tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22135000426764090582024-03-13T11:47:09.836-07:00The Tomlin FamilyBevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947718847788916627noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213500042676409058.post-44901349938708641262015-08-06T07:10:00.001-07:002015-08-06T07:10:57.664-07:00Taylor's First Day of Kindergarten!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My best friend's name is: Capri McCormick</div>
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My favorite thing to play is: Home Living</div>
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My favorite color is: Pink and Purple</div>
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My favorite book: Frozen</div>
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My favorite TV show: Sophia the First</div>
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My favorite food: Mac and Cheese</div>
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My favorite thing about myself: Jesus is in my heart</div>
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When I grow up, I want to: Be a princess</div>
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Something I really like: Nannie and Papa's house</div>
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Something I really DON'T like: I like everything!</div>
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Something I want to do this year: Play with my new friends</div>
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Bevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947718847788916627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213500042676409058.post-65599466422571271792015-06-10T17:40:00.003-07:002015-06-10T17:44:11.713-07:00Family beach trip 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mom won a silent auction for a week at a beach house in Fort Morgan. The house was HUGE and so close to the beach, it was great! Baron did a lot of sleeping under the tent. He would fall asleep almost immediately after we got to the beach. Between the sound of the waves and the wind, he didn't stand a chance. Before the end of the week, he did start having a little fun in the sand. </div>
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Taylor had fun from day one! Dancing on the beach, building lots of sandcastles, and even laying out a little bit! :)</div>
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Bevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947718847788916627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213500042676409058.post-82743531862888935152015-06-10T17:32:00.000-07:002015-06-10T17:41:40.339-07:00Baron - Months 7 - 9<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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During months 7-9, Baron started crawling, pulling up, cruising and even most recently standing on his own! I can't believe he is growing so fast! I think he'll be walking well before he turns 1.</div>
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Many people start their babies on cereal at 4 months or so, but I wait until 6 months and start with regular food. I also make the baby food because it's so easy! Baron's first food was avocado. He didn't love it, but he didn't hate it either. He did get a stomach bug and ended up throwing it up a few days later. After that, I didn't give him avocado for a while, but now he loves it! His favorites are bananas and sweet potatoes. He's had all sorts of fruits and veggies and we're starting on meats, beans and grains now. I have so many pictures of Taylor eating food, with it all over her face, but so few of him. I guess that's what happens with subsequent children!<br />
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In April, we finally got down to visit Nannie and Papa and went out on the boat. Baron fell asleep pretty quickly and Taylor had fun being the captain!<br />
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Just before turning 9 months old, Baron got tubes. They were much needed, but I was so apprehensive. He ended up getting them at Children's Hospital, which is where Leah died. I knew I was going to be nervous about the procedure, but I was not prepared for the emotions of just being back in that hospital. From the time we parked and walked in, I was in tears. He did fabulous and he has finally started sleeping through the night! I don't even want to type that for fear of jinxing it!<br />
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Below are the month by month pictures. He's not growing as much now, he's really slimmed up a lot! </div>
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7 months old! His face is sunburned in this picture because Adam forgot to put sunscreen on him when they went to watch the Blue Angels in Tuscaloosa.<br />
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And, Taylor graduated preschool. Such a hard time for Mommy!!</div>
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Our little boy is getting so big! During these three months, we celebrated Baron's first Christmas and New Year, I went back to work, and he started daycare. Taylor loved having him at school with her and she would get to go visit him often. I'm finally trying to catch up and I'm writing this when he's 9 months old, so I'm having trouble remembering what all happened during these months. I don't think it was much though. The next three months are when all the changes happened!</div>
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Adam got the opportunity to go on a work trip to Beaver Creek, CO, and I got to go with him! It was such a fun trip. Baron turned 6 months old while we were gone, which was about the same time I first left Taylor over night. </div>
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We spent the first day in ski school. Adam, of course, picked it up pretty quickly. I did okay, but I had quite a few falls and was pretty sore the next day. It also turned out to be pretty warm that day, it got up to 60! </div>
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That night, we took a snow cat pulling a sleigh up the mountain to Beano's Cabin. It was snowing so much on the way up! </div>
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The final morning Adam had another meeting and I went to the spa for a massage and facial. So relaxing!<br />
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During Baron's first three months, we just enjoyed having a baby around the house again. I was pretty proud of myself for not being as anxious as I expected. I was pretty paranoid about handwashing, which is typical for a first time mom, but most are over that with the later children. Not me! Because GBS lives in the gut, I would wipe my hands off with a wipe before picking him up, then carry him to the bathroom and lay him on the counter (I stood in front of him) while I washed my hands with <a href="https://www.youngliving.com/en_US/products/home/natural-protection/thieves-foaming-hand-soap" target="_blank">Thieves Hand Soap</a> (awesome stuff!). I think that was the only thing I was a little bit crazy about. I really made it the first two months with very few tears compared to the two months after Taylor was born, but once the holidays got here, I was a mess! I could've washed his hair with my tears.</div>
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Below are some pics while we were still in the hospital. Because of the scare with him, we ended up staying the full 96 hours recommended for a c-section. </div>
