tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17236008489188221442024-02-02T15:15:36.802-08:00The Duty FamilyJenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.comBlogger513125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-73634259054517505522014-06-15T20:26:00.001-07:002014-06-15T20:26:30.884-07:00// happy fathers day //<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">happy fathers day to all those awesome fathers in my life..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to my dad who raised me to be the person i am today and is the best papa ever, i love you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to my father-in-law who raised the man i love and is the best grandpa ever, i love you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to all my brother-in-laws who treat all my favorite girls and my nieces and nephews right, i love you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and last but <i>definitely</i> not least, to my husband, who is the <b>best</b> husband and father i could ever hope for, I LOVE YOU!</span></div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-82280388192841835642014-06-14T22:16:00.000-07:002014-06-14T22:27:55.122-07:00// family bbq //<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">saturday is the best day of the week. curtis isn't working and we have the whole day together to do whatever we want as a family. it's the best. today we hit up the dollar theater to see rio 2 which i absolutely loved. the music in that movie is so fun and so good i just wanted to dance the whole time. brooklynn did great. quinn did pretty good too, she is just so wiggly. she does not want to sit on your lap now that she can get around all on her own. but overall i'd say she did pretty good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">after that we went home for a little afternoon nap and then headed over to my brother scott and his wife brittany's house for a little bbq. we played a little bean bag toss game and talked and had some amazing burgers (thanks scott!!) it was a great time! i am so happy to be back in utah. so happy i can hang with my little bro and britt again! we love them so much! it was a pretty awesome day!</span></div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-62675688372610975632014-04-27T20:38:00.000-07:002014-04-27T23:25:39.261-07:00being loved by our children<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i mean, lets be honest here. is there really anything better than the love we get from our children? those of you who don't have them.. well you just won't understand until you do. it is by far (in my eyes) the absolute best love you can receive. it is so pure. it is without strings. it is so completely unconditional. in other words, it's the bomb and it can make you feel amazing when you don't really feel amazing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">tonight i wasn't feeling that great. don't know why but i just wasn't feeling myself. felt a little depressed. i put both of the girls down for bed and they both weren't having it. i was frustrated at first. they are both such good sleepers, what in the world was going on?! i took a minute and felt like maybe i should just give them a little help.. i grabbed quinn's bottle that she hadn't finished, got her out of bed and gave her the rest while i rocked her to sleep. something about watching my sweet baby girl look me in the eyes with her sweet sleepy blue eyes just melted my heart right then and there. that's all she need to be happy. was a bottle and her mama holding her tight. what a beautiful thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">after quinn was tucked away sleeping her in crib i came out only to find that brooklynn was still having a hard time falling asleep. so again instead of being frustrated i got in bed with her and told her i would lay in bed with her until she fell asleep. she then proceeded to put her arms all the way around my next and said, "i love you so much mom, you're my best friend". <i>be still my heart.</i> i don't think it is possible to feel happier than i did at that moment. as i laid there scratching her back as she drifted off to sleep i realized that no matter what is going on in my life no matter if i'm feeling down for this reason or not.. i have these two sweet girls.. and that to them i am everything. i am their world. that's enough to get me through a life time and more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i love these sweet girls with my whole entire heart. </span></div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-24488682001275807202014-04-24T21:22:00.002-07:002014-04-24T21:22:48.371-07:00easter // and then some<div style="text-align: center;">
i hope everyone had a beautiful easter sunday. i know i did. the girls and i went down to oc for the week of easter and curtis joined us saturday night and went back home sunday night. we had a great time there. it was filled with birthday parties, the lake, a mimi and papa build a bear party, lots of food, egg hunts, ribs, lots of family, and lots of friends. we had a blast and our trips always end too soon.<br />
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i have no idea how long we will be living in bakersfield but i am going to soak up living so close to my family while i can. it's awesome.<br />
