Taco Tuesday, Anyone?

[dreemkin]

It really is for me: taco skillet for dinner!

[dreemkin]

We watched our wedding video last night. Omg, it looked so old and we had some good laughs.

The weather is amazing! Me and A went on a nice long walk while N was at totschool this morning. This is my favorite kind of weather. 77, sunny, no humidity, and a slight breeze. My parents are at our family lake house this week and I wish I could go but A is bad in the car seat bc she feels like it's a prison. And just me driving the girls 4 hours in a day would not be good for any of us

[dmorgendorffer]

dreemkin we're doing tacos tonight too with our leftover pulled pork! How was your anniversary?

Thinking I might take a break and go for a walk, not many meetings today and we had catered lunch today which is nice but I really need to get out of the building for a little bit. I feel... guilty maybe? for just going and walking around during work hours though.

[dreemkin]

dmorgendorffer We didn't do anything for our anniversary. We had left over pot roast and did the usual night routine. But we watched our wedding video so that was nice. We WILL be going out to eat at a Brazilian steak house the first chance we can to celebrate our anni properly. We talked about me feeling like there's a (for lack of better word) distance between us. And it's nothing that can be solved right now so we'll just have to see if time will help.

[lilyelayne]

Had a playdate at the park this morning. Now DS is napping, and then this afternoon is his 18mo appt. Looking forward to seeing how much he's grown!

dmorgendorffer I found that I was more productive at work if I took a break when I needed it. Better 10 minutes walking than an hour dragging my heels or not concentrating on actual work sitting at my desk.

dreemkin glad you and your H talked about how you're feeling. Keeping the communication going is 75% of the work of marriage I feel like.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

I had a sono and blood test today. I'm hoping we can do an iui Sunday. I don't want to tip off work by being late If it's Monday or Tuesday. Plus my boss is off next week would look bad

[lilyelayne]

aggiebug hope you have/had safe travels today!

2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) hope the blood work comes out okay & you can do the IUI this weekend! FX for you!

[mishka29]

My house is a total mess as usual. There isn't enough time in the day between work, kids, making dinner and tv watching to get any cleaning time in.

I was reading a peppa pig book tonight to the girls and DH and I were doing the voices. We couldn't even read anymore bc we were laughing so hard. DD1 was 'fake' laughing along with us bc she didn't know what was so funny.

[dreemkin]

@miska29 and yet look what joy you found tonight! Things will work out cleaning wise, even if it's a little at a time.
2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) eeee! Good luck!
lilyelayne how was the appointment?

[dreemkin]

So DH and I talked again some more tonight and since we're both having a hard time with deciding on a 3rd and him being so busy with a new position, we decided to do this: I am going to stop my birth control pills and we can decide in a month or whenever. We both might feel differently then. Until then I'm going to stop talking about it and give it a rest. If we decide no still, no harm.

Who on here has two kids already? Me and mishka29 only? Anyone else? Anyone like to share their reasoning of having more (whatever number child) or not having more and why? Then I'll stop annoying you all lol. I swear!

[lilrubberduckie]

Hey! Random drop in from f16 (although I was originally an f15er ) did your babies use snow boots last winter? Trying to decide if it's worth it or just put warm slippers on. We have a snow suit that is pants and jacket but no feet in it, we are in northern Ontario.

[lilyelayne]

mishka29 aw what a great moment for you & your family.

dreemkin hugs. DH says 2 kids and I think 4, though reserve the right to change my mind once we have 2. I also am trying to convince myself to be okay with 2 because that's really what DH wants, he thinks at this point. He grew up in a family with 3 kids and he didn't like the odd number, someone was always left out, difficult to get tables at restaurants, etc. Two kids is balanced with parents. And much cheaper than 4. My heart hurts at the thought of only having two kids, of only getting to do all this once more - I grew up with one sibling and thought it was perfect, so I feel like that should be what I want, but something inside me wants a big family. That surprises me. Idk that was really rambly but I don't have a very cohesive outlook on it. Probably because I want 4 kids & that doesn't feel realistic, especially since sometimes DH would be one and done. He was afraid to have one kid; he is, still, afraid to have more. Anxious, maybe, more than afraid.

[lilyelayne]

18 mo appt went great! Didn't gain much weight & dropped percentiles a bit but his curve isn't too off. No concerns with any growth markers. Height & head grew as expected. Met all milestones. Got our last routine vax til 4 years old and got this year's flu shot! He's ahead on verbal & social skills. I can't believe it'll be 6 months before we go back.

