tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86556315531736175442024-02-02T18:51:58.801-06:00Adventures in Parenthood...from a Klein perspective...Sharalee Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437799273659763399noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655631553173617544.post-26486821345585422442015-05-27T21:04:00.000-05:002015-06-02T14:37:42.515-05:00life + victory shadowed by defeat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">
Here we are, nearing mid-way through 2015 and I feel like this year has been a blur already! Life has been... crazy? Full. It's definitely been full. </div>
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We are "well-established" at Crosspoint Bible Church, and loving what God is doing in us and with us in our ministry there. Our second campus launched in April, meeting at Heritage Elementary School in Bennington, NE. Josh has split time pretty evenly so far leading worship at one campus or another and preaching some, too. What an interesting journey we are on there!</div>
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We found out at the beginning of March that we are expecting! Due Nov 15, I am 15 weeks this week. Praying daily for God to sustain and grow our sweet baby. We are <b><i><u>SO EXCITED</u></i></b>!!! <a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/2015/05/baby-update-15-weeks.html" target="_blank">Here's more info and pictures for all those interested!</a></div>
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Soon after finding out I'm pregnant, we realized we would rather move now than later, considering we hoped to move in the next year or two. Anticipating God wants us at Crosspoint for a while, we are hoping to move closer to there, which will also be closer to Bennington. Before we could list our house, though, we had a LOT of work to do. Not that our house was in disrepair, we just needed to clear out a lot of junk (really, we needed to do that whether we were moving or not!), and have some repair work done. We are so grateful for those who have been able to help us get all our projects done! I'm ready to just "move on" ;)</div>
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Jordan biggest change has been some size growth, but also he is so very interested in reading and writing. He reads books to us now, sight word books and even "real books"! Whoa. He is amazingly excited that he will be a big brother, and I am truly loving all the ways he takes extra care of me now and gives me glimpses of his tender heart toward his sibling already.<br />
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And... for some heart talk...<br />
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The hard thing has been, though, I always struggle with stress and anxiety and it has been much worse lately. Pregnant + decluttering/painting/cleaning in any "spare" time + toddler sleep problems + toddler potty problems [because of error in initial training (he learned to just hold poop!) which ultimately results in him also not being able to hold pee through the night. So many details you don't need to know boil down to: I'm so very over it, but we're so very stuck.] </div>
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Many days, which has turned into most days lately, all victory is shadowed by the defeat in my mind. I struggle to even choose a "joy" at the end of many days! As a family we've been working to cultivate a more positive atmosphere and one way we do that is to share our joys midday and at the end of the day. I mean, I can choose something I kinda enjoyed, but I was getting so that I truly experienced more true joy, and I feel like I'm losing that as I <a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/2014/10/making-pieces-fit.html" target="_blank">lose hope</a> because I'm looking to my life "things" to bring joy instead of the Lord. </div>
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I realized two nights ago as I lie awake for hours, longing for Jordan to go back to sleep, that I really struggle to give grace to myself and to my boys (Josh, Jordan, and Justin and Miles that I nanny). I understand and accept God's grace, but I'm so hard on myself all the time! And hard on the boys too often, too. I focus on the defeat and feel like I always need to be doing better. As I contemplate this I'm reminded of a quote that has stuck with me, </div>
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"There were moments...when I hurled insults at myself—you always do this! You really can’t change!</div>
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But then I apologized to myself, because nothing of beauty gets built through shame, and began again, began again. It’s all you can do, right? Begin again, begin again, begin again.</div>
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And one thing I’m learning over and over: you cannot do big-soul-rearranging alone..." (http://shaunaniequist.com/glimpse/)</div>
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#1: BEGIN AGAIN. {cut it out with that shame stuff!}</div>
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#2: I can't do it alone. </div>
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I pray God instills His truth in my heart so that I and my boys can learn to live life knowing we don't have to do it alone, and that shame has no place - just begin again. </div>
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As I do a study on the "I will" promises of God this summer, I know He is working to take me deeper into His presence, where I truly long to be. Darkness can't thrive there!</div>
Sharalee Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437799273659763399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655631553173617544.post-13483232885839954522015-05-27T20:58:00.000-05:002015-06-02T14:37:42.508-05:00baby update! - 15 weeks<div style="text-align: left;">
For those asking and interested :)<br />
Due smack dab in the middle of November.</div>
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How I told Josh:</div>
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I found out while he was at a lock-in and set this in the cabinet for him to see when he showered when he got home at 8am. He didn't even notice it in there and I had to get it for him, haha!</div>
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We mailed this to the grandparents (Jordan decorated the boxes), mailed just the picture sheet to our siblings. It worked perfectly as we thought it would, grandparents thought I was just going overboard with something cutesy about Jordan being done with pacifiers at first :)</div>
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Ultrasound at 14 weeks:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mom entertaining the boys @ 13 wk midwife appt. Thank goodness she was there, as they couldn't find heartbeat on doppler, then didn't see heartbeat or movement on cart ultrasound at first! Waiting for the dr to come was very hard!</td></tr>
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Bump pics so far:</div>
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Jordan is in love with the idea. He loves reading books about baby coming and LOVES kissing my tummy. He and the boys I nanny also anticipate looking at the size the baby is each week, and watching videos of what a baby that size is doing in the womb.<br />
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Sharalee Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437799273659763399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655631553173617544.post-52459513409865077502015-01-19T13:11:00.003-06:002015-06-02T14:36:50.343-05:00jun-sept photo hiccup!If you are one that likes to see every picture that I share, 9-10 were missing from each slideshow in <a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-beginning-of-new-season.html" target="_blank">this post that had June-Sept photos</a>! I used a different source for the slideshow and they're all there now :) Click to see what you missed!<br />