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I brought several gowns for the hospital, but since we stayed longer and had a little boy (pees everywhere!), we ran out of clothes before I expected to and didn't have one for him to wear home from the hospital. I also wanted Taylor to come up and us take pictures before leaving, but the nurse discharged us faster than expected and Mom and Hilary didn't make it back up to the hospital with Taylor in time. I wanted everything to be perfect and nothing worked out! I was so emotional and nothing working the way I planned was just making it worse! </div>
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It was such a relief to be leaving with a healthy baby, but so hard at the same time. The last time I left a hospital, I didn't have a baby in my arms. </div>
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Sister spent a lot of time wanting to hold Brother everyday when she got home from school. She's been such a great big sister! </div>
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We also had our <i>fantabulous </i><a href="http://funkyjunkjewelry.com/index2.php?v=v1" target="_blank">photographer </a>come to our house and do newborn pictures. They turned out beautifully! Below are just a few of the amazing photos! </div>
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October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, so we visited Leah's grave at the cemetery. It was Baron's first time out there. Taylor loves visiting Leah's grave. She'll get out of the car and run towards it yelling "Leah"!!</div>
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Baron also went to the beach for the first time for Adam's <a href="http://the-tomlin-family.blogspot.com/2015/04/ironman-florida.html" target="_blank">Ironman</a>.<br />
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See how much he grew from 1 month old to 2 months old!!</div>
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He had so much fun during month 3! I started back working, but my boss let me work from home until January, so I got to spend a lot of extra time with this little man! He learned to enjoy this play gym, so I could get some work done! </div>
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Adam ran his second Ironman in November 2014 in Panama City, FL. We went down to the beach for almost an entire week and had such a good time. Although, it was my first week back from maternity leave, and I had no more vacation time, so I had to work the whole time. That was not fun!</div>
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Taylor loved the sand and became a fish in the water that week.</div>
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Baron wasn't so sure about the cold ocean waves, but he enjoyed laying on the beach and floating in the pool! </div>
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The day before the Ironman was Halloween. They had trick or treating at the Athlete's Village and an Iron Kids race that Taylor ran. Taylor was Elsa, Andi was Anna and Baron was Olaf. </div>
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At the Athlete's Village, Adam and I also tried out the Normatec boots.<br />
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The day of the race was the worst weather day the entire time we were there. It was very windy and in the 40s, although the sun was shining. The current was so bad, they had to cancel the swim. I'm so thankful this wasn't Adam's first Ironman, but it was for over 1,100 athletes. So much training to go into it and not even get to do the swim!<br />
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Adam brought the Superman clothing to change into for the last half of the marathon. Apparently, people cheer more for you when you're dressed funny!<br />
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Adam Tomlin, you ARE an Ironman!<br />
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The day after the Ironman, we went to visit Gulf World. It's a pretty neat place! </div>
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One final seagull feeding the family beach picture before we leave!</div>
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<br />Bevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947718847788916627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213500042676409058.post-18691289794859960462015-01-03T13:38:00.000-08:002015-06-10T17:42:34.197-07:00You're Invited! - Leah's 2nd Birthday CelebrationWednesday, January 7th is Leah's 2nd birthday. Again, for her birthday we are going to perform Random Acts of Kindness, and we're asking you to join in! Instead of performing them all week, like last year, we're doing 2 RAOKs on her birthday, because its her 2nd birthday. If you perform a RAOK, please post the act and a picture (if you have one) on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LeahsLegacy" target="_blank">Leah's Legacy</a> Facebook page, or message Leah's Legacy. Afterwards, I will compile all of the Random Acts of Kindness performed in her memory into a blog post for everyone to see.<br />
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We believe performing Random Acts of Kindness is a great way to celebrate her life. It's seems fitting to be Jesus to someone, the One Leah spends her days with.<br />
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Here are some ideas:<br />
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From <a href="http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/kindness-ideas" target="_blank">Random Acts of Kindness</a> organization<br />
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Children:<br />
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Say something nice<br />
Ask if you can help<br />
Make and send an encouraging card<br />
Invite someone to play<br />
Give away toys/books they don't play with anymore<br />
Thank your parents<br />
Give a hug<br />
Make a new friend<br />
Smile at strangers<br />
Let someone in front of you in line<br />
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Others:<br />
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Pay for the coffee/meal/etc of the person behind you<br />
Donate used toys/books/clothes/kitchen items/etc<br />
Compliment your server at a restaurant<br />
Write a letter to someone who had made a difference in your life<br />
Take the buggy to the cart stop for someone else<br />
Take your children to visit a nursing home<br />
Create a blessing bag and give it to a homeless person<br />
Serve in a shelter<br />
Donate to Leah's Legacy Foundation :)<br />
www.leahs-legacy.org<br />
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There are many, many more in the link above, and I know God will present opportunities for you.<br />
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Thank you for your continued prayers and support. We need them and will continue to need them. This world of child loss is very difficult and painful.<br />
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Love to you all!<br />
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Bevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947718847788916627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213500042676409058.post-37072221933183292192014-10-27T10:47:00.000-07:002014-10-27T10:59:25.992-07:00Baron's birth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I mentioned in my last post, we were waiting for the results of the amnio at 36 weeks. We found out he failed and failed pretty badly, at least according to my research. I was extremely disappointed since I was so ready to have him. That news also made me very scared because I just knew I would go into labor before the next test (9 days later due to Labor Day) since I had gone before that time with both girls. I was scared about going into labor because of GBS, but also because of his lungs since I now knew they weren't ready. </div>
