Wow, long time no blog. Again. =P
Bekah has been ending words with "um." Not her name, actually, but we jokingly call her Bekum. =) Words that she used to say correctly, like sucker... It's a suckum now. A buckle is a buckum. A pickle is a pickum. =P
She has stopped saying her name "Bekah tttt." I don't know where the t-sound came from, and there was always a delay before it. =P It was very cute. =P Sometimes it was "Bekah kkkk."
So, I'm sure I can't remember everything there has been to blog since weeks ago. We went hiking with the Bous and Rob and Janice to this really cool beach on Lake Pend Oreille. My parents came to visit the week after and we went there again, minus the hike (you can drive to it, too) because Harper sprained his ankle trying to get a geocache the first time. =P It was hard to get to. =P He was climbing up rocks that no sane person would try climbing, lol. At least, not without a rope. =)
My parents and I went to get some wood from the new Super 1 that is being built here. I have some pics, but not on this computer. They busted apart some pallettes so I can make a kids' picnic table. I stepped on a nail - ow. Harper and I were both gimpy for a few days. =P He actually reinjured his ankle this morning. =(
The wood has been cut for the picnic table, but I've been waiting to borrow a sander. =) I'm excited to build this table! And I'm glad that it is MY project. =P lol
The website (for our business) is allllmost done, but still not. =P Soon, though. We sort of changed everything. It was going to be mycrowncaps.com but then we decided to sell more than crown caps so we changed it to Wild Hops Print Shop. Got a nifty logo and we've been lasering samples. Actually, Harper has. =) Cap catchers, bottle openers (like the kind that mount on a fridge), and growlers. Fun stuff! It's nice to have stuff coming together! We got our ridiculously huge order of bottlecaps. Totally awesome. I bet we could fill half a bathtub with a rainbow of bottlecaps. =P
Bek has some more teeth, but I haven't actually checked recently to see how many are in. She's working on those last 4 front teeth. She won't look like a baby anymore. =P
Oh and she is doing better on the potty! Sometimes she will go all by herself! Still learnin' though. =)
6.28.2010
6.12.2010
My Baby
Life With Cuties
Today, we ate the animal crackers that we made last night. We waited all day yesterday to make them, hoping it would work out sometime for Titus to come make them with us. But we just never had our schedules line up such that it would work. I let the girls decide if they wanted to go ahead and make them last night or wait until today and do them with Titus. They were ready to make those crackers. =P But they did invite him over to share them this morning. I love having the Tumultys as neighbors. Have I said that??? =)
We went around the loop (our road and another road make a loop with very little traffic and there is a sidewalk for part of the way, so it is really awesome!) with Anna and Titus and Lily. The kids all biked. =)
During the kids' naps, I fixed their princess dresses. Laine had stepped on hers and ripped out the stitching that made one of the lettuce bits. =P Emily cut hers up while cutting some plates and potatoes and cheese out of posterboard. =P So they were both very happy to have their dresses back. =)
Then I made Bekah a pair of training pants. This potty training thing... I'm tellin' ya, I think infant potty training is easier. Shoulda, shoulda, shoulda stuck with it. REMIND me of this next time around! =P I don't like touching poop. Potty training a toddler means dealing with nasty, stinky poop in the panties. Potty training a baby means only buttery smellin' poop, and never down the legs and on the floor. Well. Maybe it would be possible, but I guarantee I've dealt with more nasty toddler poop than baby poop. =P Babies go in the pot or in the diaper. Not in panties that smear the poop all over when you pull them down. Uh huh. Eew.
