tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67694267061802080552024-03-13T16:27:10.759-04:00The Robyn's NestRobynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349166040591036415noreply@blogger.comBlogger1249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769426706180208055.post-75483019054516194992019-03-11T17:05:00.002-04:002019-03-11T17:05:23.581-04:00Disney Springs<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">If you missed the other days of our trip, you can check them out here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2019/03/disney-day-1.html" target="_blank">Day 1</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2019/03/disney-day-2.html" target="_blank">Day 2</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our last morning was a mostly just a travel day. I did make reservations for us at Planet Hollywood at Disney Springs at 11:00. We got up, ready, and to Disney Springs by 10:00 (when the stores opened) to do a little bit of shopping before lunch.</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First up? A coffee stop! Cooper didn't want anything and decided to take a rest while we ordered - haha.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I posted this on instagram, but I'll post it again here. When LL was little, I remember thinking that I wanted the baby/toddler stage to stay forever because I didn't think the preteen/teenager stage could ever compare. I was so wrong, friends. I love this girl, and the stage that she is in, so very much. The toddler stage is fun and super cute, but there is beauty in growing up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL has been all about the Lego Friends lately, so she was excited to see all the girls. Also - one of these things is not like the other. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cute picture for mommy...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and the silly picture for Cooper. His face seriously cracks me up so much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I went to take this picture, he did this pose all on his own. When I asked him what he was doing, he said "posing like Woody"! Ha! This seriously cracks me up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was our first family visit to Planet Hollywood, and it was a huge hit! We had a blast looking around, and the kids were so pumped to find Kevin's sled from Home Alone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was an epic bbq sandwich!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL liked seeing this dress...but then I realized that I don't think she's actually seen the movie?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made a fun video of our trip to remember all of our fun! Check it out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all had so much fun at Disney, and we <b>for sure</b> won't be waiting as long to go back!</span></div>
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Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349166040591036415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769426706180208055.post-1237296121615725122019-03-07T18:26:00.003-05:002019-03-07T18:26:50.520-05:00Disney - Day 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">If you missed the first day of our Disney recap, you can read all about it <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2019/03/disney-day-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before I start, I'm sure you'll notice right off the bat a different in attire! First day - shorts. Second day - all the winter gear! It's crazy how quickly a cold front can come in and change the weather!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the second day, we chose to go back to Magic Kingdom and either hit the things we missed the day before or re-ride our favorites from the day before. First up? Mine Train. We didn't ride it the day before because the line was almost 3 hours long. This time, we ran straight there at rope drop --- and still had to wait an hour and a half! When I planned our trip, the original crowd calendars predicted our first day would be an 8 out of 10, and the second day would be a 6. Well, that was not accurate! After we left, I looked up the actual crowd levels, and they were a 10 and a 9! Whew!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had the kids' water bottles hanging from Matt's bookbag, and it would crack me up when they would drink from them. They looked like little baby cows drinking from udders - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thankfully the line had quite a few activities for them to do while we waited. It actually seemed to go by pretty quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ready to ride!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had quite a few friends in town the same weekend, so we met up with Meghan and her crew for a few rides that day. We hadn't done Small World the day before, and it's a good ride for a big group of people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For our snack break, we got churros - something the kids had never had before! They both loved them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It made me laugh when the kids wanted to stop and do this...and when they knew what to do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ariel was a favorite from the day before, so we made sure to hit it again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the joy on Cooper's face (and that he was having so much fun that he didn't want to stop to look at me).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you wear a Rapunzel shirt, you have to take a picture in the Rapunzel area!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got in line for the Magic Carpets, but the wait time must have drastically changed once we got in. We thought it was going to be about 30 minutes, but I swear we waited at least an hour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This picture was a must have for me. I have one just like it from all of our trips!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The wait was long, but we're still as happy as can be!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL really wanted to meet Merida, but we got to her area with about 20 minutes to spare. We decided to just sit down in line and have a snack break while we waited. Matt got the kids this slushy to share, and it was a huge hit. Even though it was cold outside, they loved it - especially the candy straws (of course).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He also got some of these cat tails, and they were auh-mazing. I have thought about these several times since we've been home. They are a must-do the next time we go for sure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were third in line to meet her, and she was fantastic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It amazes me how they talk about literally everything in character. She was saying here that LL's jacket felt like a bear!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper didn't want to meet her, but he did jump in with us for a family picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After Merida, we met back up with the Hempe's to ride the People Mover. Meghan, Lorelai, Logan, and I all rode in one car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our kids really pair up so great. Luke and Cooper love hanging out, and LL is in a stage where she <b>loves</b> "little" kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was still early, but it was seriously so crazy cold and so crazy crowded. We all decided to leave early and head over to Disney Springs for dinner. We went to Blaze Pizza and it was a huge hit! We all loved it! It was super crowded there, too, because no one was sitting outside. They have a lot of outdoor seating, but everyone was passing on it because it was so cold. We had to stand and wait for a table for a little while, but we finally snagged a table for four...and squished 8 people in it - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even though it was cold and crowded, it was still an amazing day! It's impossible to have a bad day at Disney, right??</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before I dive into the post, I wanted to apologize for the little blog hiatus that I took. Life got super busy, and I just needed to take a few things off of my plate. I took some time off from social media and blogging, and it was so very good for my mental space! That being said - I'm back and ready to catch up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back in July, Matt started a new job. In his new job, he travels quite a bit. This traveling requires him to be gone from home a few nights a week every week. He loves his new job, but being going requires sacrifices from all of us to make this work. For his first full quarter in his job, he hit all of his sales goals and earned a bonus. We decided to take his first bonus and use it for something that we've all sacrificed - time. It just seemed fitting to use extra, unplanned money from a job that requires him to be gone for some time away from home with all of us spending time together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've been talking for a while about how it has been about 2 years since our last trip to Disney. In fact, when we mentioned Disney, Cooper said "What's that?" The last time he went, he was 4, so he doesn't remember it at all! We looked at our calendar and booked a trip to Disney World for MLK weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We drove down Friday night after school. We basically just checked in and went to bed. Asleep and dreaming of the next day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, and the kids were all snuggled up like this. They are nice to each other sometimes (even if it's when they don't realize).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were up bright and early the next morning and ready to get on the monorail to the Magic Kingdom!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper was so excited to ride the monorail!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't care how old you are - rounding that corner and seeing the castle always gives you such an amazing feeling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was going to be a pretty crowded weekend, so we used the Disney app to really help us avoid the lines if possible. First up? Zero wait for Ariel!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the ride we went right over to meet Ariel, and it was possibly the funniest princess interaction ever. Cooper was pumped to meet her, but then got super shy when we got in there. The photopass photographer got his perfect shot of Cooper ignoring Ariel and her feelings about it all - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eventually she won him over!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once she won Cooper over, she spent some time talking to LL about her upcoming birthday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL and I looked at the Gaston statue while the boys took a potty break. It was so funny to read the sign and have her ask me "why is it from him to the townspeople?".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After Ariel we went over to Dumbo...and believe it or not, this was a first for all of us. We've never done it before! It always has a longer wait than Magic Carpets (but is basically the same ride), so we skip it. This time the wait wasn't bad so we hopped in line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite places with my favorite people? Life is good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We tried to explain this to Cooper while waiting for The Barnstormer...while also explaining that throwing knives is not a good thing - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a fast pass for Buzz next!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we got off the ride, we lucked out because Buzz was right outside and the wait to meet him wasn't long at all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After Buzz, we went to Casey's for lunch. They had a BBQ slaw dog and it was absolutely amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After lunch, we jumped in line for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - also a first for our crew!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had to wait about an hour, but thankfully the line had plenty of activities for the kids to do to make time pass quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had been pumping LL up for this (she is not our daredevil)..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...but then the nerves kicked in. This picture cracked me up later. Hold on tight because we're going anyway! (Spoiler alert - she loved it)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You've got to get a classic snack if you have a picture of it on your shirt!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House and I was surprised at how much the kids enjoyed it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The line to wait for Tiana and Rapunzel wasn't long, so we did that next. Cooper's legs were tired, and he just wanted to be held. I can't hold him for long, but I'm going to do this as long as possible! Pretty soon I won't be able to pick him up at all anymore!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First up was Tiana. She was so beautiful, so sweet, and just took so much time to just talk to LL. It was great!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After his Ariel experience, Cooper decided to not meet any more princesses and just stand with me and Matt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am always so impressed with the princesses. Rapunzel was great also, and LL loved talking to her. She even talked with Cooper a little bit by the end of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love this one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It surprises me how both kids are older, yet they both still <b>love</b> the carrousel!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We're not too old to ride, too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We went to Philharmagic next. It is not my favorite at all, but Matt loves it. We didn't do it on our last trip with Cooper, so Matt wanted to make sure to do it this time. There was a little bit of a wait for the next show, but we didn't mind having a chance to sit down for a few minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another thing we've never done before is the teacups! The kids asked Matt to spin us, and I'm for sure not doing that again - haha. I was sooooo dizzy and sick feeling when we finished!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I realize this is pretty nerdy, but I absolutely love the Carousel of Progress! We don't usually do this, either, so we made time for it this trip. Surprisingly, the kids loved it, too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a little pillow that was attached to my bookbag, and this is what Cooper did during the middle of the fireworks! You know you're tired when you'll lay down on the ground in the middle of the show! It was so crowded and I was terrified that people were going to step on him.</span></div>
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Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349166040591036415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769426706180208055.post-30572789849198411722019-01-05T11:01:00.000-05:002019-01-05T11:01:22.567-05:00Top 5 Posts of 2018<span style="font-size: large;">This will officially be the last post about 2018! From here on out it will be 100% 2019! Woo Hoo! It's fun to me to look back at the end of the year and see what posts on my blog got the most attention of you guys! Every year, there are a few posts that I'm not shocked got into the top five (like our <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2016/06/80-lbs.html" target="_blank">weightloss post</a> a few years ago). But every year there are few random ones that sneak in there and surprise me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>#5 - The First Day of School- </b>With the kids and I all starting school in a new system this year, I wasn't too shocked that those types of posts got a lot of views. However, the "<a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/08/first-day-of-school-2018-kindergarten.html" target="_blank">first day of school</a>" type posts are usually just really interesting to our family. The fact that this made it in the top 5!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>#4 - January Randoms- </b>This is one of those posts that comes completely out of left field and surprises me! This was my "random" post about January of 2018! <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/02/january-randoms.html" target="_blank">This post</a> covered things like an "at home" date night, making snow cream, getting the flu, and Cooper losing a tooth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>#3 - Coming Home to Lowndes- </b>This one was not a shock to me at all to be in the top 5! This is the post where I officially announced that I was leaving the school system that I taught in for 11 years for <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/coming-home-to-lowndes.html" target="_blank">my dream job</a>! Such a bitter sweet moment, but one of my most exciting moments of 2018! This whole story was so amazing and had God's hand all over it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>#2 - Orlando Trip- </b>This one surprises me a little. This summer, the kids and I took <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/07/orlando-trip.html" target="_blank">a trip to Orlando</a> for a few days with The Parkers. We just hung out and enjoyed being together for a few days! It was a great time with some of our best friends! Plus, two moms with 6 kids?? That's bound to be a crazy time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>#1 - The Journey to Our New House- </b>Before I even started looking at my blog stats for the year, I was pretty confident that this would be the #1 post (or pretty close to it). Our old house was in a hard-to-sell area. When we put it on the market, we were hopeful but also realistic that it may take a while. Literally nine days after putting it on the market, we got a full price offer. Then, 3 days later, we put an offer on our new house. This story is 100% written by God and one of the craziest experiences I have ever lived. It was an AMAZING thing to walk through this year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you so much for following along with our family this year! We can't wait to see what 2019 holds for us!</span></div>
