I don't remember anything but yesterday. It was awful. The girls didn't nap, nightmare. Katie and I both wanted to give the children to the dogs and set them all free. Then my bro and SIL invited us to the park to meet for the first time (plus my dad) and it went REALLY well. We were all in a much better mood. Big sister can't pronounce my niece's name and it was adorable. Today is my first day alone with all three kids, and I'm nervous. I'd appreciate any good thoughts you can send us! Mostly I'm worried about getting the baby down for a nap while the "big" kids are awake. *sigh* I'll figure it out at some point!
Post by bluedaisyus on Mar 11, 2013 8:05:08 GMT -5
I don't remember Friday evening at all. I have no idea what we did...
Saturday we did a bunch of errands and went and paid a deposit on the couch we're getting (but don't want to buy until the new carpet is installed). We also did some weeding of toys and things. In the evening we had a homemade pizza dinner and then a housewarming party for her sister and sis's GF.
Sunday my wife worked. I had to go out to pick up some prescriptions and the weather was amazing so the boy and I headed to the park after. We were there for at least an hour and a half, probably closer to two hours. We headed home and got a late lunch, and then he actually napped he was so worn out! My wife came home with some interesting stories/rumors from work, so we chatted about those for a while. Then we headed out to dinner with her sister/sis's GF.
Saturday - JB and I got up early, I did household chores while she watched Dora. Then we took one of the dogs for a walk and built a snowman in the yard. After naptime K took JB to the mall to run an errand and they ended up having dinner out. After 48 hours of being puke free, JB's entire dinner came back up at bedtime. :-(
Sunday - lazy start to the day and then errands. JB slept through all of the errands including taking her in and out of the car! Then I started sorting through all of JB's clothes to sell.
Friday - celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary by going to Red Robin for burgers and then watching Smash after the kids went to bed.
Saturday - I got an early start on tagging for consignment while L did work. We took the kids to swimming lessons, to lunch, and then to TRU to use money that the ILs had given them last week. Home to build Legos and then finally to enjoy the beautiful weather. We took the kids scootering and to the park for "family wrestle" before going in to rest. We took the kids with us to a friends birthday party/fundraiser which was fun - but late for the kids. L and I stayed up way too late watching Shameless.
Sunday - L and I started tagging the rest of the stuff for consignment, went to brunch and the grocery store, and then came home to finish tagging/sorting. L and the kids went for a run while I went for a walk. We met up at the playground and then had another round of "family wrestle" at the park. L put together another Lego set while I made turkey chili for dinner. My plan to have the kids in bed at 7pm (the former 8pm) got a bit derailed and they didn't get into bed till 7:45. At least they fell asleep immediately.
No one was happy to be leaving the house in the pitch black this morning. Hell, my kids arrived at school at sunrise (7:25am). Boo.
Post by never2amazing on Mar 11, 2013 8:47:40 GMT -5
Friday: Our 5th-year anniversary...IT SUCKED! We fought ALL DAY long. Note to self, DO NOT go to couples counseling on the day of our wedding anniversary.
Saturday: Much better day; as C called it a "do-over." The Kiddos had a birthday party to go to. I thought it was funny because most of their schoolmates were there, but all the kids were shy at the beginning. On the drive home the Kiddos fell asleep so we took them for a drive and ended up at Toy R Us to buy their gifts...they each got a guitar. We pretty much crashed when we got home.
Sunday: Started off hectic. We let the Kiddos go to Church with friends of ours as I cleaned and C got things ready for the party. Our Church family arrived around one and had a pretty awesome time. C made this cool construction cake that looked like a hill removal that had gone on at work. The Kiddos were in awe. Peanut took the excavator and started digging at the hill and eating what she scooped up. The Kiddos also ended up with a lot of musical instruments. I cannot wait to start them in lessons.
The evening ended later than hoped (damn time change); C crashed in the Kiddos' room while putting them to bed and I crashed on the couch. Morning came way too fast.
