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Anders: 11 weeks milestones
Anders has become so alert and playful in the last few weeks. His big wide-mouth smiles and twinkly eyes always melt me, and help assuage my grumpiness after a night with little sleep. He is interacting with the toys that hang from his bouncy seat now- trying to grab them, and smiling and squealing at…
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Descendants
My dad has been telling me for months that I need to check out Puzzilla.org. But I never got around to it until he actually showed me himself. I visited the site again a few nights ago and was deeply touched by this thought. Here is the display of the descendants of Ane Andersen. She…
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Name and Blessing: Anders Cyril Foutz
While we were in Phoenix we blessed Anders. In our church infants are brought before the church and given a name and a special blessing a few months after they are born. As I was thinking about the tradition the morning of, my mind turned to the Savior and how his parents took him to…
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Phoenix Fun!
Last week, we got to spend a few days with my brother's family (and a few hours with my brother, Derek). It was great to see my neice and nephews. Scotter was so thrilled to have playmates all day- he was on their trampoline most of the time we were there. It was especially fun…
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To Grandmother's house we go. . .
I think they look alike here, don't you? Pam's chocoate chip cookies- we gave her the recipe, but she truly perfected them! After our visit in Phoenix, we headed to Tucson to spend the rest of the week with Tom's parents. We had a wonderful time. Stan got to meet Anders for the first time,…
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Cheers!
I ran today. Only down the street and back, but I ran, and it felt great! Tom has been on call for the last week and he hasn’t got called in once! That means we’ve had “daddy” home all week- unexpectedly. It’s been amazing. I’m going to chalk that one up to grace. I bought…
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Anders: 5 weeks
This picture cracks me up. Our baby is one month. Typically, one would say something like “I can’t believe my baby is already one month old.” That’s not the case here. I can’t believe Anders was born only a month ago. Being pregnant and giving birth both seem like distant memories. Except for the slight…
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Baby Visitors: Foutzes
A few days after my family left Tom’s mom flew in, and a few days after that his sister, Adrienne. It was wonderful to have them and all their help. They kept up the pattern of entertaining Scotter in the mornings while I slept in, and kept me sleep positive by letting me get a…
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Baby Visitors: Petersen's
My Mom and Dad were the first visitors to see Anders. We had been going back and forth on the best time for my Mom to come out. Tom originally was going to get the six days following Anders's birth off, but then we got realizing it would be great for the NICU team if…
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Re-entering life
It'a 4AM, and I really should be sleeping, but after a particularly refreshing 4 1/2 hour stretch of sleep the creative portion of my brain has been reignited and I feel an overwhelming desire, even need, to write. I've laid unsuccessfully trying to turn off the flood of words, but as blog post after blog…