Valentine's Day randoms!

[britta]

Happy Valentine's Day O16? What's going on today? Do you have romantic plans?? 😉

[britta]

I feel so rested!! DS1 was in bed by 7:30 and the little followed after a bottle at 8. MH and I retreated to our bed by 8:30 and then DS2 slept until 6:40!!! H forgot to set his alarm last night, so I woke in a panic 10 minutes before he had to leave, but still. I haven't slept like that in...a very long time.

DS1 has a Valentine's Day party at school today. Unfortunately, it's not a daycare day, so we're going in just for that. Last time I did this, it was a total shit show having DS2 in tow. The party is at his usual nap/feeding time, so there I was, trying to participate while feeding a baby. DS1 was being all kinds of special that day, so that made it worse. I asked MH's niece if she wanted to come hang with the little, but she has to work and I think it'll be cutting it too close. She still wants to come, but I'm debating just telling her not to worry about it and braving it alone. Again. There's also a small chance DH would be able to at least meet me there, but very small. We'll see. It's a drive (about an hour) for her and I really don't want her to be late for work.

ETA: No romantic plans. LOL. H did buy me roses when he took the cans back yesterday. 😂😂

[britta]

Plusalso, my little is 4 months old today!!! Does any STM+ feel like the with second (and subsequent) babies time goes by so much faster?

Happy 4 months to G smallpotato!

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DS is at daycare today. Made all of his cards last night. Little miss has her 4 month appointment this afternoon.

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DH just surprised me. There's a gift certificate for a spa in there. He took today off work, my appt is @9:45! The necklace is from the kids.

[becole]

I sent the big with valentines stuff to school and I'm leaving work early to go to his party. The baby goes to the same daycare so I'll probably stop and see if the babys awake and needs to eat. I might let baby hang out for a bit while I do the party. I brought a carrier to wear him too. DS was confused about vday. "It's my birthday party?" No baby. "It's everybody's party?" Yes- celebrating love.
We gave him some stuff this morning. Nothing big- candy and a matchbox car and silly putty. He was like "ooooh".

[becole]

That's a great gift @snuff9861. H did nothing. His usual is to do something this evening. I doubt it.

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Feb 14, 2017 7:55:28 GMT -5 becole said:

That's a great gift @snuff9861. H did nothing. His usual is to do something this evening. I doubt it.

Much better than the mug I made him!
He usually does nothing, sometimes he'll go out in the evening and buy a card. I'm not in to Valentine's Day so I wouldn't be upset if he had done nothing. But I'm not going to say no to a spa appointment.

[britta]

OMG Mr. Snuff is winning today. Good for you girl!!

When we were dating we did things for Valentine's Day, then we decided to stop. One year we said we weren't doing anything and then I surprised him, so the next he did the same.

[hikingmama222]

No Valentines plans. We've really never celebrated. Bought a few chocolates for DD and DH, that's it.

DD has swimming this morning and I've got a few errands i want to run after. I'm sure we'll end up outside for a walk to the park this afternoon.

[penguin129]

Feb 14, 2017 7:02:11 GMT -5 britta said:

Plusalso, my little is 4 months old today!!! Does any STM+ feel like the with second (and subsequent) babies time goes by so much faster?

Happy 4 months to G smallpotato !

Happy 4 months baby Britta! and YES to the bolded!

[penguin129]

I finally opened my Yoga kit I got for my birthday nearly a month ago. I did the 20 min yoga routine with Big P by my side. Valentine's for the party are made. I want to get a walk in first.

[jwinct]

Mr. Snuff for the win!

We really don't celebrate Valentine's Day. I always get the girls a little something, so I got them some chocolates and a few little things that they like; nothing much. DH and I typically don't even exchange cards, but I did buy him one because I appreciated him taking care of everything while I was sick all last week. He wouldn't even open the card because he didn't have a card for me. I told him I don't need a card, but I'm sure he'll get one today and give it me after work. lol
There was a Valentine's Day onesie in with all the boy clothes my friend gave me, so I put it on DS today. It's a bit girly, with purple and pink glitter, but oh well! I posted a picture on the other board of him in it.

[jillian]

We are having a seafood dinner. Other than that nothing. We are both just too exhausted from the babe being sick, us being sick, the thermostat taking a crap last night and a baby in our bed. I just want this week to be over.

Daycare is having a PJ Valentines party so DD is in her heart jammies. Lucky kid.

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So on the way to my appointment, daycare called. DS needs to be picked up for diarrhea. I'm pretty sure it's related to his teething but oh well. He's DH's problem.

[fem]

DD1 was so excited to go to daycare for their Valentine's Day party today. O is pretty miserable this morning so it's snuggles all day.

I'm in the slowest Starbucks line ever but that's okay because O is finally sleeping well in her carseat.

DH brought me fancy chocolates in a heart shaped chocolate box from his trip to LA. I got him bacon Valentine's socks and toffee from Target yesterday.

[ksyknelvr73]

My newly turned 6 year old this morning!

[ksyknelvr73]

DH got me a dozen roses, a wine glass that says "Hello Beautiful", and some Ghirardelli chocolates with caramel in them (YUM!). I gave him a card, some chocolate/candy and some beef jerky (it was in a heart shaped box so...). We don't usually do too much for Valentine's Day, we never go out, we just exchange some small gifts. We ended up giving each other our gifts at 6am this morning, so super romantic

I got the kiddos little Valentine's stuff too - the baby got a book (V-Day themed) and a light up musical toy, each boy got some candy and then a coloring book.

