### Grad Check-in: 4/25/16 ###

[sleepymonkey]

Hello GRADS!!!

sonpetitlapin, Divefrog, winogirl, radiantly, @jimbobcooter, beckyp005, flippinchica, colinsfebmommy, Maggie0424, lucylulu, flyliceandcoffee, cml112, sunni1, b0710, manderslvt, meredithcarole, aswedishbee, mdogan29, lickwed, scorpioscuba, jess9802, zombiesquad, mom2boxers, MissMusic, luvmyponies, URMySunshine77, KirstenAlecia, rnmommy, bgkc4, pittpurple, agpjt413, lennonkdc, mamafesto, jwinct, ladystrat


How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)?

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc?

Upcoming milestones or appointments?

Do you need any thoughts or prayers?

And as always, bump/baby pics are encouraged!!

QOTW: What is your favorite room in your home and why?

[flippinchica]

Hi, I haven't checked in in a while. M is 8 months and now crawling and pulling up everywhere. He is a bunch of fun now to play with. We are trying to sell our house in prep for moving this summer. It is stressful but I'm really excited about our jobs there.

[jwinct]

Happy Monday, ladies! Thanks for tagging me.
As always, I continue to lurk and hope to see more BFPs around here!!


How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable 16 weeks/Avacado

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Feeling good!

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? Nothing new to report.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? Nope. Just Genetic Carrier testing this week (more blood being drawn - ugh)

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? No, thanks.

And as always, bump/baby pics are encouraged!!
As always, please disregard my hideous work bathroom!


QOTW: What is your favorite room in your home and why? My living room is my favorite room, just because that's where the entire family congregates most days and it's comfortable.

[Deleted]

Thanks for the checkin, sleepymonkey.

P is 10.5 months. I can't believe we are closing in on one year already. It has gone so fast.
I'm at a 3 day conference right now and not being home with him is killing me. I know he is fine with DH but I just miss him so much. I can't wait to be done here so I can see him again.

Picture:
Watermelon! This kid LOVES watermelon. He ate seven pieces at dinner the other night.



QOTW: The back patio. Technically not a room but it's the heart and soul of our family in the warm months and we spend hours every day sitting there, having meals, hosting and socializing. It makes my heart happy to sit out there.

[sonpetitlapin]

Lil D will be 6 months here soon. We go in for his 6 month check up Friday. He has NO interest in food but to play with it. That is so weird for me as my older kids loved food period. He has been very fussy and not my normal happy baby. He cut his first tooth, but I don't see anymore coming through. Poor baby.

[rnmommy]

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable 35w3d - coconut

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Still pretty tired, headachey from allergies, occasional pelvic pain and back pain, but pretty well over all.

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? We still need to get stuff. It's pretty sad.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? I saw the midwife this morning and all is well. I'm up 25 lbs so far and my BP was 110/70. My c-section is scheduled for May 23 at noon, so that's exciting. My appointments will be every week from here on and I get the oh, so fun GBS swab next week.

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? Continued T&P for a healthy baby are always appreciated.


QOTW: What is your favorite room in your home and why? In our old house it was definitely the kitchen. We remodeled it and it was beautiful. I don't really care for this house, but our bedroom is probably my favorite room because that's where I get to sleep.

[wannabmama]

rnmommy thats quite a good birthdate if I do say so myself

[rnmommy]

wannabmama, I'll probably forget that day to wish you a happy birthday as I'll be pretty dang occupied so I'll do it now - happy birthday!!

[wannabmama]

Apr 26, 2016 20:40:02 GMT -5 rnmommy said:

wannabmama, I'll probably forget that day to wish you a happy birthday as I'll be pretty dang occupied so I'll do it now - happy birthday!!

Haha! Thanks...and Good luck!

[pittpurple]

Am so excited to see some more grads joining this group! Still lurking around and crossing my fingers for more :-)

How far along are you? Week/fruit or vegetable: 31 weeks. Size of a football apparently. Which sounds rather intimidating.

How are you feeling (physically and/or emotionally)? Still throwing up, still fed up. But it's all starting to feel like something that might actually happen so that's exciting.

Other Updates? Thoughts, vents, baby preparations, etc? Just getting through each day! My maternity temp started this week and I have two more weeks of work after today. So definitely counting down.

Upcoming milestones or appointments? I see my midwife next week and then bi-weekly I think. She's sending me to a high risk consultant just to talk through everything and make sure I don't need any extra intervention. I had a bad bleed last time so they just want confirmation it will be okay for me to use the Birth Centre (our hospital has a Birth Centre which is midwife-led for low-risk births and the regular hospital which is much less nice - very much want to use the Birth Centre if I can)

Do you need any thoughts or prayers? Nope, all good here. Given up on thinking my 'morning sickness' will ever go away.

QOTW: What is your favorite room in your home and why? I actually love our daughter's room - it's super colourful and fun and just filled with her personality. We have no theme, we just get stuff she likes and since all the furniture is hand-me-downs or cheap IKEA, we let her cover her chest of drawers with stickers. It's a really cheerful place!