My SIL threw me a surprise "Sprinkle" for Jack and I got about 15 boxes of diapers. Which was lovely! So I want to do something for her, and soon! She's 33 weeks. Ideas? I thought about a canvas painting party for all the girls but then I would be asking people to bring diapers and $25 for the painting class. I feel like thats to much. The second shower will not phase our social group but I still don't want to ask to much of people.
what about just arranging for lunch or brunch at a cute restaurant? Maybe you as the organizer could provide a cake or cupcakes and pay for your friend's meal. I've been invited to something like this for a friend's second baby and it was nice.
Post by klongoria11 on Feb 8, 2017 11:23:10 GMT -5
Since I'll be coming back on Valentine's Day I'll probably get Cadence something. I'll see if mh wants to meet up to eat after her swim lesson before he goes to the movies. We were going to do a family date this weekend, but that will have to wait.
I'm also going to have her make a card and some art for my Dad since I'll be up there.
Post by xolastunicornxo on Feb 8, 2017 11:49:45 GMT -5
Morning from the gym! I'm grabbing a quick workout, the. Lucas has speech therapy, and we have another dr app this afternoon at the Endocronologist. Lucas still has major anxiety about drs so I'm dreading it, but dh is taking off early to come with us and we will probably get dinner at the brewery afterwards.
Re: Valentine's Day. We'll probably do takeout and movie on the actual night after the kids go to bed. We may go out to dinner over the weekend, but we will see. I always make the kids cupcakes and get them something small (candy, vday socks a small toy). I always get dh a big bottle of his favorite gin and some candy. Poor man deserves all the alcohol for putting up with me! 😳
Random excitement to share: DH finished painting the baby's room yesterday! It's light grey with a white and slightly darker grey striped wall. I love it and can't wait to start adding pink accents. =)
Starting to feel real that there will be 2 kids soon!
My SIL threw me a surprise "Sprinkle" for Jack and I got about 15 boxes of diapers. Which was lovely! So I want to do something for her, and soon! She's 33 weeks. Ideas? I thought about a canvas painting party for all the girls but then I would be asking people to bring diapers and $25 for the painting class. I feel like thats to much. The second shower will not phase our social group but I still don't want to ask to much of people.
What about painting/decorating a bunch of white onesies?
Is it bad that I secretly wish someone would throw me a "sprinkle" ? I kind of feel like my family has never heard of such thing though.
I've been MIA and sidetracked a bit, we found out that MH is getting deployed overseas for 5 months and he leaves soon. So, naturally we have both thrown ourselves into planning mode and making sure things are taken care of before he goes. Then I freak out in between planning about how we're going to do this. Fuck.
So, anyone wanna come and live with me for a bit and help out? Kidding.....kind of.
I'm getting Dude a few little things. A PJ masks figure, some candy, stickers, etc.
My dad always brought me and my sister flowers, and my mom always bought us a special candy or surprised us with small treats.
I love the idea of your dad getting flowers for you girls. I might steal this idea! My dad did something similar, he took us out to dinner when we got our first period, to celebrate. Made my two younger sisters actually look forward to their first period!
Oh I would have died of embarrassment! I remember after I started mine I couldn't look my dad in the face for like a week because I was so embarrassed that I knew my mom must have told him.
I'm getting Dude a few little things. A PJ masks figure, some candy, stickers, etc.
My dad always brought me and my sister flowers, and my mom always bought us a special candy or surprised us with small treats.
I love the idea of your dad getting flowers for you girls. I might steal this idea! My dad did something similar, he took us out to dinner when we got our first period, to celebrate. Made my two younger sisters actually look forward to their first period!
I would have died. I remember being MORTIFIED that my mother told my father. I basically hid out in my room the whole time.
I've been MIA and sidetracked a bit, we found out that MH is getting deployed overseas for 5 months and he leaves soon. So, naturally we have both thrown ourselves into planning mode and making sure things are taken care of before he goes. Then I freak out in between planning about how we're going to do this. Fuck.
So, anyone wanna come and live with me for a bit and help out? Kidding.....kind of.
Good luck. When does he leave? I just did 8 weeks alone but he came home weekends the first few weeks. The longest completely alone stretch was 4 weeks. And it was rough. You are keeping B in DC while you are out, right? Sending S to DC helped me tremendously and I could actually get stuff done. I think you said your mom lives close by. Can you get her to come over 2-3 times a week to help? Mine were able to do that and it helped, especially with bath/bedtime. And to give me a little sanity once in a while.
Come vent here whenever you need to. You will get through this!
Re my dad taking me to dinner: 73jewels /mwhipple77 this may seem weird but that fact that I got to go out to diner with my dad made it something to be proud about, I was a big girl now! I helped a lot with the 'transition'. I might have helped that my dad has worked with teens/family's his whole career, was a very modern dad who brought us to school everyday, picked us up twice a week, went on field trips etc. I loved/love spending time with him.
That's great. I did not have that relationship with my dad. Actually with either of my parents. I'm in my 40s and I got creeped out when my dad asked me a question about breastfeeding a few weeks ago. Like, come on dad, I don't want to talk about my boobs with you!
Re my dad taking me to dinner: 73jewels /mwhipple77 this may seem weird but that fact that I got to go out to diner with my dad made it something to be proud about, I was a big girl now! I helped a lot with the 'transition'. I might have helped that my dad has worked with teens/family's his whole career, was a very 'modern' dad who brought us to school everyday, picked us up twice a week, went on field trips etc. I loved/love spending time with him.