Friday: Our 5th-year anniversary...IT SUCKED! We fought ALL DAY long. Note to self, DO NOT go to couples counseling on the day of our wedding anniversary.
Yeah, starting out with counseling probably wasn't the best idea. :-p Glad you got a 'do-over' though!
Saturday: I had a hair appt in the morning, then we went to visit J's aunts at her parents house for a couple hours. A friend came over to do my makeup when we got home and the sitter came. We got to our friends wedding reception just as dinner ended, it was good timing for us. We had never been to a gay wedding besides ours and this one was awesome, lesbian parents of the bride, a drag queen, a very open and loving crowd, definitely the vibe I would like when we have our legal wedding. We stayed for a couple hours then stopped for sushi before going home. We made it home in time to put the kids to bed and then crashed.
Sunday: I did a little laundry, played with the kids, exercised.
Friday Carol was off work and I caught up on some much needed sleep. I saw two doctors and had a chest CT last week and I am finally on some meds that are helping me.
Saturday was our St Pats celebration. The Mass for the parade Grand Marshal ( he is a good friend of the family and Carol's boss) followed by the parade. After marching we went to lunch at a local pub with live music.
Sunday was working on the house and some shopping. We are looking for a bike for Annie.
Friday- I don't remember what we did. Snow day and at date with hensmum.. No clue about later that day. Oh yeah, we had pizza and calzones delivered and watched DVR'd shows.
Saturday- I worked all day and k made an absolutely fantastic dinner which made me feel like summer. A hard feat with 20 inches of snow on the ground. We relaxed and caught up with DVR
Sunday- I worked for 2 hours in the morning and brought home breakfast. We all went to the mall, I need new sneakers, but it was a gigantic failure with a screaming little boy. We both have a cold. He hasn't been sick in a year at least so a sore throat and congestion must seem pretty strange. one play date in a public space and we're sick. Gah our immune systems suck. He and I passed out for 2 hours, went grocery shopping and visited with my sister and brother in law while K took a softball umping exam. He was up until 11, between the time change and the late nap and then was up every 30-45 min crying all night long. Poor baby and poor me.
My weekend was kinda crazy. Saturday C left super early to work in the city. Babysitter was here at 8AM for me to go set up at the farmers market to promote my music classes. At market until 2pm. It went well, but was def tiring! Got home to C, and a boy who had not gone down for nap. Of course. It was nice out, so we decided to go for a walk at a nice shopping center (everything else was muddy from melting snow). Hen fell asleep when we were almost there, and was sooooo groggy, I had to carry him on our walk, and we didn't have the mei tai with us. So we pretty much walked right to dinner. We went to a kid-friendly chain and got Hen and I both milkshakes We haven't attempted dinner out with him in a while, and it went okay. Then we poked in a couple of shops with him, and came home in time to get ready for bed.
Horrible bedtime that took forever. GAH! Backsliding is the worst!!! By the time he was finally asleep, C and I passed out too, and he was in our bed before long.
Sunday, we had made last minute plans with a (different) sitter to give C and I a moment to be alone and take a breath (we are both crazy busy with work right now, and Hen's bedtime regression and lack of napping the last few days has made it really hard to find time together). But, sitter had to cancel, so there went that. We were pretty super bummed. So we went to an indoor play space and took turns watching Hen, or sitting down and working. GLAMOUR.
Got kid home for nap. Both worked through nap, taking 5 mins to snuggle before he woke. After nap, we rented a Curious George movie on the computer, which Hen watched while C worked and I cleaned. GLAMOUR. Then, another horrible bedtime. AWESOME.
Post by seattlekari on Mar 11, 2013 12:09:31 GMT -5
Count us in for the weekend of crappy bedtimes and not enough sleep.
Friday: I picked E up and made her dinner. Then she packed her bag for nana's house. I dropped her off at nana's and headed to A's as the class we were going to on Saturday was near her house. A and I were walking to a place near her house for tapas and drinks when I got a text that E was crying for her mommy...at 9:40pm. This was her first time sleeping over there but she has spent a lot of time with them over the years, so I didn't expect it to be an issue. So I called and talked to E for a while and tried to get her calmed down. Thankfully she did fall asleep, but obviously WAY late.
