Monday, let's get this started!

[WineNChocolate]

I have 5 weeks...till this lil bundle of pain comes out. My last Dr. appt he has obviously dropped and is head down now. But that means so much pain while sleeping he like to dig his foot into my upper abdomen and ribs and its the worse pain ever. So I toss and turn a lot and DH doesn't get a lot of sleep along with me because of it. I have a new position where I am on my back but more to one side with a pillow propping up both of my knees..only real good sleep I get.

BUT Anywho..I am not done Christmas shopping started decorating yesterday..not as far as I wanted to get but I will do more next weekend. I will hopefully get most of my Christmas shopping done as on thanksgiving and cyber Monday.

Christmas tree we don't get till second weekend in December. DH asked if we really needed the real tree this year and I looked at him "do people in hell want ice water" OF COURSE.

The build out for the new room is now closed in and the window just has to go in and then we start, electric, duct work and dry wall. I AM praying a miracle its ready for paint and flooring in two weeks. lol. THAT might not happen but hey I can wish can't I...All I want for Christmas is that room done.

crimpgirl, your in a marching band still? Do tell? What instrument do you play. I learn something new everyday.

OHHHH I saw Fantastic Beast and where to find them last night...LOVE LOVE LOVE thank you god this is the start of new HP movies well HP-Like movies. I am totally in love with Newt..quirky nerdy awkward character.

[lastnamewithheld]

I'm stuck at work, of course... (only 18 more work days or something like that though--yay) I'm really over it lately. I'm all out of fucks to give here.

Is anyone doing like a keepsake ornament this year for their new LO's? Or am I just asking for disaster. I keep thinking like a ball ornament with his handprint/footprint in paint or a salt dough ornament of his hand/foot print. Am I being too over ambitious? I think this might be right down my alley since I'm not xmas shopping this year.

I hope your addition gets finished sooner rather than later, WineNChocolate .
That light show sounds amazing, crimpgirl !

[littlelion]

Morning! Very happy for a short week! Have a drs appt for ds at 9 and then off to work.

[littlelion]

Hi mumomma13, welcome back! You'll have to update us on your pregnancy. How do you feel, your EDD, team blue/pink/green, ftm/stm, etc etc etc.

[Winnifred]

Good morning, ladies! Only 3 days of work this week, woo hoo! AND tomorrow there's only 19 days left until my due date - 19!!!

Baby also decided to move out of her good position over the weekend and I think she's now sunny side up. So hopefully she'll be moving again soon... On the plus side, this weekend was fabulous because my back didn't ache at all. I'm assuming this position that's bad for labor is good for my back right now. Oh well.

[Winnifred]

crimpgirl, that was very thoughtful of your friends!

WineNChocolate, FX for some sort of miracle to speed up the reno process!!

lastnamewithheld, I hadn't even thought about that! We will probably order a bulb from Bronner's with her name on it, and perhaps her birth date. It's a family tradition that everyone has their own bulb. Hopefully you find something easy to do and perfect for your little one!

[kaydee0402]

Good morning! Short week here. I have a doctor's appointment Wednesday so I'm only really working 2.5 days. After this week, I only have two full weeks of work left before my c-section. Yaaaaay!

We went to breakfast with Santa on Saturday. DS did really well with Santa last year, but this year has decided he hates him. So we did our visit and now we're done with Santa for the holiday season.

My sister and friends threw us a surprise sprinkle this weekend. We went over for what we thought was friendsgiving and what turned into a cute little sprinkle. I was really adamant about not wanting one, but it was a nice surprise.

I made a pumpkin cheesecake and quiche for Thanksgiving last night. Tuesday I'll cut and set out the bread so it can properly dry and I can use it for stuffing. I'll also make cranberries and the mixture for stuffed mushrooms. But tonight, I'm crashing when I get home from work!

[kaydee0402]

@kc295905, sorry about your mom's dog.

[kaydee0402]

crimpgirl, you're in marching band? How fun!

[kaydee0402]

WineNChocolate, ahhh I'm dying to see Fantastic Beasts! I didn't want to go this weekend and deal with the crowds. I think my sister and I are going to try and go the first weekend of December.

[legalbeagle]

crimpgirl, freezer meals is such a great gift! As a follow vegetarian, any ideas to pass along? My mom will be here for a little bit when baby is first born -- and we basically live on delivery anyway -- but it would be nice to have a few things in the freezer and ready to go!

WineNChocolate, so glad you liked Fantastic Beasts also! There aren't books for this one right? Just movies? Things I could Google...

lastnamewithheld, we're lazy and just buy DS an ornament every year. If you can make a baby's first ornament you would be my hero!

littlelion, Hope your doctor's appointment is great! I have one today too!