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-12063282818099861252014-03-25T21:06:00.000-07:002014-03-25T21:07:00.785-07:00pre-school<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">brooklynn started pre-school last week. this is so huge for her. i have been dreading having her go to preschool since she was about 15 months old and developed a major attachment to me. she cried hysterically every time i left her with anyone else. every. single. time. it stressed me out. what was i going to do when she had to start school? was she going to be that kid who is screaming as i leave her with her teacher? the thought killed me. stressed me out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">but about a month ago she made a huge break through. at our church she started her sunbeam class where for 2 hours she is in a school type setting. i was so nervous for this but at least i would be just down the hall. the first sunday she was nervous but she came out a new girl. she absolutely loved it. so when we started pre-school to told her it was similar. she was pumped and so excited. she went with no fight at all. she asks every day if today she gets to go to pre-school. i am still in shock that she goes so willingly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i have spent so many nights praying that she would break out of her shell that she would be able to show the world the amazing, smart, funny girl i see in the walls of my home. she's a pretty amazing little girl and i am beyond proud of her!</span></div>
Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-1818176643173233422014-03-21T10:46:00.000-07:002014-03-21T10:46:26.013-07:00juicing... day 5<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">today is day 5 of my juicing cleanse. so that means for the past 5 days i have had nothing but fresh juice that i make from my juicer and water. now let me tell you, it's been really really really hard and at the same time much easier than i thought it would be. i know that doesn't really make sense but let me explain...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">it's easy in the sense that, it's black and white. every time i try and diet or eat healthy i always make exceptions for myself.. like oh i can eat just this one thing.. or just one bite of this or that (which always turns into 5-10 bites) i have no self control. so this is black and white. i can have juice and water. and nothing else. there is no room for cheating. so that is easy. also, i'm really not as hungry as i thought i would be. the night is the hardest i've been going to bed really early. ha. but i'm only hungry when i start thinking about all the food that i wish i was eating. then i feel hungry when in reality i'm not that hungry. so that makes it easy. i have been training me mind to not thinking about food all day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">but that's the hard part.. not thinking about all the foods that i love so much! the second it comes to mind i start to feel like i crazy person because i want that food so much! ah. i want it so much! but this is good for me.. to hopefully break that habit of just wanting food all of the time. i do miss the act of eating. it is really weird not eating. i definitely miss that. but i just have to tell myself that it's not like i'm never going to eat again. i will eat normal food again. i just have to reboot my system. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">another thing, i know i originally had said i was going to do this for 30 days.. but i'm changing it. i'm only going to do it for 15. i may be wimping out call it what you will, but i just think that is what's best for me. i think i need to learn how to eat healthy and i think this will be the kick start that i need. so, 10 more days, i can do it. i hope i can do it. i will be proud of myself for doing this for 15 days because let me tell you it is HARD! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">but it will be worth it. even just to prove to myself that i can do hard things.</span></div>
Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-25857631698358178582014-03-18T17:19:00.000-07:002014-03-18T17:20:32.109-07:00a little trip to orange county<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i am seriously loving living so much closer to my family. this past week i decided to take another little trip down there for a few days to spend some time at the beach and see my little brother and his wife who were also down there visiting from utah. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">brooklynn has finally broken through her shell and had the best time! more on that later. but we all had a great time! we went to the beach, hung out with family and friend, went to the movies (we saw mr peebody and it was SO funny!), hit up a bounce house place called scooters jungle. every morning papa took brooklynn to get donuts and even bought her a new bike. it was a pretty all around awesome trip and it makes me so happy that we are going to have so many more just like it! </span></div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-45135226564838283252014-03-03T21:56:00.002-08:002014-03-03T21:58:04.645-08:00park days<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">we have this really nice park right by our house that we have been going to almost on a daily basis. i've been trying to be more active and i want brooklynn to be active so it works out. it takes about 10-15 minutes to walk there so i walk pushing quinn in the stroller and brooklynn rides her scooter. she's getting really good at it. the weather has been really nice lately, cool but not too cold so we have been loving going to the park. it has been so nice living in california. i've got to enjoy these days before we endure a bakersfield summer. i hear it gets pretty dang hot. so for now we will be at the park. probably every day until it's too hot. brooklynn is just learning how to swing on the big kid swings. she will hop on and repeat out loud, "forward and back, forward and back" and she does it with her legs. it's pretty cute. quinn <i>loves</i> the baby swing. she could swing in that thing forever. i think quinn is quite enjoying being outside so much. she is 6 months old now. i can't even believe it. half way to a year. what in the world!? i love these kiddos of mine.