Author: Jess
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Leaving Bozeman
I started saying goodbye to Bozeman back in July when Brent actively started applying for jobs around the Pacific Northwest. Now, it has always been a dream of ours to leave Bozeman. I wanted an adventure. I had only ever moved from the northern part of Montana down to the Gallatin Valley with my parents…
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One Week
The end of last week doesn’t count for the beginning of my new full time job as mommy. My parents were in town and I took off with them to visit family in North Dakota. This week was my first week staying home with Elijah just the two of us with a few lunches with…
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New Stage of Life
My little man is almost 8 months old. I can’t believe how fast the time has gone by. Over the last 5 months plus of working, I have struggled with being away from Elijah like most mom’s do. I have gone back and forth with wanting to work and staying home. I my mind I…
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A Weekend of Firsts
Last Thursday, Elijah and I took off on his first commercial plane ride with my good friend and her little lady. We headed to the East Coast to visit our friend and her family. We had a great time going into Washington, D.C. for two days and spending the rest of our time relaxing and…
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Great Grandma
Mr. Elijah Powell had the wonderful privilege of meeting Great Grandma over the weekend as well as several other family members. He has never meet almost all of Brent’s and my extended family. It is such a joy to show him off to everyone. Great grandma meeting was however my favorite. My almost 96 year…
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Balance
Searching for balance can be hard. Especially when you add in a baby. Brent and I have been searching for this balance of life, work, church and of course running. We spend our weeks trying to figure out how to balance everything. Then, I went and started to work more hours a couple nights a…
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They all said it would happen.
Even before Elijah was born, I was constantly getting comments from people about how fast babies grow. I was told over and over again that it happens too fast and before you know it, they will be months old and then leaving the house. I knew it was true, but why do people have to…
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2 Months!
Our little man turned 2 months old today! He weighed in at 8lbs. 12oz. and is 21.25″ long. He is sure growing and changing. We can’t get enough of this little guy. Oh how we love him.
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One Month
Our little man is now a whole month old, even though he was only supposed to come a few days ago. He’s now 6 lbs. 14 oz.!
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Home
Oh how I love traveling and experiencing new places. I can’t ever get enough of that. There how ever comes a time during all my travels where I look forward to coming home. Even during the most exciting trip that seems like it is going way to fast. There is just something about coming home…
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Rooming In
Since my last post, Elijah has kept on improving with each day’s nursing. He kept growing stronger and stronger. We think that he finally decided that it would be nice to go home. I continued to be a little emotional. I would have my ups and downs. It was usually either I want to go…
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