Check in thread 8/17

[bonzo2012]

I didn't see a check in thread yet for this week yet. What's everyone up to? I hope you all had great weekends!

[toratoratori]

Thanks for starting this thread, bonzo2012! I meant to do it yesterday and got distracted at work.

We had a relatively low key weekend, considering how busy things have been lately. We were supposed to go to two birthday parties, but only made it to the first one because of a baby meltdown on the way to the second one. I still have the present for the second baby in my trunk! I need to get it to his mama.

Sunday was just grocery shopping for the week and realizing how poor we are and that we're never going to be able to afford to have more kids. Okay, maybe that's dramatic. But there are some pretty harsh financial reality checks going on in my house right now, and it blows.

This week at work is pretty quiet - I'm just ramping up to go to Denmark this weekend! I'm still nervous, but also (finally!) excited. Hubs and I are going to sit down one night this week and work out a Skype schedule so I can see him and C on a regular basis.

bonzo2012, you have to fill us in on your weekend / week plans, too!

kaeguri and ladyannibal, how are those sweet baby girls of yours doing?

lecky11, I'd love to see some shots from G's photo shoot if you have them and feel comfortable sharing!

dashook, how is the first week at your new job going?

sonpetitlapin It didn't occur to me when you posted, but you and my baby have the same birthday! Happy belated

[lecky11]

toratoratori the photographer had to cancel because her daughter had a stomach bug. If we decide to reschedule, I'll be sure to share. You can add us to the poor club too, we'll be saving all the pennies from here on out since I got a BFP last week. Eek!!!

Enjoy Denmark!!

[bonzo2012]

This last weekend we had a friend and her H staying with us. They had a little vacation in the mountains for their anniversary, and then spent a couple nights with us. It was great just getting to catch up. This is one of my BFFs from when I was 5, and growing up we saw each other nearly every day. Then we went to different colleges, but always saw each other at break. But now we've each moved away from CA, so I hadn't actually seen her since her wedding last August!
We took them to some of our favorite places, did some hiking and got some flights at one of the local breweries. It was a really good time!

Sunday we tried to go car shopping since DH's car is on its last legs -- his AC died 2 weeks ago which has been sucky in this heat. We've been saying since we moved to CO that we needed something with AWD and more carrying capacity since what we currently have is a Corolla and a Civic. Looking at a Subaru Forester or a Honda CRV. Anyway, that was a bust since apparently car dealerships here are closed Sundays. Boo. Bought an ice cream cookbook instead. Totally the same thing.

This week I have some work stuff, but this next weekend is the first in a while where we have nothing written on the calendar, so that's exciting! Well, I know Saturday we'll be looking at cars, but Sunday might be freeeee!

[bonzo2012]

lecky11, congrats on the BFP!

[lecky11]

Thanks bonzo2012! I hated to get rid of my Civic, but it was just too small with all the baby gear. I ended up getting a CRV and love it!

[bonzo2012]

I love my Civic too! The Corolla is the one that's having issues, so it will be the one to go now. We knew we wanted to have one bigger car before we have a baby, especially since we love camping and outdoorsy things.

[kaeguri]

lecky11 omg yay!! Congrats!!

bonzo2012 car shopping is so exhausting. We just traded in our Corolla for a Jeep Patriot. So much more room for all the baby gear and random stuff. Plus it's 4wd since DH misses off roading and had to sell his old pathfinder he was fixing up before the baby came.

toratoratori the amount we were spending on food when I was pregnant and a garbage disposal for food has made me very unenthusiastic about having more kids lol.

Baby is doing great. I've nicknamed her ika. Which means squid. Because I seriously think trying to clothe and diaper a squid would be easier than my 9lb child. But she's absolutely precious and so freaking cute. Hehe. I'm definitely exhausted, but it's a manageable exhaustion especially since DH helps out so much. I don't know what I'd do without that man. We've been cluster feeding since last night so nursing every hour for 30 minutes. Today I'm feeling the sleep deprivation. Hopefully we go back to normal feedings soon.



Sorry if these are huge.

[lecky11]

Thanks kaeguri. Your DD is beautiful! It's funny you say she's like a squid. Now that DD is 15 months old and has a mind of her own, I laugh at myself for ever thinking it was hard to change or bathe a newborn

[kaeguri]

Aug 19, 2015 11:30:53 GMT -5 lecky11 said:

Thanks kaeguri. Your DD is beautiful! It's funny you say she's like a squid. Now that DD is 15 months old and has a mind of her own, I laugh at myself for ever thinking it was hard to change or bathe a newborn

There goes my hope. Sigh. Lol. Thanks!