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Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349166040591036415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769426706180208055.post-22515610179619736542019-01-03T13:54:00.000-05:002019-01-03T14:02:32.131-05:002018 Recap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">At the end of 2017, I just had a feeling that 2018 was going to be an epic year for us. It just felt like BIG things were coming, and Matt and I so looked forward to this whole year and seeing what it had in store for us. Boy, 2018 did not disappoint! God showed up in some BIG ways, and we had about as many BIG changes as we could possibly have! Looking back at 2018, it was an absolutely incredible year for us. It doesn't mean that there weren't low points along the way, but it just had so so many high points. Here's a look back at our "Gatsby year".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Almost as soon as January started, we had the <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/01/snow-day.html" target="_blank">biggest snow fall</a> that south Georgia has seen in the last 30 years! It was so fun to be home as a family and see the kids experience real snow! We also had Matt's (belated) <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/02/date-night-and-family-day.html" target="_blank">work Christmas party</a> that was in a Vegas theme. One of the Christmas presents that we got for the kids was <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/02/date-night-and-family-day.html" target="_blank">a trip to Jacksonville</a> to see Marvel Avengers Live. We took Cooper a few years ago by himself, and we thought it would be fun to go back with LL. We all loved it and had a great time! Cooper and I ended the month with having a <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/02/january-randoms.html" target="_blank">mommy/Cooper date night</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We kicked off February with <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/02/lls-9th-birthday.html" target="_blank">LL's 9th birthday</a>! She and Matt also went to their annual <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/03/fatherdaughter-dance-2018.html" target="_blank">Father/Daughter Valentine's Dance</a>. My sister and I had an absolutely amazing <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/03/las-vegas-day-1.html" target="_blank">girl's trip to Las Vegas</a>. Getting <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/03/las-vegas-day-3.html" target="_blank">on stage with Penn and Teller</a> was one of the coolest moments ever! I also had my first experience at an escape room with my friends - and loved it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Spring is always a busy time for us, and we love it! We had the <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/04/bunny-hop-2018.html" target="_blank">Bunny Hop</a> at Cooper's school as well as a <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/easter-2018.html" target="_blank">Easter Festival</a> at church. LL and I hosted a <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/march-randoms.html" target="_blank">baby shower for Mrs. Kayla</a> and Jelly Bean - and it was the first baby shower that LL had ever been to! I took the day off to go to <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/easter-2018.html" target="_blank">Cooper's class Easter egg hunt</a> with him, and we had the best time together. We also had some low-key fun like <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/march-randoms.html" target="_blank">hanging out with friends</a> and going <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/march-randoms.html" target="_blank">fishing</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We kicked off April with <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/spring-break-2018.html" target="_blank">Spring Break</a> - which was full of several trips to the <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/spring-break-2018.html" target="_blank">strawberry patch</a> and <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/spring-break-2018.html" target="_blank">Wild Adventures</a> to feed the giraffes! We got in our <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/april-randoms.html" target="_blank">first swim of the season</a> when the weather warmed up a little. We had a super crazy month when we put our <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/the-journey-to-our-new-house.html" target="_blank">house on the market</a> and got a full price offer in just <b>NINE</b> days!! Two days later, we put an <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/the-journey-to-our-new-house.html" target="_blank">offer in on our new house</a>! We ended the month with <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/april-randoms.html" target="_blank">adding a sweet new baby</a> to the friend family!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">May was an insane and amazing month for us!! Matt and I started the month doing something that we've never done before - <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/moody-mud-run.html" target="_blank">a mud run</a>! We loved it and can't wait to do it again this year! A huge dream came true for me this month when I was <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/coming-home-to-lowndes.html" target="_blank">offered my dream job at my dream school</a>. I accepted whole-heartedly and was so excited to work in the same school system that Matt and I graduated from! We celebrated the <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/lls-awards-and-coopers-preschool.html" target="_blank">end of school </a>for both kids - 3rd grade for LL and the last year of preschool for Cooper (which means Preschool Graduation!). Right after school got out, we had a HUGE day - <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/the-journey-to-our-new-house.html" target="_blank">we sold our old house and bought our new house...all within the span of 4 hours</a>!! As if the month couldn't get any bigger - we left for a<a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/cruise-day-1-boarding.html" target="_blank"> CRUISE with the kids</a> the day after we closed on our new house! After an amazing few days in the Caribbean with the kids and my sister and her family, we came home to <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/07/summer-week-2.html" target="_blank">move into our new house</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">June was a fun month filled with summer and <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/07/summer-week-3.html" target="_blank">settling into our new house</a>! We spent a lot of <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/07/summer-week-5.html" target="_blank">time with friends</a>, and that is one of our favorite parts about summer. We also took two trips this month: one <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/07/st-augustine-beach-day-1.html" target="_blank">trip to the beach</a> with Grammy and Pop and one huge friends <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/07/orlando-trip.html" target="_blank">trip to Orlando</a> with the Parker's! At the end of the month, we celebrated <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/07/coopers-6th-birthday.html" target="_blank">Cooper's turning 6 years old</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">July was another more relaxed month for us. There was one pretty big event for us this month when Matt started his new job! He started a new position with medical device sales and <b>loves</b> it! We had fun celebrating the <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/07/4th-of-july-2018.html" target="_blank">4th of July</a> with friends, and doing annual activities like <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/08/summer-week-9.html" target="_blank">visiting the firestation</a>, going to the <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/08/summer-week-9.html" target="_blank">peach shed</a>, and <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/07/summer-week-8.html" target="_blank">dressing up like cows</a> and going to Chik-Fil-A!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">August was a month of firsts for us - my first day at my new job, LL's first day of 4th grade, Cooper's first day of Kindergarten, and the <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/08/first-day-of-school-2018-kindergarten.html" target="_blank">first day at a new school for all of us</a>! We also had quite a bit of fun this month: We went to Atlanta for <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/08/atlanta-in-august.html" target="_blank">Ben's 9th birthday</a>, and I went to a <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/08/atlanta-in-august.html" target="_blank">Taylor Swift concert</a> with friends while we were there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The biggest thing that happened in September is so so special to our family - LL asked Jesus into her heart and <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/lorelais-baptism.html" target="_blank">got baptized</a>! There is no greater joy as a parent that seeing your child invite Christ into their lives! We also celebrated <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/09/weekend-recap-matts-20-year-reunion.html" target="_blank">Matt's 20 year highschool reunion</a> this month. We took a spontaneous trip to Jacksonville with my sister and her family to <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/09/weekend-recap-labor-day.html" target="_blank">see MonsterJam</a>. We also had some pretty fun <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/september-randoms.html" target="_blank">dress-up days at school</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thankfully, October was a slower month for us. Cooper and I kicked off the month with a <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/fall-break-2018.html" target="_blank">Mommy/Cooper weekend</a> to Atlanta. LL also started <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/11/october-randoms.html" target="_blank">gymnastics</a> this month. She did gymnastics for a while when she was younger, but we stopped until she was old enough to really put in the work. She asked to start again and is loving it so far! We also had fun going to the <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/pumpkin-patch-2018.html" target="_blank">pumpkin patch</a> and <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/11/halloween-2018.html" target="_blank">trick-or-treating</a> with our friends!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">November wasn't super busy, but it was a big travel month. I took an epic 4 day girl's <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/11/new-york-day-1.html" target="_blank">trip to NYC</a> with some of my best friends. We also went to Atlanta to spend <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/12/thanksgiving-2018.html" target="_blank">Thanksgiving</a> with my sister. LL joined choir at her school a few months ago, and her <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/12/november-randoms.html" target="_blank">Christmas program</a> was this month, too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">December is always a fun month for us - we fit in as many <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/12/christmas-activities.html" target="_blank">Christmas activities</a> as we could. We also had a re-do at an <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2019/01/december-randoms.html" target="_blank">escape room</a> with my sister. We did a different room than last time, but this time we got out with 58 seconds to spare! We had the best <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/12/christmas-2018.html" target="_blank">Christmas</a> in our new house, and we had a good time <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2019/01/december-randoms.html" target="_blank">bringing in the new year</a> with friends!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looking back, 2018 was truly an amazing year for our family in so many ways. Seeing the whole picture, I'm just at awe in how God was working on so many different things at different times for us. I don't see how 2019 could top 2018 - and I'm looking forward to just focusing on being content in 2019. I want to make improvements (on my health, our house, relationships, etc), but I also want to be content with the stage of life that we're in and where God has us now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a lot of fun <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/12/christmas-activities.html" target="_blank">Christmas activities</a> planned during the month of December, but we also had quite a bit of random things in the month that didn't make it into a post of their own:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">TWICE this month I caught the kids touching (without screaming) while watching TV this month. It was a Christmas miracle!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm starting the process of moving a lot of our cleaning supplies over to Theives this month!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt and I were able to sneak in a lunch date to Chicken Salad Chick this month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL woke up at about 4am one morning not feeling good (which led to throwing up) - and of course Matt was out of town that day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aspyn was a good snuggle buddy for LL when she was sick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our school has quite a few guinea pigs - haha. This one is not mine, but I went and got her during planning for some snuggle while I worked at my desk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So accurate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought Lola a new bed this month. She loved it, but I ended up having to take it back because it was just a tad too little.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got my first ugly Christmas sweater!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL and I have started reading Harry Potter together this month. We've been having "family reading time", and Cooper has a knack for falling asleep during it - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another day, another Harry Potter nap victim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister came in town and we had a double date night to do another escape room. We did one way back in March, and we didn't get out. This time, we got out with 58 seconds left!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Release was a new oil that I ordered this month, and I used it in a roller bottle for Cooper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've had sewer line issues twice now since we moved in...and of course it happened the second time about 45 minutes after Matt left to go out of town. Thankfully, he turned around and got it fixed for me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">More guinea pigs while getting work done!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My dad wanted to take the kids out of town to look at Christmas lights, but they don't have a car big enough to take the kids on a trip with. They borrowed mine, and I asked my step-mom to get a picture of my dad driving a Ford.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While the kids were out looking at lights, Matt and I got a date night in! We finally used a gift card that we got when we bought our house in May!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a major baking day where I made 160 chocolate chip cookies to give as Christmas gifts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are seriously the best chocolate chip cookies ever...and they're huge!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I help out with the Bee Club at school, and we made candles out of bees wax from our own hives this month! It was so cool! We had enough for each student to take a candle home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the clubs at school came around one morning close to Christmas and served each teacher with hot chocolate and a cookie - it was such a sweet way (ha!) to start my day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the guinea pigs at school was pregnant, and I got a call one evening around 6:30 that she was having her babies, so I rushed up there to see. They are so small and so adorable!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For all of November and December, 8th grade Science at my school has been working on a forensics unit to help solve who kidnapped Rudolph. As I was leaving the night that I went up there to see the guinea pig babies, I saw this as I was walking out. All the teachers started out as suspects, but the students narrowed it down to five - I was shocked to see my face on the suspect list! (Spoiler alert: I didn't do it!