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After a brief cry session and letting our prayer army know, I began to feel better. I actually slept that night, and I know that was due to all of the people praying for us. I felt much more peace throughout that week than I did the week before. I had been praying that if he was ready, he would pass and since he didn't, I had to let it go and not worry. Easier said than done, but with everyone's prayers and lots of reminding myself what I had been praying for, I was able to be more at peace. </div>
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Monday night, September 1st, I thought I was going into labor. I was the last one up and started having contractions. Not much different than I'd been having, but they usually came when I was up doing stuff. These started while I was sitting on the couch watching TV. I also thought there was a possibility my water had broken. Of course, that was another issue throughout the pregnancy, so I wasn't sure. After a few more contractions and checking my underwear and seeing wetness, I went to wake up Adam and we went to the hospital. By that time, I was convinced my water had broken and I was in labor. But, no. After several hours at the hospital, they sent us back home. Thankfully we had our amnio the next day and Baron passed that one! We found out about 10:00 Tuesday night that we needed to be there at 8:00 the next morning for scheduled delivery at 9:30! </div>
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While I loved the hospital and the care we received, I was at a teaching hospital and the residents were performing the spinal and surgery. The resident giving my spinal took FOREVER. He said it was the first one that day he didn't get the first time. Why that had to be me, who knows! I could hear the fellow and the attending behind me guiding him. I thought, "Why don't you just do it at this point??!!". He finally got it in and they laid me down and started turning up the anesthesia. I finally couldn't feel anything below my chest and they went to get Adam. </div>
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Even though I had a c-section with Leah, I had been in labor and she was further down. They had to lean on my chest and push Baron down. When the nurse was doing that, I couldn't breathe! I was not expecting any of that! Leah was out in no time at all and it took a while for Baron to be delivered. A while is probably just a few minutes, but it felt a lot longer compared to how quickly Leah was out. </div>
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Taylor was so ready to meet her baby brother! She decided she had to be there to introduce everyone else to Baron and would go back and forth to the waiting room to get the next person. She was so funny! The first person, after Taylor, to come back was Hilary, then my dad. I asked them how they got past the grandmothers! </div>
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We are so grateful he made it here and healthy! We had a little scare while in the hospital though. We requested blood cultures after a consultation with a neonatalogist early in pregnancy. At about 30 hours, the culture came up positive! The nurse came in about 9:45 the second night telling us that they were positive and she needed to take him for a lumbar puncture and to get an IV inserted to begin antibiotics. She told us the bacteria was gram positive rods, but that didn't mean anything to us. I asked if it was GBS and she said yes. Well, I thought she said yes, Adam thought she said "maybe". I lost it! We had done everything to prevent that from happening and he hadn't had ANY symptoms of infection. When the ped resident came to talk to us, he said it couldn't be GBS gram positive spores, not rods. We started researching and possibilities were anthrax (not likely), listeria (more possible), or a contaminant (most likely given his lack of symptoms).<br />
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The pediatrician we had seen so far continued to take care of him. When she came in the next morning, she said she couldn't believe this had happened to us, of all people. It was most likely a contaminant and in her 10 years at the hospital she had only seen that about 5 times. Of course it happened to us. Although, if we hadn't requested blood cultures, it wouldn't have happened. She came in to see us before she left for the day and said that if something happened with his IV she would likely cease the antibiotics after 24 hours instead of the full 48 since everything was pointing to a contaminant, although the tests couldn't conclusively tell us that. His second set of blood cultures were negative at 24 hours and he still had no symptoms. His IV did come out and she did stop the antibiotics even though we STILL hadn't heard conclusively. We were beginning to discuss going home on Saturday, but since hadn't heard back about the bacteria, she suggested we stay the full 96 hours. They ended up having to send the sample off to another lab on Monday to do some fancy checking on before they finally, conclusively determined that it was a contaminant. Whew! That was some additional stress that we could've done without!<br />
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Even through that experience, I saw God working a lot throughout our delivery and hospital stay. The simple fact I made it that long (37.4 weeks) was a huge way God worked. The MFM that attended my delivery was one of my favorite doctors I saw throughout my pregnancy. He was a Fellow and the first one I saw as an MFM patient. He is on Baron's birth certificate and even came to see me when I went for my post-partum check-up although he wasn't in clinic that day. He also went by the waiting room after delivery and told our families and friends that Baron was here and great and I was great. Having that continuity of care isn't guaranteed at a hospital like that. In addition, the pediatrician was amazing! Also, I never took anything stronger than ibprophen for my pain, after the initial doses of morphine, which was very different from Leah's c-section. I had been very concerned about bonding with Baron, although I didn't express this concern to anyone. I was so adamant about the skin-to-skin for this reason. But, there was nothing to have been concerned about, I bonded and attached to him immediately. I also had a great experience getting him to nurse and he's continued to do fabulously!<br />
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Thanks to everyone for your prayers throughout this pregnancy and delivery. I wouldn't have made it without them, without my friends and family that listened to my crazy and encouraged me, or without my counselor that just let me cry on her couch as I would finally let ALL my crazy out.<br />
