Hello ladies! We got lots of snow last night and it looks like either we are having a little bit of flurries or the wind is blowing what has already fallen this morning. We won't be leaving our house today unless we have to. And this cold weather screams soup to me so I'm going to try out this zuppa toscana recipe. I hope it's just like Olive Garden. Last night we attempted some sleep training and it was pretty much a giant fail.
Post by piperhalliwell on Jan 25, 2017 9:56:05 GMT -5
Sorry the sleep training didn't work out, but yay for snow and soup trtlcrzy.
I really need to focus on work today, but I don't wanna. Our HOA is being turned over to the residents tonight and I want to attend the meeting, but I also don't want to do anything more than I have to when I get home. I'll suck it up and go so we know what the hell is going on, plus I won't have to deal with whiny evening baby or cooking dinner. Actually, going to the HOA meeting sounds better already.
Winter Wonderland (more like, winter war zone) here as well. Highways are closed due to so many accidents, slip offs, head on collisions... it's bad. I convinced my H to stay home this morning until the roads are better. Just not good.
So B has been practicing with a fork and spoon lately. (And by practicing I mean pushing food around and throwing things on the floor...) When he does actually stick something and tries to put it in his mouth, if it doesn't make it all the way in he opens his mouth wide and makes this horrible gagging noise while the food falls out, like "this didn't work, it's not supposed to be in my mouth, get it oooouuuutttt." It's the most ridiculous thing ever. So dramatic this one.
(I realize this is nonsensical as I type it out. I'll try to get a video at some point.)
Post by kellybenelly83 on Jan 25, 2017 11:48:18 GMT -5
No daycare today because of Magoos cold. So I've been amusing him all day. Talk about a bad week to try and wean, all he wants is the boob for comfort. I'm feeling better with a little lingering cough and congestion but could be worse. I've started my massive house reorganizing while he napped this morning. Started in the computer room. Holy hell this will take a while I think! I also made my mega list of ingredients needed for my back to work meal prep. Costco will be getting all my $$
Married 10/10/10! TTC Baby #1 since April 2014 BFP Oct 16 - EP terminated Nov 6 2014 Off the Bench January 2015! BFP #2 June 1 2015 - EDD Feb 12 2016! Baby Boy born 15th February 2016!
Post by rivers and roads on Jan 25, 2017 12:15:40 GMT -5
No snow here. The only snow we've gotten this winter was when I didn't have any snow gear for X. Now that we have everything and a sled, we get nothing. Strange for January.
Taking care of 2 babies under 1 is hard. Funny how quickly you forget how tough newborns are.
Last night our power went out around 9:30 due to the freezing rain. It went out in the whole city for the most part. I was at work at the time. It didn't come on again until 7am so I had a difficult night sleeping. Ithe was too quiet that every noise made me wake up. I'm so used to having my fan on.
Today is a low key day. H let me go back to bed around 9 for a couple hours. Then he and the kids had naps around 11. DD is still sleeping. I think I'm going to do a trial run for cupcakes for DS's party since I decided to make them myself. Need to do quality control and all that. Plus, cupcakes.
So, the photographer who does our baby photos and such added me to her boudoir page. (She adds all her female clients in case anyone wants to see behind the scenes and all that. Obviously we can delete if we want.) She had two recent sessions of ladies who just had a baby a few months ago. No fricken way. You would never know it. Thinking back to how I looked 2 months pp..... bahahahahahaha, nope. Eta, a year later and I still don't look like that. I call sorcery.
Afternoon! So we had some slight freezing rain this morning, must have drizzled or something so it was a little slick but not bad. I had to travel an hour away this morning for one of my work clients and it was no problem driving there.
The zuppa soup reminds me that I have ingredients to make chicken tortilla soup, perhaps I will do that on Friday. I'm not sure what we're going to have for supper tonight though...
Otherwise nothing exciting going on here. This morning I put an outfit on DD that she received for Christmas. Not sure what brand it is, looks like something from a boutique. It's 12 month size, the pants are fine but the shirt barely covers over her belly so she's going to be grown out of that very soon. We better wear it a bunch over the next couple weeks to get its use.
I'm trying to plan our photo session that's in 2 weeks. I have the kids and H's outfits all planned but can't decide on or find a top for myself. I might have to take a photo of what we have a start a help dress me thread later.
