January 2007 Moms - It's a New Year!!

[mara232]

Happy New Year Everyone!! :) :)


Meet our Moms:

Esarah
Sarah (27) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif AJ
Leata (6/1/05) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Baby#2 on the way! (Aug 2007)http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/future-baby-girl.gif
Provo, UT
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Lovebug
Krissy (26) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Tim
Emily Grace (12/27/05) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Kentucky
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tracyrhymer1979
Tracy (27) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Mitch
Misty Nicole (11/20/96)
Tanner Jett (TJ) (10/21/01)
Kallie Paige (11/03/05) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Mississippi
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Tracy
Tracy (31) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Chris
Matthew Evan (06/03/05) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Georgia
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lisamarie
Lisa (27) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Tim
Lucy Grace (XXXXX)
Emma Lynn (XXXXX) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Indiana
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texasred1
Michelle (37) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Jeff
Mason (8/14/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Houston, Texas
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wantingbabynumber2
Karen (36) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Ken
Hannah Elise (5/25/03)
Baby#2 on the way! (EDD 3/27/07)http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/future-baby-girl.gif
St. Louis, Missouri
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Leanna
Leanna ( 28 ) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Kelly
Bonnie Camille (08/07/01)
Jack Spencer(03/06/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Kentucky
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nopey
Pauly ( 38 ) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Rick
Audrey (10/06/05) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Baby#2 on the way! (EDD 5/29/07)http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/future-baby-girl.gif
Illinois
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ahacker
Amy (27) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Tony
Willow (8/XX/05) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Southern Illinois
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Bella923
Annabell (32) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Joe
Gabriella Nicole (8/5/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Southeastern Massachusetts
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terra
Terra (23) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif John
Piper Sage (10/8/05) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Indiana
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elsie
Laura (32) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Mark
Ryan (11/13/95)
Christian ( 3/14/98 )
Massachusetts
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imjlo
Jennifer (26) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Justin
Grady Austin (11/30/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Wichita, KS
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pamperedcheflady
Tricia (31) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Larry
Robby ( 3/4/98 )
Kaitlyn (12/22/99)
Kimberlyn (7/3/03)
Tommy is here! (12/25/06)http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/future-baby-girl.gif
Altus AFB, OK
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medic_351
TJ (25) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Sam
Haylie Joan (11/1/00)
Joseph Michael (6/22/00)
Katelyn Elizabeth (3/12/93)
Bloxom, VA
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ANNIEW
Annie (30) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Tom
Marc Anthony (10/4/92)
Lexi Marie (5/8/95)
Nicholas Alexander (8/7/02)
Mathew Thomas (11/3/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Emma Rose (11/3/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Kaitlin Ann (11/3/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Austin Ryan (11/3/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
New Jersey
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kelli3384
Kelly (22) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Mike
Gavin (5/31/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Pennsylvania
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MonicaPC
Monica (22) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Jeremy
Julianna (11/30/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Poughkeepsie, NY
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joluke4
Johanna (25) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Luke
Ira Nicole (1/11/03)
Ava Noelle (12/3/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Texas
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ceskow
Christy (25) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif David
David Joseph (10/05/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Jacksonville, FL
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KarenH
Karen (34) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Justin
V (age 6) (from 10/13/06-2/19/07)
A (age 5) (from 10/13/06-2/19/07)
I (age2) (from 10/13/06-2/19/07)
Foster-to-adopt Jeremy (age 4) (after 2/23/07)
Virginia
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Sherri
Sherri (36) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Carol
Ava Dorothy (7/7/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Maryland
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proud2Bamommy
Melanie (26) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif David
Dylan Austin (9/7/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Arkansas
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corinna
Corinna (33) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Ben
Gavynne (12/28/99)
Aiden (1/19/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Vermont
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want2bemama
Arti ( 28 ) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Vijay
Dhruv (10/6/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Arkansas
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bays mom
Tonya (27) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif James
Tyler Bay (12/17/05) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Illinois
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Shaylalynn
Shayla (27) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Nick
Jonathen Richard (06/08/00)
Ireland Mckenzie (08/03/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Colorado
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Leslie
Leslie (36) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Brad
Arianna Elizabeth-Ann (09/28/05) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
West Virginia
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prinny
Prinny http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Bonsoir Fancy Pants
Spike Riley (10/10/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
LA/Melbourne/Montparnasse
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katiepcoo
Katie http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif John
Peter Flynn (12/2/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gifPennsylvania

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brooke1980
Brooke http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Joe
Lillian Pearl (11/22/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Living in Pisa, Italy. But from Indiana

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starferry
Paulina http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Richard
Sydney (12/7/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
South Yorkshire, England

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Valerie
Valerie(26) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif D
Zoey Arielle (9/23/03)
West Des Moines, Iowa
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dasmith1128
Delia (25) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Bryan
Jaxson David(11/10/04)
Riley DeAnn (1/6/07) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Arizona
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holly
Holly (28) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Tom
Ruby Rose (8/28/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Massachusetts
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jacque
Jacque (30) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Keith
Ty Foster (9/25/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Indiana
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Asi
Astrid (32) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Mike
Erik Norman (12/17/2006) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Medford, Massachusetts
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Kim
Kim (26) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Wayne
Jonah Zachary aka "Peanut" (9/30/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Georgia
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Mara232
Mara (34) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Love/heart-119.gif Marko
Anthony Gabriel (1/6/06) http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Babies/baby-2.gif
Ontario, Canada
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[mara232]

Okay - I am starting Jnauary thi smonth. No one pm-ed to email me their code. I can't be responsible for putting this up each month. Let me know via pm who wants a copy fo the code.

[ahacker]

Ok, I just posted this on the Dec thread, but then I saw the Jan thread so......

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Is there a way to do this and I just don’t know how??? I hate having to go back page by page to get where I was last. Sometimes it can take FOREVER! I hate reading the posts backwards.

Ugh. . . I have cramps today. I started my period, even though I am not on my white pills yet. I think my body was just like.... um .... we were supposed to start last week and I don’t know what you are trying to pull........ but you aren’t foolin us anymore. Yuck. My back hurts. It would have to start today. I am cleaning my inlaws house for their anniversary this year. We are very short on funds, so just had to get creative.

Karen: The apple core sounds like my house. I find interesting things under the couch. Uhhh, I didn’t put them there.

Kelli: I have never known a drs office to refuse to forward records. That is just plain retarded. I would write a letter and call.

Leanna: Bonnie’s room sounds nice!

Christy: Good to hear that David is doing good.

Leslie: Glad the trip with Arianna went well. You give me hope. We are going to see my brother in Denver in March. It is a 16 hour drive. It should be interesting to say the least.

Terra: Hi!

LM: Hi!

Stacie: I love it when the dr is actually concerned about how much money you may spend.

Sarah: Glad you made it to England, even though the trip was rough. I hope you have a fabulous time!!

TracyR: Sorry to hear about your toe. Ouch, broken toes really hurt!!

Johanna: Hello there.

Mara: I am sorry about Anthony. Do you have a night routine? I can pm you with what we did with Willow if you are interested. It is a much much milder form of CIO. It goes in small doses, so your baby can cope with the changes. I have the article around here somewhere. I saved it in case we need it for our next one. PM me if you want the info.

Well, I need to go straighten up my house before I leave. Hope you ladies have a happy new year!

Amy

[JAMIE]

Hi Mamas!!! It's been a LONG time since I've posted...my apologies. So guess what...I got a BFP today - I'm having my second!!!

[bays mom]

congratulations Jamie


Amy-Hi.. I just sent you a myspace message..was thinking about you:-)



I stopped posting on the last thread. I found keeping up was quite overwhelming. Thankfully now all the holidays are over and maybe I can join on this one. I did keep reading up on all the post but by the time I read it all, I would have to get something else done.

[lisamarie]

Tonya-Dont feel like you have to keep up. lol Just grace us with your presence. hehe

Jaime-I take it everythign worked out with your dh since you are preggers. hehehe Congrats! So everythign has chilled out with you being busy and stuff?

Mara-you did an AWESOME job on the thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bays mom]

Lisa- I did keep up with your post and the one where you were talking about dh treating you like a slave or child, I actually printed it out and had dh read it. He read the first line and was like "did you write this?"
Dh says I spend too much time on the computer and not enough time picking up the house. I got so mad one day I actually made him make me a "chore list" so that if it wasn't on the list he couldn't get mad because it wasn't done. He is trying to better, but I can still tell when he is annoyed when he comes home and nothing is picked up.

[elsie]

Hey Ladies!!!!

Happy Almost-New Year!

I'm still on the road -- visiting my parents who are having an impromptu party as we speak. I am the most old-ladyish, un-hip daughter of the hippest, most spontaneous people you'll ever meet :lol: . I read a couple of pages and will catch up soon....

Lisa == thanks for the shout-out ... don't worry I'll be back posting obsessively soon! Love ya babe!!!!!

[Brooke1980]

Jamie~~Congrats!! Did you have to use anything to get pregnant this time? Met? You must be so excited!!

Hello everyone!!

[Leanna]

Happy New Year!!!!

Jamie- Congrats on the BFP!

Lisa- Hey!

Terra- Sorry your BF kept changing plans on you.

Pauly- Glad you got that new computer... hope you get it all set up soon!

Karen- I can't believe that woman rammed you with her cart and didn't apologize!

I am so tired... stayed up way too late visiting with my cousin over at my parents' yesterday. She's in from Cleveland. Was fun but I don't know how I'm going to stay up late again tonight for New Year's. Must be getting old!!

So MIL talked to DH without me and volunteered to come to our house this evening and watch our kids along with my SIL's baby. She would have Bonnie, an 18 month old, and a 10 month old from about 6 pm until well after midnight. My nephew won't sleep anywhere other than his own crib at home either. DH thought it was a good idea. :shock: Also, Bonnie is really excited to come to my uncle's with us because there will be tons of kids she knows there. And I really want my kids with me when I ring in the new year, you know? Now she thinks I don't trust her with my kids, but oh well.

[wantingbabynumber2]

Little over 12 hours to the new year! Where did the time go? Looking forward to a new year and new beginnings. Where is Lisa this morning?

[esarah]

only about 7 hours for me until thenw year. Not sure if I will be able to stay wawae that long though. I am exhausted. WE are going to my bil's family's house for a party. It should be fun. We will see lots of old friends.

[starferry]

Sarah- Brrrr, isn't it cold here at the moment? .... so windy and wet.

Hope your flight went ok.

Happy New Year to everyone. :) :) :)

[esarah]

Paulina- It is very wet and windy! It's not as cold as Utah but it feels so cold because it is wet too! Flight went ok except for getting stuck in Cincinnati and almost passing out while I was trying to deal with the airlines. I didn't know what was going to happen to my 18 month old if that happened! I am so happy to be here in England. I am enjoying loads of Cadburys and Thontons. Also Jaffa cakes and Tesco fresh pasta and carbonnara sauce. I have had way too much to eat in the last few days!

Oh yeah. I got loads of good stuff at the Next sales!

[starferry]

Sarah: Glad you got here okay. I know what you mean about the wet weather. I'm from Canada and it was freezing where I lived, I experianced weather of -40 but I still find it cold here because its like a damp cold, not dry like canada.
Thorntons and Cadbury's chocolate...YUM! Eat up, its the holidays after all!

I don't normally brave the Next sales as its always so busy...good on you for getting some bargains. They do some lovely children's clothes.

Enjoy the party

Paulina

[starferry]

oooh, I've got over 300 posts. Woo hoo!!!!

[bays mom]

Elsie- I made your homemade mac and cheese with left over ham from xmas- dh, ds, and I thought it was very yummy! Thank You

Leanna- Sorry about MIL troubles. They can be such a pain in the butt. I am lucky, mine lives 5 1/2 hrs away!!

esarah-glad to hear that your in London. Always wanted to visit London...or anywhere else but USA for tha matter.

I hope everyone has a good New Years Eve. Please have a drink for me (Stupid Medication!!), that and the fact that it is just me and Ty tonight. Can't they just lock up all the prisoners and shut the prison down for the day. It sucks that Dh has to work! Ohh well, we wouldn't be doing anything anyway!
I have a funny and gross story to tell. This afternoon while dh was in the shower getting ready for work, me and Ty was on the floor playing. And the entire time he just kept pushing and passing gas. I felt sorry for the little guy so I took him to his room and let him play with his fisher price records while I took his diaper off. I laid him down and pushed his legs up towards him stomach...and nothing (This is something we always did when he was just on formula, it always worked like a charm). Anyhoo, So I let him get up and start playing, as I follow him around with the diaper. I get into his wipe warmer to get a wipe a find it about empty, so I hurried to the next room to grab a pack from his diaper bag. I walked back into his room and in the amount of time he managed to Sh!t all over his record. He sees me and puts his foot into it and then sits down on a decorative blanket. POOP EVERYWHERE! Happy New Years Eve to Me..hehe Since Dh was still in the shower I had to rebathe him in the bathroom sink. So nasty!

[Lovebug]

hey girls...me gagain. Hope everyone has a happy and safe night. My parents are still here. They are behaving for the most part but DH is having a tough time. They sometimes try to run over me and it drives him nuts. I called mom on it today and she said she was just yanking my chain. Whatever :roll: Pisses DH off, though. Hope to be back later to do personals. Just wanted to say hi. Hugs to everyone!

[ANNIEW]

tonya-your dh is a correction officer, i take it? mine, too. and yes, they work year round...........it does suck at times. money is great around here for them, but they work all the holidays. dh took an fmla day today to be home w/us.............but otherwise he'd be working, too

[bays mom]

Annie-yup hubby is a CO! They make good money here, but the cost of living is crazy and we only have one income. We are orginally from Southern Illinois and we would be way better off if he could get onto one of the prisons down there. The cost of living down there has gone up but is nothing like it is here in Joliet (near Chicago)
This time last year dh was on paternity leave, he had both xmas and new years off because ds was born on the 17th and they have a 3 weeks paternity leave. I guess last year I was spoiled with having him home. Ohh well Mondays and Tuesdays are his days off, so he will be all mine (and Tys)
Hope your hubby is staying safe on his job!

[imjlo]

My New Year's resolution:

To post more!!! :D :D :D

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVERYONE

[wantingbabynumber2]

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[wantingbabynumber2]

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[esarah]

It's two hours in to the new year. We had a good time at the party. It was fun seeing everyone and celebrating. My sister that came here with me from Utah has the flu she thinks though. I am kind of ticked off at her since I told her she should go get a flu shot a long time ago and she kept putting it off. At least we have the flu shot though.

I am so tired. I thin kI will head to bed soon. I really want to sleep in in the morning.

[lisamarie]

Hmmm...Porkchop wont go to bed...this is the third attempt. She didnt want anything to do with dh.

Good thing is he doesnt have to work tomorrow.

Geez..I had one glass of wine and I was woooooooooozey. I was makin dinner listenin to Cash/Tucker and felt dizzy. hehehe. Guess thats what happens when you havent drank for ages. hehehe Im so not a wine person either.

Sarah-Hope you get rested up.

Krissy-Hope you and Tim have a great new year!

Hey Tonya!

Annie-Hello wonder woman.

Paulina-Thats one cute baby you have.

Hmmm.... :?

[wantingbabynumber2]

ONE glass of wine Lisa? You are such a lightweight ha ha.

[ANNIEW]

i had a nice glass of malibu rum and pineapple juice-it was soooo yummy!!!!! now, dh is starting my bath water-what a good dh tonight!!!!

Happy New Year, Ladies!!!!!

[wantingbabynumber2]

Oh la la Annie I could use a nice hot bubble bath.

We still have an hour and a half to the new year ugh. Hannah is being a whiner but won't lie down either she wants to bang pots. I am at my wits end. Hubby is still working on yet another new program to sell WTF he has written like 2-3 in the past week and doing side jobs also he said he'd finish painting and never did I have one coat on the ceiling and 2 walls done. Arrghh. I am so tired I have not wanted to do nothing. I am ready to burn the house to the ground and buy a new one :roll: Come on new year!

[lisamarie]

Well my bunch is in bed...hmmph. Dh is bein such a suzie tonight....

So Im lookin up old friends on MySpace. Boy some of the skinny girls became cows! I LOVE IT!

Annie-Hope you enjoy your bath.

Guess Im gonna live it up and pop me open a can of cherry coke....

[Bella923]

8 more minutes here on the east coast!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

[bays mom]

Still one hour till the New Year here in Illinois. To all of you who have already celebrated the arrival of 2007-Happy New Year!

Lisa- I am one of those fat girls that was skinny in high school.LOL...I can see it now..the laughing.hehe Gosh I miss being skinny! And to think that is high school I thought I was a hefier! I gained a whole 100lbs after dh and I got together and yet he only weighs 156lbs:-(

[bays mom]

Gosh darn it, I feel like such a loser. I think I am the only one on here! I guess you all must be celebrating, have fun for me:-)

[Lovebug]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! IT IS 12:04 HERE IN KY...I AM FIXING TO GO CELEBRATE W/DH....lol Be back later today!

[lisamarie]

Happy New Year...blah blah..lol

Im still up..thinkin about gettin another Cherry Coke...Yumm......hehehe'

Tonya-I remember weighing 153 my sophmore year and thought I was fat...lol

[Terra]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We are just hanging out here with our friends. We've been watching movies tonight and not much more than that :D It's always good to just chill! Will catch up on personals and stuff tomorrow!

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[ANNIEW]

so funny, i am 5'10" and weighed 156 in high school-i thought i was humungous....................little did I know.............. :lol:

[wantingbabynumber2]

Oh to weigh what we all weighed in High School.....

Well we have like 40 min left and hubby is still working and wanting to paint give it up its too late. Hannah passed out holding her pot and spoon tried putting her jammies on and brushing her teeth and she curled up on the floor of the bathroom to sleep. So she's out. So I am the crazy mom posting on PCOS since everyone in my house is MIA.

Lisa I made DH buy me some cherry pepsi CHEERS.

[ANNIEW]

i'm here, too!!! pathetic, right?????

[wantingbabynumber2]

Annie what happened to hubby? No loving? Must have been feeding time for the cutie pies.

[ANNIEW]

he tuckered out, i think.................he's awake on the bed in the room i'm in..............but he's watching "cops" and i don't think he's interesting in any "lovin", :( but i did get a kiss for New Years.............. :)

[wantingbabynumber2]

I have been looking for a show ringing in the new year there are none. Now that times square is closed down. But some of the music stations had some great live bands on stage so that was pretty good. My poor baby is sleeping on my bed just dead to the world. I think I am going to have to let her bang pots tomorrow during the day she will be so upset she missed out. My girlfriend called to say happy new year and I am like you are an hour early she was drunk and misread the time. She is such a blonde.

[nick's_mom]

30 mins to the New Year here. All kids are asleep right now, DH is playing a game on the laptop and here I am.....pitiful! I am dowloading pics on this computer & thought I would check-in while I wait. Anyway, Happy New Year everyone!!

[nick's_mom]

TracyR - I am watching CBS coverage of New Years (the repeat show) & Chris Daughtry is on! Still loving him from AI!!

[ANNIEW]

alright, i'm going to bed..................no telling what time these pumpkins will be wanting to eat................better get my sleep now............

Night ladies, Happy New Year...............talk to youall tomorrow!!!

[wantingbabynumber2]

Good night Annie happy new year. I am heading that way too.

[tracyrhymer1979]

Stacie, I missed Chris!! Oh crap..

Getting ready to countdown here in Mississippi...

DH and I put the kids to bed already. We've been playing our Nintendo Wii and Yahtzee....now we wait....


HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MY LOVELY LADIES....


Oh yeah, talking about what we weighed in high school...I was 99 lbs my senior year in high school. I will post a pic of me then tomorrow...

[tracyrhymer1979]

ha!!! new year, new page professional!!!! go me!

[bays mom]

tracy- I LOVE yahtzee! I could play it every night if I could. But Dh is a party pooper and rather sit in front of the weather channel.

[starferry]

Well, its the New Year already. Where did last year go?? We started watching a film last night while Sydney slept in our room, but we decided to join her before midnight so that we can welcome in the New Year together, She slept through it of course! :lol:

DH goes back to work tomorrow. He's been off since Sydney was born so it will be strange to now have him around during that day. I might have a bit more time to post here though so its not all bad.

Anyone hear from Johanna?

Have a great day everyone

Paulina

[medic_632]

hi everyone....finally popping back in...i am back at work and feeling quite a bit better...still al little weak but able to stand by myself i guess that's a good thing...i hate being sick and especially sick and helpless, i hated going back into the hospital on christmas night even worse cause the kids had to stay home alone (with big sis kaite of course) while sam took me back to the ER for more tests and the ultimate admissions...UGH i am sooooo sick of that place i am tempted to never to work there again (LOL just loking) my arms look lik ei just came in off the heroin junkie train...bruises everywhere i'm surprised i don't leak when i drink fluids...my new diet sucks thanks to my stomach's incurred damages from whatever the hell made me puke for 11 hours straight week before last...and now hurts if i even look at the wrong foods....

okay enough whining, i am back and i have decded that neither job nor DH's Ex nor my family is going to get on my nerves this year (at least the first 1/2 of it) i am going to just be me and have friends and stay away from "enemies" and i will enjoy my kids, step, nieces, and DD more than ever...i am sick to death of my drama-queen show from teh last 3-4 months...so YAY for me...still fighting at work to regain what i lost from the crap in november...but even that's not gonna get to me...

hoe everyone had a get NEW YEAR'S EVE and i will tell you that mine was spent drugged and i did open an eye to kiss DH and the kids and celebrate before the meds knocked me out again...i have to say that 2 weeks (even forced) off from this place will doa person good...much easier to deal...my car is still not done, found out that the rocks that we hit in the road on that trip (same one it broke down on) is what damaged teh transmission so now we are argueing with the insurance co. to pay for it (cause it is covered under our comprehensive policy) so that we can go ahead and pay back teh loan we took out to have it fixed....that would help soooooo much right now...

in other news, i miss mny step kids already, they are going back to their mom's today after we have had them for over a week, i can't wait til the summe rwhen they are here permanetly, well Katie may be here as soon as the end of January (if she has another bad report card she will be attending private school down here with us) and we have anew arrival to our barn this week, a 15 yro Throughbred mare that is (supposedly) very gentle and very well trained...we are care leasing her so that DH and i can ride together and Me (& Katie pending her grades) have somethign to show this year, cause our current Quarter horse mare is being bred in late summer and that will put her outta commission for aout 18 mos....

okay enough of my bantering, just trying to catch up.........missed you guys!!!

[wantingbabynumber2]

TJ I miss horses. I am so out of practice since we haven't had them since I was a kid. THought about taking Hannah to some classes again and help me brush up too. Glad you are feeling better.

We are having a lazy day made french toast and dyed my hair. I am so tired but have to run up to the hardware store and get some paint to have hubby finish painting today. We are going to the last night celebration of the lights and petting zoo tonight so want to make sure I get everything done before then.

[medic_632]

i love my horses...i am not as involved as i used to be but i am slowly getting back into it...money and time kinda kicked me in the butt when i was single and trying to do everything for haylie by myself...i now am able have a few and thanks to my new years resolution i will be riding at least once a week, but the goal is twice...the new horse should make me more enthused to get out there...all i have now are 2 small ponies for the 2-6 yros and a medium pony which we hardly ever use cause she's old (mine when i was younger) and large pony Quarter Horse mare that i have outgrown, she's great for trails and stuff but i was used to doing "high class" competition and stuff and she just isn't cut for it anymore...she's was a wonderful animal and is very good with Kaite but not what i need, she also older, gonna breed her to a larger animal and try to get at least a small horse to train and either keep or sell depending on temperament, etc...