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We are overjoyed with our healthy and happy baby boy!Bevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947718847788916627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213500042676409058.post-89017783554878858692014-08-25T13:01:00.000-07:002014-08-25T13:01:59.526-07:00The Last 20 Weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I mentioned, the last 20 weeks started off with me testing positive for GBS at 30,000 colonies, up from 5,000 4 weeks before. Thankfully, they ordered penicillin for me. Unfortunately, it didn't completely eliminate the bacteria from my urine. I still had 18,000 colonies at my next appointment at 23 weeks. They didn't give me more antibiotics then, but they did test me at my 25 week appointment. In those two weeks my colony count had gone to 50,000!! Super frustrating!! Thankfully, they decided to give me more antibiotics. This time is was ampicillin 4X per day for 7 days! A lot of antibiotics. I also began taking probiotics and will continue taking those throughout the rest of the pregnancy. I asked at just about every appointment about taking those, but none of the doctors thought it would do anything. I had finally decided to see if it would hurt, even if they didn't know if it would help. They said it would be fine, and at the 25 week appointment, the doctor was very encouraging about taking them and said she took them for all of their benefits. </div>
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Unfortunately, the ampicillin did nothing! I had over 100,000 colony count at my next appointment. That's when they treat anyone with GBS in their urine, but they usually wouldn't know it at that time because they don't test as often as they did with me. They ordered another round of antibiotics, and I quit using the probiotics to see if it made a difference. My culture after that round was contaminated, so it's hard to know, but after the next test, it was still over 100,000. Even though I told the doctors I surrendered on the oral antibiotics because obviously they weren't doing anything, they did order one more round. This time they decided to use Keflex. Guess what!!?? It finally worked! The only bacteria I had in my next culture was lactobacillus, which is a good bacteria found in dairy and probiotics.</div>
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Since GBS would not get out of my urine, and therefore allow me to feel like my colony count was at least reduced, I asked them to move up my amnio for fetal lung maturity to 36 weeks. After much discussion, they agreed and if he passed, they said would deliver the next day. This is an attempt to keep me from going into labor, more for my anxiety than medically necessary reasons since they don't believe the same thing will happen. Good luck convincing me of that! As I'm writing this, I've had the amnio and am waiting on the results to find out if we go in tomorrow to deliver a baby! </div>
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One of the things I've had to give up and grieve in addition to the loss of Leah, is having "normal" childbirth. Getting the thrill of going into labor, doing what I believe is best for baby and mom and having a vaginal birth. All of that has been taken away too. I know I could try, but I really don't believe my anxiety level and mental state could handle knowing he's exposed to GBS, even for the short amount of time from our house to the hospital and until getting antibiotics started. I'm not sure anyone can understand this part of grieving unless you've been there and not gotten the birth you expected, nor can you ever really have one. I wanted to try a VBAC, but most doctors weren't big on it because of my high colonization of GBS, previous loss, etc. But, after having such a high colony count of GBS for most of the pregnancy, I decided I couldn't really do it either. I'm thankful I got all of that with Taylor, but I still wish I could have it again. It's much harder than I imagined to lose that option. </div>
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Another difficulty during these last 20 weeks was that several friends had their second little girl and seeing all of their pictures on Facebook and Instagram of the sisters. Pictures and memories I never got to have. This will always been the case for me, and I guess over time it will hurt a little less. I'll also never know why God chose us to bear this burden, this suffering, when so many other people get both of their children, their sisters... </div>
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Below are the last 20 (16) weeks of pregnancy pictures. Taylor took most of these! I look so much bigger at 36 weeks now than I did with Leah. I hope that means he is a big boy! Last week they estimated him to weigh 5 lbs 13 oz. I'm hoping he's at least 6 lbs! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got lots of Alabama stuff for Baron! Even from my Auburn friends! </td></tr>
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Some friends at work threw a shower for me too. I only got pics of the tables, but it was very cute with more decorations that matched his room!<br />
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We got lots of wonderful things between the two showers. I've pulled out a few things and washed for the hospital. The rest will get washed and put away when he's here and healthy! Maybe in as little as 11 days!<br />
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Taylor has been saying she wants to be a firefighter when she grows up. She even had the local firemen visit her school with their truck. We also have a couple of friends that are firefighters. Several months ago, I talked with one of them and asked if there would be a good time to visit her husband's fire station. We finally got to go a couple of weeks ago and Taylor LOVED it! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taylor and Andi getting ready to listen to the fireman.</td></tr>
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My dearest Leah,<br />
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Today you turn 18 months old. I'm not sure why, but this somewhat random anniversary has been hard for me. I was thinking last night about writing you this letter and ended up crying myself to sleep. I have missed you so much over these past 18 months. I've missed every milestone you would have hit by now--nursing, smiling, eating homemade baby food, sitting up, crawling, walking, talking and everything in between. As much as I love of all our pictures of Taylor during her first 18 months, each one of them reminds of a picture we didn't get to take of you. I wonder what you would look like today, I wonder what your personality would be like, I wonder so many things.<br />
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We've had a fun weekend over this 4th of July holiday, and I've missed you every minute, just like I always do. We've been to Splash Adventure Waterpark twice, and Taylor has realized she likes riding the big slides. She gets so excited about it. I can't ride with her because I'm pregnant with your little brother, so I sit down at the bottom of the slide waiting on her and your daddy. I have a lot of time to think during that waiting, and I'm usually thinking about you. I think about how I wouldn't be waiting on them to get down the slide, but you and I would be playing over in the baby area. You and me would be sliding down the little slides together and you'd be laughing and loving it, just like Taylor did when she was your age.<br />
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Taylor would be such a good big sister to you. She loves you so much and misses you so much. She tells me all the time how much she misses you. She even gets to dream about you, and I'm a little jealous about that.<br />