I think it's really sweet! I'm still not sure I could ask my dad to buy me feminine products. I wouldn't even ask DH!
haha! Once I got over being embarrassed that my dad knew I had my period, I'd ask him. Having 4 daughters his question was always, "wings or no wings?". He was used to it. I asked MH once and he was horrified. He did it but bought a ton of other stuff so he wasn't just buying tampons. I don't get why, it's not like people thought they were for him...
I think it's really sweet! I'm still not sure I could ask my dad to buy me feminine products. I wouldn't even ask DH!
haha! Once I got over being embarrassed that my dad knew I had my period, I'd ask him. Having 4 daughters his question was always, "wings or no wings?". He was used to it. I asked MH once and he was horrified. He did it but bought a ton of other stuff so he wasn't just buying tampons. I don't get why, it's not like people thought they were for him...
I was never embarrassed about my period with my dad. I had terrible problems with my endo and required surgery so he definitely was in the loop even though my parents were divorced.
I remember starting unexpectedly one weekend at his house, and calling to him from the bathroom saying I had a female emergency. He volunteered to go get pads. I heard him walk quickly down the hall towards the front door, then a minute later he was back at the bathroom door asking, "Birdie, I think they have different sizes?"
Okay getting something for your kids on valentines is apparently a thing with you girls 😳. I've never gotten ds anything, hmmmm... should I?
I'll get B a little something...a book or similar. I ordered some new dresses from Gymboree recently so I might just wrap one of those for C and call it good!
My parents always got us Valentines and a little something; I can remember my dad getting my sister and me flowers every so often, too. But mostly my mom handled that kind of thing...my dad traveled a lot for work.
My sister and I are both close to our dad, but I don't think either of us are on "will you buy me Tampax" terms, lol. He has two younger sisters so it's nothing new to him, I just think my sister and I are prudish and my dad tends to be buttoned up. We talked about my pregnancy and related issues in very vague terms; my mom probably fills him in on the nitty-gritty later.
Hugs vinolove. I'm sorry that the deployment is so unexpected. You'll get through it, b/c that's what we do, but I just hate for you guys that he has to leave so soon after J was born.
cagoldi or other musical kids, does anyone have a good recommendation for a microphone? I want to get one for B as part of his Valentines gift and I couldn't find any at TRU.
I've tried to find one of the echo ones on Amazon, but I'm not sold on any. Reviews aren't great, so I haven't taken the risk. I know M would love one, but it's not something that I've seen in stores either. So basically I'm no help... sorry!
Hahahahaha. I gave up on Sunday. He was miserable and a hot mess. Still only use it at bed time, but he has to physically be in bed to have it. We also only took out 1, so no back ups. I'll try again soon. Might cut the tip off or something.
73jewels Yes B is in daycare fulltime and my Mom will come and help, we'll come up with a schedule. We are trying to get B in scheduled classes as well ie swimming/gymnastics etc and we're used to the 'divide and conquer' mentality so it will just be a lot. It includes the summer so there is the yard work to think about and hire out, we also wanted to do some work on our deck which now isn't going to happen.
We're trying to look at the positives like I'm still on maternity leave so it doesn't matter what time the kids go to bed/wake up cause there is no rushing out of the house for work etc, the money and experience will be great as well.
ETA: I think B will be good, he is generally really good when it's just the two of us, less whining and tantrums. FX that holds true.
I completely understand and can relate. Do you have mom friends to do some of those classes with? I missed the last 5 swim classes b/c I couldn't figure out how to do them with both kids (obviously I can't get in the water if I have B with me) and my mom doesn't do mornings. It sucked missing the lessons but it was how it had to be.
I agree, S is so much better when it's just us. I am definitely the more "disciplinary" parent and I think it makes him behave better. So sometimes it's easier. But S was at an age where he really missed MH this time and that broke my heart.
Hope it goes quickly for you and you are able to meet in between to break it up a bit!
Hugs vinolove . I'm sorry that the deployment is so unexpected. You'll get through it, b/c that's what we do, but I just hate for you guys that he has to leave so soon after J was born.
I know! I feel like he is going to miss so much, she won't remember at all but if I'm not in a white padded room by the end of it I won't ever forget it.
I'm already planning my weekend away to Vancouver when he returns.
Make sure you actually do it. I told MH I needed some "I have no children time" when he got home. So far I have had an hour alone at Target. But we did have our date day which was nice. Then he promptly got sick so the first weekend he was home I still had to solo parent all weekend. Now we are going to visit his family this weekend and my alone time is never going to happen.
vinolove That's tough, but I know you'll get through it. I hope you get everything squared away soon so you can spend some quality time as a family of 4 before he leaves.
cagoldi or other musical kids, does anyone have a good recommendation for a microphone? I want to get one for B as part of his Valentines gift and I couldn't find any at TRU.
I've tried to find one of the echo ones on Amazon, but I'm not sold on any. Reviews aren't great, so I haven't taken the risk. I know M would love one, but it's not something that I've seen in stores either. So basically I'm no help... sorry!
We have a random echo one, I don't recommend it.
vinolove we haven't purchased a nice one yet, but when we do I think we'll probably shop Sam Ash, Guitar Center, or Musician's friend. That's probably overkill, but everything else I've found is too cheesy.
73jewels My BFF is in Vancouver and if her SO doesn't get posted this year, I'm going for sure. I went for 3 days at the end of my maternity leave with B and I slept for 13 hours the first night I was there. I...needed it to say the least.
@surelycantbesrs I'll let you know for sure! Will you need a passport or climbing gear for the walls he's building?
I snort laughed.
How long before things are so bad they're putting up walls so we can't leave?
Yeah, the Canadian wall will be coming soon to keep us in. We can't have you socialists with your healthcare coming over willy-nilly either. But don't worry, I'll spend my weekends driving up north to dig tunnels!
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