Haylie was my little rider but decided after 1 season that she really didn't like it and hasn't wanted to anything with the high class pony we bought her since...she is up for sale...wish i could keep her but she's high maintenance and it would be a waste of talent for the poor pony to waste away at my farm where no one can ride her...so she will go and when/if haylie wants to ride again then we will consider another pony (she will outgrow the current one soon anyway)...

dyed your hair??? thought that was a no-no in PG?? maybe i'm confused

french toast with lots of butter and syrup sounds great right now

[lisamarie]

Hello ladies...

Went to Walmart this morning by myself..it was great. Went to a few other stores to see if they had any sales..not much to write home about. I was tickled pink though. At Walmart they had 75% off their Christmas stuff..so I got some ornament and candy tins. I usually get my candy tins at the dollar tree for a dollar and they are little. I got this 5lb tins for 75 cents! Then the nxt size down for 50 cents! I was so freakin excited.
Then found these AWESOME three set of candles that were 10 bucks for 2 bucks.

Brought my bunch all food home....Im eatin it up today...tomorrow is when I get back on track.

Tj-Glad to see you back. So you never said what was wrong with you?

Paulina-Hey girly.

TracyR-hhehe..New page professional...you rock.

Well dh and Porkchop just laid down for a nap..I might lay on the couch and chill for a bit. I have a headache.

One of my resolutions is to not post as much. lol..seriously..its a tad bit too out of hand.

I truely believe that 2007 holds alot for me. Even as a kid, teenage, yougn adult I always said 2007 would brings alot of good things to me. Now that its here its well overdue. Im finding the new me.

[medic_632]

they still aren't real sure what is wrong...the thought right now is that i was exhausted ( :roll: ) and caught a small bug or ate something that didn't agree and caused the original pain/nausea/diarreha/vomiting...from there is was admitted with severe dehydration and they had a hard time stopping the vomiting and keeping the dehydration from getting worse...my WBC (white blood cells) count was clse to 20,000 (normal is less than 10,000) so that was a pretty good indicator that something was going on and i also spiked low grade fevers throughout the first 3 days i was there...i begged to go home (too early) and even though my blood work was beginning to improve was not where they "really" wanted it...i went home on friday and immedialty started cleaning, cooking, and stewing about christmas preps...still hurting i might add....on saturday i went shopping with DH at 6am, and had to ride in a little electric wagon thingy cause my stomach wouldn't stop....i went home took some pain meds and started baking...that night i knocked myself out with pain meds and went to work the next morning at the ER (7a-3p i know karen BAD TJ!!!) i came home went to my older sister's for christmas celebration (she yelled at me and tried to send me right back to the hospital at the at point(she is an RN) for immediate admission) I refused the admission and drove the 2 1/2 hour drive to pick up step-kids (fortunalty DH's EX took pity on me and came closer than usual) i went home once again knocke dout on pain meds after playing santa....christmas day we did normal stuff...i had to lay down twice cause of pain and after dinner (4pm) i layed down and tried the pain meds again...instead of working it got worse and i started vomiting again....sam swept me off to the ER...they found small traces of blood in the vomit....and kept me AGAIN :x ...i was scanned, poked, prodded, and vampired to death....

the second visit they decided that the pain was from my stoamch being in a major spasm...from what god only knows...they discharged me with a iffy DX, when i got sick the first time they think i either ripped open an ulcer (may or maynot have already had) or i herniated a stomach muscle...not sure which til i see the specialist and have the surgical endoscopy...they are assuming surgical cause that way they can fix whatever is wrong (if needed) at the same time.... :roll:

so i figure great 2 weeks forced work from leave and now surgery...i am on lots of meds god awful list but some of them actually help control the spasms....weaning off some to see if i can manage without though (with doc's permission)

[ahacker]

Will make this short:

Happy New Year! We had fun at the neighbors last night. Played dice and ate (and drank). Willow stayed up. :shock: and woke up at 7:30 this morning. Hopefully her nap will be LLLLOOONNNGGG.

Tonya: How long has your DH been a CO? Does he know Travis Foster? That is my neighbors sil. I just wonder if he would have any connections that he could pull some strings with. He works at Menard in Chester. Just curious.

TJ: Sorry to hear that you are still having troubles. I hope they figure out what is wrong soon.


Have a great day ladies!!
Amy

[corinna]

:P HAPPY NEW YEAR GIRLS!!! :P

I just cannot keep up w/ you ladies! :shock: :P :D
I'm psyched to announce that I might not be able to keep up w/ you busy little bees because in the next month we are moving!!! :P YEAP! You heard it!....o.k. so it's only fifteen minutes away from where we are now but it's an awesome house w/ about 1800 square feet not including the two car attached garage, front sun porch and wood shed. Four bedrooms, living room includes a nice glass fireplace, huge wrapped enclosed sun porch off the front, deck off the back w/ a small enclosed yard just big enough for a little one like Aiden to run around safely, but then two acres of land surrounding the house for Gavynne to run around in also....Yeap! Yeap! Yeap!!!! I am SOOOO EXCITED!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ME!!! :D :D :D It's really an awesome story how it all fell into our lap but way too long to post! :D
oN ANOTHER NOTE! I just ovulated for the first time since Aiden was conceived and won't let DH next to me w/ a ten foot poll, that is, unless he's wrapped in a condom! :lol: That Met does it every time! :roll: :D I have been waking up each morning feeling skinnier and skinnier! I am beginning to see a glimpse of what my figure resembled once upon a time! :D I haven't weighed myself since Thursday and won't untill this Thursday again.....I think that will be my official weigh in day each week...the scale at the gym is a medical scale and just much more accurate than mine at home..matter of fact, I recently threw the fossil out! Had a bit too much wine last night but other than that I am feeling the best I have since Aiden was born! I can't wait to see how my labs pan out next week! Oh!!!! Have to add this!

UPDATE ON "BETTY & BABY JANE"
To make a very LOOOOONG story a little shorter! :lol: ....here goes!
When "Betty" told me about the discovery that she was pregnant again a few months ago, I envisioned a certain womans' face who goes to my church in my mind as she was telling me about it.....I put it on the back burner and just continued to pray about the whole ordeal as to my "place" in this whole situation...so two weeks later, after encouraging Bettys' already desire to give the baby up for adoption, she told me about a family who is going to adopt from up north....through some woman who arranged it all.....so I thought...o.k.....well, that's good and put that womans' face out of my mind once more thinking, well maybe I missed something...Then just over a week later, she tells me that the family backed out from nowhere...and wondered what she was supposed to do now....I then took that as a "sign" and mentioned the woman I had in my vision and suggested that I approach her about it the following week...she was o.k w/ that and so I did....I don't know how many of you women believe in "devine interventions", but let me possibly increase your faith :P ......I didn't know this woman who we'll call "Sally", very well except that she occasionally works in the church daycare and is always surrounded around children and I knew that she was married....because of my DD being in the church daycare a few yrs ago, I knew her name. We happened to meet at the coffee break room about the same time before church that morning and so I approached her and asked if I could tell her about a story and just to feel her out a bit of her situation, family etc. I proceeded to tell her about EVERYTHING....as I told her I literally felt as though I would become one with the floor beneath me and it took everything w/in me not to break down into this unexplainable overwhelming crying meltdown....and even that doesn't do it justice! O.k.....she listened closely to everything I had said patiently and then when I asked her what she thought, she told me that the hair on her arms were standing straight out and asked me if I knew that she and her husband of ten years have been trying to conceive the whole time.....furthermore the children around her are her stepchildren and some of their friends who come to church w/ them....she continued to tell me that she has been a special-ed teacher working w/ severly special needs children for the past eight yrs....we both stood in shock for quite some time and she said that she would definately talk it over w/ her DH about this and they would certainly pray about it. That was last week.....since then Betty has asked me to be her labor coach and help advocate/facilitate any adoption meetings etc. I accepted.....So, yesterday morning when I arrived at church the woman approached me and asked if we could talk. to me So we sat down and she immediately asked me if Betty had found a family yet and I told her of course not that she was the only family we were waiting for at the moment. She proceeded to tell me that she and her dh had prayed about it all week and she has been crying while praying because she and her DH feel that this is the child that they have been waiting for all this time and that she felt that there was a reason for her inability to conceive, and how they both agree that this is a "God thing" and want to do this 150 percent! Her eyes welt up w/ tears as did mine and so we agreed to create our first "introductional" meeting. I related this all to Betty on the way home from church and she mentioned that she had seen her crying off and on during the church service and wondered what was wrong.....I told her that as hard as it might be for her, "Betty", to understand,..."Sally", has been pregnant for ten years...ina spiritual sense....and has been longing for this baby through much prayer day in and day out, year after year and has just discovered that her prayers have been answered and that this much prayed for baby is almost ready to be born...and that is an awesome thing to contain. Betty was very excited about the womans' desire for this child and I arranged the first Intro meeting to be held on Wed night. Keep us in your prayers girls! and thanks to those who already have! :wink: Will keep in touch!!!! :P

[lisamarie]

Thats amazing Corinna....I hope 'Sally' and her dh get the new baby.

Thats great about you feeling so good! Good for you!

[medic_632]

awww...yay corinna, things always have a wonderful way of working themselves out...let us know how things progress

[Terra]

My BF Karen and her hubby left for Cali this afternoon :( I hate it when they leave! It's so sad...I really miss being around her all the time. When the finally made here, everything was great. They spent all of their time with us the last 2 days. So we more than made up for missed dinner. I have just been really emotional for some reason the past few days. We had a blast just hanging out and doing nothing. They loved playing with Piper too and Piper soaked up all the extra attention. We had a serious conversation with them last night too. John and I have decided that now that Piper is here, we need to get our "affairs" in order. God forbid anything ever happens to one or both of us. We asked Karen and her hubby if they would take care of Piper for us, if we were killed. They gladly accepted. We need to get the life insurance in place and make sure that Piper will be taken care of financially too. That will be one less thing for Karen to worry about. We just don't feel comfortable leaving Piper with anyone in our family. I know that's sad, but my side and his are really dysfunctional...and we know Karen will raise her the way we would want. I don't think anything is going to happen to us, but we must be sure Piper will be well cared for. We need to get a lawyer and draw up all the paperwork. Geez...I think 23 is too young to have a will! But it's for Piper.

We went to Karen's old church yesterday morning. Ours was actually closed for the holidays. We had 3 Christmas Eve services. So this gives everyone a little time to spend with family. My OB also goes to their old church. She was there too, so we got to see her and spend some time with her outside of her practice. Nice to talk to her with my clothes on too LOL It was a really emotional service too. My Dr is now 11 weeks preggo, so she's emotion too! I felt after the sermon that I needed to thank her for all she has done for me. Like helping me get pregnant, taking excellent care of me, delivering the baby, and saving my life/uterus. I mean, I thanked her before, but this was a personal thanks. She hugged me and teared up a little. And then I was trying not to cry. And she hugged me some more and it was like she needed to hear that from me. It was strange, but I felt she needed a thank you. I should've sent her flowers for saving my uterus! LOL Anyway, I was just feeling really grateful for my baby girl and she was a major part in that. And will help again in the future. Not that I didn't trust her before, but seeing my Dr worship God was just really cool for me. I know that God was definitely with her when she saved my life. And I am completely comfortable to trust her with that again.

enough rambling on from me LOL :D

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[Terra]

Krissy--Woo hoo on Emily walking! Glad she had a great birthday! :D

Pauly--Hey girl! Are you having a u/s soon? Can't remember...are you gonna find out baby's gender if you can?

Lisa--You couldn't have bought any alcohol yesterday anyway. You can't buy it in Indiana on Sundays. We were thinking about it and then it was like..oh yeah! You can't buy any here today either. Good things to come in 2007! :lol:

Mara--Love the new intro :D Great job!

Tonya--hehehe funny poop story! LOL

TracyR--I was 90lbs in high school too. too thin!

Hey TJ! Hope you are feeling better soon. When is the surgery?

Corinna--What an incredible story! God works in such mysterious ways! Sounds like you have a gift! Will be praying that all goes well on Wed. Congrats on the new house! Yay for the Met. working too!

Annie--How are those precious babies?

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[Terra]

No sign of Mara......

:lol: :lol:

[elsie]

Hey Everyone!!!

Happy New Year!

Will catch up with everyone as best as I can tomorrow ... kids are back to school but my house is the same disaster zone I left it in!!! :lol:

TJ == great to see you back ... sorry to hear about the scary ordeal. Glad ya liked your S.P. stuff! It was a lot of fun!!!

Lisa == this is your year for sure!!!! I'm right there with you on making positive changes, hour by hour. We'll get there somehow!

Krissy == happy belated b-day to your little angel! She's so cute!

Pauly == good to see your post! I was thinking about dd's pricey helicopter ride the other day cause a woman from my area is being flown all the way from Arkansas to here for the same price! Crazy, huh?

Corinna == yay on the house, and the adoption possibilities!

Went to a great New Year's party last night, lots of fun, home at 10 :lol: .

I was 95 pounds soaking wet in high school too ... of course I was always under 125 until I was 28 too, so go figure ... pcos makes us work waaaay too hard for weight maintenance.

Talk to ya'll soon! Happy 2007!!!!!

[prinny]

happy new year gals!!!

lovely to skim and catch up with you busy lil typers!

we're doing just fine. working - with a goal to work less for more money. moving - with a goal to settle down in one place a little more. loving - with a goal to continue loving each other as much as humanly possible.

2007 is my year to be more selfish. sounds - "selfish" :lol: but it's what we need. my resolution is to put us, first. me, my family, my world. heh, my motto has always been 'its all about me!' this year, I mean it!

I cant believe our little boy is 10 weeks old already, he has such a beautiful personality. he's funny and demanding... just like his mother! :lol: I just hope he develops into the brilliant and caring man his father is.

continued love and luck to you all. dont forget about yourselves as your year moves forward. strive to do something fantastic for YOURSELF at least once a month - you cant truly give of yourself unless you are nourished too.

now, if someone can help me down off my soapbox, that'd be great!

prinny xxxx

P.S. I dont like my ticker sigfile - 'only 200+ days until Spike turns 1" Im in NO hurry for him to be one!

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[medic_632]

prinny...it's great to see you on here, take your time with spike he will be up and running before you know it!!!

elsie...i am glad to be back and thanks for the well wishes, the pal stuff was wonderful BTW, got the rest right after i got outta the hospital the first time...

Terra...i am feeling better still weak at times but i gues that's what two weeks on my ass will do to me, i don't know when the "procedure" is...i have to go to a specialist visit (gastroenterologist) on Jan 16th to see what he thinks and schedule the friggin procedure from there...."YAY"
that's cool that you have all your stuff in order (or getting that way) for Piper...i need to get off my arse and get adoption stuff straight for Haylie so i don't hav eto worry about the stupid state turning her over to her biological father...she belongs with Sam, her DADDY

i just finished dinner, chanced a little lasagna and alot of salad...the salad is allowed but i'm sure i will pay for the pasta, but i wasn't my turn to cook and i didn't have time to warn the guys about my limits and i ate my bland soup for lunch...so i had a few little spoons of pasta and then about a cup and a half of salad, with lite dressing...blah blah blah...i took some of the stomach muscle immobilizers so maybe it won't launch into a full rebellion....DH is sitting in Annapolis for at least a 2 hour stretch with 3 kids while his Ex-wife and her hubby take their precious time getting to the meeting spot...they were supposed to meet at 6p and they still are not there...she does this frequently :roll: but god forbid we were to do it....LOL i'm kidding sh!t happens but she would freak if we did it to her...okay i'm off to hide for the night....i have another day off tomorrow...no holdovers YAY!!!!...and i have soo much to catch up on...DH is off too so he can take most of brunt of the heavy stuff...KAREN I promise I AM TAKING IT EASIER THIS TIME AROUND!!!! LOL...where did you go, you were here almost all day...oh yeah the lights and petting thingy...ok talk later!!!!

[wantingbabynumber2]

Still here. We nixed the lights thing cuz DH and I were feuding. Our rooms were supposed to be painted and switched AGES ago and I am tired of all this crud in my living room so disorganized I mean this baby could be here any day now I am stressing. I KNOW he is working to make money so we can be caught up once and for all on medical bills but come on for days now he has futzed around and not gotten any work on the house done. So I ended up putting two coats of primer on the room and am waiting for it to dry so I can put on the final ceiling coat and put color on the walls. Then tomorrow my dad is coming over to move our bed into that room so I can paint the kids' room. The carpet guy is still waiting to put down the carpet too. He just makes me so angry and I try to be patient I know he is working but he can not be so involved in these side jobs that nothing gets done. He went to go pick up pizza I was supposed to BBQ but I told him he was freaking crazy if he thought I was going to cook too. He apologized and swore he'd finish the room tonight but I told him I don't care who does it but it will be done even if I have to stay up all night. This is crazy.

[medic_632]

speaking of taking it easy...aren't you supposed to be like semi-bedrest?!?!?!? be careful remember the magic numbers!!! :P :P

[wantingbabynumber2]

No more bed rest normal activities they say. Not alot of lifting not alot of bending.

[medic_632]

well okay i guess you are off the hook for now...they do say that stretching is good exercise during PG...i am off to bed...i know it's horribly early but this is the longest i have stayed up since i got sick and i really am ready to fall out...i also am having killer cramps...DH and I starting Judo classes tomorrow night...hopefully they will take it easy on me for the first night...they are offered at the YMCA and are free of charge so i figured what the hell...it will be good for me and i don't have to go every week thanks to my work schedule :lol:

[lisamarie]

Evenin...

Im so ready for bed..Im so tired my eyeballs are burning. Whipped up a batch of PB fudge earlier. So Im eatin that and a cherry coke. Jumpin back on my 'life style' change tomorrow. Im so ready for it.

Porkchop was a beast to put to bed tonight...she just now went down..hopefully it will stick this time. Her normal time is 7-745. Whew.

Im for sure taking her to the doc tomorrow. I waited it out and she isnt better. So gotta get up earlier to make it to sick call.

Prinny-Like I said in my other post..this is the year for ME. hehehe And Im not goin to feel guilty about it.

Boy I sure hope Blondie and Mara come back to me tomorrow! I miss me fwiends...hehehe

Leslie-Hope things have settled down sinec you got back from traveling.

I miss me Elsie too...lol

[elsie]

Hey Lisa!!!!

I know you said you're cutting back on posts .... but we do enjoy reading em!

Sorry dd is still sick -- none of us have had full-blown colds yet but I don't know if it's the dry air or what, I've had a sore throat and cough for awhile and we all just feel "off." What a weird "winter" this has been all around. Hope you get some answers at the ped tomorrow.

Ds had soooo much homework to do over vaca and of course left it to the last minute ... he spent 4 hours on it tonight and I just made him go to bed. He'll have to get up at 6 tomorrow to finish (which means I'll be up with the chickens too, lol).

So I finally had a girls' night out with my cool sil when I was visiting her, my bro and their kids. We went out to eat at Chili's and then to the mall to see a movie and poke around. Lo and behold there was my bro with all four kids! We tried to hide around behind one of those big pillars but they found us, lol. I raised my margarita to you, Lisa!!!!

On a more serious note, I swear I can't decide what I want sometimes .... I came back from my visiting my parents who have such a full, exciting life and a huge beautiful house and I was dreading walking into my tiny, messy house and the days of cleaning ahead, plus feeling like my career and social life is totally stuck. Then the next minute I am feeling very grateful cause we're all healthy, my house is toasty warm and cozy, dh makes a good enough living that I've been home with the boys all these years, etc. I don't know if this is a good sign that I see the big picture or if I'm just schizo about my perceptions, kwim?

One thing I'm grateful for is that my bro and sil have kids almost the same age as mine, so I have a frame of reference ... makes me feel like our family is half-way normal, lol.

And on that semi-pathetic note, I end this post!

[Terra]

TJ--Hopefully they can find and fix whatever is causing all the problems. I have a friend who is an endoscopy nurse. She loves going in to do/watch an endoscopy. She talks about them all the time :) That class at the Y sounds like fun!

Lisa--Hope Porkchop gets better soon too! Poor baby has been fighting this cold forever.

Went through all of Piper's toys (swear it's like a friggin toy store in here) and put away some that she has outgrown :( I have about 6-8 weeks to get this house in order to put on the market and show. Still need more details from our realtor about what needs to be put up. We have so much junk! It's supposed to look lived in, but not all at the same time. We need to get a storage unit and get this extra furniture out. That will make the house look a ton bigger. And we need to throw a ton of **** away! So far I have gone through her toys and her room. Looks a lot better already. I'm really dreading our bedroom...

gotta go get the baby in bed!
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[lisamarie]

Whew Im a kickin chicken right now..

First of all Ive already blown the less posting resolution. lol

Second. Dh is lucky he is sportin a set of balls still. It took me FOREVER to get EMma to bed. So then we go to bed and Im almost asleep and she starts whinin and coughing. DH just freakin lays there. Then I said.."Im so tired...I cant deal with her again". He just acts like I didnt say anything....so I fly out of bed..throw the babymonitor and slam the door.

His punk a$$ had a 2.5 hr nap today. I didnt. You would think he could help out. Grrrr.....So now Im eatin the hell out of my fudge...slowly slippin into my sugar coma... :roll:

[bays mom]

TJ- hey girlie. Sorry to hear about your "visits" to the ER. Thank Goodness for pain meds...ahh they always have the good stuff!

Amy-Travis Foster sounds familiar but coming from the small towns we live in, your bound to hear everyones name from time to time. Did he go to DQ high school? Like I said it sounds familiar, but I think I just know the name. And dh grew up in Christopher, I asked but he doesn't know him. Would love to move back to SI!! Dh has been at Stateville for two years now. He is already on the waiting list for Taylorville and some other place out by Iowa. He says he knows of people who have been on the waithing list for 5 years now. Not sure if he is making that up, just so that I would stop bothering him or not? It doesn't matter now becasue we just bought the house and in the contract for the loan it says we can't sell the house for 9 years. So unless we come up with $100,000, then we are just stuck here. I know we have to know someone is common...Do you know Travis House or Amy Larson?

Corinna- Your story gave me goosebumps! I hope this is the family that can provide a stable life for this baby. It really sucks that some babies don't have a similar opportunity.

Terra- It is really smart of you to get things "settled" in cause of an accident. Dh and I have already decided who will get Ty after we are gone, but dh is freaking out that we would have to pay a lawyer to make it legal.


Lisa-

[bays mom]

Lisa- Sorry I didn't get yours done before I posted. Dh came in here and decided to start reading what I was tyiping. SOOOO annoying, it was really making me mad, so I hit post before I was finished. But then he got mad because I said the word "accident" and thought I was talking about him dying. So I had to let him read that because he said I was mean!
But anywhoo, PB fudge sound so good! I have been drinking up all the left over xmas soda in the house. I think a couple of days ago I drinked 2 pepsi and 3 cokes in one day! I am such a oinker!

I hope your porkchop dosen't keep you up all night!

[lisamarie]

Dont worry...IM an oinker too....

I just went to get me a coke and there arent any left. I think I went through a case in less than a week.....umm....Oink Oink.

[wecova]

How come sometimes my posts disappear? I was at the top of page 4 and now I'm GONE???!!!?????

Weeee

PS . . .someone is making me miss cherry coke! G, thanks alot! LOL. :D

[wantingbabynumber2]

I should be in bed. Our bedroom is painted took forever to prime it enough to hide the yellow paint from Hannah's nursery ugh. DH apologized and chipped in. I have a few touch up places to do and the closet door but at least I can sweep and clean floor tomorrow to get bed/dressers/tv in. Hannah has preschool luckily so I can get alot done. Hubby said he'd prime the nursery tomorrow after work so I can paint Thursday. We'll see!!!