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It's so funny to watch her and Andi together, but I can't help but think about how you should be right there with them. Andi loves Taylor so much and just screams and laughs whenever she sees her. I know you would be the same way, you would love your sister so much. You and Andi would be thick as thieves too! You three girls would have so much fun together.<br />
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My sweet girl, I miss you more than I can ever put into words. I know you've missed a lot of pain in this world, and I know you are loving your time in heaven with Jesus. As I told you when you died, there are a lot of people jealous of you. But, it doesn't take away my pain of not getting to love you and experience you here on Earth. I can't wait for the day when Jesus comes back so we can all be together again. Until that day baby girl, I love you and miss you!<br />
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We started our holiday weekend off on Thursday afternoon by taking Taylor to Splash Adventure. It was her third time to go this year, but her first time to go with Daddy! The new owners have opened up the dry rides again, and Taylor enjoys those just as much as the water park! </div>
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After riding the black slides with Aunt Hilary one time and not liking them, Daddy had a lot of convincing to do to get her to ride them. She decided to try it one time with him and ended up riding 5 times! She now loves the big, black slides! It's too hard to get a picture of that though!<br />
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On Friday we went to Aunt Karen's and had fun with family! Taylor swam for nearly 5 hours straight! This girl has become such a fish! She was swimming under water and jumping off the diving board. We've been meaning to sign her up for swim lessons this summer, and we finally did on Saturday after watching her on Friday.<br />
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Saturday was a fun and relaxing day! Adam had gotten Taylor a Slip N Slide, and we set it up in the backyard. Adam even got in on the fun!<br />
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After church on Sunday, we took her back to Splash Adventure (we've had season passes for 3 years!). On our way home from the waterpark, Taylor asked if we could set up the slide again, and she spent almost another hour in our backyard. I can't believe how much this girl loves to play in the water! She spent 4 days in the water and would go back for more if Adam and I had her energy level! </div>
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We signed Taylor up for teeball this Spring. She seemed to LOVE it! We are debating on letting her play Fall Ball, but with a new baby (hopefully!), I'm not sure we'll have the time. </div>
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She learned a lot and by the end of the "season", she was doing really well going after the ball and trying to get the other team out. She hit and ran well from the beginning. She could throw pretty well but never during the game. </div>
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Since I work with the coach, I got asked to be Team Mom, and of course I couldn't say no. The first week wasn't the best. I didn't know what I was doing and neither did the girls. All of the moms got to together during the first week and a couple of crafty moms came up with some buckets for each girl to keep their stuff in and a poster to help us remember the lineup. Everything ran very smoothly after that! <div>
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As team mom, I was in charge of getting the crazy socks. The crazier, the better!! I found 5 (of 7) pairs at Academy and thought for sure another Academy would have 2 other pairs. No such luck! Then, I was on a mission to find socks for the first game. I ended up running across some at Target, but only 3 pair. I asked them to check other Targets and found 3 more pairs at the one beside our house and 1 more pair at the Target close to Adam's work. Finally, I (somewhat) succeeded at Team Mom! </div>
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All of the dads ended up being like assistant coaches, helping the girls during practice and making sure they stayed in place during their outfield time. Like I mentioned, the first week was very chaotic, but it seemed to calm down a little after that. </div>
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Pregnancy After Loss (PAL) is HARD! I would say it's the second hardest thing I've done next to losing Leah. </div>
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Physically this pregnancy has been better than Leah's, but emotionally I've been a wreck. I'm on the verge of tears all the time, I'm struggling a lot with God, especially since I've tested positive for GBS again. Although I know God is working in this pregnancy, it's hard to see. Sometimes I see Him and sometimes others point it out to me. I saw God working in our meeting with the pediatrician (see below), and I also literally felt God through Baron one Sunday in church. Our pastor was discussing worry and anxiety and said that what we're worried about we haven't given over to God. Baron kicked me 4 times right then. I had felt him off and on for weeks, but nothing consistent. I didn't even feel him consistently until after 20 weeks. I'm trying and working to trust God in this, but it's hard. I have to believe that my "sacrifice of praise" is enough right now. My faith is "the size of a mustard seed" and that has to be okay. Jesus tells me that can still move mountains! I'm working to make it more than that, to get back to a relationship with God I've had in the past, but it's hard. Honestly, I feel like what does it matter if I pray, it's not going to change God's mind. Whatever his plan for Baron is, is what is going to happen. I know that prayer is a posture of submission, but I've willingly been submissive before and God has also forced it on me with Leah's death, so I'm struggling. I pray a lot, don't get me wrong. I ask God to replace our sorrow with joy, to replace our worry and anxiety with peace, to comfort us. It's just hard to pray for a healthy baby to come home with us when I know there is no guarantee of that, and like I said, it doesn't matter whether I ask for it or not. God's got a plan, and I have to learn to be okay with whatever that may be.</div>
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I hesitate to share some of that because I know people will feel the need to quote Scripture to me or some make some other cliche statement, but I want to put it all out there. The good, the bad and the ugly about PAL. Maybe it'll help someone else that is experiencing PAL and struggling with God, or has lost their faith in God completely. Only God knows. One thing I've tried to be through Leah's death and PAL is transparent and authentic, and my struggles are very much a part of that. </div>
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The first 20 weeks of Baron's pregnancy were full of every emotion in the book. I found out I was pregnant on Friday of the anniversary week of Leah's life. I texted a friend the day before and told her I was testing the next morning and she asked if I had a suspicion. I told her I thought I was for several reasons, but I couldn't be sure. The big signs weren't there. Friday morning when I tested it immediately had two blue lines. I shot my hand up in the air and said, "Yes!". I showed Adam when he woke up, but he wasn't going to get too excited until it was clinically confirmed. We've had two very early miscarriages, called chemical pregnancies. One the month before we got pregnant with Taylor and one two months before we got pregnant with Baron. The one in November I knew was a chemical pregnancy. The lines were showing up on the tests, but they weren't very dark. Anyway, that's why it was hard for us to be too excited/anxious until it was confirmed by a doctor. </div>