So anyway I want Bekah in cloth and I want her to hate being wet. Thing is, she doesn't much mind being wet, even in cloth. And then there's the poop in the panties... SO! I made her some training pants. I cut apart some store-bought training pants that we have had forever and used them for the soaker inside the new pants. You don't even see them! =P And I used super cute scrap fabric for the outside, some white fabric that came from an awesome-quality sheet I got at a garage sale for the inside, and some industrial-strength velcro my mom sent me for something totally different. (I sorta forgot about that towel, Mom.) =) So they pull on and off like panties BUT they velcro open at the sides in case of a poop-mergency. Wahoo! And the coolest thing is, she peed in one of them and totally hated how it felt. YAY! So maybe this potty training thing will happen after all. =) It's been a little frustrating to know that she knows what to do on the pot. She just doesn't do it on her own. =P
Anyway so I made another pair of training pants after the kids went to bed. So now I have two. Let's hope all the poops happen in those until I get some more of them done. Can you tell how I feel about poop in panties? =) =) =)
Oh, Emily woke up from her nap first today, so she and I took a walk around the loop together. She picked a bunch of daisies and she was wearing her daisy skirt. It was very cute. =P We talked about how fun it's going to be to start school in August and all of the fun things we are going to learn. We are going to start with weather in Science and since Titus is totally obsessed with learning about weather, he is going to join us. =P He may already know everything! lol =) He is too cute! And we talked about doing handwriting. She told me she doesn't ever write little e. I didn't realize that. =P So she'll be practicing lots of little e. =)
Today was a good day. Yesterday, I felt sad and depressed. I don't even remember what we did yesterday!
Anyway Bekah made me smile so big this morning. She and Lainey were in the tub and they each had a thing of soap. I got these colored soaps that roll on (like a roll-on deodorant container) from Avon a long time ago... Anyway Lainey took Bekah's from her to put the cap on and shake some more soap into the ball. Bekah started going ehhh, ehhh, ehhhh! And I thought she was going to freak out. But she stopped herself and said "Please?" (Beese?) Lainey finished getting the cap back off, handed it to Bekah, and Bekah said "Thank you!" (I think it's dee-choo, but I will have to listen more carefully.)
Bekah has been saying thank you all the time. I gave her a fork for dinner the other night and she said "Thank you!" She has been saying it every time someone gives her something, and sometimes when she gives something to someone else. =P lol! I love when they start being so sweet of their own free will. =P
The other day, Lainey was making a Mii. I said "Oh, are you making a Mii?" She said "No, I'm making a Grandma. You already have a you." =P Hehe!!
So, I'm hoping that we'll go hiking tomorrow. It is supposed to be a nice day. It has been raining for so long that a nice day is a huge deal. =P
We went around the loop (our road and another road make a loop with very little traffic and there is a sidewalk for part of the way, so it is really awesome!) with Anna and Titus and Lily. The kids all biked. =)
During the kids' naps, I fixed their princess dresses. Laine had stepped on hers and ripped out the stitching that made one of the lettuce bits. =P Emily cut hers up while cutting some plates and potatoes and cheese out of posterboard. =P So they were both very happy to have their dresses back. =)
Then I made Bekah a pair of training pants. This potty training thing... I'm tellin' ya, I think infant potty training is easier. Shoulda, shoulda, shoulda stuck with it. REMIND me of this next time around! =P I don't like touching poop. Potty training a toddler means dealing with nasty, stinky poop in the panties. Potty training a baby means only buttery smellin' poop, and never down the legs and on the floor. Well. Maybe it would be possible, but I guarantee I've dealt with more nasty toddler poop than baby poop. =P Babies go in the pot or in the diaper. Not in panties that smear the poop all over when you pull them down. Uh huh. Eew.
So anyway I want Bekah in cloth and I want her to hate being wet. Thing is, she doesn't much mind being wet, even in cloth. And then there's the poop in the panties... SO! I made her some training pants. I cut apart some store-bought training pants that we have had forever and used them for the soaker inside the new pants. You don't even see them! =P And I used super cute scrap fabric for the outside, some white fabric that came from an awesome-quality sheet I got at a garage sale for the inside, and some industrial-strength velcro my mom sent me for something totally different. (I sorta forgot about that towel, Mom.) =) So they pull on and off like panties BUT they velcro open at the sides in case of a poop-mergency. Wahoo! And the coolest thing is, she peed in one of them and totally hated how it felt. YAY! So maybe this potty training thing will happen after all. =) It's been a little frustrating to know that she knows what to do on the pot. She just doesn't do it on her own. =P
Anyway so I made another pair of training pants after the kids went to bed. So now I have two. Let's hope all the poops happen in those until I get some more of them done. Can you tell how I feel about poop in panties? =) =) =)
Oh, Emily woke up from her nap first today, so she and I took a walk around the loop together. She picked a bunch of daisies and she was wearing her daisy skirt. It was very cute. =P We talked about how fun it's going to be to start school in August and all of the fun things we are going to learn. We are going to start with weather in Science and since Titus is totally obsessed with learning about weather, he is going to join us. =P He may already know everything! lol =) He is too cute! And we talked about doing handwriting. She told me she doesn't ever write little e. I didn't realize that. =P So she'll be practicing lots of little e. =)
Today was a good day. Yesterday, I felt sad and depressed. I don't even remember what we did yesterday!
