I'm home sick today and already bored. I haven't been around much the past few weeks because I didn't have the app installed yet. What is going on in everyone's lives? Any updates to give? Pregnancies/jobs/health issues/toddler BS/etc....let's hear it!
Post by summergirl1211 on Feb 25, 2015 9:35:01 GMT -5
meow84, Will you update us too? I've been wondering how you've been and how K and L are doing. I've missed you being around!
Things are going well here! My H and I are talking (yet again) about trying for another baby. He seems to be doing really well and I'm not getting any younger. Hopefully by this summer we will begin TTC. Seeing that I only have 1 tube I'm afraid it could take awhile (if it happens at all) but I really want to give it another shot.
We're also looking at selling our current house and building early next year. I cannot wait to start over in a new home. This one is great, but it holds a lot of bad memories for us both. And I was never sold on this place to begin with but my H really liked it.
Post by snickers4everyone on Feb 25, 2015 9:46:38 GMT -5
Missed you, Meow! Everything is OK here. Snow and cold have had us trapped, but I'm thinking I'll take the kids to run around at the bouncy place after naps today. I'm kinda nervous because I've never taken them by myself but we need a change of pace. We are also talking about starting a house hunt. DH wants to get a duplex or triplex so we can rent part out for extra income. I don't really care as long as we have more room. We're planning a getaway to Atlantic City the weekend of March 6. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it! I'm going to sleeeeeep!
Hoping all is well with you meow84 and the kiddos!! They are so stinking cute!
All is well here, I'm loving my part time schedule but can NOT wait for spring so we can actually get outside! Really nothing too exciting, the family is healthy so that's all I can ask for lol!
Hey meow84! I hope all is well with you and your kiddos! They are both just the cutest
I have roughly 8 weeks left in this pregnancy and it has definitely not been as easy/glamorous/whatever as the first one. I've complained enough about it though so I won't do it anymore . Henry seems to be understanding that there is a new baby coming and he wants "to see it now!" but I don't really think he gets the implications of what is really to come. I am nervous of how he is going to react and I just never want him to think that he comes second to me. I have been thinking about this a lot lately and it has been making me an emotional wreck, but I'm blaming that on hormones.
I'm excited that this new kid will come in late April and hopefully the weather will be nice enough to get outside for walks and stuff because this winter has been brutal. My H starts Pharmacy school in August and it will be hard on us financially for the next few years but we have a plan in place and we will get by. At the end of the day it is best for both him and our family so it will be just another step in the right direction.
Post by aimeefarrahfowler on Feb 25, 2015 10:22:09 GMT -5
My little guys have been trading cooties. T is getting over a double ear infection and bronchiolitis. A has a double ear infection, sinus infection and pink eye. I got the cooties too and have been home with them the last couple days with a fever and sore throat. It's really been a lot of fun. I can't wait for cold season to be over.
How's everything been with you? Missed seeing you around here!
Post by mrsplaydoh on Feb 25, 2015 10:37:38 GMT -5
Glad to hear from you Meow! Wishing this winter would end! Woke up to another 5 inches this morning.
I'm searching for a new nanny since mine is having a baby in a few months, already nervous about finding someone new to care for the girls, its like a constant pit in my stomach!
My grandmother is very sick but she had a good day yesterday with some positives from the doctors so we're praying and crossing our fingers she gets a little better.
laurski81 I was sooo emotional during my pregnancy with Logan whenever I would think about Kiera not being our only child anymore. I think it's common and it makes sense. The hardest was saying goodbye to her the night I went in to get induced, knowing that the next time I saw her, everything would be different. It was also really hard for me to say goodbye to her when she had to leave the hospital after visiting us and I missed her a lot. BUT, she adjusted amazingly well and has loved Logan so much from day 1. I think K and Henry have similar personalities in that they are "strong willed", so to speak , so I was nervous about it really affecting her. It took about a month for us all to really adjust. Someone (I think Sunshinelady) told me that it's crazy chaos at first but soon it becomes your new normal and you can't imagine anything different. It's so true!
Things have been pretty good here. Logan is on his second DocBand - he outgrew the first one and while he had drastic improvement, there was still more room for change. The good news is that insurance covered the entire thing this time (my work switched companies), minus a $40 copay so that is awesome. He will most likely be done by April/May so we won't have to deal with a sweaty helmet head in the summer.
Kiera is Kiera, lol. She tests my patience every damn day and I see so much of myself in her that it's scary. I have a love hate relationship with this stage. I love that I can have real conversations with her and the stuff that she comes up with just cracks me up....but the stubbornness and the whining can go.
Logan finally started STTN on a consistent basis so I was able to get myself on a regular workout schedule, before I got sick. It has made me feel a lot more normal.
I'm glad I got the app set up so I can join in again. I missed you guys!