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I called as soon as they opened and the first appointment they had was on February 11, my birthday. I thought, "God, really, you better not give me bad news on my birthday!". Our winter in the South was CRAZY, to say the least. February 11th happened to be one of those days. It rained the day before and wasn't expected to get above freezing until lunch time. I called the day before to ask about my appointment, and they gave me a number to call before I left that morning to see if they were open. I called, no message, so we went. We showed up and it was dark. Apparently, they weren't opening until 11. I called and left a not-so-nice message with the nurse and told her I was very anxious to have this pregnancy confirmed and would really appreciate getting in that day. She called back as soon as they opened and got me in. I was there for three hours, but we saw our baby with a strong heartbeat! </div>
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Part of the reason I was there so long is because I went armed with everything I could think of to give my doctor reasons to treat me differently than they normally would. She accepted everything I had to say and show her, but she wouldn't commit to any different treatment plan. That appointment was VERY frustrating! We did get the good news after that appointment that my urine was negative for GBS! </div>
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That weekend, we told our families that we were expecting. We gave them Valentine's Day cards with our ultrasound pictures. But, we hadn't told Taylor yet, so they had to rejoice silently. Adam's mom said, "I knew it! I could tell by your stomach." As you can see in the pictures below, I do have more of a pooch at 8 weeks than I did with the first two. </div>
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We went back 4 weeks later for our integrated screening and 12 week check-up. I was so nervous at the screening that the doctor would tell us our baby had anencephaly (baby's brain stem is growing outside of its brain), which is fatal. When he started looking, I asked him about it. He said, "No, everything looks great. Do you know someone who lost a baby to anencephaly?" I told him that we lost our baby last year and being in the child loss world, you hear all sorts of reasons that babies die, and that two families I knew had babies with anencephaly. All of our test results came back negative, no neural tube defects or Trisomy 13 or 18. I also tested negative for GBS again! </div>
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Getting past that appointment was a major milestone for me. I began to feel a little better and get a little more excited. We still hadn't told Taylor or very many other people yet.</div>
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At the integrated screening ultrasound we had them write the gender on a piece of paper and put it in an envelope. Here's a blog post on our <a href="http://www.the-tomlin-family.blogspot.com/2014/05/gender-reveal-party.html" target="_blank">gender reveal party</a>!</div>
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After the gender reveal party and announcing it on Facebook, I began to get a lot more anxious. I don't really know why, but once it was out in the open, it felt so much more real. I cried more that week than I had for the first 16 weeks. That was a very tough week! I was thankful for my <a href="https://www.youngliving.com/en_US/products/essential-oils/blends/joy-essential-oil" target="_blank">Joy essential oil</a> to help get me through the days at work! </div>
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At my 12 week appointment, I requested a consultation with a pediatrician because Taylor's ped doesn't have privileges at the hospital. When I got the call to schedule the appointment, the Fellow I spoke with said the doctor on call for that month was a doctor that had 30 years of GBS research experience, which made me feel a lot better! He was very nice and spoke candidly with us. Of course, I had a ton of questions for him. He gave us his recommendation of a penicillin shot, which should help Baron fight off bacteria for about a month. I'm comfortable with that plan. That's the plan only if he doesn't end up in the NICU for any breathing issues or any other thing. They will keep a very close eye on our little boy! </div>
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Also, at my 12 week appointment, we decided for me to be seen by Maternal Fetal Medicine, MFM, a/k/a high risk. 3 weeks later, I had my first appointment with MFM and went armed with all of my information. Again, they weren't on board about treating me very differently, but I wasn't giving up, and I'm glad I didn't! They didn't culture me for GBS at that appointment. I left that day a little disappointed and frustrated, and we thought about switching hospitals even though I'm at one of the best hospitals in the nation. </div>
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2 weeks later I had some bleeding and even though they thought it was nothing, they brought me in and checked everything out. It all looked fine and we confirmed baby was definitely a little boy! They cultured me at that appointment, and I found out the next week, at my regular appointment, that I tested positive for GBS. It was a low colony count at that time, about 5,000, but the fact that it was in my urine means I'm heavily colonized. That was a HUGE blow! It took me a couple of days to begin to feel better again. One positive note was that I really like the doctor I saw at that appointment. He was very nice and very encouraging, and I felt like he really listened to me.</div>
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This was also my 18 week appointment, so we had the anatomy scan. Everything looked great! The ultrasound tech probably thought I was crazy when I was asking about the bladder and kidneys and fluid levels and anything else I could think of. Although, being in high risk, I'm sure she's seen a lot of issues. After this ultrasound, I finally began to relax a little more knowing that we had a healthy baby boy, at least to the extent we can tell on an ultrasound. We also found out at this appointment that I have a low lying placenta. Prayerfully, this will correct itself, but they won't check on that again until around 30 weeks. </div>
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Because of testing positive, they finally decided to perform urine cultures at every appointment to monitor my GBS levels. At 5,000 colonies they didn't want to treat it with antibiotics, but might if it got higher. They tested again at my 20-21 week appointment and the colony count had gone to 30,000. The nurse called me with the preliminary results and hadn't yet talked to the doctor. I was pretty depressed because I didn't think they would do anything. They normally don't treat unless its above 100,000 colonies. She called back within an hour and said the doctor prescribed penicillin 2x per day for 5 days! This is why I'm glad I didn't give up on pushing for different treatment. If I hadn't, they likely wouldn't have ordered antibiotics. It made me feel a little better, but I still wish GBS was understood more and we could know why I'm so heavily colonized! </div>