<a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-beginning-of-new-season.html">http://klein3.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-beginning-of-new-season.html</a>Sharalee Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437799273659763399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655631553173617544.post-77655171335946137652015-01-04T18:01:00.001-06:002015-06-02T14:37:14.285-05:00merry christmas!<p dir="ltr">We had a wonderful, busy, family & fun-filled Christmas, getting to see all our immediate family on both sides. Excited to share our last few months in pictures on the blog soon!!</p>
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I remember when Jordan first became interested in puzzles which require the pieces to nestle together. He can do many on his own now, though he still uses more of a trial and error/memory effort than filling in the border and working through like-pieces to finish the middle like I do. Sometimes he even attempts to jam pieces in where they don't belong, only to find it skews the picture, then try again.</div>
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My favorite thing about puzzles is that they are predictable. I can pull out a box, dump out the pieces, and glance at the full picture every once in awhile when I'm stuck. I confidently expect an end result just like the box promises me.</div>
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Have you ever completed a puzzle without the whole picture? It's more difficult! Though I don't attempt to jam pieces in often, with a larger puzzle I will have many more close match attempts than I do when I have a picture to guide me. Yet, I still confidently expect an outcome of a full, recognizable picture.</div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">1. a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.</span></div>
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God has been tugging at my heart. Do I confidently expect the end result God has promised me to happen? Do I really believe that He gives me "hope and a future" as I've read and recited from Jeremiah 29:11 over and over? God does not break His promises.<br />
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I'm attempting to do less puzzle piece jamming. My ideas and plans might match a little and have similar shape to the needed puzzle piece, sometimes they might even fit right in the puzzle. But, when I focus on <i>lack</i>, <i>fret</i>, <i>worry</i>, and <i>over-plan</i>, I'm not clinging to hope or God's perfect will. I'm over-exerting where I need not. I can <b><i>trust</i></b>, can <b><i>confidently expect</i></b> that when I am in tune with God, He will fit my pieces right where He needs them, when He needs them.</div>
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My first plan of action to combat my focus on lack and move towards <a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/search/label/faithfulness" target="_blank">faithful</a>, confident hope is to finish my <a href="http://shereadstruth.com/category/plans/open-your-bible/page/3/" target="_blank">Open Your Bible</a> "devotion" provided by She Reads Truth. It is really helping me to build my confidence in <a href="http://www.thetinytwig.com/2014/10/23/bible-reading-modern-woman/" target="_blank">how I approach God's word</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(don't miss that link!)</span>- which is the foundation. </div>
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Next is to spend time regularly, I'm going to start with weekly, of taking 5 minutes to write out (since you know that's how I process) where my hope <span style="color: #20124d;">[:aspiration, desire, wish, expectation, ambition, aim, goal, plan, design]</span> is currently focusing, and one specific area I can intentionally focus on the abundant ways I can trust God is keeping His promise to provide and care for me.</div>
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It was given as a gift for my oldest brother almost 36 years ago, and I used almost daily for at very least 20 years. I stopped sleeping with it on my bed shortly after Jordan was born and gave it to him. He's used it regularly for at least a couple years now.<br />
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It used to be dark blue, and full of colorful pattern on the back side. It was sewn with yellow thread and tied with yellow yarn, and though not thick, had a nice layer of filling. Now it's light blue, the only remaining patterns are hidden under the one small spot of edging still attached. I stripped it of it's tiny amount of remaining filling last year, trimmed dangling edges, folded it in half and sewed around, in hopes of helping it last a bit longer.<br />
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But it's falling apart even more, and we talked about that it won't last much longer.<br />
That soon he'll have to let it go. His bottom lip curled and he burst into tears!<br />
"But what else will I have to snuggle on my face, mommy?!"<br />
We sat on the living room rug, sun shining through the windows on a crisp fall day, and just cried together. I told him I was sad, too. I loved that blanket and it was my blankey for almost my whole life! We prayed for comfort and peace.<br />
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Then, "Mommy, maybe you can make me a NEW mommy blankey! It can be blue (picks up his blanket and points to the blue) and BIG and have tiiiiny (takes a minute to find one of the few remaining yellow ties) yarns!"<br />
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So we brainstormed together (and with my mom over the phone - thanks for all your sewing help, always, mom!), talking about that we can never quite replicate or replace his mommy blankey, but we could come up with something new to love.<br />
To be frugal, I brought up the idea of using some blankets we already have that I know are allllmost as soft as a cotton blanket that's been washed hundreds of times, and we got to work. (Aden and Anais blankets rock!)<br />
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I did not tie the yarn well enough or use the right yarn, maybe, as it was already coming out after one wash. But Jordan doesn't know, or care. I'll fix it eventually.<br />
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"I don't have to be all done with my mommy blankey yet, mommy. I can use it until it's all in tiny pieces. Then, we'll have to throw it away. ... But, I can start using my new one, too. It's my VERY OWN mommy blankey! Thanks, mommy."<br />
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It may seem trivial. But it wasn't to him. I'm so glad that I could sit and let him grieve. I pray I can continue to help him learn to grieve change and letting go in a helpful way with these little things. I'm so thankful for yet another thing God is using him to teach me, too.Sharalee Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437799273659763399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655631553173617544.post-38445817261589686822014-10-02T21:57:00.001-05:002015-01-18T22:16:48.794-06:00the beginning of a new season<div style="text-align: left;">
Well, since I missed catching you all up on life for the the entire summer via blog, it's time to review the last few months in pictures as well as (more officially?) share the news that we've entered a another new season in our lives.</div>
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Long story short - Josh is now the youth pastor at Evangelical Bible Church here in Omaha. He will also eventually switch off with the current worship pastor to lead worship at a multi-site. It's been an interesting half a year since a friend basically said, "Hey, I think Josh would fill this church position I know of for youth pastor/worship leader well!" And we basically said, "Hmmm, no."</div>
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God definitely had a different plan, and made it super clear to us along the way. When we said no, when we drug our feet, and when we jumped in with both feet - He showed us time and time again He was calling us to a change we hadn't anticipated!</div>
