N called my sister's baby shower the "bathroom party" this morning 😂 She comes up with some good one!
Today I am just cleaning and prepping for the party. DH offered to pick up the cup cakes on the way home from work so my other sister, mom and I can just get tables ready and decorate. We are getting Buona beef and sausages for lunch tomorrow and I can't wait to eat a beef sandwich! I like Buona way better than Portillos - gasp! Anyway...there I go again about food 🍽 hehe (foodie)
Rant: I just don't get the Beyonce love/obsession out there and I'm so sick of hearing about her. I think she dresses obnoxiously. Have you seen the white outfit she wore to the Grammy afterparty...you can practically see her whole boob (well both lol). It's like for goodness sakes, cover up! I don't want to see everyones nippers (haha autocorrect but I'm leaving it). Don't even get me started with the Kardashians/Jenners. I don't care about your multi-plastic surgery fake bodies. FFFC?!
Post by dmorgendorffer on Feb 17, 2017 13:48:29 GMT -5
My IL's are arriving today for the weekend. Typically I don't mind them visiting but I am already irritated.
Yesterday FIL told DH they'd taking an Uber to our house around 2 today and DH had to tell him that no one was going to be home because we're both working. Normally I'd just work remotely or H would leave early but DH was in Kansas with FIL on Monday and Tuesday to go to basketball game which means both of us were out those days and needed to be in the office today. DD is also having her birthday celebration at daycare today so DH didn't want to pick her up before her special snack time.
Mostly I am annoyed though because I wanted to take DD to the aquarium for her birthday but when DH mentioned that plan to FIL earlier this week he was less than enthusiastic about the idea so DH asked me what else I'd like to do instead. So even though I think DD would really love to go the aquarium now I have to plan something different that FIL might like better.
dreemkin i get excited about very few celebrities. i also live under a rock, so i have not seen her outfit.
dmorgendorffer so annoying. i'd probably push for the aquarium! it's about her, not FIL.
have been pretty busy at work, but i'm hoping to sneak out early. i need to mail out some cloth diapers to someone, send a bday gift to our incoming au pair in argentina, then party prep for DD! plus my parents are here.
the au pair has a bday like a week before she travels here, so i'm sending her one of those texas shirts that says home, some texas flag luggage tags, and some pralines. omg i love pralines - now i want one. i'm also sending a bday card and a card to her parents just saying something to the effect of 'hey we know you're probably nervous, we promise to watch out for her as best we can' or whatever. and i'll send those separately bc DH used to live in argentina and says all the good mail gets stolen.
I am supposed to be napping but I can't turn off my brain. The fact that I am so tired does not matter. Not much crazy on the schedule this weekend, just hope to enjoy the weather.
dreemkin she is a diva. I like her old stuff not so much of her new stuff and I can't say I have much respect for her, but I really don't care about celebs at all.
dmorgendorffer S loooved the aquarium so I say do it and tell fil to suck it up. It's her birthday (happy birthday LO!)
dmorgendorffer go to the aquarium and tell them you already had it planned and DD is excited for it. If they really don't want to could they join you later, post aquarium? agm04 that is so nice of you. Hope it makes it to them. lilyelayne aw man; too bad
dmorgendorffer go to the aquarium if that's what she wants! You can do something else also if they want to but you already had plans.
Due to being sick, we haven't made it to the aquarium yet for V's birthday, maybe next week depending on how I'm walking and feeling.
First day home was interesting to say the least. But we are all alive. I'm trying to remember how we did things with V and my memory is failing me. How did we dress him? Did we hold him all day or was he in the swing or bassinet? Not that it all matters; having a toddler around during makes going with a new flow necessary.
Post by 2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) on Feb 18, 2017 0:45:15 GMT -5
We just traveled to Florida to see my half sisters 2 mo old for the first time. 1- super not good flight not like last years ok ones. 2- r was soooo cute "baby chase muahhhh" all week 3- I'm exhausted 4- dw is having bad gastric issues and this may be more than a dr can handle (er?) 5- I hate that work can't shut off and I almost thought it would to Deboard a plane at 1130pm and boom texts 6- did I mention r can't travel outside his bedtime parameters 7- a vacation without a schedule now = sucky vacation 8- r finally loves the beach! He's a water kid but we didn't hang at the beach bc he was too little b4 #wine
Post by dmorgendorffer on Feb 18, 2017 7:10:47 GMT -5
I think we're going to compromise and go to the aquarium out at Coney Island, I'd rather make the drive down to Camden to go to the nicer one but it's an hour and half away vs like 30. The one at Coney Island was really heavily damaged during Sandy and from what I've heard never really recovered so there may not be that much to see.
I debated the natural history museum but I don't know if that's age appropriate yet, although she does seem interested in dinosaurs suddenly.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Feb 18, 2017 7:14:08 GMT -5
2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) +1 to not messing up bed time with travel and needing a schedule. Visiting family with other small children and trying to accommodate everyone's schedule is so hard.
Post by seamonster on Feb 18, 2017 10:42:38 GMT -5
dmorgendorffer we took DS to a natural history museum about 6 months ago and he loved it. Especially if the place has hands on things. I should take him again since he loves dinosaurs.
It's raining here so it's playing indoors at home and swim lessons this morning. I think we'll go to a children's museum this afternoon to prevent stir craziness. Plus Colombian food for dinner if we go.
We had a great morning at the public farm/ park. S loves the animals until they make sounds hen they scare her a bit. Then we found H's new work location and did some neighborhood scoping. It's a bummer considering its a higher COL and we are ideally ready to move into a larger place. H's work definitely threw us a curve ball this week. Lots to think about.
Post by lilyelayne on Feb 18, 2017 15:42:06 GMT -5
aggiebug hope the right living situation comes along! We keep playing Tetris and purging furniture/stuff to fit in our current home as G grows. TFAS this year means moving in the next couple years. Eek.
Dd1 said she wanted rainbow cupcakes. I wouldn't call it a Pinterest fail but it's certainly didn't turn out like the pic. Lol. Hard to get the dark colors for the layers so it's a bit pastel like colours. But seriously, what a pain! I had to make the batter separate it 6 ways, mix the colors then layer them in the wrappers. Ugggh so much work!!' At least making the buttercream icing was easy.
I've had one of dh's cousins cancel already. But what she said was 'hey I'm going to take the kids to my parents this weekend. I didn't realize it was a long weekend. So we are going to miss the party'.
I mean she basically just said she decided to make other plans rather than come to the party. Serious?! Who says that? At least lie to me and say something else, anything else!
mishka29 I'm sorry about the lousy cousin. I hope the party goes well.
If you want deeper colors, use gel colors rather than drops. Michaels and Joanne Fabrics are good sources if you want beyond the normal primary colors (I use the cake mate ones from the grocery store for most things).
The baby shower was a success. I forgot to do one decorative thing which makes me mad but everything else turned out great. It was so fun to plan and put together but any collaboration with my mother drives my stress levels through the roof so in that sense I'm glad it's over. Now we just get to wait for the little bundle of joy to arrive! Here are picture of my completed diaper wreath I made
mishka29 hope the party is great. That's annoying about the no show. I have a few aunts notorious for never making it to parties for no good reasons. It's frustrating! lilyelayne I squealed in my head when I read you were going to be TFAS in the near future. seamonster good point with the gel food dye. They work great! aggiebug I didn't know about H changing work locations. We sold/bought (for just the need for a bigger house) when A was 4 months old and it worked out okay. The tough part was actually the having to do something with the dog during showings. Very disruptive because you are supposed to leave for an hour. It's hard to drive around with two kids and a dog for that long lol. 2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) sorry for the stressful trip
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