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL has been dying to see the guinea pig babies, so we went over Christmas break to visit them. They are still so tiny and cute, and LL <b>loves</b> them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You know you love your students when you spend an evening making pigs in a blanket for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sweet Hadley came over before Christmas so that we could give her her Christmas present (which was bigger than she is).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She loved it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our elves, Sparkle and Michael Jackson, got up to some crazy stuff this month!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is 100% how Matt and I are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent the first day of Christmas break with a killer migraine, but hot chocolate always makes things better!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was no shock to me when I took an enneagram test and came out as a number 1. I sent this bingo game to Matt because it is soooo accurate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I pretty much ate like crap from Thanksgiving to Christmas, but 2019 is coming in with some HUGE health goals!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt and I watched BirdBox one night, and I laughed when I saw this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meghan and I met at the park one day to let the kids play, and Cooper and Luke came prepared with Nerf guns!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Afterward we all went to lunch at DQ and then to WalMart together. #bffgoals </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gigi and I had been trying to take the kids to Wild Adventures a few different times, and it kept falling through. We finally made it happen one evening!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Old lady Lola. We took her on a walk one night and it wore her slam out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister and I used to sing this song alllll the time when she was in college and I was in middle school (which is terrible now that I think about it), so I loved this meme!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We wanted to go to lunch after church one Sunday, so we took the kids to Cracker Barrel. We never go eat there, and we realized this was Cooper's first time ever! LL has been as a baby, but not in a loooong time. It was a hit with both kids!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a Zulily credit and got this shirt for myself - nothing has ever been more accurate for my personal or professional life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kayla, Andrew, and Hadley came over for dinner on New Years Eve. Hadley is sooo tiny (only 16 lbs at 8 months old), so it's so funny to see her standing all on her own!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All three of us celebrated together last year, too, Hadley was just still in the womb. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I say this every year, but Christmas Eve is my favorite part of the whole holiday season! We do just a little bit of early celebrating, but the anticipation is just so high! I love it! I always try to get a picture of our "final" tree - fully decorated and with every single present wrapped underneath!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our 2018 Christmas card!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gigi and Popppy always come over late afternoon to do our Christmas celebration with them, and the kids (and adults) get to open a few presents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We always have a big Christmas Eve dinner (that I didn't get a picture of), and then we do baths and make cookies for Santa!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some years Santa gets home-made cookies...and some years he doesn't. He was perfectly fine with his break-and-bake sugar cookies this year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When the cookies are ready, we sit down with our snack to watch The Grinch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I literally say it all the time, but we so love living in a neighborhood! Within the span of about 30 minutes, two of our very elderly neighbors dropped off some goodies for us! It was so sweet, and it made us so incredibly happy! We dropped off some home-made goodies the week before, so I hope it made them feel the same way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We went outside to sprinkle our reindeer food that the kids made at the <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/12/christmas-activities.html" target="_blank">breakfast with Santa</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I loved this - LL drew a picture of Jesus in the manger for Santa!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year, we had one kid up at 3, one kid up at 4, and we held them off until 5. This year, they both slept until 6 - so Matt and I are counting that as a win!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Santa came! Cooper asked for a two-wheeler bike, and LL asked for a gymnastics bar!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After we do Santa presents, we have to look for the pickle! The person who finds it gets to open the first present. This year, Cooper found it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt took the kids shopping for me and they came home with some little boxes from a local jewelry store - that's not too shabby!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We opened presents until about 7 and then took a break for breakfast. It's our tradition to make reindeer pancakes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After our breakfast break, it was time to open more presents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this turned out to be a big joke (and an amazing present). My mom is one of those people who is super hard to buy for. She and my step-dad have a dog that they are super in love with and treat like their baby. I got both of them a pair of socks with her picture on it (not a generic dog of the same breed, but her actual picture). I was so so so pumped about it and knew that they would love it (and they did). I kept joking with Matt that I was "winning Christmas" because I had the best gift. Well. Matt knew how excited I was, so he got me a pair of the same socks with Lola's picture on it. It seriously was the most hilarious thing, and Matt ended up winning Christmas instead!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After we finished opening presents, we had time to get showers, get ready, and play for a little while before Oma and Opa came over. They came around 10:30 to celebrate with us and eat a big Christmas lunch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all had some rest time that afternoon before our last round of Christmas. Aspyn got this raccoon toy for Christmas, and she loves it so much. We're a week out, and she carries her "baby" around everywhere and still sleeps with it a good bit of the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Later that afternoon, we went to Grammy and Pop's house for our last round of Christmas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When your 80 year old grandmother gets a weighted blanket and cover for Christmas, you help her get it all put together so that she doesn't have to try to do it on her own!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a little video of our Christmas (it shows my mom opening her socks and Cooper finding the pickle!)</span></div>
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Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349166040591036415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769426706180208055.post-42021339463377581172018-12-28T13:13:00.000-05:002018-12-28T13:13:56.537-05:00Christmas Activities<span style="font-size: large;">I always love how the month of December is full of lots of Christmas activities. It makes the anticipation of Christmas Day all that much better! Here are all of our Christmas activities this year:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I feel like I talk about the benefits of our new neighborhood all the time, but life really is significantly different for us now that we're living in a neighborhood vs. the country. Another benefit is that our neighborhood hosted a breakfast with Santa at our Clubhouse one Saturday morning in December. It was so nice to be able to fit in a visit with Santa but also not have to go far from home - we literally just had to drive to the other side of the neighborhood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we got there, the line for Santa was very short, so we went ahead and hopped in it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper was up first, and he had to do some thinking when Santa asked him what he wanted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was so cute talking to Santa. I loved it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next up was LL. She was a little more reserved, but she was still excited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her sweet smile is just precious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After they were both done talking, we got a quick picture with both of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After meeting Santa, we sat down to eat some breakfast. The kids also had a station where they could make reindeer food to put out on Christmas Eve to help the reindeer find our house. It had oats, cheerios, chocolate chips, marshmallows, and glitter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They also had a little train ride set up, so we went outside for the kids to take a few rides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While the kids were on the train, Mrs. Clause arrived for story time. We went to the backporch for a few stories, some candy canes, and even a kiss from Mrs. Clause!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper found a school friend to sit with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This part wasn't LL's favorite and I can tell she felt a little too old for it. She stuck it out for a little while, and then she went back inside with Matt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the last 8 days of school before Christmas Break, my school had dress-up days. It was a really fun way to get into the Christmas spirit and have fun in the days leading up to break. Also, it was nice because we got to wear jeans if we participated (count me in!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 1 was Santa Hat day. I didn't take a picture in my hat, but I was happy to be in comfy clothes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 2: Flannel Day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dress-up days are even more fun if you can twin with someone else!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 3: Each grade level had a different color, and 6th grade was white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even though all we had to do was wear white, all the girls on 6th grade decided to be reindeer also!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 4: Ugly Sweater Day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who knew llamas on Christmas sweaters were so popular??</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 5: Jingle Bell Day. I put a jingle bell on once I got to school, but I also wore my Santa shirt!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 6: Candy Cane Day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 7: Light Up the World Day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 8: Winter White Out</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last day was a 1/2 day and it was full of fun activities all morning long!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year, we realized that our post office has a mailbox specifically for letters to Santa. We also realized that if you put your address on your letter, Santa would mail you a personalized letter back! Both kids wrote letters, but Cooper and I dropped them off when LL had gymnastics one night. About 4 days later, they both got letters back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Meeting the Grinch</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once Christmas break started, our local Chick-Fil-A had a "Grinch afternoon" with some grinch activities and a chance to meet the Grinch. It was from 2:30 - 4:30 and I figured it wouldn't be that crowded since it wasn't a meal time. I was wrong! That place was <b>packed</b>, but the kids had fun anyway!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jammy Cocoa Christmas</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was our 4th year participating in Jammy Cocoa Christmas. If you don't know what it is, here is how you play:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1- Wear pj's (more points if you match)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2- Go to Starbucks (or anywhere you like) to get drinks and treats. You must go in, though! The drive-through is cheating!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3-Drive around your town and listen to Christmas music and look at Christmas lights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our kids <b>love</b> this and it has become one of their favorite traditions!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've got to brag on Matt for a minute. Typically, he just wears joggers and a tshirt and I wear pj's. This year, we saw matching pj's at Target, and he did not hesitate to wear these with me. Like seriously not even for a second - he was just immediately on board with buying them. This man of mine is amazing. He is lighthearted, laid back, and is more than willing to do anything that makes me happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And yes, the hoods had bear ears. Ladies, find a man that loves you like this. A man that is willing to wear fuzzy pj's with bear ears out in public because of a fun, silly tradition that makes his wife (and kids) happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two cuties waiting on their hot chocolate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is there anything cuter than matching pj's and mini-Starbucks cups?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also have a tradition of going to Grammy and Pop's house to make Christmas cookies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is so much easier and enjoyable as the kids get older!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At our church, the Sunday before Christmas is always full of music. This year, we decided to take both kids into the big service with us instead of sending them to their classes. They did great and enjoyed it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our elves (Sparkle and Michael Jackson) brought us a gingerbread village to create. This village came with 4 houses so we each got to decorate one however we wanted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This last activity is a new one for us that we will start doing from this year forward: movie night on the 23rd. We watched Home Alone, had a fire in the fireplace, and popped popcorn and drank hot chocolate. We had leftovers for dinner, but decided for the years moving forward that this will also be a "take-out" night. It was a really fun way to get geared up for Christmas Even and we all enjoyed it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The end part of 2018 is genuinely flying by! Here are all of the random things from November that didn't fit into a post by themselves:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are so many benefits to the new school system that the kids and I are part of this year. One of the biggest benefits to the kids is that they have so many more opportunities than in our old system. And example? Archery Club. Matt is an avid hunter and he hunts with both a bow and a gun. This means that the kids have grown up seeing both in our house. When LL realized that there was an archery club in her new school, she wanted to join. We signed her up, and she had a great time practicing and getting better over about a 6-week period!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Smith family came over one night, and LL was in baby Heaven with sweet Sophie Matilda!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper and John Aiden played so hard, that this is how we found Cooper. You know he had a good time when 1- he put himself to sleep on our bed in the middle of watching a movie with JA, and 2- he used a pillow case as a blanket - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wal-Mart grocery pick-up is my jam. If you haven't tried this yet, you are missing out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt and I had to navigate through a rough situation this month (not with each other), and I came home one day to some beautiful flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL and Cooper were playing school one day, and Cooper found his old behavior card from preschool. He came downstairs to let me know he made good choices at school and was on green - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is seriously one of my favorite things to eat: whole wheat english muffin, avocado, and a fried egg.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not usually a "decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving" kind of girl, but I was feeling it and ready for Christmas this year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I saw this on social media, it made me laugh because it is so true!