Things have been pretty good here. Logan is on his second DocBand - he outgrew the first one and while he had drastic improvement, there was still more room for change. The good news is that insurance covered the entire thing this time (my work switched companies), minus a $40 copay so that is awesome. He will most likely be done by April/May so we won't have to deal with a sweaty helmet head in the summer.
Kiera is Kiera, lol. She tests my patience every damn day and I see so much of myself in her that it's scary. I have a love hate relationship with this stage. I love that I can have real conversations with her and the stuff that she comes up with just cracks me up....but the stubbornness and the whining can go.
Logan finally started STTN on a consistent basis so I was able to get myself on a regular workout schedule, before I got sick. It has made me feel a lot more normal.
I'm glad I got the app set up so I can join in again. I missed you guys!
Yes to the bolded x two. Doesn't help that I'm stubborn too. The power struggle is real and it's exhausting.
Nothing too exciting to update here. DH survived a round of layoffs at work (he's in O&G) but he's worried there will be another. We just refinanced our home and are going to save tons in interest so that'll be nice.
Glad the helmet therapy is helping Logan, I was wondering how that was going. He seems to be rocking it though!
meow84 I love seeing your kiddos pictures, they are adorable.
Things are good here, Eliza is mischievous and learning from Hanna. She's standing and moving along furniture, but she immediately sits when we try to hold her hands and walk with her. By this age Hanna was already walking, but she gets around pretty quickly with crawling. She's eating a lot of table food and does well with it. She's on the smaller side for her age and turns 1 next month!!!! I can't believe it. Our sleep isn't great but it's a lot better than it used to. She will STTN or only get up 1x most nights. She is an earlier riser compared to Hanna and most mornings is up at 5, so weekends I tend to go to bed before 10.
Hanna is a little spitfire and is very strong-willed. When she wants something she lets you know it and like Kiera she tests your patience on a daily basis. We are really trying to work on colors and counting but she doesn't always like to. She knows her colors but only in certain ways. So, if I say "pick out the blue M&M" she does it. But if I say "what color is this?" she won't do it or says the wrong color 2-3 times before the right one. And she can count with you but not on her own. I'm not worried yet, but I know she's behind a lot of the j12 kiddos in that aspect. And sometimes I wonder if it's because she goes to an in-home and doesn't get those daily "school" lessons.
V is doing great. She got braces on last week so we've been dealing with that change and pain from it. She's been busy with traveling basketball, starting volleyball, and school.
The biggest news for us right now is we leave tomorrow for a week for our vacation. (And I'm not even packed yet) The kiddos will stay with my parents, but still go to DC during the day. I'm most worried about how Eliza will take it. And, I still have to prepare for a 1yr bday party!!!
What a great idea for a post, meow84! I feel like I've lost track of a few people this winter! So nice to hear how everyone's doing.
We're doing well... Just back from a week in Florida. It was sunny, warm and relaxing- well, as relaxing as vacation with 2 children can be! We really needed to get away though, and it was great. We've been really overwhelmed with house projects since we moved in October and it was nice to take a break!
Amelia is amazing... she's the happiest child I've ever met and for that I feel very blessed. She's still a bit behind in the speech department. We've had her evaluated twice for EI, but they said although they do see a delay she scored too high in the other domains to qualify for services. Boo. We just got her started in a Speech clinic through a local college and I'm hoping it helps. The clinician seems very nice, but you can tell she's unsure of herself.
Asher's a complete spit-fire. He's been in a really bad mood since we got back from vacation, and I don't know what to do with him anymore. He keeps yelling at people and taking toys away from Amelia- not cool. We started a new behavior chart with him last night so we'll see how that works. Other than that he's doing well. Growing like a weed and I can't believe the stuff that comes out of his mouth some days- he's turning into such a little man!
laurski81, I totally understand your emotions about bringing baby #2 into the mix. It's a big transition and you worry so much about how #1 will cope with not being the center of your world anymore. The only advice I can give is to try to keep as much consistency as possible.... whoever normally does bedtime should still do bedtime, if you have family dinner most nights, try to keep that consistent. The biggest problems we had with Asher when we brought Amelia home seemed to occur when there were too many changes at once.
The other thing that helped was really making a big deal of the "big brother" role. We talked about it all the time and let him make some decisions to help us out... for example, which PJ's should she wear tonight? Which book should we read to her? Etc. Also, it was important to me that Asher be the first person in the family (besides me and DH obv) to meet Amelia. Amelia was born after visiting hours and when my parents brought Asher to the hospital the next day to meet her, DH brought him down into the room first. I wanted him to know that he was the most important person to us and our family of 4 was the center. At the time I don't think it made a difference, but now Asher knows that he was the first one to meet Amelia and he tells people all the time. "I'm her big brother, and I love her more than anyone." Tugs my heartstrings every time. You'll get through it, I promise!
