Mid week randoms

[babyw15]

Good morning!!!

Just getting the thread started will be back in a bit to random away!

[babyw15]

I am back at work today after having a week off....LO has been horrible about sleeping lately... I put him down in his bed and he sleeps for about 30-45 mins then he wakes up and is inconsolable so we bring him to bed with us and he falls back to sleep after about 10 minutes...this has been ongoing for a week... I don't get it.... DH and I do not do the cry it out method so letting him cry himself back to sleep is out of the question...I offered milk, water, snack and he wanted nothing...finally hubby turned on the TV and that distracted him enough to go back to sleep, anyone have any ideas!
Still in the waiting game for the house..the paperwork is with the loan officer now so we are just waiting...this sucks... I am trying to hold off on making my June schedule at work because we are waiting to see when we close...thankfully my coworker is ok with waiting...
Today is picture day and LO looked so cute but was not having momma take his picture at 6:15 this morning... hopefully this picture time goes better than last...

[BabyStandish]

babyw15 I'm sorry your LO hasn't been sleeping well. Is he teething? I have no real advice since we still BF/bedshare. I'll be at a loss whenever we stop.

[BabyStandish]

Today we are going to DH's annual company picnic. Usually we would go to the baseball game after, but we are opting out this year since I can't imagine trying to keep LO bunkered down in a seat for that long. But it'll still be fun. Plus that means DH gets to work from home for most the day afterwards.

[laceysbryan]

babyw15 Sorry about your night troubles. We do CIO so I'm not much help either.

[laceysbryan]

BabyStandish have fun at the picnic! That sounds fun, but hot! It's supposed to be 90 again here today so I'm sure it's pretty toasty down there too!

[laceysbryan]

Waiting in a really long Starbucks drive thru line. I should've just kept going when I saw how long it was but I had already decided in my mind this was happening, so here I am.
FFWC: Cannot stop listening to Zayn's "Pillow talk". On repeat. Loud.

[BabyStandish]

May 11, 2016 7:23:46 GMT -5 laceysbryan said:

BabyStandish have fun at the picnic! That sounds fun, but hot! It's supposed to be 90 again here today so I'm sure it's pretty toasty down there too!

Yeah, today's high is 87. I think last year was a lot hotter though. I remember LO was sweating so much.

[BabyStandish]

laceysbryan enjoy your starbucks! Hope the line goes fast.

[shannjohnston]

Took today off for my mental health - my students were driving my nutso yesterday. Also, it's date night for James and I; concert tickets for Ben Folds as my belated birthday present. So now I get to relax and pamper myself as my belated birthday present to myself!

[raven]

Finally going to finish the busy board today. I ran into a couple snags, and I got frustrated, so I didn't work on it a couple of days.
I finally planted the garden yesterday. Now I'm hoping it survives while we are in Helena for the weekend. Dh's niece is graduating from college, but at least we'll be back Sunday.
I should do laundry today. I hate laundry when I don't have a closet. I don't fold my clothes, I hang everything.

[bkmama0]

Good morning! Nice morning today. We woke up early, so I actually ate breakfast at home (breakfast tacos yum). DH took LO to daycare so I took the time to do my makeup and give my hair a trim:

SPOILER: Click to show

It's nice weather though a bit cool this morning. Stopped for coffee at a little coffee shop in my neighborhood. Sometimes it feels like all of NYC is feeling the same vibe at the same time, and today almost every woman I saw was very done up, makeup, silk scarves, portly middle aged ladies in skirts and heels, chic spring jackets, etc. it just felt good.

I have sooo much work to do today, but I'm working on pacing myself &a steadily getting through all of it.

AW HDBD!


Ch and DH last night

(I wanna see some of these preggo bumps! )

Also I gotta get DH a bday gift. I was thinking tickets to the NYC ballet but dang! That shiz is pricey. I do want to do something fancy and cultural with him though. Maybe some avant garde theatre or dance or something cool like that. Also his family is still in town and they said they wanted to celebrate with him but he doesn't really want to see them... But I think he might be depressed if they do nothing? What to do what to do...

babyw15 LO sometimes wakes up and we let her CIO for 5 mins or so- if she doesn't calm down we will get her and I'll put her on a boob/cosleep.

[megpie5]

May 11, 2016 7:52:14 GMT -5 shannjohnston said:

Took today off for my mental health - my students were driving my nutso yesterday. Also, it's date night for James and I; concert tickets for Ben Folds as my belated birthday present. So now I get to relax and pamper myself as my belated birthday present to myself!

Glad to hear I'm not the only one playing hooky today.  My students have been driving me crazy, F is cutting molars in addition to having a tummy bug and H is working nights which means I'm solo parenting this week.  When F woke up at 520 this morning I just decided, hell no, I'm calling in sick and taking a day to relax and catch up on sleep and housework.  Have fun tonight!

[bkmama0]

raven oo garden pics welcome. I wish I had a spot to plant, but no outdoor space
shannjohnston enjoy your day off! Mental health is so important.
BabyStandish laceysbryan I am hella jealous of your hot weather. It's been such a cold May so far over here.

