2016 DS definitely takes the cake, but I have just loved this year with DD too and am so thankful for our health, our community, making new friends, H's promotion and raise Gah I am so proud of him.
2017 we have a few trips planned which should be a blast and just watching these kudos grow and change.
Not much on the schedule today. One thing nice about having a newborn during the NYE is I have a reason to avoid Jenny McCarthy. Blech. Man I miss Dick Clark how do we go from him to her??
C just woke up at 8:40 so once I get us ready, I'll load the kids up and go meet H at the dealership. He left a little while ago to take my car in for maintenance.
No big plans for today; we might stop by my parents' with the kids. B is spending the night there tonight since my sister's in town, so DH and I will be home with just C. I'm kind of apathetic about NYE so this is fine by me.
aggiebug I agree...thanks but no thanks to Jenny McCarthy.
2016 - the obvious is the addition of little E to our family and everything related to that. I was able to take a girls weekend trip with my college friends. These are some of my closest friends and we all live away from each other so I love fostering those relationships. We had a week long vacation with my family, whom all of you know how much I love. I loved watching DS grow. Especially when he does soccer because it's been easier to see how he has grown in that setting. He has also grown to talk about other kids in his class and have real friends. And the icing on that cake is that I like their parents. I am also very proud of my H for his work. He took some pretty significant steps and it didn't affect our family negatively.
I'll eta later with 2017
ETA: 2017 - looking forward to my year of maternity leave. Planning to get back into baby and me yoga, baby and me open swim, play dates with at least 2 of my close friends and then other acquaintances. I have 2 trips planned back home. 2 of H's close friends will be getting married in NYC (or thereabouts) which will be fun events/ trips.
2016 was kind of blah, more of a downer for me! (Not including baby and being in this BMB of course)
2017 I'm hoping to lose the last of this baby weight and work on losing the weight I wanted to before I found out I was pregnant (over 100lbs in total) We have a trip planned for Hawaii and with it just being the 4 of us (that includes my mom), I hope to be more comfortable in my skin then. I just want nothing from keeping me from being the best mom I can be physically!
2016 - N is the highlight by far as well as vacations to Mexico and the beach..Otherwise not my favorite year and felt better about the future at the beginning of 2016 than the end.
2017 - I'm pretty apprehensive about this year. I know it's going to be really hard getting back into work and our new routine. I'm hoping I can handle the stress and enjoy it though.
I'm glad you asked this question aggiebug because while it's popular right now to hate on 2016, on balance this was a good year for us.
2016: H and I took a wonderful vacation to Mexico for a friend's wedding, and I got KU that week. We were so, so thrilled that it happened so quickly this time after we had struggled to conceive DS. So this whole year was a blessing because I love being pregnant and now I have a beautiful daughter (!! Still loving the surprise!). I can't believe how lucky we are when I look at my family.
Additionally, I kicked ass at work this year (pregnant and all), enough that another firm stole me away. I am finally making real strides in my career, which I've been trying to do since I graduated law school in 2011. And while taking the RI bar certainly wasn't fun, I passed and will now be licensed in two states, which is very valuable.
DS is an absolute joy and the difference in him from the beginning of the year is shocking. I've made new friendships this year (especially all of you!) and strenghtened the ones I already had, particularly with my mom friends, who are so important. Also my brother got married this year!
Big downsides to 2016 included the losses of our cat and of course, my grandfather. But even my grandfather's passing had the silver lining of my being able to travel to England and see family that I hadn't seen in over a decade. My grandmother also traveled over here to see us twice, so that made 3 times I got to see her this year when normally it's only every other year.
Post by shedreamsincolor on Dec 31, 2016 9:51:56 GMT -5
Well 2016 is going out with a bang. DS2 started with the barky classic croup cough last night so just waiting for his Ped to open so I can find out if they can treat in Clinic or if they want us to go to the hospital. He's managing fine (not breathing issues thank god) but just has a nasty cough that worries me. Hoping they can start treatment in clinic and avoid a hospital visit but we shall see. I'm sick too so it's really been a doozy the last 2-3 days. Will keep you posted.
Well 2016 is going out with a bang. DS2 started with the barky classic croup cough last night so just waiting for his Ped to open so I can find out if they can treat in Clinic or if they want us to go to the hospital. He's managing fine (not breathing issues thank god) but just has a nasty cough that worries me. Hoping they can start treatment in clinic and avoid a hospital visit but we shall see. I'm sick too so it's really been a doozy the last 2-3 days. Will keep you posted.
Do you all let LOs fall asleep while feeding? Obv it's a little different bf'ing v bottle but I'm trying not to let Adeline fall asleep with a bottle in her mouth, esp around noontime and at bedtime because I don't want her to become dependent on it to fall asleep at those times - maybe I don't need to "worry" about this yet but curious.
Post by cookswithwine9 on Dec 31, 2016 11:24:09 GMT -5
2016: Good- We took a trip with friends to VT in February, I found out I was pregnant a week after our 4 year anniversary, (I loved planning for DS's arrival this year) we took a baby moon to Maine, obviously DS birth which has been the most challenging and life changing experience of my life. Bad - we had to put our cat to sleep in July, my mom is an alcoholic and the past couple months she has completely fallen off the wagon. She says she is going to get sober in 2017 and I really hope that's true.
2017: I'm just looking forward to DS growing and us getting into a new family routine. We don't have any trips planned. But I hope we can get away at some point with and without DS.
Do you all let LOs fall asleep while feeding? Obv it's a little different bf'ing v bottle but I'm trying not to let Adeline fall asleep with a bottle in her mouth, esp around noontime and at bedtime because I don't want her to become dependent on it to fall asleep at those times - maybe I don't need to "worry" about this yet but curious.
