had a really fun birthday dinner with a lot of your favorite people there, and got spoiled, because you are so easy to spoil!</span><br />
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<br />Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-35450438613670884002019-05-20T14:00:00.001-07:002019-05-20T14:16:04.407-07:002 Years Old<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oh my dear baby girl. How can you be two? I don't know if I can ever stop calling you baby girl!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are so sweet. You love to laugh, and snuggle. You love singing and goodnight kisses. If you hear music, you want to dance. You get a little shy around new people, but quickly warm up and want to chat. You are the easiest sleeper. You get excited to go to bed and get your binky and your babies, and never put up a fight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are loud! You always have something to say and make sure you are heard. You are smart because you know to yell, "Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy...." until I acknowledge you before you say something. You are speaking in phrases and learning new words everyday. It's such a fun age. You love when you learn a new word for something, and practice them at every opportunity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are assertive. You yell "MINE!" if someone looks at something you want, and "NO!" if you don't want to do something. You also yell "STOP!" if someone is doing something you don't like (like singing a song, giving you kisses, or, in Moose's case, barking).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You love fries. Probably a little too much. You also love yogurt, crackers, strawberries, apples, and applesauce. You will eat pretty much anything we are eating, except for green things. Although, more recently you have been willing to eat broccoli. Really, what you want to and will eat changes by the day, so it's difficult to say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are adventurous. You want to keep up with your brothers and will mimic anything that they do (good or bad). You love to climb, and pick up heavy things and comment on how "big" they are. You love to explore new places and situations, and especially love being outside. You love animals and point out every "bunny" and "birdy" you see. You love your bike and your scooter, and jumping on the trampoline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We sure love you a lot! I'm so grateful you are in our family.</span><br />
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<br />Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-84047738143520516992019-03-03T21:20:00.001-08:002019-03-03T21:20:34.218-08:004 Years Old<div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher Basher! You live up to your nickname more everyday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher has mellowed out a ton! He still has an abundance of energy and loves to jump, run, and climb, but also has developed a side that loves to sit and listen and learn with his peers at storytime and gymnastics class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher is a cuddler. He loves to touch people, and sit really close. He loves to play with friends and doesn't have a shy bone in his body. He wants to talk to and be friends with everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher knows what he likes and doesn’t get discouraged if Ephraim tells him it’s for babies. He loves the color green (and everything has to be green, or he says, “but it’s not my favorite color”). He loves Mickey Mouse, Doc McStuffins, Sonic the Hedgehog, Bo on the Go, and pretty much every cartoon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He loves to play ball, throw pretty much anything, climb pretty much anything, ride his scooter, jump on the trampoline, and play on his tablet. He is also my animal lover, and wants to pet all the animals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher loves pancakes, bananas, eggs, and pretty much any meat. He’s a little trickier to get to eat his vegetables, but he’s getting better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher is a good brother. Sometimes he drives Ephraim a little crazy because he wants to do whatever he is doing, and sometimes Everest drives him a little crazy because she wants to do whatever he is doing, so it’s all come full circle. But all around he is patient and helps me a lot with his little sister.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asher is smart, and (no thanks to his mom) knows all his letters, and loves to count. He is beyond excited for preschool in August.</span></div>
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<br />Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-42998767569672166132018-08-28T20:10:00.001-07:002018-08-28T20:11:08.229-07:006 years old<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Better late than never? With the move and everything I haven't had access to my computer, but I did write this blog on my phone ;-) So imagine it's closer to June
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ephraim just won’t stop growing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Ephraim is friendly, smart, funny, independent and opinionated.