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper and I ended up at a walk-in clinic one night because I thought there was a really good possibility he had croup. I was about to leave for my <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/11/new-york-day-1.html" target="_blank">trip to New York</a>, so I wanted to know what was going on before I left. Thankfully, I think we're growing out of croup. He had laryngitis instead (which came with a pretty nasty croup-sounding cough).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper learned how to draw stars this month and was obsessed with drawing them everywhere!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This dog annoys the snot out of me, but she is so good with the kids. It's her saving grace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I got back from New York, I didn't feel like cooking the next night, so we went out to dinner to celebrate me being home. We went to an authentic Mexican restaurant (where we've never taken the kids before) and they loved it and had a great time talking to the waitress. They taught her some English words and she taught them some Spanish words!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Along with archery, LL also joined choir at her school this year. She had her Christmas program in December and she did such a great job! She even had a speaking part that she memorized all on her own without help from us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The whole family came out to support our sweet girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Home Improvement DIY - our dryer broke, and while Matt had it pulled apart, I was in charge of vacuuming all of the lint out of the crazy places inside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gigi picked Cooper up from school one day for me, and then sent me this picture. Froyo before dinner? The perks of being with your grandmother!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So proud of my hubby - our dryer completely quit heating up. He not only found the problem, but ordered the parts and fixed it himself...all for about $30!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I seriously have the best work family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And the sweetest students! Random Christmas cookies to make my day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt and I get each other ornaments every year. This year, mine came with coffee - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love my new school shirt - it says "choose kind" on the back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't been the best at keeping up with my working out, but I'm still going some! (watch out 2019)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving Break is always a week that we really look forward to as a family. We tend to do something different each year, but it's also a holiday that is more low-key for us. It's always nice to get a week off and not really have a lot to stress about!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We kicked off Friday evening with a peppermint chocolate chip milkshake from Chick-Fil-A after the kids went to bed. These are my <b>favorite</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saturday we had a wedding to go to where Matt actually officiated. He is an ordained minister and spent the first 6 years of our marriage working as a music minister for any new readers who might not know that! He hasn't done many weddings (I think this is number 4??), but it's always fun (and an honor!) when he gets asked to do one! This wedding was an outdoor one at The Crescent in town, and it was absolutely beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While we were at the wedding, the kids had a blast playing outside at Gigi's house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That night, we had another first in <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/the-journey-to-our-new-house.html" target="_blank">our new house</a> - a fire! We've never lived in a house with a fireplace, and we've been looking forward to this since we moved in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A fire, hot chocolate, popcorn, and a movie - life doesn't get better than this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Sunday, the kids spent as much time outside as possible!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is what the scene looked like outside our house on Sunday - kids everywhere! I love this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Sunday afternoon, LL's best friend Maddie came over to play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These sweet girls have been best friends since Kindergarten! They haven't gone to the same school for several years now, but Maddie's mom and I do our best to still get them together so that they can keep their friendship strong!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While Maddie was over playing, Cooper went hunting with Matt, and they got a deer!!! Typically the kids don't even see deer when they go, so for them to get one just made Cooper's year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Monday we left for Atlanta. We spent the morning cleaning up and packing while Matt got some work done (and Cooper and I may have fit a little time for snuggles in!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't take a ton of pictures while we were in Atlanta because we had a pretty laid back trip. We did take a walk around Aunt Laura's neighborhood delivering some Thanksgiving goodies!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The white chocolate covered oreos at Christmas time are my favorite! It's a good thing they don't sell these year round!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Laura and I also put together a few puzzles during the week. This one was especially hard, but we got it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We went to the movies to see the new Grinch movie - and my crew all <b>loved</b> it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Reclining chairs, popcorn, candy, and a slushee - these kids can't get much happier than this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Laura set up a fun game for the kids - turkey balloons and nurf guns; who can kill the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner?? Spoiler alert - no one - haha. Evidently nerf guns aren't strong enough to pop balloons!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had lots and lots of chill time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are some neat walking trails in Laura and Gino's neighborhood, so we went for a pretty long walk one day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper was so terrified of this old bridge - haha. He was convinced that it wasn't safe for us to walk on (even though it was made of asphalt). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Thanksgiving spread!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Old-lady Lola came with us and had a blast on the trip! She slept for <b>days</b> when we got home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We came home pretty early on Friday, and we got home, our Christmas tree had been delivered!! We typically go to a local tree farm and cut down our tree, but they closed this year. The closest farm is about 45 minutes away, so we decided to just go the artificial route. I did some research and we decided to go with King of Christmas. We had a little bit of a hassle getting the tree to us, but it was worth it. She is <b>gorgeous</b>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's decorate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Friday we just got it up and all fluffed out. We decided to go with a 9ft, flocked, pre-lit tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids ended up spending the night away on Friday, so Matt and I snuck in a little date night!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aspyn was happy to have been rescued from doggy-jail a day early (we initially planned to come home from Atlanta on Saturday).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lola was so exhausted after our trip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saturday we spent a good part of the day decorating, and the tree turned out absolutely beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have a few nativity sets, and I asked Cooper to go upstairs and put this one together for me. He put it together absolutely perfectly....right in front of the potty. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hot chocolate in front of Christmas lights is one of my favorite parts of this season!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sparkle (our elf) always comes after we decorate. Since we decorated on Saturday, she came on Sunday with her North Pole breakfast. She came with new pj's and dounts...and a new friend! Santa sent us another (boy) elf - and Cooper proudly named him Michael Jackson - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you order your daughter Christmas pajamas...and they look like they're long enough to fit you! Where is my baby?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It wasn't a super packed Thanksgiving week, but I do feel like we fit in quite a few fun things! You can read about our past Thanksgivings here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2017/11/thanksgiving-break-2017.html" target="_blank">2017 - Thanksgiving at Gigi and Poppy's</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2016/12/thanksgiving-2016.html" target="_blank">2016 - Thanksgiving at Grammy and Pop's</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2015/12/thanksgiving-2015.html" target="_blank">2015 - Thanksgiving at Oma and Opa's</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2014/12/thanksgiving-break-2014.html" target="_blank">2014 - Thanksgiving in Atlanta</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2013/12/thanksgiving-2013.html" target="_blank">2013 - Thanksgiving at Oma and Opa's</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2012/12/thanksgiving-2012.html" target="_blank">2012 - Thanksgiving at Grammy and Pop's</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the last post about our girl's trip to New York, so if you missed <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/11/new-york-day-1.html" target="_blank">day 1</a>, <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/11/new-york-day-2.html" target="_blank">day 2</a>, or <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/11/new-york-day-3.html" target="_blank">day 3</a>, you might want to go back and read that first!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 4 was the last day of our trip. We had about 1/2 a day to do things around the city before we had to head to the airport. Pretty early on in the planning process we decided that this would be a good day to visit the 9/11 memorial. Our trip was so fun and lighthearted, but ending on a serious note seemed like an appropriate thing to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It also turned out pretty appropriately that this day ended up being pretty rainy and gross - it definitely changed our mood! On the way to the memorial, we stopped by Bryant Park for <a href="https://www.journeyofparenthood.com/" target="_blank">Emily</a> to get a picture. Her youngest son is named Bryant Spear, so she wanted to get a picture of his namesake!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We bought tickets for 9:00. We got there, went through security, and I pulled my phone out to turn it on silent and noticed the time. It was pretty appropriate to be starting our tour at 9:11 am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You are allowed to take pictures inside certain parts of the museum. I did want to take a few pictures for myself, but I also didn't want to take a ton of pictures and focus on that. I wanted to be in the moment. These are the few pictures that I did take.</span></div>
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During the attacks of September 11, 2001, this stairway served as a vital route to safety for many people. The stairs were mostly intact immediately after 9/11, but they were significantly damaged during the nine-month recovery period. The stairway provides a powerful reference to the survivors’ story as well as a commemoration of the recovery period. It is also the sole vestige above ground of the World Trade Center, a major 20th-century architectural complex and engineering achievement.</div>
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The stair remnant originally weighed 175 tons and stood 22 feet tall.</div>
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(information taken from the 9/11 museum website)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This fire truck company was one of the very first responders to the Trade Center. The dozen member crew was in the Trade Center when it collapsed. The front of the fire truck was destroyed in the collapse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This huge steel beam bent over itself during the collapse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This steel beam was one of the last to be removed from Ground Zero. It is spray painted and tagged by first responders, and also holds photo memorials and missing posters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The majority of our time was spent in an internal section of the museum that holds 80% of the artifacts from that day. We spent a total of 2 hours in the museum and still missed so much. We could have spent another 2 hours in there easily. After a while, I needed to step out of the internal rooms and take a break because it was all so overwhelming.</span></div>
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After we finished inside, we went outside to see the reflecting pools. They are so much bigger than I anticipated. They were beautiful, sad, and respectful all at the same time.</div>
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Around the pools are the names of all of the victims. On their birthdays, staff members place white roses in their names.</div>
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Also outside was the Survivor Tree which was amazing to see. It was also so neat that almost all of the trees around it were yellow or orange and had their fall colors, but this tree stood proudly in the middle with all of its green leaves still.</div>
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While the 9/11 Memorial was so hard to walk through, I am also so glad that we made time for it. I feel like it's really an important place for all Americans to visit at some point of their lives. I still remember September 11 so vividly, but to stand there and know that this was no longer something that happened in another part of the country - this happened where <b>I am standing</b> - was just a life changing experience for me. I remember after the attacks feeling such a strong sense of patriotism (and sensing it across the country), but going to visit made that feeling come back strongly. It's not an easy place to visit, but it is so so important.</div>
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Our flight was scheduled to leave New Jersey at 5:30. We got to the airport in plenty of time for our flight, but as we were waiting, we kept getting texts that our flight was delayed. Originally, we were supposed to fly to Atlanta and have a 2 hour lay-over before our flight to Valdosta. By the time we boarded the plane, our lay-over was down to 40 minutes. This was especially stressful because, if we missed that flight to Valdosta, there were no more flights until the next day. And no way were we renting a car and driving 4 hours home through the middle of the night. And I was supposed to be back to work the next day. Talk about stressful!</div>
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While we were stuck at the airport for forever (seriously like 5 hours), Emily and Katie went to find something to eat, and I hung back at the terminal. Emily brought me back some green tea mochi (which she is obsessed with) to taste. It was so funny because she was so pumped about it and so excited for me to try it.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But ya'll. It was <b>so gross</b>! I just ate one little quarter of it, but I still had to spit it out! YUCK! I hated the taste and the texture of it!</span></div>
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Emily and Katie thought it was hilarious. Emily wasn't too bummed because it meant more for her!</div>
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Good-bye, NYC!! You're are amazing!</div>
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So our 2 hour lay-over went down to 40 minutes when we boarded the flight to Atlanta. When we landed in Atlanta and were finally able to get off the plane? We were down to 13 minutes! I seriously got off the plane and just took off running and left the other girls behind! Emily stopped to talk to the gate agent and ask them to call ahead to our next gate to let them know that we were running there. After that, they took off running, too.</div>
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We had to run all the way from the far end of concourse A to the far end of concourse D. It was far enough away that we had to take the train between concourses! No joke, as I was running, a military man passed me running also (towards D). I yelled, "if you're going to D40, tell them we're coming!!". Amazingly, he was going to D40, and he was asking the gate agent to wait for us when I ran up! </div>
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We seriously boarded and they shut the doors behind us. It was insane! I was coughing so bad after that crazy sprint! It was the craziest way to end the trip, but we made it! More amazingly, all of our luggage (including their carry-ons!) made it, too!</div>
