Grad Thread! 3/28

[daisy818]

Getting this started early today!

[Deleted]

Hey! Ridley is 10 months and so fun. We opened up the doorway between the living room and kitchen over the weekend, so she's been really into exploring and crawling back and forth. She's working on standing unassisted, but once she realizes what she's doing she freaks out. Lol

Her favorite place to be is standing at the couch with a book or toy.

[Cythe]

Hey GKU, it's been a hard week for me learning about some friends losses so this is a bittersweet update for me.

We got our genetic testing results back and everything is perfect and normal, which means we will be announcing on FB soon. All these years of thinking about cute ways I'd announce and I really just want to type up a quick sentence and be done with it, haha.

With the chromosome results, we also learned that we are TEAM PINK!! I'm so excited and hearing H say "our daughter" last night about killed me.

I love seeing everyone's updates ♡

[cnf2013]

Congrats on team pink Cythe! Having a daughter is the best!

[mustloveerica]

Hi everyone! H and E are two weeks old now. They have almost regained their birth weight now! DH went back to work yesterday so I've been flying solo. It's been going pretty well as long as we stick to our feeding/nap schedule. They're awake more often now and it's so fun. I love the faces and noises that newborns make. I just want to sit and hold them all the time but other responsibilities get in the way of that. Here's my little peanuts in my favorite preemie outfits.

[cnf2013]

Hi GKU. Eleanor is about 16.5 months. She knows and can identify about half a dozen body parts. She also is becoming a wild child at baby gymnastics despite being a typically cautious kud. Got her daddy's sense of self preservation over my act first think second way of going through life. Probably a good thing, lol.

AFM I'm 6+3 and having way too much anxiety for my own good. My first ultrasound is still two weeks away and it's driving me crazy waiting. Hopefully I can convince myself to relax between now and then. Stupid PGAL brain.





Love you GKU

[mrsjene]

A is turning six months old this week! I can't believe it! Where has the time gone?!?

A loves to laugh, eat solids, watch mama create Broadway-style dances to Disney music, and bounce in her jumperoo. A does not like sleeping. I seriously have a FOMO baby.

I'm attaching two recent pics that both have a story. The first pic was taken by my aunt who watches her twice a week. She lets my aunt dress her up and pose her. She's basically my aunt's doll.

In the second picture, she's wearing a unicorn onesie that says, "One of a kind." Unicorns are her "thing." I wore unicorn socks to my retrieval, a unicorn t-shirt to her embryo transfer, then when I was eight weeks pregnant, I found that onesie and it seemed fitting because she was the only embryo we got out of IVF #2.

PDQ

***POOF***

[pismoduo]

Cythe congrats on team pink! Glad the test results were positive.

K is 6.5 months. She's now sitting up unassisted, though she still falls over periodically. She's also starting to hold her own bottle. Her favorite thing to do is shriek as loudly as she can and then laugh when you look at her. Bonus fun if she can do it in the jumparoo while making that thing make as much noise as it will make. She's working on an army crawl, and occasionally rolls belly to back but usually gets mad when she finally manages it. We've started some solids, and so far she loves bananas, is just so-so on peaches. She's tried a little bit of apple and mango, and she absolutely loved the mango.

We're a bit of vagabonds this week. We closed on the sale of our old house last Friday but don't close on the new house until this Friday. We spent all last week with each member of the family in a different city - H here in our new town for work, me in Tampa for work, and K with my sister in our old town to maintain some semblance of normal for her. Now we're all back together, staying with H's grandfather until we can move into the new house.


Everyone is tired of this whole moving process.


Sitting like a pro


Watching TV and drinking a bottle

[snooks721]

Mar 28, 2017 8:35:39 GMT -5 @led said:

Hey! Ridley is 10 months and so fun. We opened up the doorway between the living room and kitchen over the weekend, so she's been really into exploring and crawling back and forth. She's working on standing unassisted, but once she realizes what she's doing she freaks out. Lol

Her favorite place to be is standing at the couch with a book or toy.

I haven't been around in awhile! Congrats @led! She is so adorable!

[teraiin]

Hi GKU 👋

DS is a little over a week away from being 11 months old. We are going on a vacation next week. I am freaking out because I've only been on a plane once a long time ago and not only is this our longest trip ever but it's also our first prolonged trip with the baby. Please keep your fx for a good plane ride. DS does not fall asleep in my arms or on my lap anymore. Fortunately it's a short-ish flight...

He's starting to pull himself up on everything and anything. He has attempted a couple unassisted steps as of this morning but really it was more of a throwing himself at H rather than actual steps haha.

[Deleted]

Mar 28, 2017 9:43:44 GMT -5 snooks721 said:

Mar 28, 2017 8:35:39 GMT -5 @led said:

Hey! Ridley is 10 months and so fun. We opened up the doorway between the living room and kitchen over the weekend, so she's been really into exploring and crawling back and forth. She's working on standing unassisted, but once she realizes what she's doing she freaks out. Lol

Her favorite place to be is standing at the couch with a book or toy.

I haven't been around in awhile! Congrats @led! She is so adorable!

OMG how've you been?!?!??

[snooks721]

Mar 28, 2017 9:46:17 GMT -5 @led said:

Mar 28, 2017 9:43:44 GMT -5 snooks721 said:

I haven't been around in awhile! Congrats @led ! She is so adorable!