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It's weird because on the surface, not a lot has changed - we still live in the same house in the same neighborhood, I have the same job. We don't even have to drive much further to church as EBC is about 2 miles, or 6 minutes, further from our house than Benson Baptist. But, so much has changed. I don't think it has all sunk in yet, especially for me. Josh is in his new office around his new staff and new youth groups all week. I'm thankful for the opportunities I've had to plug in already, and look forward to more as we dive into this new season of our lives! </div>
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We are so grateful for the outpouring of love and support we received from both churches as they sought to make the transition go well. If you want to know more about any of this area, shoot me an email or leave me a comment - I could go on and on, but I'm going to just leave it at that for now!</div>
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We didn't have an overly full summer, but it sure was constantly busy. Our biggies: Josh's last Music and Drama (MAD) Camp with BBC at Camp Moses Merrill, Jordan turned 3, we had all of Josh's family together at his mom's parents in Kansas City over the 4th, Jordan started to really ride his strider bike (I'm counting it a biggie!), and Josh led his last mission trip with BBC youth when they headed to Costa Rica the first week of August. </div>
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We rounded it out with family time, house projects, some stay-cacation time in-between jobs, the last week of August, before Josh officially started on at EBC the first week of September, and I started homeschool preschool with Jordan and the boys I nanny.<br />
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{Jordan loves, and I mean LOVES school. He loves that "ee do homeschool, and mommy is my teacher!" And he is like Josh in that he just soaks in information and can relay it well. I especially love listening to him recite Bible verses! Here's his first one on video - need to record others since! He likes that can sight read a few words, and has most his letter sounds down.}</div>
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And, of course, on to pictures :) {I know not everyone loves to stare at our kid as much as we do - so enjoy if you want, but I know it's mostly for grandparents and documenting purposes :)}</div>
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Jordan has been growing and changing a lot.</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">He loves swimming, and every time we swam this summer he got better at using his body to to "swim." I wish we could've gone more!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">He is so intrigued by learning and school, and was so excited to start school. He hangs in with us for most of it, and is definitely doing great in the area of Bible memory verses!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">The stories he has his toys play out are getting more elaborate, and he is getting so that his duplo creations look somewhat like what he says they are, and are more structurally sound ;) He loves legos, but they can be tough for 3-yr-old fingers!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">We still snuggle (at nannying) and rock (at home) before nap almost every day. I cherish holding him, and he does go to sleep without it, even asking to not at times, but I don't know when he'll be done snuggling completely, or if future children will snuggle at all, so I'm holding tight right now :)</li>
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We had such fun preparing and celebrating, and with a lot less stress, more fun, and Jordan still plays with most of the things I decorated with - figurines, crayons, fire trucks, his costume, blow up hydrant is getting a lot of use lately, too :) All the graphics (banner, cupcake toppers, his shirt) I made and printed from a graphic set on sale for $1! Thanks to Amazon for almost everything else.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet joy! And his cute iron-on shirt I made him!</td></tr>
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and Pastor Paul and Anne</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So grateful to our friend Nate for dressing in his firefighter gear for the party!</td></tr>
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Sharalee Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437799273659763399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655631553173617544.post-65736576926752235432014-08-05T14:42:00.001-05:002014-09-10T14:50:38.284-05:00New HabitsI figured it out. I started writing about my desire to be less about me and more about God in October 2012, and decided it really all fell under the topic of <a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/search/label/faithfulness" target="_blank"><b><i>Faithfulness</i></b></a>. I realized today that the component of faithfulness that God has been laying on my heart for some time is.... discipline. Really many of my other posts could fall under that topic as well. I think I've been fighting the need to work on my self-control and spiritual disciplines.<br />
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Attentive, purposeful discipline in some key areas are what I need to really <a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/2014/05/write-your-story.html" target="_blank">repair my foundation</a>.<br />
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Goals, lists, blah blah - you know that's how I work, so that's what's helping me succeed right now. Also, really just being realistic. It's ok for most things that "need" done to be on my list a really long time, most don't need an expiration date! The expiration date of the needs of my faith, family, friends, and health are much more important.<br />
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I'm proud to share one list, though: the areas I see the most progress in my efforts. It was amazing how encouraged I felt after sitting down to think this list through!<br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">Working out regularly. Thanks <a href="http://www.c25k.com/" target="_blank">C25K app</a> (couch to 5k) and <a href="http://www.revelationwellness.org/" target="_blank">Revelation Wellness</a>! (And thanks, dad, for the new bike tire!)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Less phone/computer/tv time, more quality time with my loves, actually just <i>resting</i>, and getting more things done (instead of my usual: sit in front of a screen, then complain that nothing ever gets checked off my list!)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Less yelling, more patience. Stop, breathe, listen, then react.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Regular devotions, prayer, and more much-needed talk time with my hubby. </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">More quality time spent with people outside the four males that dominate most of my attention (hubby, son, two boys I nanny).</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">More praying. </li>
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The top area I want to see more progress: Bible reading! I read more now than I ever have in my life before. But I'm still way behind in my reading through the Bible in a year. I don't want to finish it just to do it, I want to grow as Jesus' disciple by delving into God's word!<br />
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Check back soon for life/Jordan updates, PLUS an update from Josh's mission trip to Costa Rica! Check out a few updates their mission organization leader has posted <a href="http://www.prayingpelicanmissions.org/journals?tripid=3052" target="_blank">here on the Praying Pelican site</a>, or on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BensonBaptist" target="_blank">Benson Baptist's Facebook</a>. Pray for the team and all those they are encountering and impacting for Christ this week!</div>
Sharalee Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437799273659763399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655631553173617544.post-62958249373698346972014-06-13T22:12:00.003-05:002014-09-10T14:52:15.295-05:00may flowers<div>