I'm guilty of always letting my kids nurse to sleep. N is still so sleepy that she's asleep more than she's awake, but I hope to have her fall asleep on her own at some point, maybe that should be my new year's resolution..
Thank you waitwhat and tallblonde I guess I'm not *too* worried just yet but I've noticed that if she falls asleep with the bottle, she sometimes wakes in a half hour or so and wants another sip to go back to sleep. Maybe that's just some coincidence like she's still hungry but is more tired than hungry - rather than an actual habit/pattern at this point. But I'll keep an eye on it over the next few months. This is also coming from someone whose mom let her brother do it and he ended up with some tooth/cavity (?) issues as a toddler - no clue if it was related but I thought I had heard it could be. Also selfish, I don't feel comfortable with hme having bottles/liquid in their cribs later on if I'm not there to watch them finish it.
Post by ClassyMrsA on Dec 31, 2016 11:43:56 GMT -5
I am also one who had a good year overall. DH turned 30 and we celebrated our 3rd anniversary with a trip to a cabin on a lake in East Texas. I found out I was pregnant again. We bought our first house and reduced DH's commute from about an hour to 15 minutes. We celebrated my dad's 30th anniversary of his last chemo treatment, Lillian's 2nd birthday, and my 31st birthday all in October. Lilah was born. And we just got an awesome new car. The bad - DH's grandmother passed away. Morning sickness sucked. That's really it.
In 2017, I'm looking forward to our 4th anniversary, our yearly summer trip to Colorado, a second vacation courtesy of my mom to Washington state and Canada, and watching these two little girls grow and learn.
Post by ClassyMrsA on Dec 31, 2016 11:55:19 GMT -5
We are driving back from a 5k that DH, his mom, and one of our friends ran. The rest of the day should be pretty low key. DH is taking me out on our first post-Lilah date to a Japanese restaurant tonight. We'll see if we make it to midnight. Most nights we crash pretty hard by 10:39/11.
Re falling asleep with feeding, I nursed Lillian to sleep until she weaned at 19 months. Lilah often nurses to sleep at night and occasionally during the day. Not always. She will fall asleep with just rocking or being walked around for naps, but I don't actively try to make sure she doesn't fall asleep eating. Breastfeeding and sleep go hand in hand according to what I've read. So, I don't worry about it. Lillian goes to sleep without nursing or sucking on anything now, obviously.
cookswithwine9 I trust and send positive vibes that your mom will make 2017 the year she gains sobriety for herself, you and LO, and the rest of your family. Many hugs! I unfortunately know the heartbreak of watching someone you love battle addiction.
I have always allowed nursing to sleep. At some point O stopped falling asleep on the boob on his own but still would fall asleep when I put him in his crib.
If I were bottle feeding kleigh, I would also allow them to fall asleep but would take it away when they were out. I would never leave a bottle (of milk or water) in a crib with baby. It does ruin their teeth. Give them a lovey or some other comfort for bed time.
Post by goldenlove3 on Dec 31, 2016 12:46:15 GMT -5
So after a shitty 2015 dealing with IF failures and loss, 2016 brought us hope again as we started IVF the first week of January. For the first time in a long time, we were hopeful and I think being positive is what brought us Colin. Highlights include finding out we had 3 normal embryos, finding out that I was pregnant, watching our little embryo grow every week, finding out it was a boy. Telling our parents I was pregnant and telling them it was a boy! Being pregnant and of course him coming into this world and everything the past 2 months.
Non-baby... Lots of fun weekend trips to the lake, getting a new car and a new bathroom (this was mostly a PITA though lol). The worst part about this year was losing my grandpa. It was tough but he was 97 and we all like to imagine that he's finally at peace and with my grandma again.
Post by goldenlove3 on Dec 31, 2016 12:53:16 GMT -5
So after everyone we invited over said they were a "maybe" for tonight, we convinced the one couple to just go to the other friends house instead. I'm really excited because this will be the only time that we'll be able to have all four N16 babies together! Plus we haven't all hung out together in a long time so I'm looking forward to it. Now the big decision for tonight is what to drink...
Post by shedreamsincolor on Dec 31, 2016 13:30:13 GMT -5
Sorry I haven't had a chance to catch up yet today but will later. We are back from the Ped. Baby has a mild case of croup For now just need to watch him closely to make sure it doesn't get worse. Thankfully my in laws are going to take DS1 tonight so DH and I can double team the little guy.
LT shedreamsincolor for only being a mild case. I hope it passes quickly and you all get some sleep tonight despite this. So sad when dealing with sickness in the littles
waitwhat Sounds like a dream! Clean and quiet house.
goldenlove3 That's great! I am starting with red wine and moving to whiskey at dinner time.
I keep trying to type my 2016/2017 highlights and get sidetracked and then it deletes. Boo.
Plans with our friends got cancelled because she's sick + babies don't have their immunizations. Also becauseI let Adeline sleep on me, I cut off alcohol at least 3 hours before bed. I assume I'll go to sleep around 12:00 tonight, right after the ball drop so I plan to halt drinking by 8:00 = I am drinking red wine right meow and feeling like
Post by jubilantsquirrel on Dec 31, 2016 15:38:15 GMT -5
We have no heat, it's currently 58 degrees in our house. Thankfully MH was able to get someone to come out today (which I'm sure is going to cost a pretty penny). I've got the baby sleeping in the swing and I've got a couple blankets over him. Luckily the heat was working last night and our bedrooms get really warm, so DS1's room shouldn't be too bad. I've kept all the bedroom doors closed to try and keep the leftover heat in.
MH is at a friend's house watching the Washington Alabama game, so I'm hoping to get DS1 down for a nap before the repair guy comes (between 1-3) and then after nap time I'm taking the kids and meeting MH at said friends house for NYE. We won't stay until midnight, but I'm excited for some social interaction!
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