[starferry]

Hey girls,

I feel a bit sad today,. DH has gone back to work and it just feels like there is something missing :( :( I need to get used to it as he's working longer hours so that he can have every other firday off. He won't be home until about 6. Boooo!!!!

Sydney woke up at 4 for a feed and didn't go back to sleep properly until about 7. I got her up at 9:30 and gave her a bath now she's asleep again. I should be using this time to have a shower, but hey I can have one SLOB morning.

My definition of SLOB-haven't brushed my hair, teeth and just pulled a tshirt over my pyjamas!

I sure home no one pops in for a surprise visit.

Prinny: lovely to hear from you. I'm also making this year all about our new little family. Just the three of us. :)

Lisa: PB fudge and cherry coke sound so good right now!!!mmmmmm
I'll just have to settle for glass of water and a low fat cereal bar. I don't fit into any of my clothes...need to shed some pounds!

Right off to prepare some bottles,

Paulina

[wantingbabynumber2]

Paulina~ That is nice that he can work just a little late and have a day off though. I get so used to DH being home then I want him gone and once he goes back to work I wish he was off its a never ending cycle.

Today is Hannah's first day back to preschool THANK GOD. She really has been a bear lately and I think its because she is just so bored. Playing with mom/cousins is okay but the learning and playing with a roomful of kids is what she needs I think. I almost forgot today was the first day back! Had to wash her sleepy blanket and pack a lunch. I have to wake her up in about 15 min so we can actually leave on time.

[ceskow]

Well ladies, I am back at work full time today. I cried leaving David at daycare but I know he will be well looked after. I just hope I can make it through the day without any phone calls. He was congested and seemed a little warm when I dropped him off. So we will see. I miss him so much already.

[mara232]

Aww Christy! *hugs* It does get easier believe it or not.

So hello to all of you ladies! I am happy to say my kid is back on schedule and it really makes a difference on his sleeping. I am thrilled that the holidays are over and we are back to our life. I need regiment to feel good.

My supplements I have been on have been helping me feel really good!

I am in party planning mode. I will feel better when the bday festivities are over as well. :?

Corrinna -You bought a TMX elmo - how did Aiden like it?

Paulina - Welcome! I added you to the starter page.

Those that PM-ed me for the code - I need your email address so I can mail it to you.

Okay BBL.

[texasred1]

I tried to post yesterday. After going through the December thread, I started to post, realized it was january, hopped over to the January thread - OMG, had 4 pages to catch up on. Finally started to reply got about half way through and I pressed some button on dh's laptop that made my post/page dissapear :x . Oh well I gave up and just decided to keep up on reading and post later. :lol:

We had a great New Year's. Did a fish fry. DH bought waaay too many fireworks. But wth, we have to out-do the neighbors, right? Our neighborhood is like a war zone when it comes to any holiday where they set up fireworks stands. :roll: At least it had been raining earlier in the week, always freaks me out when it's dry outisde. Mason was soo cute watchig the fireworks. Everybody said he'd be scared of the loud booms, not at all. He would watch the fireworks that went off and he could see without having to follow from ground to sky (does that make sense?).

Yesterday I did a traditional southern New Year's Day spread - black eyed peas, collard greens, and cornbread. And on top of all that I took down all the Christmas stuff inside and out!

Mara - You have really outdone yourself for the starter page! I hope Anthony is starting to get to sleep better at nights so mommy can sleep!!

TJ - so glad to see you back! Did they ever give you a true diagnosis other than you were exhausted? Take it easy with that Judo, don't kick dh's as$ too bad :P

CONGRATS JAMIE!!!!! Are you still going to teach Spinning through your pregnancy? Did you with ds? just curious.

Tonya - funny poop story!!

Elsie - Looks like you had a good holiday at the folks. I was thinking about you and your little town (I'm so facinated by it) it reminds me of the town in the movie with John Travolta & Kera SEdwick, Phenomenon, I think that's the name of it.

Hi Brooke!

Leanna - How ya doin'?

Karen - you have way more energy than I did while preggo. I can't believe you're doing all that painting.

Sarah - no way could I wait that long for fish & chips while in England. In fact, I think it would be first on my list.

Hey Krissy, Annie & Jennifer

LisaMarie - How ya' doin', hon? I hope Emma isn't sick. Did y'all go to the dr. this morning? I was thinking about you as I was in line at STarbucks the other day. They were selling a Johnny Cash cd, I don't know if it was good or not.
How was your wine and sugar comma? I meant to tell you I was telling dh I didn't know what that chocolate bark stuff was in your recipe and *he* said OMG it's on such in such aisle, it's that blah, blah, blah stuff - I can't believe you don't know what it is. :roll: Well thank you very much Mr. Smarty Pants.

Happy New Year Bella!

Terra- I don't think it's too soon to get your affairs in order. You have a kid, right? DH and I did the same thing, had nothing to do with age.

Happy New Year Stacie & TracyR!

Paulina - I had many days of slobbing around when I was home on maternity leave. I considered it a "dress up" day if I got a shower, hair & teeth brushed, and dressed all on the same day. lol

Corrina - that was the best New Year's story - know it's not a New Year's story per se, but still. I am a true believer everything happens for a reason. My dh always says people are in your life to serve a purpose, obviously you, "Sally" and "Betty" were all in each others lives for this reason.

Prinny - I just can't get over that little Spike, too cute! How are you doing mummy? Sounds like motherhood is rolling right along for you now.

Christy - ((((((HUGS))))))) it does get easier. My HR person told me the week before I returned there would be lots of crying. So I prepared myself. My dad works with a lady who when she returned from maternity leave their boss came in shortly after lunch and said, "Nancy, I won't you to go home early today. Go hug your baby and tomorro, we'll have a few less cries." lol

I hate winter in Houston. I have on a sweater, why did I wear this? The heater is on in the building and I'm buring up. I have my fan on in my office :roll: I could go stand outside right now and be comfortable.

[mara232]

Hey Red! :)

This made me chuckle..

I meant to tell you I was telling dh I didn't know what that chocolate bark stuff was in your recipe and *he* said OMG it's on such in such aisle, it's that blah, blah, blah stuff - I can't believe you don't know what it is.

I did not get the recipe (tsk tsk Lisa) but have no clue what that is?!? Please tell! :?

[elsie]

Hey Ladies!!! Good to see so many of you after the holiday break. I'm with Mara, it's time for routine -- I resisted it for many years and it took having kids for me to realize how important it is!!!!

I'm doing next-to-nothing today other than going for a long walk. Need to get my head sorted out. I'm very upset with dh -- the boys and I were gone for close to a week and his first opportunity to spend some time with us was last night. But .... he went to play baseball instead. I'm ready for him to grow up and start caring about his family. I feel like the only way he will ever do his share is if I go out and get a full-time job and that would be total overkill considering how many hours he works already -- I work 1-3 days/week, and I would work more if his schedule didn't change on a weekly basis, with no advance notice (he doesn't get the next week's schedule until Friday). I am not going to have these kids raise themselves so I can get dh to act like more of a parent ... and he wouldn't anyway. He's never picked up the slack when I have added responsibilities.

Beyond the question of what's fair, I honestly can't understand why he's not dying to spend time with our kids when he gets a chance, since he works so much!!! This is where I just don't get him and most men for that matter (yes, I know there are exceptions .... I thought he was one until we had kids and he showed his true colors). I don't hear any of the working moms on this board talking about checking in with their kids after a long day at work and then leaving the house to pursue hobbies, kwim?

Sorry for this pitiful all-about-me post ladies ... I just had to get it out. I do hold out hope for change -- my own parents' relationship certainly improved over time as they worked out this kind of stuff. But to this day my mom is bitter about how little basic child care my dad did ... he was (is) a workaholic like dh. But at least it was work-work-work, not work-work-work-play. I keep asking myself when he will take a hard look at himself and start to feel some guilt over the years he's missing?

[starferry]

So I finally had a shower and got myself looking presentable. I have to go out for some groceries otherwise I wouldn't have bothered!

Michelle: Hi. Don't you just hate losing posts??? Good to know I'm not the only slob in the forum. LOL Your New Years celebrations must have been a blast and the food sounds YUMMY!!!!

Elsie: sorry to hear that dh isn't doing his share with the kids. I hope he realises that kids remember these things....my parents were loving towards us but never really spent time with us playing or even simple things like reading and I will alwyas remember that . I will be a better parent to my baby girl.

Mara: Thanks for adding me to the list, you've done a great job. :)

Paulina

[elsie]

Tex == hmmm ... Phenomenon ... never seen it. I'll have to check it out for similarities!!! I spent most of last week in upstate NY -- nowhere near a town of any kind. The sticks! It's beautiful though.

My parents are from the South and we always had that same meal on New Year's!! Too cool that you've kept with tradition and tidied up the house to boot! Wanna come clean this sty? :wink:

Lisa == where you at -- playing with Johnny again :lol: ? How'd you make out with Porkchop at sick call?

Paulina == that's the problem ... dh thinks there's no problem. He was raised in a household that missed the 60s, 70s, and 80s. His mother worked full-time and did all the domestic duties while his father worked and bowled, hunted, generally did whatever he wanted outside of work. Dh thinks that he's doing pretty well compared to his own dad. Like I've written here before dh is not honest with himself about how much his upbringing is influencing his parenting -- it hardly takes a shrink to figure this one out. He wanted to be the opposite of his parents too in the beginning but over time people slide toward the familiar unless they make a constant effort not to. So that's where we are right now.

Christy == awww.... first day is tough, I bet. Hugs for strength!!!

Mara == sounds like a mini-vacation did your body and mind a world of good. Did you pass on the house? I think I might've missed something.

Prinny == your honor is super-cute! From the bright-eyed look of him, he'll be a handful as soon as he's mobile! But hey, motherhood is not for wimps, right?!

OK, I'm off for my walk with my best gf (doggie). I have such a great photo (not digital) of older ds walking her ... need to get my printer hooked up and scan it in!

Love to you all!!!!!

[lisamarie]

My Porkchop has pneumonia AND a double ear infection! :evil: That poor baby! Makes me mad that I waited this long but I was so tired of them saying it will go away. Then makes me even madder I couldnt make sick call on Saturday morning because I missed sign in. No wonder all she does is cryin mama.

Soooooooooooooo they put her on amoxicllian and the albutral(msp?) treat every 4-6hrs. He said he cant believe she was being as good as she was.

Then I went to this one pharmacy to rent the machine thing and the doc had sent my script to there after I told him not too because I ddint have my Rx card on me. So I tget there and they had called it in. SO had to call the doc and tell them to call it in at Krogers. So I wait 30min before goin to get it. I waited a half hour in line for them to tell me it wasnt done and they didn thave the one thing and I had to go to CVS for that. So went all the way over to CVS and the thing they were talkin about was the manchine I had alreayd got at the first place.. :evil: Sooooooooooo I had to go all the way back over to Krogers for the rest of the script. THENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN I took my floggin pal gift to mail and the hole in the wall post office I use was closed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UGGGGGGGGGGG! Its some older lady who runs it and it said out due to sickness. I started crying I was so upset! Now Im home and just blah.

Mara-I PROMISE I will get this freakin gift out to you. Thanks for being paitent. Here I was bustin everyones chops over gettin thier pal gifts out and Im late on mine...uggg. Glad to see you back pretty girl.

Red-I was lookin on Myspace New Years Eve. There is this girl I went to highschool with who I always thought was so pretty but she was such a snot. Anyways you guys look alot alike..except you are MUCH prettier(and I really really mean that) But her eyes freak me out..but I think you guys resemble each other. I'll send you her myspace thing so you can see. lol Oh wait..you maybe you can look at home sinec you cant see it at work.

Elsie-Hope you get your walk in.

Hi Paulina.

[Leslie]

Elsie sorry about the hubby whoas. I know it doesn't make you feel better, but you are right about many DHs/daddys not playing the role. My DH has been pretty bad about spending time with Arianna, but he is doing better. I just started pointing it out to him. Honestly I think he'd still rather be on the computer, reading or watching tv, but he is doing a better job. He did tick me off the other night though. I was trying to post the link to Arianna's pics here, and she was getting into the computer (pushing the CD drawer open and shut). Well all of the sudden he goes come baby girl lets go to bed and leave mommy alone. He didn't want to deal with her for two minutes, so he was going to put her to bed. It ticked me off, so I got off the computer and said come on lets go upstairs, because daddy doesn't want to deal with you. He got real mad over that. I should have said that to her, but heaven forbid he have to distract her for two minutes. Anyway sorry to go on, but I know how you feel. I would start pointing out to your DH that it is very obvious that his family is not his priority.

As for working moms and not running off when they get home from work... I have only left Arianna twice (while she's awake) since I came back to work December 2005. Once was for Valentine's Day (which I won't do again) and the other time was my anniversary. I realize some people can't do this and actually think it's unhealthy, but it's what's right for me. I know the day will come when she wants to stay at grandma's or a friends house and of course I will let her. That is when I will have some "me" time. Until then I will spend all my free time with her. My mom never went off and left us, so I guess I get it from her. I don't think DH ever took me seriously though when I told him that if we ever had a kid and I had to work that I wouldn't leave the little one to go off and do other things. I think he thought I would work and still do all the things that we as a couple would do. He found out he was wrong.

Sorry for the whine.

Michelle, Arianna hated the fireworks. She cried. She's always hated loud noises though. Hopefully it's something she will outgrow someday.

I'm back to work today and absolutely HATE it. :cry: I want to be with my baby. Spending the week with her I realise just how quickly she is growing up, and she is learning new things everyday. I just feel like I miss so much in the three hours I have with her once we get home and the weekends. Oh well, I guess it's something I have to live with. I will never like it or be happy with it, but I'll make the best of it.

I guess DH will be starting school next week. I'm really not at all happy about it, but I don't have any other suggestions. My biggest concern, as I said before, is I really don't think it will help him find a job. All I know is that once he's done he IS going to find a job doing something, and I plan not to be a full-time worker anymore. That's just how it's going to be.

I must say that at this stage Arianna is amazing. She is like a little sponge. I can't believe how much she is saying/doing and how much she knows. She now has most of her colors down. She struggles with orange and red, but she knows yellow, blue, green, purple, pink, brown, black. This just came about because of us reading a baby colors book to her. It's that whole book thing I guess. Like I said a little sponge.

Well, I really should be working. Talk to you all soon.

[Leslie]

Lisa sorry Emma is so sick and you've had such a hard morning. I hope it gets better for you.

Oh yea I meant to say with all this talk about high school is that no I didn't weigh what I weigh now, but I was never skinny. I'm pretty sure I've had PCOS since puberty. My periods were never normal. I've had hair where it shouldn't be since high school. My senior year I was put on BCP and a steroid to control the hormone imbalance and I ballooned up like someone stuck a air pump tube down my throat. I gained so much in such a short period of time that my show choir dress top had to be remade. It was tight fitting and I got to the point that I couldn't even zip it. Gotta love PCOS.

[elsie]

Leslie == thanks for the reply. Actually it did make me feel better to know I'm not the only one. The sad thing is that I just spent time with one of my bros and got to see close-up for a couple of days what an involved dad is like (and my other bro is the same way). My bro has a super-responsible/demanding job but as soon as he gets home his time belongs to the kids. So I know that there are many exceptions -- at this point men like my dh are more the exception than the rule. But I just don't get it, esp. since my dh pushed for kids and was so good with his goddaughter before we had kids. What else did I have to go by? I must say that as time goes on my dh has just gotten more selfish in general -- his not wanting to give us any more time than he has to is just one piece of it. He has made tons of personal growth in some areas but he really needs to take a hard look at himself in this one. Only he can do it.

Maybe part of the reason your dh was so hot to go back to school was the positive affirmation of grades and feeling productive after so many ups and downs with his job. My dh loved being in school for the same reason -- no bigger high than learning something new and getting a gold star, I mean "A", to boot. Education always propels you forward in one way or another and I just know something good will come of this for all of you!!!!

I feel guilty after reading your post and realizing how lucky I've been to be a sahm, when it's clear you would love to have more time with your dd. She always looks so happy in all the pics you post -- I'm sure she is content and well-looked after with the routine you have. And you should feel proud that you can do both and be such a great role model for her, even though I can't imagine how hard it must be. She will not forget that she was your top priority!!

Lisa == oh hon, I am sooo sorry about your little sweetie! :cry: Don't you just hate it when you try to shut down your intuition, only to have it confirmed later on? At least you have the meds now, you can help her start feeling better. You've had a rough time of it and I really feel for you! And that sucks about the maaaajor run-around for the meds too. You'd think they'd be conscious of the fact you don't want to be exposing a sick kid to extra germs waiting in lines at pharmacies! :evil: Go ahead and have a good cry if it helps. I know I'd be doing that if I was in your shoes.

Still haven't left for my walk. But I'm off now and will check in with ya'll later. Thanks as always for the supportive and insightful comments, ladies!!! You're the best!

[mara232]

Lisa - I am so sorry Emma is so sick! Sending her healing vibes!! :(

Leslie - I am with you on the work situation. After 10 days home with A I just feel so sad today. Just sitting here counting the minutes. *sigh*

[mara232]

Oh and "Happy New Year 2007 Page Whore" to me! :P Somethings never change! 8)

[karenh]

Happy new year taking down the christmas stuff kids are out of school today will go back tommorow

sorry to hear of the sick kids Lisa I really hope she feels better soon.

sorry to make it short but have a lot of work to do will be back on later when stuff put away and kids chillin.

[ceskow]

LM ~ I hope Emma gets better soon! Sorry to hear that she is ill. I dread the day that David gets sick.

[texasred1]

Paulina - Ah the food was good, not British fish & chips good, just good 'ol speckled trout, french fries, hush puppies and fried okra good - how's that for healthy? Although I did have a Guiness to go along with mine :wink:

Elsie - sorry to hear about your dh troubles.
I *think* that's the name of that movie. It's probably about 5+ years old. But whatever movie I have stuck in my head it is set in a small town/village, sounds like where you live.
I wasn't really keeping with tradition, although we've always had black eyed peas for New Year's, which we were going to do anyway, but as I was the only one awake yesterday morning watching the Today show they were making greens - I love greens. So I sent dh to the store to buy some. I make really good greens if I do say so myself. I have always just used the packaged, prewashed and cut greens, but they were out. DH brought home these big stalks, I was like, wtf? What do I do with those? I remember seeing an episode on the food network where they put them in the washing machine, so I gave it a shot - worked perfect!!!!!!

LisaMarie - I am so sorry to hear Emma is so sick, poor baby. Don't feel bad, my mom just sent me an article about antibiotics and ear infections. Apparently we (as a society) are over using antibiotics to try and heal ear infections. Study shows that it doesn't really help? Are you having to rent a nebulizer? To give her albuterol treatments? How do you do that for a 10 month old? I wish we lived closer, I own one from when my asthma was really bad.
You'll have to send me the link. I want to see this chick.
:wink:
btw: I think the post offices are closed for a day of mourning for Pres. Ford.

Leslie - that's so cool about Arriana knowing her colors and stuff. I understand about not getting out and leaving your kid behind. I did the same thing Sunday with the football game. Yes, I would have liked to go, but I feel like I need more time with Mason. When I do leave dh is with him. I don't want to push him off on sitter after sitter. IMO he needs to be with one of us for now. Before I know it he's gonna want to be off with his friends and have no part of mommy or daddy.

Don't know who started talking about their weight in high school vs. now, but I was 180 pounds when I was a senior. But it was all fat. I have weighed less as an adult, got down to 135, but always by diet, never by working out until I ballooned up to 300lbs. then lost down to 160 something. 175 was a good weight for me then, I was all lean muscle from working out all the time. Ahhh the good old days. But I look the same as I did in high school, just a little older, *I* think.

Speaking of pcos symptoms... I have noticed my hair is yucky like it was right before I was diagnosed. I was thinking it was due to pregnancy, but now I think not. It is super oily/dirty really easy, yet dried out. I was able to wash it ever other day, maybe 3 days. But now it looks like a filthy grease pit - yuk! The last time I *had* to wash my hair this often was when I worked out every morning and actually fixed my hair - blow dry, curling iron. Now all I do is throw it in a ponytail.And the breakouts are returning too...

[texasred1]

Dangit Mara!!!!!
:P :P

In the time I was typing 4 of y'all posted.

I'm long winded...

[mara232]

I remember seeing an episode on the food network where they put them in the washing machine, so I gave it a shot - worked perfect!!!!!!

What??? :?

[esarah]

Hi everyone. I am having a hard time keeping up. I thought I would write and say hello though.

Lisa- Sorry porkchop is so poorly. I know Leata was miserable with her pneumonia and I took a while to take ehr in too because hey just kept telling me it was a virus and it would go away.

Leat woke up last night and threw up. She was so congested that it irritated her stomach. My sister that is visitingas well is sick and so is my nephew. We think that my nephew actually has the flu. I hope the flu shot works nad LEata doesn't get the flu. What she has now is way too mild to be the flu. She has no fever so that is goo. She seems to be feeling ok today.

I am glad I ate a lot of the things I love at the beginning of my trip because now I am really starting to feel sick. I am hoping it doesn't get too bad while I am here though.

My sister is going to trim Leata's hair tonight. Just a little to even it out. She's been such a sweet girl and loves palying with her cousins. They are best friends already.

Well, everyone is gone and I have Leata here with me nad my nephew who is poorly so I had better go and take care of them (they are right here with me).

[lisamarie]

:?:

[esarah]

I am still in England. I am talking about my sisters who are here right now. The one that lives here and the one that is visiting.

[lisamarie]

Speaking of pcos symptoms... I have noticed my hair is yucky like it was right before I was diagnosed. I was thinking it was due to pregnancy, but now I think not. It is super oily/dirty really easy, yet dried out. I was able to wash it ever other day, maybe 3 days. But now it looks like a filthy grease pit - yuk

Amen sista! I have been noticing this with my hair the past few weeks.

Dh told me about post offices bein closed for Ford too.
About you lookin the same as highschool..you are lucky. lol I still cant get over how beautiful you are. I told dh about you and showed him your pic. You just ahve a such a radiant beauty. Blows me away.

Mara-hehe Up to your hoin around eh? hehehe

Sarah-Are you back in the States? I think I missed something..

Hi Christy and Karen

I feel so emotionally drained. Its hard to explain. I just havent been 'me' for about three days.
Had a DEEP convo with Jewels a bit ago. Really draining...but for some reason she 'got' what I was saying and sees what I see. 2007 is in full gear.....so fresh.

[esarah]

I am in England still. I am wih my nephew heere in England that is sick and I have a sisterhere visiting form the states too. I am having agood time except for a sick baby.

[esarah]

Wecova- I think that the post that you are talking about is at the top of page 2 on the pics thread.

[mara232]

Lisa - I'm sorry. I was feeling like that while back. Sick kiddos don't help. Hope you find a bit of recoup/me time.

About the PO being closed - the border fast lanes were closed for FORD. Like um, ok...your president died and is being buried to9day but must we shut the damn border down?? :shock:

[wantingbabynumber2]

I want my mail. Expecting money so I want the PO open dangit.

[wantingbabynumber2]

TOP?

Had to do it at least once in 2007

[tracyrhymer1979]

Lisa, so sorry that Emma is sick. Kallie has to use a breathing treatment everyday with albuteral and pulmicort. It was very hard at first, b/c she cried so much, but its better if they do cry while taking it, b/c more of the medicine gets taken in. Which sucks b/c I dont like it when she cries.