Gotta catch up before Jordan turns THREE next week!<br />
[Ironically we have some pretty "May flowers" that Jordan obsesses over, but I don't have pictures of them :)]<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Umbrella crafts ushering in the sunshine after a row of rainy days!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I rearranged and sticky-note labeled his drawers. We are all benefiting from this!<br />
Best benefit is that it helps him get dressed on his own much easier!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nana & Papa Russell brought corn on the cob and steak. First of the summer.<br />
He was so excited that he took a bite of his while he was helping my mom wash them!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">I super love clothes hanging!<br />
"one more reason the clothesline deserves a comeback: I believe they're good for your soul. Seriously. I love standing outside, in the fresh and sunny weather, hanging up laundry. As I do my laundry, I watch my kids playing in the yard, I hear birds in the trees, I feel the breeze. ... Hanging clothes outside is a simple act, but I love it because it makes me slow down." <a href="http://www.greenphonebooth.com/2014/05/high-and-dry-why-clothesline-deserves.html" target="_blank">(why the clothesline deserves a comeback)</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jordan did most of the painting, and we made these for me & the grandmas for mother's day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kroc Center with grandparents = super duper blast.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Papa split time with us and Nana, who had neck surgery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bluetooth headset = long conversations with grandparents :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quick visit from Nana & Papa Klein. We all loved fun in the park included a picnic :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every once in a great while I make a fun snack :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-ball fun. Jordan is a hoot to watch. He is not interested in anyone trying to "help" him. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had friends over who have this sweet baby girl. Jordan gushed over her big time. <br />
The pink baby is like that as he insisted she take this toy of his home with her.<br />
Both our baby radars are on high alert a lot lately. SOME DAY!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Singing, dancing, jumping, and running in the rain & puddles. Love warm rains!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">50-75% of our time outside right now, the boys climb up and swing down from the steps</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bigger 2 nab the tire swing with their feet and swing on down.<br />
Jordan's pretty proud to jump down from the top rung :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Worshiping in the living room with these two on guitar is a wonderful thing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He LOVES to help us mow :)</td></tr>
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I have been super way behind on posting on our blog more often than not this year.</div>
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I finally... FINALLY... got myself to slow down a little. I'm feeling more alive and human most days, thank goodness! To turn the tv off more. To get off facebook (thanks StayFocused and RescueTime!) I've been reading my Bible almost every day [so close! :)]. Two weeks ago I actually started exercising again. I've been able to hang almost all laundry for weeks now [as <a href="http://www.greenphonebooth.com/2014/05/high-and-dry-why-clothesline-deserves.html" target="_blank">this blog post</a> says it: "Hanging clothes outside is a simple act, but I love it because it makes me slow down"]. I'm going to bed earlier. I'm not chasing so many deals for price matching/ couponing.</div>
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But, I've also been a lot more tired. We are potty training for sleep time. I know some people say just wait, but Jordan wanted to be diaper free, and is making great progress. And it's kind-of helping with the almost constant small amounts of pee in his bottoms that we were having. My favorite part about this sometimes-disastrous-feeling choice to night train now, is that a lot of the above stemmed from it. It all started with the necessity to go to bed earlier and so many more things followed suit! [Side note: maybe a public apology to my husband for my extra crabbiness resulting from my sleepiness couldn't hurt. ;)]</div>
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We have a hard time turning off tv and computer at our house when Jordan's asleep, but that's slowly changing, and I love the way it's changing our family dynamic, too. We also have been sharing even more home responsibilities as I work more hours. So thankful for all Josh does to help, even when I gripe that we have so much yet to do on a small or big scale :)</div>
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I'm starting to see the ways God prodded these changes to help rebuild my foundation for where He's leading us. As I now more actively seek to let His blueprint for my life story guide my steps, I'm trying to more actively make corresponding changes. Slowly but surely patching the foundation, trying not to look too far ahead but focus on just what I can do now. [See the beginning of my quest to better let God build/write my story <a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/2014/05/write-your-story.html" target="_blank">here</a>. More coming with May :)]</div>
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Now on to catch-up pictures so that I can continue to preserve our family adventures on this blog! :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loves to duck under the bike rack. He says, "jup, jup," (like "au jus" but with a "p")<br />
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A little while back I was laying down for a rest, singing the words to "Write Your Story" by Francesca Battistelli in my head as I dozed off. I woke up within moments, with the words, "It's in the building experience that you grow," burning in my mind.</div>
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But what am I building? Right now, I think I feel like I'm not building anything most of the time. That I'm just here, being. But I'm not. With most things, I believe we're almost always either building or tearing down. If we don't do what we need to maintain or build, things deteriorate. The problem with that deterioration is that it often goes unnoticed as things are slowly torn down. When we finally realize it, it ends up taking a lot more effort to rebuild than it would have to maintain or add on in the first place.</div>
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My life is full of things that are deteriorating before my eyes, and I think I've been choosing to ignore that fact, or cover it up somehow. My bitterness, my negative speech, and my weight are just some of the things I see causing deterioration. And I'm using my success in helping save our family money/ pay off loans as well as my "stress-induced nesting-like tendencies" to make myself feel better. [A friend posted the other day about building a life that feels good inside, not just looks good outside. yep.]</div>
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Keywords: need, restart, and process. It is certainly a need, but important for my type-A personality to not focus on the need for the end result, but to find a starting point, and seek the process. If nothing else, to keep the deterioration at bay. To truly seek God's will on who He needs me to be and how He needs me to live, right here, right now. To allow Him to "write His story on my heart."</div>
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I really started this post a couple months ago, and I think it's no coincidence the many ways I've realized God has "snuck in" and helped me repair the foundation for what He's growing my story into... Read more as I catch up with <a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/2014/05/april-showers.html" target="_blank">April</a> and May in the next two weeks!<br />
