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the Horrocks: August 2014
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Living and not just surviving. Inspired by ash and this post. Thanks again, ash}. I was talking to my coworker yesterday about food and feeding gracie and how i suck at it. she eats a lot of purees still (mostly purees, really) and most of the 'solid' foods we've tried feeding her, she ends up spitting back out. i know, i know - you have to try things 15 times (15 hundred million trillion times) before they really like. Them plus she doesn't have any teeth yet. not one! Exercising, for example. I already...
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the Horrocks: September 2014
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Bff's they really are. Oh look at zoey sleeping so nicely. i think i'll grab her ear but look super non-chalant while doing it. You let go of my ear! If you don't let go, i will sniff your face and possibly lick your nose. Oh no you didn't! Mom, please get her away from me. We're (finally) building a new garage! So after dealing with this for over two years now, we decided it was now or never. time to build a new spacious, storage-filled, FUNCTIONAL garage! So over the last few weeks. I can't even tell y...
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the Horrocks: 5 things & a photo.
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5 things and a photo. Because lists are one of my favorite things in life. 1 i love being home during the day with gracie. i hate being gone late into the night at work. it's a constant internal battle to find the balance and appreciate it all. 3 i love spring. even when we have torrential downpours out of nowhere, like today. the hail! I was driving around in it today and thinking i don't even mind it's slowing me down. i'm glad it's been a rainy week. May 7, 2015 at 4:33 PM. Oh man, I can only imagine ...
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the Horrocks: October 2014
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This is something I need to write about. I spent a few hours of the early morning this morning awake instead of asleep, going over and over all these thoughts in my head. I need to get them out of my head and somewhere else. This is from Monday October 13th. almost two weeks ago. baby Horrocks #2:. Except there was no longer a heartbeat. As soon as I got out, I called jae at work and let him know. he left work and we spent the rest of the weekend together - him, gracie, and me. This past Friday night, we...
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the Horrocks: June 2014
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June is over in 5 days. Where the heck did this month go? I have been working both my jobs, still training at my new one, which means i'm usually clocking 40 hours a week. I had gotten used to only 24 a week, so this 40 hours plus baby plus husband plus puppy plus church plus grocery shopping plus laundry plus.life. well, i'm feeling a little frazzled to be completely frank. But every time i start doubting things. Every time the fear that perhaps i made the wrong choice with this second job. Sunglasses S...
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the Horrocks: July 2014
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A friend of mine tagged me in a fun post on good old fb - the post is you're supposed to pick 5 photos that make you feel beautiful. i'm not sure where it started or why. at first, my thoughts were ugh i don't have time for this! But then i really started thinking about it. and i think it's a neat thing to do. we're always finding beauty in other things - our babies, our spouses, the outdoors, photos of others.but not usually in ourselves. Here are 5 photos i found (there were way. This picture is from y...
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the Horrocks: January 2015
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Because, look at her! My gracie girl is 15 months old! I realized it's been awhile since i've written down all the fun and silly and not so fun things she's doing right now. so here it is. She finally has 4 teeth! Two on top, two on bottom. slow teeth growers, we are 'round here. Her favorite foods are mac n cheese, blueberries, chicken nuggets, eggs, waffles, pb&j's, graham crackers, and "nanas" (bananas). She started really walking around 13.5 months and hasn't stopped since. She can make just about ev...
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the Horrocks: November 2014
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Gracie's birthday was october 17th. the big FIRST birthday! We had her party the day after. all our family came, which is what really made her happy. she had no idea what all the presents were about (her dad and i opened most all of them, i think) and she liked the food for a minute, but really she was all about playing with her cousins and showing off for everyone :) it's safe to say she had a great time! I only got a few pictures, we were just having too much fun celebrating. Wednesday night date night.
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the Horrocks: August 2015
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Thoughts on pregnancy #2 (vol.1). Disclaimer: these pics were taken 3 or 4 weeks ago - my belly seems to have doubled since then. When did that happen? And this is my first real post about it.). Pants, yes definitely. i just splurged (not really - they were actually on major sale) and got two pairs of maternity leggings. how did i not get these the first time around? Best moment this week:. I asked gracie what baby sisters name is and she said excitedly "waco! Sleeping on my stomach. I feel her a lot mor...
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the Horrocks: life lately.
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It's time for a little catch-up post of the last few weeks. Ie, we've been to the pool at least once a week the last few weeks, and i haven't taken one picture while there. it's kind of become a staple of our summer so far, but i have nothing to say for it except gracie absolutely LOVES splashing and jumping off the side and it's just a good time.). And actually, my phone camera is struggling at the moment, so that only makes it less likely that i take photos of everything. Love her, but man. These last ...
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