Time for Tuesday randoms

[purple]

Morning, everyone! It's not a great picture, but here's some cuteness to start the day. My girlie's got bunches!

[erbear]

Adorable, purple!

We've had a rough night. I'm up nursing, but I'm pretty sure LO isn't going back to sleep.

[jessila]

Look out, tiffbot. purple has awesome pigtails now, too!!

Currently nursing O. We had a terrible night. I need to leave for work in 9 minutes. Hopefully he'll finish and go back to sleep. H told me to take a sick day but I've missed my Tuesday kids a bunch this marking period and there are only 3 weeks left. Maybe I'll skip the meeting I hate every week to come home and nap.

Have a terrific Tuesday. Send me all the coffee, please.

[stinybean]

purple I love L's hair!
@wwprestige LT for your wording, not the 245 giggling.
erbear I hope LO cooperates.
carrots Does W throw up at nap time too? Could it be because he's lying flat? Could you elevate? (I apologize if this has been covered in the previous days)

Trying to continue to stay positive. Yesterday wasn't the greatest, but it wasn't the worst. I'm in a work week hustle on fitbit, so that's been taking up a lot of my attention. I was winning for a good majority of yesterday. The competition & endorphins are keeping me positive. MH thinks I'm crazy for running in laps around the apartment, but oh well.

[stinybean]

jessila please tell me how you only have 3 weeks left? As this is my worst year EVER, I need to live vicariously through you.

[jessila]

Mar 8, 2016 7:00:05 GMT -5 stinybean said:

jessila please tell me how you only have 3 weeks left? As this is my worst year EVER, I need to live vicariously through you.

Until 4th marking period (and spring break). Only 3 weeks to get more grades. I wish it was the whole year almost done!!

[pghtruelove]

purple omg so cute!!! Love those pig tails!!

carrots I hope W feels better!

My whole body is sore today. Probably from the car ride and sleeping in different beds. Ugh sometimes I hate traveling.

Currently laying her nursing Jules in bed, hoping she'll stay asleep a little longer. Only two more hours to go to Charleston today! Yay!

[clbehenna]

Add me to the rough night club. I hate ear infections! Sorry there are so many other tired mommas on here this morning.

I hope everyone has a great day! Today is the 7th anniversary of losing my mom, so I always make it a point to make it fabulous, and drink some Pinot Grigio in her honor. The 67 degree temps will help today, too!

[pghtruelove]

Mar 8, 2016 7:13:31 GMT -5 clbehenna said:

Add me to the rough night club. I hate ear infections! Sorry there are so many other tired mommas on here this morning.

I hope everyone has a great day! Today is the 7th anniversary of losing my mom, so I always make it a point to make it fabulous, and drink some Pinot Grigio in her honor. The 67 degree temps will help today, too!

What a great way to honor your mom! I hope it's a wonderful day! My moms anniversary was the day after Lo was born. I was so thankful she wasn't born that day! You'll be in my thoughts today!!

[mbjune13]

purple Love the pigtails!
carrots I hope W feels better soon
I'm sorry for all the tired moms this morning. DH woke me up early, not B so I am not impressed. I hope today is a better day than yesterday. We didn't leave the house because of freezing rain and a lot of snow. I am hoping the wind stays down so we can go for a walk later. I also have to clean the house today and do some grocery shopping. Hope everyone has a good day.

[heartofglass]

So my H took A to see his mom yesterday. And he came home with more of his baby stuff that his mom keeps sending. This time it was a comforter from when he was two that she thought I might want to use. In the past she has sent some of his old baby shirts and old cloth diapers of his sisters and then used them as burp cloths for him. She also tried to get me to use H's bassinet from when he was a newborn that she saved, it's wicker and it was stuck in an old trailer and covered in mold. Am I crazy for not wanting and not using this stuff? H is upset that I don't want the old comforter and I told him he could keep it but A wasn't using it.

[kemdupuis]

purple, she is just the sweetest thing. Love those pigtails!

Sorry to hear that you had rough nights erbear, carrots, jessila, stinybean, budders (and anyone else I may have missed- I am on mobile, so just trying to remember names)! I hope the sickness/teething/sleeplessness resolves itself soon.

B is in a good mood this morning- he spent about 10 minutes looking at/making out with himself in the mirror while I was blow drying my hair. DH and I were dying laughing at him.

I have no motivation this week. Seriously just want to quit. I am so damn tired and frustrated. I need something really great to keep me going at school- because I think this is the closest I've ever been to being done and becoming a SAHM. Hopefully today will be great and will help pull me through

[jillywilly]

Morning! Sorry about all the rough nights/sick babies, sounds like there were a lot of them
DS woke up this morning in a pretty good mood around 6:30. I made him a bottle thinking he should be hungry, since he actually didn't eat at all over night. When I left at 7:30, he still was refusing the bottle. I put him in his high chair and he started eating some Cheerios and seemed like he would take some of his sippy cup, so hopefully he just really isn't a breakfast guy and MIL gets him eating better as the day goes on. He has a cough, but no fever, and diaper was wet, so I guess I'm not too worried yet. It just seems bizarre to me that when he wakes MOTN he acts like he's starving, but then he actually makes it to morning and has no interest in food. Crazy baby.

[billyhorrible]

purple, those pigtails KILL me

clbehenna,I lost my dad in February 2009, just a few weeks before your mom. Your way of memorializing it sounds nice.

I've got a settlement conference today I am wholly unprepared for because my boss kept throwing shit at me all day yesterday. At one point he told me to put something on my "high priority list" and I just started laughing. I have like 30 things on my "high priority list."

