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Luke's Birth Story

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 Monday, April 26th was a busy day. I knew that there was a strong possibility that I would still be pregnant, and I was, despite the strong, but inconsistent contractions I had been experiencing for several weeks. There was even an evening the previous week where I was having strong contractions every 2-3 minutes for over an hour. My contraction timing app told me to go to the hospital several times, but I knew that I needed to try laying down first, so I went to bed. And of course, the contractions stopped. So that Monday, we went to an ophthalmologist appointment for Owen in San Antonio, followed by the children's museum and Shake Shack. Thankfully, my mother-in-law had flown into town the afternoon previously, so I had a helper for this outing that made it doable with Owen and Elena and very pregnant me. We got home just in time to pick up Landon from school, make dinner, and head to Landon's baseball game. Everyone commented how they couldn't believe I was still pregna
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Interview with an 8-year-old

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 Landon is 8! We had an awesome few days down in Corpus Christi with family at the beach and then the main event- Landon was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on his birthday, August 23rd. Austin performed the baptism, with my sister and I serving as witnesses. Then, my dad, brothers-in-law and Austin gave him the gift of the Holy Ghost. It was such a special day for everyone.  As always, I recorded Landon's favorite things: Color: green Letter: L Animal: rattlesnake Dinosaur: Giganotosaurus School subject: science Brand: Nike Activity: Baseball Number:5- cubby number Sea creature: dolphin- it's really smart Food: pizza Sport: baseball Dessert: cake Toy: LEGOs Fruit: applesauce Movie: LEGO Jurassic World Show: Ninjago Place we've been: Fort Clark Song: "Guns and Ships" from Hamilton Job: Military Officer
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Interview with a 4-year old

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Our sweet, mischievous Owen is 4! As always, I asked him some of his favorites: Favorite color: blue Favorite food: noodles (pasta) Favorite show: Richard Scarry's cartoons Favorite toy: LEGOs Favorite movie: Grinch Favorite thing to do with family: jump on the trampoline Favorite book: Batman Favorite letter: O Favorite Number: 1 Favorite shape: star Favorite animal: cheetah Favorite dinosaur: T-rex Favorite place: Children's museum Favorite restaurant: McDonald's Favorite thing to do: play LEGOs Favorite sport: soccer Favorite Primary song: "If I Were a Shepherd" Owen's eyes started crossing noticeably around the time Elena was born, and we discovered that he is very farsighted in his right eye more than his left and needed glasses. He started wearing glasses in June and between glasses and patching 1 hour/day his eye turn is much better. He likes his glasses and doesn't mind patching as long as he gets rewards ev
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Interview with a 7-year-old

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I can't even believe I have a 7-year-old. On Landon's birthday, we had What-a-burger for lunch and Vietnamese pho for dinner. The next day, we had a friend birthday party- Jurassic World themed! We had a perfect amount of friends come and we did a baseball diamond slip n slide, pinata, dinosaur scavenger hunt, and cake and ice cream. I made a 2-tier dinosaur and jungle cake.It looked great but the white cake layer ended up a little funky. The chocolate was delicious though. I think Landon had fun with his friends. As I always do, we did the interview and added a few questions. It is interesting how little the answers have changed throughout the years.  Favorite: Color: blue Letter: "L" because it's the first letter in my name Animal: Leopard because it's a skilled hunter Dinosaur: T rex because of its name meaning School subject: science Brand: LEGO Activity: Play Number: 100,000 because it's huge Sea creature: shark Food: p
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Elena's Birth Story

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At the Alamo, 40 weeks + 2 days pregnant I'm a sucker for birth stories. I love reading about the sacrifices women make to bring these sweet, innocent babies into the world. The strength displayed in first growing babies and all of the associated discomforts for 9-10 months, followed by the extraordinary feat of bringing said baby into the world, no matter how that occurs, is inspiring. Elena definitely came on her own terms, and I'm so glad she did! Although, in the days and weeks leading up to her birth date, it was exhausting and frustrating waiting! My due date was March 19th. The first week of March, I woke up in the middle of the night with contractions and feeling super nauseous. I couldn't go back to sleep or get comfortable, so I sat in the living room, thinking about how odd it was for me to have contractions so early before her due date. Looking back, I think I had a tummy bug, but that's beside the point. I canceled chaperoning Landon's field t
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An Interview with a Three-Year-Old

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Owen is three! Well, he's been three for awhile now, but we're just getting around to writing about it. Such is the fate of a second child. I interviewed him during the week of his birthday and here are his current favorites: Favorite color: Green (He usually says black, or black and pink, but on this particular day, it was green) Favorite food: vegetables and food and lunch and snacks Favorite show: LEGO Ninjago Favorite toy: Poli and Heli and Amber and Roy Favorite movie: Batman (cartoon version) Favorite thing to do with family: play and watch shows (he especially likes to play on the trampoline with dad and Landon after Austin gets home from work) Favorite book: LEGO Ninjago Favorite letter: Q Favorite Number: A Favorite shape: triangle Favorite animal: alligator (guys... he's obsessed with sea turtles. Everything has to be sea turtles. Again, must have been in a weird mood on this particular day) Favorite dinosaur: T-rex Favorite place: Par
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An Interview with a 6-year-old

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This year, we took a little vacation for Landon's birthday. Grandma Ev came into town and we escaped to South Padre Island. We stayed at an Airbnb condo and spent as much time as possible at the beach. We celebrated Landon's birthday with some of his favorite things- McDonald's Happy Meal for lunch, pizza for dinner and cupcakes. We took our pictures on the beautiful South Padre Island beach and did our interview in the car on the way home.  Favorite colors: all of them- no- orange! Favorite Letter: "L" because first letter of name Favorite Animal: leopard Favorite Dinosaur: T-rex Favorite school subject: Science Favorite brand: Nike Favorite number: 6 Favorite sea creature: giant squid Favorite food: pizza Favorite dessert: \chocolate chip cookies Favorite toy: superheroes Favorite activity: go to beach Favorite sport to play: soccer Favorite fruit: apple Favorite movie: LEGO Batman movie Favorite place we've been: Korea-
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