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Post by sarahh on Jul 13, 2018 6:43:39 GMT -6
My girls were supposed to wear black to daycare today. Luckily I have one outfit each in black so I didn't have to scramble to find something.
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Post by sarahh on Jul 13, 2018 6:44:49 GMT -6
The power went out at my work yesterday at 1:30 so they closed the office. Free half day! And today is our actual summer hours 1/2 day friday! Good thing because I didn't do much yesterday and have a ton of stuff to do today for the birthday party tomorrow.
I was going to get some big balloons at Party City today. They should be good for tomorrow's party right?
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Post by ajetter on Jul 13, 2018 6:47:54 GMT -6
sarahh I’d think the balloons would be just fine. I remember we had a 36 inch round that lasted a couple days, but became like the best toy ever as it stopped floating as much. We could hit it back and forth and it would kind of float around. Sounds dumb but really it was fun. 🤷🏼♀️😂
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Post by marygracerich on Jul 13, 2018 6:51:38 GMT -6
The power went out at my work yesterday at 1:30 so they closed the office. Free half day! And today is our actual summer hours 1/2 day friday! Good thing because I didn't do much yesterday and have a ton of stuff to do today for the birthday party tomorrow. I was going to get some big balloons at Party City today. They should be good for tomorrow's party right? There is stuff that they can put in the balloons to make them last longer. It’s a liquid that they pump into the balloon. It should be fine until tomorrow.
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Post by marygracerich on Jul 13, 2018 6:54:07 GMT -6
I’m on the couch with G. She is watching Daniel tiger. Little dude is napping. I feel like crap. I have no plans today. G’s teacher comes in the afternoon. I have to work tonight. That’s all I have right now. Lol
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Post by ajetter on Jul 13, 2018 6:57:06 GMT -6
I’m having a small outbreak of dishydrotic eczema. I first got it when I was pregnant with DD3 and it was horrible right after she was born. I had so many blisters on my hands, it hurt so bad and was so itchy. Right now it’s contained to two spots on my left foot but for the love they hurt and itch.
We have no plans today except to watch Fancy Nancy in Disney Junior. Lol. I also need to take baby’s 6 month pictures and clean the basement. At the moment I don’t feel like doing anything though.
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Post by ajetter on Jul 13, 2018 6:57:44 GMT -6
The power went out at my work yesterday at 1:30 so they closed the office. Free half day! And today is our actual summer hours 1/2 day friday! Good thing because I didn't do much yesterday and have a ton of stuff to do today for the birthday party tomorrow. I was going to get some big balloons at Party City today. They should be good for tomorrow's party right? There is stuff that they can put in the balloons to make them last longer. It’s a liquid that they pump into the balloon. It should be fine until tomorrow. Oh she’s right, I think they call it high float.
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Post by ajetter on Jul 13, 2018 6:59:18 GMT -6
Oh, question, favorite site to make a photo book? I want to put together one from our Disney vacation. The photos are all iPhone (slightly regretting that) so the quality won’t be as good as they could but. 🤷🏼♀️
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Post by sunfrogger on Jul 13, 2018 7:08:09 GMT -6
The power went out at my work yesterday at 1:30 so they closed the office. Free half day! And today is our actual summer hours 1/2 day friday! Good thing because I didn't do much yesterday and have a ton of stuff to do today for the birthday party tomorrow. I was going to get some big balloons at Party City today. They should be good for tomorrow's party right? They guarantee the foil ones for 24 hours I just went over this with them on Wednesday.
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Post by sarahh on Jul 13, 2018 7:09:47 GMT -6
Oh, question, favorite site to make a photo book? I want to put together one from our Disney vacation. The photos are all iPhone (slightly regretting that) so the quality won’t be as good as they could but. 🤷🏼♀️ I use shutterfly just because it's easy. You can use the app to upload all the pics from your phone and either do the book on the app or on an actual computer. I usually use the computer because it's bigger for my old eyes. But I like the app for uploading. You can also adjust the settings to automatically upload your pics so you don't have to click on all of them and wait for them to finish uploading. My sister is way more artistic than me and I think uses something else for her books but I like easy, so Shutterfly it is.