[erbear]

My mil gave me H's cord stump, hair, and teeth. H tried to put it in with the baby's things and then my armoire and I was like, NO. Do not want!

[erbear]

stcyct March and April usually suck because of standardized testing. Oh, and yes, the kids have such spring fever that it's terrible trying to rein them in!

[periwinkledaydreams]

@jemomma I want your dreams lol that sounds hilarious!

I woke up in a terrified panic MOTN, what I was dreaming I can't remember, but at the same time LO was crying and I was so disoriented I started looking for her in my own bedroom.. she hasn't slept in our room since she was like 4 months old, and before we moved. It was so bizarre, like I had JUST gotten into such a deep sleep, and for some reason thought I was in our old apartment?? and then couldn't find the door to her room (all that separates mine from hers is a door). Ugh my heart was pounding so hard once I came to my senses.

On a better note, she went RIGHT back to sleep and stayed asleep the rest of the night after that, 5 freaking straight hours, the longest stretch we've gotten in probably a month! I feel as though I should have behaved better in my 20's cause I'm effing wrecked at this point on like 15 years of sleep deprivation lol. Then again at least I put myself through rigorous training??

Dear god I can really ramble.... FFS, sorry guys.

General Tsos crock pot chicken and spring weather FT Tuesday Win!

[tiffbot]

Morning!

Hilarious and adorable purple! Lol jessila!

I think (hope) I'm at the tail end of my cold, so we'll be headed to my grandma's house today. She lives a couple towns over and I have some errands to run there so it's nice to visit her. My sister is even up so we're going to pick her up along the way with my dad I think.

[purple]

Mar 8, 2016 8:25:26 GMT -5 stcyct said:

purple, I am on the fence about what's cuter...your baby girl's pigtails or the fact that you call them bunches!

I'm surprised that everyone's calling them pigtails. To me, pigtails are plaited. It'll be a while before L has pigtails! I showed her herself in the mirror and she thought her hair was hilarious.

Sorry that so many people had rough nights. We're having a bit of a rough day. The morning was good until lunchtime, when she started screaming. I couldn't console her. She's fallen asleep now, but neither of us has had any lunch and I'm diabetic. This is one of those horrible moments when looking after the baby means I can't look after myself. At least I'm well controlled so lightheadedness and slightly low blood sugar is the worst that will happen!

[periwinkledaydreams]

Ohh now Im spiraling on a colorful denim search. Anybody have a fav "curvy skinny" brand?

[Bluedaisy]

Mar 8, 2016 9:02:05 GMT -5 @bubbs119 said:

Mar 8, 2016 8:54:01 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

I kept a lock of ds1's hair. It's in a baggy in his baby box. Am I weird?! Hell no to the umbilical cord stump.

I feel like a lock of hair in a baby book is cute and acceptable. Teeth and stump are too much for me.

+1

[Bluedaisy]

Happy International Women's Day Ladies!

[periwinkledaydreams]

Mar 8, 2016 9:01:10 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

Mar 8, 2016 8:50:55 GMT -5 periwinkledaydreams said:

Ohh now Im spiraling on a colorful denim search. Anybody have a fav "curvy skinny" brand?

Old navy has good ones. They actually make a fit specifically for curvy women. Loft also has a lot of cute pants but the fit sometimes runs small.

Ohh yea, will have to give ON a try again! I gave up on them years ago for pants because the inseam was always waaayy too long for me, but I guess that was before the low rise trend came about. Love me some skinnies even though Ive only found 2 pairs that actually fit right, I hate the feeling that I can't bend my knees because my thighs/calves are pinched and suffocating lol. This is why I typically shop for jeans at the thrift store.. there's always so many brands I've never even heard of.

Also why I end up just wearing leggings almost always lol.

[erbear]

I have some old navy/gap rewards, so I might need to investigate these jeans! Super cute!

I did just get four pairs of shorts at ON for $15/pair. I only have athletic shorts and maternity shorts that "fit". I have noticed ON's pants have been fitting better.

[erbear]

Also, thank you for validating me that that was super gross. She gave me little ceramic boxes to keep Lo's stuff and was horrified when I said I had already thrown away her cord stump. I just...why? What purpose does holding onto it serve?

[3dimesdown]

Mar 8, 2016 9:43:52 GMT -5 erbear said:

Also, thank you for validating me that that was super gross. She gave me little ceramic boxes to keep Lo's stuff and was horrified when I said I had already thrown away her cord stump. I just...why? What purpose does holding onto it serve?

Does this mean I'm the only one keeping all of LO's fingernail clippings? 

[heartofglass]

Mar 8, 2016 8:28:14 GMT -5 erbear said:

My mil gave me H's cord stump, hair, and teeth. H tried to put it in with the baby's things and then my armoire and I was like, NO. Do not want!

Om, no. I guess I should be happy with old diapers.

[prettymama36]

Good morning! purple, L is just adorable!
Hugs and coffee budders clbehenna jessila carrots erbear @wwprestige and anyone else who had a crappy night. O is down for his first nap of the day at 7:45. Good times here. I'm so excited, yesterday I found out that my brother and SIL are expecting a boy!! She is due in August. Yay babies!!
Now I think I have to online shop for spring clothes...

[prettymama36]

@jemomma that dream is hilarious/terrifying. Lol. I had a dream last night that I went to the chiropractor and it was Donald Trump. Creepy.
Damn all these online sales! I just ordered a ton last night at carters. ON sales are really good though. Oh well.

[tiffbot]

Yep, BTDT to the Old Navy ordering a couple weeks ago for myself and Carters ordering this weekend. All the summery styles are getting to my cold, winterized head.