Weekend Randoms 09/02

[littlelion]

[littlelion]

It's going to be a long weekend for most of us! Can you imagine going in to labor on Labor day?   

[littlelion]

I have plans every day this weekend. 2 birthday celebrations and hosting a dinner on Sunday.  My nephew turns 11 next week.  His wish list is short & sweet: legos, video games or $. I'm leaning towards the last one. 

[littlelion]

I had my glucose test this morning. I chose the orange drink, no biggie.  I prob won't get results until next week.  And they only call if I fail. I was told to start counting kicks too.

It's Friday, work is slow and I'd like to move past citrine level. 

[lola]

We have a rehearsal dinner tonight and a wedding tomorrow for one of my husband's old coworkers. I would honestly skip if my husband wasn't officiating the wedding. But my parents are also coming into town to work on the mural in the nursery, so I'm going to use that as my excuse to only stay the polite amount of time at both events, since I don't really know anyone who will be there.

[littlelion]

Sept 2, 2016 10:53:39 GMT -5 lola said:

We have a rehearsal dinner tonight and a wedding tomorrow for one of my husband's old coworkers. I would honestly skip if my husband wasn't officiating the wedding. But my parents are also coming into town to work on the mural in the nursery, so I'm going to use that as my excuse to only stay the polite amount of time at both events, since I don't really know anyone who will be there.

How exciting, what' the mural going to be again?

[requiressnacks]

Sept 2, 2016 10:41:02 GMT -5 littlelion said:

I had my glucose test this morning. I chose the orange drink, no biggie.  I prob won't get results until next week.  And they only call if I fail. I was told to start counting kicks too.

It's Friday, work is slow and I'd like to move past citrine level. 

FTM alert. What does "counting kicks" entail?

[requiressnacks]

Hi ladies! I'm "working" from home today. Basically, I'm doing the bare minimum. And it feels so good!

Also, I have a wedding on Sunday and we are supposed to be getting some sort of hurricane/coastal storm. I feel so as for the couple - the wedding is at a yacht club and is/was supposed to be outside overlooking the ocean. I hope they get a weather miracle.....

[littlelion]

Sept 2, 2016 11:36:05 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Sept 2, 2016 10:41:02 GMT -5 littlelion said:

I had my glucose test this morning. I chose the orange drink, no biggie.  I prob won't get results until next week.  And they only call if I fail. I was told to start counting kicks too.

It's Friday, work is slow and I'd like to move past citrine level. 

FTM alert. What does "counting kicks" entail?

It's counting movements like kicking or punching, you need 10 within 2 hrs. They tell you to count when baby is more active either after eating or his active time (mine likes to be up at 2 am).  I'm sure there's an app out there to track it. 

[requiressnacks]

Sept 2, 2016 11:46:22 GMT -5 littlelion said:

Sept 2, 2016 11:36:05 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

FTM alert. What does "counting kicks" entail?

It's counting movements like kicking or punching, you need 10 within 2 hrs. They tell you to count when baby is more active either after eating or his active time (mine likes to be up at 2 am).  I'm sure there's an app out there to track it. 

Huh. Interesting. I don't think I'm having that much movement.

[littlelion]

Sept 2, 2016 11:48:54 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Sept 2, 2016 11:46:22 GMT -5 littlelion said:

It's counting movements like kicking or punching, you need 10 within 2 hrs. They tell you to count when baby is more active either after eating or his active time (mine likes to be up at 2 am).  I'm sure there's an app out there to track it. 

Huh. Interesting. I don't think I'm having that much movement.

I'm only 25 wks and thought it was early for counting kicks. I've seen 28 wks is usually when you start counting.

[fikafairy67]

requiressnacks, I was told with DS, and with this one, not to start official kick counts until about 28-ish weeks.

[littlelion]

I'm having chicken noodle soup with chamomile tea for lunch.  I feel a cold coming on. 

[mrsp121308]

Had my last 2nd trimester OB appointment today. It's starting to feel real that this baby will be here soon(ish). Next appointment is in 2 weeks!

So much to do this weekend and I should get a jump on it but I want to be lazy instead.

[lola]

littlelion, It's a night sky with stars and constellations. The background is a navy blue, but it will have pinks and purples airbrushed, to make it look like a galaxy. And then we'll do the stars and constellations in gold. A few of the constellations (maybe three) will also be outlined like the animals they represent in gold also. The rest of the rooms is light grey with neutrals, since the mural will be fairly bold. Fingers crossed it turns out okay!

