Wednesday Conversation

[lilyelayne]

[lilyelayne]

G is already telling me he doesn't want to go to the library. I hope he changes his mind.

One week til NoLa!

[dreemkin]

My girls are playing "nap time" so they are turning off all of my lights around the house and dragging pillows/blankets around. Fine by me! They are being quiet and using their "magination". I can clean by only natural light!

I have been making tissue paper flowers for the baby shower and I'm putting them together in the vases today. I will take a pic amd share. They look better in person but they are adorable so I want to AW. I love that they are cheap and easy/fun to do (that's what he said . I really need to get to a store to look for a new top to wear but it's hard with the kids. Maybe I can convince DH to take both to swim class tonight...

[dmorgendorffer]

There is a corporate event going on in part of the office today which is annoying because they've closed off a large part of the space but they have extra food that they've been putting out and I can't stop eating it!

I haven't been in the office since last Wednesday because of the snow and DH travelling, and I slept like crap last night so even though it's Wednesday it feels like a miserable Monday. At least I don't have too many meetings so it's a pretty easy day.

[agm04]

Hi! Have a busy day at work but my mind is racing with all the things that need attention in my personal life! really need to work on DD's mickey mouse bday cake (her bday party, family only so no big deal, is sunday), get a card for my niece and BIL, figure out food for DD's party, finish our au pair handbook, hire movers to move all our furniture from upstairs to downstairs so they can start on upstairs floors...someone help me.

DH and i have been having kind of a rough time lately, but he brought home a really sweet card last night. we don't really do v-day, so i thought that was nice. DD and i made chocolate covered strawberries together. i let her put sprinkles on them, so it was pretty much the best day ever for her. and her lip is looking so much better!

[agm04]

dmorgendorffer ugh sounds like a rough day. i hope it goes by quickly for you.

[lilyelayne]

dmorgendorffer hope today goes by quickly for you!

agm04 that's a lot going on! Can your H do any of it, like hire the movers? And I'm glad y'all had a nice moment yesterday.

[lilyelayne]

Turns out DH scheduled the mechanic to pick up our lawnmower since he can't figure out what's wrong with it. They were supposed to come this morning so we skipped the library... 1120 and still no word.

This growth spurt is draining me. G is eating all the food we've got and nursing like a newborn. I bet I'll be putting away his 24mo clothes soon.

Re: the screentime discussion we were having earlier in the week, G isn't really into tv and won't sit still for a whole movie, but he'd play games on my phone or tablet all. day. long.

[aggiebug]

Hello! We went to mom's group at church this morning and it was nice. It was going to be the first time I left Caleb in the nursery for mom's group (he has been on Sundays) except he was asleep when we got there and would be hungry when he woke up. Crazy dude usually cat naps all morning but today he slept until the small group was over! Fine by me, it was almost like him being in the nursery.

lilyelayne I am guessing you are right about the clothes. I had to laugh a bit though because S is wearing 3t/ 4t crazy girl so hearing you say 24 months made me do a double take. Clearly it's right one par with their age though!

[agm04]

lilyelayne so frustrating when people don't show up for appointments! grr. it's crazy how obvious their growth spurts are sometimes. DD has recently grown for sure, but she's still in mostly 18-24m clothes. i refuse to buy more in that size in case we hit another spurt!

eh DH works so much and he just isn't an on the ball kind of guy. over time i'm learning to accept this rather than complain about it. if i give him explicit instructions, he'll handle something (schedule the movers for this time on this date, this moving company), but once i've gotten that far i can just do it myself.

[dreemkin]

dmorgendorffer that sounds disruptive but yay for yummy food!
agm04 sorry for your stressors. I hope you and your H get to a better place! That is hard. Like for DDs lip and strawberries. That's a great idea! Keeps it semi-healthy but still a fun and yummy activity.
lilyelayne I am with you on the growth spurt. A has grown like 100 feet in a few weeks. She is outgrowing her 18 month pants now bc of it. That and she can reach the stairs railing.
aggiebug glad it worked out with your group meeting. And N was always way ahead of her clothes size too bc of height. She's a monster! Still off the charts in height at her 4 year appointment.
kartish hope you are enjoying those newborn snuggles!
crispywheats how are you guys doing? #batsignal
mishka29 how's dd2 today?

[dreemkin]

Centerpieces for the tables: done!

[lilyelayne]

dreemkin those are lovely!

[aggiebug]

So cute dreemkin! And the fact that you are throwing your sister a baby shower makes me so happy.

[dmorgendorffer]

dreemkin nice work!

E has been in 2T and 3T for a while - the sleeves and pant legs usually have to be cuffed because she is not tall but she is chunky. It's impossible to find pants that fit her without being too long. She definitely had growth spurt recently, the other day she walked straight into the kitchen table and fell over because I think she didn't realize she has to duck or her head hits now.

[seamonster]

I have a 2 year old today!

Also had his 2 year old appointment. His weight and height measurements were nuts, so we redid the weight with no clothes (that was a pound off) and redid his height with me helping him stand up because no way did he loose half an inch in 6 months (he gained 1.75 inches). Drop off at daycare was a disaster and he didn't want me to leave. But he seemed ok in his picture at lunch with his birthday crown and the muffins we brought.

I rescheduled my personal training appointment to go get him earlier than usual. I'm ordering a pizza for dinner.

[lilyelayne]

seamonster happy birthday LO!

[aggiebug]

seamonster aww happy birthday!

[dreemkin]

Happy birthday little seamonster! Enjoy the pizza!

[crispywheats]

dreemkin Thanks for the bat signal. ❤️

We're doing well! Update from forever ago. Marcus is NOT on the spectrum. Yay! We went for the ADOS 2 exam. He scored 6 points (anything over 13 would put him on the spectrum) all regarding his eye contact. So, I wasn't nuts about something being amiss, but it's not as bad as I'd feared. We've been working on ways to address it and have already seen huge improvements!
In other exciting news... #2 incoming around 10/11/17! ❤️

Edit: Words.

[kartish]

Happy birthday to your LO seamonster, I hope you guys had a good evening!

[kartish]

That's great crispywheats that M is improving already and congratulations!

[dreemkin]

crispywheats that's wonderful news all around. And your due date is my birthday! Congrats!

[lilyelayne]

crispywheats such great news!! Hope you have a smooth & easy pregnancy!

[crispywheats]

Can you all just come to October 17 so I don't have to make new friends? 😂

[seamonster]

Congratulations crispywheats!

[dreemkin]

crispywheats I could but then they'd be confused as to why this non preggo is sneaking around their bushes lolololol

[crispywheats]

dreemkin I won't tell if you recycle Feb 15 photos. 😜

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

Calliou just saved us to and from Florida so I can't hate. Also update on earlier screen talk