Welcome to the Work Week!

[lilyelayne]

How's Monday going?

[dreemkin]

I am tired today. After some playing and cleaning this morning, I'm putting on The Good Dinosaur (a favorite among the kids). We had a nice visit with our friends and a relaxing day yesterday. We watched the Olympics a lot. Today is another lazy day.

I switched A's nap to after lunch and a bit later. She goes down easier but doesn't sleep as long. I'm thinking she'll be another early nap dropper, like N We've also been letting the girls stay up a little later at night in hopes it'll help A go down easier. Maybe it's just a phase...she's crying so much when we put her down.

[agm04]

dreemkin nap changes are so frustrating. DD struggled for a good month when transitioning to one nap. of course that coincided with teething, because nothing is ever simple! hope A stops resisting so much - it's tough!

There's a house for sale on our street, and DH and I want it. I can't stop thinking about it! We love our neighborhood, but the layout of our house isn't great for kids. One of those things we couldn't really understand until after having a baby. We're considering renting out our current house and buying the other one. The down side is we have a garage apartment with our current house, which is where our au pair lives. The other house is bigger/more bedrooms, but no separate living area. I think that would be hard for us. Adulting is hard!

[dreemkin]

agm04 that's tough. If you rent out your current house could your au pair still stay in the apartment? And We did something similar. We moved about three blocks away (it's technically a different neighborhood) because our house just was getting too difficult with the girls but we love our area.

[agm04]

dreemkin that's an interesting thought! the other thing that i hadn't thought too much about is that the Superbowl is here this year. we live very close to the stadium, and houses are renting for $10k+ for the week. some in our area are listed for $5k a night...seriously. there just aren't enough hotels in the area. i guess the house would need to be furnished for that, but it might be worth considering!

[aggiebug]

Hiya.

Today is get the house clean for guests. My bff and her SO are coming into town tomorrow afternoon and leaving Thursday morning. Next week my MIL is here.

[agm04]

aggiebug makes me tired just thinking about it! haha. but having guests is nice too.

[kartish]

Work today and V's 18 month appointment tonight afterwards. I just thought of a really great idea for a project at work but I don't know if I have the time to implements it while it would still be useful, since it would pretty much have to be done today, I already have a full plate and I can't stay late.

agm04 I second dreemkin's idea if the other house is worth it! Have you toured the other place? Do you have a university nearby? Because you could probably rent a furnished place to college students easily after the super bowl was over.

[aggiebug]

Aug 8, 2016 12:29:00 GMT -5 agm04 said:

aggiebug makes me tired just thinking about it! haha. but having guests is nice too.

LOL mostly I feel tired we are having to squeeze in room prep (guest room is becoming dd's room) between visits.

[agm04]

kartish yes we saw it yesterday - we love it! and we do have a university within walking distance...definitely something to think about. we are also very close to the med center and MD Anderson, which may help with shorter term rentals.

[tortor4]

agm04 yes I agree with the others! Maybe keep your au pair where she is and consider furnishing the house and renting it out that way. Five grand for a one week rental could totally convince me!
aggiebug I do not envy you for all of the house guests you have, sounds exhausting!
dreemkin I wish C would sit down and watch a movie. She'll look at the tv when she hears the hot dog dance and sometimes if there's other music but other than that, she has no interest.

So yesterday DH was cutting the grass and a rock flew out from under the tractor and shattered my back windshield in my suv. Luckily insurance is covering most of it without it raising our rates so that's good!

[agm04]

aggiebug sending you happy energy vibes. that's a lot at once!

tortor4 whaaaat...that's terrible! at least rates aren't going up but ugh. of all the places that rock could fly. DD won't watch movies (or much tv) either. she's happy to have it on in the background but still wants to play with me. it's cute but not helpful when you need a minute.

i'm going to look in to the furnishing/rental thing. technically the au pair is supposed to live WITH us, but i'm sure we could make that work.

[kaydee0402]

Popping over to say hiiii!

I forgot that DS can now reach the top of the kitchen table and last night he dumped blue nail polish allllll over tile floor. I'm still working on getting all of the polish up.