Winnifred, Hope LO moves out of the sunny side up position! DS was there last time and yes, back labor is pretty uncomfortable.

@kc295905, I'm so sorry for you/your mom. That's such a hard thing to go through.

kaydee0402, That sprinkle sounds so nice! What great friends.

[legalbeagle]

Also so excited for all the new babies!

I had a pretty productive but low-key weekend. Wrote thank you notes for baby gifts, finished washing stuff/organizing the nursery and started packing bag for hospital -- will just need to add stuff I ordered from Amazon (Dermoplast, disposable underwear, etc.), toiletries and my glasses (CANNOT FORGET MY GLASSES). After today we will have two big things checked off: my friend is coming to finish nursery and hang stuff with my DH and tonight DH and I have our baby/toddler CPR class.

You guys are really motivating me to have Christmas shopping started/done by Dec 1. I'm 37 weeks on Dec 2 and even though I don't think baby will be early (just based on DS, no scientific reason) you never know!

[WineNChocolate]

legalbeagle, NO books...but they did say that Number 2 of Newt's story is scheduled for 2018. I am super happy about that. But I would be happier if there were books to read in between.... Meh. kaydee0402, it is a must to see..it was so much fun! Done really well!

@kc295905, ugh sick furbabies...many hugs to mom. Furbabies are just as hard to loose.

[Winnifred]

legalbeagle, I said the exact same thing to my husband this weekend - we cannot leave my glasses behind!! I have two lists, one for items that should be put in the bag early and one for the last minute stuff. Started actually putting things in the bag this weekend and it's making everything seem even more real now.

We also had our dog groomed this weekend and she looks completely hilarious to me. She's a goldendoodle, they trimmed her face like a Shih Tzu, shaved her body down to a 4 (per our request), and left her tail really fluffy. She looks part shih tzu part squirrel, and I honestly think she feels as ridiculous as she looks. So funny!

[Lucy]

I'm taking DS to the allergist this morning, then I have an NST that I'm sure he's going to think I am torturing him by making him sit through. Fortunately my OB's office and his Allergist are in the same hospital complex -- unfortunately, they're both 45 minutes from home/his school, so there is no time to drop him off in between.

[Deleted]

2 1/2 days of work and most of that is my students working on projects so it should be a pretty easy week for me. DH got the carseat base put in my car this weekend, it's a little weird my car makes the carseat slightly off centered so that might take some getting used to.

[Winnifred]

Anyone else starting to get a little emotional about the end being near?! I can't believe we'll have this little newborn here within the next few weeks. DH and I are so excited. At the same time, I'm trying to really savor the quiet times of just me and DH with our pets.

[Deleted]

oooo, I just printed out my last attendance spreadsheet and I'm down to 22 days of work, 20 days with individual classes thanks to finals. Out of that 4 days are half days and the very last day(also my due date) I'm only here until 10am. I really hope I can make it to the very end- seriously contractions can start at 10:01 that day for all I care. I've also finally hit the point where I've already made all my copies so I just have to show up each day and everything is done. I just need my students to cooperate and work with me the next few weeks.

[mrsp121308]

I desperately need to clean the house today, but H was up every 2 hours over the weekend and all I really want to do is nap.

Short week for the girls at school this week and I'm taking them to a pottery place Wednesday to make a platter for my mom and MIL for Christmas. Looking forward to DH getting some time off later in the week. I got used to him being home with me after H was born and I'm missing him.

[mrswillie]

As of today I am finally done working and officially a SAHM every day instead of just some days. I have the next 9 days to spend with my boys before we meet baby..... and get some last minute things done for baby too.

[mrswillie]

crimpgirl def feels good to get most of the Christmas shopping done. Whew! Yay for freezer meals. That was a great idea.

WineNChocolate LMAO about the real tree. I use to love the real tree... but it was just too much with my allergies for me to suffer so badly for a month. Womp womp. So I have scent sticks I put in there. Not the same, but I'm not dying.

lastnamewithheld totally not being over ambitious. I think the ornament is doable. Well, it depends on whether you're doing one or a bunch for other people. Lol

Winnifred woohoo for a break from back pain.

@kc295905 I hope your mom's pup is ok!

kaydee0402 lol about the Santa visit. DS1 will be so excited. DS2 I'm not so sure about. Maybe he'll like him since he can run up with brother. He'll probably run away.

Lucy 👍 for them being in the same hospital complex at least.

[lastnamewithheld]

mrswillie, I'm thinking about 6. no more than 10. LOL. I like the idea of the paint/xmas ball better than the salt-dough, even though I think the dough might be less messy.

Hmmm.