I agree with PP laurski81, it's totally normal to feel that way about bringing #2 into the picture. We just kept her schedule as normal as possible.
Also for the initial meeting I remember someone, mrsplaydoh maybe, said they had the new baby in a bassinet or swing when they brought the sibling in to meet them for the first time- so the initial meeting wasn't "hey my mom is holding this new thing!" Instead they were able to show them the baby without any jealousy. We followed that when we brought Vera home, we had her in the swing so when elise came home from daycare that day we could look at her together, etc.
Post by sunshinelady on Feb 25, 2015 13:32:56 GMT -5
I'm here. Living the dream. My children are tiny terrorists and hate the idea of me sleeping so in typical asshole fashion they wake up approximately 2321434234237 each night.
Big E has his first ear infection and it sucks balls. When we try to give him or his brother medicine they act as if we are trying to pour acid down their throats.
I want baby #3 but my H is not so much on board. I'm going through evaluations for epilepsy right now so that's a barrel full of laughs.
Post by bantyrooster on Feb 25, 2015 13:43:14 GMT -5
We are here! Gage took to the big brother thing great. Ellison is a very calm baby but likes to wake up and talk to herself for hours at all hours of the night. We restart DC soon and I go back to work the 8th!
H got a promotion which is good. He is in the management bonus pool, but took a hit going salary 10-11k decrease. So this year we are going to barely sneak by and if needed I can work another day a week. So fingers crossed he gets a raise at his 6M review and a big bonus and raise at the end of the year. AND we pay off medical bills and don't get new ones.
Hey meow84! I hope all is well with you and your kiddos! They are both just the cutest
I have roughly 8 weeks left in this pregnancy and it has definitely not been as easy/glamorous/whatever as the first one. I've complained enough about it though so I won't do it anymore . Henry seems to be understanding that there is a new baby coming and he wants "to see it now!" but I don't really think he gets the implications of what is really to come. I am nervous of how he is going to react and I just never want him to think that he comes second to me. I have been thinking about this a lot lately and it has been making me an emotional wreck, but I'm blaming that on hormones.
I'm excited that this new kid will come in late April and hopefully the weather will be nice enough to get outside for walks and stuff because this winter has been brutal. My H starts Pharmacy school in August and it will be hard on us financially for the next few years but we have a plan in place and we will get by. At the end of the day it is best for both him and our family so it will be just another step in the right direction.
I was the same way laurski81. I don't know how to explain it and so many people told me this before I had Mister A, but your heart just automatically grows with baby #2. I never thought I could love another child like I love Big E, and magically I did. I was so nervous that Big E would feel replaced, but it will all come naturally. Make time when the new baby is here for just you and Henry, just sit and watch a tv show or something silly without the baby in your arms. It'll make you feel better.
Post by mrsplaydoh on Feb 25, 2015 13:49:33 GMT -5
Yes, that was me cbear I purposely was not holding her when Dahlia came in the room for the first time.She got a good look at her in the bassinet thing and then Daddy picked up the baby first and bent down so Dahlia could get close and see her. I didn't want her to walk in and see me holding a baby in case that would immediately make her jealous. It worked for me, but Dahlia was only 18 months old at the time. I can't wait to see the "look" Henry gives the baby for the first time, please have someone with a camera ready laurski81 If pic works...this was first time she saw her!
Post by jodielyn10 on Feb 25, 2015 13:55:15 GMT -5
Hey meow84, good to see you back. Life is a little hectic for my crew lately. We just (yesterday!) moved into a new house. Cutting almost an hour off our daily commute! The house is a total disaster of boxes and mess, but I'm just trying to breathe deeply and be patient for it all toget put away.
Eli turns 1 in 3 weeks! Holy crap, where did the year go?? He's still the sweetest human alive but also a little rascal now that he's mobile. He's already a climber and will probably be a runner. I may permenatnly attach a leash to him once he starts walking, which I fear will be any day now.
Ingrid is still perfectly Ingrid, hilarious, smart, fiesty, crazy. She's not so sure about the new house yet, she keeps asking to go home. I'm hoping that passes quickly once we get her room painted and all her toys out.
sunshinelady, Good luck with your evaluation! That must be scary. Have you had a history of seizures? Hugs friend!
They believe I have Simple Partial Seizures. Without launching into some ridiculously long medical explanation it means part of my brain seizes instead of full body convulsions.
This would clear up a lot of questions about my medical history so it's incredibly nerve wracking, but also would be good to finally have an answer and get on track with treatment
sunshinelady, Good luck with your evaluation! That must be scary. Have you had a history of seizures? Hugs friend!