[littlelion]

shannjohnston megpie5 jealous of your day off, enjoy it!
bkmama0 love your jacket! My cousins 1 yr baby girl had a purple one like it on last weekend. Even babies have more style than me! & I hear ya on work. Each day I select high priority goals and don't worry about the rest...there's always something left to be done.
laceysbryan I do not know who Zayn is, off to google. + I miss coffee.

[dashook]

babyw15, sorry sleep has been so rough. Really hope it gets better for you soon!
bkmama0 you look great! The weather is so beautiful today; I wish I'd had time to do my makeup and hair nicely.

[dashook]

Here's a little HDBD AW for you all (XP from GKU grad thread yesterday):

I have my NT scan tomorrow and if everything goes well, I am going to tell work on Friday. I had really been hoping to be able to hide it til at least the beginning of June but my body apparently has other ideas!

[ashlantic]

Feeling kinda blah today. I feel some chest congestion so I'm 99% sure I'm getting a cold and AF is doing her dumb thing where I spot and cramp for days before it actually starts.

babyw15 hope your lo's pictures turn out! Could your lo be moving from one sleep cycle to the next? Or having a bad dream? We think lo has nightmares because he'll wake up freaking out and then it takes forever to get him back down. We typically let him fuss for a bit especially if he's just being grumpy about being put down to bed or cycling through sleep, but when he does his scared cry we go in right away.
BabyStandish have fun at YH'S picnic!
laceysbryan mmm Starbucks. What did you end up getting?
shannjohnston enjoy your mental health day! And have fun at the concert tonight.
raven you've been productive! Did you do a veggie or flower garden?
bkmama0 your hair looks great!
megpie5 enjoy your day off too.
dashook your bump is the cutest!

[littlelion]

Dh made me breakfast this morning. ♡♡ He's been so helpful these days. I'll miss that when he finds a job.

Leo fell asleep last night with his mini football. So cute.

And as usual, eagerly awaiting lunch. I feel like a hearty meal makes the nausea stay away.

[ashlantic]

Helping make and taste guacamole. He was not a fan. Loving his sidewalk chalk. Books, books, books.

[babyw15]

BabyStandish, we think he is trying to cut his upper molars! He did keep putting his fingers in his mouth, I gave him some motrin but he feel asleep before it even had time to kick in!. Also need to add that he will sleep 2-2.5 hours in his crib for nap

[littlelion]

ashlantic I gave Leo guac last night and he loved it! He usually only has avocado. But he didn't seem to mind the onions, tomatoes and lime (no chiles!). & your LO's fascination with the chalk is making me want to take ours out too...too bad weather has been crappy this week.

[babyw15]

dashook, you look great.. I am so excited for you and seeing you with a baby bump makes me have all the feels about trying again soon...

[ourcrazynavylife]

Ughhhhh. Had such a hard time getting out the bed this morning. I think Em felt the same way cuz she actually slept in. Lol.

We're supposed to be going out to lunch with girls from school. I've just gotta figure out what I'm going to eat so I don't blow my whole 21 day fix plan.

[dashook]

May 11, 2016 10:55:36 GMT -5 babyw15 said:

dashook, you look great.. I am so excited for you and seeing you with a baby bump makes me have all the feels about trying again soon...

Thank you!!

Even though I feel like it's early to be showing, I have to admit I'm kind of pleased. For some reason I feel my prettiest when pregnant!

[ourcrazynavylife]

bath time yesterday. This little fish did not want to get out.

a little outside time.

. Trying to snuggle mommy

and being her usual crazy pants

[littlelion]

I took a few pics this morning of leo throwing the football around but all shots were blurry. I really need to record.

[ourcrazynavylife]

Who asked for the Bra Size Calculator ??

[raven]

ashlantic It's a veggie garden. 3 types of tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, corn, zucchini, beans( green, wax, etc) and sugar snap peas. The raspberries just grow back every year. I tried to warn my MIL that berries will take over all the land, but she said she could control it. Now they're growing up to 10 feet outside the fence she's trying to keep them in. Same thing happened to my parents and their boysenberries; within 5 years, they had to have them professionally removed it was so overgrown. (I also grew up in WA state. We lived on 5 acres. All our blackberry bushes were the equivalent of 1 acre. Absolutely nuts.)
bkmama0 Will definitely post pics soon! And I would post a bump pic, but it's not really a bump. It's more of "I didn't do enough sit ups yet and decided to get knocked up instead" type of thing. LOL

Finally have our truck registered! Made an appt for him to get an oil change and tire rotation tomorrow morning in anticipation of our road trip this weekend. We're leaving Friday and coming back Sunday. I've been contemplating whether to ask my parents to watch LO all weekend or not. I know it's a lot of travelling for her and I don't want her to be all out of sorts the whole time. It's an 11 hour drive there, one way, without any stops. This could be interesting.
Still have to make my Dr appt. Just dreading it. I'm so pathetic.

[littlelion]

raven your veggie garden sounds amazing!