His big boy furniture arrives Saturday, so he will officially transition out of the nursery into his big boy room. Mama isn't ready for him to grow up Where did our babies go?

[kaydee0402]

dreemkin, I hope nap transition goes smoothly! DS is down to one nap a day, but daycare handled that transition for me. I miss the two naps a day guarantee, but I enjoy having more time for weekend fun as well!

[kaydee0402]

agm04, tough decisions! I have family in Houston that is considering renting out their house for the Super Bowl as well.

Also, I was there last month for a funeral and had Torchy's Tacos for the first time. YUM!

[kaydee0402]

aggiebug, ugh having guests in town is always so exhausting! The preparation, the entertaining, the clean up. I hope it all goes smoothly for you!

[kaydee0402]

tortor4, glad insurance is covering it and not raising the rates! Window replacement can be such a hassle, so it's nice when they make it easy for you.

[dreemkin]

Thanks all. She's napping a while today. I managed to do some laundry and clean a bathroom during it!

And yeah, she'll actually bring me remotes when she wants to watch something. It's kinda bad. I try to not do too much tv time a day and they're always educational or disney movies (socially/morally educational).

[lilyelayne]

agm04 house shopping is so exciting & so stressful! Hope y'all get to make the move if you decide that's what is best.
aggiebug can your guests help with room prep stuff, or not since they're staying in that room?
kartish hope the 18mo appt goes well!
tortor4 what a terrible accident. Glad insurance is cooperating!

[tortor4]

kaydee0402 how have you been feeling? How far along are you now?

[lilyelayne]

Made it to the grocery and met DH for lunch. Grocery was having a canned goods sale so I stocked the pantry some. The last couple times we've gone to the grocery, DS has asked to sit in the buggy, and then a third of the way through the trip starts whining & telling me "all done, all done, momma back, please" which is how he asks me to wear him. So I think I'm gonna stop giving him the choice and just wear him in, since we both end up happier in the long run that way.

Miscommunication so none of the ILs nor DH are off Friday. Not going to the beach til Saturday. It's not like we planned this trip 6 months ago or anything

[kaydee0402]

tortor4, I'm feeling pretty great right now! I'm 20w4d, so this pregnancy is FLYING compared to my first!

[tortor4]

kaydee0402 glad to hear that! Do you know if your son will have a brother or sister yet? Sorry if you've said already and I missed it!

[agm04]

lilyelayne arghhhhh missing a day at the beach! MEH. I'm sorry. :/

[kaydee0402]

tortor4, I don't know. We're waiting for DH to get home to find out, which will be fun.

[aggiebug]

lilyelayne not really. Its OK. It has all worked out well just made the process more of an adventure. and the visits are all good! It wouldn't be the aggiebug household if we didn't have a lot of trips scheduled (oh yeah I am flying 3 times and one 9hr drive in the next month too lol!) or people visiting.


I have 2 walls left to paint- both mostly trimmed and not windows/doors so should be quick to roll. Hopefully we can get it done this weekend, in time for MIL to come. Then it will just be get the guest bed out and S's furniture and stuff in. So hopefully can get that done before September.

[kaydee0402]

lilyelayne, G sounds like DS. Halfway through our grocery trip, he's always done with the cart. But I haven't perfected putting him on my back myself yet, so in the cart he stays, which means lots of fussing and me always forgetting something!

[tortor4]

kaydee0402 aw that's great! How fun!

[aggiebug]

tortor4 what bum luck! I am glad insurance is helping without raising rates.

kaydee0402 I hear you on the pregnancy flying. We are keeping DD in a crib, no way I wanted to deal with a free toddler if I I didn't have to! And thankfully I have a friend with a crib/ mattress we can borrow.

[lilyelayne]

Aug 8, 2016 15:36:32 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

lilyelayne, G sounds like DS. Halfway through our grocery trip, he's always done with the cart. But I haven't perfected putting him on my back myself yet, so in the cart he stays, which means lots of fussing and me always forgetting something!

It's probably a bit harder to toss a toddler over your shoulder when 20w pregnant