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Post by sunfrogger on Jul 13, 2018 7:09:48 GMT -6
Hi!
I'm dead. Liv was up so much last night.
And idk what I did but I'm INCREDIBLY PAINFULLY SORE. Legs knees arms back.. I can barely walk or pick up Olivia. Wtf?????? Mommy gets a nice Epsom salt bath tonight!
I'm so happy I'm off work next week. I am so stressed.
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Post by aprilz81 on Jul 13, 2018 8:16:29 GMT -6
sarahh, I do not understand daycare centers making parents "work" to have kids participate in themed events. Unless it is some super simple like Pajama Day or wear your Halloween costume I have no desire to spend more time than I already to prepping Faith for daycare. We have a friend who last year had a whole week of costumes to put together for some reason or another... Also, we did Party City balloons for DH's 40th birthday last year. The large BB8 balloon lasted for WEEKS before finally dying and we had them pump some sort of balloon saving liquid into the latex ones and they lasted several days. At least the ones that weren't popped during the light saber fights (we drew Storm Trooper faces on white balloons and weighted them down and bought "light sabers" for all the kids to play with). And yes, this was a party for DH's 40th, not a kid party. lmao ajetter, I use shutterfly and love it. They have an app (I've not designed a book in the app) and you can upload pictures straight from your phone and then into a project. When you are putting photos into a book (or any other project) they will tell you if the resolution is too low to print well and you can reduce the size. I just finished a few books and used their new service where they will build the book for you for $9.99. You upload the pictures to an album, tell them how many pictures you want on a page (a lot, a few, or one) how many embellishments you want and then you pick your theme. I think they have a draft back to you within 2-3 days and you can review and edit as needed. I did this for Faith's book (pregnancy and first days home) and they did a pretty good job. The things I didn't like were not their fault. I told them a medium amount of embellishments and I realized that I'm more of a minimalist than I thought. I'm working on our 2018 book now, I've started marking pictures as favorites on my iPhone and then it is easy to upload my favorites to the app and add them to the book. I do this every month or so and it isn't overwhelming to keep up to date. Faith has slept through the night two nights in a row (thank goodness!!!) and I can't figure out what is different. I started sleep training for one night but she never really had another super bad night again so I doubt it was the ST. I'll take it though!!!
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Post by aprilz81 on Jul 13, 2018 8:46:11 GMT -6
ajetter, Also, never, never, NEVER pay full price for anything from Shutterfly. If they aren't having a promotion when you are ready to order they will have one within a few days. Photo books are frequently 40-50% off and I've seen some pages for unlimited free extra pages (but I don't know how often that one runs). Other photo gifts are frequently 30-40% off, sometimes 50% off.
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Post by pinkcat on Jul 13, 2018 8:50:34 GMT -6
ajetter , Also, never, never, NEVER pay full price for anything from Shutterfly. If they aren't having a promotion when you are ready to order they will have one within a few days. Photo books are frequently 40-50% off and I've seen some pages for unlimited free extra pages (but I don't know how often that one runs). Other photo gifts are frequently 30-40% off, sometimes 50% off. Yes, plus 1 to this!! I never buy anything from there unless I can get it for 50% off, and there are always free shipping codes too. I love Shutterfly- I just got my book from DS's first days through 3 months in the mail yesterday. It turned out so good! I spent so much time working on it and it's the max 150 pages they allow, ha ha.
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Post by pinkcat on Jul 13, 2018 8:56:54 GMT -6
Happy Friday everyone!
Did anyone else have a 4 month sleep regression a bit late? DS turned 5 months yesterday and the past two weeks have been rough. He falls asleep at 9, dreamfeeds at 11, and then used to sleep until 6 when I would wake him up to feed him before I went to work, and then he'd go back to sleep until 8 or 9.
Now, he's waking every night around 2:30-3:30- sometimes just once, but sometimes a few times in that hour period. I don't think he's hungry and I can usually get the Snoo to rock him back to sleep, but sometimes have to nurse him. Pretty soon he is going to be too big for the Snoo and I am worried about the transition! He is taking daytime naps in the crib and doing pretty well with that at least.