Saturday: A and I got up and headed to a spring skydiving safety class. It was a good review of things after not jumping during the winter. I got a text that E had woke up at 7am despite her late bedtime. After class I called to check on E since she had initially said she wanted to stay 2 nights at nana's. She wanted to come home because she didn't sleep well because nana snores. So A and I ordered takeout from the Indian place close to her house and drove back to my place. E was dropped off right as we were sitting down to eat. So despite my goal of an early bedtime for E, it didn't happen.
Sunday: E was up at 8:20 in the new time. Clearly still tired. But we rallied for the day, got brunch at a nice place and went home for a nap. Well for A and I to nap. E said she would play in the living room. But she came in 3 times in less than 2 hours for various things and thus I didn't really sleep. Finally I said I was just going to get up and take her to the store so that A could sleep since she had to go back to work last night. E and I made spaghetti for dinner. A got up and said she was going to head back to her place since she felt a cold coming on and had to get ready for work. We had bath and bedtime reading and I was sure E would pass out cold, but she was out of bed within 2 minutes of me tucking her in saying she'd had a bad dream and was all amped up and upset. I tried all variety of techniques to calm her down. Finally I just told her she has to settle down and go to sleep so that I could do the dishes and go to bed too. So then I sat at the top of the stairs waiting and finally it was quiet. Another late night for me by the time the kitchen was clean.
Friday: Our 5th-year anniversary...IT SUCKED! We fought ALL DAY long. Note to self, DO NOT go to couples counseling on the day of our wedding anniversary.
Saturday: Much better day; as C called it a "do-over." The Kiddos had a birthday party to go to. I thought it was funny because most of their schoolmates were there, but all the kids were shy at the beginning. On the drive home the Kiddos fell asleep so we took them for a drive and ended up at Toy R Us to buy their gifts...they each got a guitar. We pretty much crashed when we got home.
Sunday: Started off hectic. We let the Kiddos go to Church with friends of ours as I cleaned and C got things ready for the party. Our Church family arrived around one and had a pretty awesome time. C made this cool construction cake that looked like a hill removal that had gone on at work. The Kiddos were in awe. Peanut took the excavator and started digging at the hill and eating what she scooped up. The Kiddos also ended up with a lot of musical instruments. I cannot wait to start them in lessons.
The evening ended later than hoped (damn time change); C crashed in the Kiddos' room while putting them to bed and I crashed on the couch. Morning came way too fast.
We totally had to call a do-over on our last anniversary. It happens.
Fri-the kids had a visit w biomom, Z was not there. B was pretty triggered. We spent a lot of time talking, processing, and cuddly crying
Sat-L took the kids for swim/gymnastics classes at the y. She had a baby shower and I took Carrot to a bd party. (10 dads in the pool. One other mom.).
My parents watched pumpkin, then when we all got home we had pizza together.
Sun-I escaped to visit a friends baby, and shop at target with another mom and no kids . We had to coordinate our Easter baskets.
Pretty low-key. On Saturday morning I had the first meeting of a committee I'm on (the start of a 3-year term), and that went well. I joined it with the hopes of getting some work in one specific area, and one of the first things they covered was the need for new volunteers in that area, so I jumped on it. It turns out that I sort of know the chairperson and that was a nice surprise. After I got home we went to a local kid/baby fest, mostly so our former backup doula/owner of the local awesome crunchy mom store could see the twins. After the kids napped at home I took them over to my parents' to play and have dinner while Jen chillaxed at home.
On Sunday morning we were supposed to meet my parents for brunch, but they forgot about the time change and my mom was hilariously confused when I called to find out why they weren't there. Had (late) brunch and kids and Jen took a nap while I ran errands, and later we went back to their house for dinner. Watched Downton Abbey last night (we are just starting it).