</span></div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-30922172027313729482014-02-28T21:06:00.000-08:002014-02-28T21:08:13.813-08:00rainy day<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i absolutely love rainy days. they are my favorite. something about hearing the rain just gets me. it's so peaceful. like the earth is being cleaned. i love it. especially here in bakersfield where the air quality is not all the great. it's nice to have the rain clear some of that out for a bit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">today was brooklynns first real experience playing in the rain. it was so fun. she came running over to me and said, "mom! i need my boots, my hoodie, and my scarf on so i can go play in the rain!" so we did just that. except she didn't have a scarf so she ran into her room and got a pajama shirt and used it as a scarf. it was hilarious. she had so much fun! it eventually started raining so hard i had to make her come inside which she was not happy about but she still had a good time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> i have to document this because it was just <i><b>so</b></i> beyond funny. let me just start off saying that brooklynn was the easiest to potty train. she just wanted to do it and it was done. no accidents or anything. and then when we did it at night there were no accidents either.. not until the other night. it was the first time she ever wet the bed. i was shocked. not a huge deal though, but when i realized she wet the bed it was the middle of the night and i said to her, "brooklynn you peed your pants" and she responded, <b>"no mom, it's ice cream on my pants from when we went to the city."</b> i was literally crying i was laughing so hard! i have no idea where she got that from but i was dying. she is so funny!!</span></div>
Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-61393449420831730592014-02-19T10:54:00.001-08:002014-02-19T10:56:31.853-08:00valentines day / / orange county<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">one of the many great things about moving here to bakersfield is that we are so much closer to my family. orange county is just over 2 hours away from us which means i will get to see them so much more often which i am beyond excited about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">for valentines day the kids and i headed down there because my mom planned the most awesome valentines day. it started at jerry's dog for lunch and my mom had made the cutest valentines day pouches that looked like envelopes that were hanging on the back of every child's chair. they were to die for! ah. all the kids exchanged valentines, it was so fun for brooklynn since it was her first time really getting into valentines day. plus lunch was yummy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">then we all headed to cinepolis luxury cinemas. this place is <i>awesome</i>! it's a movie theater where all the seat are huge soft recliner chairs and they have servers to come and wait on you and bring you whatever you want. it was so nice for me juggling the two littles to have two huge seats to deal with. it made the whole experience so much easier. we saw the lego movie and if you haven't seen it you should. i wasn't sure how much i was going to like it but it turned out to be so good and so funny. i would definitely recommend it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">after the movie we all headed over to toys r us because my mom treats every kid to a valentines day toy. so all the kids ran around toys r us picking out their perfect toy. brooklynn had originally chosen the huge $40 bear.. this was what she wanted.. out of every single toy in that place she was set on this bright green bear. since she already has a big bear and a million other stuffed animals i was determined to get her to pick something else. and she did! we went into the art supply area and she saw a esle and she was sold! best choice ever she LOVES it!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">so i have to say a huge thanks to mimi and papa for such a fun valentines day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">we stayed for one more day which consisted of breakfast with my girlfriend kourtney, she then cut my hair and brooklynns hair and did her hair all cute, then met my other girlfriend nicole and target with her kiddos, then i met my sister janice at the mall for lunch and shopping, and then got brooklynn's nail painted, then just hung out at my parents house for the rest of the day until we headed home that night. it was such a fun weekend! i look forward to many more just like it!</span></div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-52339760513941927562014-02-10T09:59:00.002-08:002014-02-10T10:04:14.200-08:00gone girl / / book 2 of 12<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i read it because it was on a list 12 books you must read before they turn into movies this year. i love reading books and then seeing the movie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i can't do it the other way around.. if i see a movie and i find out there was a book, it's too late i won't read it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">this book was on that list and my friend kaitlin was in the middle of reading it and she said it was so good. so i started reading it and i quickly agreed. it was <i>so</i> good! i was reading it so fast because it's a thriller and i just had to know what happened! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i don't want to give anything away in case you want to read the book or if you are planning to see the movie but honestly.. don't read this book.. unless you want to stop before the last few chapters and make up your own ending.. because the ending of this book straight up sucked. i hated every single thing about how this book ended. like for real. worst. ending. of. a. book. ever. ugh i was so mad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">normally when you go see a movie of a book you read you want them to stay as close to the book as possible. but in this case i <i>pray</i> they change the ending...</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">please change the ending!!!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">on a different note i'm on a great start to completing my new years resolution of reading 12 books. i'm actually half way through the 3rd already! go me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">also, i know i am supposed to weigh in at the end of january but with our move i'm not sure where our scale is and it's gonna be bad.. i did bad in january.. hopefully this month is better. i'll weigh in as soon as i find my scale!</span></div>
Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-90227466522276348312014-02-09T20:28:00.001-08:002014-02-09T20:45:55.364-08:00we made it<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i think i like it so far. i haven't seen much of the place since i've been trying to put our house together and get everything all set up. one thing is for sure, i absolutely love our house. and so does brooklynn. she loves having a backyard that she can play in. she is in and out all day riding her scooter and her bike and running around. it's nice for me since it's all fenced in so she can go in and out as she pleases and she loves it. hopefully we can makes some friends here soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">it's also so nice being closer to my family. yesterday we decided to hop in the car and drive down there and go to dinner with everyone.. we probably won't be doing anymore same day there and back trips.. two and half hours both ways is kind of a lot for one day but it was so much fun! next time i think we'll stay for a couple days! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">but anyway, we're here! loving the warmer weather. </span></div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-66564391807837298722014-01-24T11:57:00.001-08:002014-01-24T12:03:03.974-08:00we're moving...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">now i have to admit i at first didn't have the best attitude about moving to bakersfield... i just feel like i was born to live in big cities with lots of people and things to do... but i've come to realize that i really know nothing about this place and i need to go into this with an open mind and a good attitude. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">luckily i have a friend who grew up in bakersfield and knows all of the good areas to live in and the areas we need to stay away from so it's nice having her help while we find somewhere to live. we will be moving there literally as soon as we find a place.. it's all happening so fast.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i really am excited for this new adventure.. i am so happy to get out of the cold and it will be so fun to be less than 3 hours away from my family. it will be nice for brooklynn to be able to play and ride her bike outside.. and we can start going on walks again!! but it will be so sad to leave curtis' side of the family out here. it has been so nice living close to them and i love them so much that it is going to be really hard to leave them.. it will also be really hard to leave my friends that i have here.. and the ward we are in. i absolutely love it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">and who am i going to go to dinner with and spend hours and hours talking about one direction with when i'm living so far away from kaitlin? ahhh</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">so as you can see this is going to be a bitter sweet transition but i am feeling optimistic.</span></div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-62138933154071141032014-01-09T12:00:00.000-08:002014-01-09T12:09:54.840-08:00 my thoughts on mockingjay (spoilers)<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i read the hunger games and catching fire while i was pregnant with brooklynn almost 4 years ago but i never read mockingjay. i don't know why i never read it.. it could be because so many people told me it was their least favorite out of the 3 books so i didn't feel a big rush to read it. well in light of my new years resolution to read 12 books this year i figured it give it a go. i'm so glad i did. i actually really liked it despite a few things that really made me mad.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">um so peeta is crazy? i really don't like that he is all messed up for most of the book because i always loved how peeta loves katniss and would do anything for her that i hate that he's so mean to her for the majority of the book. on a different note it was nice to see katniss fight for peeta.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i don't like that katniss is so cold towards gale. ok, now here's the thing. when i read the hunger games and catching fire i was so team peeta so i would not have cared had i read this before the movies came out... but i'm all confused now because they casted liam hemsworth as gale and he is just so much hotter than josh hutcherson who plays peeta that it made me conflicted.. dang movies.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i liked that finnick and annie got married. that made me happy.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i liked that katniss and johanna kind of helped each other out, it was nice to see them become sort of friends. but i was sad that she lost her mind again during the test and wasn't able to go into combat although it probably saved her life.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">speaking of that... why on earth did finnick have to die.. i really grew to love hims and it made me so sad that he left annie behind! boo</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i'm glad katniss didn't shoot gale when he mouthed it to her.. that would have been lame.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I AM BEYOND UPSET THAT THEY KILLED PRIM! i mean hello, remember at the beginning of the series that katniss volunteered to take her place in the games so that she could live???? i mean, yeah katniss sparked the revolution and it all kind of worked out even though a lot of people died but come on.. not prim.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i was actually kind of disappointed that most of the remaining victors chose to have the kids of those in power in the capitol to be in a hunger games.. really? like what did president snows granddaughter have to do with anything? that kind of bugged me.