Michelle, they give you a baby sized mask for infants and toddlers to cover their nose and mouth with the breathing treatment.

Mara, welcome back.

Sarah, I am so envious of you being in London. I love London. Post some more pics!

[texasred1]

Mara - lol! I thought it was crazy when I watched it on one of Alton Brown's shows too. But it works. Greens are always really dirty if you buy a head of them, and they're tough too. So you take a mesh bag, he suggested one that onions come in, but I used a mesh laundry bag, throw in the greens (don't chop them or separate them) and run it in the washing machine on delicate cycle - VOILA! I only had to run the washer once afterwards to get what little escaped the bag.
They closed the borders? wtf?

Lisa - awwwww. That is so sweet of you!!!!!!!!!
Sorry you're feeling so down. I've been there. Working out did really help. It's like you can work out your frustration.

I am so freaking hot!!!! Somebody please shoot me the next time I decide to wear a sweater to work. I'm an idiot, I've lived here my whole life, I don't even own a coat, why? Because there is no need!!!!! Whatever, I got my yearly wear out of my sweater. I probably buy a sweater once every 5 years because I only wear them once a year, at that rate... you do the math.

At lunch I went to Target, looking for one of those big giant bags you put an artifical tree in. Ours came with one, but there's no way in hell the whole tree is going to fit in it. lol Then I went to Starbucks. I ordered a Soy latte (because I can't have *real* milk because of bf Mason). The coffee guy making my drink said, "Who wants soy? And why?" So I said, "I do." He says oh, you're lactose intolerant, eh? So I look up to this completely gorgeous 20 something guy and say, "No, my son is allergic to cow's milk." To which he asks, "This is for your son?" "uh, no, he's 4 months old, it's for me." I could see the completely puzzled look on his face and he started to say something, like he *thought* he knew what I was talking about, but not real sure. :roll: :? So I said, "I'm breastfeeding." lol He got all embarrased :oops: then very inquisitive. So here I am at Starbucks carrying on this conversation about allergies and breastfeeding to this very good looking 20 something year old guy. Oh geeze... 8)

[texasred1]

they give you a baby sized mask for infants and toddlers to cover their nose and mouth with the breathing treatment.



poor things!!!!!!! bless their little hearts.

[wantingbabynumber2]

Remember the days Michelle when we gave men our numbers not talked about breastfeeding!!!

[elsie]

Lisa == sorry you're feeling down ... me too, as you might be able to tell from my last few posts :oops:

As soon as you can try to get back in the gym ... that's what I'm gonna try to do tonight. A big old greasy sweat or six will put everything back to rights.

I decided to try some selfishness a la dh and got myself some sushi and hot&sour soup for lunch. I must say I felt better and am prepared to have a long talk with dh tonight after I get back from the gym. Wish me luck!!!!

[elsie]

Tex == I love collard greens -- grow em in the garden the summers I'm motivated then pick em when it's snowing outside!! They taste less bitter that way. The fam still doesn't go for the black-eyed peas though. My parents always made that with cornbread on New Year's Day.

I don't wash them in a machine though, lol! Never had a prob. with grit either. I just cut off the tough ends of the stems, slice the giant leaves into thin strips, heat some oil with minced garlic in a wok, and saute for 7 mins. Then I toss it with a vinaigrette made with whole-grain mustard. This is really good with salmon and brown rice for those nights when I'm being a good girl ... tonight it's frozen ravioli for the kids and dh and leftover sushi for me. See I wasn't kidding when I said I was trying out some dh-style selfishness!!!! :twisted:

[texasred1]

I AM SOOOOO ****ING PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
I'm in my office pumping... I have put a sign on my door that reads: PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB COME BACK IN 15 MINUTES thanks
I even put this on bright orange paper. I also have the blinds drawn shut and a chair up against the door. So 2 minutes into pumping someone knocks on my door. I say, "Just a minute." I can hear this guy outside the door telling my boss he's here to install a lock on the door. My boss tells him there is a sign on my door and he'll have to wait. This idiot locksmith VERY RUDELY replies to my boss that he can't wait, blah, blah, blah. GRRRRRR..... and he storms off.

I call the woman who handles this (Dawn), she's not in her office, I leave her a message. Within 2 minutes SHE is up here and I could hear her ask my boss how much longer I'll be. I shout out give me 2 minutes - TIME ME I'll be done in 2 minutes. Which I was.

When I was all cleaned up and put up, I fly out of my office and march downstairs to find that ****ing locksmith. Can't find him but find Dawn and proceed to tell her how pissed I am. What is the ****ing deal around here. She is so sympathetic (remember she bf 4 kids). Make a long story short I go outside because now I'm even hotter than before because I'm stark raving mad. As I stand outside I see the locksmith sitting in his truck. WTF???? If he's in some all fire hurry, why is he still (NOW 30 MINUTES LATER) still sitting in his truck????? And besdies he probably, most likely gets paid by the hour so what does he care if it takes him 5 minutes or 50????????

[nopey]

Hey Chicas-

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Our new year didn't start off to well. Just as we got into the truck to go to my FIL's house, I started puking. Figured it was just m/s. Got to my FIL's and the puking continued. Then the cold spell hit and I was freezing. I went and laid down (fell asleep instantly) and woke up only to puke and drive home. It was a lovely evening, NOT!!!!!!! I had a flu shot, but dh said that he flu shot doesn't work for stomach flu. So, now DH and audrey have the flu too. I was puking all day yesterday too, but I'm much better today. I'm on the tail end, Dh is where I was yesterday and Audrey just got it today. YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Corinna - cool story

Elsie - I SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO understand your predicament with dh. ((HUGS))

LM - I hope the meds help Emma feel better quickly. Poor kiddo.

I can't remember what I weighed in hs. I ALWAYS felt fat and out of place. I'm one that has had PCOS since puberty too. However, I look at pics of me in hs and I wish I was that thin again.

sarah - glad you are in London with your sisters! I hope the sickies stay away the rest of your trip.

Wow, they closed the border too?!?!? wth? I was surprised that the PO and all federal offices are closed today. I don't remember them doing that when Reagan died. did they?

TJ - glad to hear that you are on the mend.

WB#2 - yeah to getting the rooms painted finally! Would it help to threaten to call a painter the next time and pay to have it done if he can't find the time to help?!?!?

Well, I can't go back any farther and my brain has forgotten what else was going on for the last 8 pages.

I hope everyone has a fabulous and HAPPY 2007!!!!!

[lisamarie]

Just gave Porkchop her treatment. Poor chub chub. :cry: Now she is full of p!ss and vinegar crawling around. lol Lucy wont leave her alone and its tickin me off big time.

I got to lay across the bed for 20 mins and was out of it and drooling when the freakin phone rang. UGgg..it was my mom. Then she ticked me off saying.."see thats the kind of sh!t ya get when you drag kids out to shoppin malls". Umm..hello Mcfly..I did that once. GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

Im starving. I ate earlier this morning..McDonalds..bad I know. Today was supposed to be the day to start the gym again..but I seriously dont know where I can find the energy for it AND I feel horrible for leaving Porkchop while she is this sick.

Lucy is goin stir crazy..which I dont blame her. IT will be nice when school starts next week.

Pualy-Sorry you all are sick...youve been through the ringer sinec gettin preggers.

Red-Oh geez...I would have been honked off too. When Im mad I get all hot and crazy too. hehe

Elsie-Sushi??? hehe Yuck. I know not workin out for almost two weeks is what has contributed to this funky mood.

Karen-I wnat my mail too. I feel like IM missin out on something when I dotn get it.

[elsie]

Lisa == strength, woman! Your dd doesn't go back to school till next week?! Sushi is the best! I've had a stuffy nose for awhile and that wasabi (horseradish paste) does the trick every time! Tell you what: I'll muster the energy for the gym tonight if you will!!! I keep thinking about how great you said you felt after working out. You'll get back into it before you know it! Someone (Prinny maybe) put it best: you are a better mama when you take of yourself ... and getting exercise is indisputably taking care of yourself! Don't get me wrong ... I'd feel torn over leaving a sick kiddo too. But maybe it'll just make you work out that much harder to get home sooner!!!

Pauly == hope you feel well enough by now to take care of the other sickies!! (((())))

Red == once they get that lock in place I'd start taking extra breaks every day just for the hell of it! For everything you've gone thru to get, that's the least you're entitled to~ :lol:

OMG, I am listening to something really, really twisted on the radio right now that potentially affects women with pcos (who we all know more often than not struggle with weight and metabolism) who want to adopt. Chinese adoption agencies are now barring obese people (over a certain body mass index) from adopting children! The gov't says that it's just to limit the number of couples who are flooding their agencies, but why choose weight as a your first factor, instead of something that actually affects a child? I can't say that I've loved my children any more or less depending on my weight. .... Twisted all right.

[elsie]

Pauly == nope, I don't remember this with Reagan's death either. Maybe it was an easy way to stretch a 3-day weekend into 4, especially after postal hell from the past couple of weeks? :lol:

[texasred1]

An hour later the locksmith is still not here so I call Dawn and leave her a message and tell her I hope this company is not paying this jack ass to sit in his ****ing truck.

An hour and five minutes later he shows up to my office to install my lock and I proceed to read him the riot act. GRRRRRRRR. I ask him point blank if he's in such an all fire hurry to get this lock changed then why did he go back downstairs and sit in his truck for an hour????? When my boss told him just to wait, I'd be done in 10-15 minutes. He started to give me lip, like he didn't know what I was talking about, but I stood strong and said "I WAS IN HERE, I COULD HEAR YOU TALK TO MY BOSS SO RUDELY!!!!"

I am about sick and tired of this ****. I am so mad. And yet I have absolutely NO ONE to complain to. We have no HR person, she quit in Oct. and they haven't replaced her. I talked to Dawn, but she's no one of any "importance". She jokingly said to me, "Everybody just wants to see your boobs." Well you know what? Since I obviously am not getting a raise for 2006 (my review came and went while I was out on maternity leave) I'll charge freaking admission to come watch the show at 10am and 2pm. I'm sure I'll make more money than I would have, had I gotten a raise.

[lisamarie]

Red I say kill two birds wiht one stone.....Go topless. Tehy all want to see your boobs AND you wont be hot anymore.....hehehehe

[elsie]

Red == all I know is I want you in my corner the next time I've been wronged! What'd that locksmith have to say when you told him you heard him shooting his mouth off?

Hey, have you ever thought about going into hr yourself? Sounds like you have a good sense of what's fair and would move any company into the 21st century!!!

[tracyrhymer1979]

Oh Michelle thats awful! I am so sorry that you have to suffer through all this ignorance.

Elsie, I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee LOVE LOVE LOVE Sushi.....love love love....yum....Now I want sushi for dinner and we are having spaghetti...

Oh and that Chinese adoption thing, heard about it a few weeks ago..They are refusing adoptive couples who's BMI is over 40. I agree, there are a MILLION other reasons to turn down adoptive families! How disgusting.

[texasred1]

Red I say kill two birds wiht one stone.....Go topless. Tehy all want to see your boobs AND you wont be hot anymore.....hehehehe

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!

Seriously, I was thinking about this earlier... why is it that in the 7 years I've been here NO ONE ever had interest one in me or my boobs until now. Why weren't thos googly googlers here say 4 years ago when I was a lean, mean, tan, hot chick who was going to places like Hedonism to be on a nude beach?????? Now I'm just an overweight mother of a 4 month old who resembles a milk cow twice a day. :roll: :roll: :roll:

Elsie - that stupid punk ass locksmith just stood there and looked at me as if I were from another planet. When he started to disagree I told him I could hear him talking so rudely to my boss and he said, "Like you're doing now?" grrr... "You bet." I replied.

OMG sushi sounds absolutely wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is a brand new Japanese steak house/sushi bar that just opened up by our house. DH doesn't like sushi, but he'll go for the rest. Hmmmm maybe I should convince him we need to go there tonight. hmmmmm....

[karenh]

real quick, my re told me about a couple that ent to him for IF and didnt get pg, so they decided after over 10 yrs to adopt Chinese girls, well they went through all the stuff paid so much money and when they got there to get their girl they were refused for being obese, they were told no baby till they lost weight, so at that point they couldnt get pg becasue of weight and couldnt adopt either. So they lost the weight and went to get their little girl, as soon as they got h er home they got pg too from the weight loss. They were told that china didnt want their kids going to america and getting fat here on mcdonalds.

[lisamarie]

Im hungry...lol

Sushi reminds me of maggots..dont know why..but it does. lol

[karenh]

I only like my sushi cooked.

[imjlo]

Does anyone know if you can get those green pacifiers that have the hole in the middle for you to put your finger in to hold it into babies mouth any were else besides the hospital? I have been looking online for them today and can not seem to find them and we have lost the one we got from the hospital.

I have never tried Sushi and don't really want to either.

Red~
That DUMB{Fiddlesticks}

[nopey]

Oh Tex, you handled it well. I'd be so friggin pissed too. Us redheads can be a hand full, can't we?!?!?!? I'm glad you stood up for yourself - especially with the dork locksmith.

Terra - I remembered 2 things to tell you......
1. I had a will made when I got my first DOG! I didn't want anyone not good with animals taking him in case something happened to me. I'm serious too!!!!!!!! If you think the state makes bad decisions about kids, they make even worse choices with animals. I think you should have to get a license and prove competence to get an animal. (I could go on.....) So, I got my first will done when I was in my early 20's too. Unfortunately, it's not too young to have done....especially with Piper. And, if you don't want her with family, even more reason to have one "explained" out.

2. My u/s is on Monday (8th) and I'm so freakin' excited about it!!! This baby better cooperate!!!!!! Yes, we are DEFINETELY wanting to know. I just hope baby cooperates. I think we are having a boy.....hopefully we'll know on Monday. Plus the painter needs to know so he can buy the paint for the baby's room. The whole house is being painted next week, but he'll do the baby's room last to give me a couple days to decide on paint colors. If it's a girl it will be lavendar and if it's a boy, I think I'll paint it white with red and black accents (such as a Honda red and I was thinking about taking a motorcycle tire and running it across the walls for a "tread" pattern). Or paint it a beigey color for dirt??!?!? I don't know. I know I don't want to make it "baby", I want to make it Toddler and my dh is all about his many motorcycles. We have so many motorcycle posters and accessories for decorating. Any suggestions any one????

Sushi, yuck.......you all can enjoy it without me. Tex I'd agree with your dh on a nice steak at a Japanese restaurant.

OMG, I can't believe the C are restricting adoptions that way. That's horrible! They don't want the "girls" yet they are going to tell others how to live and raise "their kids"

Audrey is needing me. Gotta run to crying baby.

[elsie]

Lisa == I hereby retract my gym challenge. I'm feeling crappier by the minute and just hope this is only a cold. I had pneumonia six years ago to the day. I know I shouldn't even think that way but it's the nagging cough combined with the chills I've been getting off and on ... and it's in the 30s outside -- shouldn't be feeling chilly, I would think. I'm going to fluff up my bed and crawl under the covers. Gonna take Nyquil at 10pm and hope for the best.

Dh better be ready to take over with these kidlets when he gets home cause I'm down for the count ... talk to ya'll soon. XXOO

[nopey]

imjlo - I can't remember where to order them, but I'll call my friend (she's also a pediatrician) tonight when she gets home from work and ask her. I know she ordered some (vanilla flavored ones too) just like that. I tried them with Audrey, but she had no interest. I'll get back to you later.

[imjlo]

THANKS PAULY!!!

[joluke4]

ahacker - what I do is open up a "notepad" page and adjust it to show half the screen. I can then read what everyone is saying, then type a response in the notepad. When I'm all done catching up I just copy from the notepad and paste in the response box. That way you don't forget what you wanted to say to someone when you're 5 pages on down the line (which is incredibly easy with this group).

wb#2 - I would have gone off on her, thrown in the fact that you're pregnant and everything! Some people need a clue!!! I secretly wish that people that drive like idiots would get in accidents so they'd get the clue they don't drive right.

terra - that is incredibly inconsiderate when she's made plans with you and the reason she's not keeping them is because of what she (and her dh) did. I would be ticked too!

lisa - yeah, I think that's the only reason I look forward to going back to work, some time where I don't have to be totally enthralled by whatever the heck my 4 yr old (nearly there, just 9 days more) is doing/saying and feeding/changing/holding etc. the baby. I have REALLY be craving adult time lately. We got invited out for New Years Eve, but dh couldn't go because had to work New Years day, UGH!!! On the bathroom thing I never lock the door. Growing up in a house of all boys I always had to, so now I just run in and go. Well, then Ira comes in or dh whenever they feel like it. DH locks himself in. I decided sometime last week I'm locking the doors (walk through closet has a lock on it too).

texasred - did the pediatrician suggest nursing him while he got the shot? I know mine always did with Ira and when I had blood draws for Ava they suggested I do that, keep her distracted, plus calms them down quicker. Sorry about missing the football game, but I totally understand not wanting to do all the fussing just for a football game. Hope your mom and dad make it out of NM ok!

lisa - my dh is the same at the bathroom ritual. I can go in, take a shower, get out, he has to talk an hour and a half!

tracyr - I feel bad because I was just thinking the other day "what did I get into" since Ira is nearly 4 and can do almost everything for herself. Now i have a newborn, totally dependant on ME. On the bowl game, isn't it wierd to say the "Chic-fil-A Bowl" now?

wecova - I was so exhausted the other night after being up with the baby until like 330 am that I pushed the bassinet into the living room and told dh that if she fussed it was his problem. He'd be dead now if he'd have just ignored me.

Jamie - congrats on #2!!

starferry - that's got to be like Arizona isn't as hot as here because "It's a dry heat." I agree though that humidity makes any temperature condition worse, hot or cold.

bays mom - that is too funny. Wait till he's older and decides to paint your walls with the stuff (Ira did that at like 2-2.5). I thought I was heifer in high school too, at a size 12-14 (could fit in some 10s, but they were tight) but now that I really am I cow I look at my senior picture and wonder "What was I thinking, I looked GOOD!" I was about 155 then, won't say how much, but over 200 now.

annie's mom - 5'10" and you thought 156 was huge? I weighed that at 5'4.5" (and yes that .5 is VERY important) and like I said, felt like a cow but actually, looking back, was pretty thin. I was a very active teenager, so my weight was muscle mostly, with just a tad bit of belly fat. Then I got married (yep, right out of high school) and it's ALL downhill from there.

y'all think you're boring for New Years? How about sleep and feeding the baby, I didn't even drag my butt to the computer. I even missed seeing the festivities in my time zone on TV (San Antonio had a big bash).

tracy and bay - I play yahtzee on my computer ALL the time.

paulina - like I said, was sleeping with the baby. She has not been keen on sleep lately unless she's being held. Frustrating, but I have to give in if I want to be able to survive a 4 yr old AND a newborn.

lisamarie - we did that last year after Christmas, but our local stores didn't have enough overstock this year and everything was wiped out by the evening of the 26th. I was SO disappointed because I love a great deal!!

corinna - that's an awesome story! Glad you could connect the two!

Terra - I have been thinking A LOT lately about who would care for our kids if something happened to both of us. I would gladly have my mom take care of them, but I'm not sure dh would go for that because he wants them raised in the church we go to now and my mom doesn't and won't attend there. She'll come for special events, but she wouldn't go on a regular basis. I have thought of a couple that I think would be great, but I haven't even discussed this issue with DH. I just got really freaked out when my bp dropped out during labor and have been thinking we need to get our "affairs" in order too!

prinny - spike is totally adorable and I am with you on being "selfish." I really didn't realize until Ava came along how important me time is to the whole deal. If you don't get time for yourself then you can't be the best (insert relationship here) you can be.

terra - holy cow I know how the toys go, Ira has so many toys it's not funny. I gave a bunch of the baby stuff to bro and sil when they had my niece, now they've given it back since they needed space for her new stuff and the baby is here. I wish I could get rid of more stuff. I got rid of a garbage bag full of stuff not too long ago and again it's a mess in there! Thinking it's purging time again!

lisa - wow, that's how my dh would have been if he hadn't taken over with the baby the other day. He just doesn't know it.

texasred - You are definitely a southern woman. I don't like black eyed peas or greens, but went to bros and had beans/ham and cornbread. That is SO much better than the northern tradition of sourkraut and keilbasa, YUCK!

elsie - all I have to say is MEN!

paulina - I'm a slob too. I don't get dressed, etc if I'm not heading somewhere. Too bad for hubby, but I am going to stay in my jammies just in CASE I get a chance to grab a nap!!

lisa - sorry to hear about Emma, hope she recovers quickly!!

texasred - you mean the oily hair, yet still seems dry thing is part of PCOS? I never knew that, so I'm doomed to live with junk for life! I once used this REALLY good shampoo, but the sad thing is it was a blind test for a survey site I do surveys for and they WON'T tell me who makes it, where I can find it. I would so have people buying it up if I knew what it was. I have tried SO MANY different shampoos since then it's not funny. Haven't found it yet. I'm thinking it's probably something you buy from a salon or something since I haven't found it in the everyday brands at walmart.

mara - the thing thing I think is ridiculous is that the man died the day after Christmas, why are we "mourning" him a whole week later? I didn't really mourn his death at all, he was 93 so ok an old man died, but I was over all the hub-ub over his passing a couple of days later. Really don't see the point of a national day of mourning and closing down the PO and such.

texasred - only Alton Brown! He is such a goofball!! Oh and it's just like a 20 something guy to walk to talk about boobs, lol. Question, do you ever notice that caffiene bugs Mason? I think it bugs Ava, either that or some of the other junk I'd been eating over the holidays. Today I have been GREAT on eating well other than my Dr. Pepper at lunch. We'll see if it's the caffiene I guess.

nopey - the flu shot doesn't work for stomach flu because it's not technically the flu, it's a cold. I don't remember them closing things up for reagan either, was thinking that last night as I found out I wasn't going to get any mail today.

texasred - sorry about the locksmith thing, I still think you should have taken a screwdriver in earlier and changed it yourself, then charged them for it (it would be less than what that idiot is going to charge). I had to laugh at Lisa's suggestion though, lol.

OK, so now I've gotten to the end. I can hardly believe it. I finished off december and all 9 pages of January so far. I am renewing my resolution from last year about losing weight and starting by eating right. I have done well the last 2 days and I think the baby's tummy is glad too. I had been eating so much junk from having it so readily available with the holidays plus being too tired and lazy to get something healthy that I spent 3 nights in a row up all night with her and tummy aches or just being awake from the caffiene (bad mommy). Anyway, now I think the reason she isn't sleeping well is because dh thinks he's the only one that matters in the house and keeps the heater turned down too low. I thought last night that I could get away with turning it up since he was closed in the bedroom with the window open, but he got up and turned it down as far as it would go. I woke up freezing and was not surprised the baby wouldn't sleep. Talk about selfish, he can't even adjust for a newborn! He's so used to Ira, who is made like him and always "runs hot" and won't adjust for me and Ava. Very frustrating! The good thing is I go back to work in less than 2 weeks and the lady that watches the girls keeps her house nice and warm! Ava should have no trouble sleeping. I am so jealous though, was told on sunday about the little boy that is a week and half younger than Ava, also breastfed, sleeps through the night! I bet they keep their house warm, lol!
So 2007 is about me too, that's why I haven't been on the forum. I am not going to get on every day. Takes too much of my time, especially when I try to catch up with it all. Like I said, I'm eating better and thinking about taking a walk after Ava's next feeding. I need to start exercising again because other than bfing and eating well I have no other way to lose weight. I can't take met while bfing and we need to discuss birth control (him getting fixed) before I get back on met anyway. Well, off to get dinner cooking (or at least thought about).