I have such a hard time falling back asleep after the 3:00 wakeup so I am feeling very zombie like this week. Should I stop feeding him at the 11 o clock time?
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Post by pinkcat on Jul 13, 2018 9:02:29 GMT -6
I spent waaaay too much time (and money) on the Nordstrom sale yesterday. Oops! They had such cute baby boy jackets for fall though- and of course lots of cute stuff for me too, ha ha. Did anyone find anything good?
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Post by aprilz81 on Jul 13, 2018 9:05:32 GMT -6
ajetter , Also, never, never, NEVER pay full price for anything from Shutterfly. If they aren't having a promotion when you are ready to order they will have one within a few days. Photo books are frequently 40-50% off and I've seen some pages for unlimited free extra pages (but I don't know how often that one runs). Other photo gifts are frequently 30-40% off, sometimes 50% off. Yes, plus 1 to this!! I never buy anything from there unless I can get it for 50% off, and there are always free shipping codes too. I love Shutterfly- I just got my book from DS's first days through 3 months in the mail yesterday. It turned out so good! I spent so much time working on it and it's the max 150 pages they allow, ha ha. I didn't know about the max pages... I don't think I'm in too much danger yet, we are at 35ish pages and I'm up to July. And holy cow, 150 pages for 3 months?!?!?! Were there some major events in there or something? I'm trying to do at least 2 pages per month (multiple pics per page except for Faiths monthly "birthday" pics) but not really limiting myself if there are a lot of cute pictures...
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Post by pinkcat on Jul 13, 2018 9:13:08 GMT -6
aprilz81 I had several pages of his newborn photoshoot in there, and the day he was born took up several pages as well...but other than that no major events, lol. I just like to take pictures! I know this is kind of silly but it's been a goal of mine to try and get at least one good picture of him every single day (and usually I have several a day). I know it's very FTM of me but I feel like time is going so fast and I want to try and capture as many different facial expressions, favorite outfits, etc. in pictures so I have it to look back on!
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Post by sarahh on Jul 13, 2018 9:18:14 GMT -6
I spent waaaay too much time (and money) on the Nordstrom sale yesterday. Oops! They had such cute baby boy jackets for fall though- and of course lots of cute stuff for me too, ha ha. Did anyone find anything good? I tried to hold back so ended up with the Barefoot Dreams circle cardigan in two sizes to try and a pair of Hunter short boots. My tall hunters are now too small on my feet and used to make my feet so sweaty so I'm going to see how I like the shorts in my new size.
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Post by aprilz81 on Jul 13, 2018 9:22:56 GMT -6
aprilz81 I had several pages of his newborn photoshoot in there, and the day he was born took up several pages as well...but other than that no major events, lol. I just like to take pictures! I know this is kind of silly but it's been a goal of mine to try and get at least one good picture of him every single day (and usually I have several a day). I know it's very FTM of me but I feel like time is going so fast and I want to try and capture as many different facial expressions, favorite outfits, etc. in pictures so I have it to look back on! I take a lot of pictures too (maybe not daily) but I take pictures of her in my favorite outfits and when she is trying new foods and stuff. I just don't put them all in the printed album. Shutterfly gets enough of my money as it is. lol Before Faith was born I only did albums for vacations and our wedding. I had started a book for our first year of marriage (we moved, did a kitchen reno, took a few trips, holidays, etc.). I had forgotten I had started it and finished it up when I did Faith's newborn book. I love that my parents have a lot of albums of old pictures and I want Faith to have books to look at when she gets older. My goal going forward is one large book per year with possibly a separate book for vacations... Hopefully I can keep up! I'm also considering doing a short-ish book for marriage years 2-4 just to have things documented. But most of our pictures from that time are selfies at hockey games. lol I'll have to see what pictures I can come up with and see if I can come up with enough to be "book worthy".
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Post by marygracerich on Jul 13, 2018 9:24:45 GMT -6
I spent waaaay too much time (and money) on the Nordstrom sale yesterday. Oops! They had such cute baby boy jackets for fall though- and of course lots of cute stuff for me too, ha ha. Did anyone find anything good? I tried to hold back so ended up with the Barefoot Dreams circle cardigan in two sizes to try and a pair of Hunter short boots. My tall hunters are now too small on my feet and used to make my feet so sweaty so I'm going to see how I like the shorts in my new size. I have a barefoot dreams cardigan and it’s quite possibly my favorite thing ever.
