Tuesday Randoms 11/24

[stinybean]

<Insert funny e-card here> For some reason tapatalk won't let me put a picture...anyways Happy Tuesday!





Eta: got the e-cards to post!

[stinybean]

Today is my post-observation, yippidy skippidy! I can't wait for it to finally be done. This is already rescheduled.

Last night I fell asleep on the couch and DH handled the last feeding. I'm feeling slight guilt for this bc he's with her all day and the last feeding is my only guaranteed time with her. Granted I did rock with her for 2 hours later in the night bc she was not happy lying in her crib. But then when it hit 1 am I gave up and DH had to take over. I'm still exhausted even though I got 2 hrs of sleep on the couch, some sleep while rocking, and a couple of hours in bed.

[erbear]

Teachers, do you guys have school tomorrow? The district I'm in has an in-service day, so today is their last day before break. I'm thinking we won't have too much going on!

I'm getting my hair done tonight. Can't wait!

[periwinkledaydreams]

****Scandal spoilers******
I'm finally catching up on the last couple episodes of Scandal this morning. Lol @ Jake finally telling Liv "What did you think, I was gonna come here and spoon you?!" Word, Jake. Tell her. I know we've got pro Jake and Liv ladies on this board but I'm personally so tired of the game she pulls on that man and I love when he tells her off.

[mrsmonogrammed]

My mom lost her dog and actually ended up finding him through Facebook! I always thought those stories were fake/exaggerated, but here's their (cropped for identity) reunion picture! He was only missing for a few hours but was SO excited to see her!


Yes, he's basically the size of a horse.

[tiffbot]

Oh that's great mrsmonogrammed I'm so glad they were reunited!

Our Christmas cards came in the mail yesterday!!! Here's the front and back with strategically placed paper and a random bread tag that was sitting on our counter over our names



Poof

[billyhorrible]

tiffbot, you just reminded me I need to order Christmas cards.

LBB is sitting on the bed while I feed BH. He's naked because he wants to wait and get dressed with his brother, so I'm being treated to puppetry of the penis:

"If I push my penis into my skin you can't see it."

"Underneath my penis, my nipples are really dry. "

[kemdupuis]

No school for us tomorrow!! Thank goodness! I am still feeling under the weather, and still have a headache today. Not sure if it's left over from my wreck yesterday or if I am legit sick. I think I'm probably just coming down with a cold.

I am looking forward to spending the next 5 days with B. We are supposed to have lunch with a friend and her two week old tomorrow, but I won't feel bad about cancelling if I am sick. Planning on finishing my shopping on Friday- I have exactly 3 stores to go to, and I know exactly what I am getting.

ETA: tiffbot your Christmas cards are adorable!!! Nice work! We are waiting to get our photos back from our photographer so I can have ours printed up. Hopefully she got some good shots!

[holliberry28]

Got into another fight with my sister last night, over text. Over such stupidity. I asked her if she wanted to chip in and get our dad a mini Pac Man arcade machine for his 70th bday since it's his favorite game and she starts fighting with me: I'm irresponsible with my money, stubborn, impulsive, and childish. And, it will ruin his health because "sitting kills." Dude, I just asked if you wanted to chip in. What the hell. Sucks when your most favorite person in the world becomes this negative, mean, and hostile person.

So yea, we aren't getting him that.

[sugarkissed]

So much snow. We aren't leaving the house until May. To make matters worse, this is usually the time that we do our annual trip to Mexico, but DH used up all of vacation time when LO was born. My Timehop is full of beach and cocktail photos and I'm so sad that I'm home. Haha.

Trying to make the most of it and enjoy a snow day in. Baking cookies, decorating the tree, and hoping that my 2 year old cooperates.

[beersandweirs]

I'm not sure when we'll need to switch to a convertible seat, probably not for a while, but I saw this on sale and am considering it..

Clicky

[erbear]

I'm not even doing our family photos until December 5th. Good thing I print my cards at Sam's and they're usually ready soon after! This assumes my photographer will get me some good photos ASAP!

[mrsdee1982]

1) my in laws are here and will be staying with us until next Wednesday or Thursday

2) C has her very first cold. So.Much.Snot. I was up rocking her a ton last night

3) I'm out of coffee

4) Today marks 1 month until Christmas Eve. I have done 0 shopping.

[billyhorrible]

Nov 24, 2015 12:00:24 GMT -5 carrots said:

My bff's from high school are coming over for dinner tomorrow night. I'm super excited to see them (1 of the 4 lives out of town but I see the 3 that live here monthly) but I have no idea what to make for dinner that requires minimal effort/creativity but is a little nicer than tacos or picking up pizza. Any ideas?

Baked pasta.  You can combine any pasta, cheese, or other ingredients, any sauce, and then just throw it in the oven.

[billyhorrible]

beersandweirs, BH isn't ready for a convertible quite yet, but I'm also taking advantage of the black friday sales to get LBB a new seat so the convertible is ready when he is AND I can save some money.

[mrsmonogrammed]

DH proposed to me 3yrs ago today!