God bless, Johanna

[joluke4]

Are you serious? There are pacifiers you stick your finger in? Our hospital was SO cheap on everything. We only got a few diapers to take home instead of whatever was left of the pack they opened for the baby (don't think they do it that way) and no pacifier, only thing we got was a onsie that says "A Star was born at GSMC." I would much rather have the diapers and pacifier that I got with my first daughter, I think she got a hairbrush from the hospital too. They this thing in her little bassinet that I'm thinking they used as a hairbrush, but really looked more like a nail brush or something. Anyway, the pacifiers I got for Ava for Christmas are TOO big (though they are the size the LC suggested). Need to get smaller ones. I think I'll take a bottle nipple with me to figure out the right size. She took to the orthodontic bottle nipple quite well! She wouldn't take any other, so NUKs will be good. I got orthodontic pacifiers, but they are evenflo 6mos+ (what LC said to get) and the are bigger than the NUKs and I think she was talking about the NUKs when she was telling me what to get (evenflo are a little cheaper and cuter colors too). OK, off to take care of the family.

God bless, Johanna

[esarah]

IMJLO- For the longest time the only place we could get those pacifiers was at the hospital gift shop, around here. Now we can get them at Walmart though.

[esarah]

I am guessing you are talking about the kind that come in this set http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4631183

You may be thinking of another kind though. I know at my walmary they have severwal of them for different ages and they are fairly inexpensive.

[lisamarie]

Evenin girls...

Dh should be home any minute. I opted out of goin to workout. I feel so crappy..not sure if its sickness or its exhaustion/stress. lol Plus Porkchop gets her treatment again at 830..hopefully she can stay up that long.

I havent even made dinner..thinkin about ordering a pizza...even though that shoudl go towards saving for movin/bills. lol But thats another whole can of worms..

Elsie-Hope you start feeling better....hugs..

[Terra]

Jennifer--http://www.soothie-pacifier.com/

[imjlo]

Thanks for all of your help I am ordering them right now!! :D :D

[Terra]

Went to the urologist for my follow up today. Slow day there, so she was able to spend some time with me. Not much to report that's different. We took another XRay of my abdomen. Still doesn't see a stone, but she thinks that it is still there. I've been having more of an achy pain in both kidneys this week, and I told her I've been waking up in the middle of the night to pee. Also told her about the infection my GP found. She was going to follow up on that with him. Since I'm still having symptoms, she wants to do an IVP. Not much fun, but no big deal. They give me an IV of dye and watch it go through my kidneys, ureters, bladder...They will take XRay every couple of minutes to monitor how things are working. This will give us a definite answer on the sponge kidneys and make sure both kidneys are functioning properly. And if there is a stone, any size, they should be able to see it. The worse part of this is the prep. Had one done about 4yrs ago and it was hell for prep. All I have to do this time is pop 3 laxitives about 6pm the night before the test. And I can't eat anything. I go in for this next Thursday. Just an outpatient procedure at the hospital and I have an appt with the urologist immediately following.

Tonya--We have a couple lawyer friends hwo we are hoping can help out with things. We must make it legal or Piper would become a ward of the state. Then we figure they would award custody to one of our parents instead of what we wanted.

Wecova--Why can't you have a cherry coke?

Christy--HUGS--I'm sure it's hard to leave him when you go to work. Hope your 1st day back went well though.

Red--I LOVE New Years in Texas! :lol: The fireworks are the best part! We don't do that here. That's a funny story about the sexy Starbucks man wanting to know about breastfeeding :D Ok so why are people so stupid in your office!! The sign was obviously up for a reason! Stupid people annoy me!

Elsie--Hope your DH wakes up to realize what he's doing soon! MEN!

Leslie--Did you get to see Marshall yet? I really want to go see it. Sorry your DH thinks he HAS to go back to school. Hopefully this will help him get a job that lets you stay home with A and any other kids you may have.

Lisa--Poor porkchop :( Hope she does well with the breathing treatments for you. I have given several to Piper where she is screaming her head off. The albuterol should help break up the congestion too. Sorry you had to run around like a chicken with its head cut off for everything!
I had to give a breathing treatment at work a couple weeks ago. This boy is huge too! He's like a 30lb 9 month old. He's not fat, just massive! His parents have such a hard time giving him the treatments...say it takes both of them to give it to him. We rolled our eyes at them (secretly of course)....how strong can a 9 month old be? HA...well he showed me that day. He was SO strong I couldn't believe it! He was fighting me tooth and nail with all of his might to get the mask away from his face. I was struggling big time to hold him. It was CRAZY! I could have sat on him and he probably could have thrown me off. I was sitting in a rocking chair holding this 9 month old with both arms and my legs LOL This is how he acts with his parents and they warned us. If the area manager would have seen this site, I probably would have been fired for restraining him. I wasn't really doing anything wrong, but we aren't allowed to restrain the children for obvious reasons ;) Not that I would ever do this, but I don't even think duct tape would have held this kid down! It was nuts.

Sarah--Sorry Leata is sick! That poor girl can't catch a break!

Mara--LOL on your ... That's good! My DH has turned me into such a geek now LOL

Pauly--Sorry about the family stomach flu! That sounds miserable! HUGS

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[ceskow]

Jennifer - You can also get them at Target and Babies R Us.

[wecova]

Lisa: I have to say, we love using "hello, McFly" around here . .. . . . .and other nonsensicle phrases . . . .we are loooosars . . . .

Red: what the heck is goin on at your office? Dang!!!! I think they are determined to get you off track. If you don't have calm, it'll be hard for you to pump at work, the stress will lead to dry up. Please be careful.

I am so stressed. I have so much on my mind and what we're going to do this coming year and if the move will go through and so much more. i just want to have a more relaxed living (albeit different), even if moving a few states up and over is going to do the trick. The cost of living is SO outrageous here, and NO it is NOT relative!!!!! I hate it when people say that.

I have student loan bills that would make some of you pass out, and I hate it all. Soooooooo . . . . .if the 2 master degrees I have are to pay for themselves and help this family o'mine at the same time, I need some true prayer warriors to join me in my prayer for the ideal = working from home. I have one work from home job but it is not reliable. I teach online for one college and they give me about 4 classes a year, hardly something to bank on in specific incriments if you know what I mean. I could use a few more opportunities like that and we'll have a more reliable second income, AND use the degrees I'm paying through the nose for . . .thank you ladies, I appreciate it (the cost of parenthood is high, no?).

Yes, I can have a cherry coke, and no I haven't thought if having one in quite some time!

Fat people cannot get kids in China, eh? That is funny. . . . .plenty of fat people live in China and how did they get fat? Genetics, same as us. Goofballs. I think my BMI is right under 40, like 35 or something.

Later.
Weeee

[ANNIEW]

Ladies, can I so complain about DH??? :x He is annoying the he** out of me.............. :x realize I just gave birth to our 4 babies 2 months ago. :shock: Do you know he hardly helps me out at night? He suddenly feels that since I am now a SAHM, this is my duty for 7 days/wk to care for hte babies with NO break whatsoever. It is so annoying. He gets 2-3 days off from his work, doesn't he? Ugh, MEN! He made the comment today that since my previous job was such a "cushion" job (which it was, but I loved it), that I don't know what it's like to really work. UGH! So, I totally get he needs his sleep for work. But, my complaint is that if he is off 3 days/wk, he should help me out at least oneof those nights. That is all I am asking. One night a week for help. I am so lucky that the babies are doing well at night, and it is not horrendously hard, but sometimes at 4am, I'd like a break! It would make a world of difference. It annoys me b/c this attitude only started when I quit working. DH and I made comparable incomes last year, so I was contributing financially virtually what he was.................and now suddenly b/c he is the "breadwinner" he needs more rest. He was so different with our older DS. He helped out and did a ton for him. Now, w/ the 3 we have at home now, he is like hands off al ot. Granted, I did tell him the other day that he doesn't help out and blah, blah, blah, so since th en he has gotten better. He did bathe them tonight-I was shocked! But, the comments are really getting to me. When he has helped me in the middle of the night, he is so friggin miserable, and makes unbelievable comments to me, I want to slap him! :x Like, I can't believe he is saying what he is saying...........ugh, sorry for ranting and venting, but it's really been on my nerves. I've always respected SAHM's, b/c I know that staying home is HARDER than working a FT job. And it is, but DH acts like it is a walk in the park, although it is quite clear he cannot handle 3 babies on his own.....................oh, again, sorry for the vent, but I had to let all this out somewhere!!!!!! :x

[lisamarie]

Weee-Yes IM a LOSER for saying 'hello mcfly'. hehehe

OH wow....this DIRT show on Fx isnt too shabby.

Just gave Porkhcop her treatment..sooooooooooooooooooo thought Id post before headin to bed. Now Im watching this darn show..hmmph.

Terra-I would have loved to see you hog tyin that kid..lol

[lisamarie]

Annie-He needs a knot jerked into his tail. Now if you had a just one baby OR this was a singleton pregnancy..there is alittle bit more lead way. BUT since there are three babies..soon to be four you are talkin about...that man needs to cowboy up and help his woman!

I have issues with my dh helping much at night since Emma was born..but I tell ya girly if I had that litter of babies he WOULD help.

Ive worked fulltime AND Ive been a SAHM and it is harder to be a fulltime sahm(especilaly in yours and my cases and dont have family or much family to help)

Seriously set down and talk to your dh about it. If ya dont you will resnt him. Sit down and explain it...or one of his days off you leave his ungrateful a$$ and go shoppin all day..hehhehee

[Terra]

Pauly--Hope the baby cooperates and shows the goods! Let us know how it goes :D

Annie--Sounds like your DH needs a swift kick in the a$$! Hello...you baked 4 babies at once! That is major work in itself. Since he didn't help with that part or delivering them, he should definitely be helping out big time now!


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[nopey]

www.childmed.com The pacifiers are called smoothies

HTH

[prinny]

Hi Star - your little Sydney is a doll! Your next baby, you can call "Melbourne" :smile:

Christy - (((((((((((((((((((((((((((YOU)))))))))))))))))))) ))))))))) Hope the day FLEW. I hate being back at work too but at least I get to have my little guy VERY close by.

Hey there Tex. The Mummy thing and me are sniffing each others butts... getting the hang of it ever-so-slowly. Not like you! Missy Breastfeeding and Working AND being fabulous! I'm very jealous!

Hi Mara and Elsie.

Hey, when did you girls start introducing 'food' to your wee ones? I think Spike is still too young but he sucks his fists like he's NEVER ever gonna get fed again!!!! (or maybe it's so I cant eat them... I do threaten to!)

Hey there Lisa Marie - I can barely see your posts anymore.. you're exercising so much your words are getting thinner. :smile:

Hi Leslie and Karenh. How are the kids, K?

Ok, I have to finish here... lil gent wants his Mumma!!!

Prinn xxxx

[Lovebug]

Hey girls! I am finally able to spend some time doing personals. I have really missed chatting with you fabulous ladies!

College starts back for me on Monday and I am dreading it. I am going 5 days a week this time and it is going to be rough. But I know once I get finished it will be so worth it. I started my diet back today and so far I have done fair on it. I have gained about 15 lbs in 2 months. I have not been taking my met like I am suppose to where we lost our insurance, but I found out recently that WM is offering it for $4!!! This is such a blessing!! I know this sounds so stupid, but I am so afraid that my fat a$$ won't fit in the seats at the college. I am taking my classes on a different campus and they are those itsy bitsy seats! I am so ashamed of myself and my body. I see pictures of myself and want to vomit, but I go right back for the junk food. I have abstained from coke today, so yippee on that. But I did eat some chocolate. I don't understand how food can have such power over me. I know I can lose the weight if I stick with it and stay on the met. I want to feel sexy and buy myself some skanky drawers to torment DH with! :lol: sorry for the whine!

Emily is doing great and is walking everywhere. She falls and gets right back up. I am exhausted! lol She is such a big girl. And, uh oh, sometimes DH and I slip and say the poo word (my parents are very fond of that word) and guess what Emily said tonight in front of MIL when she fell....................................that's right. My one year old said POO :shock: :shock: :shock: Like any respectable mother, I blamed it on DH. And she believed me. I normally don't talk like that but evidently I do in my sleep. (This story is according to my DH) DH could not sleep the other night and was bugggin the crap out of me. It was 4:30 AM and he kept trying to wake me up to talk he was bored. He told me to get up that it was time to feed the chickens and milk the cows. So IN MY SLEEP I told him "to go f*ck a pig"! :shock: I do not usually say that word! I have a potty mouth in my sleep. So of course DH has told everyone.....and my family oinks when they see me. :roll:

Enough about silly old me........on to personals!

Lisamarie - I am so sorry that your little porkchop is so sick. I hope she feels better soon and that Lucy is okay. I love the hello McFly...cracks me up! I saw your weight ticker and made me one...hope you don't mind.

Annie - Sorry that your DH has momentairly lost his mind. Perhaps a nice kick in the southside will make him wake up??? What a putz! Hope he comes to his senses....fast!

Hi Weeee!!!

Christy - Hugs sweetie! I dread leaving Emily when I go back to class!

Terra - How is Piper today? I hate having an IVP...not as bad as the cystoscopy though - that really sucked! I hate being cathed!

Red - I think the topless idea is great. You should carry a little boombox around with stripper music with you. Make some tips!! lol Sounds like the locksmith needed a nice kick in the tush! Glad you stood up for yourself!

Karen - Obese ppl cannot adopt in China?!?!?! That is so stupid. I am chubolicious and I am a great parent!

Pauly - How are you feeling? Hope everyone is on the mend!

Elise - Hi sweetie! Hope you got some rest!

Johanna - Whoo hoo on doing good on your diet! How is baby Ava tonight?

Sarah - I am so glad that you all are having a wonderful visit! I hope that Leata gets to feeling better soon!

TJ - Hope you are still improving!! Glad to hear from you.

TracyR - Hey honey! hope that 2007 rocks for you!

Hi Mara and Leslie!

Jennifer - those are the only pacifiers that Emily would take. MIL bought a buttload of NUKS and Emily hated them. We orderd ours online then bought some more at WM. They were like GOLD!! lol

I am sure that I missed a few, but I wish all a fabulous new year and I hope you are having a great day. I hope that I can stay away from the cookies..... :twisted: HUGS TO EVERYONE!!!! GOD BLESS!!

[prinny]

Omigod Annie. Send your "DH's" arse over here... it needs a kickin' and I just got new shoes which are perfect for the job.

Man!

I KNOW my Hubbalicious is brilliant but next to some of the horror stories I read here, he is a fair dinkum Saint!

Saint Hubbalicious!

Prinn xxxx

Does that make me a Saintess?? :lol:

[Lovebug]

Hey Annie! I see you lurking around - how are you feeling?

[joluke4]

annie - well, I feel the same way about dh that you do with yours and I only have 1 newborn. I can't imagine what it's like to care for 3 at once (and what it will be like when Kaitlin comes home). If he is off 3 nights a week then he ought to help out, it's just plain lazy of him to not offer help willingly. I know he's got a rough job (isn't he a CO?) the rest of the week, but you need a hand when he is off. It's not like you're asking for him to give up sleep or whatever while he's working. I know my dh and I were having it out while I was pg with 1 and taking care of 1 plus working. He's got another thing coming if he thinks he's got no responsibilities with this kid once I get back to work. I've let him know as much too. I can imagine it's not a walk in the park taking care of 3 babies and a 4 yr old. I know it's not easy with 1 baby and 4 yr old.

prinny - solids are usually started at 4 mos, only a little over a month to go for your little guy. Ava is always sucking on her fists like she's hungry, but I think she just wants something to suck on. She's certainly not hungry that much.

Lovebug - Yeah, I am real proud. Once I get a scale (spent giftcards on clothes instead of a scale) I will start a weight ticker of my own. I know I weigh less than I did a fully pg, but I think I put on a bit after she was born between being terribly hungry that first week and the following weeks being holidays. I just want to do right by her and lose back down to at least where I was pre pg (had lost 25 lbs from my top weight). Ava is doing well!

I have had issues with her sleeping. Don't know if I discussed here (I know I've told others at least) how the apt is so cold and dh is selfish about the heat. Anyway, when I put her down at 9 I put her in a nice warm sleeper, with onsie of course, wrapped her a thin receiving blanket and put scratch mitts on her hands. I didn't sleep in this time because I wanted to see if this worked, plus I just couldn't get tired enough. Went to take a nice hot bath and the hot water is out again. I am so sick of this crap at this complex. I swear I've never had so many issues with hot water in all my life! Anyway, then I was going to lay down instead and realized she would be up in a bit to eat. Well, 3 hours on the dot she is up, eaten one side and about to get her diaper changed (to wake her back up) and get the other side. Then we're both going to sleep. This will be the first night in like 4 that she's slept without being held! Yay for me thinking of the scratch mitts! I think what it was, she'd work her little hands out of the swaddle and then wiggle in her sleep and get those chilly little things up against her face and wake herself up and fuss. She's still a noisy sleeper, but at least she's not waking herself up, which will keep me up all night. Oh and I am past the holding her thing too. I love to hold her, but dh RUINED our first with holding her. Won't let that happen again. G'nite.

God bless, Johanna

[ANNIEW]

feeling good...............just fed austin..................tomorrow is the first day i will be completely alone with 3 babies! :shock: i'm a little nervous! :lol:

[karenh]

Annie I understand a little of what your saying, I only work 2-3 days a week now and only aobut 3 hrs per, and dh thinks he does his duty when I work. I had to tell him a few nights ago that he was not allowing me a break and I was finding work to be my break and I didnt want to think of work that way or see the kids as a burden and frustration, it isnt supposed to be that way. He has weekend duty if the kids wake up he gets up with them, enough elbow gets him up. And I have been getting comments like "you have wanted kids, you wanted this all along and now you complain?" Im not complaining about the kids, but about some time, I have to schedual a shower with him so the kids are being watched and he complains about that. Now he does do the cleaning and cooks most of the time, but its his choice, I tell him I will do it to give him time with the kids but he says no he wants to do it and leaves me with the kids, then gets upset that they like me more and listen to me more. Well duh, i spend most of the time with them, even on the weekends he will sit down stairs with them thinking its time with them but he doesnt play anymore with them or help with their education, I actually have to ask him to do something and give him a scholastic workbook to do with them. He is a good dad to these kids but he has been slacking lately and I have been getting frustrated by it, so i had to tell him he was blowing it. I know the guilt thing is not the right way, but I told him these kids are going back to not having a father and may not have one for a long time they need all they can get from him before they go home. His way of taking care of the kids is to make food for them and clean the dishes and laundry but he doesnt get it that time is the most important thing to the kids nad will have themost impact on them. After the talk he did try to do more, but he did it with attitude.

Hi Prinny, the kids are good, they go home to bmom in feb, and we are supposed to meet another boy to adopt, he is 4.

[wecova]

Regardless of how many we have, the time issue and the sleep deprivation is the key to help!!! When years ago were popular, the idea of "it takes a village" was true because women understood other women needed help with kids. But, today most other women work and it is difficult to get help from others without guilt or whatever or close bonds. Needless, we depend on our dh's more . .and they are not women. So, they don't completely comprehend the pressure we put on ourselves. Plus, when we are sleep deprived we seem to exaggerate our feelings; not that each day we are extremely disappointed in our choice of spouse or anything. men, who can blame them? most of their mothers and/or dads, parental influences, have drilled them with the idea that they need to earn the income, keep a roof over the heads, etc. I myself tell my son often we are trying to raise a man, not a boy! That has to sink in. . . .and what is dh teaching him? That it's important to work, cool. But what else? WE won't know until ds is a man :) Point?? Well, it's nice to vent, but I would never say any other woman's dh is a dass. LOL. Plsu, no one knows his heart . . . . . my dh is a cop just like others are corrections officers . . .. .and the environment is so difficult. The stress causes exhaustion and sometimes depression (not for mine thankfully). . . . .then after that pressure, they come home to our pressure. And the way they see it, we aren't faced with guns, indigents, danger of the sort they do so it's not equal. I hate the comparison I go through with my dh, too. . . . So ANNIE: hang in there. You know, once the babies are sleeping through the night that first hurdle is over, then it's the feeding time, the eyes on the active tots, and so much more . . hang in there. Glad you trust us for support ;)

Weeeeee

[esarah]

Hi everyone!

Now I have a chest cold and conjunctivitis. Grrrr... I am afraid to go to the doctor for fear of how much it may cost. I am afraid to leave the infection too though. I don't know what to do. I am feeling pretty misrable. It is almost 8 am here and I want to go back to bed dbut my eye will crust over shut if I do. My nephew has conjunctivitis too. He has bee really ill. I just don't know what to do.

[ceskow]

Sarah~ You should go to the doctor to be safe. No since in taking any risks.

Thanks to everyone who sent me hugs and told me it would be okay and get easier. His afternoon teachers had nothing but good things to say about him so it made me feel real good when I picked him up. I felt at ease dropping him off this morning. I think DH will continue to go with me this week to drop him off and then I will tackle dropping him off alone next week. At least this way I don't feel quite so bad about it. Hopefully he will fall into their rountine soon. He was so tired when he came home yesterday and since he knows us so well he wanted to sleep. I let him sleep for an hour but then I woke him back up so he would sleep last night. He was grumpy, but it worked, he slept like he had been.

Question ~ He was sleeping between 6 - 7 hours up until about a week ago and now he will only sleep between 4 and 5. The only change to his routine has been that we are now getting him in bed earlier because he has to get up so much earlier than he was accustomed to. Anyone have any ideas/suggestions. Should I go back to not putting him down until closer to 9:30 and see if that fixes the problem? He isn't waking up to eat a full bottle either. He only takes about 4 1/2 ounces in lieu of his normal 6.

[tracy]

Good Morning and Happy New Year, Ladies!!

All is well in Georgia...just swamped STILL :evil: . Our takeover was closed on Friday evening, so I'm with a new employer. Nothing has really changed yet, but it's sorda strange. No telling what's going to happen in 2007 around here!!

Matt had a wonderful holiday season. He got lots (read: too many) of toys and clothes. A few I'm not too impressed with, but I expected no less from the in-laws!! We also got his 18-month pictures and they're fantastic and his first haircut. Will try to post pics today on the other thread, if I get the chance.

I'm doing well, too. Got lots of errands done on my vacation and got the house straightened up a bit. Still a lot of organizing to be done, but we're getting there!! Our house will be liveable again one day, I'm sure :roll: . And, I *only* gained 1 pound after eating a countless number of sweets. I don't know what happened, but I think my sweet-tooth has returned with a vengence!! They were so yummy, though. Off to the gym, I go...

Hope all is going well with you ladies. Will try to read up and do some personals one of these days :)

[medic_632]

good mornig ladies....i am up and off to a god start kid fed, showered and on bus, noew i am off to the gym and then to work, feeling much better today...i busted arse yesterday around the house and got christmas stuff boxed up and the entire house cleaned...still trying to catch up on laundry but there was like almost two weeks worth of it laying there...UGH...just a couple more to do now...diet is back in swing with a few tweaks for my tummy...hope everyone is doing great int he new years...