Kind of like a mashup of this:

Animal outlines: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/1b/c0/d6/1bc0d67c828d187a5185929e5ba19ac3.jpg

Galaxy colors: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/64/de/63/64de6371301c97587ad936b206e9e6ab.jpg

[littlelion]

Sept 2, 2016 13:10:25 GMT -5 lola said:

littlelion , It's a night sky with stars and constellations. The background is a navy blue, but it will have pinks and purples airbrushed, to make it look like a galaxy. And then we'll do the stars and constellations in gold. A few of the constellations (maybe three) will also be outlined like the animals they represent in gold also. The rest of the rooms is light grey with neutrals, since the mural will be fairly bold. Fingers crossed it turns out okay!

Kind of like a mashup of this:

Animal outlines: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/1b/c0/d6/1bc0d67c828d187a5185929e5ba19ac3.jpg

Galaxy colors: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/64/de/63/64de6371301c97587ad936b206e9e6ab.jpg

Impressive.  We chickened out just on trying to do stripes in the nursery. 

[lola]

littlelion, Oh, trust, if it was me we wouldn't be doing anything artistic. My dad is a creative director who used to do work for Disney, so he's legit. Otherwise, it would be decals or sold colors for us. Sadly I did not inherit those skills.

[littlelion]

The new employee has become my work buddy.  We go on an afternoon walk, lunch, etc.  But she's kind of judgy/bossy.  Telling me not to drink coffee not even decaf or earlier this week the caf had sushi bar and she was adamant I not have any...even after I told her I don't like sushi...very annoying.  Today at lunch we both went to buy soup and she was eyeing the creamy spinach.  She's been complaining that she's gained weight this summer so I had no qualms telling her that cream soups were the devil for the waistline and she should have chicken noodle like me.  

[littlelion]

+ she touched my belly. first non family person to do that. and in the middle of the office. 

[mrsp121308]

Sept 2, 2016 11:48:54 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Sept 2, 2016 11:46:22 GMT -5 littlelion said:

It's counting movements like kicking or punching, you need 10 within 2 hrs. They tell you to count when baby is more active either after eating or his active time (mine likes to be up at 2 am).  I'm sure there's an app out there to track it. 

Huh. Interesting. I don't think I'm having that much movement.

I've never had my OB tell me to actually count kicks. She always ask if I'm getting plenty of movement but she's never suggested I really count anything.

[mrsp121308]

I'm getting super anxious to get all of our remodeling done. I feel myself starting to want to nest and it's incredibly frustrating to not be able to do anything because of the construction going on. I need DH to get shit done. Like. Right. Now.

[lola]

Sept 2, 2016 14:25:19 GMT -5 littlelion said:

+ she touched my belly. first non family person to do that. and in the middle of the office. 

Nooooooo.

[littlelion]

I passed my glucose test! But I'm anemic. I didn't get the numbers but the nurse left a voicemail saying they sent a prescription to my pharmacy. 

[Becca]

requiressnacks, are you able to differentiate between the twins kicks? I'm having trouble knowing which one is always moving. I plan on asking my Dr at my next appointment how I'm supposed to do a kick count if I can't tell which kid it is.

[lola]

We haven't talked about kick counts specifically yet, but they do ask if I feel movement at every appointment.

Unrelated, can I throw myself a pity party for a second? A few weeks ago, after some coworkers had mentioned all going to someone's house for dinner when our out-of-town coworkers were visiting, I set the plan in motion. Nothing was ever finalized, but I was a clear driver in this plan taking shape via Facebook. I never heard anything else about it, so I just let it go becuase I had other things to think about. Fast forward to today, when I learn that these three coworkers actually DID have the dinner that I had instigated, but didn't invite me! Now, I know there are probably lots of reasons why this could've happened, and I also 100 percent do not think it was malicious in intent, but damn if my feelings aren't hurt. One of the girls made some lame excuse when I found out, and I just let it go, but now I'm jumping to all of the worst conclusions...

[requiressnacks]

Sept 2, 2016 15:41:28 GMT -5 Becca said:

requiressnacks, are you able to differentiate between the twins kicks? I'm having trouble knowing which one is always moving. I plan on asking my Dr at my next appointment how I'm supposed to do a kick count if I can't tell which kid it is.

Nope. No clue! I also get kicks in all different places so I am totally confused where these babies actually are. I need to ask more questions at my next visit.

[requiressnacks]

Sept 2, 2016 15:34:41 GMT -5 littlelion said:

I passed my glucose test! But I'm anemic. I didn't get the numbers but the nurse left a voicemail saying they sent a prescription to my pharmacy. 

Yay for passing! Have some ice cream!

[requiressnacks]

lola, I'm sorry - that is so shady!

[lbonga1]

DD2 turns 2 tomorrow! We don't really have much planned this weekend though. We wanted to do Disneyland, but our passes are blocked out for Labor Day weekend, so we're going to do a character breakfast next weekend. I think we're having dinner at FI's parents' house on Sunday. I am definitely looking forward to the three-day weekend.

[fikafairy67]

#parentingwin