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">when katniss shot president coin... whoa, did not see that coming... </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i was sad that haymitch just went back to drinking.. though i don't blame him</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i wanted more interacted with katniss and peeta... i feel like it ended and they were like yeah we like each other?? what?? i need more.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">and what about gale.. so she gets taken to district 12 to live after the whole thing goes down and doesn't say bye to gale.. doesn't talk to gale.. doesn't know anything about what he's doing after everything that he did for her and her family! yeah i know she's made because he helped build the bomb that killed prim but he didn't send the bomb to kill her! i don't know it just makes me mad that after everything they went through they didn't even say bye to each other. i don't like that at all.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">okay, i know most of those things are things that i didn't like about the book but i just had to get it off my chest. i really did like the book overall and i'm interested to see how they make the movie. wish it wasn't going to be in two parts..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">anyway, anyone else read this book? thoughts?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">there are going to be a lot of changes around here pretty soon. good changes. stressful but good changes. curtis got a new job working for vivint solar and we will be moving in about 3-4 weeks.. we actually don't know exactly where we will be moving.. somewhere in either southern california for arizona. we will find out where sometime in the next 3-4 weeks and then we will immediately move. but for now curtis is working in orange county and i'm staying here with the kids getting everything packed up and ready to go so when we get the word we can go asap. it's a pretty stressful time and it's not going to be fun being here without curtis. i have a hard time sleeping when he's gone because i get mega paranoid and every little noise is magnified and i freak out and start thinking crazy stories in my head and i usually end up staying up really late which isn't good when you have littles who like to be up bright and early! or should i say dark and early since a lot of the time the sun isn't even up yet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">i must admit, i am getting <i>really</i> excited about moving somewhere much warmer than here but i am also going to miss utah a bit.. i will miss our family and friends out here the most. and it really is beautiful here but as a california girl i am most definitely <b>not</b> going to miss the winter here. not at all. hopefully we will find out where we will be going soon.. i just need to make it through these next couple of weeks and then everything is going to fall into place. crazy that we are actually moving. i will definitely let you know as soon as i know! ah</span></div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-41080722206619818402014-01-02T20:00:00.002-08:002014-01-02T20:04:19.010-08:00bowling / / weighing in<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">today we headed down to the provo beach resort for some bowling and games. it was brooklynns first time bowling and she absolutely loved it. we picked up grandma on the way and made her come with us. it was so much fun having her with us today! it had been 3 years since i'd been bowling and i don't know why we haven't been going more. it's so much fun! you'll notice in the photos that i smoked everyone! also, playing all of the arcade games. i felt like a little kid in there having so much fun playing. it was a great day! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">^^ notice, i smoked everyone! curtis didn't have a great game today.. brooklynn beat him too! haha :) ^^</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">it. will. happen.</span></b></div>
Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-77240973822994175922013-12-31T20:28:00.000-08:002013-12-31T20:29:09.586-08:00happy new year<div style="text-align: center;">
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i can't believe 2014 is already here. 2013 was a great year. lots of great things happened. we moved. we had a baby. curtis graduated with his masters. and so much more. </div>
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i really love new years because it makes me fee like i can start fresh. a new beginning. i love that. normally i make a huge list of resolutions that never get accomplished and i'm not going to do that this time around… this year i am only making two.</div>
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the first one is that i want to read 12 books. it doesn't have to be one a month or anything specific like that. just 12 books this year. </div>
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the second one is that i want to lose 50 pounds. i've really lost myself after having two kids and i am officially ready to get it back. by the end of this year i want to be back at my pre baby weight and i know it can do it. i will post my starting weight tomorrow and at the end of each month i will post my weight. i've tried doing all sorts of things here on my blog about weight loss and i'm just not going to make huge commitments for logging things here because i never follow through. this is simple enough. the last day of every month i will post my new weight and hopefully it's less and less each time until i hit my goal. it. will. happen.</div>
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here's to a great new year. a year of positive changes. 2013 you've been great but 2014 you will be the best one yet!</div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-14751816250613349952013-12-26T13:30:00.001-08:002013-12-26T14:01:10.307-08:00christmas 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
