Watching my nephews this afternoon so BIL can go see the new superman/batman movie. DS's diaper rash came back with a vengeance; I may call the pedi about it. He doesn't seem to mind it at all, but it sure looks bad.
Stations of the Cross at 5, and then mass at 6. Dunno if I'm going to both or just stations; dunno if I'm bringing DS or letting DH keep him.
Hi ladies! I'm sorry I've been MIA. We had a huge project due at work and my boss timed it so that she was at a conference for the most hectic time so I had to take the lead and get everything to the client on time. It was nice to be in charge but it took so much time! Easter weekend could not come soon enough
Now we're "relaxing" at my inlaws (FIL and SMIL). They're sweet, but I hardly ever feel like we're welcome here. They never make any plans or an effort to spend time with us. Right now we're upstairs playing with DD and her cousins, while they're downstairs watching TV. I wouldn't care if we were here all the time, but they live 7 hours away and we're here max 3x a year. It's just weird to me. Or am I the weird one? What do you ladies think?
lilyelayne I took V to service last night, and I think I'm going to try and find someone to watch him tonight.
He wanted to run up and down and everywhere, and not exactly quietly. Maybe if I wore him it would be better, but I don't know if he'd go for it.
Anyway, work today and church again tonight. V actually slept halfway decent last night, so that was nice.
G sits with me in service every Sunday, so he's used to that. I'd probably wear him if I bring him to stations, since that's a walking service, and he's still a crawling baby.
Hi ladies! I'm sorry I've been MIA. We had a huge project due at work and my boss timed it so that she was at a conference for the most hectic time so I had to take the lead and get everything to the client on time. It was nice to be in charge but it took so much time! Easter weekend could not come soon enough
Now we're "relaxing" at my inlaws (FIL and SMIL). They're sweet, but I hardly ever feel like we're welcome here. They never make any plans or an effort to spend time with us. Right now we're upstairs playing with DD and her cousins, while they're downstairs watching TV. I wouldn't care if we were here all the time, but they live 7 hours away and we're here max 3x a year. It's just weird to me. Or am I the weird one? What do you ladies think?
That is a little strange. Even if they don't want to go do anything, you'd think they'd at least hang out with you when everyone is at the house. Do they not like kids maybe? Or was it the same when before you had LO?
Hi ladies! I'm sorry I've been MIA. We had a huge project due at work and my boss timed it so that she was at a conference for the most hectic time so I had to take the lead and get everything to the client on time. It was nice to be in charge but it took so much time! Easter weekend could not come soon enough
Now we're "relaxing" at my inlaws (FIL and SMIL). They're sweet, but I hardly ever feel like we're welcome here. They never make any plans or an effort to spend time with us. Right now we're upstairs playing with DD and her cousins, while they're downstairs watching TV. I wouldn't care if we were here all the time, but they live 7 hours away and we're here max 3x a year. It's just weird to me. Or am I the weird one? What do you ladies think?
That is a little strange. Even if they don't want to go do anything, you'd think they'd at least hang out with you when everyone is at the house. Do they not like kids maybe? Or was it the same when before you had LO?
My feelings exactly!
I don't know, FIL usually loves to hang out with his grandchildren when he's visiting us. Lately I've been getting some vibes from SMIL that she gets annoyed when DDs cousins misbehave. Which they do because, you know, they're 6 and 3 years old. And also FIL and SMIL never respect the fact that the kids need to eat at a specific time so they always make dinner too late and end up with grumpy kids. Surprise surprise.
I get that they don't want to play with legos a while day, but then maybe they could plan something for all of us to do so they won't be bored...
Anyway, didn't mean to hijack the thread. It just sucks that we spent a lot of money to travel here and then don't feel welcome.
@alyllyra I know what you mean. I hate feeling unwelcome or a burden when visiting. We went to visit some family in the fall, and one of the grandparents just watched tv or read almost the whole time and we felt out of place the whole time we were at his house.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Mar 25, 2016 14:07:17 GMT -5
This has been a stressful week. I am hoping that when I get home today my dog is still doing well and there are no messes to clean up. We have a drop cam set up to keep an eye on them and so far it looks like everything is good.