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Sharalee Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437799273659763399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655631553173617544.post-806708381107892572014-05-21T14:07:00.004-05:002014-05-22T14:57:44.873-05:00the pastor.<div style="text-align: left;">
This post is purely informational. I do not mean it any other way, so please try not to read it so :) </div>
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I made a brief post with links to some brief articles on <a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-pastors-wife.html" target="_blank">supporting the pastor's wife</a>. Check it out and better support your pastors' wives (one wife per pastor, ha!).</div>
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This post, though, needs to be a little longer. If you love and appreciate your pastor, hang with me! I promise you will find at least one way to better support or encourage your pastor, which can only have positive results.</div>
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As I was "researching" some helpful tips to share from those wiser than me, I stumbled across some comments about, "Well, ya ya ya, these things are true of any [small business owner, person in leadership, etc]." While that may be true, I'm just looking to share from what consumes much of our lives: a pastor in full-time church ministry! (Both of us have dads who serve/served as senior pastors and have been in ministry our whole lives!) </div>
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Maybe make a list of your favorites to keep handy! Serving others as a pastor takes more than you'll ever understand unless you're a pastor. Put excuses on the back burner and better supporting your pastors. Don't leave your pastors hangin'! </div>
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{Ideas pulled from: <a href="http://www.boundless.org/faith/2013/your-pastor-needs-you" target="_blank">Here </a>and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-emily-c-heath/ten-ways-to-support-your-_b_4306203.html" target="_blank">Here </a> and <a href="http://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/faith/essentials/church-involvement/20-ways-to-encourage-your-pastor#.U3zrrfldUxH" target="_blank">Here</a>- click to read more I didn't include, or more detail on some of them! Some links I included inline.}</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Learn how much your pastors really work. </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Remember that you called your pastor, not their whole family. [Take the extra minute to read #4 on <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-emily-c-heath/ten-ways-to-support-your-_b_4306203.html" target="_blank">this list</a>!]</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Take them out for lunch and talk about something other than problems.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Find ways to help give them a break, from church service or from home responsibilities. [Volunteer, babysit for date night, or "Offer to meet him at his house on his day off to help fix things around the place. Some ministers are all thumbs when it comes to working with their hands ... (like me). Others are too busy to take the time!" <a href="http://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/faith/essentials/church-involvement/20-ways-to-encourage-your-pastor#.U3zrrfldUxH" target="_blank">(Family Life)</a>]</li>
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While we are working on how to better support our pastors as "parishoners" (there's got to be a better word!), I will be working on how to <a href="http://www.feathersinournest.com/2013/05/12-ways-to-support-your-husband-who-is.html" target="_blank">better support my pastor husband as his wife</a>.</div>
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Today I have to share a tip with you that is quite simple, yet quite profound: how to make laundering, folding, and not losing smaller socks an easier task! I'm sure many out there already have good systems, but I felt this worth sharing for those in need :)</div>
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When I was pregnant a couple friends shared that their washing machine had to be worked on by a repairman because a little sock escaped the basket. While this is not common, it can happen! Therefore, I always put my son's socks in a lingerie bag! I have discovered, though, that this not only protects the washer, but it makes everything easier!</div>
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<li>Since we line-dry in the summer, it also makes that easier, all the socks are right together to clip up easy-peasy without digging, or getting flung into the grass when I pull a shirt out of the basket.</li>
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THEN, to make it easier for littles to pull a pair of socks out of the drawer, and to avoid the dreaded over-stretching of elastic from folding the tops down together (and, again, reduce loss)... I pair socks by putting one inside the other!</div>
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Here's a photo example of what I mean. It's not as easy for some people as it is for others, I've learned from experience, so I will provide step-by-step! :)</div>
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*Side Note: The photos are actually of the socks of the boys I nanny! They have such fun colors right now, and I never remember to take pictures when I do laundry at home :)</div>
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The busy-ness of life has been quite overwhelming for me lately. Part of it is legitimate busy, part unnecessary. Lately I've been spending a lot of extra time on saving/earning a little more money for our family. Also, really working on ways to de-clutter and better organize/run our home. With our jobs, Josh's seminary classes, and the extra work I'm doing (and the time I waste doing nothing online when I could be sleeping...), well, it's been madness at our house this semester! :)</div>
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It has been exciting, though, as Josh and I both grow personally in our relationships with the Lord and each other in much-needed ways. I in my Bible reading, and both of us in prayer. As we are becoming better disciples of the Lord, it helps our marriage, and I believe our parenting, too. </div>
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But I know you mostly want to catch up on the subject of our "adventures in parenthood"...So, how about a barrage of pictures to catch up on February and March!</div>
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Stopped in front of Famous Dave's, Jordan says, "Hey what's that over there?" Me, "A bear statue!" Jordan, "Oh. I think he will eat that man out of his car [referring to the vehicle that just pulled up next to us]."</div>
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He likes to get up on his own as soon as his wake-up light switches on, and often play for a little bit or even get/start trying to get breakfast. He usually comes in for me to take his diaper off, and sometimes he brings toys into our bed, but we usually get at least a few more minutes (up to more than 30 a couple times!!) of sleep/rest. We haven't had any large disasters occur yet :)</div>
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I feel like I've noted before, but he spends time basically every single day driving his Mickey ride-on car around as a firetruck. With his fireman hat, his fireman boots, and now a broken belt, as his "sprayer." He zooms around fighting fires. Last week he added a spin move, in which he rides as fast as he can across the living room and spins his car around the other direction in one swift move without stopping.</div>
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We visited the dentist with the dad I nanny for and the boys. The younger two (Miles and Jordan) got to observe, and then ride in the chair and have the dental assistant count their teeth. They are so excited about the dentist - win!</div>
