Wheeeeee it's the weekend!

[Lakes]

I'm doing some rushed cleaning because my mom and grandpa are coming for the weekend. They're babysitting while mh and I go to sil's surprise birthday party. I'm excited about fancy restaurant food, that's about it.

I'm excited to see my grandpa and I know he's looking forward to seeing the kids.

It's a gross humid swampy armpit out today. Ick.

[pibblemom]

I'm super excited for a non-rainy weekend. Imagine that. I'm currently watching my kid cry because she's tired and in her rnp refusing to sleep. I'll give her 5 mins then give in to her demands probably 😒


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[neekoneeko]

We are headed up north to see our new baby niece! I'm super excited but not excited about the horrible traffic that we have to sit in, its already backing up and it isn't even 7am. I did buy the girls cute new outfits so thats a least making me happy. I hope everyone has a good day and there's good weather for all.

[peaseblossom55]

We have a birthday party for our friend's kids this afternoon. Then I have to be at the theatre tonight. E had a good night of sleep so I feel well rested today. A huge win.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[thelittleredm]

Just hanging out and cleaning today. I'm in need of a nap, for sure. H and I went out with a couple of his co-workers to a nearby brewery last night and I let myself get drunk are confirming that H was driving us home. I had a much better time than I had been expecting.

[ellabee]

Packed up the truck and left early for the cape. It's raining buckets but at least we got out of the house. B did great in the car. It's so funny how different babies can be. DD hated the car seat with a vengeance unless she was napping, but B is totally content to chill.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[ellabee]

DH fell asleep on the couch while MIL and I were getting the kids lunch. DD went to wake him but MIL said "oh let him sleep he works so hard."

I had to bite my tongue because 1)DH is tired because he was binging on Netflix until the wee hours last night and 2) yeah he works hard but so do I and when was the last time someone let me take a nap?!?? 😐


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[thelittleredm]

ellabee, My mom does that with H all the time. MIL does it too from time to time but at least I can respond with snark to my mom.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

[Lakes]

ellabee I was just noticing the car seat difference this week! All of the sudden dd hates it and screams nonstop. I'm hoping it's just a phase.

All dressed up and off to dinner. I was scoping out the menu and it looks divine. Wheeeeee!

[ellabee]

I hope she starts liking the car seat better Lakes. Until she could be entertained with a screen, we basically could only take >30minute car rides with DD if they coincided with naptime. Have fun tonight!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[carrots]

DS's party ended up at our house due to rain but was a big success! H and I went to a beer tasting event tonight so now I'm pumping and dumping for the first time since M was born. Worth it!

ellabee I would have had a hard time holding back my snarky comments too haha.

[pibblemom]

Lakes I hope dinner was amazing!

carrots, so glad the party went well! Also, watch out for the huge knockers this morning after beer tasting 😳

The world smiled on me today. C went to bed when we got home from work at 10, 1 wake up at 5am then 7am. Soooo much better than 1, 3, 5 and 7. You know you're a mom when 7am feels glorious 😍😁

[neekoneeko]

Lakes, all my sympathy for the car seat hating babies, R normally does just fine but apparently we pushed it too far yesterday and she screamed for so much of the ride it was horrible. We are driving 7 hours in a month so let me know if you figure out any tricks.

ellabee, seriously your MIL, I would have to bite my tongue so hard.

[peaseblossom55]

So far E is fine in the car seat, normally she would nap as soon as she got in, now- not so much unless it's a drive longer than 40 minutes or so.

[meeggaannw]

Hi!


I'm sorry I have been mia, it has been a crazy week. We decided on a whim last weekend to visit my brother and his family that live 4 hours away. Our 8 year wedding anniversary was Tuesday so we essentially drove up for my sil to watch the kids and we had a date night. We haven't had one since I got pregnant with R so we were due. We drove home Thursday evening, got home at midnight and the house seemed warm but we thought it was because we had turned the air up while we were gone. By noon on Friday my house was 84°. We spent Friday night at my parents and had an ac guy come out yesterday, the news was not great. They estimated $5400 to "fix" it but it's a 12 yo unit so it just needs to be replaced.
We are doing it sometime next week but can't stay in our house w/o air and my aunt and uncle and cousins got in last night to stay at my parents for the week. This air crap has the worst timing, did I mention mh started a 7 day work stretch Friday night 😬.
So long story a little less long we are now staying at a friends winter home that they so graciously offered. It's insanely nice, on the water with a heated pool, so at least there is a silver lining. Also they have 2 granddaughters so the whole upstairs is set up for kids, even with cribs. The only problem is one room is blackout, where I put R , and the other is not, it's actually extremely bright. So dd, my 9-10 am sleeper woke up at 7, she is quite cranky.

Anyway thanks for listening to my dear diary, I missed you ladies!

[Lakes]

Dinner was pretty delicious. I had crab bisque and filet mignon. Plus a a couple Hendrick's gin and tonics and a glass of red wine. It was worth the calorie splurge. Dessert was lackluster. A plate of mini desserts to share with the table of five. It was great catching up and hanging out with the cousins.

Since my mom, her husband, and my grandpa were here we got a lot of yard work done today. We got the dead tree out of the hedge, transplanted one to fill in the gap (fx it takes!), all the hedge trimming and weeding. It checked a lot off my long term to-do list! It Ms so hard to get anything done with the kids so it was nice to have the extra hands today. Nothing like your 90 year old grandpa taking up yard debris though. That man stays active and doesn't take no for an answer! I got the cutest picture of him with the kids. I'm so glad he made the trip up.

[Lakes]

Oooooo you fancy meeggaannw! Enjoy that pool! Our AC condenser exploded and there was a giant puddle in our basement the other year. It's insane how much that stuff costs. Speaking of which, it looks like the roof leak was just the seal of the toilet stack so mh redid it. Hopefully that does the trick and the entire roof can wait for another year or two. I don't even want to think about that price tag.

[Lakes]

The weather has been beautiful today. We spent most of the day outside working or hanging out under the cherry tree. We even had dinner on the deck which we haven't done in forever because of the swamp humidity we've been having.

Dinner AW: