I'm drinking tea while DS watches Paw Patrol. MH is going to take him to sports class while I do a little Christmas shopping. DS is getting a haircut later and then we are headed to a friend's house for a holiday party. It should be a fun day!
ETA - I asked my friends if I could bring anything but they said no. I would love to bring a little something with me - any ideas? Normally I would bake something but I don't have time today.
Post by humpforfree on Dec 12, 2015 7:44:56 GMT -5
Wtf. L took over a 4 hour nap yesterday, woke up at 5 and went back to bed at 7:30, a half hour after normal. He just now woke up at 7:30. The 4 hour nap is not unheard of and is relatively common... Sleeping past 6:30 or so is not. I reeeeeeally hope he isn't still sick or getting sick again. Ugh. E and I are heading out to a baby shower this morning/afternoon. It's an hour away so fingers crossed she doesn't scream.
I took an angel tree name from a restaurant yesterday and it is due today, so I will be shopping and wrapping! If the weather gets nicer, we'll do zoo lights. If not, we'll bake cookies and watch Christmas movies with my mom.
We are heading to a cute little coastal town north of the city for the day. We are going to have lunch, do a little shopping, and maybe go out to walk on the beach. It's supposed to be really nice out:)
We have ECFE class this morning where DH will stay with DD, I'll run some errands and then meet them there towards the end of class. Then home for lunch and nap. After nap we're heading to the Mall of America for the afternoon and evening. We have some stores we need to hit and our appointment to see Santa! Might visit the aquarium and children's museum that are inside the mall since we have memberships to both. I love going to the mall during the holidays. I find it so fun.
Post by bananapancakes on Dec 12, 2015 8:23:41 GMT -5
Well, not sure what the not eating yesterday and going down for the night earlier than normal was all about. I thought for sure I was going to be cleaning up puke all night but luckily that was not the case. He STTN (just until 5:00 though ), ate a big breakfast, and seems normal today thank goodness.
The 19 books I just read him (literally, I counted) totally cancels out the 1.5 hours of Paw Patrol I let him watch at 5:00 this morning, right?
Post by nextbigthing on Dec 12, 2015 8:24:16 GMT -5
It's 7:30 and DS is still asleep!
I made a deal with DH that he could go see Star Wars next weekend with his friend if I could go Christmas shopping and have lunch with my mom today. So it's daddy and DS day today!
It's 7:30am and I've already cried once today. These hormones are killing me.
Boys are both up, fed, and watching a Mickey Christmas movie and I'm going to shower.
Apparently H talked to the ILs and they're going to watch the boys this afternoon while H runs some errands so I can have some free time. Normally this would be awesome, but it will be the first time we've let MIL watch them since the drinking while babysitting incident of 2014. Hence the crying. I'm sure it will be fine at 2pm and since FIL will be there too, but I'm still angry that MIL wouldn't be a grown up and admit her mistakes and instead chose to talk shit about me. Boo.
Just finished nursing DD and everyone is asleep except me. I'm going to wake up DH soon so we can run to Dunkin Donuts before a showing i have for at 10.
This afternoon I'm heading downtown for a girls weekend with 8 of my sorority sisters! 3 of whom are flying in, 1 making a 6 hour drive, and 4 who are within an hour away. I'm excited! It will be my first night away from DD but I'm confident DH will be fine.
What is going on with my baby? He was up crying for about an hour straight in the MOTN. I'd rock and soothe him, get him asleep on my shoulder, put him back in the crib and within a few minutes he'd be crying again. Kind of made me miss the days when I could just nurse him back to sleep. His teacher mentioned that she thought he may be teething at pick up. Maybe it's molar time?
DH is talking me out of minivan shopping today. Normally, I would push back, but there are so many other things we need to do, I'll let it go. Even though his car has been in the shop twice in the past month, he's confident we don't need to start looking just yet. Let's hope this isn't a sure bet that he'll be stuck on the side of the highway in a week!
Post by yellowbrkrd on Dec 12, 2015 9:00:52 GMT -5
DH is downstairs getting is Dunkin Donuts and then we are headed back down to the water park. I hope to sit on my butt the majority of the time while DH wrangles M.
Oh, and he woke up like six times last night crying for me...we are in the same room in beds two feet away from each other. Chill kid.