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This was the most amazing and fun trip with my sweet, sweet friends. Traveling with my family is always one of my favorite things to do, but making memories with my friends is so special and important, too! The three of us really do just have a great relationship and get along so well. With 4 straight days together, we didn't run into any issues or personality clashes, and we just had the best time. I felt close to these girls before the trip, but leaving I feel like we're even more strongly tied to each other. Thank you for an amazing time, girls!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 3 had the theme of "lots of unplanned things happening" - haha. Initially, our plan for the third day was to go to the Today Show first thing in the morning. Once we got there and started talking about it (and realized how cold it is), we decided that getting up at 5 am and standing in the freezing cold wasn't exactly how we wanted to spend our morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before we even left for the trip, <a href="https://www.journeyofparenthood.com/" target="_blank">Emily</a> found an article about different pop-up museums in NYC for the month of November. There were a few that looked interesting, but based on prices and available tickets, we ended up at an Illusion Museum that morning instead of the Today Show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was feeling a little nauseated this morning (it usually happens when I travel), so the first part of this museum wasn't exactly the best thing for me - haha. I took some medicine when we got there and I was good to go about 30 minutes later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one cracked me up. There is a solid wall where I'm standing and taking the picture with just a cut-out window to take the picture. Even just looking through the window, nothing looks weird. When you take the picture though, the illusion really comes through!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A riveting game of cards with...myself. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This illusion was my favorite <b>by far</b>. I was having so much stinkin' fun. It was also hilarious because Emily and Katie could not figure this one out at all. Basically, I had to walk them through each one and, even during the process of it, they really had no concept of what was happening - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we got done with the museum, we were right across the street from Chelsea Market and we had a few minutes to spare, so we walked down to check it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can't go to NY and not get a bagel! (Except I didn't - haha. I did try theirs, though!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One thing that is so interesting to me about NY is that all of the different areas have completely different vibes to them. This area of Chelsea was so different from our previous two days. It wasn't as "touristy", but it was a neat place to walk around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Mickey Pop-Up was sold out for the day, but Emily still got to stop by and say hi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After our time at the museum and Chelsea, we hopped in an Uber and made our way to the NBC studios and Rockefeller Center because we had tickets for a behind-the-scenes NBC tour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also in our initial plans for the day, we left the evening open because we got on the list for both Fallon and Meyers for tickets for a taping that night. Katie signed us up as soon as the wait-list opened, but we didn't end up getting tickets for either. The night before, we ended up buying last minute tickets for The Phantom of the Opera since our plans didn't end up happening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We watched a short little video before the tour started, but this is the last picture that I took because pictures weren't allowed on the tour. Overall, it was okay. The tour was interesting (and which studios you tour depend on what is or is not filming that day), but it wasn't quite as exciting as I thought that it would be. We were super hoping that we would get to see the SNL set (and it was kind of implied when we bought the tickets), but we didn't. It was interesting, but it wasn't something that I would necessarily do again or recommend to others to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While we were waiting for the tour to start, we were approached by a woman asking us if we wanted to come for the wait list for Fallon (not a guarantee to see the show). Obviously we couldn't because we already bought tickets for Phantom. After we saw her, we ran into another lady in the gift shop who was signing people up to see Seth Meyer's rehearsal monologue. Basically, the audience seats about 200 for the actual taping, but they take about 60 people earlier in the day to listen to all the jokes and determine what should be used that night and what shouldn't. So if he typically tells 10 jokes, in the rehearsal, he'll tell 30 and how the audience reacts determines which ones they keep. This was such a win for us because the timing didn't interfere with our Phantom tickets and we would still get to be in the audience of a show (just the rehearsal for it). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just like the tour, we weren't allowed to take pictures in the rehearsal. But we seriously had an amazing time! And while we waited (prior) we bought hats in the hopes of drawing more attention to ourselves. Well - it worked! After the rehearsal, he ran over to us on his own, chatted for a second while he signed our hats and then he left! It was so awesome! I'm pretty sure everyone else in the rehearsal was wishing they had bought hats, too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I called Matt as soon as we were out to let him know I had just met Seth Meyer! After <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/03/las-vegas-day-3.html" target="_blank">getting on stage with Penn and Teller in Vegas</a>, Matt was not shocked at all that something else crazy like this happened to me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Uber drive dropped us off at the theatre, and we figured we would just get something to eat from a vendor really quickly. Another lucky break was that there was a Shake Shack right across the street and there was <b>zero line</b>. All the stars were aligning for us this day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was mine and Katie's first time ever at a Shake Shack!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got a hot dog and a root beer float. Hot dog - not great. Root beer float - amazing - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the guys that was helping clean up came over to chat with us for a minute. Emily mentioned that she didn't actually get a milkshake at Shake Shack, so he went and made her his favorite kind and brought it to her! Who says New Yorker's are mean? We seriously encountered some of the nicest people on our trip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The theater was so so detailed and beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Emily had seen Phantom in New York before, but this was my first time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know that especially compared to some of the newer shows, the older style of Phantom isn't for everyone, but ya'll. I <b>loved</b> it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Emily and Katie bought Christmas CD's that had songs from all of the casts that we saw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While so many of the things that we did on day 3 were not planned, it ended up being so incredibly fun! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next morning we woke up to a beautiful view out of our hotel window!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got up, got ready, and headed to Greenwich for a walking food tour. What is so amazing to me about New York is that you can go just a few miles in any direction and end up in an area that looks completely different than where you left. Greenwich is one of those areas - it's so beautiful, but also looks nothing like the Hell's Kitchen/Times Square area that we just left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a little bit of time to kill before our food tour got started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We met up in a cheese shop, and it was neat to look around at the cool stuff that they had.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first stop on our food tour was Joe's Pizza!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our tour guide, Bert, was amazing! He was funny, entertaining, and threw in enough history and facts to make it interesting without making us bored.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cheers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was just plain cheese pizza, but it was so good. Bert explained that New York has some of the best/cleanest tap water in the country. That's why their bagels and pizza are so good - because the water is so good. There are actually some places around the country that have NY's tap water shipped to their restaurant in other parts of the country!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also got truffle popcorn in the olive oil shop. It was okay, but also wasn't my favorite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At our next stop, we got rice balls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These were crunchy on the outside, and cheesy and gooey on the inside. They tasted a lot like a mozzarella stick with rice inside. They were super yummy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our next stop was a meat shop where we had slices of salami.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There were two sit-down stops on the tour where we got to go inside the restaurant and sit down for our meal (versus eating outside on the sidewalk). Our first sit-down stop was a at an Italian restaurant where we got these huge meatballs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our second sit-down stop was a little longer (about 30 minutes), and we had this cheese stuffed eggplant. This was also very good (and I'm not an eggplant fan).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While we were walking, Bert showed us this locksmith that had completely covered his little building with keys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was my favorite stop on our tour - a bakery!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got huge chocolate chip cookies that were very good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The streets of Greenwich were just so beautiful! Bert did a good job of telling us some history while we walked around. A lot of these buildings were build prior to 1850!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is one of the last wood buildings left in New York City - everything is required to be built from brick or metal now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is another part of history that I wouldn't have even noticed without Bert. We saw these in almost all of the hand rails going up the steps to the front of the houses - they old boot scrapers that people would use to clean up the bottom of their shoes before entering the houses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recognize this? It's Central Perk and the outside of the F.R.I.E.N.D.S building. The exterior was the only thing shot here - the rest of the show was filmed in L.A.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was also neat to see all the different cultural influences in the buildings (European columns). Because of historical society, all of these buildings will stay the same on the outside now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I glanced over while we were walking and caught a glimpse of One World!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was a cute house that we passed on our tour - that is for sale for a cool 12.5 million. You can also rent it for $40,000/month - which Taylor Swift did while she renovated her Tribecca apartment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After our food tour, we went back to the hotel to change and get ready for our second broadway show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pink Drinks (Shirley Temples - haha) for Mean Girls!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we walked through the Theater District, we found this restaurant for dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got a turkey/bacon/avocado club and sweet potato fries - they were both great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had some time to do some shopping before our show. We were all going to get matching Christmas ornaments...Katie ended up not getting one, and then mine ended up getting lost on the trip home. Now Emily is the only one who has one - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can't go to Mean Girls and not buy Fetch hats!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This show was also so good! It didn't have the Disney magic from the night before, but it had Tina Fey's humor and was so well done! It was so entertaining and had me laughing a lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 2 in NYC was a huge hit! If you missed Day 1, you can read about it <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/11/new-york-day-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I honestly don't remember how it started, but about a year ago, a group of us started talking about taking a girl's trip to New York. We talked about it on and off for months, and over the course of talking, the group of who was going changed several times. When it finally came time not just talk about it but to actually book it (haha), the group came to just three of us - me, Katie, and Emily. A larger group would have been fun, but this group of three was just great with us! We all do so well together (and have been through a lot together over the years), so this little core group was pumped for our trip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We scheduled our trip for a Saturday - Tuesday and really tried to pack in as many things as we could during those four days. Here's a look at the first day of our trip:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/the-journey-to-our-new-house.html" target="_blank">new house</a> is only about 5 minutes away from Emily, so I picked her up bright and early at 4:30am for our flight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've actually never flown out of the Valdosta airport before. I didn't love getting up so early, but I did love that it only took 30 minutes to get to Atlanta! Walking straight on to the plane was pretty cool, too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">None of our seat selections were rows of three, so we ended up having to split up on all of our flights. For the first flight, Katie and I sat together right up front. I'm a pretty nervous traveler, and Katie has a super chill personality, so that made for a great combination for the flight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was pretty cool flying over Atlanta!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had about an hour and a half layover in Atlanta before our next flight to Newark. Seeing the sunrise from the plane was just beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We made it to Newark!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a bit of a hiccup with getting our Uber at the airport, but finally we were on our way. It was about a 45 minute drive from the airport to our hotel in New York. Well - it was supposed to be about 45 minutes. We possibly had the world's slowest driver - so it actually took more like an hour and a half. We could see the city as soon as we left the airport - NYC we're coming for you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we got to the hotel, our room wasn't quite ready to check-in. We left our bags there and walked to Times Square. We were ready to sight-see and get some lunch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our hotel was only about 5 blocks from Times Square, so it wasn't a long walk at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know how he was doing this this day - it was freezing! The temperature was in the 30's!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We ended up getting lunch at this waffle place that was smack in the middle of Times Square. I'm still not quite sure what was on my waffle - but it was <b>amazing</b>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My waffle had some kind of spread on it (not peanut butter, and not nutella - but amazing) with whip cream and cookie crumbles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After we walked around Times Square for a bit, we wanted to go to Central Park. We were planning on walking, but it ended up being a little bit further than we anticipated. We ended up taking an Uber and we got there way faster (and warmer - haha).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All of the trees changing colors with the huge buildings behind them was just so beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's amazing how big it is right in the middle of the city!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The area that we came in at had this cute little park for kids to play. It was so sweet hearing all of the fun, happy kid noises while we walked around!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It makes the leaf-thrower smile, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Something that was so fun to see were leaves in fall colors!! We're all used to either green or dead - haha. There isn't much in-between in South Georgia!