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We have decided to celebrate every moment with have with this little baby, and one of those ways was by throwing a Gender Reveal Party! We found out the gender at about 12.5 weeks when we had our integrated screening for birth defects. I wanted to throw the party that weekend, but Adam wasn't quite ready to tell Taylor, so we waited until after the next appointment at 16 weeks. Adam and I couldn't wait that long (he'll tell you it was just me), so we looked at the envelope after about a week. I was shocked that we were having a boy. I don't know why, I mean, there's a 50/50 chance, but still...I couldn't believe it. </div>
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I'm glad we looked beforehand because I probably would have been a mess of emotions. I've always wanted a little boy, and I'm thrilled we're having one, but redoing the room and taking out all of Leah's clothes will be especially hard. Then, the possibility of not bringing a baby boy home to a room prepared for him is unimaginable, although I've lived it once already.</div>
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<br />Bevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947718847788916627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2213500042676409058.post-10121189020884620372014-02-07T14:06:00.003-08:002014-02-07T14:06:40.249-08:00RAOK for Leah's Birthday Celebration!<br />
I can't tell you how much we appreciate those that participated in RAOK for Leah's birthday celebration! I know it's hard to tell us what you've done to be kind to someone else, but it really meant a lot to us. Here are some things that were done:<br />
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1) Leaving big tips for your server<br />
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2) Paying for the person in line behind you<br />
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3) Donations to Leah's Legacy Foundation, GBSI, Reese's Rainbow, an adoption fund and The Bell Center in memory of Leah<br />
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4) Goodies dropped off at Children's and DCH NICU for the staff and parents (Hard one!)<br />
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5) Someone left a Happy Birthday card and balloon at Leah's grave<br />
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6) Extra work done for GBS Awareness<br />
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7) Soup made for a sick family<br />
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8) Hot chocolate given out as people arrived at work on a cold morning</div>
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9) Sent us encouraging cards, texts, messages</div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}" style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.38;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">1) While in McDonald's on New Year's Day The lady in front of me, in a wheelchair, frantically searching for money to pay for her meal..as she started to leave I thought of y'all and stopped her and asked her "Would you give me the honor of buying you breakfast?" She smiled and said thank you and teared up a little.. She had a dog in her lap. He was a seizure alert dog. I cannot imagine being in a wheelchair much less having a seizure disorder. I just couldn't let her go out in the cold all the way back to her house for money. I didn't have a flyer, but I figured it didn't matter. <i class="_4-k1 img sp_7xg2qw sx_1f675b" style="background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yL/r/lgJ_j0h5p63.png); background-position: -174px -71px; background-size: auto; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i></span></span></h5>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14px;">3) I donated an Angel Pillowcase to Children's in memory of Leah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">5) Yesterday I paid for the food off the person behind me and I gave the cashier a flier to give to the person! And today a coworker was texting me telling me that her dad was admitted to the hospital on another unit and he was wanting some blue bags that the Ed has that other units don't stock so I called a friend and got him some and took them down to his room and gave my friend the flier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">6) In honor of sweet Leah's birthday I helped a busy Mama by having her 2 children over this afternoon. I later paid for several very cold children to have a hot chocolate treat. We have sent several messages of encouragement to others and pray that your family had a special day remembering your precious girl! <span class="emoticon emoticon_heart" style="background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yL/r/lgJ_j0h5p63.png); background-position: -140px -71px; background-size: auto; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;" title="♥"></span></span></div>
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Last year Taylor did dance and by the end of the year, she was begging me to do gymnastics. We told her she could only do one and she picked gymnastics. I've had so much fun watching her grow over these past several months! </div>
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I'll have to remember to get pictures of the trampoline and jumping into the pit next time. We're gonna try out teeball this Spring. I'm excited about that. We've already bought her a tee and bat for at home and she's ready to try it! Maybe this weekend...<br />
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Next Tuesday is Leah's birthday. For her birthday we are going to perform Random Acts of Kindness, and we're asking you to join in! We'll be performing these acts from January 7th, her birthday, to January 13th, the day she died. Please print off this flyer and give it out when you perform an act, then post the act and a picture (if you have one) on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LeahsLegacy" target="_blank">Leah's Legacy</a> Facebook page, or message Leah's Legacy. Afterwards, I plan to compile all of the Random Acts of Kindness performed in her memory into a blog post for everyone to see.<br />
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We thought performing Random Acts of Kindness would be a great way to celebrate her life. It's seems fitting to be Jesus to someone, the One Leah spends her days with.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/kindness-ideas" target="_blank">Random Acts of Kindness</a> organization<br />
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Children:<br />
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Say something nice<br />
Ask if you can help<br />
Make and send an encouraging card<br />
Invite someone to play<br />
Give away toys/books they don't play with anymore<br />
Thank your parents<br />
Give a hug<br />
Make a new friend<br />
Smile at strangers<br />
Let someone in front of you in line<br />
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Others:<br />
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Pay for the coffee/meal/etc of the person behind you<br />
Donate used toys/books/clothes/kitchen items/etc<br />
Compliment your server at a restaurant<br />
Write a letter to someone who had made a difference in your life<br />
Take the buggy to the cart stop for someone else<br />
Take your children to visit a nursing home<br />
Create a blessing bag and give it to a homeless person<br />
Serve in a shelter<br />
Donate to Leah's Legacy Foundation :)<br />
www.leahs-legacy.org<br />