He learned so much in kindergarten. He’s a good reader and LOVES numbers and math. He is always trying to come up with tricky math problems for us to solve, and he astounds me with his logic (like figuring out by himself that he could calculate the number of dots on a grid of dots with 9 on one side and 4 on the other by multiplying 9 and 4).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Ephraim values friendship. Sometimes he loses his temper but for the most part is kind and loyal. He loves to talk about his friends and is always excited to see them and play with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Ephraim is a great brother. Sometimes Asher and him squabble, but for the most part they play together well. Asher idolizes his bigger brother and Ephraim watches out for him. Ephraim is super sweet with Everest, and knows how to make her laugh and thinks she is the cutest girl ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Ephraim still loves Pokémon. We had a Pokémon birthday party again this year, because he couldn’t be talked into anything else. He also likes just about anything he can play on the switch, like Splatoon and Zelda. His favorite movie character is Black Panther because his best friend at school plays Black Panther with him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We are moving to Phoenix and Ephraim was super sad to leave all of his friends in Texas, but he is warming up to the idea and excited for new adventures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You celebrated turning one by trying to take some steps, and you can stand without holding onto things for almost a minute now. You are always on the move. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everyone comments on how sweet and mellow you are, and that is right! You go with the flow and put up with a lot of craziness.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You love my phone and get very sad whenever you get it and I take it away. You also love water and just exploring. You are very independent!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You have four teeth now and I think some more are on the way! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You love to "talk." I haven't heard any words yet, but you look very intently at me when you babble, so I know you are trying to say something!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You love to climb on mommy and daddy and give the best hugs. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We love you so much! I am so glad you are in our family.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You loved your cake smash at your birthday party! You demolished your cake! Happy Birthday Everest!!!</span><br />
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<br />Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-60159220830013912662018-04-21T18:22:00.000-07:002018-04-21T18:22:34.445-07:00Eleven months<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How are you almost a year old my sweet Everest?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are quite the explorer. You crawl around and try to climb on everything. You love to do what you see the big kids doing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love to babble and blow raspberries. You clap when you are happy and are starting to laugh a little at things you think are funny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You have two teeth now and still love to eat. You will eat most things, and can eat a lot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everything (and I mean everything) goes straight into your mouth. Its a little frustrating to try and keep all the little trinkets in the world away from you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are starting to develop preferences, and when you don't get your way sometimes you cry. However, for the most part you are a pretty content little girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You think Ephraim is pretty funny, and you love to follow Asher around. You are definitely a mamas girl, but you think your daddy is pretty cool too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are seriously just the sweetest and we can't imagine what we did before we had you!</span><br />
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<br />Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-44476517386755741712018-03-28T18:31:00.000-07:002018-03-28T18:31:03.382-07:00Ten Months<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm a little late writing this blog. Time really flew by this month. Everest is 10 months old!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We love your little personality. You are sweet and easy-going, but very very busy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love to explore, and are very efficient at crawling. You can pull up on just about anything now, and love the new worlds it has opened up for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love to eat, even with only one tooth, and so far you like most things, except broccoli, avocado, and raspberries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love to clap and laugh, and have this cute scrunchy smile. You are always babbling and "singing" especially when you play with your food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You cry if you are hungry, tired, or scared, but not for much else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are pretty much the sweetest and we love you!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-17849008900638702762018-03-03T18:40:00.001-08:002018-03-03T18:40:11.048-08:00Three Years Old<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Birthday Ash-man!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You have such a big personality! You want to be just like Ephraim, and you love your little sister.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Super Why, and Little Einsteins, but not as much as you love jumping, climbing, and exploring. You are always up for some Youtube Kids on Daddy's phone. If you have some playdo or stickers you can entertain yourself for a long time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your song of choice is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and when you like a song that is playing you always lip sync to it. It's pretty adorable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are still a snuggle bug. You often ask "I want to sit you," as you climb on to my lap whenever you see the opportunity. You give hugs and kisses to almost anyone who asks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your language has come so far. Sometimes it's a little hard to understand you, but you are always talking and speaking in full sentences. I love to see your wheels turning when you try to explain something to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are a comedian. If something makes someone laugh, you will do it again and again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You push boundaries. You especially like to run away and hide. This can get frustrating, but it is also fun when we have a good game of chase.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are starting to become more social. You ask about your friends and remember their names. Sharing is still hard, but you are noticing others and trying to play with them, and that's really fun. You and Ephraim can fight a lot, but when you get along, you can play for a long time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We just love you Asher. You bring a fun, mischievous energy to our family and we are so blessed to have you!</span><br />