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They also have these cute little bridges and tunnels in Central Park, and a passerby was nice enough to take our picture for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got back to the hotel in time to rest some (getting up at 3 am is no joke!) and get ready for our first Broadway show of the trip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Broadway Show #1 - Frozen</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Our plans for night one were to see Frozen on Broadway! It was freezing, so I did dress warm, but I threw in some blue to try and be in theme a little bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pumped for our first show!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a bit of a hiccup the first night with transportation. This is when we realized we could (and needed to) schedule Ubers in advance. We had to walk a ways, but we finally ended up in a cab and headed to dinner before our show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just got sweet potato fries for my dinner - and they were seriously the best fries I have ever had. They were amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The show was amazing, but I'll be honest. There were a few parts where I was straight up struggling to stay awake. Getting up so early + traveling + such a busy day meant that sitting down for a while was taking me out. Thankfully, we got some candy during intermission to help keep us awake!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No pictures are allowed during the show, but Emily got this one when they were just talking at the end. Overall, the show was incredible and I really enjoyed the magical "Disney" elements that they put into it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's all for Day 1! Traveling, Times Square, Central Park, and a Broadway Show - this was a great way to kick off our epic girl's trip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt and I were talking about this recently, but since school has started, time has been flying. I feel like we've blinked and gone from September to November. October was a pretty busy and fun month for us, but we still had quite a bit of stuff left over that didn't fit into a post of it's own. Here is all of our random stuff from October!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My classroom got a class pet!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meet Ronald Reagan! He's a guinea pig, and both my personal children and my school children are absolutely in love with him!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He is a very fun addition to my classroom!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(If you're a teacher - you can apply for a grant through petsintheclassroom.org to get a class pet of your own!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's kind of fun to have a little buddy while I work in a quiet classroom during my planning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And having a playmate for my personal children before and after school isn't a bad part of the deal, either!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had family pictures this month also! They turned out great, and you should check out <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/family-pictures-2018.html" target="_blank">the posts</a> if you didn't see them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have some of the sweetest students! Some homemade goodies showed up on my desk one day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another big deal this month is that LL started gymnastics again! She took lessons for about 8 months a few years ago. She was about 5/6 years old, and we ultimately quit because she was wanting to just play and not actually work to get better. After a few years off and lots of talking about our expectations, she wanted to sign back up. We've gone to about 4 lessons so far, and she's loving it and working hard!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I jumped on this train this month. While I'm liking this, I still haven't finished it. #sobusy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hurricane Michael came through this month. While our area didn't get hit as hard as what we anticipated, we still missed 3 days of school and were effected a good bit. This meme on fb did make me laugh one day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ronald Reagan came home with us for the hurricane break. We couldn't leave our new friend all alone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not really what you want to see, but thank goodness it shifted west a little.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The worst of it was supposed to hit us from 8pm - 2am. Just to be safe, we cleaned out our closet under our stairs and the kids slept there for the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next morning, we went out to survey the damage. This was about it for us. Our fence had some minor damage and we had some bigger limbs in the front yard, but that was about it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After Matt cleaned up the yard from the debris, he decided to pressure wash the back porch. It's something that's been on our list since we <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/the-journey-to-our-new-house.html" target="_blank">moved in</a>, but we just haven't gotten to it yet. Here's the before...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ha! You gotta love Halloween costumes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm forcing myself to like coffee - haha. The Salted Caramel Frap is my current favorite!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">RR snuggles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt and I got in a much needed date night to the movies this month! We saw Venom and loved it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had Logan's birthday party this month which is always a favorite for all of us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all love Logan, but I'm pretty sure LL loves him the best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My essential oils order for the month. I was so pumped about this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Sunday morning pic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ya'll. Matt and I have been married for 14 years. I can tell you that this has caused some of the worst arguments in our entire marriage. #don'ttouchmyfood</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This month was also time for a change!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So. Much. Better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My hair was in major need of some TLC!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My new school has more treats on the reg than I've ever seen before! I'm going to be fat (but happy) by the end of the year - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you didn't know, October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2011/06/gods-decision.html" target="_blank">I am 1 in 4</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper's school pics this year were SO EPIC!! I don't know what they did to get him to smile like this, but it's amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the most accurate description of my life. Ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still loving neighborhood life and playing outside!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This dog irritates the snot out of me, but man if she's not amazing to my kids. Matt was out of town one Friday, so LL and I had a sleepover in the "big bed". She went to bed before I did, and this is how I found her when I went in later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Early morning snuggles with my boy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Every once in a while they stop fighting and are sweet to each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt and Cooper got in some boy time and went hunting this month!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL spent the night with Gigi one night, and Gigi took these sweet pictures of her sleeping (holding my teddy bear from when I was her age).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I saw this on social media and it totally made me laugh. #getready</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I busted out the InstaPot for Taco Soup this month and it turned out <b>amazing</b>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's not October without Hocus Pocus!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt left his work computer on the table one day, and Cooper sat down to help him with his work. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course GA goes from summer, straight to winter for a few days, and then back to summer. I'm still waiting on Fall. #itwas80degreestoday</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I posted this on facebook this month:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">7 days ago, I posed that I am </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/1in4?source=feed_text" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">1in4</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">. October 15 is pregnancy and infant loss awareness day. Why does that matter? Why share that? Because there are so many women out there right now going through miscarriage, struggling to get pregnant, or have just lost a baby. And they feel alone. So so so alone. Losing a pregnancy is such an isolating, deep, dark place. So I share that I am #1in4 to let that woman who is struggling (probably in silence) know that she is not alone. I hav</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">e been where you are. I have carried the grief you carry. I have been in that deep, dark pit. You, my sweet amazing woman, are not alone. But I also share to possibly give hope. To not only let that woman know that she is not alone, but that there is a chance of bright sunshine ahead. You see, 7 years ago today, on October 22, I started to climb out of that pit when a tiny little stick told me that a rainbow was ahead. That days filled with sunshine were coming my way. 7 years ago, I had no idea that this little boy would end up being one of the biggest blessings of my life. This little boy is my rainbow baby. LL made me a mom and showed me what an incredible blessing motherhood is. It is the greatest thing I will ever do. And my sweet LL would have been more than enough. But Cooper. Cooper is my proof that God does hear me. And He knows the desires of my heart. That He sees me at the lowest, darkest pit that I have ever been in. The greatest blessing in our life aren’t promised to come without traveling through the worst moments of our life first. So please, my friend. Hold on. Keep praying. Keep going. You are not alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My brain. It is not my friend at bed time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My school had spirit night at Chick-Fil-A one day, and the kids were excited to see this visitor on the way to my classroom in the afternoon when they got off of the bus!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course we had to find Mrs. April!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyone else see this? So funny and so accurate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sweet Hadley came to visit one weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had the worst migraine ever this month. After sleeping for 17 hours, and tons of meds, I finally came out of it. Matt took this picture when I was still in the middle of the awfulness of it. This dog is so irritating and so sweet at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm still working on this one, too - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I came out of my migraine but was just wiped. Snuggles with my sweet girl were just what I needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another Sunday Morning pic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also had Red Ribbon Week this month. The kids had favorite team day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had twin day! I literally get mistaken for Ashleigh several times a week - so dressing as twins was the only logical thing to do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There were a few rough moments this month. I came home one day to beautiful flowers from my sweet husband.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is not the message you want to get when you're at work about your 14 year old almost blind/almost deaf dog. #ohlola</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tried these for my lunches this month and I <b>love</b> them! They are so yummy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our family pictures came back just in time for a reminder from TimeHop! It's amazing what can change in 6 years!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids and I both had "red day" during Red Ribbon Week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I laughed so hard when I saw this book in LL's bookbag...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I probably should stop - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL had to do a character book report using a pumpkin, and this is what she came up with! She and Daddy did a great job turning a pumpkin into a dolphin!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Halloween was hat day for the kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a girl's trip to NYC in November, and the temps are supposed to be in the 40's. I have zero warm boots, so I ordered some. I can't wait to break them in in NYC!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">OOTM (outfits of the month):</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's a wrap for October!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">October is always a pretty busy month for us, especially as Halloween gets close. This year, we had quite a few fun things to go and do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First up was a Trunk or Treat/Fall Festival at our church. This was about a week before Halloween, and we decided to go, but we didn't dress up in our real costumes. We have a huge dress-up bucket in our playroom, so they just picked up something from there. As soon as we got there, we met up with Luke and Logan to do the Trunk or Treating!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A vet, a soldier, a shark, and Buzz Lightyear!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the kids were so excited to see Baymax!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL said she felt bad that no one was taking a picture with the T-Rex, so she went over there to take one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This whole family is a fan of Halloween!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They had quite a few things to do, but we ended up not doing much because it was just extremely crowded. The kids had their hearts set on the hay ride, so that was one thing we did wait in line for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are absolutely loving neighborhood life <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/06/the-journey-to-our-new-house.html" target="_blank">since moving</a>! One of the things that we love are the activities that the neighborhood does. The Sunday before Halloween, we all met up at the neighborhood park for a little Fall Festival!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(PS- Minion Cooper cracks me up!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was a bounce slide and a bounce house, and that is where Cooper lived during the duration that we were at the Fall Festival. This is his happy place!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They also had bobbing for apples. LL wanted to do this so bad, and I was so so grossed out. Finally I just gave in. If she wanted to put her mouth in there, that is her business - haha. And she was so happy she got to do it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Success!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They also had a snowcone truck for everyone. I said that the bounce stuff was Cooper's favorite, but I may have lied. Both of the kids love a snow cone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've seen the Kona Ice truck around town, but we've never had one. The kids said it was great!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just a hot-mess Minion living his best life with a blue snow cone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Obviously, the big event was Halloween night! A few years ago, we started trick-or-treating with <a href="https://www.journeyofparenthood.com/" target="_blank">the Parker's</a>. At our old house, we didn't have a neighborhood, so we used to drive to them since we couldn't trick-or-treat at home. This year, we were faced with a dilemma. We love trick-or-treating with our friends, but we're also part of a (really nice) neighborhood now! We talked about it, and we decided the atmosphere with our friends really can't be topped, so we wanted to continue trick-or-treating in their neighborhood with them! </span><span style="font-size: large;">Trick-or-treating starts at 6:00 in our town, but we went over there around 5:15 to eat dinner before the main event!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper was a police man (we were going for an 80's vibe), and LL was Ann Wheeler from The Greatest Showman!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt just modified his work scrubs and went as a surgeon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sweet Hadley came to hang out for a little while! She didn't trick-or-treat with us, but it was so great to see her in her costume!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 2018 Trick-or-Treat crew!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Events with my kids are fun. Events with my kids <b>and</b> my bff?? Even better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Zach takes your pic, you get a really good angle! Haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two kids as happy as can be!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sweet Spear was so chill and happy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A little hand holding happened along the way!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We made sure that we left in plenty of time for the kids to trick-or-treat around our little section of our new neighborhood. We saw our neighbors as soon as we pulled, so we went around with them for a little while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't think they've ever come home with completely full baskets before!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can see our past Halloweens here:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2017/11/halloween-2017.html" target="_blank">2017 (a Ninja Turtle and Moana)</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2014/11/halloween-2014.html" target="_blank">2014 (a butterfly and a pilot)</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2009/11/first-halloween.html" target="_blank">2009 (a pumpkin)</a></span><br />