Anyway Bekah made me smile so big this morning. She and Lainey were in the tub and they each had a thing of soap. I got these colored soaps that roll on (like a roll-on deodorant container) from Avon a long time ago... Anyway Lainey took Bekah's from her to put the cap on and shake some more soap into the ball. Bekah started going ehhh, ehhh, ehhhh! And I thought she was going to freak out. But she stopped herself and said "Please?" (Beese?) Lainey finished getting the cap back off, handed it to Bekah, and Bekah said "Thank you!" (I think it's dee-choo, but I will have to listen more carefully.)
Bekah has been saying thank you all the time. I gave her a fork for dinner the other night and she said "Thank you!" She has been saying it every time someone gives her something, and sometimes when she gives something to someone else. =P lol! I love when they start being so sweet of their own free will. =P
The other day, Lainey was making a Mii. I said "Oh, are you making a Mii?" She said "No, I'm making a Grandma. You already have a you." =P Hehe!!
So, I'm hoping that we'll go hiking tomorrow. It is supposed to be a nice day. It has been raining for so long that a nice day is a huge deal. =P
6.09.2010
Baby
We got the call this morning (or, yesterday morning 'cause it is 1:40am...) that my hcg is very, very low. So I did lose the baby. I am happy for my baby that it is with the Lord, and I will meet my son or daughter someday. The sadness for myself comes and goes. We actually had a pretty good day today.
This morning was nice and warm and I took the girls to City Beach to meet some friends. They played in the lake (brr!) and on the playground. When we first drove up, Lainey hopped out of the car and said "I LOVE that rock!!! I'm gonna go climb it!" =P There is a huge rock at the corner of the grass by the parking lot. Jen got a picture of all of our kids standing on the rock. I'll try to remember to get it from her so I can post it!
We had some fun riding bikes today and playing with Titus. =) I started making a pattern for some training pants for Bekah. I got totally rabbit trailed today looking at cloth diapers/patterns/fabric... =) I have cloth diapers so I don't need to make any but these were so CUTE that I was very tempted. But I am supposed to be potty training. =P So I decided I would make training pants that pull up and down, but also have snaps or velcro. The #1 thing I don't like about potty training is having to pull down poopy panties and deal with the mess that results. It's enough to make me put a diaper on her for a few days, which does not help potty training one bit. =P Today she peed on the potty. She always tries when she gets on and definitely knows what to do. It's just a matter of teaching her to know when she's gotta go. And taking her so she can do her thing in the pot... =P I am going to use all her old training pants for the insides (soakers) of the ones I am making. Yay! =P
So, I just cut my own hair in my bathroom at 1am. Harper thought I was a little crazy. But I think it turned out. =P Maybe I will be brave enough to cut the kids' hair tomorrow. =P Lainey's is so scraggly, but I don't want to cut those precious curls off the ends. What if they don't come back? They are too cute! I probably should make her look a little more presentable, though (if I can)! You can still tell where she cut her own hair a loooong time ago. I'm afraid I may not do much better. We'll see. =P
This morning was nice and warm and I took the girls to City Beach to meet some friends. They played in the lake (brr!) and on the playground. When we first drove up, Lainey hopped out of the car and said "I LOVE that rock!!! I'm gonna go climb it!" =P There is a huge rock at the corner of the grass by the parking lot. Jen got a picture of all of our kids standing on the rock. I'll try to remember to get it from her so I can post it!