[Bluedaisy]

One week until the inlaws arrive for a week ugh. But lo and I are totally getting in routines and I am starting to really love being home.

Oh and I have no idea what TTMA means....off to google.

[Widget123]

Nov 24, 2015 12:07:58 GMT -5 beersandweirs said:

I'm not sure when we'll need to switch to a convertible seat, probably not for a while, but I saw this on sale and am considering it..

Clicky

The best baby gear sales in my experience are after Christmas around January / February right around when they are preparing for the newer models to come out.  I also wish I had done a lot more research prior to purchasing the seats (I currently have 3).  Car Seats for the Littles is a good source for that sort of research.  One of the seats I have is a Britax Marathon.  I guess it is okay, but if I remember correctly, they are not supposed to be good for tall kids, if your LO fits in that category?  Some of the newer convertibles have really high rear facing limits, can transition to a booster when LO is much older, etc.

[Widget123]

Nov 24, 2015 13:14:58 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

One week until the inlaws arrive for a week ugh. But lo and I are totally getting in routines and I am starting to really love being home.

Oh and I have no idea what TTMA means....off to google.

Talk to me about

[beersandweirs]

Thanks for the tips, Widget123!

[holliberry28]

Has anyone switched over to Size 3 nipples yet?

[jessila]

Today can suck it. I got to work to discover that there was a meeting I was supposed to be attending. About something I honestly don't understand. Then I had to leave early so I could pump. I realize that administration can't say anything to me about pumping but I feel like I miss a lot for it. Oh well.

My students are going crazy because tomorrow is a half day. Yep. I have to teach children for half a day tomorrow. I think something like 15% of students will be absent tomorrow. Whatever the number is isn't enough for the county to close for the whole day. But the superintendent 'gives' us 2 hours off that day. Once students have left we can leave too. But I'll just leave when I'm done with students. DNW to hang out for an extra 45 minutes.

I'm pumping now and dreading the meeting I'm about to go to. It's stupid. Have I mentioned that I don't really like this school yet this week? I don't totally dislike it. I just don't love it here. Guess I'll be interviewing again in the spring. That makes 4 years in a row.

[carolyngrace]

Nov 24, 2015 13:48:41 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Nov 24, 2015 12:07:58 GMT -5 beersandweirs said:

I'm not sure when we'll need to switch to a convertible seat, probably not for a while, but I saw this on sale and am considering it..

Clicky

The best baby gear sales in my experience are after Christmas around January / February right around when they are preparing for the newer models to come out.  I also wish I had done a lot more research prior to purchasing the seats (I currently have 3).  Car Seats for the Littles is a good source for that sort of research.  One of the seats I have is a Britax Marathon.  I guess it is okay, but if I remember correctly, they are not supposed to be good for tall kids, if your LO fits in that category?  Some of the newer convertibles have really high rear facing limits, can transition to a booster when LO is much older, etc.

I wish I could have waited until then to buy one! DB is 21 lbs and looks so f'ing huge in his infant seat! I ordered the Evenflo Symphony LX Platinum on BabiesRus yesterday. It was $70 off. For some reason now it's saying "only in stores" but I most definitely ordered it online yesterday. Weird. 

I guess we'll need a second one for our other car, too, but damn this stuff gets expensive!

[mrsmonogrammed]

Apparently I'm full of Randoms today....
We're using up our last pick of size 1 diapers and moving on up to size 2s hopefully by this weekend! what's most exciting is that we just got our honest bundle shipment in with all the winter prints in size 2. I can't wait to see her little butt in all the cute options!

[stinybean]

Nov 24, 2015 7:18:11 GMT -5 erbear said:

Teachers, do you guys have school tomorrow? The district I'm in has an in-service day, so today is their last day before break. I'm thinking we won't have too much going on!

I'm getting my hair done tonight. Can't wait!

I do not have off tomorrow. I have a full day with the kids. We are having a multicultural celebration in the morning with the parents, though, so that helps.

[erbear]

My mom is annoying me over where I want to go for my birthday dinner (my birthday is Monday). If I tell her where I want to go it will be too expensive or not where she lives so she won't want to go and it's just not even worth it.

[mirage86]

In the space of two days I've eaten almost an entire package of Oreo thins. I have to hide the package now before DH sees me with them.

[alayne926]

EFFFFF.......I had a 5:15 patient....our policy is more than 15 minutes late, we reschedule. She shows up 10...TEN...minutes late. Hasn't filled out any of her paperwork and we still have to see her....

[alayne926]

Ugh...this lady....she's calling the person at the nail salon she goes to "Mr. Choo" because he's asian. How disgusting....

for clarification-I work at a podiatrist office and she's blaming this guy for her ingrown toenails..

[sabrinaml]

Nov 24, 2015 14:34:28 GMT -5 holliberry28 said:

Has anyone switched over to Size 3 nipples yet?

I switched C over a couple weeks ago. He kept collapsing his size 2/medium flow nipples and was getting really frustrated.
I will still use a med flow if I'm giving him pedialyte.
Eta: we put oatmeal or rice in his formula bottles.