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Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349166040591036415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769426706180208055.post-67267248499204268902018-10-28T13:08:00.000-04:002018-10-28T13:08:14.463-04:00Family Pictures 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">When we do family pictures, I love all of the subgroups that Lindsay manages to capture. That being said, the pictures of the four of us are what we're really going for. These are the "money maker shots" that mean the most to all of us. I feel like I say this every year, but I really think this years pictures turned out the best. The colors, the location, the cooperation - everything just came together so amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's a wrap for our family pictures for 2018! Here are links to all the others from this year if you missed them:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/family-pictures-lorelai-at-95-years-old.html" target="_blank">LL at 9.5 years old</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/family-pictures-cooper-at-6-years-old.html" target="_blank">Cooper at 6 years old</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/family-pictures-sibling-shots.html" target="_blank">Sibling Shots</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/" target="_blank">Matt and Robyn</a></span><br />
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Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349166040591036415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769426706180208055.post-91646370573264219632018-10-26T07:00:00.000-04:002018-10-26T07:00:03.908-04:00Family Pictures: Matt and Robyn <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I say this every year, but one of the things that I am so thankful for is that <a href="https://capturedbycolson.com/" target="_blank">Lindsay</a> always takes time to make sure that "mom and dad" get some solo pictures, too. No way would Matt and I ever pay for a session for just me and him, so to sneak in some time during our family session is just an incredible gift. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So often in this season of life, we're just "mom and dad" rocking the gogogo busy parenting life. While we love these roles and this time in our lives (Seriously - it's amazing. We are loving the season that we're in), it's nice to also take a step back every once in a while and remember who we were when we started this whole journey - just Matt and Robyn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Deep down, we're still just two crazy kids (literally kids) who love each other and are willing to defy the odds and the naysayers together. When we started dating when I was 17 and he was 21, we seemed to be doomed from the start. Yet here we are. 14.5 years of marriage, 2 kids, 1 miscarriage, 3 houses, and countless jobs later, and we're still those two kids at heart. I'm so glad that Lindsay makes us take the time out to remember that and capture it in pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of all the different combinations of pictures that we do during photo sessions, the sibling shots are the hardest to get. The odds of getting both kids happy, cooperating, AND being near each other are not in our favor - haha. That being said, Lindsay always manages to get a few that look amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got almost this exact same picture<a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2017/05/family-pictures-sibling-shots.html" target="_blank"> last year</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you've missed the other posts this week, you can see LL's pictures <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/family-pictures-lorelai-at-95-years-old.html" target="_blank">here</a> and Cooper's pictures <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/family-pictures-cooper-at-6-years-old.html" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you've met Cooper for longer than about 15 seconds, that you know first hand that he is a busy little boy. When we decided not to have someone come help with our pictures this year as our "smile getter", I was a little nervous because Cooper is typically the one who needs it the most. Well, I need to give him and Lindsay at Captured By Colson a ton of credit because we didn't need anyone else! Lindsay and Cooper just get each other, and I think it shows in these pictures! Lindsay has been taking Cooper's pictures <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2012/02/lorelais-3-year-pictures.html" target="_blank">since I was pregnant with him</a>, and I love that she has been doing this for literally his entire life!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ya'll. Oh. My. Goodness. Every year, Lindsay gets one picture where I think "Yep! That's Cooper" and this is the picture from this year. This is just so Cooper wrapped up in one picture. Happy, handsome, and a little bit of a look in his eye like he might be up to something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My boys. I've said this so many times before, but it is so true. I prayed and prayed that God would give us all girls for our children. I am so glad that He knows what we need, because I need these boys in my life. It is the greatest blessing to see Matt raise a son in his footsteps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I talked in <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/family-pictures-lorelai-at-95-years-old.html" target="_blank">LL's post</a> about how she and I have an amazing bond, but she is a Daddy's girl. Well. You guys. This boy is just absolutely over the moon for his Mommy. I just love it and soak it up as much as I can, as I know it will switch to Daddy as he gets older. For right now, I hung the moon for this little man, and it is the most amazing thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The journey to get Cooper here wasn't the easiest, but it was so worth it. He is everything we never knew we needed (even if he is contributing greatly to my grey hair collection!).</span></div>
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<br />Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349166040591036415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769426706180208055.post-64579200027719871252018-10-23T07:00:00.000-04:002018-10-23T07:00:04.097-04:00Family Pictures: Lorelai at 9.5 years old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It has been quite a while since we have done family pictures with Lindsay at <a href="https://capturedbycolson.zenfolio.com/" target="_blank">Captured by Colson</a>. Typically, we do pictures once a year. For the last good chunk of time, we've done pictures in Spring/Summer. We stretched out our time to about 1.5 years so that we could do Fall pictures instead. I love Spring/Summer pictures, but it was time for a change!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not surprisingly, Lindsay hit these pictures out of the park. We met up one evening at Quail Branch Lodge in Lake Park, and it seriously was just the most beautiful setting! This was also the first time in years that we've done pictures without bringing someone with us to help get smiles, and honestly, it went so so well and smiling wasn't an issue for either kid! Just another sign that they're getting older when they'll both give good smiles on demand!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First up are LL's 9.5 year old pictures! It's so crazy to think that Lindsay has been taking LL's pictures since she was 3 years old! This girl is just so beautiful inside and out, and I love how Lindsay is so great at capturing the personalities of both kids!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While this girl and I love each other through and through, there's no doubt that she's a Daddy's girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This girl is absolute sunshine in our family. She is funny, has an amazing laugh, and her mis-placed dimple is my absolute favorite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fall is such a fun season, and I feel like going to the pumpkin patch is our first activity where I feel like "Okay - Fall is officially here". Cooper and I visited a pumpkin patch on our <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/10/fall-break-2018.html" target="_blank">trip to Atlanta</a> for Fall Break, but we honestly didn't even look at the pumpkins. We were there for the activities, and I wasn't going to buy one without being with the whole family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weather cooled off a little bit, but by the afternoon, it was starting to get a little warmer. Nothing like visiting the pumpkin patch in shorts - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These two were ready to find the perfect pumpkins!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They both love finding a few small pumpkins just for themselves. Also - I wonder if this is the last year where they aren't the same height? Cooper is gaining on LL -- and gaining rapidly. I think there's a possibility that he may catch up to her next year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is real life - Momma measuring a kid while another wanders around with a pumpkin in hand. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My best girl! It's also not long before she catches up to me in height!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper completely remembered "5 Little Pumpkins" and asked to get a picture on his own!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This boy. He wears me out and has my heart all at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And this man tolerates my obsessive pumpkin grabbing and just gently suggests that maybe we should put a few back - haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When LL was about 6, we went through a "weird smile" phase. Well, folks. Here we are again.</span></div>
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Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349166040591036415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769426706180208055.post-83446947423510125472018-10-15T07:00:00.000-04:002018-10-15T07:00:00.978-04:00Fall Break 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">When LL was about 3-4 years old, she and I started taking "girls trips" to Atlanta for random weekends here and there. In fact, we just took our most recent this <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2017/03/winter-break-2017.html" target="_blank">past February</a> right after her birthday (and I got a stomach virus on the trip - FUN!). Since school has started, I've been thinking that I wanted to start including Cooper in these one-on-one trips. Now that he's older, there's no reason that he can't get in on the fun, too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt and I talked about it and decided that I would do a trip with one kid in the Fall and a trip with one kid in the Spring. On the weekends that I'm gone to Atlanta, Matt will get to have a fun Daddy weekend with other kid in town. By the end of the school year, we will both get a one-on-one weekend with each kid. I really think it's going to work out well! It also gives each kid a chance to spend time with Ben alone (which is also less overwhelming for him). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I talked with my sister about it a few weeks ago and we got the first trip planned for me and Cooper to come up the first weekend in October. It was Fall Break for us and for Ben, so it gave us a long weekend to go up and have fun. Ben had Fall Break Thursday, Friday, and Monday. We just had it on Friday. As soon as school got out on Thursday, Cooper and I hit the road!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got there with enough time for Cooper to play with Ben for about 45 minutes before he needed to go to bed. Another perk of the one-on-one weekend with Mommy: snuggling in the big bed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next morning, we got up and ready for a super busy day! First up was a local pumpkin patch. We had talked about going to a much larger one about 45 minutes away, but we decided the boys would be just as happy with one right down the road. We tried to go early before it got too hot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was, by far, the cutest pumpkin in the patch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've never seen an inflatable corn maze before, but we did it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was also an inflatable haunted house that ended up being super sketch inside - haha. I think they hide people in there at night to scare people, but we just saw overturned chairs and a bunch of stuff randomly on the floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just two boys jumping their hearts out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They also had a bunny petting area! Laura and I could have stayed in there for a long time, but the boys weren't nearly as interested as we were.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The bungee trampolines were much more their speed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Something Ben has gotten in to lately is this magnetic car racing. He's been saving his money and buying his own cars and stuff. After the pumpkin patch, we grabbed lunch and then went to race some cars! (And, yes, his shoes are on the wrong feet. He didn't care, and I wasn't fighting the battle - haha).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper was excited to learn what this was all about!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is not a super flattering picture for any of us, but all of our facial expressions just cracked me up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We let the boys do three races, and they had a blast!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After car racing, we went back to the house for a few hours to rest and get ready for our next activity: Stone Mountain's Pumpkin Festival!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With our admission, we also were able to complete the ropes course! We didn't get any pictures of us on the course because we had to put all of our stuff in a locker. I did take this picture (of other people) so that Matt could see what we completed! I was so proud of Cooper and Ben. We were so high up (12 feet and 24 feet) and they both were so brave and had so much fun! Laura and I had a blast, too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After we did the big course, we let the boys play on a smaller course they had behind it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We ate a small dinner so that we could save room for something really fun...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A pumpkin funnel cake! It also had whip cream, caramel, and nuts. I'm not a pumpkin fan, but this was amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did glow-in-the-dark mini-golf and a train ride before heading home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got back super late from Stone Mountain, so I just gave Cooper a super fast bath before bed. When I was drying him off, I noticed he had a rash all over his whole back and shoulders! I think it was from the soap that I used (it wasn't a children's soap and it was exfoliating), but I'm not 100% sure. It wasn't severe (we did Benadryl anyway), and it took another 3 days to go away!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next morning the boys hung out and played for a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We came up to Atlanta for <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/08/atlanta-in-august.html" target="_blank">Ben's birthday party in August</a>. He had it at SkyZone, and he also got some passes to come back with his party package. We went Saturday morning to let the boys get some energy out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That evening, Gino offered to watch both boys so that Laura and I could go out for dinner. I had never been to Ponce City Market, so we headed there. I loved looking in all of the stores and co-ops, and these walls were so fun and beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had reservations at a fancy place, but we ended up cancelling so that we could have something lighter. I got an acai bowl (my favorite!), and Laura got a french ham and cheese sandwich and we shared them both. They both were so good and it was a good choice for dinner!