We had some fun riding bikes today and playing with Titus. =) I started making a pattern for some training pants for Bekah. I got totally rabbit trailed today looking at cloth diapers/patterns/fabric... =) I have cloth diapers so I don't need to make any but these were so CUTE that I was very tempted. But I am supposed to be potty training. =P So I decided I would make training pants that pull up and down, but also have snaps or velcro. The #1 thing I don't like about potty training is having to pull down poopy panties and deal with the mess that results. It's enough to make me put a diaper on her for a few days, which does not help potty training one bit. =P Today she peed on the potty. She always tries when she gets on and definitely knows what to do. It's just a matter of teaching her to know when she's gotta go. And taking her so she can do her thing in the pot... =P I am going to use all her old training pants for the insides (soakers) of the ones I am making. Yay! =P
So, I just cut my own hair in my bathroom at 1am. Harper thought I was a little crazy. But I think it turned out. =P Maybe I will be brave enough to cut the kids' hair tomorrow. =P Lainey's is so scraggly, but I don't want to cut those precious curls off the ends. What if they don't come back? They are too cute! I probably should make her look a little more presentable, though (if I can)! You can still tell where she cut her own hair a loooong time ago. I'm afraid I may not do much better. We'll see. =P
6.08.2010
Muck
Bekah LOVES the book Duck in a Truck. We read it many times a day. =P Today, she woke up from her nap and said "Muck!!" It's about a duck that gets his truck stuck in the muck. =P There is a frog in it and she calls him the "sog." She is so cute!!!! And today she called it a book instead of a gook. =P
Bek was helping me do laundry today and telling me who all the clothes belong to. "Daddy's!" "Nainey's!" "Bekah's!" "Emmy's!" =P
I let Em stay up from her nap today and go with me to the midwife. We did a second hcg test because the one we did Friday showed that my hcg was low-normal. Not enough to really know anything. =P Em wouldn't look at the needle or my blood coming out. She kept her eyes closed the whole time. I didn't look, either. =P
Today I felt like I had morning sickness. We'll see what happens tomorrow. I'm ready to just know. Mostly I'm tired of having people be "encouraging" by saying the baby is probably okay. Because I'm not going to get my hopes up and have them smashed again tomorrow. It's been a rollercoaster. I feel like I'm finally on this flat part and I'd like to just stay here a bit. I really could just stay here and NOT know and just wait, except that people seem to want me to think it's one way or the other. I'm glad after tomorrow I can finally just tell them.
We stopped by the Bouchers to give them some stuff back that they needed to pack. They are moving back to Wisconsin at the end of the month. =( We are really going to miss them!
Then Emmy helped me with laundry and cleaning the kitchen. She started mopping and Lainey woke up. She came down and saw that Em was mopping and ran up and got her swimsuit on and came back down before I ever knew she was awake. =P I let them put swimsuits on and mop the floor with kitchen towels. We just use water and vinegar to clean, but I let them put baking soda in the water first so they could watch it fizz. =P They love to do that.
Played a lot of those Sesame Street games today. I think I have blogged about them? They're from when I was little and there are 20 different sets of cards, with about 7 games for each set. We did an addition one today that Em was too good at. I helped Lainey with it. We were supposed to spin the spinner and get a number and then find two cards on the table that add up to that number. There were only 4 cards left and Em spun a 9, but nothing was out that would add up to 9. But she said "too bad I can't use three cards 'cause I could do 4, 3, and 2." They were all out there.
I tested the girls with some math placement tests. I found one for Saxon and one for Singapore math. They tested in the same level in Saxon math, but there wasn't any addition on the test. I kind of want to look at it before I buy, because Em is definitely at a higher level than Lainey, but if it was hard enough by the end of the year, it would be cool to teach them together. I'm thinkin' Em needs something more challenging, though. She didn't test in the next level because she can't count money. She can count by 5's and 10's though so I can probably have her at that level in like two hours, lol. I really liked the concepts in Math-U-See too but again I kinda want to see the books! It is kind of a hard decision, but I like having the freedom to find something that really fits her. =)
What?! It is late. Good night!
Bek was helping me do laundry today and telling me who all the clothes belong to. "Daddy's!" "Nainey's!" "Bekah's!" "Emmy's!" =P
I let Em stay up from her nap today and go with me to the midwife. We did a second hcg test because the one we did Friday showed that my hcg was low-normal. Not enough to really know anything. =P Em wouldn't look at the needle or my blood coming out. She kept her eyes closed the whole time. I didn't look, either. =P
Today I felt like I had morning sickness. We'll see what happens tomorrow. I'm ready to just know. Mostly I'm tired of having people be "encouraging" by saying the baby is probably okay. Because I'm not going to get my hopes up and have them smashed again tomorrow. It's been a rollercoaster. I feel like I'm finally on this flat part and I'd like to just stay here a bit. I really could just stay here and NOT know and just wait, except that people seem to want me to think it's one way or the other. I'm glad after tomorrow I can finally just tell them.