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<br />Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-84459978906652240662018-02-21T19:08:00.003-08:002018-02-21T19:11:23.391-08:00Nine Months<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I don't know why nine months seems soooooo much older than eight months, but it does. You aren't my tiny little baby anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You've figured out crawling and are on a mission to find all the things. You can go pretty quickly if you see something you want. You want to get down and check things out whenever we go anywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You've started laughing and making funny happy sounds when you think something is funny. You especially love balloons and balls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You still babble to yourself. You also are into blowing raspberries and clapping your hands. Your communication and interaction is just exploding right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You love to eat just about everything we are eating. You reallllly loved the sweet potato fries we had the other day, and ate an entire order pretty much by yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You also had your first little tooth pop through on you nine-month-mensiversary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are still just the best sleeper, and all around the sweetest girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We are so blessed to have you in our family!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are expert at sitting up and are getting close to figuring out how to get yourself up when you fall over. You are happiest sitting upright and playing with your toys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You aren't quite crawling, but that doesn't stop you. You inch-worm, scoot, pull, and roll to try and get what you want. when you see something you want and get excited you lift your arms and legs up off the ground and shake them with all your might.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are still just a babbler and your babbles are getting louder. Your favorite thing to say is, "GA GA GA." You chuckle every once in awhile, but aren't much of a laugher yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are sleeping through the night almost every night now. You don't want to have anything to do with me. All you need is your binky and you fall asleep. However, you have started crying every time I put you in your bed and turn off the light, but you usually only cry for one minute before you stick in your binky and put yourself to sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are too smart. You get upset when you don't get what you want and you are learning "stranger danger" and are a little wary of people you don't know, but it doesn't take you long to warm up to people. You still love kisses and when people sing to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love to eat. You are starting to get jealous if you don't get to eat what we are eating, but that is fine because you can feed yourself any soft food now. You especially love bananas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are an adventurer. You love to swing, and go down the slide. You love being thrown up in the air. You want to be put down most anywhere we go so you can explore. You love jumping around in your jumparoo. You try and run away during diaper changes now. You are a busy busy girly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You seriously are just a wonderful girl, and we love you so much!</span><br />
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<br />Stephenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006966094869297250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503044779479804738.post-69532040266488887882017-12-20T20:19:00.000-08:002017-12-20T20:19:21.037-08:00Seven Months<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It seems like these monthly updates come up way too fast! Seven months old!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are getting really good at sitting up now, although you still tip over once you lose your focus. You roll around, scoot and try the army crawl but end up pushing yourself backwards and sometimes get frustrated with that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love to play with toys and pick up little things. Most things go straight in your mouth, but you are also starting to wave your toys around and bang them on the ground.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You still are very talkative and your newest thing is to stick out your tongue and then try to talk. You blow raspberries sometimes too, but mainly just "oooo" and "aaaah" at everything, especially the picture of the baby on the diaper box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love eating now, although very little of it actually gets in your mouth and swallowed. You also must be growing, because you want bottles more often.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are a happy girl, and have smiles for most everyone, although sometimes you feel shy and try and hide your face in mommy's chest when people talk to you. You are starting to chuckle when someone does something you like, and you are ticklish, but you don't like it, and you mainly whine when someone tickles you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love kisses, especially on your cheek. You always smile and wait for more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your brothers just love you to bits, as always, and you love when they talk to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We love you sweet big girl! It's so fun you watch you grow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are such a sweetheart. You smile with your whole body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bath time is still your very favorite thing. You also love to play with toys now and are really good at grabbing things to put in your mouth. You are still a talker, and especially love to talk to your toys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you see something you want out of reach your lift your arms and legs in the air and will yourself to move. You know how to pivot around on your tummy and roll from tummy to back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You recently started having a bottle, and you love it. You get very excited once you spot it. You are also starting to really enjoy food. You've had avocado, banana, oatmeal, and applesauce. You love it all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are super social and have smiles for everyone. You have a grunting little laugh that you are very selective about. You are pretty ticklish. You are really only sad if you are tired or hungry. You are the sweetest most content baby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We love you sweetie girl!