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Thanks to his love for these LeapFrog/ Scout videos that are on Netflix, he knows most of his letter sounds along with his letters now.</div>Sharalee Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437799273659763399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655631553173617544.post-872743453207852332014-03-15T22:06:00.002-05:002014-05-22T14:57:58.935-05:00the pastor's wife.I'm a pastor's wife, and I love it. I grew up as a pastor's kid, as did my pastor husband.<br />
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I did this for year and it was very helpful, and easy to stick in a box at the end of the year. So I did it again, and will continue until I find something I like more ;) I've already needed to find a receipt for something for taxes from last year twice and it was easy to find the transaction in my personal finance software (Quicken) and then find in the corresponding envelope. </div>
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{I know it's not Friday (though I DID write this for Friday!) <br />
and there's more than five, but I like calling it Friday Five! Ha!}<br />
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I can't believe it's already February. Where does the time go? <br />
{Speaking of February, the youngest I nanny <a href="http://kameronbayneimages.com/home/9247/our-2nd-turns-three/" target="_blank">turned 3 on Sunday</a>. Un.Real.} <br />
Thankfully, as the minutes fly by, everything slows down for at least a few moments as I relive the joys of roller-coaster-filled weeks.<br />
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<li>On that note, we love some new books I read mention of, about being "bucket fillers": <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fill-Bucket-Guide-Happiness-Children/dp/1933916281/ref=pd_sim_b_1" target="_blank">"Fill a Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Young Children"</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Full-Your-Bucket-Kids/dp/1595620273/ref=pd_sim_b_3" target="_blank">"How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids."</a> They basically take the 5 Love Languages idea of a love tank, and give it a twist for kids. We are enjoying how it helps Jordan communicate, sometimes when he otherwise would have just fussed, he now says, "you're taking drops from my bucket, mommy!" Sad, but helpful! Also, I can communicate it the same way to him. My super favorite part is that his favorite way to randomly fill mine and Josh's buckets is to give us giant hugs - "I fill your bucket!!" he often says with pride. :)</li>
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Two weeks of family joys might be more the norm now. I can't seem to keep up with weekly, as you know, and I'm okay with that now! :-) I'm going to go with five for each week this time!</div>
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<li>Bedtime reading and snuggles are something we will certainly miss someday. Though I am sure the reading will carry on much longer than the snuggles ;)</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh took this picture of the monitor one night while Jordan and I read in his bed. </td></tr>
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<li>I started a post last week that I never finished... added another couple lines and finished today - on what most of our days consist of lately. Check out <a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/2014/01/all-in-day.html" target="_blank">all in a day</a>, before you go on ;)</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jordan's "grin" face is the best. We practiced in the mirror before rehearsal and he loves to do it for pictures, now :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So excited to welcome Nicole to our family :)</td></tr>
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We enjoy having double new toys to play with as we play at the house I nanny at.</div>
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We got to have lunch with one of my best friends. Did my heart so good! Hopefully I can visit her after her second child is born next month!</div>
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The last few weeks have been filled with a lot of the same over and over. I think we all enjoy the predictability and familiarity :) But, I realized as we did it all over again today, that I want to remember and share this season. I love the creativity.<br />
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Also, in the midst all this we had some terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days. Ok, so not THAT bad, but enough I was crying most days. But, thankfully, God's mercies are new each morning, and He helps the wonderful, awesome, not bad, very good moments usher in and overpower.</div>
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Two giant boxes, taped together on their short ends, makes for a great train! After about three weeks, they don't fight so much while playing together in them. Ha! {Also, they (especially Jordan) insist on bringing SO.Many.Things! on the train. As much from the vicinity as possible. He may get his affinity with "things" from his mama...}<br />In the beginning, Jordan also liked to have them on their sides, making a "church" with the flaps of the two connected as doors, but the boxes moved around a lot with that, and caused a lot of strife :/</div>
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Me - "If you want [that toy], you can ask, "May I please have that toy?"<br />
Child 1 - "Child 2, can I..."<br />
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Then, I had an epiphany, remember a phrase we used before....<br />
Me - "Try asking if you can have it when he's done."<br />
Child 1 - "Can I have that when you're done?"<br />
Child 2 - "Yeah, you can have it when I'm done."<br />
Child 2, less than a minute later - "Here you go, I'm done now!"<br />
That was not successful before, but it brings SO much peace now!</div>
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Lovies as babies. "In" tummies, being born, rocked, sang to... given voices by sweet toddlers who can somehow make "baby" voices.<br />
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Jordan is getting ready to help Miles' "babies" be born... with the "telescope" (stethoscope).<br />
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Energy, energy, energy. I have to remember to help them find *helpful* ways to get it out! Dance parties are usually a great choice. They also love "tag," aka running from the front door, to the back of the kitchen, and back, over and over.<br />
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We got our <strike>Christmas </strike>New Years letter sent out this last week to some people, but we couldn't send paper copies to everyone, so here's a digital copy! Happy 2014, friends and family!<br />
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Now that we're home after a week away for Christmas festivities... Another long post! But lots of fun pictures ;)</div>
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There are so many moments from the last couple weeks, especially from the last few days, that I want to hold onto forever right now. I've already forgotten some. But I'm trying to be okay with that... with the fact that there are times I'm immersed in the moment, not taking a picture or a mental note, and that I don't have a good memory, so I might not remember the moment. But there are some joys I just have to note and share! :)</div>
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"Chris-a-mas" was a whole new experience with a 2.5-year-old. The pure innocence, excitement, and joy was so fun to watch, and was so contagious! His pronunciation, "Chrisamas," made us smile every time. He mentioned it a lot as every day we had to establish whether it was Christmas yet or not :)</div>
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I love to decorate for Christmas! I especially love Christmas lights. Jordan does, too :) Josh helps where I request :)</div>
