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Our little baby

 Our little Theodore Kelly was born on June 4, 2024 at 11:35pm. He was 8lbs 2oz and 22 inches long.  Birth story:  I was very certain that I was going to go into labor on my own but the doctor's office still encouraged to set a induction date just in case I didn't. The doctor I had seen the most (Dr. Case) was on call on  Friday May 31st (my due date) so I figured I would schedule the induction for that date, but was 100% certain that I would go into labor on my own before then. So naive. Thursday evening came and we started to feel uncertain as to what we should do since I really REALLY wanted to avoid an induction. Uncertain is probably a generous term - I may have had a small break down and was really questioning why we had wanted kids in the first place. Still, we figured that probably the hospital would call me in late in the day, with still the possibility of not going in at all if enough people happened to go into labor naturally on Friday so maybe I would still be able
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The last 20 weeks of my pregnancy

 Very ironically the last half of my pregnancy really got away from me. Ironic, because each day felt like an eternity. Especially those last couple of weeks. Maybe it's good then I now having postpartum amnesia to all of my pregnancy symptoms because if I looked back and was able to remember it all more clearly I don't know that I'd ever want to get pregnant again.                                                                       Overall, my second trimester feels like a breeze. The nausea didn't go away until like the middle my second trimester, but it got a lot better. And again, compared to the nausea that other people experience I was feeling pretty lucky. I'd say my biggest symptoms were back pain (which really sucked) and just overall anxiety any time I couldn't feel my baby move. Which at the beginning/middle of the second trimester is a lot. The baby wasn't that big so Kelly was doing a lot of singing to my belly because that really got him kick
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The Week of Scott and Shelby

 It's been a super fun and very busy couple of weeks, as per usual when Scott and Shelby come into town. We always make fun when they say that they could never live here because of all the familial obligations but really it's them coming that brings us together an abnormal amount. But either way it's been fun.  We postponed the Great Brimley Bake-Off from the holiday season to last week so they could participate and I think it was actually our best year yet. The theme was fancy items served at Brunch and the spread was shockingly good. My parents were the judges (though they say it was their last year and next year we will need to find someone impartial).  Nicole made an African egg and pepper sort of dish that you scooped up using a toasted baguette. Apparently recreating a breakfast dish that she had in Boston.  Delicious.  Derek and Ali made two kinds of sweet bread - one was a sort of a Nutella breaded bread and the other was a raspberry, pistachio, white chocolate brea
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We're having a.....

 We're having a boy!!  Oh, man we are excited. In all honesty, I've been like 100% sure it was a boy from the beginning so it was mostly nice to be proven right. Though, in the days leading up to the ultrasound I guess I did start to waiver and consider the possibility that it could have been a girl. But just barely. It may have been a blessing from heaven because I think I needed 4.5 months of preparation in order to not be disappointed that I can't buy girl clothes which are IMO much cuter. But it's okay, boy clothes are fun too - as long as you like trucks, dinosaurs, and animals. Which luckily I do!  More importantly, though, the anatomy scan went perfectly! They looked at each organ and appendage and said everything was great! Two arms, two legs, lots of bones, and some absolutely stunning organs. Baby is in the 44th percentile, so measuring perfect and my due date is officially May 31st!  I was incredibly stressed about the scan, so I feel like a huge weight has n
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