So, the photographer who does our baby photos and such added me to her boudoir page. (She adds all her female clients in case anyone wants to see behind the scenes and all that. Obviously we can delete if we want.) She had two recent sessions of ladies who just had a baby a few months ago. No fricken way. You would never know it. Thinking back to how I looked 2 months pp..... bahahahahahaha, nope. Eta, a year later and I still don't look like that. I call sorcery.
I did a boudoir shoot for H as a wedding gift. It's amazing how they can pose you to look so awesome. And possibly she did some retouching and editing I'm sure!
So, the photographer who does our baby photos and such added me to her boudoir page. (She adds all her female clients in case anyone wants to see behind the scenes and all that. Obviously we can delete if we want.) She had two recent sessions of ladies who just had a baby a few months ago. No fricken way. You would never know it. Thinking back to how I looked 2 months pp..... bahahahahahaha, nope. Eta, a year later and I still don't look like that. I call sorcery.
I really want to do a boudoir shoot for DH, but I feel like I'd be so ridiculously awkward. And I'm certainly not doing it even a year after having a baby. No amount of editing could make all I've got going on look as good as I need it to be to shell out that kinda money, lol. That's awesome that those women have that confidence though.
I took the kids to the Y today. The amount of stuff you need for a baby, and then a toddler and yourself to swim? Omg. Insane. On the plus side everyone is still napping...
So, the photographer who does our baby photos and such added me to her boudoir page. (She adds all her female clients in case anyone wants to see behind the scenes and all that. Obviously we can delete if we want.) She had two recent sessions of ladies who just had a baby a few months ago. No fricken way. You would never know it. Thinking back to how I looked 2 months pp..... bahahahahahaha, nope. Eta, a year later and I still don't look like that. I call sorcery.
I did a boudoir shoot for H as a wedding gift. It's amazing how they can pose you to look so awesome. And possibly she did some retouching and editing I'm sure!
I was considering it for Dh but the girl I know who does it, is $$$$$$$ And I wouldn't feel comfortable unless it was someone I trusted. She posted a valentines "special" where they have hair and makeup for you. $545
Married 10/10/10! TTC Baby #1 since April 2014 BFP Oct 16 - EP terminated Nov 6 2014 Off the Bench January 2015! BFP #2 June 1 2015 - EDD Feb 12 2016! Baby Boy born 15th February 2016!
Post by auchick913 on Jan 25, 2017 19:40:25 GMT -5
I wanted to do a boudoir shoot for a wedding gift to DH but I couldn't bite the bullet on the price tag; and the times the photographer was available didn't work out with my schedule.
Post by eyelashedviper on Jan 25, 2017 20:12:31 GMT -5
I did a boudoir shoot pre-kiddos. It was an expensive endeavour but the pics are hot. I wouldn't bare as much now but you can get perfectly sexy pics without having to show a ton of skin. As an example, I have a picture taken in a one-piece long John because it was a running joke and I just show selective body parts peeking out, ha.
I'm guessing the fact that I've been photographed wearing little to none on more than one occasion and have danced bare midriff on stage puts me in the not too shy category, though. ;-)
I did a boudoir shoot for H as a wedding gift. It's amazing how they can pose you to look so awesome. And possibly she did some retouching and editing I'm sure!
I was considering it for Dh but the girl I know who does it, is $$$$$$$ And I wouldn't feel comfortable unless it was someone I trusted. She posted a valentines "special" where they have hair and makeup for you. $545
No fracking way
That's insane. The girl here does it for about $250 I think, hair and make up included.
I wanted to do a boudoir shoot for a wedding gift to DH but I couldn't bite the bullet on the price tag; and the times the photographer was available didn't work out with my schedule.
Same here. I just couldn't afford it back then. Now that I'm post baby, I really wish I would have done a boudoir shoot back then. She also does maternity boudoir which would have been neat (plus, the boobs and ass that appear when pregnant.. hell yea), but again, no moola.
Post by eyelashedviper on Jan 25, 2017 20:21:54 GMT -5
DD1 is head congested. Boo. I hope she rebounds quickly (we have plans this weekend) and it's just a cold. Everything you ladies have dealt with this year has me wary! Also a little disappointed as I wanted to check out a new playgroup tomorrow.