Mara...sorry my post are confusing, i do that to alot of people...just be glad you don't have to listen to me actually talk...LOL

ceskow...i would try just putting him down a alittle later, maybe the getting up earlier won;t bother him all that much

sarah...i'm sorry your sick, i would go to the doc just to be safe

tracy...good see you and g/l with the new Co.

wecova...you sound like me, never even taking a breath...try taking one today girlie, hug those little ones, mine are growing way too fast

karenH...sorry your time with them is coming closed but you'll have done so much for them with the littel time you had them, and Dh will get over it...mine had to readjust when all teh ework was put on him and yesterday when he realized just how much he DIDNT do while i was sick, he was more than willing to complete a honey-do list, LOL

Annie...just luv em'...lots of work, but you're so strong you'll be great

lovebug...hey there, how ya doin?

prinny...spike is so adorable...having fun?

nopey...hey where have you been (better yet where have i been?) how ya feeling?

Terra...hope you're doing great in new year...and piper's keeping you in line!!! haha

Lisa...where are you this morning???

Hope everyone is keeping warmer than i am...i hate the cold, and it's making it hard to tear myself outta bed...oh well have sh!t to do and gotta go...gym and work calls...talk soon guys...oh yeah my new horse is being delivered tomorrow morning (care leased her for me) that will give me just one more thing to do with myself...but it's a good kick in arse for me to actually get out in the cold and do something, riding is about the only thing i will go out in the cold willingly for...oh yeah and 4-wheeling in the snow

[lisamarie]

Morning...

Didnt sleep good again.. :roll: Had to get up with Emma once. Then she was up bright and early this morning. Just laid her down for her morning nap and after this and dh calls Im PRAYIN I can get a cat nap in while Lucy watches toons.

I have a massive heap of laundry of kid/baby clothes to wash today. So bad Emma doesnt have any onsies to wear. lol

Tracy-Im so excited to see you back! I cant wait to see those pics of Matt. hehehe Hopefully the new company wont bring too many changes and hopefully they will take some work away from you so you can post more. hehee

Krissy- I love your new ticker! We all are here to lose lose lose! Its exciting! I have yet to get back on the band wagon since all this crap. But today is supposed to be the new beginning. hehehe Gonna go change my ticker in a bit. If ya need any encouragement or whatever just pm me! 5 days a week of school?? I had two classes when Lucy was really little and I had a hard time keeping up.

Prinny-Glad to see you posting more. Speakin of workin out..hows your weightloss goin? I remember you on the Diet Threads way before Spike was born...has it been easy losing the baby weight?

Christy-Glad you like the daycare.

Sarah-Do you take any vitamins?

Karen and Wee-Hello!

Hmm...Im hungry

[mara232]

Prinny - I know in the US they say 4 months for solids. In Canada the guide is no solids (only BM or formula) for the first 6 months. This is to reduce exposure to foods that cause allergies. We waited until A was 5.5 months and gave him rice cereal. It was too soon for him and we went back and gave him cereal again at 6 months and he took to it. pediatricians suggest you do not wait past 9 months as the baby will reject solids. His eating his hands is normal baby behaviour. He is discovering them! hads nothing to do with being hungry. And maybe, just maybe he is worried you'll munch on them! :P
Lisa - You are taunting me talking about naps!! :?

Krissy - I think most of us here are big girls - please don't beat yourself up over it. the best you can do is your very best. We're all trying to lose weight. *hugs*

TJ - A new horse? WOW!!!

Christy - I find that A always slept less when he was over-tired. Maybe let him nap more. It may just be an adjustment period. Also - he maybe going through a growth spurt. Maybe he senses thinsg are diffrent. Babies are amazing little creatures and they know when something is off.

Okay - I actually have to work. I am soooo pooped but more about that later.

[tracyrhymer1979]

Karenh, I think Justin is acting that way because he is detaching himself from them distance-wise and emotionally since they are going to be leaving your house soon. That might be the reason for his sudden lack of responsibility towards them. Mitch did that for a few days when he thought we were going to lose Kallie.

Annie, I am so sorry about your DH. That is no way for him to treat you, especially after all you have been through. Men are so weird sometimes, I have seen so many men do that very thing. Mitch did that to me when we first got our kids and I was on family leave for three months. I had to have a serious talk with him about expectations. Maybe he is feeling a bit overwhelmed, too, which is NO excuse for him to be acting like a big baby. Tell him its time for him to buck up, he helped make these wonderful babies, he has to help take care of them as well!

Wecova, which school do you teach online classes? My graduate degree is from Southern Christian University and its online.

Speaking on grad school, I just got my grades from last semester, and once again, all straight A's. (Pat myself on the back again!) I am so proud of myself I could burst. I am halfway done with grad school (I am in the 60 hour program rather than the normal 30 hours) with a GPA of 4.0!!! WOO WOO!

Back to work....

[starferry]

Sarah: did you manage to see a doctor? I hope you feel better soon!

Tracy: Congrats on your marks. Straight A's!!! You're one smart girlie!

Annie: Sorry to hear about DH, there is no way you should be expected to take care of the babies 24/7, you're only human! *HUGS*

Johanna: Good to hear from you, I was beginning to worry about you.

Prinny: Melbourne eh? I don't think so! LOL, they also recommend solids from 6 months here, but many mums I know start around 4 months. Sydney also loves sucking on her hands...makes it hard to feed her sometimes, she's one strong baby!

Lisa: Sorry to hear about your daughter. I hope she feels better soon, sounds like you need some rest too.


Well I took Sydney for her first injection today. It broke my heart!!!! :( :( :( :( It was a BCG (vaccine for TB) She was such a brave girl and only cried when the needle went it, then fell back to sleep. She loves her sleep!!!

Paulina

[Leanna]

Trying to catch up with these posts!

Lisa- I hope Emma is feeling a lot better today!

Terra- Your posts reminded me that we need to update our will since having Jack!

Johanna- They don't "give" you anything at the hospital. If you look at the itemized bill, every single sanitary napkin is charged to you/your insurance. I guess it makes sense but it did kind of surprise me reading the bill.

Mara- Hi!

Also, whoever was worried about spending the money on a lawyer... you can get the necessary documents for your state cheap at USLegalforms.com. Wal-mart also sells the forms for wills... then have it notarized and it's a legal document. If it's just you and your spouse with your joint children, you don't really need anything fancy. Now, if you or your spouse have children from a previous marriage it can get trickier and you might want to spring for the attorney.

Hi to everyone else... getting ready to be a very busy day for me. It's Bonnie's first day back to school after the break, and my friend is about to bring her 4 week old baby over for me to watch for the day. She's in school full time and I'll be occasionally watching her little boy on Wednesdays. Her DH and my DH have been best friends for years and now work together too, so I think it's neat that Jack and their baby will get to grow up together. Well, I better go ahead and put some beans on for supper because I have a feeling I won't get much done after she gets here. Have a wonderful day ladies!

[elsie]

TracyR == you go woman!!! I'm so impressed I could burst for you too...

Krissy == funny how going back to school as an adult is like the first day of kindergarten, huh? You'll do great, just like last semester. I lol about dd's lil slip...though I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time!!

Lisa == hope you get a better night's sleep tonight ... sounds like PChop is already on the mend.

Annie == I agree with everyone .... but don't take it from me, dh and I are battling it out and we should've figured this out by now (ds's are 8 and 11)

TJ == don't do tooo much before you're 100%! But I know you enjoy being a whirling dervish!

Prinny == so are you stateside these days, down under, across the pond, or what?

Sarah == warning: totally unethical suggestion: you look so much like your sis, couldn't you say you're her and use the health service over there? I agree with the others, get that pinkeye under control asap or it'll take over the whole household!

Christy == so glad it went well yesterday!!! We are really enjoying our candles and holders btw!

Weeee == you always have so much wisdom ... you're so right about expecting dh's to be the extended female family we used to all have (and are trying to find here, in a way) and also about the stress of the job ... I do try to be understanding but it's hard to know where to draw that line of nurturing/supportive and being taken advantage of. Thanks for putting those thoughts out there ... they are really good ones to keep in mind.


I know there are a lot more of you -- a posting frenzy! I'll get to everyone eventually. I had an awesome night sleep despite sharing the bed with what feels like the enemy right now (dh) .... tonight we must hash out these probs. I was feeling too poorly by the time he got home last night to do the discussion justice. I have that nagging cough again but it can't be more than a cold since I'm ok otherwise. Definitely getting outside today for some fresh air....talk to ya later ladies!

[mara232]

Tracy - Woohoo! That is AWESOME!!!

Johanna - I hear ya on the sleep issues! Hope you can figure something out. I am so tired I can't even stand it.

Paulina - It sucks taking them for shots. Glad your princess is ok!! :)

Hi Elsie! I hope you feel better and I hope you can resolve things with DH. I hate that marital tension. :?


A fell asleep on teh way home from the hospital and did not wake even when i changed him for bed. :? But he did wake at midnight starving which was no suprise. He ate an 8oz bottle and went back to sleep. he then woke again at 2am talking. We ignored it until he started screeching. Marko went and got him a bottle and he ate a bit and rolled over to sleep with it. Well my smart husband decides to pry the bottle away from him which just pissed him off and he was awake and screaming mad. So he brings him to our bed. poor baby had managed to strip off his pajam bottoms and his socks, his fat legs were so cold! :shock: Anyway, he played and jumped in our bed (hangs onto the headboard and jump sup and down :roll: ). Finally after 30 min of this - we're both trying to sleep - he decides to try to crawl off our bed to go play. I grab him and hold him tight, shove a bottle in his mouth and he fell asleep. Anyway - I am so pooped from playing all night. :? he woke up at 6:15am this morning looking like he was at a frat party all night! LOL :lol:

[esarah]

Hi everyone. I haven't made it to the doctor. I will probably see how it is tomorrow and then go if it is getting worse.

Lisa- I do take a prenatal vitamin. I am also taking met and heparin.

I am having a bad day. I woke up with my eye swollen ashot and gunked up. My sisters decided that they were going to go in to town and leave the boys with me and take Leata. That was fine with me but I was feeling pretty yucky. Then My sister's one year old bite Leata. I asked him nicely not to do it please. He's just little but he has bite her several times. Half the time he is provoked but the other half of the time he is not and that is really not fair. Well, I was on the phone with my dh and everyone was being wild and crazy and noisey. Leata was laying on the floor with a pillow. I could tell she didn't feel very well. My sister's younger boy ran over and stepped on her. I picked her up and just let my nephew go. I put her down after a minute and he came up and bit her shirt. I asked him not to bite please. Then a few minutes later he came and bit my knee. I asked him again smiling and all not to bite me please and my sister said "He isn't biting". I told her I don't know what else you call it when they put you teeth into you and push down. Now sheis mad at me because I am saying one of her perfect little boys keeps biting. She had the nerve to tell me that he wasn't really biting and I was making a big deal over nothing but my poor little girl has teeth marks on her face and arms and hands. He's not a mean little boy and he just turned one but something has to be done when he bites her all of the time. LEata just puts up with it most of the time though. She provokes him sometimes but not all of the time. She bit him back once and she got in trouble for it. I am really nice about it but now I feel like to avoid a fight I am going to have to let my sister's little boy bite LEata for 2.5 more weeks. Her boys are super clingy and neithers of them will sleep without her. She thinks that htey could never do anything wrong and gives them most of whatever they want. She thinks that I am not sweet enough to Leata. Leata is my precious little girl and I love her so m uch and I appreciater her so much. Part of that has to do with what we went through to get her here. She is indepenndent though and I think that is good. I encourage it. If my sister's boy try to be independent she pulls them back in and that is why she can never get anything done. Sorry for the rant. I am not feeling well and I just don't know what to do. Leata is tough but she should have to be bit all the time. It just isn't nice.

[mara232]

Oh sarah - I hope you feel better! *hugs*

About the biting - you are right - your sister is wrong. Setting boundaries for your child does not make you a mean mom or not sweet enough to her. A started biting. We push down on his nose and tell him NO. He is one year old but also understands "No". I wish I had advice on what to do about your sister. :? I can understand that you do not want to rock the boat since you'll be gone soon enough. I'd take it into my own hands and pull him off of her and tell him "No - that is not nice. No biting." I can't stand parents who just sit back and don't parent. :roll:

[tracyrhymer1979]

Sarah, oooh I am fighting mad for you right now. There is no way in the world I would let another person (whether that be my nephew, niece, or my own other children for that matter) hurt my child, especially a defenseless baby! You have much more control than I do. Thats a tough situation to be in, seeing as how you are there for another two and a half weeks. You dont want to make your sister mad, but you know what the boy is doing is wrong. Want me to call and bless her out for you? I will do it and not let you be the badguy!

[elsie]

Oh Sarah (((((()))))) I have a little experience with this w/my bro and his wife's approach with their dd who is 3 ... luckily my other bro and his wife whose kids are the same ages as mine are very similar to us in our approach -- we can be together for days at a time with ease since our parenting styles are so similar. We are all pretty old-fashioned but seem to pick pretty much all the same battles with our kids.

But with the first one I mentioned (who ironically lives in Europe too! hmmm) we're not allowed to say anything to her like "don't" or "no" ... it all has to be requests with the "I" messages ("I don't like it/feel safe when you hit me with that truck" and "Could you please not scream in my face? I don't like that" etc.). It is so hard and I don't know what to say except that you're right, you will have to put up with sis's annoying attitude about it cause you can't change it. She will live to regret it when they get to school and have to learn better boundaries, but you can't force that process.

On the biting though: I would take Leata to her, show her the marks, and say something like, "I know it's unrealistic on my part to expect nephew to outgrow this phase while we're here, but I feel like he needs a consequence of some kind just to drive home the point that Leata is getting hurt. I don't think he's aware of the fact that's he's hurting her and it must be confusing for them both. So is there some way we can work this out?" Sis will probably still be in denial/defensive about it but at least you will know that you fulfilled your responsibility to Leata by trying to keep her safe.

I really do sympathize, I can get pretty hot under the collar about this stuff and it doesn't even involve my kids' safety! Courage!!!!

P.S. On the pinkeye: can you use some of nephew's antibiotic ointment? No need to get a new tube if they've been applying it by squeezing it out onto a q-tip before putting it in his eye ... just a suggestion. I've used the same ointment for probably 3 flare-ups over the years.

[esarah]

Thanks so much guys. I feel like she jsut thinks that I am overreacting and I realise that he is young and doesn't understand completely what he is doing. They are the same size though ans so hecan wrestle her down and bite her easily. I think my sister thinks I am bing overprotective bt she's the one that is being that way. Her older son is a sweet sweet little boy and tries to hep protect Leata. He was never like this so my sister does not see how her baby could be this way. If Leata were biting him several times a day she would be mad at me if I didn't try and do something about it. I would though and did the one time she bit him after he bt her. She doesn't want me telling him not to do it so I guess I am just gong to have to keep LEata away from him. It's sad though because I really hoped that they would get along. And now dh and I cna't go out and leave her with them because I don't know what will happen to Leata while we are goine. We wll hve to take Leata with us all of the time.

On the pineye, I am getting some antibacterial eye drops to use. That is what the dcotor told my nephew to use so I will get my own too since they are just over the counter.

[Leanna]

Sarah- So sorry that your sis isn't taking care of your nephew's biting. I agree with Elsie's advice on it.

I just had to share this with you... my friend just dropped her little baby off here. This is the first time she's been away from him. She wrote the sweetest note for me. (First there's a two page "how to take care of baby" manual she typed up for me and then at the end a personal note.) Anyway, it's so sweet, made me start crying when I got to the end of the instructions and read the note. And then I started bawling more because I know she is crying right now on her way to class too. It means a lot to me that she trusted me with him today. He's still asleep in his carrier right now and I wanted to share the story with you mommies!!

[tracy]

Sarah -- sorry to hear of your situation. I agree with you -- what else do you call chomping down with teeth. That's biting in my book...esp. if he's leaving marks. I think I'd have to tell my sister that he's welcome to bite others (incl. her), but he will NOT be biting me or my little one. A few smacks on the butt should cure that behavior.

At the same age, Matt bit a few times. Mostly me or DH. I know he didn't mean to hurt, but was just testing the new teeth and seeing what they'd do. He found out that biting would get him smacked on the butt and stopped after a few times.

I hope you enjoy your visit, anyways :)

[tracy]

That's sweet Leanna. She must really trust you and appreciate your help!!

[lisamarie]

Sarah-The little girl next door used to do that with Lucy. Her mom would just sit there. The first time she did it I was stunned the mom didnt say anything. The second time..I got down in the little girls face and said with a stern voice..."You dont bite Lucy...thats not nice..no bite...". I think it shocked the mom. I had to do it a few more times and even told the little girl to go home once.
I think its pretty sh!tty of your sis to think that isnt biting. If Leata is gettin marks on her that is biting. And if your sis doesnt think it is...tell her to give HER arm to you and for you to bite her.

Ive some things done. So much more to do. Girls just ate some.
Im feelin pretty good today.

Although..today is the official day back on my weightloss challenge. Im STARVING. Ive had plain natural almonds and lo fat yogurt. Gonna have lunch in a few...I have to do this!!!!!!! Gonna go workout tonight too! Im excited!!!!!

[lisamarie]

What did it say Grape?

Blondie-You are funny.

[elsie]

Sarah == cool on the eye drops!!! Maybe we have some over here too, probably not though. I'm always looking for ways to avoid a copay since they just went up!

You're so perceptive about your sis's parenting style ... I've noticed over the years too that the parents who are most protective of their own are often oblivious to protecting others' kids. That and the slow adjustment to the realization that you parent to the needs of each child -- and trust me, each child will need radically different approaches. I am amazed at times that my children come from the same gene pool. And in our family, younger ds is the aggressor in 75%+ of dss' conflicts -- and is 8 inches shorter than older ds! So yes, you have to reinvent the wheel with each child, and your sis is finding that out now (whether she realizes it or not).

Your sis will find out that an awful lot of parenting involves diminishing the ego and preconceptions and being more realistic about what the child needs, not what you wish they'd need. That said, I hope you are able to find a way to enjoy your visit and ensure Leata's safety at the same time ...

P.S. Maybe mention to sis that nephew might be acting out in jealousy toward Leata for suddenly having to share space/toys/etc? If you put the spotlight on his feelings maybe she'll be more receptive to what you have to say. Have to walk on eggshells around people like that, in my experience. Courage!

[lisamarie]

awwwww...porckchop is such a mommys girl...lol

[esarah]

Thanks Elsie. I did actually talk to her justa few minutes ago and I convinced her, without fighting that I need to be able to help Leata when he is not being nice and I will take him away from her and tell him nicely not to do it. She agreed that would be ok and said she didn't want Leata to behurt. She is very wsweet to LEata and protects her in other ways but she has a hard time seeing that Liam is hurting her because he is not trying to be mean andhe si so little.

She was just tellinghim not to bite my other sister who is here so that is a start.

[nopey]

Hola ladies-

I'm back to normal, but Audrey and DH are still having bathroom issues. Audrey has already had 2 baths this a.m. from explod-a-diarrhea running down her legs. Poor thing!!!!

Phone's ringing, gotta run

[wantingbabynumber2]

Pauly~ I do NOT envy you hope she feels better. Can believe you are almost half way through your pregnancy.


Hannah is watching Willie Wonka for the bazillionth time and she is getting so good at singing the ompa loompa songs it is too cute. I am so tired getting a slow start on the day. My room has furniture in it woo hoo and the co sleeper is set up too. scarey.

[elsie]

Sarah == I lol after reading my post and yours and realizing that the whole thing about being amazed my ds's are from the same gene pool could apply to you and your sis as well (at least in your current approaches to life)! Lol ... yeah if you met my bros and me you'd probably be surprised we share the same parents too!

Glad you made a step in the right direction ... sounds like there's tons of love between you all and working out the kinks will well be worth the effort!!!!

OK, off to get some stuff done ..... just went out to fill the birdfeeder and can't believe this weather ... not a trace of snow and feels like spring. Then I hear about Colo. and feel bad for the folks out there (Shay). Good or bad, I'm not complaining about it here though!!!! XXOOO

[wantingbabynumber2]

Anyone know where you can get rolls of art paper? I have looked online and can't find any

[Waitingfor1]

Good morning ladies! I know I have been MIA lately and obviously had not had a chance to catch up........but I have a question. Any thoughts/opinions are appreciated. Some of this may be TMI, but...... my BB's have been sore off and on and this morning when I wiped I had like a big clump of brownish/pinkish CM. I'm only on CD 24 and my AF has not been regular since giving birth. I've never had that kind of discharge before. Do you ladies think it's my PCOS playing tricks on me or could it be what they call implantation bleeding? I am taking Met and I have lost about 10 lbs. in the past few weeks. I don't know what to think and it's probably too early to take an HPT. Any thoughts??? Sorry for using this thread to ask this.

[mara232]

Aleida - My Af took months to look somewhat normal. I am sorry I don't have any advice. How many dpo are you?

[nopey]

WB#2 - they carry butcher paper on big rolls at Sam's Club. My friend uses that for her kids to color/mess on all the time. Cheap and lasts a long time.

Aleida - sorry, no clue. I was never very in tune with my body.

Elsie - my sister and I aren't even from the same planet (I'm from here on Earth!!!!) We are sooooooooooooo different it's not even funny. Most people don't even believe that we are sisters. Even my family says that we are nothing alike. My best friend and I, however, are like 2 peas in a pod.

I hate this warm weather. It's like spring. It's supposed to be 50 degrees today and that sucks for Chicago. I WANT SNOW SNOW AND MORE SNOW!!!! It's January for goodness sake, it's supposed to be cold, windy and snowy. If I wanted 50 degree weather in January, I'd live down south. I think this sucks! I guess the only good thing is that since I can't ski, snowmobile or do anything else "dangerous" this winter, at least I don't feel like I'm missing out (other than my normal out west ski trip).

[Waitingfor1]

Mara - thanks for responding! I guess that's my problem, I don't think I've been ovulating since my cycles have been over 40 days lately. My last AF was on Dec. 11 so IF I had a normal cycle I'd be about 10 dpo. I guess I'm just being silly and jumping the gun. PCOS does some crazy things to my mind, too!

[Bella923]

Ok I have to go back and get caught up but I just wanted to post what happened this morning.
Ok so at 10AM I go in the Manufacturing Managers office to pump as usual. I "do my thing" and and go back to my desk and I see my DH on my phone (we work at the same company). At first I didnt think too much of it but then I realized he was taking to the babysitter! But again not a huge shock b/c she is his cousin wife so we are all kinda close. So he gets off the phone as I am sitting down and he starts off by telling me EVERYTHING IS FINE Calm Down! I am liek WHAT!!??
Patti (the babysitter) was in a car accident with Gabi in the backseat!! She got rear ended by somone really hard! So even though he is standing there telling me everything is ok I am still freaking out! So I called and I heard her cooing in the background so she is ok. The EMTs checked her out too and gave her a clean bill of health. They arent home yet becasue they had to fill out some paperwork and wait for a tow truck etc. But I just can't wait to see my little girl. I think I am going to leave work a little early so I can see her for myself. I felt better after hearing her and finding out she ate but i think I wont truly be calm until I see her. I guess upon impact she screamed her little head off because she was sleeping and it scared her but once Patti picked her up she was fine.

Sorry about the all me post but I am on my lunch time and just wanted to share. I am going back to read.

[wantingbabynumber2]

OMG Bella how scary. Glad she is ok. I hate when people start off with things like that things are fine BUT...

[texasred1]

Hello Lovely Ladies!

I am so much calmer this morning. I think I need to make one of my resolutions for this year to be to just let go of things. It is my biggest downfall in life. I was emailing a friend this morning about how the visit with MIL went when I decided I hold grudges way to long. btw: mil emailed me (to my personal email account, have no idea how she got that one) pictures of their visit and some sappy email, then this morning she emailed me at work a sappy happy new year email. Maybe it's her way of trying to make amends? Maybe she sees that both dh and are are very much in agreement on parenting styles and it's no longer happy hour at the ol' Messer house.