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The whole area was just so neat. I loved it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They also had this cute little outdoor area set up in the middle of the parking lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We ended up going to the roof to hang out for a little bit. This is us behind the big "Ponce City Market" that we took a picture in front of a few pictures back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The views of the city and Buckhead at night were just gorgeous!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We took Laura's convertible, and I had fun driving us home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While we were out, Gino and the boys had fun eating pizza and going to the park!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I came back to a sleeping, snuggled up boy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper and I got up the next morning and hit the road pretty early to come home. I've been really trying to turn myself into a coffee person lately (I seriously need some caffeine in my life that isn't soda), and <a href="https://www.journeyofparenthood.com/" target="_blank">Emily</a> recommended the Vanilla Iced Coffee from McD's. I tried it, and it was a winner!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While Cooper and I were gone, LL had a fun weekend in town! Thursday after school, LL hung out with Grammy and Pop until Matt was done working. I just got a class pet, and he came home for the weekend. LL had a blast showing off Ronald Reagan to Grammy and Pop!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That night, Matt and LL went on a date to Texas Roadhouse. (although LL refused to call it a date - haha. Hello, pre-teen!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL hung out with Gigi on Friday while Matt worked. (Side note - that bear beside LL used to be mine when I was little. I was obsessed with him and took him everywhere with me - even well into highschool. He's LL's now and she is just as obsessed with him as I was. I love it!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL ended up spending the night with Gigi, so Matt got some hunting in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt started feeling pretty crappy on Saturday with some allergy mess, so he and LL had a chill day at home. She's studying the Solar System at school, so he ordered this model kit for them to paint and put together on their weekend. Football on the TV and a Science project going - you can tell it's a Daddy weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL was so so happy to have a whole weekend with Ronald Reagan with no one else (aka Cooper) to split that time with. She and RR got some good bonding time in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The finished product!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aspyn and I don't always get along (she can be pretty annoying), but she is so good to these kids! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even though the weekend came with it's fair share of struggles for both me and Matt, we both really enjoyed our one-on-one time with our babies!! We're all looking forward to switching and doing this again in the Spring!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">August was a really big month of transitions for us. While we're still getting used to new jobs, new schools, and a new house, I do feel like we are hit our stride more in December. Here are all of our random things from the month:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am not a coffee drinker. Like at all. But with how much I'm solo with the kids, Momma needs some caffine in my life. I do drink soda occasionally, but I don't want to drink it more, and I can't stomach it in the morning at all (bleh). All that to say, I'm trying to force myself into the coffee life! Right now I can only handle it if it's loaded down and the tastes is hidden - haha. But I'm working on it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">During planning one day, a teacher let us know that some little boys two houses down from the school were having a lemonade stand. What do a bunch of teachers do? Run down there and buy a cup of course!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been really stepping up my oils game lately (and we're seeing a great payoff with our wellness!), and I signed up for ER this month (which means I get a monthly order of oils). I ordered Theives to keep the sickness as far away from us as possible, some Valor to feel brave and confident, and Geneyus for educational support! Clove was my freebie for the month, but I haven't used it yet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had Kayla, Andrew, and Hadley over for dinner one night. This sweet girl is getting so big (and so crazy cute!)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know these don't look amazing, but they turned out yummy and the kids devoured them! I browned hamburger meat, mixed it with BBQ sauce, and wrapped it up in a crescent roll with shredded cheddar cheese. It was a hit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is one of my favorite healthy things to eat: English Muffin, avocado, and over-easy egg. So so so good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We spent some time outside this month riding bikes and scooters and drawing with chalk!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This month also had Homecoming Week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Monday was Hawaiian Day for me and Survivor Headband day for the kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt was out of town, so we sent him a "happy morning" picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday was "Camp Day" for the kids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Board Game day for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the new normals in our life: Facetiming Daddy before bed on the days that he is out of town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper had a big day this month - he FINALLY got on PINK at school!! They have a color chart for behavior, and pink is the highest of the high (and not easy to get to). I was so proud of him!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To celebrate, we went out to dinner at a place of his choosing - and he picked a favorite for all of us: Surcheros.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ran in to Rite Aid this month, and came out parked next to this. Super. Creepy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thursday was Color Wars Day for the kids (Maroon for LL and White for Cooper)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Senior Day for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I looked down the hall and laughed when I saw this: just two old ladies helping each other out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Friday was Viking Spirit Day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes you've got to bribe your kids for a smiling picture with the promise of a silly one after!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One huge difference at my new school? They are <b>constantly</b> feeding us! Which is <b>AMAZING </b>(both for my belly and for morale)! But is also not helping me keep my <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2016/09/weightloss-update-100-lbs.html" target="_blank">weightloss off</a> - haha. One day - we had Chicken Salad Chick waiting for us (which is my FAVORITE)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While overall I feel like September was a good month, I also delt with my fair share of emotional struggles this month. My old school gave me this daily motivation calendar as my going away gift, and this one could not have been more perfectly timed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The memes were also killing it this month. Here are a few that made me laugh:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is an authentic Chinese restaurant (authentic as in not like Panda Express) in town that Matt and I used to love like 8 years ago. They changed owners, and the food changed also, and we seriously haven't been in about 4 years (no joke). I had a craving for Chinese one night, so we gave it another try. It wasn't bad, but I can't see myself wanting it again any time soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm telling you - food all the time! My team leader is amazing. My team only has 3 teachers, and one Thursday they were both out (leaving me to the wolves by myself - haha). The next day my sweet TL had treats for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also had a tailgate that day for the Lowndes/Valdosta game! Food everywhere!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't been at Hahira long, but already these amazing people feel like family to me (even if I get cut out of pictures - haha).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I signed up as a Bee Club teacher sponsor this year. At our meeting this month, we all got to go outside and handle the bees for the first time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like I mentioned - I struggled some myself this month. To try and help, Matt scheduled me some much-needed alone time/break/relaxation with a massage. So great and so needed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite things about my sweet LL is how adventurous she is with eating. Matt and I got sushi for lunch one day, and LL asked for her own. She didn't eat it all (and we probably will just get her to share with us next time), but she did eat a good bit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A $3 hotdog dinner at 6:50 (late for us) at Sam's - is this winning or losing at parenting?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Post to come, but here's a sneak peak! We bit the bullet this month and got most of the interior of our house painted! We had planned to do it ourselves, but felt too overwhelemed with several rooms being super tall and open to the 2nd floor. I am so glad we did this, and the change is incredible!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Goodbye yucky tan, hello soft grey!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids are car-riders on Fridays, and they got to hang out (pun intended) with Oma and Opa one Friday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had been having some random eye issues for a few weeks, but kept putting it off because it didn't seem to be anything big. Smart. I woke up one Sunday and my eye was huge and swollen underneath. I went the walk-in and got diagnosed with an eye infection. 10 days of putting antibiotic gel in my eye (4x a day), and we're doing better. Whew. That was not fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you're doing laundry and you leave it lying around...and your son finds it. This boy. At least he knows where it goes, right??</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I pray he's never too big to hold my hand (but I know it will come one day).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matt might be out of town some nights, but I rarely have the bed to myself!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aspyn does annoy the mess out of me most days, but I will give her credit with this: she is amazing with the kids (and that's all that saves her some days). When Matt is out of town (and she won't do this when he's home), she goes upstairs with me in the mornings to wake the kids up. She jumps on their beds, lays on them, and licks them. It seriously is so so sweet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm telling you! There's always food at school!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All of the "Bee Teachers" went on a field trip one morning to a local Aipary for bee training!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper Appleseed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister tagged me in this on FB and I couldn't have loved her more! So appropriate after seeing Backstreet during our <a href="http://www.mullicanfamily.com/2018/03/las-vegas-day-1.html" target="_blank">Vegas trip</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Picture Day for these two cuties!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She found a snail outside and was over the moon about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just one of those days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I seriously have the sweetest kids and parents this year. They take care of me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This popped up on my TimeHop this month and I was shocked! Look at how skinny and dark colored Lola was as a baby!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a Saturday errand day as a family and ended up at Mellow Mushroom for a yummy lunch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes you just need to remind yourself...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Favorite workout leggings: Zella</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dress: from Stitchfix like 2 years ago</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dress: Belk</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">September 30, 2018 was one of the most special days in our family's lives. A few weeks ago (September 9), LL came to me on a Sunday afternoon (right after Matt left to go out of town for a few days), and told me that she was ready to pray and ask Jesus into her heart. She and I went into my bedroom, talked for a little bit, and then she prayed the prayer of salvation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As Baptists, we believe that salvation comes through praying and acknowledging to God that we are sinners, that we are lost without Him, and that we need Him in our lives. In this prayer, we also ask Him to live in our hearts and save us from our sins. After this prayer, we follow God's command to be baptized. While we believe that baptism is important (it is an outward show of an inward change), we don't believe that this act in itself "saves" you. What saves a person and makes them a Christian is their belief of Jesus and willingness to follow Him and live their life in His image. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Baptism is something that has made LL very nervous and hesitant about getting saved. For about a year now, we have been talking with her about this process and showing her videos of what baptism looks like. Over the last year, we have just been shepherding her heart, being patient with her as she processes everything (and <b>never ever</b> pushing her into any part of this! This has to be HER decision!), and explaining (sometimes over and over and over) what everything means and what baptism is like. Even after her prayer of salvation on September 9, she was very nervous about the baptism part. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Within the last week and a half, God just took that fear away from her and replaced it with peace and excitement! That change was so amazing to see! Typically, either the Pastor of our church or the Pastor of Pastoral Care baptizes everyone in our church. Occasionally, someone else will do the baptizing if they have a special role in that person's life. Because Matt is ordained, they let Matt baptize Lorelai - which made it even more special to all of us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our church has a baptism room that is set by itself with a camera that shows the baptisms on the big screens in the sanctuary. We had to be in that room about 20 minutes before service started. This is LL (and Cooper) getting a tour of the baptism pool and an explanation of everything that was going to happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are so proud of LL and excited for her to live her life for Christ!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have chairs set up in the baptism room for family, but LL requested that it just be Mommy, Daddy, and Cooper back there. Trust me - she had a crowd in the sanctuary cheering her on! Mrs. Amanda is someone who is special in LL's life (and she works with the kids in our church), and she sat in the back area with us, too. LL was so happy to see her and happy that she could sneak away from the kids to come and watch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper scooted over to LL, put his arm around her, and said "I'm so happy you're getting bab-ta-tized". :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A family picture before her baptism!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She kept telling me she was nervous, but she was all smiles once she got in the baptism pool!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Watching your child get baptized is a feeling unlike any other that I've experienced as a mom. I am so proud, happy, and overjoyed that LL is choosing to follow Christ. Seeing my husband be the one to baptize her makes it even more amazing and special. Here's a video of her baptism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After her baptism was over, we got her dried off and changed, and they gave her her baptism certificate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such a proud family supporting our girl!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LL and Cooper are both so blessed to have so many people who love and care about them so much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After church, we came home and had a big cookout for family and friends to celebrate LL's big day! (This was actually our first time hosting more than just a few people at our house and it went so well!! We had 17 people and we all fit fine!) LL got this shirt from our church to celebrate her day, and she wore it proudly all afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We love our sweet girl so very much, and seeing her make this big decision was so humbling and amazing. We love you, precious LL.</span></div>
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