They believe I have Simple Partial Seizures. Without launching into some ridiculously long medical explanation it means part of my brain seizes instead of full body convulsions.
This would clear up a lot of questions about my medical history so it's incredibly nerve wracking, but also would be good to finally have an answer and get on track with treatment
I'm sorry you're going through that but getting answers and treatment would be huge, I'm sure. Are you restricted from driving or anything right now while they finish their evaluation? I hope you start feeling better soon!
Things are pretty eventful here. Let's see, in the past few weeks I've gotten ku, got a promotion, selling my house, and put an offer on a new one. I'm exhausted just thinking about it all!
I'm getting super emotional as this is my last week of leave. I'm trying to get all my baby snuggles in as tomorrow is my last "alone" day with Andrew as Fridays I have both kids home with me.
Kayleigh is doing really well. Right now we have our good days and bad days. Our bad days consist of her testing her limits constantly. Then we have our good days where she amazes me with how awesome and sweet she is. She's great with her brother. Totally loves him and wants to take care of him. She is beyond excited that he is going to be going to "school" with her starting next week. Our only issue is really that she tends to be a bit rough, but we're working on that.
Andrew is doing really well. He's made a full recovery from his hospital stay and getting so big He's gotten his brace for his club foot and he isn't phased by it at all. Right now he's most interesting in wanting to constantly stand and really refuses to do any sort of tummy time. He's such a smiley happy baby, and he's just starting to really giggle (he'll start giggling if I'm laughing) which is really making it that much harder to go back to work.
Other than not wanting to go back to work, I've been struggling with my body image. Its been harder to get into shape after Andrew (with Kayleigh it basically took little to no effort). I know its all in my head and no one else sees it that way. I've been starting to work out again and am trying to get back into running. My goal was initially to do a half-marathon, but I'm thinking at least a 10K is probably more feasible.
Other than that, we've been busy working on our house, refinancing to lower the rate, and just trying to do more as a family
I'm really enjoying my time with my 2 kiddies and not lpoking forward to starting my PT work again. Dylan is good old Dylan. Paige is such a happy, calm baby. I love it! It makes me grateful to have had a stressful/anxious first few months with Dylan because I think it gave my heart and mind the ability to fall completely in love with Paige from the moment I saw her. I'm so relaxed this time around and truly enjoying being a mom.
BUT...I am looking forward to a weekend without kids in a few days. H is staying home while I spend the weekend catching up with my good friends. Can't wait! I know I will miss them and worry, but I think I need this!
laurski81 the first few weeks were definitely hard for Dylan, but I was so surprised by how quickly being a family of 4 became our new normal. Don't get me wrong, there are still many rough moments, but seeing D act so sweetly to his sister and fall into the big brother helper role is such a joy.
I try to take him out by himself on weekends--library, park, even the grocery store (gasp!)--while H stays home with P and we have the best time. He eats up the one-on-one attention! Another thing we did was have the baby give him a little gift when we brought her home. He still talks about the Percy train Paige gave him!
They believe I have Simple Partial Seizures. Without launching into some ridiculously long medical explanation it means part of my brain seizes instead of full body convulsions.
This would clear up a lot of questions about my medical history so it's incredibly nerve wracking, but also would be good to finally have an answer and get on track with treatment
I'm sorry you're going through that but getting answers and treatment would be huge, I'm sure. Are you restricted from driving or anything right now while they finish their evaluation? I hope you start feeling better soon!
Nope. No restrictions just yet. The "incidents"? "attacks"? come with an aura so I know when they are coming and I remain conscious and coherent through them.
Post by britbratjf on Feb 25, 2015 16:22:20 GMT -5
Not too much going on here. My H works for the state legislature which is in session right now (it's a budget year so they are in Jan-April 29) so I'm basically in single parenthood mode since he's working such long hours. This has been the hardest session for sure because Dagny asks for him a lot & sometimes gets super upset when I can't produce daddy or tell her he'll be home soon. It also sucks that I can't drink since I'm PG some days! Dagny is doing great, super fun and crazy and I just love seeing what she comes up with every day. She's been really great at playing independently lately which is awesome. I'm ready for warm weather though so we can get to the park & zoo!
Post by somethingcleverer on Feb 25, 2015 16:38:13 GMT -5
I feel like nothing has changed here. Aubrey is awesome. She's super sassy and stubborn but I love her personality. If I say you're so cute she tells me, "I not cute, I a big girl". It's ok if I tell her she's a cute big girl. Right now I need to figure out where I want to send her for preschool I'm lucky to have several good options in the area. Shane is doing so much better in school. He has an invite to his school friend's birthday party this weekend but I'm flipping out because of his allergies. I was going to drop him off there but he is really scared of making his own food decisions so Tim is going to stay with him (unfortunately I'm working).
Otherwise work is the same but it keeps me entertained.
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