Running errands today. I am moving the check for our downpayment from our brokerage account to our checking account. I have never held so much money in my hand in my entire life
Post by teatimefor2 on Jul 28, 2014 7:21:30 GMT -5
H was up at 5:30 am! He is never up this early, ever. I left him in his crib until 7:00 am. He wasn't screaming/crying just reading, playing and removing his Pjs. The earliest he usually gets up is 7:00! We are both napping this afternoon!
I am so exhausted. Now the thought of having a newborn in a few months is scaring me to death -- how am I going to manage?!?! I am feeling every bit pregnant today.
I just committed to spending the last two weeks of August at my parents' house with the kids. H has to work. It'll either be genius because I'll be able to take the kiddos to the beach every day and (theoretically at least) have help or it'll be miserable because we'll get on each other's nerves. Lol. I haven't spent this much time at my parents' house since I graduated from college!
we're still fighting the time change with R. thankfully he went to bed an hour later and slept an hour later.... but that still meant i was up with him at 5, bright-eyed and bushy tailed. **yawn** momma can't wait for first nap!
Post by cincodemayo on Jul 28, 2014 7:33:10 GMT -5
DS STTN....but was up at 445. He let me cuddle him for about 20 mins before he was ready to play. Yawn.
H and I need to go on a serious spending freeze but there is so much I want to buy, mostly hair and makeup stuff so I quit looking like I let myself go. We have been bleeding money but its all been dinners and drinks out and other non necessary crap. $100 on beer and apps Saturday, no actual food! WTF.
I just committed to spending the last two weeks of August at my parents' house with the kids. H has to work. It'll either be genius because I'll be able to take the kiddos to the beach every day and (theoretically at least) have help or it'll be miserable because we'll get on each other's nerves. Lol. I haven't spent this much time at my parents' house since I graduated from college!
My parents and I spend a lot of time at each other's homes (a month here, a fortnight there). My suggestion is that as long as everyone is working from the same hymn sheet and has separate areas to retreat to, it's great. My son, my rules and my parents are great with that. Everyplace we live, we make sure my mom/parents has a separate space (my dad still works, so my Mom comes down a lot solo or just stays longer). Depending on what doing on, like right when DS was born, after dinner she would retreat to her room with her TV, phone and book. She told us to knock loudly if we needed her, otherwise, she'd see us in the morning!
DH has been sleeping in the attic guest room lately because it's just to uncomfortable for use both to sleep in our bed with my giant stomach and giant pregnancy pillow. One of my favorite features in our house is the servant's bell (we think) that rings up to the attic. For the first time, I used it to get DH out of bed when DD was screaming this morning. I figure he shouldn't get out of helping in the morning and I shouldn't have to climb the steep stairs to the attic to get help.
And I think we're ready to invest in a toddler clock. What is the one everyone recommends?
DD2's birthday party was yesterday and it POURED rain. It started 15 minutes after our outdoor party started so we moved it all inside. Then halfway through that the power went out. Still plenty of light for the kids to tear up the playroom though. The bouncy house we rented went largely unused. The kids played on it in the rain, until the thunder started. It eventually collapsed under the weight of the rain on the roof (no one was inside) and then died completely when the power went out. I think DD had a good time but I'm drained today!
Post by cricketwife on Jul 28, 2014 8:01:46 GMT -5
DS and I are flying to FL tomorrow to visit my mom. H will stay home b/c he has to work. I'm really excited and hope that it will be as fun as I think. I'm hoping that my mom will help enough that it won't feel like solo parenting I think she will. And I'm excited about DS's first time in water and at the beach. I have to pack today and pick up my diaper deal from Target.
I was just listening to the radio on my way to drop off the boys and they were talking about the expense of kids' activities. $500/season for Pop Warner football and 600 for swimming. Plus all the extras: cleats, helmets, pads, swim suits, goggles, meet fees, etc. They said it ended up being around 700-1000 per season. Then the dance moms started talking about how expensive the recitals can be. I was like lol. These kids were in the 7-12 age range. I guess that's when the real expense kicks in.
