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I try to get her outside each day, even if it's only for a few minutes.

As it gets hotter, it will be harder to make myself do this.

She took an extra long nap today (still recuperating from her fun

weekend), and then I took her and Gus outside for a quick few minutes

before the lightning and thunder rolled in.

There are always birds coming and going from the power lines running

over our yard, and Georgia adores them.

This skirt is a hand-me-down, and not one I would normally choose

for Georgia, but it did look pretty cute... and it's laundry day around here.

Thus, all the clothes I like for her to wear were not clean/dry yet :P

I saw a strike of lightning and said "Let's go inside!"

We started walking to the door and the thunder hit.  Georgia

immediately stopped and started looking for the source of this loud noise.

~

Also!  If there's anyone that follows this blog and not our family

blog, you should check out this post for a special announcement!

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I was trying to get some pictures of Georgia yesterday before the sun

went down, but she was simply too tired.  She kept spacing out, and then

she finally just plopped back on the ground like this.

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Georgia spent Saturday and Saturday night with Ben's Mom and siblings

while we went to his fight.  She had a really great time and we're so thankful

they could keep her for us!

The next day she was completely worn out and ended up falling asleep on the

couch next to Ben, and then she woke up and he moved her and she fell asleep

on his lap :)  I was napping while this happened, so it was really sweet to wake

up to this sight.

That afternoon I had a senior photoshoot, and at one of the locations, I met this

adorable cat named "Amtrak" and just had to get a picture for my Dad and brother :)

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After dinner, after the fight, on Saturday :)

I don't think I've posted any pictures of Amanda on here... she is

our sister-in-law (Ben's brother's wife).

It was a really close fight.  Going in Ben's favor until the very end.

I am so proud of him.  We all are.  He put up an amazing fight, and

he's ready for the next one (which he's already got lined up).

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Georgia and I picked up Ben from work so that he could go to his weigh-in for

his fight the next day!  It was nice to be able to spend some extra time with Daddy.

We had to wait a little while at the weigh-in, so Miss Calli was letting Georgia play

on her phone :)  Georgia was starting to go a little stir crazy :P

I didn't have my camera with me on Friday, so these were all taken with Ben's phone.

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Instagram pic, today!

I couldn't get over how adorable she looked in her mismatched clothes.

The diaper and top not matching was my fault, but the boots were all her.

There was a woodpecker hanging around our house all day today, and we

were listening to and watching it :)  She just adores birds.

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This is my child.  Who has a pudding mustache, dirt and scratches on

her legs, messy hair, and approximately 14 stickers on her shirt.  I love

her so much.

We finally watched Frozen and had a mini-in-home movie date :)

Annnnd a random bump picture!  Mid-way through 14 weeks.  I love

waking up with a bump and not just going to bed with a "food baby" ;)

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These pansies keep randomly popping up around our yard!  They're

so vibrant and cute.  I love finding them.

I also love those adorable little toes in those adorable little flip flops.

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These flowers were given to us by my father-in-law.
I wrote about them on our family blog when I posted our Easter pictures:
I absolutely love these flowers. At our last house, we had a huge bush of them at the end of our
driveway, and I was really sad to leave that bush behind. I used these flowers in Georgia's Easter
basket last year, and I really wanted to use them again. Ben said his Dad had a couple of the bushes,
so he would get some flowers for me. Well, Jeff (his Dad) gave us an entire bush! Needless to say,
I'm very happy :)

and I wanted to share what Jeff said in a comment on the picture I captioned that with:

Although this is not the exact plant, Spirea has a special meaning to me. My Mom dug hers up from

the home she loved in PA, brought it to Florida and planted it in the house we lived at in [said town].

When they sold that home she dug it up again and it is planted behind our house. She obviously really

loved Spirea. The transplant is a Northern variety and doesn't bloom as well as yours will, but it is

Spirea and still has a special meaning. When Ben asked if he could cut some flowers off of it, it was

an easy decision. You never got to meet Bami, but she really loved Ben and she would have been so

thankful God picked you to be his wife. And she would be pinching Georgia's, and what other babies

God may bless you with, sweet cheeks! She loved the babies even more than flowers! It was an instant

and easy decision to share a little of her love of flowers, that is part of our heritage, with the girl she

never got to meet. Yet.

Sorry for the masses of words... I just thought it was sweet and wanted to share.

And then Oliver.  I laid down for a bit on this day, and all three cats joined me :)

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14 weeks along!  Our next appointment is this Tuesday, and Ben finally gets to come to this

one!  I'm so, so excited for him to see the baby.  And we should be able to find out the

sex of the baby, but we likely won't announce until we can do so a little more confidently.