DD is still sleeping which is good because she didn't go to bed until 11 last night! Combo of driving almost 3 hours after work yesterday and excitement to see grandma and grandpa. We are doing the annual cookie bake day with my mom and siblings and grandkids. My guess is we will make a shit ton of cookies that will have to be brought to work so I don't eat them all! I might need to hit up Walgreens for their toy deal before we go out to supper tonight for my dads 60th birthday
Post by SallySparrow on Dec 12, 2015 9:19:17 GMT -5
We have H's big family Christmas today. 10 bucks says MIL either plays the martyr w/r/t seeing A, or completely acts like nothing is wrong.
You know, the same woman who has said that H and I are terrible parents, that our marriage is going to fail, that it's my fault H has relationship issues with her, that I'm fat, that I'm a bitch. That she doesn't care about this pregnancy/baby and wants nothing to do with "it". Oh, and throw in some random shitty things she said about my mom for no reason since she and my mom have never had issues before. And all that is only the tip of the iceberg.
So yeah. I don't want to go. The only reason we are is that it's being hosted by H's cousin and the whole side of the family will be there. Maybe we can avoid her. Or maybe I will finally snap and remind her that people who play the victim probably shouldn't put their hateful rants in email form, because I've saved every one of them.
Post by cincodemayo on Dec 12, 2015 9:23:35 GMT -5
DS and I are laying in bed together. I have been much better about not bringing him to bed but after being out last night we both needed the snuggles. We really need to get up and feed the dog and get ready fit the day but DS is just being too cute.
Post by yellowbrkrd on Dec 12, 2015 9:24:10 GMT -5
Lol M freaked because DH bought donut holes. He didn't realize they were donuts bc they aren't shaped the same. It took a lot of encouragement for him to try. Kids are so weird.
Post by sometimesrunner on Dec 12, 2015 9:36:38 GMT -5
H is letting me sleep in while he and DS get donuts. At 3 we're leaving for a movie followed by fancy dinner to celebrate my birthday. I'm so thankful he's gotten better at birthdays. He is so busy at work but still managed to plan this on his own. ❤️
DH is sick in bed with a man cold. I had the same thing on Wednesday and Thursday and into Friday and did I get to lie in bed under the covers? No of course not. I had to power through because I had no one else around to watch the kids. Does that even occur to him? I think not.
Dh verbs: he is acting like parenting is such a chore since his sisters have been here. Ds1 is yelling daddy, climbing on him & bringing him guys and DH is doing the bare minimum levels of interaction and wondering why DS1 is being annoying. I want to go to our community winter festival and take the kids to see Santa but he's being all whiney about it.
Last nights Christmas party was actually a pretty good time. DH and I had our festivus airing of the grievances beforehand and it was much needed. We both did a good job of not drinking too much it had a lot of fun. The venue and food was great, that certainly helped as well. Getting home just after midnight, I am tired.
DH is already at our monthly German thing with DD. Beer drinking competition starts in just over an hour lol. I'm going to finish getting my inlaws room ready and then head over with the boys.
DD's dance recital is later this afternoon and it's going to be precious. We have a babysitter for the boys and I'm looking forward to actually seeing the show.
I'm lounging in bed while H snores next to me. I figured he'd want to have sex, since he was talking about it this week. He always wants to seemingly right when J wakes up.
I need to do some picking up and organizing since we brought some boxes down from upstairs so H has room to work up there. I feel like I want to just toss most of it. We haven't used it in a year and a half.
I'm hungry. We have practically no food. I wish there was a grocery delivery around us. I hate grocery shopping.
Post by thebreakfastclub on Dec 12, 2015 10:00:45 GMT -5
I'm all alone, while DS is away and my H donates platelets. My nephew received a lot of platelets in the few weeks before he died, so my H now donates in memory of him.
In lighter news, I got an email from his friend's wife about Rodan&Fields. I had no idea it was so expensive, like $3000 a year. Why not just get Botox and a chemical peel if you're spending that much.
We had a great time seeing Santa yesterday! Very pleased with the setup at Wegmans. No line, Santa was very friendly, and gave a REAL GIFT to each child!!! He gave DS a 6" plastic dinosaur and DD a Ty beanie ball of Minnie Mouse. She has throughly enjoyed chewing on it The complementary Santa photo was taken with a cute instant camera I'd never seen before (an Instax apparently) and I just found the perfect photo frame ornament to put it in! From Urban Outfitters.