Weekly Randoms 08/22

[littlelion]

Should we try the weekly random thread again?  

[littlelion]

My sister recommended a really good daycare and I called for prices.  Cheaper than my current one! There's no space now but I wouldn't be looking to start my DS until next year along with the baby.  I'll make an appt for a tour soon. I'm crossing my fingers that the price included food and materials. 

[WineNChocolate]

littlelion, I am on the same boat. The neighbor sends her son to a really nice daycare that has less kids than ours does..so smaller classes. I am looking at doing a tour and see if we are going to transfer them. The only thing is DH is super attached to the school our daughter is in now...so it might be a battle!

OH MAJOR FAIL. I was doing two part screening for Down Syndrome and Tri-21 ( I think that is right) anyway...I thought it was this week, it was last week. SO I MISSED THE WINDOW. So now they just did the regular from my last screening they say everything seems fine. Very low chance. BUT its messing with my head that I missed it and now I have messed up and lil man will come out with an unexpected issue. I am trying not to but its really hard. My brain is just sitting there. I haven't told DH I missed it cause he would get his panties in a bunch.

[ImAPepper]

DH felt little man kick last night before bed! It's really starting to hit us both how little time we have left as a family of 3

I ordered the crib yesterday, so once that comes in all we will need is a dresser and some decorations. No idea what we'll do with it yet but I know we'll figure it out!

[littlelion]

WineNChocolate, oh no, I hate when that happens. Keep thinking positive thoughts! 

[emilie]

I miss the Olympics already. Not looking forward to two more months of the Trump and Hillz Show.

[lola]

emilie, Agreed. I keep saying, "I can't wait for this election to be over. Wake me up in December... Oh wait, that means baby time. I take it back."

[Deleted]

emilie, I'm with you on the election coverage. I'm trying to figure out how I'm supposed to teach the election this year. Usually it's so straight forward, but I don't even think the party platforms are clear enough for most adults, let alone a bunch of 13 year olds. I think we'll be focusing on the process of elections more this year. We already had to have an ethics talk with another history about how to teach in a neutral voice and tone, even if you don't agree with one party or another.

[mrsp121308]

Our new swivel/glider/recliner came today and it's SO comfy. I haven't moved from it since it got delivered. I have so much I could be doing with both girls at school, instead I started binge watching Scandal.

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mrsp121308,Pretty!! I love the pattern.

[Becca]

@cahistoryteacher, I normally use the elections as examples in my statistics class, but this year I'm glad to not be teaching that course. I don't even want to touch upon it, emotions are way to high. 


mrsp121308, where did you get that chair?  It is adorable!

[requiressnacks]

So...my first shower is less than a month away (Sept. 18)! And I've already gotten a couple emails from Amazon telling me that people have purchased stuff off of it. I don't know why - but this is making it feel very REAL.

[requiressnacks]

emilie, agree! It's going to be a long couple of months hearing about Hill's emails and Trump's dumbass comments. Of course, it's important to be informed, but it gets a little ridiculous.

[mrsp121308]

Becca, it's from a local mom & pop furniture store but it's a national brand called Best Home Furnishings

[lola]

requiressnacks, We just told our families our registries are ready, and people started purchasing last night! I think there's a little bit of competition going for getting early gifts because there are two family showers within a few weeks of each other (my side and by husband's side). I don't get why it's a competition, but I guess we win either way.

[littlelion]

Aug 22, 2016 16:22:16 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

So...my first shower is less than a month away (Sept. 18)! And I've already gotten a couple emails from Amazon telling me that people have purchased stuff off of it. I don't know why - but this is making it feel very REAL.

How exciting!

[requiressnacks]

Aug 22, 2016 16:37:30 GMT -5 lola said:

requiressnacks, We just told our families our registries are ready, and people started purchasing last night! I think there's a little bit of competition going for getting early gifts because there are two family showers within a few weeks of each other (my side and by husband's side). I don't get why it's a competition, but I guess we win either way.

That sounds like a win-win!

[ImAPepper]

Just got the results of my TORCH panel, which my OB ran after my hospital stay. It says I'm HSV positive but less than 2 weeks before that the HSV 1/2 specific tests they ran at the hospital were both negative. I'm so confused. Anyone else have any experience with the TORCH panel?

[sdgal]

requiressnacks, lola, We haven't even registered yet!! I am feeling so behind because of organizing for the move.
Although I do have a hidden Amazon one going. But DH needs to help me pick out strollers that he won't kick.

And finally got a date nailed down for my shower. Not until October 29.

[emilie]

sdgal I would highly recommend getting your H to spend a couple hours with you in-person in a Buy Buy Baby or Babies R Us to physically try out strollers. I am of the tall gangly variety as well and I liked the Britax B-Agile, but when I tried it out in store I found I was kicking the back too much. Buy Buy Baby is especially good in that they have the strollers set up right next to the car seats with the adapters out on the floor, so you can physically try lifting strollers, snapping in car seats, folding everything up, etc.

[sdgal]

emilie, that is exactly our plan. The Buy Buy Baby for us to register at is about 15 miles away in our "hometown". So we will do a quick dinner at one of his favorite restaurants, and then dive into the registering process.

I told him he has to help out with this part of registering.

[lola]

Our showers are both planned for October, so people are definitely just working ahead.

sdgal, I'm a planner, so we were really just waiting to find out the sex of the baby before registering. I had the secret registry going too! I did all of the research upfront, but definitely had my husband come with me to BBB to weigh in on things like the stroller and carseat.

[littlelion]

If you're having a shower, please register early! I got my cousins' invite last week for her shower next week and she still hadn't registered! Even though 3 stores were listed on the invite!

[mrsp121308]

@kc295905, it's from a local shop but it's from a national line called Best Home Furnishings. Their stuff is available all over. I just told them what I wanted and got to pick my own fabric.