We are going to celebrate DS1's birthday later tonight after we are all home. He picked pizza for dinner and I'm taking him by the grocery store to pick out a cake as well. We have a couple little gifts for him too.

[britta]

@kitchen FX your plan works out. I ended up telling H's niece that I'll just take 2.0 with me. I really don't want her to be late for work, or rush DS1 out of his party to get home in time.

Happy birthday DS @ksyknelvr!

[becole]

Feb 14, 2017 10:01:29 GMT -5 @kitchen said:

britta we have the "it's not a regular day but there's a party" thing at DD2's school today. I think I can leave DS with DH though, because apparently he's working from home.

I'm pissed squared times 100 because my favorite ring sling was left at the gym on Sunday. Valentine's Day is fun! Ugh. I'm so sad about the sling, which I realize might sound stupid, but seriously. It was the one and only that I was going to keep forever.

Did it not turn up at lost and found?

[sanibel21]

I got DH a card but haven't given it to him yet. He hasn't down anything yet either. We usually just do cards and he gets me flowers. We didn't do anything for the kids. Not that they expect anything.
Dd1 is off to preschool. They're having a little party. Dd2 is napping so I'm watching dvrd shows. LO was up to eat 230. Both girls were up early for the day.
britta yes to this going exponentially faster than when it was just DD1. I thought I'd be able to savor and enjoy this more because I'd be less anxious FTM, but it just went faster because now there's 2 and just so much more to do every day. So sad.
@kitchen that is so awful about your sling! I assume you called and asked if anyone found it?

[britta]

I feel bad now I didn't get my kids anything for V-Day!! LOL oh well. I guess I did buy them some new clothes yesterday, I'll count that.

Meanwhile, we're quitting TV cold turkey over here. DS1 has never been the type that needed restrictions on screen time. I'd turn PBS on in the morning and he'd play and occasionally something would catch his eye and he'd watch for a couple minutes, then back to playing. Apparently being sick all week last week has ruined him. It's like he forgot how to play. He wants to lay on the couch and watch TV. Umm nope. So we're fixing that today/this week. He's currently walking around the living room asking "what can I do mom?" Play. That's what you can do.

[iwantbacon]

I have been up since 3:45am, and I wasn't sleeping much before then stupid baby congestion that will never go away.

I packed up Hershey kisses with little cards for the boys to take to daycare since last year we were the only ones who didn't. I didn't get anyone a Valentine's Day gift. Well, I got DS1 a happy meal toy with my McDonald's breakfast this morning so that counts. He's still in heaven from his birthday yesterday, so hopefully that is enough.

[britta]

Welp. DS1 put himself to sleep on the couch while he was pouting about the TV. Ok then.

[jwinct]

Happy birthday to your little man, ksyknelvr73!

@kitchen, that sucks about your sling. I hope you are able to get it back. Fx!

Things are kind of slow at work right now. Is it bad that I'm job searching on my work computer? DH gave me the go-ahead to find a part time job, so I'm on the hunt. It's going to be tough finding one, though, because I want mom hours and no Wednesdays. And absolutely no retail or weekends/weeknights.

[smallpotato]

Feb 14, 2017 7:02:11 GMT -5 britta said:

Plusalso, my little is 4 months old today!!! Does any STM+ feel like the with second (and subsequent) babies time goes by so much faster?

Happy 4 months to G smallpotato !

And a happy 4 months to DS2! And yes, it really seems like time is flying by this time around.

So we didn't get home last night until 10:30. G decided he wanted to eat when we got in. After he ate, he felt warm, so I took his temp. 101.7. I know it was from his shots yesterday, so we gave him Tylenol. He could not get settled, though, so MH and I took turns going in to rock him. He woke up at 4:15ish wanting to eat, and I have basically been up since then. The fever seems to be gone this morning. I helped N sign his Valentine's Day cards for school and put them together. The stickers provided with the cards did not stick. After the third one, I just stuck the stickers on and decided it was no longer my problem.

I'm going to stop on the way home and pick up small gifts for the boys and something for MH. Other than that, it's a regular Tuesday here. Maybe MH will get me flowers, but we'll see. He did just ask me if I was getting him a card, so I'm not too optimistic.

[becole]

It's almost potluck lunch time and I cannot wait!!!

[smallpotato]

Mr. Snuff FTW! That looks amazing, @snuff9861!
becole, we have several birthdays in February in the family. Every time I say it's someone's birthday, N says, no, it's my birthday. We keep telling him we have to get to the summer first before it's his birthday.
jillian, I hope the day gets better for you.
fem, I am wearing bacon Valentine's socks today as well. I love them.
Oh no @kitchen! I hope you find it.
Happy birthday to your DS, ksyknelvr73!
sanibel21, I'm glad DD1 is liking preschool now, and I hope she has fun at the party.
britta, we really need to cut back on screen time with N, I think. I'm glad DS1 fell asleep. That's what N did to me on Sunday when I told him he couldn't watch his shows; he decided to go to bed.

[britta]

smallpotato I think when he was sick and literally didn't have the energy to do anything but watch tv he realized what he was missing. Up until this past week I used to pray to all the Gods that he would just sit and watch one episode of Daniel Tiger so I could get something done. Nope. 5 minutes and he's good. Now we've gone the complete opposite direction. This bothers me way more.

becole mmmmm potluck lunch sounds great!

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Ive been here 3 hours and had a lovely massage and am halfway through my deluxe pedicure. Good thing I have my period or I'd have to put out tonight