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are such a tiny little person, it’s hard to believe you are 5 months old. I love it when other people hold you because I can look over and see what a little peanut you are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are still very social. Full of smiles and even a few laughs (mostly for daddy). You are very vocal and still like to chat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are getting really good at hand eye coordination. You can scoot around on your belly a little to reach for things. You roll over on your back with ease. Your favorite toy is your binky. You love to hold and chew on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You are a pretty mellow baby. Happy unless you are tired or hungry. Your very favorite thing is probably taking baths.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Your brother’s still think you are the cutest thing and your dad and I agree. We are so glad you are in our family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You smile at everyone (if you are in the mood). Your very favorite thing is to sit and have a one-on-one chat with someone (especially mama).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love your hands. You are constantly chewing on them and are beginning to grab things with them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are still sticking out your tongue a lot, a habit you've had since birth. My shirts are always wet because you lick anything that gets close to your mouth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are always busy observing. You still love to be outside. You love to sit in the swing at the park, and to chill on our porch with us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bath-time is still a favorite as well. I like to bring you in the shower with me, because you are always so happy, and it tires you out, so you take a good nap when we are done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love being held, but are content if you can see someone. Your brothers are really stepping up, especially Asher. He knows that he can give you your binky if you are sad, and lets me know if you are crying. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With two other kids to take care of I feel like the time flies by especially quickly, so I am trying to soak your baby-ness up the best I can. Sometimes I feel guilty that you have less attention but then I see how much your brothers love you and I know you will have plenty of love and attention as you grow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your very favorite thing is when anyone sits and talks to you. You smile with your whole face and sometimes you talk back with little "ah"s and "goos". Sometimes you will be fussy and someone will talk to you and you will smile and fuss at the same time because you can't resist smiling at someone who talks to you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You have discovered chewing on your hands and it's hilarious how you try to stuff your whole hand in your mouth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You still sleep a lot, and have started sleeping through the night a lot. It's pretty awesome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are growing. You fit in your three month clothing pretty perfectly now, and just have the perfect little baby body. Your tummy is perfectly round, and your thighs and arms have the most perfect little rolls. I can't resist kissing your cheeks! I think your eyes are starting to turn brown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You still don't like the car much, but you don't scream the instant you are put in your car seat anymore, and that has done wonders for mamas sanity when we go places. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When you are hungry, tired, or cold, you let everyone know, but you are generally pretty easy to cheer up when you are sad.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are so aware of everything around you now, and can entertain yourself for awhile just looking at your surroundings. Going outside is your favorite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You love tummy time and are getting super strong. Which is fun for you. You have rolled over from your belly to your back once, but generally you don't try because you are super content on your tummy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We all love you so much. Ephraim is so happy that you smile at him when he talks to you, and Asher just loves to kiss you and squish your cheeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So excited to see you keep growing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is smart, fun, friendly, silly, and all-around awesome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is excited for school. He is most excited to learn how to read. He's already taught himself how to read simple words by sounding them out, so he is more than ready. He also wants to get better at writing lower-case letters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He said that when he grows up he wants to be a cook. He will make us healthy food and then treats after every meal. This makes sense because he wants to be the biggest and the strongest. He's excited that his school's playground has rings and monkey bars for him to grow his muscles so he can be an American Ninja Warrior.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His teacher is Ms. Hodges. She seems really sweet. When we got to meet the teacher night he immediately found a seat and got his paper and started writing his name. He already knows what to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ephraim is totally ready for school, but the rest of us are soaking up our last few days before everything changes! Asher and Everest are going to miss their big brother (and me too!). They both love him so much. Asher is pretty much his shadow and Everest loves when he talks to her. We are all going to have some adjusting to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm still trying to wrap my mind around having my biggest boy be gone for most of the day. I love this spunky boy, and I am going to miss him immensely on our daily outings. I am excited to hear about the things he learns at school, and for all the friends he's going to make.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You got this baby boy!!! I am so excited to hear all about your first day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She is squishy and cute. Her cheeks kill me, and so does her fuzzy hair. She also has the longest tongue and loves to stick it out.</span></div>
