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April 2012

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Catch up with the Karsts!...

(in bullets cause I’m lazy, busy, and on my phone)

-isla had a bad Friday night and Saturday… But she’s better.

- Isla’s vision went great no new news there except she’s going to a vision ot in July. Give us a tad more insight in to her vision and help us help her!

-we all miss Tim. He’s been working so much and so hard to provide for us and we freakin love him so freakin much!

-Vivi has a top tooth about to break through…and she’s trying sit up/lean forward to reach toys that she’s dropped.

-I look deformed with my huge swollen face!

- we are going to Clemson on Friday for a private tour of the football/ athletic facilities! Hopefully we get to meet dabo and some players! Fingers crossed for the hubs! Tim’s bday gift from me!

-isla loves Colton Dixon from idol and Pip from the voice. They both got eliminated this past week. She’s going to be mad!

-Vivi cannot get enough of her toys it is so cute and amazing to watch!

-Oswald has been gone for four days and if he’s not back before we leave at 3 then he’s gonna be outside til Sunday. Poor kitty. Come home. Where are you?

-make sure you are following me on instagram for awesome pictures from this weekend! Summerak

- the girls and I go to Illinois in two weeks!!!!!! Yay!

- my beloved nephew hank turns one this week. Where’d the time go?

- this weekend there will be a trip to the zoo, the children’s museums, shops, restaurants, parks, pools, and the children’s garden!

-I’ve got to finish packing…bye see you on Sunday night I’m checking out!

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Vivi Lou is 3 months old...

My baby girl is three months old today.

holy cow where did those three months go? it seems like just yesterday i was huge and waiting not so patiently for her to make her arrival.

now shes here and she is…

…holding her head like a pro

…supported sitting

…playing with toys

…cutting her first tooth any day now

…cooing and talking up a storm

…trying to fly out of our grip to get the dog

…hating tummy time

…trying her hardest to sit up

…gives everyone smiles, her big sister the most

…the cutest baby around

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…and so much more…

Apr 25, 201211 notes
#baby #parenting #newborn #love #3 months
Apr 25, 201213 notes
Guys...

A post on vivi turning 3 months tomorrow! Islas eye doc appt. post comes in two days! And a video tour of the therapy room Thursday! Then the girls Tim and I are going on a long weekend vacation. Back Sunday night so a post on that Monday! Been sooooo busy lately. I haven’t forgotten this blog exists I promise! Miss you all… We will catch up soon!…

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We had tried therapy, talked to tons of doctors, tried a dozen different medications, all with poor results. But then Trazadone changed our lives. Have you considered it? My daughter is so much happier, and though she doesn't sleep perfectly, she sleeps well enough that we could deal with this for as long as we need to. I can't wait to see the therapy room. We are building a house right now and i'm trying to design the therapy stuff. Have you been exposed to active learning? Find me on fb.

Hey!!!! I will definitely look you up! Thanks soooooooooo much contacting me!!!! I love hearing from other mommies of kids with PCH or CP! I’m going to look up that med and talk to her doc. We try hard to get isla everything she needs, we believe she can accomplish miracles and we are trying hard to sgive her the ability to do so. I know I need to do a blog of her therapy room! And fast! I’m so bad. I will do it this weekend! I promise! Also I can’t find you on fb..,find me!!!!

Apr 20, 2012
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Early early morning...

Tomorrow Vivi, my mother, and I are headed to Atlanta super early in the morning to go an apparel show to buy some goodies for the store!

So excited my brother, drew, who runs our Illinois store is meeting us there for the weekend! Vivi gets to meet her uncle drew!!! Plus we are going to put the final details together for some super exciting news for our business!!!

Follow me on instagram, summerak, to see our weekend as it happens! Also get an inside scoop to what it’s like to buy for a clothing boutique! (my favorite part of owning a store!)

Apr 12, 20124 notes
I have gotten lazy...

In blogging.

Things are crazy and hectic. I have come to rely on just posting photos from instagram. But I’m going to try and not do that much anymore. I’m actually going to write real posts, with real words and real pictures. This blog was started to get my thoughts out, get Isla’s story out, share our lives with others… So that’s what I’m going to do. Want to follow me on instagram for photo snippets of our day to day life… Awesome…. Summerak . See you there. But watch out for more real blogging here.

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Apr 12, 2012
Where do you buy your diapers from and how well do they work? Do they leak at all? Thanks!

Hey! We use el cheapos! Alvas www.alvababy.com sunbabys www.sunbabydiapers.com. Babyland. You can get these new on eBay. My favorite are the sunbabys. Reasons you can use them on smaller babies before you can alvas, they just redid their fit, softer outer and inner fabric, love the prints! The alvas have great minky diapers I love and are a bit bigger so will work for bigger babies and longer. The baby lands are super cheap. Plus fit Vivi the best the earliest they leak only if it’s been too long in between changes just like a disposable dope would If you strip them on a regular basis a few extra hot rinses after a was til there are no extra bubbles the leakage is minimal! Of course I’ve gotten some pretty handmade ones for the girls on wtsy too! Vivi was in baby land at around one month and sun babies shortly after that. Sorry if there ate typos I’m on my phone and it’s not scrolling down to see what I’ve typed!

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Apr 3, 201214 notes
spring, my favorite time of the year...

until fall comes then i say fall is my favorite time of the year.

this morning both girls are sleeping in so i grabbed the computer for some “me computer time” which is rare. usually i have to grab a few seconds here or there throughout the day on my phone.

on the computer screen was iphoto and an album titled spring ‘10.

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baby isla circa may 2010  8 months old

my husband likes to think, and everyone else to think, hes a super tough hard guy, hes not. hes all soft and squishy. almost every morning before he leaves for work he sits at the computer and reads his devotional or looks at past pictures on the computer just scrolls through them soaking in the memories.

the spring of 2010 brings up so many memories. that is when we got islas diagnosis, and looking at all of these pictures brings back memories of pain and hurt. but notice what i said there, MEMORIES. it doesnt bring back pain or hurt. they dont come bubbling up to the surface. memories do. 

what does that mean? a whole heck of a lot. as much as i said i was healed and thought it too, every once in a while a picture or memory would bring back a flash of pain, if only for a second. i can now say no more.

so i give you flash back to spring 2010 just 4 months before i started this blog…

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Apr 3, 201212 notes
#parenting #motherhood #special needs #flashback #spring #healing
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