[lilyelayne]

Sept 13, 2016 21:15:55 GMT -5 lilrubberduckie said:

Hey! Random drop in from f16 (although I was originally an f15er ) did your babies use snow boots last winter? Trying to decide if it's worth it or just put warm slippers on. We have a snow suit that is pants and jacket but no feet in it, we are in northern Ontario.

There's no snow where I live so I have no advice. My kid was not walking last winter so I wouldn't not have used snow boots even if I lived somewhere cold. He wore socks & sometimes fleece lined shoes from Little Pitterpat (Etsy store).

[seamonster]

Sept 13, 2016 21:58:19 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Sept 13, 2016 21:15:55 GMT -5 lilrubberduckie said:

Hey! Random drop in from f16 (although I was originally an f15er ) did your babies use snow boots last winter? Trying to decide if it's worth it or just put warm slippers on. We have a snow suit that is pants and jacket but no feet in it, we are in northern Ontario.

There's no snow where I live so I have no advice. My kid was not walking last winter so I wouldn't not have used snow boots even if I lived somewhere cold. He wore socks & sometimes fleece lined shoes from Little Pitterpat (Etsy store).

Didn't have a walker. We did buy him snow boots and he wore them once. I'd do fleece lined shoes or buy used from a sucker like me.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

Sept 13, 2016 23:50:08 GMT -5 seamonster said:

Sept 13, 2016 21:58:19 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

There's no snow where I live so I have no advice. My kid was not walking last winter so I wouldn't not have used snow boots even if I lived somewhere cold. He wore socks & sometimes fleece lined shoes from Little Pitterpat (Etsy store).

Didn't have a walker. We did buy him snow boots and he wore them once. I'd do fleece lined shoes or buy used from a sucker like me.

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[tortor4]

Sept 13, 2016 21:15:55 GMT -5 lilrubberduckie said:

Hey! Random drop in from f16 (although I was originally an f15er ) did your babies use snow boots last winter? Trying to decide if it's worth it or just put warm slippers on. We have a snow suit that is pants and jacket but no feet in it, we are in northern Ontario.

Hi! DD randomly had a pair of brand new hand me down boots that were entirely too big. But she wasn't walking yet and we only went out to play once or twice so we just put them on her to keep her warm and dry. It worked out perfectly for us and I think she'll be able to wear them this year. Any consignment stores near you? That would probably be the first place I'd check since boots that little don't get a lot of wear.

[tortor4]

dreemkin it sounds like you guys had a really productive talk! I'm not gonna lie, I squealed a little when I read you were going to stop your birth control 😊

[dreemkin]

lilrubberduckie hi! For just going out we used warm soft shoes. We did not play in the snow with her so no boots were used.

[kartish]

Sept 13, 2016 21:15:55 GMT -5 lilrubberduckie said:

Hey! Random drop in from f16 (although I was originally an f15er ) did your babies use snow boots last winter? Trying to decide if it's worth it or just put warm slippers on. We have a snow suit that is pants and jacket but no feet in it, we are in northern Ontario.

I live in Utah and V had snow boots. We went out in the snow a bit and he came up to the resort a few times so I think that they were used a fair amount. If we were out and about though he usually just had his normal footwear on. But they were bought from a second hand store. My dad bought him new this year and they were pricey! So I would definitely look at any consignment stores in your area.

[mishka29]

Sept 13, 2016 21:00:11 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

So DH and I talked again some more tonight and since we're both having a hard time with deciding on a 3rd and him being so busy with a new position, we decided to do this: I am going to stop my birth control pills and we can decide in a month or whenever. We both might feel differently then. Until then I'm going to stop talking about it and give it a rest. If we decide no still, no harm.

Who on here has two kids already? Me and mishka29 only? Anyone else? Anyone like to share their reasoning of having more (whatever number child) or not having more and why? Then I'll stop annoying you all lol. I swear!

Wow! Didn't see that coming! I'm glad your DH is willing to open the discussion.

For us DH is dead set against more kids. Has been begging to get a vasectomy, I agreed and he has one booked for December.

For me I don't know. It's not that I want three kids I just don't know that I don't want three kids. Confusing I know lol. So well I probably don't want three kids I don't love the idea of closing the door on three kids permanently.

Now if I set aside what I want/don't want the other issues to consider are house size, I would need a new car or both of us would and of course MONEY. We pay $530 a week for daycare right now.

DD1 was just about to turn 2 when LO was born. It's been hard, really HARD to manage these two crazies. Adding a third would probably put me in the loonie bin. I know people who manage three or more just fine but I struggle with two personally.

Good luck with your discussion! Keep us posted!