[legalbeagle]

Well this is definitely going to be a December baby. Talked to my doc today and since I'll be 36 in a few weeks they won't let me go past 41 weeks so my doc scheduled an induction for the night of Dec 27th (40 weeks plus 4). Clearly I'm hoping she arrives earlier (but not too early!) but it is nice to have an "end date."

Edited to add: He also said he'd be comfortable inducing me on Dec 20th (39 weeks plus 4) but that made me a little nervous. He said he thought it was fine since I've already had another baby so my body should respond to the Pitocin, etc. Has anyone had an elective induction prior to due date?

[Winnifred]

@kc295905, lol! I'm pretty sure our animals have absolutely no idea what's coming, and neither of them have been around babies before. It's going to be interesting to say the least!

mrswillie, congrats on moving into a new phase of your life as a SAHM!

[tbonequeen13]

I finished my Christmas shopping today- and without setting foot in a store! Yay for a free Amazon Prime trial membership! Still have to get stocking stuff, but that's it.

I am trying not to be all "I'm so over being pregnant" because I know this is our last, but I'm quickly reaching that point, lol....I am going to cry if they do the 1st cervical check tomorrow and I haven't made any progress at all....

lastnamewithheld, I buy DD1 a dated Hallmark ornament each year, so I bought one for DD2 this year as well..that's as keepsake as I get, lol...I have ambitions of being one of those crafty Moms, but I'm really bad about buying stuff and never actually doing anything with it.

[catherineoctober]

Nov 21, 2016 8:25:11 GMT -5 lastnamewithheld said:

I'm stuck at work, of course... (only 18 more work days or something like that though--yay) I'm really over it lately. I'm all out of fucks to give here.

Is anyone doing like a keepsake ornament this year for their new LO's? Or am I just asking for disaster. I keep thinking like a ball ornament with his handprint/footprint in paint or a salt dough ornament of his hand/foot print. Am I being too over ambitious? I think this might be right down my alley since I'm not xmas shopping this year.

I hope your addition gets finished sooner rather than later, WineNChocolate .
That light show sounds amazing, crimpgirl !

www.facebook.com/three22design/

This is my cousin's site - she just advertised that she's doing christmas ornaments with foot prints and name and such. Thought you might like it. She lives in Las Vegas. I just had her do a mug for my sister with pugs on it. I just bought a picture ornament from Amazon that says baby's first Christmas with a cute little bear that has a pacifier in it's mouth. 

[catherineoctober]

Nov 21, 2016 8:50:01 GMT -5 Winnifred said:

Good morning, ladies! Only 3 days of work this week, woo hoo! AND tomorrow there's only 19 days left until my due date - 19!!!

Baby also decided to move out of her good position over the weekend and I think she's now sunny side up. So hopefully she'll be moving again soon... On the plus side, this weekend was fabulous because my back didn't ache at all. I'm assuming this position that's bad for labor is good for my back right now. Oh well.

I feel the same way! When they tell me her head is down I have the hardest time walking, getting up and my back kills me. When she's breech I can take on the world.

[catherineoctober]

I just got back from Target - why can't I get out of that place without dropping at least $100, but then again that's the only place I went and now I have everything for making Christmas Candy and Cookies as well as baby bath stuff and some diapers that I felt I needed and the start kit for the baby genie. Also picked up some bottle dishwasher and hand wash tools that I never got off my registry.
Looked at nursing tanks, but of course none here in my size. I'm just going to order those.

Christmas shopping is done. I just needed stocking stuffers for our parents who will be here Christmas day and I make out like a bandit at the dollar store on Saturday. It was so much fun until my puppy got one of the stuffed animals and took it outside. DH is getting that one in his stocking.

We don't normally buy Christmas gifts for each other, but I found something at Target for him for $20. and since he let me totally splurge at Barnes and Noble this weekend I figured I won't tell him he's getting something and just let him enjoy it.

We're all decorated for Christmas so now I'm totally bored. Working from home is a joke - I just log in and see if anyone needs me, which they don't. So I read all day. LOL

I know I'm totally lucky and I'm trying really hard just to be patient and really enjoy all the quiet time. I am feeling as ready as I'll ever be. 10 more days

[littlelion]

tbonequeen13 I know what you mean. I do get really frustrated with being this pregnant esp when it slows me down with ds. And this weekend both of my pregnant cousins were talking "next time". I was a bit sad to know this is it for us. I need to embrace the rib kicks and crotch punches. I was happy that dh got to finally see my belly rocking & rolling with baby moving. Didn't get it videotaped but that's ok.

[tbonequeen13]

littlelion, i was hoping to get some videos with this pregnancy too, but with the anterior placenta, it's still not usually very visible, even when it feels like she's throwing a rave in there