Thankful Friday12/2 ~ Birthday Edition

[oldbaylover1024]

MH's birthday is this weekend, so I figured why not a birthday theme?!

TGIF!

I hope everyone had a nice week. Tell us some good things that happened.

Or if it wasn't so great, tell us why. We're here to listen.

Or just tell us what you're thankful for. Sometimes we need reminders of the great things in our lives.

Annnnnnd go!

[oldbaylover1024]

I need to get some things off my chest this morning. I'm thankful...

My kid is healthy and (generally) happy. Even if she's been acting a fool the last few days and driving me up a freakin' wall.

MH does a lot for us and works really hard. Even though there are a dozen half-finished projects around my house in addition to the ridiculous amount of Christmas chaos.

His birthday is this weekend and I'm excited to celebrate with him. But he invited my niece for a sleepover, which I'm in charge of (thanks). And he's selling his birthday present (a Nintendo NES Classic) because they're reselling for 3x their shelf value. Fine. Whatever. Glad we went to 3 stores to find it only for you to play it for two weeks and then sell it. LOUD NOISES.

My family and ILs love us and are super excited about all the things happening in our lives. Even though I'm feeling very dumped on with the holidays and planning and doing all the traveling so they don't have to.

I love Christmas and the holiday season in general. And would love it more if I wasn't literally doing all the Christmas shopping, cooking, and planning alone.

The human body is an amazing thing, and I'm super duper grateful for what mine is doing right now. But damn... I'm so achy and feeling HUGE and missing the gym and tired and all the things that come with this stage. And of course I'm feeling guilty for venting about any of it. Ugh. I need a nap. And maybe a good cry to relieve some of this stress.

Can you guys tell I'm all over the place today?

[oldbaylover1024]

Ah, @boxerific! You're so right! Maybe next week sometime, or next weekend. I feel like my calendar laughed in my face when I thought, "I have some time to meet Boxerific!" LOL PM a good time for you.

And jeans days rock.

[hollyberry]

Hugs oldbaylover1024.

I put this on the infant check, but I will add it here too. This week last year was our IUI that gave us the babies. I have all the feels just remembering what a year it has been and the hope and fear I had wondering if it would work out and knowing if it didn't we would move to the next step (ivf). I have never been so greatful or happy that we were lucky enough to have it work out and that I now get to hold my adoreable LOs. Something I know most of us fear wont get to happen after a loss or losses.

[oldbaylover1024]

hollyberry - What a wonderful thing to be thankful for! MH's cousin went though IUI and is due with her rainbow this month. It gives me so much joy to see folks that have had such a journey finally meet their LOs

[hollyberry]

Dec 2, 2016 12:12:13 GMT -5 oldbaylover1024 said:

hollyberry - What a wonderful thing to be thankful for! MH's cousin went though IUI and is due with her rainbow this month. It gives me so much joy to see folks that have had such a journey finally meet their LOs

Thanks, it was a long journey for sure. with so many doubts along the way. So happy to have reached the other side!