Got the lock on my door at the office. I dressed more weather appropriate today? I have a jacket & top vs. the sweater - and guess what? I'm freaking freezing!!!!!! The heater is off and the a/c is on, my hands are like icicles. Gotta love Houston. So there won't be any toplessness going on here today, I might poke somebody's eye out! :shock: lol

I forgot to tell y'all... last week Mason started sucking on his bottom lip, did it constantly to the point it gave him a little "zit". Figured it was related to teething. Then Monday he started doing this thing with his tongue, he'd stick it out and stuff. Once again chalked it up to teething. He has continued to do it. Yesterday when I picked him up from the sitter's I said something about him sticking his tongue out. She was holding him, put her finger in his mouth and said, "There's teeth!" I opened his mouth and I'll be damned, my baby has one tooth the top has broke through and the one next to it is on its way! :shock:

Pauly - Yes, being a true redhead has probably gotten me into a lot of trouble with this temper... :roll: Stayed at home and had leftovers, by choice though.

Elsie - sorry to hear you got the crud that's going around. My dh sent 2 guys home yesterday who showed up for work sick. He asked if they had fevers (they did) and said I don't want the whole crew sick - go home!

Jo - nope nobody suggested nursing Mason when he got his shots :? That's ok, he's better now. :)
The folks got home ok. They stayed in El Paso Sunday night and I didn't hear from them again. I called my mom this morning after watching the nes report how much snow El Paso got :shock: they were ahead of the storm the whole way.
You'd probably like the way I cook black eyed peas annd greens, there's not much healthy about them when I'm finished :lol:
I have yet to notice that caffeine bothers Mason. But I only have like 2 cups of coffee in the morning, a drink from Starbuck consists of an espresso drink (lattes or americanos) and espresso has much less caffeine than regular coffee, even less than a coke.
I couldn't change the lock myself. It's some special sort of doorknob, requires a locksmith. And I probably should have gone topless yesterday...

LisaMarie - How's Emma? How's she doing with those breathing treatmens?

Terra - good luck with all this kidney stuff.
I have many stupid people in this office. I am some sort of anomoly (sp) with this whole bf thing. I swear I think I'd have less interest if I did go topless and poll dance vs. bf :?
I never thought I'd be having a conversation about bf with some hunky barista at a Starbucks, nope, not ever. And just like Karen said the last time a guy was talking boobs and me in the same conversation he was probably asking for my phone #. :oops:
A 30 pound 9 month old?! hehe I can see you trying to wrestle him - lol!

Weee - Ugh! student loans... I guess the one good thing about me flunking out of college my freshman year was that my parents said they wouldn't pay for anymore of it. So I paid for it and without any loans. Allbeit it took me 7 years to finish, but with no loans to pay back.

Annie - (((((((((((hugs)))))))))) is all I can say right now. Hopefully dh will wise up and realize that (even though I think you are) you're not superwoman and need some help. When I was on maternity leave I think my dh thought the same thing, and I KNOW he thinks that about my job (that I have it easy, I do) I *think* it was Lisa who said something about when dh gets home and he has to have all the *me* time crap: poop, shower, nose hair trim, etc. Uh, hello? I haven't even had time to pee today!!!! Men, they just floor me.

Ah Prinny - thanks for the compliment!
I haven't introduced solids yet, I'm going to wait until 6 months. That's what American Pediatrics says. and the pedi didn't mention starting Mason on it at his 4 month checkup.

Krissy - lmao! that is too funny about you having a potty mought in your sleep. When I was about Emily's age I repeated "Damnit Cheryl" for quite a while and in front of many. Apparently my dad must have said this to my mother. My next word was (including pointing to myself) "NO NO".

Hi KarenH

Sarah - that sucks you have pink eye! Did you get it from your nephew? I fforgot. It is highly contagious though, my eyes are itching just reading about it.

Christy - glad you made it through your first day! I would say he's changed his sleeping patterns to spend more time with mommy. Terra said it, babies are amazing how they pick up on stuff like that.

Tracy - glad to see you back. Can't wait to see the pics of Matt.

Hi TJ

TracyR - You go girl!!! Straight A's!!!!!!!!

Paulina - what a little trooper you've got there.

Leanna - what's the note say?

Mara - I know when they fall asleep you don't want to do ANYTHING that *might* jepordize them waking!!!!!!

Karen - Is she watching the new one or the old Willy Wonka? What kind of art paper?

Aleida - sorry don't have any answers for you...

OMG BELLA HOW SCARY!!!!!!!

[mara232]

OMG Bella! :shock: I am glad she is okay! You need to go and kis syour baby - hope you canget our early. *hugs*

[lisamarie]

Aww Red..he has teeth! hehe How cute.

Emma has her third bottom tooth that came in. I cant believe she doesnt have any top. Doesnt even look like any are any on their way. lol
She did better this mornin on the treatment.
Thats crazy about your MIL....I pray IM not a batty mil when my kids get married. Although I am moody. Hmmm...

Bella-OMG....That is why I wont let any take my kids wiht them in their cars. I let my mom and dad when I was working. And I was a nervous wreck the whole time. I know its no ones fault..but its scarey. Glad she is alright.

[ceskow]

Bella~ I had to make one of those phone calls before. In fact it was the day of her mom's wedding rehearsal and we were on our way home to get ready to go. I had her DD all day running errands and keeping her out of the way and we were sitting at the last light before we took a left to get into our neighborhood and some guy didn't stop in oncoming traffic when the light turned red and veered directly into our turn lane to attempt to miss the person who pulled out and had a green light. Luckily it didn't do much damage at all. Only needed my front bumper replaced/painted and a new license plate on the front that he broke. No one was injured, but it sure scared the bride to be. But it took her mind off her prewedding jitters that's for sure.

[nopey]

Bella-

I'm glad Gabi is ok. That happened to me when Audrey was 4 mos old as well. I was a freaking wreck!!!!!! I know how you feel. Once you hold her, you'll feel better. Poor Patti too - that had to be a hard phone call to make. I still took A to her Ped. for a check up just to make sure everything was ok and that it was on record. She did break some blood vessels in her eye so that had me keep an eye out for a concussion. The guy who hit Patti will have to pay the copay for the Dr (tell the Dr it is from an accident and they will bill it differently (to his insurance) and not to YOUR insurance.

[elsie]

Bella == sorry to hear about your scare ... guess there's no perfect way for anyone to act in a situation like that. I always get mad at dh for playing the cool, calm, collected card too but it's prob. better that he does -- I'm enough of a basketcase for the both of us! If it makes you feel any better I was rear-ended with ds's in the back seat when they were baby and toddler age -- and they were perfectly fine. Gabi probably screamed more from sensing your sitter's reaction than the impact itself. Get this: when I got hit I was stopped for two kids in a crosswalk! And of course the ***** who hit me drove off without checking to see if we were ok and I know she knew I had kids with me cause she was sitting up high in a conversion van :evil: We were rear-ended in our four-day-old car a few weeks ago and that ******* drove off too :evil: Sorry for the cusses, that is just wrong though! Gotta love those Mass-hole drivers, am I right?

Red == hope you're ready for high-impact nursing!!! j/k neither of my boys ever bit. The sad thing is before you know it he'll be losing those baby teeth :cry: . Remember my "bad mom" moment of revealing Santa's identity? Ds says in the car the other day, "So I take it the Easter Bunny and tooth fairy don't exist either?" Yet another sign of innocence gone forever!!! :cry:

Lisa == I love that lopsided toothy look. Sooo cute. Glad PChop was better on the treatment today.

This house is now begging me to do more than 20 mins. of tidying up at a stretch -- that's what I have to do just to be able to clean! Then get boys' haircuts, buy superglue (broken ornaments), go to the post office for our passport applications ... better attack some of this list!

[Leanna]

Bella- How scary! Glad Gabi is ok.

Michelle & Lisa- The note had lots of sappy stuff about her trusting me so much and this meaning a lot to her and about how she thinks I'm a really good mom. Also she volunteered to watch our two anytime we want to go out for a date night. Just really sweet. She has a break during class in about 45 mins so I will call her then if she doesn't call here first. So far I have managed to have only one baby awake at a time. They are both asleep now and I have a hunch they will wake up at the same second. Should be fun!

Pauly- I don't care for the cold weather but I do feel a little wierd when it's warm in January. Not exactly going to complain but it doesn't feel right.

Michelle- Yay on the teeth! Jack has both bottom front teeth. Just noticed the other day that one of his top teeth is almost through... not one of the front ones though, one right beside them. Not even sure what that tooth is called. :shock:

Sarah- Glad you and your sis worked things out!

Elsie- I think this is the last year that Bonnie will believe in Santa. She told me in the car the other day that she is probably ignorant because she thinks Santa is real. I'm glad this year was magical for her. I'm sure you mentioned it already, but where are you going that you need passports?

Stupid me I had a couple peanut butter cookies and some milk for "lunch." Just grabbed something fast and now I feel like crap. Why do I do that????

[elsie]

Leanna == I hate it when I do that too ... lunch is my downfall.

My parents gave us a postal money order for the amount of our passports so we can get them and start saving to take a trip to see my bro in Switzerland and my aunt and uncle in England. Probably not for another year at least at this pace, but it'll be good to have them in case we want to head up to Canada too. My heart belongs to Montreal and it's only 5 hours away.

I still can't believe ds who comes off like such a tough guy believed in Santa but he cried like there was no tomorrow and said, "You mean Santa isn't real?" I'm still sad about it.

That's so cool about your friend. My NY's resolution is to let some people like that into my life. I have pushed people away for way too long and it's time for me to make some friends. I had a close friendship go bad a few (or five lol) years ago and I think I'm finally over it. Anyway, thanks for sharing that!

[tracy]

Bella -- definitely try to get out of work early. Not like your mind isn't somewhere else, anyways!! I'm so glad Gabi is okay -- she'll feel much better when she sees you, too. (((HUGS)))

[tracyrhymer1979]

Oh Bella, how scary!! Go home early!

[corinna]

WHEWWWWW! Lots of posts to catch up on so here goes!!!! :shock: :D

mara- The T.M.X. was a smash! At some point I'll have to upload the video of him watching it for the first time.. :D .....PRICELESS!!!! He tried hugging onto it but it kept moving around on him and so they look as if they're wrestling. :lol:

Jamie- CONGRATS girl!! :D

Terra- It's funny...or not really, how having a child brings up the topic of death....thta's one thing that I didn't suspect would ever be an issue either...at least until I was old and gray....the reality is that you just never know so I think you two are super wise for thinking about this ahead of time and it's VERY responsible for her sake! :wink:

Red- Thank you darl'in! :D

Lmarie- How's porkchop feeling? :(

esarah- How are you feeling? How do you like London? Gavynne has two 1/2 sisters in London.

nopey- How are you feeling?

karen- concerning the "Fat adopting topic"...... :evil: People can be SOOOOOOOOOOO ignorant!!! :roll:

elsie- Sorry about your yuckyness! :(

imjlo- Glad ya found the pacy you were looking for!

starferry- My sister lives in Scottsdale..how far is that from you?

Tracy/Annies mom/Bays mom/Prinny/joluke/wecove- HI GIRLS!!!! :D

AnnieW- Why do dhs' feel that if your SAHM they are relinquished from any responsibilities? I think some men are just an all or nothing.......I had to "train" Ben and he's a MILLION times better now thank God!!! Good luck to you! :x

lovebug- How did your last semester go? Tough huh? :lol: I understand your pain girl! :lol:

W#2- How about a place like Joannes' fabrics or Staples?

O.k....my throat is raw and sore and I was a bit nervous about the meeting today at 4pm but, I've been delving in prayer and am feeling better....being the novice that I am, I just don't want "me" to get in the way. IOur new pastor was nice enough to allow us to meet in his office where it's warm and cozy instead of the congregational area so that's awesome. :wink: I've gotten to know him and his wife quite a bit from being on the worship team and they both seem to have a very sincere love for people.....I scheduled a sitter for both my kids and "Baby Jane" at my house. Ben won't be home in time to make the meeting now that it has been pushed up a few hours...he's a bit bummed but also knows that I am more than capable to manage w/out him. So! as I have suggested to the woman involved to write down immediate questions and concerns in preparation for tonights meeting, I better get to work on my own list as well! :P Who am I????....I feel so absolutely humbled and privileged to be a part of such an awesome miracle!....o.k...the smell of Aidens' diaper just sobered me a little.....gotta go! :roll: Will let you know how it all went! :D

[mara232]

Corrinna - Wow! Good Luck tonight! I am glad Aiden liked the TMX. I ordered one for A for his birthday on Sunday. TRU had them in stock on-line for $34.99 so I just had to. It's from g-ma she was looking for ideas.

Elsie - I LOVE Montreal!! But only in the summer! I can't stand that kind of cold! :lol:

[karenh]

we just got another call about an 11 yr old girl, and learned more about the 4 yr old boy, wit the boy we are one of two fmailies being considered, and with the girl there are a few being considered but she is more difficult to place, the case workers for each child think it may be good for them to be placed together but tis dss who makes the decisions. I will let you know whe nI know more about it. Both have very different backgrounds and an age seperation which both need. We have only made the decision to progress and see how things go with them both, we need to meet them to see if it will work for eiher. Both will be in therapy.

[lisamarie]

Got a small nap in. Felt pretty good. But didnt sleep the best.

Porkchop woke up and gave her another treatment..ugg she wasnt happy.
She is so fussy.

Mara-I just subscribed to the WW mag. I hope I like it. I was lookin and I have 30pts(I think..thats what Im using though) and that equals to be a 1500 cal diet. Kinda neat. Ive done good today. But right now Im FIGHTING the urge to go gorge on food. Might pop me a small bag of popcorn.

Leanna-Aww thats nice. You are a good mom.

Karen-Hope it all works out with the placement

Corinna-HOpe it goes great tonight.

[mara232]

karen - Hope everything works out for you!

Lisa - Nice to see you are back! :wink: :)

[texasred1]

Red == hope you're ready for high-impact nursing!!! j/k neither of my boys ever bit. The sad thing is before you know it he'll be losing those baby teeth :cry: . Remember my "bad mom" moment of revealing Santa's identity? Ds says in the car the other day, "So I take it the Easter Bunny and tooth fairy don't exist either?" Yet another sign of innocence gone forever!!! :cry:

I had noticed a *bit* of knawing, like when I nurse to sleep at night. You know that's how I learned about Santa. A little girl I played with told me about the tooth fairy, I put the rest together....

Leanna - when did Jack get his bottom two teeth?

Oh Corrina - that is so awesome!!!!!

Mara - this may sound dumb, but you're in Ontario and you're saying Montreal is cold? Really there's a difference?
mind you I'm freezing today because it's overcast and 57 degrees outside here in Texas... :oops: :roll:

KarenH - would you take both children? Why do they say the girl is hard to place?

:?: Anyone know where I can buy one of those big giant bags you put your artificial tree in? Not at Target or Walmart by my house :? They werew at Walmart, but not anymore. But did buy some baby oragel, seeing that is in my future :o And shelled out the cash for one of those thermometers that you stick in their ear.

:?: How many of you had to replace the membranes on you Pump in Style pump? I noticed this morning after my 10am pump one of them was ripped. Went to BRU at lunch and bought new. How long are those thingys suppossed to last?

blech! Whataburger gave me sweet tea!!!!! Geeze for that I could have had a coke!

[mara232]

Mara - this may sound dumb, but you're in Ontario and you're saying Montreal is cold? Really there's a difference?
mind you I'm freezing today because it's overcast and 57 degrees outside here in Texas...

Well it is 50 here today and I think it's warm! LOL I am in southern Ontario accross from Detroit so yes it is colder than Texas but much warmer than Montreal!

As for the membranes - I had to swap them out every month after 8 weeks I went to straight pumping for A. You will notice a huge improvement with them changed out. They are pretty cheap.

[mara232]

blech! Whataburger gave me sweet tea!!!!! Geeze for that I could have had a coke!

Doesn't that piss you right off?! I hate when they do that!

Did you try walmart.com for the tree bag?? I bet you can order on line.

[lisamarie]

Red-I put our tree in three HUGE totes. Its so nice. THe first year we didnt and a mouse bouilt a nest in there and it stunk. heheh

Mara-Youre so cute.

[wecova]

I crack up when all of you put your curse words in brackets with substitutes. That alone (sadly) can make me laugh my head off!!

Someone ought to do their whole story (Red??) with that verbage, it'd be hilarious!!!

Weeee

[texasred1]

Mara - I never would have thought those little membranes would make that much of a difference. My PIS came with a spare pair, but they're at home. At BRU they sell a piar of valves & membranes together - $6.99.

I am a suzie when it come to the cold... :oops: You can soooo tell who's from around here and who's from up north when it gets cold. All us Texans bust out the parkas (why on earth would you need one here?), those not from here are in short sleeve shirts...

LisaMarie - that is why I'm so hell bent on finding one of those bags. I don't want little rodents building a nest. We have storage under the staircase. Our tree is 9ft. tall, there's no way it was ALL fitting in the bag that came with it. If I can't find another bag I'll just buy a HUGE tote :? wonder if I can get it under the stairs???

Weee - We aren't putting our curse words in brackets. This site automatically does it. Try typing out a bunch of curse words and see what happens. I think Terra had a tourrets (sp) moment a while back... Besides I'll shoot it to ya straight, I ain't hiding how I feel, *especially* when I'm fire engine red mad! lol :P

[lisamarie]

I crack up when all of you put your curse words in brackets with substitutes.

LOL..thats funny...the website does it. hehe

Ok..I really need to get some stuff done. Time is flyin by now...uggg. lol

[elsie]

Hey Ladies!!!

Lisa == that's the way my day has gone too .... got very little done. Playing my own armchair psychologist, some of this non-productivity is passive aggression toward dh. At least every once and again I can stop myself from reacting badly, but sometimes the urge to make him pay is just too strong!!!! Aren't I mature?

Weeee == the first curses I ever typed were today, just to see for myself!

Red == we're just as wussyish up north when it comes to the heat! I'm barking and miserable and fanning myself and generally miserable if it's over 72 degrees! Give me the cold any day, any time .... you just wear layers and peel off as necessary. I work in one school where one room might be 55 degrees and another might be 80, so I am prepared for anything!

I went to get our passport applications ... all kids under 14 must have both parents with them to process the apps. now, so I'll have to snag dh on his day off.

The barber was closed, so didn't get that done ... but did run some other errands and I have been super-patient with the boys the last two nights (after wigging out on them their last night of vacation) so that should count for something. Off to make our tuna casserole ... tata ladies!!!

[lisamarie]

we're just as wussyish up north when it comes to the heat! I'm barking and miserable and fanning myself and generally miserable if it's over 72 degrees! Give me the cold any day, any time .... you just wear layers and peel off as necessary.

LMAO! That is so me! LOL!

[lisamarie]

hehe..whos the whore now???? Thats right...SAY MY NAME!!! hehe

[elsie]

Lisa, Lisa, Lisa == you are twisted! But in a really good way :lol:

[tracyrhymer1979]

Alright, packing up to go home...FINALLY!!!

What a day!!!

[wantingbabynumber2]

Red~~ http://search.lillianvernon.com/EasyAsk/lillianvernon/results.jsp

Corinna~ hope all goes well with the meeting.

KarenH~ congrats on the kids hope things progress. When will you get to meet them I know you have been waiting on J to see him. get in touch with me tonight.

Mara~ did you decide what you are going to do about the house?

I napped off and on Hannah was in my bed but she kept climbing off and waking me. She say go back to sleep. She has been horrible at sleeping lately and I know it is because of all the room changes I am SO ready for things to go back to "normal" I get to go to my peri, ob and the nutritionist tomorrow. Not looking forward to seeing the nutritionist going to take one look and be like this fat heifer overeats. I swear I eat well not perfect just not regularly which is the biggest problem.

[nopey]

Hey everyone-

Corinna - good luck tonight. We are all interested in hearing what happens. Are lawyers or an adoption group going to get involved at some point too?!?!?

KarenH - I hope things work out with the 2 new children possibilities. How exciting. It will be hard and sad to see the other 3 go. Will you be allow to keep in touch with them once they go back to their birthmom?

I was bad. Ran out to get milk and while I was there (it's a dairy that makes homemade ice cream) I also got an ice cream sandwich and I ate the whole thing ----- 500 freakin' calories worth!!!!! Boy did it taste good. I guess the upside to having the stomach flu is that I lost 5-1/2 lbs in the last few days so the extra calories won't kill me. I had only gained 7 lbs total so far so I lost most of my pg weight from being sick. Hopefully the weight came off me and didn't effect baby at all. I guess that's how I'm justifying pigging out on the ice cream........rational, right?

WB#2 - No, I can't believe that I'm almost 1/2 way through. Wow, it's gone really fast this time. Good luck at your appts tomorrow!!!!! Do you have GD? If you do, I don't remember you saying so. Think positive that you are still all closed up!

[imjlo]

Just had a quick minute to read the posts and say HI :D :D


PS Bella---OMG

[mara232]

Mara-Youre so cute.

Lisa has a crush on me! :P

[mara232]

I think Terra had a tourrets (sp) moment a while back... Besides I'll shoot it to ya straight, I ain't hiding how I feel, *especially* when I'm fire engine red mad! lol :P

:lol: :lol:

[mara232]

Mara~ did you decide what you are going to do about the house?



We're going to sit on it and let them WANT to sell it to us for a reduced amount. It is teh son selling it so if it gets to be too long of wait he may give it to s for what we want. So we are sit and wait while getting our house (few things) fixed up.

[mara232]

Where the hell is everyone?! :cry:

[mara232]

oops [heck] came through... :oops:

[wecova]

Okay, that makes it even more comical. So, I wonder who makes up some of the interpretations for the
****in
lazy ass
bull****
words we type in here!!!

LOLOLOL:D

Weeee

[wecova]

fiddlesticks gets me every time!!!!

LOL
Weeee

[mara232]

*****

[wantingbabynumber2]

I am so bored. i worked around the house alot today so I decided to stay in bed tonight and rest. Ken is doing dishes and playing with Hannah woo hoo. There is nothing on tv so why do we have 900 channels??? I have some laundry I have been slowly folding. I still have a list of honey do chores but am waiting till he does the dishes before I break the news ha ha. Tomorrow is trash day so he has to pull all the trash from the house. Hubby started this my wife is fragile and wants me to "rest" after us bickering over the weekend. So if he really wants my jobs he can have them. He was mad we were out of foil he couldn't wrap up dinner uh hello saran wrap? tupperware? How O how do men survive without women? Have to see the OB, peri and nutritionist tomorrow so need to get in the bath and shave my legs such excitement tonight :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[mara232]

oh cool! LOL

[wantingbabynumber2]

Okay I will play


****
damn
hell
son of a *****
****
*****
****
ass wipe
*******

[mara232]

Guess who is ovulating using vitex on CD 19 (tommorrow) possibly! I just got an LH surge - so I am hoping I O tomorrow! I have a headache again today. Going to go corner DH! :twisted: This would make my cycle 30-32 days (12 day LP) I am so freaking excited!

[lisamarie]

Oh the days of boinkin to actually make a baby. lol I dont miss that. lol

Geez I went and worked out..I felt nauesous bigtime. My body got used to bein lazy again.. :roll: I think its in shock too because I ate good today...uggg..I feel crappy..but I think Im still under the weather.
I had enough calories though for my WW icecream..it is so divine.