this christmas was probably the most mellow christmas i've ever had and it was great. christmas eve was spent at my in laws house where we had a mary and joseph dinner where we eat only what marry and joseph may have had to eat such a bread, and cheese and fish and so on. then i of course had to make a last minute trip to target. christmas eve at our own home was fun. we have never spend christmas eve and christmas morning on our own before and it was pretty fun to do it with just us. brooklynn and quinn opened up their first present which had their christmas PJ's. we put cookies out for santa and carrots out for the reindeer. we only had a few carrots left since brooklynn loves carrots and ate almost all of them. silly girl. </div>
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chirstmas morning was hilarious. you have <i>got</i> to watch the video of brooklynn coming out and seeing everything. apparently she wanted a magic scooter and not a regular scooter. hahaha. she of course later was super excited and has been non stop riding her scooter but her first reaction was pretty hilarious and will be very fun to have for years to come.</div>
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after we opened presents we went back to my in laws for a yummy breakfast. more gift opening and a yummy chirtsmas lunch. we also played games and watched despicable me 2. it was a pretty amazing day and we had a blast. so sad that christmas is over! i am already counting down the days until next year! christmas is so much more fun with your own kids! and it just gets more and more fun as the kids get older!</div>
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i hope you all had a very merry christmas! </div>
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until next year!</div>
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^^so many pieces!^^</div>
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you have got to watch this video of B coming out and seeing everything. </div>
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such a funny kid!!</div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-22369796102311841412013-12-14T09:14:00.002-08:002013-12-14T10:33:09.620-08:00happiest baby on the block<div style="text-align: center;">
i know i have already posted this photo to instagram and Facebook but i could not help but post it here too. my little quinn is just the happiest little baby and her big open mouth gummy smile just kills me!</div>
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happy holidays!</div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-36413217780838536142013-12-12T21:16:00.001-08:002013-12-12T21:20:25.025-08:00thanksgiving weekend // the polar express<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">thanksgiving weekend was <i>awesome</i>. my parents planned the most fun trip to arizona for some great adventure. it started off thanksgiving evening in prescott where we had dinner at the cutest little restaurant murphy's. it was delicious! that night my mom did story time for the kiddos and then of course we all went night swimming at the hotel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">friday morning we ate at this seriously yummy restaurant for breakfast that i cannot remember the name of but it was seriously so good. i wish i could eat there every morning! i'm serious. so good. then we went back to the hotel where my sister-in-law basically brought color me mine to us and we all painted ornaments. brooklynn loves to paint so she was really happy about this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">that night we went to the local zoo for some zoo lights. we all had flashlights so we could see that animals and the whole zoo was covered in beautiful lights! so much fun! i'm not sure how much the animals liked everyone shining flashlights in their faces but we loved it. ha</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">early saturday morning we all packed up and headed up to the grand canyon and had lunch at el tovar. my mom got there super early to be the first in line since they don't take reservations so we could sit in the one spot of the restaurant that was next to these huge windows that would overlook the grand canyon. we got those seats which was awesome… except for the fact that is was extremely foggy and you could not see a thing! it was still really fun and the food was superb! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">we then checked into our last hotel which was in williams, az. this town is seriously the cutest little town. and we stayed in this hotel that was right next to a train station where we would later be boarding the polar express train. this hotel was so much fun. fully covered in christmas decorations and there were kids running everywhere and it just had the best feeling about it! ah, i want to go back to that fun christmas town!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">that night we all boarded the polar express train which was just an all out blast! there was hot chocolate, and cookies and singing, and santa who gave all of the children bells! it was just magical. if you have never done this i highly recommend it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^brooklynn loves her carson so much^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^brooklynn straight up stole papa's ipad^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^mimi with my niece iris and quinn^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^the family in front of the grand canyon… haha^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^mimi and the babies again^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^the whole family!^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^best buddies^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^brittany and brooklynn^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">thank you mimi and papa again for the best family trip!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">we love you guys so much!!</span></div>
