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In C'est la vie

How to find yourself again

Author Posted on March 30, 2016

Be good to yourself. Take a sick day. Cut your hair. Accept a compliment. Try a new lipstick. Smile more. Start blogging again.

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Hi! Welcome to our blog — The Joubert (Joe-BEAR) Den. We are Cristian & Sonja, a newlywed couple navigating married life while adventuring along the way. Here we share bits and pieces of our every day lives, travel, fashion and our faith. Stay a while!

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This HAM is ONE today!! 🎉🎉🎉 And no, I’m

This HAM is ONE today!! 🎉🎉🎉 And no, I’m not ok with it 😢😉 He’s our little Superman and I can’t imagine my life without him. ⁣
Here’s a little 1 year update on Jetters:⁣
🧡 He can wave, give high fives, clap, and is starting to point! ⁣
🧡 He’s OBSESSED with eating. We call him crusher because of the way he eats…I’ll let you think about what that means 😂 His favorite food is blueberries! ⁣
🧡 He can stand! Not for very long…still working on the balancing but the walking is not far away! ⁣
🧡 He can climb up on both of our couches (And basically everything else he can think of haha)⁣
🧡 Not really talking yet but will say mama when he’s in his high chair and wants more food 😂 and he has said dada a couple of times! ⁣
🧡 Loves his sleep (just like his mama!) and is a great napper. Knock on wood! ⁣
🧡 Has 6 teeth (four on top, two on bottom!) And his canines are coming soon 😳⁣
🧡 It’s his daily quest to find the TV remote⁣
🧡 Continues to amaze us. Sometimes it just baffles me that he was born at 35 weeks. He’s been hitting all of his milestones at appropriate times and just growing like crazy. Here’s to another year!

Can you believe it that this handsome devil turns

Can you believe it that this handsome devil turns one in 10 days?! Because I can’t. (Swipe to see the cutest, yummiest sandy baby toes. 😍)

He left today. And I’m not okay 😭⁣⁣
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But I will be. ⁣⁣
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As he pulled out of the driveway and the kids and I sat on the sidewalk waving goodbye, my heart was sinking. Thoughts of how in the world I’m going to be able to do this clouded my mind. I also can’t help but think of everything he’s going to miss these next 5 months during this TDY. ⁣⁣
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Jett’s first birthday. His first steps (he’s sooo close!) His first real word besides “mama” (😏).⁣⁣
My birthday. ⁣⁣
Our 5th wedding anniversary. ⁣⁣
Jemma’s shenanigans, and her sweet kisses at night after she’s insisted on having at least two separate cups of water in her bed. ⁣⁣
Packing up and leaving our California home.⁣
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This is going to be hard. We might be able to visit him, but it’s not a guarantee. ⁣⁣
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Despite all of this, there is some excitement. ⁣⁣
I’m excited to see us grow individually and in our relationship. I’m excited for the next adventure. This is just the in between, and it won’t last forever. ⁣⁣
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We’ve got this.

I had to return my dream outdoor chair last week.

I had to return my dream outdoor chair last week. ⁣
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I know, silly. But I had my eye on it for months at Target. It was one of those big, comfy rattan egg chairs. I had to have in stock notifications turned on for it on my phone, and finally snagged it — which made my stomach churn a bit because of how expensive it was — but it was an investment piece I knew would be better to buy here before our Hawaii move. I dreamt of sitting on it in our oasis of a backyard. ⁣
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But, we are a military family. Things can change quickly and unexpectedly, and Cristian did not pass the test he took almost two years training for, and wasn’t given a second chance at taking it (like we thought he would). So he got reclassed, and it’s as if he just graduated BMT all over again. It’s been beyond disheartening, but we’ve already learned some lessons from it. Mainly — that life moves on. And because life moves on, sometimes we are required to let go of things we really wanted. ⁣
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With Cristian’s job change, we lost our orders for Hawaii. After his training in Texas for 4-5 months, we’ll be heading to Shaw AFB in South Carolina. It’ll be December by the time we get there, and even though it won’t be frigid or anything like that when we get there, we decided that we needed the money instead of the chair right now, since we probably wouldn’t get much use out of it right when we get there. Maybe we can buy another next spring or summer. ⁣
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The chair has become symbolic to me, and represents the disappointment of not moving to Hawaii anymore and having to start over again. It represents the need to let go, move on, and be excited about new opportunities. The chair wasn’t even out of the box yet…I never got to sit on it or take cute pictures of my kids in it. But we aren’t *missing* anything because of that. We just have the prospect of maybe finding an ever better chair in the future. 😉

This little gal definitely calls the shots around

This little gal definitely calls the shots around here 😂😅 ⁣
Little update: We are home from Utah now! And in even better news, she is 100% recovered from giardia! Thank God for antibiotics. Seriously. That was the most sick I’ve ever seen her. 0/10 recommend. My parents backyard in Heber City is watered with irrigation water and we’re pretty sure she caught giardia from playing in it (because of course she drank some 😩). But thankfully, Jett tested negative twice (another reason why I’m pretty positive it was from the water, because he didn’t play it in). And now that we’re home, he’s getting back to himself too. Happy about it! ⁣
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One of my favorite moments of my day is when I lay

One of my favorite moments of my day is when I lay my child on my chest. I feel his heart beating with mine as sleep takes him over. I feel his chest rise and fall with mine as we breathe together — alive, on earth, together. A symphony of life — mine, and his, a life I created. We are one in that moment, a moment that takes me back to when I housed his body inside of mine. And in that moment I forget that he is just 9 months old, for I feel his soul. A soul that is much, much older than his sweet little body. I know him. And he knows me. Creating a symphony of life with every breath — in and out, in and out. Rise and fall, rise and fall.

Choosing to lean in to motherhood. It’s a journe

Choosing to lean in to motherhood. It’s a journey. A process. But these babies won’t ever be this same age again...and I refuse to let my mental health rob me of enjoying them...soaking and breathing them in. I am also learning to accept that there will be some days where I just won’t be able to control how I feel. And that’s okay! With this comes learning to embrace the good days. Or even just the good moments, because there are more than I realize. 🧡🧡🧡⁣
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Also, if I only knew what was happening to my van when these pics were being taken 😩😩😩⁣
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With Cristian’s TDY coming up (he’ll be gone f

With Cristian’s TDY coming up (he’ll be gone for at least 3 months 😩), we’re super grateful to have things like recordable story books from @calisbooks to feel close to him even though he’ll be far away! 🧡⁣
He loves using different voices when reading to them, so it’s so much fun that he can act out the story and record it for them to listen to whenever they want. We also LOVE their interactive nursery rhyme books in different languages! It’s important to us that they learn about and love other cultures, so these are perfect. Get another look in my stories! And fellow military spouses...how do you help your kids feel connected to the parent who is gone?#calisbooks #sponsored ⁣
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We CAN’T BELIEVE this is our life! We’re movin

We CAN’T BELIEVE this is our life! We’re moving to Hawaii!! 🌺🏝 Lots has to happen before we do — Cristian takes a really big, important test in June and then he’ll go on a TDY in Texas to complete some more training for a few months. We can’t come with, so the kids and I will be splitting the time between Utah and Nebraska (where Crish’s mom is). But we will be calling the island of Oahu home by the end of October! We’re excited and nervous for this big change! Now fellow milspouses, send me allllll the OCONUS move tips please! (I’m freaking out a little 😬😂)⁣
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