LO got up super early so H got up with her and let me sleep in. I get a much happier LO to play with now while he naps.
It's so cold out. I can't believe last weekend it was in the 60's. I can't decide if I want to go to BRU to get some baby food or not. They have the Earth's Best stage 2 variety jars with meat and beans and such on sale and it gives me a good reason to get out of the house!
Post by silv3rlining on Jan 2, 2016 10:08:21 GMT -5
Going to my aunt's today for a big family get together. Haven't really seen most of the (extended) family since my grandma's funeral in August. Then Sunday church and (hopefully) just a chill day at home. I tend to get into a funk this time of year and get "peopled out" so to speak.
Post by billyhorrible on Jan 2, 2016 10:19:07 GMT -5
We got back into town yesterday and MIL left last night. No plans this weekend except taking the tree down and getting ready for the week. I'm anticipating a lot of laying around and doing nothing!
Post by wegrowsheep on Jan 2, 2016 10:50:28 GMT -5
Still in bed with T. DS1 is hiding on my floor, saying he can't go get in his bed without a "grownup girl" because Daddy just won't work. Sigh. Hopefully spending a quiet day at IL's, knitting, and going for a run. It's been 3 weeks since I ran, so this should suck (I itch really bad for the first couple runs when I start training again).
Post by sugarkissed on Jan 2, 2016 11:00:24 GMT -5
As of this morning, we have a crawler over here! She's been doing the army crawl for awhile now, but today I turned around as she was right behind me on both hands and knees. All I have to do is bribe her with the dogs chew toys, because she's far more interested in them than any of her toys.
We leave for Mexico tomorrow, so today I'm packing and probably doing a last minute trip to the gym... haha. Wish us luck on the flight tomorrow with a 2 year old and 6 month old!
Post by holliberry28 on Jan 2, 2016 11:30:43 GMT -5
Haven't checked in for a few days. We partied a little too much on NYE with our friends, so with 3 hours of sleep and a bad hangover, yesterday was hard. MIL took the baby this morning and now FIL is out walking with him in the park so I get to have a lazy morning and drink my coffee.
DH is napping now but as soon as he wakes up, we're gonna go to Toys R Us to get his niece a gift for her 8th birthday. No idea what to get her..my first thought is to get the books I loved as a 8-year-old but doesn't seem like she'd be too interested. Then going back to MIL's house part 2 for lunch with my BIL and his crazy new wife. They missed the lunch yesterday MIL had for my side of the family b/c they apparently had a party to go to, but when FIL brought my niece back, they were still at home, doing nothing. Thanks for not coming to New Years lunch day.
H goes back to work Monday and we have zero plans this weekend. With how crazy the last two weeks were it actually feels a little strange, and didn't really hit me till now!
Laat night DS woke up crying, which is unusual for him and typically H goes to check on him but we've reversed some roles trying to get DD sleeping better at night. So I went into DS's room and he climbed up onto my lap and tucked his arms between him and me and passed right out with his head on my shoulder. Be still my heart, he never falls asleep on me anymore. I sat there cuddling him for a long time until he told me he wanted to lay down again!
Post by carolyngrace on Jan 2, 2016 12:32:12 GMT -5
I slept from 8pm - 6am last night (up once to nurse) and then napped from 8-10:30!! Tired, much??
Feeling good now. It's DH's "off day" (I had one earlier this week) so Oscar and I are hanging out all day. My goal is to get the tree down and de-clutter. I'm hoping for 4-5 bags to donate at least! Clothes, christmas decorations that didn't go up this year, dishes... All these new toys have me craving SPACE.
As of this morning, we have a crawler over here! She's been doing the army crawl for awhile now, but today I turned around as she was right behind me on both hands and knees. All I have to do is bribe her with the dogs chew toys, because she's far more interested in them than any of her toys.
We leave for Mexico tomorrow, so today I'm packing and probably doing a last minute trip to the gym... haha. Wish us luck on the flight tomorrow with a 2 year old and 6 month old!
Have an awesome trip!!!
Also, seriously let us know ALL about how you handle the flight and traveling with the baby. I'm super nervous to do it in a couple of months so I'd love to know what works and what doesn't. Assuming mine will be crawling by then, too
Just relaxing today, trying to catch up on laundry.
Tonight we have DH's aunt's surprise party. I'm kinda dreading going because S is getting to the point where she doesn't want to be held all the time, but I can't put her down on the floor of a restaurant.
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Jan 2, 2016 13:13:17 GMT -5
Making the shredded beef tacos @bubbs119 posted in the WFD thread..can't wait to try them! H and I are out and about in some errands now, hoping to be back home to take down the tree later this afternoon!
I slept from 8pm - 6am last night (up once to nurse) and then napped from 8-10:30!! Tired, much??
Feeling good now. It's DH's "off day" (I had one earlier this week) so Oscar and I are hanging out all day. My goal is to get the tree down and de-clutter. I'm hoping for 4-5 bags to donate at least! Clothes, christmas decorations that didn't go up this year, dishes... All these new toys have me craving SPACE.
I feel like I'm nesting again, I have pitched so much CRAP! We just moved into this house June 2014, how did we acquire so much junk???
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Jan 2, 2016 14:02:28 GMT -5
Yesterday was Friday, right? Yes. SO as off for the 1st so we picked up his son and met up with his sister and her family.. 3 kids plus his other sister's daughter and took all the kids to the teampoline park for the day, then out to chinese buffet, then over to his friends house to introduce Jasmine to friends and family (its like a major hangout spot, this particular house) multi-generational family house plus a bunch of SOs friend group all chillin drinking beers etc so that was a loooong loud but really fun but headache-full but make-the-best-of-it day! Then we had some crazy sexy time last night, but then I couldn't sleep at all, all night, but LO took a 2.5 hour morning nap during which I got maybe 1.5 hours so I'm functional??? Ughh. I pray for sleep!
SO is working today so its me and the kids here, pretty much lazy lounging and eventually making chicken fajitas for dinner. Tomorrow we're having our final family Christmas at my parents house since my sister's kids spent their whole school vacation out of state with their father and are just coming back now.. all my siblings and those cousins will do "Christmas morning" there.. and then its finally done woohoo!!!
So DS not only wanted to wear underwear for the first time today, he peed!!! (and on the real toilet, not the training potty)
I know everyone that has potty trained before is going to give me a gentle pat on the head because it likely isn't over yet haha, but this first big one is super exciting!!!
Between that and DD weaning to a bottle 100% these last couple days (and since we are talking crawling, she's started to go to the point shell follow me into rooms now ak!), I don't know where my babies went!! Bittersweet!
Post by musicfrk2002 on Jan 2, 2016 16:03:42 GMT -5
J has been a crank all day today. I think tooth number 2 is right around the corner.
Crawling babies? Goodness. Not ready for that yet. We just mastered sitting last week, and haven't quite figured out how to get on our hands and knees yet, but I'm sure it won't be long.
I've started selling some of J's baby things. Cue crying here. We just don't have the space to store things, and it's still up in the air about having another baby.
I went to pull out my new crockpot last night, and the lid was broken. Boo. Took it to kohl's where my mom bought it, and both the ones near me are out of stock. Double boo. But I managed to pick up some pants and shorts for J in bigger sizes for $1-$4 each.
Post by wegrowsheep on Jan 2, 2016 16:16:17 GMT -5
T is my chill baby. No crawling, just rolling. And not a reliable sitter yet, rather tipsy. But as of today we have a tooth! Just 3 days shy of 7 months!
So DS not only wanted to wear underwear for the first time today, he peed!!! (and on the real toilet, not the training potty)
I know everyone that has potty trained before is going to give me a gentle pat on the head because it likely isn't over yet haha, but this first big one is super exciting!!!
Between that and DD weaning to a bottle 100% these last couple days (and since we are talking crawling, she's started to go to the point shell follow me into rooms now ak!), I don't know where my babies went!! Bittersweet!
DS was like this....asked for underwear and has pretty much been trained since then. I think when it's their idea, it's so much easier!
So DS not only wanted to wear underwear for the first time today, he peed!!! (and on the real toilet, not the training potty)
I know everyone that has potty trained before is going to give me a gentle pat on the head because it likely isn't over yet haha, but this first big one is super exciting!!!
Between that and DD weaning to a bottle 100% these last couple days (and since we are talking crawling, she's started to go to the point shell follow me into rooms now ak!), I don't know where my babies went!! Bittersweet!
you never know! A few months after ds1 turned 3 he FINaLLY decided to pee on the potty and was trained from that day on for both poop and pee. He just decided on his own that he was done with diapers. He's had maybe 5 accidents since then. You never know good luck and yay for your ds!!
So lucky! DS decided to pee and poop on potty at 2 and it's been a year and he still has accidents.
My friend is 6 months pregnant. Just gave her our rock n play, bouncer seat and infant car seat. She scored. I wasn't sad to see them go. It felt kind of liberating to get rid of some of the baby stuff we have accumulated. Farewell rock n play. You got us through many sleepless nights!!
He picked out which underwear he wanted to wear this afternoon but then wouldn't let me put it on him. Oh well, it was a good start. The goal right now is progress, not perfection! I think he also has to poop which makes him more nervous.
I got super organized last night and started working on photo books for each of the kids! My goal is to do yearly ones of each of them, and so far I've been able to do that for DS. It was starting to feel overwhelming how much pictures I knew I'd been taking and needed to get going on them so I can try to make up to their birthdays a little more manageable. So that felt good. Not ready to join you guys on the baby stuff cleanse just yet
Post by carolyngrace on Jan 2, 2016 17:55:13 GMT -5
I have to AW my work on making a safe play area for DB today. I moved non baby stuff up and back where he can't reach it, and put out new toys. He loved scaling the shelves and checking it out!
I have to AW my work on making a safe play area for DB today. I moved non baby stuff up and back where he can't reach it, and put out new toys. He loved scaling the shelves and checking it out!
mh would gladly go over and play board games with you guys ha! He just played that Star Wars one yesterday. There was way too many pieces for me to even attempt to understand the game he was playing with his friends lol
(Love the shelving!)
DH got that game for Christmas. Not sure I'll play... I love board games but my tolerance for tons of pieces and rules is lower than his! He also plays with his friends.
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