We were considering going up to visit my mom for Easter, especially since my dad is away but given our sick pooch I think we are going to scrap that and spend the weekend home.
lilyelayne mix maalox and triple paste and apply frequently. Sounds crazy but it works. And we added in probiotics because it seemed soft stool was causing it. We do also have some prescription nystatin we used on occasion so a call definitely won't hurt.
My parents should be here in a few hours yay! DD got sick in the car yesterday so I have been washing her car seat blech. She is still fussy but seemingly back to normal. But no holy Thursday or Good Friday services for us.
I work today and all weekend. And I have to be honest, I'm impressed by you church goers. I try to get to sat/sun mass on a regular basis (DD1 is great in church, DD2 not as much) but I'm terrible about holy days. And stations of the cross ... God luv ya! I'd actually love to do easter vigil bc it's so moving but DD2's bedtime is when the mass starts. Plus, I try to get to bed early myself on work nights. Ugh, I need to make church more of a priority. It gets difficult with multiple kids/schedules but I could do better
Since V learned to walk, we haven't been to Sunday service very much. He just wants to run around and even in the family room it's rough to wrangle him. Plus naps get in the way also.
I work today and all weekend. And I have to be honest, I'm impressed by you church goers. I try to get to sat/sun mass on a regular basis (DD1 is great in church, DD2 not as much) but I'm terrible about holy days. And stations of the cross ... God luv ya! I'd actually love to do easter vigil bc it's so moving but DD2's bedtime is when the mass starts. Plus, I try to get to bed early myself on work nights. Ugh, I need to make church more of a priority. It gets difficult with multiple kids/schedules but I could do better
It's hard to fit it in. I don't make it to mass every week. My church only does Sunday morning mass - 830 & 1030 - and only the 830 fits our schedule. Plus the organist doesn't come so no singing so it's short!
Stations of the Cross is one of my favorites so it's easy to motivate myself to go. Lent is my favorite liturgical season and I still only made it to regular church twice :-(
Since V learned to walk, we haven't been to Sunday service very much. He just wants to run around and even in the family room it's rough to wrangle him. Plus naps get in the way also.
G had a few days in a row where he was taking steps & now he's decided he will. not. walk. If he even thinks that's what you want him to do when you put him down, he limp noodles to a sprawled position on the floor haha.
He still stands unassisted and cruises like crazy so he must just have some mental thing. Babies are weird.
Since V learned to walk, we haven't been to Sunday service very much. He just wants to run around and even in the family room it's rough to wrangle him. Plus naps get in the way also.
G had a few days in a row where he was taking steps & now he's decided he will. not. walk. If he even thinks that's what you want him to do when you put him down, he limp noodles to a sprawled position on the floor haha.
He still stands unassisted and cruises like crazy so he must just have some mental thing. Babies are weird.
C did the exact same thing. Right around her first birthday she started taking steps then just kind of kept to cruising. It was like a plateau. I said that to a couple people like a week and a half ago and literally after I said it outloud, bam. Now she's walking like 99% of the time. So yeah. Babies are totally weird.
Debating which church to go to Sunday. I need to look at the schedules to see if one isn't at lunch time for DS and what else is nearby. Also if Easter is an English or German service. I'm thinking DS and I drive to church rather than take the bus, meet H for lunch, followed by the zoo.
Also H and I had additional interviews for the jobs we interviewed for a couple weeks ago. They're supposed to make a decision this week. But one of the interviewers wants me to interview with another one of his employees that works in a certain area. Taking that as a positive sign since it's an area related to my PhD.
Also requested an informational interview with a manager in a group I'd love to work in at a different location. They only have an internship listed so I'd like to know if they ever have regular positions open and if I'd be a good candidate.
Having my nephews over to dye Easter eggs, then hopefully a low key afternoon. I need to iron DS's Easter outfit, and by that I mean DH because he's so much better at it than me.
lilyelayne Thanks for asking! It was so much fun! Celia figured out what to do by watching the big kids that were there. She was so proud of herself every time she put an egg into her basket!
Boo. Tried attaching a picture but tapatalk won't attach the file. I'll try again once I put her Easter basket together!
So V had a bit of diaper rash and freaked out when I tried to put his diaper on before dinner. So I figured a little diaper free time would help his rash, and left it off. I went to finish getting dinner ready and then stuck him in his chair. It wasn't until the pee stayed flowing beneath his chair that I remembered he had a naked butt, oops! So now I get to sanitize his high chair.
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