OMG how've you been?!?!??

I've been doing really good! Beginning to lurk here because I'm going to be going off the pill soon! So we will definitely be catching up  

[LadyNymeria]

Congrats on the good results and Team Pink Cythe!!

[mrsjene]

Mar 28, 2017 10:23:41 GMT -5 pippacricket said:

mrsjene - Staaaahp. A is too stinking cute! And that unicorn story makes my cold robot heart all warm and mushy.

Also where'd you get that cute blanket in the first photo??

Thanks!!!

It was actually from my registry at Pottery Barn Kids. That elephant is how I distract her at night when I'm feeding her and she gets mad about being burped.

[mugster]

Hi ladies,

I don't find myself on TCF very much lately, but I miss hanging with you all. R is doing well. He will be 9 months this week and is morphing into a toddler before our very eyes. Here he is, so very upset, about the grass or his sock or both?



And, recovered:

[jubilantsquirrel]

Hello!

DS2 turned 4 months old yesterday. He's a happy little guy who loves "talking" and baths and hates sleeping more than 3 hours at a time. His big brother adores him and is always trying to share his food with him. I can't wait to watch these two grow up together.

And here's the little guy in his walrus hoodie.



And just for fun, here's DS1 around the same age in the same walrus hoodie.

[swivelchair5]

Hi! R is almost 14 months. She is starting to say a lot of words. Her favorites are "up" and "all done" and everything she says is the cutest thing ever. Every time she sees her reflection she has to give it a kiss. There are lip prints all over the front of the dishwasher and the sliding glass door.
She has taken steps but isn't quite walking yet. She picked out some new shoes at the mall on Saturday and wants to wear them all the time. While we were at the mall, she caught sight of the Easter Bunny and was so excited we had to let her meet him and get a picture.
And here she is giving herself kisses.

[queenofcats]

Hey all! E is 20.5 months. She's started speaking in 3 word phrases and still loves dress up, picking flowers and climbing rocks. We're kicking the cold and getting back to normal.

[queenofcats]

The cute is killing me, mustloveerica. They are soooo sweet.

Congratulations on team pink, Cythe!

[whatsit]

Hi everyone!

G is 16 months old now and is such a lovable little fellow. He's stubborn about pretty much everything though. He repeats words once but when you try to get him to say it again, he refuses.
He loves other kids and is a social butterfly when we go to Toddler group.
I've been popping into randoms more often and we're going to start TFAS next cycle so hopefully you won't mind seeing a bit more of me.

And now for my wee lad:

[ldubhawksfan]

Hey GKU! DD is 16.5 months old. I finally made a list of words and while she only verbally says like 5 words she signs nearly 2 doz! I'm constantly blown away by her. She has also started dancing more, which kills me!! She will be a flower girl in about a month, so send prayers that we don't end up on AFV with a meltdown! Ha

[bex15]

Congratulations on team pink Cythe, so exciting!

[cateyes]

29+2 here and still doing very well. Overall things have been quiet and good. I did get diagnosed with gestational diabetes so I will be meeting with a nutritionist and following that diet going forward. I was super bummed at first because I felt like I was doing all I could to be healthy but I have accepted it is not my fault and I will do what is needed for a happy and healthy baby. I can't believe we are down to about 10 weeks and still have so much to do. We close on our house next week and then we can finally start checking things off!!! Time feels so short!


Here is a pic from last Sunday, We haven't done ours from this week yet

[peaseblossom55]

E is 5 months old now I can't believe it. She loves laughing and smiling. She loves sticking out her tongue because she knows it makes mommy and daddy laugh. She is trying to roll over when placed on her tummy but can't get there just yet. She is vocalizing a lot more but no specific constants or vowels just yet. I love watching her grow and learn. I can't believe I already go back to work next week. I am so sad.

Always lurking and rooting for you.
Eta: pdq

[peaseblossom55]

Cythe, congrats on team pink!!

[pismoduo]

cateyes I had GD too. Feel free to PM me if you have questions or just want someone to commiserate.

[BabyStandish]

Hi GKU! I'm 31w5d. I feel things are going fast, but slow all at once. We have a wedding to go to this weekend that's a few hours away so we are excited about that. I'm hoping the weather is nice so we can take DS to the beach too.

Here's DS snuggling the belly. He does this often....he demands to "see baby" a few times a day and lifts up my shirt. This is okay at home, but it can get quite humorous when he tries to do it in public.

SPOILER: Click to show

[snooks721]

Mar 28, 2017 12:45:31 GMT -5 queenofcats said:

Hey all! E is 20.5 months. She's started speaking in 3 word phrases and still loves dress up, picking flowers and climbing rocks. We're kicking the cold and getting back to normal.

Ummmm hiii! I recognized that avatar! E is so big! I can't believe she's almost 2! She's beautiful! Glad you're all feeling better.

[mikaela20]

DS is 5 weeks tomorrow, crazy.

And my tiny baby is no longer tiny. He is up to 7lbs 10 oz today!

We are still struggling with BFing but working at it everyday. Hopefully one day soon our hard work pays off.

*Poof *

[joy]

snooks721 - did you used to have Hannah from Girls in your siggy waaaaaay back when??