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There are many, many more in the link above, and I know opportunities will present themselves throughout the week.<br />
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Please don't forget to give the flyer to the person you are
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Thank you for your prayers and support this year! We've needed them and will continue to need them. This world of child loss is very difficult and painful.<br />
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Love to you all!<br />
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On the 4th day, we went back to Epcot. We rode several rides, and I think Taylor's favorite was Soarin'! </div>
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Since a 5th day wasn't much more and our flights were late afternoon leaving Orlando, we were able to go for a little while Friday morning. We went back to Magic Kingdom and rode several things she hadn't gotten to ride on the first day. </div>
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On our 3rd day, we had breakfast with the Disney Junior characters at Hollywood and Vine. At that time, Taylor LOVED Special Agent Oso. It was so cute watching her looking for him, so excited to see him, and then dancing with him. This was my favorite character meal! We saw Oso, Jake, June (from Little Einsteins, we didn't know her) and Handy Manny. </div>
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One thing that was REALLY FUN was the character dance party. Taylor had so much fun dancing with Minnie, the Genie, and so many other characters. It was a little stressful for Mommy because she kept following the characters around and I couldn't keep up! </div>
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Yes, Taylor rode Tower of Terror. She DID NOT like it though. She still tells me she didn't like that ride!<br />
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After Tower of Terror, we headed back to the hotel for a little while to rest. Adam and I fell asleep, and Taylor kept on playing. We made it back that night to watch Beauty and the Beast, which I loved! Taylor didn't really want to sit still. Afterwards, it started raining and we had to duck in somewhere to eat. We wanted to see the fireworks show that night, but weren't sure with the rain! It finally stopped raining and we got to see it. It wasn't my favorite and it had some scary parts for Taylor so she didn't really like it either.<br />
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Then, we went to Animal Kingdom. It was a lot of fun too! The have a Wilderness Explorer activity where the child can participate in different activities and earn badges for a booklet they give you. This would be great for an older child learning about science. Taylor had fun with a couple of the activities but didn't really understand most of them.</div>
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We had a lot of fun in the Animal Kingdom. I only wish we had gotten to see the Lion King play. We missed it due to technical difficulties at the time slot we showed up for, and we never made it back by there. I hate I missed that, I've heard it is fabulous!<br />
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We ended the day at Epcot because I wanted to see the fireworks show, but Taylor fell asleep right as we got there. We walked around all the countries, ate fish and chips in England, and headed back towards the front. I went to ride something Taylor wasn't tall enough to ride and Adam didn't want to ride. Unfortunately, it was a longer wait than advertised and she got very upset when she woke up and I was gone. We ended up leaving before the fireworks show. :(<br />
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Back in September, we took Taylor to Disney! It was her first time, and the first time in a really long time for Adam and me. We loved it! </div>
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I had planned to post some advice, but apparently several things have changed since we went, so I guess there's not much need. One thing I will say is that 4-5 days isn't really enough. I wore Adam out! He said that was tougher than the Ironman! It would have been nice to go back to the hotel some afternoons and swim or go to Downtown Disney, but I felt like we had to do EVERYTHING while we were there. </div>
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September was a good time to go because the lines weren't very long. I don't think we ever stood in line more than about 20 minutes and that was rare. Of course, if it was going to be more than 20 minutes, we got a Fast Pass and came back later. </div>
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I think her favorite ride was Ariel's ride. We rode it 3 or 4 times! She also loved being in Belle's story! </div>
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After playing Philippe and a few more rides and lunch, Taylor got to get made over from a fairy godmother in training at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique!</div>
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One thing Taylor loved was getting all of the characters autographs. They sell books there, but you could easily make your own and take it with you. </div>
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Although we were missing a huge part of our family this Christmas, we did a lot of fun things! We started off seeing Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Junior League's Market Noel. </div>
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Another weekend, we went to Belview Baptist Church's Polar Express. It was so good! She got to write a letter to Santa and mail it, then she decorated and ate a cookie.<br />
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We got to see Santa and heard the real Reason for the Season, told by Santa!</div>
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We finished with a ride on the Polar Express. We will definitely be going back to this next year! </div>
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Another day, we decorated Leah's grave. It was Taylor's first time out there. Ever since, she is always very excited to go to Leah's grave and every time we pass her cemetery, she says, "Leah's Legacy!". Precious girl! </div>
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I also got to see one of my best friends who moved to California over the summer. She flew home for Christmas and spent a weekend in Tuscaloosa. She stopped to have lunch with me, and this was my fortune after our Chinese lunch.</div>
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We also visited the ice skating rink in Tuscaloosa one Saturday. It was very expensive, so I didn't pay to go on the ice with her, but she did great! </div>
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Somehow, I don't have any pictures from present opening. We spent the weekend before Christmas at Nannie and Papa's. Then, Mama Donna, Papa Rex, Hilary and Andi came up Christmas Eve to open presents together. Nannie and Papa came up Christmas Eve after Papa got off work and spent Christmas morning with us.<br />
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One thing we did this year, and will continue doing, is the Jesse Tree. We read a Bible story every night leading up to the birth of Jesus. There's a lot more activities that we could have done, but I wasn't prepared with the ornaments and all. I'm going to try to be more prepared next year!<br />
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