Mara-I know you know that I have a crush on you. LOL! Kidding.

My fav abbreviation is the professional one. LOL that cracks me up.

Karen-Come shave my legs too.....I dont think I can bend.

Well Im so ready for bed. Gotta get a shower. I was goin to stay up and look up WW recipes..but this old bat cant do it tonight.

[Terra]

Been really busy doing tons of laundry today and I cleaned Piper's room some more. Got my order in from Children's Place and now Piper has a small tub full of clothes for this summer and next winter. Hopefully I have the right sizes for the seasons. I bought her a pair of adorable pink camo gauchos from CP! She's gonna need a big growth spurt between now and then. I bought 24 months for her for spring and winter. CP runs small in their girl clothes so hoping that works.

Red--I think Terra had a tourrets (sp) moment a while back
Yeah that was me LOL It was really fun! DH and I were trying to figure out just which words the site censors! Wow teeth at 4 months! Sounds like he took it well though.
Yeah, I may be little, but I'm pretty strong myself. And this little man gave me a serious run for my money LOL I love whataburger! Don't think I got any at my last visit..knew I forgot something!

Prinny--Piper was 3 1/2 months when I started feeding her cereal. She was ready a little early. Formula wasn't completely satisfying her any more.

Krissy--Funny that Emily is already repeating the dirty words! :shock: I try to be good when Piper is around, for the most part anyway. It's at least a little better than my baby cousin. It was several years ago, and my aunt and uncle were quite the potty mouths. She was just learning to walk and when she would fall she would shout the F word! We laughed like crazy, but I guess it really wasn't that funny. That's hilarious what you said to DH in your sleep! LOL Piper's doing great--finally healthy!

Johanna--Piper didn't sleep much at all the 2nd night home from the hospital. We finally figured it out--she was freezing. It was Oct. and really cold here. So Piper slept in a onsie, warm sleeper, hat, swaddled with a thin blanket, covered with a thicker one and onto of a sleep positioner. She didn't sleep at all in my hospital room either and it was also because she was cold. Oh the huge difference when you keep the baby nice and toasty warm! I hope this works for her too.

Annie--How'd things go today home alone with 3 babies?

Sarah--Awe sorry you are so sick...pink eye sucks! And it's very contagious. Hope Leata doesn't get it too. I would not let your nephew continue biting Leata. Maybe he is still teething. When we have biters at work, we try and give them something to chew or bite on besides their
friends. Tell him no and redirect. Also there are usually specific things that provoke them or predict that they are about to bite. You have to try and intervene ahead of time, which is nearly impossible!

Tracy--Hey girl! We miss our blondie around here!

TJ--I wanna see a pic of your new horse when you get a chance :D Glad you are feeling better!

TracyR--Great job on the straight A's again!

Pauly--Sorry Audrey is still sick :( Poor baby. I love our unseasonably warm weather :D I do want some snow soon though. I went to Target last week and got a nice sled. I think Piper will love to go sledding with mama LOL And if not, I will enjoy it alone. I love sledding haha

Leanna--That's sweet of your friend :)

Bella--Oh that is scary! I'm sure she's fine, but I know I would be freaked out! I'm really glad no one was hurt in the accident, esp. Gabi. HUGS

Corinna--Hope your meeting went well! It sounds like it is meant to be :)

Karenh--Hope things work out for you guys.

Mara--Hope you O this month! *Baby Dust* :D

[wantingbabynumber2]

Karen-Come shave my legs too.....I dont think I can bend.


My preggo butt is getting REALLY close to having to enlist the help of DH

[elsie]

Night-night Lisa ... Good for you on working out. I knew you'd be back in the saddle in no time!

Corinna == good to see you -- since I know you're not buried under snowdrifts! Were you tanning in your sunny northern backyard? :wink: Can't wait to hear the outcome of the plans you've put into motion. You're a good person and have a kind soul!!!

Mara == hope this is it for you! Any and all kids you have are lucky to have such a funny momma!

Karen == my fave is when my dh stands in front of the fridge and says, "Where's x?" Is it that he wants me to physically locate it for him? I can't say it's a male thing per se though cause only one of ds's does it too!!! You've earned a breather -- take advantage of it!!!

Mil has offered to have the boys stay 2 nights this weekend. Ds2 has bball on Sat. am so he can't go on Fri. but I'm so desperate to separate them that I said I'd drive ds1 there on Fri. night and then dh and I will drop off ds2 on Sat. afternoon (il's live almost an hour away). Dh has Sat. night off so we will be on our own -- no kids!!! We'll have to cook up something rebellious and un-parenty to do!!! All the more to have our talk tonight and work some stuff out -- he won't be home till midnight so I better get a nap in now.

Love to you all .... XXOO

[wantingbabynumber2]

My friend from High School that I talk to like all the time says since when is your baby due in March??? She thought I was due in May. WTF. She is such a ditz. We have deal or no deal on and hannah is shouting out the case numbers and open the case and booing or cheering too funny. Well the money I have been waiting for is not coming. The jerk didn't send it. Hubby did the work but now he isn't sure he "wants" it. Ken went in and yanked the program so the guy is all panicky saying well I haven't decided. Ken said when I get paid you get it back. Its not a car you can test drive. So I made Ken promise that any future work there is a non refundable deposit. Luckily he has other clients that want that program so its at least not like he did the work for nothing plus we can make more money in the long run off of it. This guy basically wants ken to work for free and then if he makes any money then he will pay ken I think he's trying to pass it off as his work. Okay thats my rant for tonight.

[ANNIEW]

Hey girls,
It was tougher than I expected today. 3 babies is hard!!! I got nothing accomplished except cleaning the bathroom today. And loading the dishwasher.............last night I didn't get to sleep till 6am this morning-slept till 8ish, th en napped between 230pm and 430pm-that was nice! but i'll settle one down, lay down, then another one will start crying.........it doesn't end! :lol: i'm hoping tomorrow is better..........but those babies are so darn cute.........i can't get enough of them. they respond to my voice now........they know who i am. they are 2 months old today. so big!

[wantingbabynumber2]

Too cute annie. Sounds like fun to me. There is a couple here that delivered quints at 31ish weeks I think it was just before xmas. I am all for helping those in need but they have done SO many press conferences and updates and the dad is talking about money issues all the time like he is fishing. He just annoys me and rubs me the wrong way. All the babies are doing well on cpap or nasal cannula. All over 3#.

[wantingbabynumber2]

Karen == my fave is when my dh stands in front of the fridge and says, "Where's x?" Is it that he wants me to physically locate it for him? I can't say it's a male thing per se though cause only one of ds's does it too!!! You've earned a breather -- take advantage of it!!!

Oh man that aggravates me too. I can tell DH its on the left side 3 shelves up in a "x" container etc and he will STILL say where is it. So funny.

[ANNIEW]

karen
yes, i think they are the ferrill quints-i know about them from another multiple website i belong to. she got very far w/quints and apparently they are all doing very well.
$$ is always an issue, but i am not one to broadcast how "hard"everything will/might be. you do what you gotta do, and you make do. youknow? my father was one who was like, Oh yeah, you should go to the newspapers/tv and "get all you can". Ugh, he is a retired police officer and everything, a very nice,n ormal guy, but when he said that, I was SO annoyed! What a bad attitude! I was disgusted! But I guess that;s how people feel when there are so many babies. We've been fortunate that we've been given a ton of stuff from our friends and families. We've been very lucky and we realize that. But, even if we weren't given stuff, we'd get by. You do what yougotta do has always been my motto. We're fortunate enough to be financially stable enough so i don't have to work now. but go back 2-3 years, i don't know how we would have done it back then. I guess God does only give you what you can handle!

[wantingbabynumber2]

I told you when you considered going to the media to do it and if people donated great. YOU however were not in it for $$ and did not ask or advertise money stuff. He said tonight money is a big issue for us yada yada just really put me off. I can only imagine how hard it is financially to have 4-5 kids at one time but you don't beg/ask for stuff if people want to help then let them help. He just rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe he is just overwhelmed I don't know. I did not mean to offend you. You did not seem that way at all and were grateful when MOD helped you I think he looks at it alot differently.

[ANNIEW]

karen, no no offense at all-did i sound that way??? no, no, no!!!

no, i agree w/you. i hate when people talk about $$$ like that, b/c more likely than not, you know where they're getting at.........looking for something. it's ok to complain to your close friends/family, but to tell a bunch of strangers, it could only be for one reason! yes, it definitely sounds like he's fishing for something! i'm sure he'll get plenty anyway with having 5 at once..............i was shocked that we got so much formula free. i went out and bought some, not realizing i got cases free! little did i know........... :)

[joluke4]

paulina - Ava loves to suck on her hands too. Like you said, makes it hard to feed her sometimes. I will wait till she gets really angry and puts her arms down before I try if she's being stubborn.

leanna - well sure, but they are probably charging my insurance for a full pack of diapers when I know I didn't use that many! I didn't think about that though as I was typing that up. I miss the days of HMOs. The bills are starting to come in from my visits to L&D and the dr taking care of the baby. Man oh man, delivered Ira for NOTHING on an HMO. On this one, it's already about $400 with the 2 trips to L&D pre-delivery.

On the wanting dh's to be the extra females that our parents had to help out, that's not how I feel. I feel like I made it clear what I did not appreciate about my father and dh agreed that he was going to be different and now that we have kids it's the same junk I got from my dad and I don't want the kids to resent him like I have my dad. It took me until I was pg with Ava to really tell my dad how I felt (OK, so there is more to the story with my dad than just being ignored, but that is what I DON'T want for my daughters) and start building a relationship. I must say that 6 months post getting to the point where I could build a bond is NOT the time to have him staying with us for a week (he arrives on bus tonight) though. DH thought it was a great idea and did this WITHOUT asking me. If I were to say I didn't want him here I'd be the bad guy and I don't want him to feel like I haven't forgiven him. I have I just don't want him here, up my rear for a week (yep, on my couch).

sarah - I think my sil is like your sis. Her little girl never does anything wrong, it's always Ira. It got so infuriating that I won't let her watch Ira by herself anymore. Not that she is a bad parent or caregiver, but my daughter can't handle being the patsy all the time. In fact, when I went into labor my mom had to have a discussion with her over what had gone on (I just couldn't handle the confrontation and my mom has WAY more tact) and explain that's why she wasn't taking care of Ira while I was in labor.

nopey - oh no! I hate when the babies are sick like that. Ira got that once and I discovered that Luvs do not live up to the leakguard guarantee, so I got a refund on the box I bought! Never had a issue with pampers or huggies, just luvs.

waitingfor1 - I'd say on cd24, depending on when you O'ed it could be implantation bleeding, especially with the bbs being sore.

Bella - first, I'd say it's not all about you, it's about your daughter and I'd be freaking out too! I am glad everything is fine though. It is so horrible when something happens to your child and you can't get to them right away. I can imagine how nervous you were until you were able to get to her.

texasred - you are a hoot. I am thinking after yestereday (a dr pepper and hot cocoa) that caffiene isn't what was bugging Ava. I think part of it was the other junk I was eating and in high quantities too, plus being cold. I had to devise a way for her to stay warm in our chilly apartment because I'm sick of the war over the thermostat with dh. Glad your parents made it home ok! I hate how the weather is up, down, all around. It is SO hard on my sinuses!!

terra - my hospital room was nice and toasty because after going into shock with the bp dropping out I was FREEZING, so she slept ok and has slept ok until this last week or so. Well it had been warmer where we didn't need heat or A/C, then this last week it dipped cold with that front that went through denver pushing through here. Anyway, I have a fleece blanket under her in the bassinet (figured that would be cold too), a sleep positioner (to make her feel hugged), and last night I did a onsie, a thick sleeper, a thin blanket for swaddling and scratch mitts on her hands. Then the one thing I've done since I've brought her home was drape a blanket over the top of the bassinet. The little "hood" thing on it got broken when my brother moved so I felt like I had to protect her from any light or a breeze she might get by draping a fleece blanket over the top. That worked like a charm and I got sleep last night!

annie - I'm fussing about 6 hours and you were lucky to get 2. I really do think you are amazing!

I did not have a clue the website was generating the replacements for certain words. I know what a fluffy puppy is, but not sure what a fluffy kitty is. Why it lets certain words through and others it replaces, wierd. I just thought y'all were being uptight and not posting certain words and always wondered why you'd spell out certain words with dashes in them, lol. Anyway, so my dad will be here in about an hour. I have a headache and SO don't want to have him here for a week. Ava is fussing for me to finish feeding her and I'd LIKE to go to sleep, but with her Grandpa coming shortly Ira won't go to sleep. I want some time to myself for a nice warm bath or something before he gets here, so I'm thinking finish feeding the baby, make Ira chill on the couch and off to a hot bath I go.

God bless, Johanna

[joluke4]

Got to try this...
Who's the page whore now?

[medic_632]

ok girls just a pop by...i'm tired...just home from work and need some sleep...have to get up early tomorrow for schol buses and new horse and cars that need to be inspected....busy peps today haven't you been?...ok i am off will talk to you guys sometime tomorrow

[Terra]

Annie--Kudos to you! Great job 1st day alone! I'm impressed that you got anything done around the house :D I have some experience in juggling 4 babies at once from work. Our infant to teacher ratio is 4 to 1. Thankfully they are usually 4 different ages. I became a master at multi-tasking and I'm sure you have already! Not trying to compare me working there to actually having 4 babies though LOL At least at the end of my 8hr shift, all the babies go home to different people. And they expect us teachers to not only care for the babies, but also wash dishes, do laundry and keep the room spotless! It's crazy, like I never left home. I think it would be a blast (a very hard one though) to have multiples. They will be so much fun! Your family is truly blessed. I wish I lived closer...I would definitely come over and help out with those cuties!

[bays mom]

Man the last time I posted it was on page 5. Missed a few days and it took me forever to read up to page 17! I apologize now if I mess up someones personal.

Karen (wanting) Glad to hear that the painting is finally coming together. I am with you, I love it when dh is home, then he drives me crazy and wish he would go back to work, then when he is gone again, I wish he would just come back home to me :wink: But I am sure our dh's feel the same way about us

Christy- Hope leaving David gets a little easier.

Red- When Tyler had his first fireworks- over the fourth of July, I put cotton in his ears. The noise never seem to bother him one bit. I would love to have seen the face on the starbucks hottie when you had to explain to him why "soy". It should teach him a lessen for being so nosey!

Paulina- Don't worry too much for being a slob. I think most of my days are pj pants day! They are sooo comfy!

Elsie- First of all, I LOVE wasabi!!! I had some over the weekend on my sushi. I only like the cooked ones, shrimp, and veggie ones. My mom is from Japan, so give me egg rolls, rice, sushi any day of the week. Sorry to hear about dh not being there. I am lucky to say that I have no idea what that is like. Dh and I spend just about every spare minute together. Even before we had Ty, dh never really had any friends or outside hobbies. If he goes fishing I go with him! Even when I was pregnant he made friends at work and he maybe went out drinking with them a total of 3 times. And ever since Ty has been born, not one single time has gone and left us (unlsee to work out, while he was applying for the PD). On his days off we go grocery shopping as a family, I schedule all appointments on his days off and we go to those as a family, and then we go to the mall or Target or something like that. I can't imagine a husband not wanting to spend his free time with his family! They aready miss SOO much while they are at work! Okay I will stop rambling!! He needs a good swift kick in the rear!


Pauley- I love this weather, I wish it would stay warm like this all winter long. The only problem I have is one day is is near 60 and the next day only 35! It is driving me nuts and I think it made me sick, I think a head cold. Now dh and ds has it!! Uggh! I hope your bad flu is coming to a end! It sucks really bad when little ones get sick. PM me when you are feeling better and let me know when is the best time for us to have "Luch"!

Annie- What shift does your dh work? I mean come on you have 3 babies now and one waiting to come home. He needs to be helping you! My dh works 2nds so when he was on paternity leave we would take turns getting up with him (actually for the first week we took turns being awake with Tyler. We just couldn't sleep all going to bed like normal people. We were afraid that if we all went to bed that when we awoke something bad would have happend to Ty. SO one of us was always up. We took four hour shifs. We will never make that mistake again. WE should have all been sleeping when Ty was sleeping!). Then when dh went back to work I got up with Ty at night and the dh would take him at about 7am and be with him till I slept in. Now that Ty sleeps through the night, we take turns getting up with him in the morning. It almost sounds like you need a night nurse to be with you, or at least someone. Your going to exhaust yourself! I wish I lived closer so I could help out! I know how hard it is to have one with just the two of us (we had and have no family to help out).

Lovebug- Congratulations on Emily talking! She is the one saying dirty words, right. My parents are friends with a couple who have a grandson about 8 years old and the grandpa taught hime to cuss. One day when the grandma gave him some chicken soup to eat, he took one bite and proclaimed "This is some good ****!" It is so funny, but I guess it wouldn't be as funny if it were my little man.

Starferry- Sorry to say the shots only get worse. At our drs office they actually have us, me and dh hold down Ty's legs and arms while he is screaming is head off. It is so horrible to watch your child struggling to get loose while your letting someone poke him in the legs with neddles.My dh even puts his head down, he can't watch. Just keep thinking that it is better for him to be in pain for this one moment then have him come down with something that could have been prevented. Sorry, I hope that didn't just make you feel worse!

Leanna- Thanks for letting me know about the thing at wal-maet. Would love to make it legal for my BIL to take custody of Tyler if something should happen to be and dh

Bella- I know your at home know, holding onto your lille Gabi tightly! I hope your feeling better now.

Corinna- I hope your meeting went well! This is the meeting to place the new baby right? It would just be so nice for this baby to have a home and parents to love and care for it, and for biological mom who loveed this baby so much that she wanted what was best. Keep us updated!

I Think it was Leslie and Corinnal talking about not being able to enjoy bieng away from there kids. Tyler is one years old now and the longest I have been away from him is 3 hours and that was only twice. Not by choice though. Our family lives 3 1/2- 5 1/2 hrs away, so if we ever want some alone time/date night we have to drive down there. But I did tell my hubby and sister that next time we come down she is wathcing Ty all night and hubby and are going to see movie at the theater for the first time in almost two years and I am going to get my first night/morning of interrupted sleep since Tyler has been born.

Lisa- Ty had a double ear infection about a week before his birthday. I felt bad too because we waited 3 days before taking him to the peds! Does she seem to be doing better now that she is on antibotics?


Tyler was such a good little boy today. I didn't feel good today so I laid down on the couch and fell asleep for a short while. When I woke up he was sitting quietly playing with his books. Bless his little heart! He never just leaves me alone like that, he must have sensed mommy was not feeling good and that he should just let me rest! okay I am just about all typed out and would like to get a nice hot bath before dh gets home!

[kelli3384]

Hey everybody! I miss you all!

I have been so nuts with moving and this boy that wants my constant attention. He is the boss for sure!

I really need to lose weight and I was wondering if anyone has done the weight watchers online and what they thought of it.

I was looking at all of the pics of the tiny little babies and it makes me wonder how my little guy got this big so fast. I love all of the pics!

Annie~ I dont know how you are doing it all! One wears me out! My old neighbors has quints and I wow I dont know how she did anything ever. I remember that I could tell which one was crying in the night because I was so used to hearing them and sometimes one would have to cry for a little longer while she was taking care of another. They are 2 1/2 and I still dont know how she does it. I think I am just not meant to have that many kids!

I hope everyone is doing well and that the new year treats us all nicely!

[tracy]

Good Morning Ladies!!

Hope all is going well with y'all. I'm very sore from running too much the past two days (went overboard with my resolutions!!), so I'm going to walk or do yoga today. Maybe will be back in the mood to run tomorrow.

Will try to drink lots of water, too -- maybe flush out some of the soreness. Or, I could drink lots of vodka, then who cares if I'm sore?? Okay -- just kidding :lol: It's been one of those weeks, though...

You guys crack me up with DH asking "where's x?" Mine does that all the time. It's the same place it's been for the past five years we've lived here!! So, now I just tell him it's up his ass -- he gets the idea and finds it himself :lol: I'm so mean...

Gonna be almost 70 here today! This weather is nutty. I don't feel bad for myself because I cannot stand wearing a coat, but the plants are so screwed up. I have a daylily that's blooming right now?!? Not sure what that'll do to our usually-gorgeous springtime. Plus, we're going to have a million mosquitos if we don't get atleast a few days of freezing temps. Crazy!!

Matt's too funny these days. His new thing is to bring me things. Last night, he found his sippy cup, so he brought it to me to fill up for him. Then, found his box of cheezits -- brought it to me to get him some. Only me, so I must be the "do-er" in the household. I love it, though!! It's cute. Plus, he's able to communicate what he wants and I find that so refreshing after the newborn stages where you're constantly in guess-mode. What fun...

Gotta run...BBL

[esarah]

Hi everyone!

Annie- I am absolutely amazed you got anything done with three babies at home. I guess you have started to figure things out. What a blessing to have three of them home. Hopefully you will have all of them home soon.

Bay's mom- Leata is very good for me when I am not feeling well too. I hope you are feeling better.

Hi to everyone! I am watching my older nephew and Leata while my sisters went to town with the little one.

Leata is so congested. She threw up again yesterday afternoon and again a little this morning.There is so much mucus in it I know that is what it's from. I feel so bad for her sincee she is poorly aand away from home. She keeps asking for her daddy. She misses him a lot. she is sitting beside me pitifully. I should probably go and give her a cuddle.

[lisamarie]

Morning girls..

I slept pretty good lastnight.
Dh stayed home because he is sick...he actually sounds sick and looks like this time. So he has a doc appt in a bit. We all are gonna go. I have to go to Krogers.

Porkchop is doin better. She is kinda whiney today though.

Sarah-Hope Leata feels better soon

Blondie-Over did it eh? I did that a few weeks back and then I got sick. hehe

Slow mornin so far.

Well Im off to make myself look half way presentable.

[Leanna]

Elsie- I would love to go to Europe someday! We have to get our passports sometime this year too. DH is Canadian and sounds like you already know we'll need them to travel to Canada starting this year. We need to work on his US citizenship sometime too. LOL on your DH standing by the fridge asking you where something is. Mine will ask me if I know where his shoes are. I tell him what I tell Bonnie when she asks me... "wherever you took them off I would imagine." Duh!

Corinna- Hope the meeting went well last night!

KarenH- Hope everything works out for you with the kids!

Michelle- I don't remember exactly but I think he was 6/7 months when he got his first teeth. I know we hadn't moved yet.

Mara- I hope this is your cycle! I'm hoping to O anyday now. Maybe we can join the pregnancy board together again. :)

Terra- That's great that you have Piper's clothes for the next two seasons.

Lisa- Great job getting back to eating healthy and working out! How's Emma?

TJ- Hi there!

Kelly- Gavin is getting so big... hard to believe. Moving is no fun with a baby for sure. When are you guys making the big move?

Johanna- Hope you got some "you" time yesterday.

Annie- You are my hero with those babies!

Karen- Bonnie's sleeping has been a little off since I painted her room. It just dawned on me that it's because I put her bed in a different place when I put the furniture back in. Man kids don't like change!!

Tracy- Hi there! I couldn't believe the pictures of Matt on the other thread. He looks like such a toddler now!

Sarah- Sorry Leata is feeling sick over there. :(

Well I enjoyed having the extra baby here yesterday. I understand why nature doesn't let a woman have babies with an 8 month age gap though. Was a little tricky balancing everything! Our friends ended up staying for supper when they came to pick him up. Had a nice visit.

Need to go get some grocery shopping done today. Not much left to eat around here.