Welcome 2017!

[billyhorrible]

3/4 of us are up. LBB is still asleep but the kid made it up past midnight. And I should probably wake him because we're heading out in 15 minutes for a 5 mile hike with a big group of friends.

Then I think we're just going to come home and laze about. I say that, but in reality there is very little lazing about when my children are involved.

[mrsmonogrammed]

Heading to breakfast with H's parents, then heading to my grandparents for the usual Sunday dinner (supper?) around 2:30. We actually made it up to midnight last night! But were asleep by like 12:10. Lol

[jessila]

Football and leftover Chinese. I might (gasp) take Christmas down. The tree is taking up so much valuable play space. Feeling mostly better but I wouldn't say no to a nap. Fx that O naps longer than the 35 minutes he's made his new norm.

[erbear]

Jan 1, 2017 10:36:49 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

Whenever I get a text today that says happy new year (or send one), my phone goes black and fireworks pop up lol maybe an iPhone thing

Yep! Same here!

[erbear]

I made it to 11 before crashing. Considering I had two apple ales and champagne, that's pretty good!

Pork is in the crock pot for dinner and the Christmas decorations are all down!

[pghtruelove]

Forgot the sauerkraut at the grocery yesterday, SO is going out to get it and then I'm trying out a new Pork and Sauerkraut recipe in my new Dutch oven!

[jillywilly]

Morning! We made it to about 12:01 last night. SIL was staying the night and tuckered out around 11, so H and I went upstairs too to watch the ball drop. As soon as it did we passed out. DS partied hard with the other kids that were here, but then had a really hard time falling asleep (and staying asleep, unfortunately). Luckily, he slept in till 8(!!!!!!!), and is now napping again. Later we're going to H's aunt for dinner with the whole family, so I'm just trying to get the motivation now to get off the couch and take down the tree.

[billyhorrible]

Jan 1, 2017 12:53:16 GMT -5 budders said:

My parents had V overnight, so I got a lot of cleaning and laundry done last night and this morning. It feels so nice to start the new year out with a clean house!

So true. We spent yesterday cleaning until it was time to go to my friend's house and it's nice to have a clean house to start the new year.

Didn't get to the laundry, but that shouldn't take too long this morning.

[musicfrk2002]

I slept in this morning, and that was after going to bed early. My nose is a little stuffy, so I hope I'm not catching anything more than a cold.

I'm currently de-Christmasing and cleaning the kitchen, then sorting through toys. H is out playing cards and J just went down for his nap, so hopefully I can make a good dent in all of that.

[musicfrk2002]

Tree is down! I thought the bag I bought for it would be a bit more solid though. It's a lot bigger than our previous tree was, so I will have to make more room in our garage somewhere.

[ashbash]

Enjoying my second plate of this


Ditto on the clean house, it feels so good and between some purging and adding in some new things from Christmas Im loving my house right now

Im redoing the laundry room over the next week or so so we popped out to Lowes to grab some things for that. Other than that just hanging out and playing

[periwinkledaydreams]

We partied at MIL house last night and stayed the night.. no idea what time we finally fell into bed but I'm mostly dead today. Went to my moms this morning to take the annual christmas picture of all the grandkids. I ate pizza and napped with LO. I'm slightly less dead now lol.

[tiffbot]

Happy 2017 all!! It's still just early afternoon in paradise

We spent yesterday morning at the beach, then my brother, sister, H and I did a tour/tasting at Maui Brewing (which was spectacular beer), family rooftop BBQ for supper while we watched one of the last sunsets of 2016 in the world. Kids passed out shortly after and we were out on the deck for Saskatchewan New Years which was 8pm local time. Then my siblings and H and I went down to the beach for a couple hours to drink pineapple champagne and watch everyone set off sparklers and fireworks down the shoreline. None of us made Hawaii New Years despite our best efforts haha, we just can't get adjusted to the time change. But woke up at midnight hearing all the fireworks and cheers from the beach.
A pretty memorable NYE, to say the least my heart is full.

Today has been our most chill day. We went to the beach this morning and plan on doing a nature walk later this afternoon.

Best wishes and happy new year to you all!

[tiffbot]

Oh AND! It looks like L's last two year molar poked through today!

DS got his first tooth in January 2014 and she got her first a month after his last. After 3 straight years of teething, 2017 will be a teething free year!!

[jillywilly]

Jan 1, 2017 18:46:47 GMT -5 tiffbot said:

Oh AND! It looks like L's last two year molar poked through today!

DS got his first tooth in January 2014 and she got hers a month after his last. After 3 straight years of teething, 2017 will be a teething free year!!

Jealous! I'm fairly certain DS has been working in a couple molars this week, he's been a drooling, grumpy mess!

[alayne926]

Morning! Yesterday was crazy busy de-Christmasing the house and two parties to stop by after picking up the kids.

S has a low grade fever and is a snotty, cranky mess. Tried calling to get her in for her 18 month check up, but they are closed. Probably hit up urgent care when they open to get her ears checked. I love that we have a pediatric urgent care that only charges an office visit copay and not the specialist one.

[erbear]

I'm at urgent care myself this AM. I woke up with intense bicep pain and very limited motion in my arm, so..wheee! Fun. I'm supposed to work all week so I hope this can be managed today!

[tjanca22]

Oh no erbear! Hopefully you get some answers!

H is at the ped with E. We just finished up antibiotics for an ear infection and I noticed yesterday that he was pulling at his ear, so I had a feeling it didn't clear up. Turns out it didn't, so we're changing up meds. Not much else going on today. We might go to the Disney store since both kids got gift cards for Christmas, but we will see how E is feeling.

I also have less than a month left of maternity leave 😔. This time it went so much faster.

[pghtruelove]

Jan 2, 2017 10:25:44 GMT -5 erbear said:

I'm at urgent care myself this AM. I woke up with intense bicep pain and very limited motion in my arm, so..wheee! Fun. I'm supposed to work all week so I hope this can be managed today!

Oh no! Keep us updated when you know what's going on! If you need anything or any help let me know!! Hope it's nothing.

[erbear]

It's bicep tendinitis, so I have a sling, prescription pain/anti inflammatories, and driving/lifting restrictions for the next two weeks to try and rest it. Lol resting with a toddler. Thank goodness my H is home this week. I should still be able to work since he can drive me.

[sugarkissed]

Happy new year everyone!! We had a great time celebrating on the beach with our girls asleep in our arms. It has been a great vacation so far. Definitely the best we've had with both kids. I don't want to head back to reality this week.