Talked to my boss and explained to her how upset I was. She is in complete agreement that it's ridiculous and also our senior legal is also in agreement it's not right. Hopefully this means it will get fixed. I completely understand our HQ train of thought, but at this point, it doesn't make sense for our roles and workload.
The magnetic chalkboard is (almost) complete! I seriously have been working on this thing for months. With all the money I wasted on magnetic primer and chalkboard paint and paintbrushes I kept forgetting to wash out I should have just bought an actual chalkboard. The many layers of primer that I didn't think to sand made the chalkboard surface too rough so I ended up covering it with chalkboard decals. B thinks chalk is delicious so I think I'm gonna pack it away for a while and just get magnets for him to play with. At least he can't climb into the fireplace anymore.
I'm so frustrated I want to cry right now. V was up at 5:45 this morning, which obviously isn't ideal, but that's life with a baby so I just rolled with it. I was hoping she'd nap so I can get some things done and maybe get a bit more sleep myself. She napped horribly all last week, but did amazingly well both Saturday and Sunday, to the point that DH and I had to wake her up a couple of times. Of course, today, when I'm alone with her again, would like to get some rest and am just flat out sick of this, she's refusing to nap again. Why the fuck won't she nap for me during the week anymore? I mean, it was obviously lovely that she did so well over the weekend. But if she hadn't it wouldn't have been a big deal because DH and I could have traded off and each gotten some rest/things done.
I'm also completely freaking out about finding her a daycare. I have contacted so many and only found one that has room for her right now. I still need to go take a tour, but I am not feeling great about the place already.
J has his first swim lesson today. H took him. I hope he has fun!
I'm starting to get nervous about going back to work. The girls don't have a clear wake up schedule so I don't know how to plan my morning routine, when should I oump, when should I wake up, will I pump enough for both? If not what do we do??
It is giving me that pit feeling in the bottom of my stomach. And the thing is, I like working so it's not like I'm dreading that. Plus, I've doen this once before! But everything is different now and not having formula to easily fall back on if I need it is really getting to me.
Today is day one of cutting out Dr. Pepper from my life. And fast food. H and I have been really bad lately, and I can't afford all those calories now that I'm nursing less and no longer pumping.
We're working really hard with C to get him to wave and he did it this morning, but he was overly enthusiastic and used both hands. Probably he was just being a spazz and not actually wave, but I'm going to choose to believe otherwise.
I'm hosting a bridal shower in a few weeks and am putting together a cookie bar for favors. We're also going out of town for a week on Friday, and I need to get everything else prepped/cleaned/decorations made in the time I have left, so I'm making the cookies this week and freezing them. NEVER MAKE COOKIES WHEN HUNGRY. I think I could eat the entire bowl of cookie dough right now, but I slapped it into a pan and threw it in the oven and then poured soap all over the mixing bowl so I couldn't eat it. I need to make at least one more batch of chocolate chip, and then 2-3 batches of 3-4 other kinds of cookies this week. I'm doomed.
We had some insane thunderstorms last night and N was up a lot, and then woke up for the day at 5:30. If he wakes up before 6 I can generally nurse him back to sleep, but for the past three days he's been having none of that and just rolls around our bed screeching gleefully until one of us gets up with him. Not cool, kiddo.
Post by loskadoodle on Jul 28, 2014 8:42:29 GMT -5
DS gave me his strep. Now I can focus on my sore throat rather than the fact that I am humongously pregnant in the middle of summer in S. FL.... yayyyy!
Post by whitepicketfence on Jul 28, 2014 8:44:51 GMT -5
I'm so annoyed at DH today. I know he's stressed out by everything on his plate at the moment but he's the one who said he could handle it all and taking it out on me (you know, the person who's trying to help him when I can) isn't going to make anything better.
Also, I have SO much to get done for DD2's birthday this weekend and I don't feel like doing any of it.