[toratoratori]

Congrats on the BFP, lecky11!! That's so exciting! How far along are you?

bonzo2012 Seattleites swear by Subarus. I swear, the blue Subaru is to Seattle what the silver Prius is to San Francisco. It's insane.

kaeguri She is SO. CUTE. Those pictures are totally huge but that's okay because it just magnifies the cuteness

[lecky11]

5 weeks today. Nobody except DH and my internet friends know. Lol. I want to wait until I go to the doctor in 3 weeks. Besides the constant fatigue, hunger, and super sense of smell, I have no other symptoms. It's so weird to me because I was miserably sick by now last time. Praying everything's good and the MS stays away.

[toratoratori]

Aug 19, 2015 12:43:35 GMT -5 lecky11 said:

5 weeks today. Nobody except DH and my internet friends know. Lol. I want to wait until I go to the doctor in 3 weeks. Besides the constant fatigue, hunger, and super sense of smell, I have no other symptoms. It's so weird to me because I was miserably sick by now last time. Praying everything's good and the MS stays away.

Fingers crossed for no morning sickness!

I found out I was preggers with C at five weeks. The only reason I thought to take a test was because at Thanksgiving dinner (the night before), there was all this delicious pie and cake and I didn't want ANY OF IT. I was like, "Something is obviously wrong with me, or I'm pregnant." Sure enough ... 

My anti-sweet tooth lasted so long that I lost 15 lbs. my first trimester. I gained it all back (and then some), though I wish that was one pregnancy symptom I could have all the time!

[lecky11]

Aug 19, 2015 12:58:52 GMT -5 toratoratori said:

Aug 19, 2015 12:43:35 GMT -5 lecky11 said:

5 weeks today. Nobody except DH and my internet friends know. Lol. I want to wait until I go to the doctor in 3 weeks. Besides the constant fatigue, hunger, and super sense of smell, I have no other symptoms. It's so weird to me because I was miserably sick by now last time. Praying everything's good and the MS stays away.

Fingers crossed for no morning sickness!

I found out I was preggers with C at five weeks. The only reason I thought to take a test was because at Thanksgiving dinner (the night before), there was all this delicious pie and cake and I didn't want ANY OF IT. I was like, "Something is obviously wrong with me, or I'm pregnant." Sure enough ... 

My anti-sweet tooth lasted so long that I lost 15 lbs. my first trimester. I gained it all back (and then some), though I wish that was one pregnancy symptom I could have all the time!

Wow at losing 15 lbs! I understand though. I normally have a ridiculous sweet tooth too, but will have nothing to do with sweets while pregnant. I bought gummy vitamins this time and even they're too sweet for me.

[dashook]

bonzo2012, thanks for the check-in! Car shopping is such a drag; ice cream cookbook sounds way better!
toratoratori, ughhh money is the worst and most stressful thing. Sorry you're dealing with that right now Have an amazing trip to Denmark!
lecky11, ahhh congrats, that is so exciting!!!
kaeguri, she is gorgeous

AFM, my presence on TCF has been incredibly sparse because I've been flat out at this new job since the second I stepped in the door on Monday. It's awesome but it's just a lot...a real, real lot. I hope to be able to check in more but if I'm MIA for a while, please know that it isn't because I've forgotten you guys!

[kaeguri]

Aug 19, 2015 13:11:09 GMT -5 lecky11 said:

Aug 19, 2015 12:58:52 GMT -5 toratoratori said:

Fingers crossed for no morning sickness!

I found out I was preggers with C at five weeks. The only reason I thought to take a test was because at Thanksgiving dinner (the night before), there was all this delicious pie and cake and I didn't want ANY OF IT. I was like, "Something is obviously wrong with me, or I'm pregnant." Sure enough ... 

My anti-sweet tooth lasted so long that I lost 15 lbs. my first trimester. I gained it all back (and then some), though I wish that was one pregnancy symptom I could have all the time!

Wow at losing 15 lbs! I understand though. I normally have a ridiculous sweet tooth too, but will have nothing to do with sweets while pregnant. I bought gummy vitamins this time and even they're too sweet for me.

I'm the exact opposite ha. I normally don't care for sweets but it's all I wanted while pregnant. Sugary stuff that was so rich it'd normally make me sick. As soon as I gave birth, all the cravings went away. So weird.

[ladyannibal]

I'm doing well, thanks! FI and I hit a rough patch but we're working through it. I'm trying to adjust to spending time without baby girl by leaving her with my mom for short periods of time. It's hard, I usually miss her as soon as I leave the driveway.

My little girl is slowly changing from snow white pale to the color of peanut butter, it's so cute! She also coos and smiles a lot now. Little N is very confused by daddy's glasses but smiles as soon as he takes them off. We're setting her up for first bath in a baby tub but she keeps napping when I try to bathe her! I love my little chunky monkey and I can't wait til Halloween so she can see Disney World with her own eyes!

[bonzo2012]

kaeguri, what a cute baby!

dashook, I'm glad the new job is good. Hopefully you get a chance to slow down and breathe soon though!

ladyannibal, she sounds like a cutie!