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Finally had some snow worth playing in. And we rescued a cat and her two kittens who had made their home on our back deck.<br />
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Jordan participated in the Christmas program at church this year. Josh was a shepherd so Jordan could be a little lamb! It was especially fun to have a wide variety of ages participate this year.<br />
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We made some cookies for the neighbors. [Finally! I've been wanting to for years, ha!] Jordan loved using cookie cutters, but he especially loved sneaking dough and frosting. It was fun to visit each of our neighbors and see their smiles as we handed them cookies. Definitely doing that again! We enjoyed lots of Christmas crafts this year, too :)</div>
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We had to be apart from Josh for a couple days, so we let Jordan open his stocking and a gift on Monday morning (Christmas Adam).<br />
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Christmas #1 at Josh's parents' in Kearney, with the WHOLE family!<br />
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We got to meet our niece Abigail! Jordan's first Klein cousin, and the first of the 3 new cousins born this year.</div>
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Jordan woke a little early on Christmas morning, but waited until his light turned on to get out of bed. When I met him at the top of the stairs, he wanted to go over to the tree right away, but I told him there was something special in my bedroom. We went to daddy (who had arrived while he was sleeping) and he gave daddy a big hug and told him it was Chrisamas!! When Josh said, "Merry Christmas!" He so very sweetly replied, "Merry Chrisamas daddy!!"</div>
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Opening presents was slightly overwhelming at times, but he had so much fun opening his new toys. He spent most of the time at the dining table playing with his new Woody and Jessie toys. His independent play, especially the creative dialogue, is so fun to listen to!</div>
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I also love building gingerbread houses. I took the kit along with so Josh wouldn't have to do it with me this year ;) Jordan ate a lot (one whole village house and many toppings) and helped a little. Kirsten and I had fun!</div>
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Josh's dad threw out all his Three Stooges video tapes recorded from tv years ago, and caught a lot of flack for that this year. So, he got a huge set of dvd's for Christmas. We've watched quite a few already, ha!<br />
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We visited the Firefighter's Museum in Kearney, but Jordan did not like not being able to climb in trucks or that there wasn't a real firefighter there. So before we left we headed to Kearney's main fire station. We could hardly get Jordan to leave! One of his current favorite things to pretend at home is still dressed up as a fireman driving around on his fire truck (Mickey car). Amplified by a pair of "fire boots" some friends gave us! :)<br />
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Christmas #1 at my parents' in Lexington, with the WHOLE family!<br />
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Russell Christmas was a little more crazy now that we're up to five grandkids! Jordan's now in the middle of the lineup: 4.5, 3.5, 2.5, 3 months, 1 month. Even though we upped the crazy, I loved so much that nobody had to miss being together this Christmas! So thankful for my family, I love them so much! [And thankfully one of my brothers was on top of taking some pictures, since I sure wasn't!]<br />
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Final new family baby meeting: nephew Andrew!<br />
After being around his two cousins with baby siblings at my parents, Jordan has really upped the "baby brother" and "baby sister" talk! :-)<br />
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The kids spent a good amount of time downstairs playing. The especially love playing on the pool table, it started out as rolling the balls in, but quickly escalated ;)<br />
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I was super excited that we could have Paul Pack of Crossfire Photography come take some photos for our family! We haven't had a whole family photos in 4 years, since I was pregnant. We had to slightly cram it in, and my oldest brother is getting married in two weeks, so we didn't go all out on the pictures. But I pushed for us to have a nice casual family photo and don't we look good?! ;)</div>
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The kids went to town on their presents, and then the adults opened ours.<br />
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Annual scavenger hunt for the final gift!<br />
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We attended an extended family Christmas gathering. It was a joy for me to see my aunts and uncles, and a few of my cousins and their children! So many, and growing so quickly, we never get to all get together any more!<br />
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And finally, Papa D entertained Jordan and cousin Isaac as we packed to leave by doing one of their absolute favorites: riding the mower!<br />
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Five family things from the past couple weeks.<br />
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1. Finally got my bottom wisdom teeth taken out. Papa and Nana K helped us out. Those teeth gave me a much greater appreciation (?) for the pain my little boy goes through with teething. The first time I had pain from them, he got his first molars; then I was having major (as in life-affecting) pain, when his top 2-year-molars broke through the skin; then his bottom 2-years broke through the week I had my teeth taken out.<br />
My favorite part of having them taken out, besides extra time to relax and watch way too much Parenthood, was Jordan's sweetness. His gentle loves, touches, words, checking on me in my room, and asking often, "You growing teeth feeling better and better, mommy?"<br />
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2. Our church is a "hub" for Operation Christmas Child, and we love packing shoeboxes for children in other countries every year. It was a super joy for us, as parents, to share that with Jordan this year. To have him actually come to an understanding of choosing a toy at the store to give away, even though he really liked it. When we were doing the final packing, he really wanted to keep at least one thing, and grabbed a "Cars" car. When I reminded him that another little boy would really like it, and otherwise could not get such a toy from his parents or grandparents, he tossed the car and ran away into the living room... to his car bucket, and said, "I have all these cars!" Nailed it. We both teared up.<br />
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3. Thanksgiving was a blast at my brother, Josh's. <a href="http://klein3.blogspot.com/2013/12/thanksgiving-2013.html" target="_blank">Enjoy through pictures here</a>.</div>
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4. Also got to meet our newest niece, Hadley. I sure hope I get to hold new niece Abigail at Christmas, and looking forward to new nephew Andrew at Thanksgiving! I thoroughly enjoyed getting to hold Hadley at only a few days old!<br />
Lots of new babies for our family and friends, Jordan's baby radar is up, and he's much more aware of others having baby brothers and sisters and he doesn't. He has put his lovey up my shirt and told me I was going to have a brother or sister for him :) [He didn't really get to meet Hadley since he was sick, just a peek in her carseat when we ate out together.]<br />
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5. Jordan is often around as I go through ads and coupons each week, as was evidenced by his excitement at seeing ads the other day when he got up from nap. He hopped up on the couch and started browsing. "I look at my ads. I see, I see what's on sale at the library!" Ha. Page flip, saw some meat, "Hot dogs on sale at Hyvee!" For a second I thought I actually missed something ;)<br />