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As usual, we had so much support from our family and friends.<br />
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Also, Stephen's Mom came to visit and show her love the week before the blessing.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;">Stephen, his dad, my dad, Jonathan, Zak, CJ, Ben, and Mark Cook were in the circle. In her blessing she was given a name: Everest Rose Beckman. She was counseled to look up to Ephraim, Asher,and especially her elder brother Jesus as an example. She was told to seek exalted things especially eternal marriage and temple blessings. She was also counseled to look to her mother as an example and serve a mission if her heart desires it. She was blessed with the things Heavenly Father wants for her.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;">Here is the story of how we chose Everest's name:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;">As usual, we struggled settling on a name we both liked. Right from the beginning I suggested Rose. Stephen didn't love that one, but Ephraim did. Ephraim really wanted to name the baby Rose and then Zelda Rose. Stephen liked Zelda, and Samus best and I liked Paula and Naomi best. We also discussed Evelyn, Ada, Dorothy, and Jean. Neither of us were really sold on each other's favorites.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;">Once she was born I really pushed for Paula and Naomi. I loved that she was such a tiny little thing and that Paula meant small or little. A day passed and one of the only things holding us back from going home was selecting a name. I really thought she would end up being Naomi Rose, but I came back from leaving the room for a minute and Stephen said, "What do you think about Everest?" I kind of felt it was out of left field, and it took me a minute to wrap my head around it. It kind of was inspired by Evelyn, but Stephen liked the symbolism of Mount Everest and how she would be able to do hard things if she set her mind to it.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;">As I thought about the inspiration behind it, it grew on me. We kept Rose as the middle name because Ephraim loved it so much and it is Stephen's Grandma's name.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am seriously so in love with this little boy. I am still trying to wrap my head around how my toddler turned into such a big kid!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is one of the friendliest people I know. He will talk to and play with anyone who he can recruit. He loves to say hi to everyone we see. In preschool he was given the "Mr. Goodbar" award for being such a good friend to everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He has endless energy. He loves to wrestle and run and play games. His favorite games involve pretending to be Pokémon. Everywhere we go he starts up a game of Pokémon or Zelda or Pokémon Zelda with anyone who will give him a chance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is a sweet brother. Asher is a typical two-year-old who is sometimes hard to share and play with, but he always looks out for him and they love to chase each other. Every night they cuddle together and sleep in the same bed. He always checks in on his little sister and thinks she is the cutest thing. He loves to show them off and tell everyone about his baby brother and baby sister.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is super independent. He likes to do everything himself, and sometimes he thinks he knows better than I do and tries to argue with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His favorite thing by far is Pokémon. Anything Pokémon. He also likes Zelda and Minecraft and anything he can play with his daddy. His favorite games involve sword fights and pretend Pokémon battles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is still a pretty picky eater. Dinner is a battle pretty much everyday. All he really wants to eat is waffles and pizza pockets. And treats of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This next year will be a big one. He is starting Kindergarten. I am feeling sad that I won't have my main little buddy with me all the time anymore but he will do great. I hope he brings his enthusiasm for life with him wherever he goes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love you Ephraim. Thanks for being my boy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One month with this sweet baby. It's crazy how time flies once they are out of your body!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She is still a tiny little thing, but she is packing some chub onto that petite frame. At 3 weeks she was already over 8 lbs and I am sure she has gained more than 2 pounds since birth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She still sleeps a lot, which is great with all the running around that we do. She eats a lot, especially at night after the boys go to bed. She gets a little fussy at this time. It's like she knows that they are going to bed and it's finally her time to demand attention.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She is a noisy baby. She is always grumbling, grunting, and squeaking. I think she is going to be a vocal one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everest loves bath time. No matter how fussy she is, once she gets in that warm water she is totally relaxed! She does not like getting out into the cold air. She also does not like diaper changes or getting dressed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everest has started to give me little smiles occasionally when she is content. She loves to be snuggled and talked to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everest does not like to be put down...ever. Haha, if she is sleepy she will sleep contently wherever you put her, but if she is not sleepy, then she is not happy unless she is being cuddled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Her brothers love her, and she loves when they talk to her and give her kisses. She is a little less sure about being held by them, and sometimes Asher's attention is a little boisterous, but we are working at that. They are so in love with her, and I have a feeling that she is going to feel the same way as she gets bigger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We love you Everest!</span></div>
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