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-26307094467096984712013-12-04T21:42:00.002-08:002013-12-08T21:31:43.723-08:003 MONTHS OLD<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">our quinn girl is 3 months old and i just can't even believe it. she is just so much fun i love her so much. she is all smiles these day and it is the best. there truly is nothing better than baby smiles. it just warms the heart right up. she has gone from waking up once a night to twice a night but i don't mind because i just want to squeeze her all of the time! she is just getting more and more fun every day and i am so thankful for this little bundle of joy!</span><br />
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Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-64972237035294143822013-11-11T20:39:00.000-08:002013-12-08T21:32:24.541-08:00HALLOWEEN WEEKEND<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">yes, i know i am a little late on posting about halloween weekend but better late than never right? this weekend was particularly special because the entire duty side of the family was together for the last time before my brother in law leaves for an lds mission to moscow, russia. curtis' older brother josh flew in from texas and his younger brother, his wife and daughter came up from cedar city. so the whole fam bam was together and it was awesome let me tell you. i seriously love curtis' side of the family and it was so much fun to have everyone together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">so thursday night we headed over to the in laws house and went trick or treating in their neighborhood. brooklynn seriously had the time of her life, it was hilarious. brooklynn was so particular about what candy she got. most children just accept whatever candy is given to them but not brooklynn. she would examine each candy as it was given to her and if she didn't like that candy she would ask for a different one. and then before she put it in her bucket she would make sure to show all of us what she got. it was awesome to see her have so much fun! brooklynn went as doc mcstuffins and quinn went as lamby. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">on friday we went up american fork canyon to roast hot dogs and enjoy the beautiful mountains we have here in utah. as we were looking for the perfect spot curtis' dad lead us on a little off roaring adventure which didn't really work out for our prius and we had to turn around and find somewhere a little lower in the canyon. we settled in a great little spot and had a blast. we really do live in a beautiful state.. (still miss my california though ;) )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">that night we went to hee haw farm. since it was the day AFTER halloween it was pretty much empty which kind of made it seem a little bit gross.. but it was still fun. there was a huge slide. and train ride, pony ride, hay ride, animals and much more. i saw a huge pig trample a tiny newborn pig and i about lost it because it was the saddest thing i've ever seen. boo! but other than that little incident it was way fun</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">^^there were no other kids going on the train ride other than brooklynn and her cousins and for some reason brooklynn decided she wanted to sit all the way in the back, funny girl^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">saturday my brothers wife took some family photos for us since we were all together and then that night since keaton will not be here for thanksgiving we had our thanksgiving dinner which was amazingly delicious! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">sunday we all just played games and hung out until it was time for josh to leave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">^^josh and quinn^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">basically it was an amazing weekend! </span></div>
Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-58055338238720045522013-10-27T06:56:00.000-07:002013-10-27T06:57:16.243-07:00QUINN WAS BLESSED<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">on october 20th at our church my quinn ruth was blessed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">it was a very beautiful and special day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">thanks so much to everyone who made it out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^this slip my great grandma ruth made for me when i was blessed^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^ah these little botties are to die for! my dad picked them out in italy on my parents trip there last month!!^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^love this little ruffle bum^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^the dress that brooklynn, quinn, and i were all blessed in. so special!^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^family^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^all the men that stood in for the blessing^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^love my little family of four!^^</span></div>
Jenna Dutyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731173226744923148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723600848918822144.post-60687449943763843702013-10-22T10:52:00.001-07:002013-10-22T10:52:54.579-07:00BROOKLYNN TURNS 3<div style="text-align: center;">
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brooklynn,<br />
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you are now 3 years old, and i cannot believe it<br />
where on earth has the time gone?<br />
we had such a great birthday weekend with you<br />
your mimi and papa came into town which was such a treat<br />
we went to breakfast at kneaders and you had a yummy cinnamon roll<br />
after that we went to jump on it with mimi, papa, me, daddy, grandma, jackson, reagan, courtney, brittany, and scott<br />
we jumped for hours and had such a blast<br />
then we had lunch at johny rockets and you had mini hot dogs and a chocolate malt<br />
then we went home to prepare for your family party<br />
you opened your presents and we had a princess cake<br />
it was a great day<br />
i love you so much<br />
you bring such light into our lives<br />
you love to play dress up and play doh<br />
you are very into coloring which i absolutely love<br />
you have such a fun personality<br />
