Hope life's not too bad for the Canadians after a lovely long weekend :-)
It was an ordinary two day weekend here. H wasn't well but he's fine now. My turn - I've got a streaming cold, grr!
H let L nap for too long yesterday afternoon. She went to sleep without too much trouble but went on to have a disturbed night. She's been napping for nearly two hours now. I actually think it would be great if she switched to one long nap a day instead of two short ones, so fingers crossed!
Only three weeks today till my sister arrives! And Friday of that week is the beginning of our holiday with H's family. And when we get home from that it's only a fortnight till our classes and groups start again. I do think it's a shame there is so little for tinies to do around here in the summer! L finds it hard and she has no idea why :-(
Morning! Today is LO's first birthday! WE have his vaccinations this morning (happy birthday kid, have some needles..ugh but I know they are necessary and I keep telling myself I'm giving him the birthday present of lifelong disease protection lol). We're also hoping to get some cake smash photos and I want to get some time outside so he can play in his new sand table and splash pool.
Yesterday was his party and everything went great, I'll AW pictures later hopefully.
Happy birthday to T, Bluedaisy! I hope his jags go well and that he doesn't get poorly for 48 hours like L always does!
My sister is in Brighton, all the way down on the south coast. We don't see each other very often. She's been chronically ill with ME most of her adult life, and she hasn't had an easy time of it. We didn't grow up together - she's eleven years older than me and she and our brother lived with their dad and stepmum and had school holidays with us. But she's still my sister :-)
Happy Fourth of July ladies! Happy Birthday LO! Bluedaisy Back to work today, I feel a lot better but I wish I could just bring B to DC and stay home. I'm hoping it's nice after work so DH can take B outside and I can relax.
We have no plans today. Probably grocery shopping this afternoon and watching the Boston fireworks on tv tonight. Fun times.
This website (and some others) ran so slow for me for awhile now and I tried everything to fix it, like deleting cookies, etc. Well all I had to do was change browsers from Edge to Chrome. So glad I figured that out.
purple, I am too familiar with the carousel of sickness going around and around the family. Sorry you're feeling unwell.
I'm running a 10k this morning and the boys are coming to watch. Then we're going to come home and hang out in the backyard, eating watermelon. I bought us a gingerbread Whitehouse at Trader Joe's, so we'll make that. Later we'll go to my neighbor's to swim, eat, and watch fireworks.
We were going to go downtown today but I'm having a period from hell so we'll probably stick around our house. Probably grill burgers and maybe I'll run out and get some veggies and pineapple or peaches to grill. LO is super cranky, so it's probably for the best!
I'm post party tired. O slept until 7 so that was nice but still tired. We leave for Vegas on Saturday! This week will include deep cleaning the house and packing us all for our trips. I have many feels about leaving O with my ILs for the week but know he will be fine.
O's party turned into a 4th of July thing by the end of last night. We did 'fireworks' before we left. H and his brothers always shoot off tiny ones together. I find it less than impressive because I love the giant fireworks. It's supposed to rain today and pour tonight so I don't think we are doing anything to celebrate today.
Post by carolyngrace on Jul 4, 2016 8:24:21 GMT -5
Oscar helped me clean out the fridge this morning which was super cute. He took a rag and rubbed it in the shelves after I emptied them.
michyme123 I feel like it was only a week ago I would say the same thing about Oscars walking and now he ONLY walks. It happens so fast. I wonder why they prefer it so much even though it's slower? Happy birthday to your new toddler!
I feel like I haven't been on or checked in here in forever! I hope everyone is doing well & I'll try to be better about coming on. My almost week of vacation has been great! It is so nice to not think about work!
So the good news is that DS' fever went away overnight and he actually slept. He bad news is he's still cranky and not eating much. Teeth? I feel like I always blame teeth for everything, but really, I just have no clue what's wrong with my kid. Looking forward to him being able to tell me what's wrong. On a more positive note, his nap is going well, and we're going to my parents later for some swimming and BBQ, so hopefully DS will be happier, or at least there will be extra arms available to deal with him
Happy fourth to all the American ladies and their families!
Hope everyone had or is having a fun weekend! I haven't gotten to check in for a couple days. Just heading home from the lake today, basically to do laundry and get caught up just to turn around again on Thursday for camping trip #2.
Camping with two toddlerish age babies is so much work! But for us completely worth all the mud and dirt and chasing. The kids loved it! It stormed both nights so we put our little camper to the test right away, so far so good.
We had DS's birthday party on the beach yesterday-SO MUCH FUN! It was a blast and everyone had a great time! One of the mom's just burst out 'tiffbot this is the best birthday party ever!!' in complete excitement at one point lol! I will have to share pictures later when I'm in better service. His real birthday is tomorrow, can't believe I've almost got a 3 year old!
Post by heartofglass on Jul 4, 2016 12:31:45 GMT -5
Happy Birthday little Bluedaisy and michyme123! It's raining again here so I'm not sure what fun is in store. I want to make A a sand and water table so we need to get the supplies for that.
I tried putting A to sleep in his crib last night for the first time in months. It went great for about 1.5 hours. Then he was up every 15 minutes until I just gave up again. I guess I'll just keep trying every night until it sticks.
Happy birthday baby Bluedaisy and baby michyme123! Happy 4th of July to my fellow US ladies! We're visiting family today. E seems to have had a growth spurt that involves liking more foods, so I'm hoping he eats well today and stays happy while we visit all of the grandparents. Have a great Monday everyone!
Post by carolyngrace on Jul 4, 2016 13:04:03 GMT -5
Feeling guilty because I put LO down for a nap early because I was frustrated with DH not helping me. And he's been in there talking to himself for over a half hour. I mean, he's not upset and would probably have been more whiney around me, but I still feel guilty for putting him down early. Also mad at DH, but what are you gunna do...
Post by holliberry28 on Jul 4, 2016 14:09:12 GMT -5
Happy Birthday to your LOs michyme123 and Bluedaisy! Hope you have a wonderful day.
We have no 4th of July plans M is still getting over his MMR reaction and H finished tiling the balcony.
We were trying to find a lake house upstate ny not too far from nyc and closest thing left is 3.5 hours. H is scared to go on such a long trip with M. We also saw a gorgeous BMB in the finger lakes but that's a 5 hour drive and he won't pull the trigger.
Happy Birthday to your LOs michyme123 and Bluedaisy! Hope you have a wonderful day.
We have no 4th of July plans M is still getting over his MMR reaction and H finished tiling the balcony.
We were trying to find a lake house upstate ny not too far from nyc and closest thing left is 3.5 hours. H is scared to go on such a long trip with M. We also saw a gorgeous BMB in the finger lakes but that's a 5 hour drive and he won't pull the trigger.
Tell him many of us have done 6+ hours with our Los and you can do it! Especially 3-4 hours. Leave near nap time and include a couple stops. Hope you find a good house to vacation in!
tiffbot I want to attend a party with you as a host.. it sounds like you know how to throw them! Happy early birthday to your DS
Good luck with crib situation heartofglass. It will get easier, I promise.
Will someone please get @badwolf321 some strawberry pie!!
We had our 4th of July festivities yesterday, and today we finished up most of the last minute shopping for our trip. We fly out next week. I'm so excited! Happy 4th, ladies!
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