We stopped by the Bouchers to give them some stuff back that they needed to pack. They are moving back to Wisconsin at the end of the month. =( We are really going to miss them!
Then Emmy helped me with laundry and cleaning the kitchen. She started mopping and Lainey woke up. She came down and saw that Em was mopping and ran up and got her swimsuit on and came back down before I ever knew she was awake. =P I let them put swimsuits on and mop the floor with kitchen towels. We just use water and vinegar to clean, but I let them put baking soda in the water first so they could watch it fizz. =P They love to do that.
Played a lot of those Sesame Street games today. I think I have blogged about them? They're from when I was little and there are 20 different sets of cards, with about 7 games for each set. We did an addition one today that Em was too good at. I helped Lainey with it. We were supposed to spin the spinner and get a number and then find two cards on the table that add up to that number. There were only 4 cards left and Em spun a 9, but nothing was out that would add up to 9. But she said "too bad I can't use three cards 'cause I could do 4, 3, and 2." They were all out there.
I tested the girls with some math placement tests. I found one for Saxon and one for Singapore math. They tested in the same level in Saxon math, but there wasn't any addition on the test. I kind of want to look at it before I buy, because Em is definitely at a higher level than Lainey, but if it was hard enough by the end of the year, it would be cool to teach them together. I'm thinkin' Em needs something more challenging, though. She didn't test in the next level because she can't count money. She can count by 5's and 10's though so I can probably have her at that level in like two hours, lol. I really liked the concepts in Math-U-See too but again I kinda want to see the books! It is kind of a hard decision, but I like having the freedom to find something that really fits her. =)
What?! It is late. Good night!
6.03.2010
Bored Mama
Yesterday, I started spotting and I am still bleeding today. So I'm supposed to take it easy, but it's getting really old. I have watched 4 movies, played Big Brain Academy, and played Solitaire on my cell phone. Ugh. I don't actually feel like going anywhere or doing anything, though.
My friend Jen lost her baby last week (second one since we all moved here) and yesterday I just didn't feel at all hopeful. Today I feel better. Maybe not really all that hopeful, but I at least feel like there is a chance, even if it's a slight chance, that everything will be fine. It's probably a bigger chance than I think anyway. Today I just feel like there is no point worrying or being upset because I don't know either way. I don't feel like going and getting poked just to find out a few days earlier if I'm going to miscarry. So I guess I'll go watch another movie. =\
My friend Jen lost her baby last week (second one since we all moved here) and yesterday I just didn't feel at all hopeful. Today I feel better. Maybe not really all that hopeful, but I at least feel like there is a chance, even if it's a slight chance, that everything will be fine. It's probably a bigger chance than I think anyway. Today I just feel like there is no point worrying or being upset because I don't know either way. I don't feel like going and getting poked just to find out a few days earlier if I'm going to miscarry. So I guess I'll go watch another movie. =\
6.01.2010
Bobaweese & Bekah
Bekah called strawberries (and blackberries, and raspberries, and blueberries...) "BOB-a-weese" for so long. It was adorable! We went to video her saying it and she started saying "berries." =P Too late!!
She has also stopped calling herself Dotot. She says Bekah very well now. She is so cute!! =)
She loves berries, broccoli sprouts, and chicken. =P She has started hitting and pinching a bit and after we correct her, she is always quick to give the offended party a hug. Sometimes she just sees that we saw what she did and quickly hugs her sister. =P
Lainey has been wanting to do so much for Bek lately. Lainey wants to help her get her jammies on and help her get her shoes on when we are going out. Today she put a diaper on her after she tried to go potty. =P I tried to help, but she said she really wanted to do it herself. =) She is such a helpful girl! I was thinking about giving our kids buddies when the new baby comes and pairing Emily up with Bekah and Lainey up with the baby. But Lainey and Bekah seem to already be buddies on their own. =P
The other night, we made potstickers for dinner. Usually it takes a while and Harper and I do it together. We decided that night to make it a family effort. Lainey and I were on a team and Emily and Daddy were on a team. We put the filling in a bowl between the kids and gave them each a teaspoon. They had so much fun putting the wrappers on little plates and scooping filling onto them. Then they'd send the plates to us and we'd wrap them. Each team had two plates going, so everyone was busy the whole time. It took us about the same amount of time to seal the wrappers as it took the kids to get them on plates with filling. It went so quickly and the girls were so proud of themselves. Yummy, fun dinner! =)
We are totally addicted to kale chips. We have made them three times since Harper's cousin made them for us in Montana. That was just over week ago! =P The kids love them too.