I'm so thankful for the ways he likes to copy my housework, and for the skills he is learning so innocently and easily now!<br />
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<li>Jordan likes to sing along, can sing twinkle twinkle the best and can sing the whole song! Also loves to sing our favorites (that I've probably listed but can't recall...): Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul, Build Your Kingdom Here, Indescribable, and You Are My All in All. My favorite is when he randomly sings a line of a song that we must hear on the radio often, and I'm thankful he's being filled with encouragement and songs about Jesus.</li>
<li>Loves puzzles a lot, and has gotten really good at them. We love seeing his concentration and work ethic as he does the puzzles! </li>
<li>Spaghetti is "skabetti" and potato is "tupatato".</li>
<li>Really loves super tight hugs right now.</li>
<li>Still loving to have us lay down with him and snuggle before going to sleep. </li>
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Jordan spent the week with a really bad cold, but time and joy with family was so wonderful!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wanted to read Bible like Papa :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast shenanigans.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, it's actually a picture of mommy. Recently new shirts and first skinny jeans + boots. <br />
I actually felt cute! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Festival of Trees and Lights to benefit the Children's Hospital</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many gorgeous trees! I asked which was his favorite for his vote card... <br />
He thought for a split second and turned and said, "The green one!" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also got to ride a cute little train.<br />
{We watched it go one full ride, then got him a ticket. He waited in line, gave his ticket, climbed in the caboose, pulled the door closed, then started bawling. Daddy rescued him and through tears he declared, "I want to ride in the front!" When he got inside he realized the bell ringer was not in every car, and he knew he wanted it from watching before, when he closed the door, he thought he had sealed the deal! lol! We waited another round and then he rode in the engine :)}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">finally some cousin time! short and sweet.</td></tr>
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<br />Sharalee Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437799273659763399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655631553173617544.post-10682950281221413852013-12-02T22:51:00.000-06:002013-12-06T20:34:18.905-06:0030 days of thanks<div style="text-align: left;">
I love reminders to be thankful. I love all my friends' thankful statuses throughout November and decided to combine mine into one post instead of posting every day. So here's my 30 days of thanks.</div>
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1) Thankful I get to work and take care of my son each day, and for a family I love.</div>
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2) Thankful for the days of good toddler sleep, like the last two days of sleeping well AND sleeping in, to balance out the rest.</div>
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3) Thankful for avenues of saving money and making a little extra money.</div>
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4) Thankful for family days.</div>
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5) Thankful for an understanding husband that I can be real with, live life with, and learn life and love with.</div>
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6) Thankful for tv shows to relax and escape reality once in awhile.</div>
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7) Thankful for mommy bloggers to encourage through the joys and trials of full-time mommyhood.</div>
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8) Thankful for Friday afternoons when Josh picks up Jordan from my work and they get special time together. Jordan anticipates it every week.</div>
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9) Thankful for all the household items that can become toys.</div>
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10) Thankful for my church and our Pastors; for their hearts for the Lord and desire to serve. Also for our praise team.</div>
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11) Thankful for Christian radio and worship music, and for how much our son loves both!</div>
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12) Thankful for my parents, my parents-in-law, and my close friends, especially for their encouragement and support.</div>
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13) Thankful for all the appliances that make my life a little easier.</div>
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14) Thankful my little two-year-old has such a sweet, tender heart. Gentle hugs, snuggles, and kisses after getting wisdom teeth out today; wiping my tears with his lovey, hugs, and singing me "bless the Lord, oh my soul, oh my soul... feel better mommy?"</div>
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15) Thankful for our house!</div>
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16) Thankful for the library and Jordan's love for books.</div>
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17) Thankful for modern medicine, specifically having my wisdom teeth out with "ease" and the medicine to help ease the pain after!</div>
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18) Thankful for the multitude of lessons my almost 2.5-yr-old has already helped me learn, about God, His love, and about how to live with love and respect.</div>
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19) Thankful that for most of my time nannying with 3 kids within 22 months, I have had all 3 sleeping at least a little at the same time most days. Sanity.</div>
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20) Thankful for the cross. For forgiveness. For grace and mercy new each morning.</div>
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21) Thankful for the internet. It can be a huge downfall for me, but it makes life a lot easier in many ways. </div>
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22) Thankful for the way my boys joke and have fun, for the ways Jordan "teases" and tells jokes already.</div>
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23) Thankful for pictures to preserve memories, and the ways I'm learning to sometimes capture less and treasure more.</div>
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24) Thankful for a spouse to share child-rearing with.</div>
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25) Thankful for a hubby who helps with the cleaning.</div>
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26) Thankful for Jordan's love for learning. For the questions even when they drive me crazy!</div>
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27) Thankful for new life. Two new nieces and a new nephew this year, plus friends having babies, too. Ahhhh, tiny baby love!</div>
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28) Thankful for my family! For siblings I love and get along with, for wonderful parents, and for the joy we experience when we're together.</div>
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29) Thankful, also, for my in-laws. I love them so much, and am so thankful for how comfortable we are together and how much we love and enjoy each other.</div>
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30) Thankful for Christmas season and what it means we get to celebrate, and to experience Jordan experiencing it for the "first" time [that he can really remember] this year! :)<br />
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Now really working to continue to cultivate an attitude of gratefulness! </div>
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