right now you are really into growling which is just hilarious<br />
you love your little sister and she loves you<br />
these have been the best 3 years of my life<br />
thank you for being you<br />
i love you so much<br />
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love,<br />
mom<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Quinn Ruth Duty arrived August 29th at 8:21am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">She weighed 8 lbs 15 oz and was 19 inches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">She is absolutely perfect. I love every single thing about this sweet baby girl and I am so thankful for her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I figure I should document how the birth went down this time around. Man, it was so different from Brooklynn's birth. I thought I remembered what it was like to have a c-section but I must have been really out of it last time (being in labor for 40 hours prior to have Brooklynn via c-section).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The night before we dropped Brooklynn off at my in-laws house to spend the night there because we had to be at the hospital at 5:30am so it just made the most sense. This was hard for me.. dropping her off knowing that she really had no idea how her life was going to change while we were away. But we dropped her off got some dinner and then finished up some last minute things to get ready to have Quinn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I had to stop drinking and eating at 11:30pm to prepare for surgery. The eating part wasn't a problem but not drinking anything after 11:30 was so hard for me. I felt like I was so thirsty and I was so hot so it was driving me crazy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Also, they wanted me to call and hour before I needed to be there to make sure they were not too busy for me to come in. Since I was scheduled I could be bumped back if there were too many people there who went into labor on their own. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So between being really hot and not being able to drink any water, being really worried my c-section was going to be bumped back, and Brooklynn being away from me I could not sleep for a minute. It was awful. I was so tired but there was no way my body was going to let me sleep. So finally 4:30am rolls around and I can call to make sure I can come in. We got the green light THANK GOODNESS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We got to the University of Utah hospital at 5:30am and got all checked in and situated in our room. It was so weird being alert and not in labor at all. I got my IV and had a bunch of different people come in and talk to me about the process. I don't remember how long it was before everything was all ready for me to go to the OR. They made Curtis stay behind in the recovery room while they took me to the OR to be prepped. I didn't know he wasn't going to be able to stay with me the whole time. I wasn't super happy about that but I was so excited/nervous I wasn't going to complain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">They had me walk to the OR. I sat on the operating table to get my spinal. With scheduled c-sections they do spinals instead of epidurals. So basically it's just one really high dose to make my lower half completely numb. While the annastieologist was doing the spinal he hit a nerve that sent a very sharp pain down my leg into my foot. It only lasted about 1 second but it was not cool. Once he was done they lay me right down because it starts working so fast. This was so weird. They started prepping me and it was like my body was disappearing. It was nuts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I had heard about some friends who got really nauseous from their spinal and threw up a ton. I was really nervous about this but luckily for me I didn't get nauseous. I literally spent the whole time concentrating on breathing in and out. On each individual breath as I waited to hear that first cry. It was really weird being so much more aware of what was going on. With Brooklynn I was so out of it that I didn't really know what was going on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally we heard a little cry and I was so happy. But they wouldn't give her to me right away because she had some fluid in her lungs and was having a hard time breathing. That was pretty scary because they had to work on her for quite a while. But everything turned out to be okay thankfully and I was able to see her before they took her to the nursery. I sent Curtis with her because I wanted at least one of us to be with her! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">After what felt like FOREVER they were finally done stitching me up and they took me into the recovery room where Curtis, my mom and my sister Ashley were waiting for me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I hemorrhaged a little bit this time and had a few small blood clots but it was a dream compared to what I went through after Brooklynn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">They finally brought Quinn into the room and I got to hold her for the first time. There is really something special about that first time you hold your baby in your arms. The love is just indescribable. And then from that moment on the love just grows with every second. ah it's incredible!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I love this sweet baby girl of mine. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Quinn Ruth.. you and your sister hold my heart. Forever and always!</span><br />
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^^morning before going into have Quinn^^<br />
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^^last photo before going into surgery^^<br />
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^^taking a little rest^^<br />
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^^looks fun huh?^^<br />
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^^Quinn Ruth Duty^^<br />
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