We've been having fun in the kitchen this week. I canned a bunch of organic beans. They ended up way cheaper than even the non-organic canned beans in the store. I figured, adding in $2 for power (just a guess - I actually have no clue) that it came out to 33 cents per can. I did black beans, kidney beans, and red beans. Mmm!
We made bread yesterday with a new recipe. There are two soaks involved, so it takes a long time, but most of the time it's just sitting there, so it doesn't really take extra time, just a little planning. And Harp made soy yogurt today. Mmm!
Haha! Oh and we made cheese the other day too. That was kind of crazy. Some of it did turn out, but some of it ended up salty and nasty. Guess checking the pH is pretty important. =P And we really should have planned a bit better for that - Harper was up until 3am because there were so many steps that took so long. We were making mozzarella. =P If I make cheese again, I'm making ricotta or cream cheese, lol! =) They are quicker and easier. =P
Hehe! So today we took the kids to the dollar store because Emily's claw hair clip broke and she wore it all the time and loved it. We let her and Lainey each pick something. Em got a pack of 4 claw hair clips and Lainey got a jar of pickles. LOL!! She totally loves pickles. All of the kids do. Lainey shared her pickles with Bekah when we got home. =)
She has also stopped calling herself Dotot. She says Bekah very well now. She is so cute!! =)
She loves berries, broccoli sprouts, and chicken. =P She has started hitting and pinching a bit and after we correct her, she is always quick to give the offended party a hug. Sometimes she just sees that we saw what she did and quickly hugs her sister. =P
Lainey has been wanting to do so much for Bek lately. Lainey wants to help her get her jammies on and help her get her shoes on when we are going out. Today she put a diaper on her after she tried to go potty. =P I tried to help, but she said she really wanted to do it herself. =) She is such a helpful girl! I was thinking about giving our kids buddies when the new baby comes and pairing Emily up with Bekah and Lainey up with the baby. But Lainey and Bekah seem to already be buddies on their own. =P
The other night, we made potstickers for dinner. Usually it takes a while and Harper and I do it together. We decided that night to make it a family effort. Lainey and I were on a team and Emily and Daddy were on a team. We put the filling in a bowl between the kids and gave them each a teaspoon. They had so much fun putting the wrappers on little plates and scooping filling onto them. Then they'd send the plates to us and we'd wrap them. Each team had two plates going, so everyone was busy the whole time. It took us about the same amount of time to seal the wrappers as it took the kids to get them on plates with filling. It went so quickly and the girls were so proud of themselves. Yummy, fun dinner! =)
We are totally addicted to kale chips. We have made them three times since Harper's cousin made them for us in Montana. That was just over week ago! =P The kids love them too.
We've been having fun in the kitchen this week. I canned a bunch of organic beans. They ended up way cheaper than even the non-organic canned beans in the store. I figured, adding in $2 for power (just a guess - I actually have no clue) that it came out to 33 cents per can. I did black beans, kidney beans, and red beans. Mmm!
We made bread yesterday with a new recipe. There are two soaks involved, so it takes a long time, but most of the time it's just sitting there, so it doesn't really take extra time, just a little planning. And Harp made soy yogurt today. Mmm!
Haha! Oh and we made cheese the other day too. That was kind of crazy. Some of it did turn out, but some of it ended up salty and nasty. Guess checking the pH is pretty important. =P And we really should have planned a bit better for that - Harper was up until 3am because there were so many steps that took so long. We were making mozzarella. =P If I make cheese again, I'm making ricotta or cream cheese, lol! =) They are quicker and easier. =P
Hehe! So today we took the kids to the dollar store because Emily's claw hair clip broke and she wore it all the time and loved it. We let her and Lainey each pick something. Em got a pack of 4 claw hair clips and Lainey got a jar of pickles. LOL!! She totally loves pickles. All of the kids do. Lainey shared her pickles with Bekah when we got home. =)
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