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Post by sarahh on Jul 13, 2018 9:28:18 GMT -6
marygracerich, does yours run true to size or big? I saw some differing reviews and was scared to just order one so I ordered two sizes just in case.
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Post by marygracerich on Jul 13, 2018 9:33:10 GMT -6
marygracerich, does yours run true to size or big? I saw some differing reviews and was scared to just order one so I ordered two sizes just in case. I have this one in the L/XL in a grey to black ombré color. I am 5 feet tall and a size 12. It’s pretty big. I wore it while pregnant with G.
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Post by dragonflyinn on Jul 13, 2018 10:26:55 GMT -6
Thanks for the reminder pinkcat I have a code that expires in August and I need to finally print a first year baby book for DD lo lolol (she’s 3 hahahahaha)
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Post by dragonflyinn on Jul 13, 2018 10:27:11 GMT -6
We had our last day of swim for the week. She has lessons next week & then we’re done. I need to find a year round place for her to do weekly lessons bc she has done so well I want her to keep it up!
DS is napping and we’re watching tv. The dog got a bath and he’s sooo fluffy!
Oh also, my period came back today. 😭😭😭 same time it came back with DD so sort of not surprised but she was actually STTN at this point and DS isn’t soooo I’m a tiny bit surprised lol. I’m jealous of the people who can BF and don’t get it back for months and months.
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Post by sunfrogger on Jul 13, 2018 12:34:27 GMT -6
dragonflyinn I'm disappointed mine is back already too. With dd1 it took 9 months.
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Post by dragonflyinn on Jul 13, 2018 12:37:14 GMT -6
dragonflyinn I'm disappointed mine is back already too. With dd1 it took 9 months. I hoped it would take longer this time bc DS is a piggy and nursing more around the clock than she was at this point. But UGH I guess this is just my body lol. I am looking forward to feeling more like myself though. Getting my cycle back did wonders for me last time.
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Post by stephne on Jul 13, 2018 12:56:44 GMT -6
I’m having a small outbreak of dishydrotic eczema. I first got it when I was pregnant with DD3 and it was horrible right after she was born. I had so many blisters on my hands, it hurt so bad and was so itchy. Right now it’s contained to two spots on my left foot but for the love they hurt and itch. We have no plans today except to watch Fancy Nancy in Disney Junior. Lol. I also need to take baby’s 6 month pictures and clean the basement. At the moment I don’t feel like doing anything though. OMG! I have this too! I finally Dr. Googled it a couple weeks ago. Luckily mine is not bad, I will get a couple tiny blisters on my finger. More annoying than anything because I can feel the little bumps when my fingers rub together.
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Post by stephne on Jul 13, 2018 13:01:57 GMT -6
We had our last day of swim for the week. She has lessons next week & then we’re done. I need to find a year round place for her to do weekly lessons bc she has done so well I want her to keep it up! DS is napping and we’re watching tv. The dog got a bath and he’s sooo fluffy! Oh also, my period came back today. 😭😭😭 same time it came back with DD so sort of not surprised but she was actually STTN at this point and DS isn’t soooo I’m a tiny bit surprised lol. I’m jealous of the people who can BF and don’t get it back for months and months. With DS1 mine came back at 8 weeks. This time around I had nexplanon put in at 6 weeks but I'm sure it would have been back around the same time too. Sucks!!
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Post by stephne on Jul 13, 2018 13:11:36 GMT -6
I survived my first solo "out to eat session" last night. It wasn't too bad, C was great in his carseat the whole time and E kept singing old McDonald so the old people in the restaurant got a kick out of him. Also had an old lady walk past C and comment on how he "looks well fed". True, he is a moose baby, I just don't get why strangers comment on stuff like that.
Anyways...all was good with our excursion until E told me he had to poop. So I take both boys into the bathroom and help E get on the toilet (ehh I hate public bathrooms) and told him to make sure you hold your wiener down so you don't pee all over. Next thing I know he's peeing all my leg!! ugh boys!!
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