DS tried to eat one of DH's ear buds today. I feel like he has an active goal of looking for different things to put in his mouth. He also spends a good part of his day scavenging things from under our dining room table, even when he's just been fed.
DD1 is head congested. Boo. I hope she rebounds quickly (we have plans this weekend) and it's just a cold. Everything you ladies have dealt with this year has me wary! Also a little disappointed as I wanted to check out a new playgroup tomorrow.
DS tried to eat one of DH's ear buds today. I feel like he has an active goal of looking for different things to put in his mouth. He also spends a good part of his day scavenging things from under our dining room table, even when he's just been fed.
Yeah I don't know what gave me the fire under my butt to do the boudoir shoot. It's not my norm. I'm pretty self conscious generally in that respect. I can't remember how I found it, but it was something nobody I knew had done and thought it would be neat to do for DH. It was very expensive. The photographer is so good and in high demand and I don't remember exactly but I'm sure it was $500+ with the hair and makeup? Or maybe a bit under but buying the outfits costs money too. I know she had different packages for how many outfits and what you get, I have a book that I gifted to H. But I ended up booking that stylist for my wedding hair and make-up. My sister came with me (she left during the shoot) but she loved it and she ended up booking a session and I went with her. The photographer was very cool and poses you and makes it extremely comfortable.
Post by kellybenelly83 on Jan 25, 2017 21:06:11 GMT -5
I bought all the ingredients to make Ryan a kick ass birthday shirt for cheap. I got all the graphics ready and drove to staples to get the image printed and they refused. I can't find somewhere that will print on paper that isn't their own. I only have one friend in the area, not sure if she has a colour printer, so I'm hoping so. Otherwise it's a min. 25 minute drive to my parents or a friend with one. Something I was trying to avoid by going to staples....
Married 10/10/10! TTC Baby #1 since April 2014 BFP Oct 16 - EP terminated Nov 6 2014 Off the Bench January 2015! BFP #2 June 1 2015 - EDD Feb 12 2016! Baby Boy born 15th February 2016!
Hi ladies! No time to check in here all day. I'd definitely do a boudoir shoot if I got my pre-pregnancy body back. I've gone to tons of naked hot springs (very popular here in California) so I'm pretty comfortable naked but woof this belly is so ugly now!
Post by mrssmith613 on Jan 25, 2017 21:40:13 GMT -5
Long day at work today. Probably because my day started out fighting with DH. He is so inconsiderate of my feelings.
DD is miserable, I made her an appt for tomorrow because I think she has ear infection. I hope she sleeps good tonight.
I have highly considered doing a boudoir shoot but I am way to self conscious. I know DH would LOVE it but I don't know if I could ever bring myself to do it.
I bought all the ingredients to make Ryan a kick ass birthday shirt for cheap. I got all the graphics ready and drove to staples to get the image printed and they refused. I can't find somewhere that will print on paper that isn't their own. I only have one friend in the area, not sure if she has a colour printer, so I'm hoping so. Otherwise it's a min. 25 minute drive to my parents or a friend with one. Something I was trying to avoid by going to staples....
Do you know anyone with a cricut cutter? That's what I'm using for S's birthday shirt.
Post by rivers and roads on Jan 25, 2017 22:40:08 GMT -5
Hi! I really wanted to do a boudoir shoot for a pre-wedding gift, but I think I'm way too awkward to ever pull off "sexy". Even more so now, post baby. it makes me laugh just thinking about it, actually.
Hi ladies! No time to check in here all day. I'd definitely do a boudoir shoot if I got my pre-pregnancy body back. I've gone to tons of naked hot springs (very popular here in California) so I'm pretty comfortable naked but woof this belly is so ugly now!
The belly would definitely be covered if I were to do it now! If I ever get back into dance my costumes will also have more coverage and support. Nobody wants to see this shimmying on stage. Haha
Hi! I really wanted to do a boudoir shoot for a pre-wedding gift, but I think I'm way too awkward to ever pull off "sexy". Even more so now, post baby. it makes me laugh just thinking about it, actually.
Yes. This. I don't know how to do "sexy." Ask my H. He would agree. Lol
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