Week of August 19

[tgrimes]

Where is everyone?

[elle]

Ugh. It's Monday.

My H was acting like a jerk in my dream last night so I woke up feeling salty. lol

[waitwhat]

Hi I’m here. I had a busy weekend as my aunt was in town so literally every day we had something going on. But now we are back to our regularly scheduled programming.

The last 3 mornings J has slept in until 8:30. He normally wakes at 6:30 so this has really been throwing our day and schedule off. I love the extra sleep but it’s also not a habit I want him starting with school starting in a few weeks. We’ll have to be out the door by like 8:20 everyday.

[starbuck]

At work. I extended my upcoming vacation in a few weeks by a couple days to do work around the house. And I spent a lot of time this morning looking at plants to put in the backyard to help with some water/erosion control.

That's all I got.

[starbuck]

I'll share this Hellebore I found because I'm sooooooo in love.

www.jacksonandperkins.com/royal-heritage-strain-lenten-rose/p/v1143/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwPu4qKCP5AIVwp6zCh1J9QASEAQYBCABEgLDifD_BwE&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ppc_google_pla2&ef_id=EAIaIQobChMIwPu4qKCP5AIVwp6zCh1J9QASEAQYBCABEgLDifD_BwE:G:s

[goldenlove]

Aug 19, 2019 10:51:56 GMT -6 starbuck said:

I'll share this Hellebore I found because I'm sooooooo in love.

www.jacksonandperkins.com/royal-heritage-strain-lenten-rose/p/v1143/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwPu4qKCP5AIVwp6zCh1J9QASEAQYBCABEgLDifD_BwE&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ppc_google_pla2&ef_id=EAIaIQobChMIwPu4qKCP5AIVwp6zCh1J9QASEAQYBCABEgLDifD_BwE:G:s

I love those colors!

[goldenlove]

Hello. We're just at the hospital as usual. C was being extra clingy this morning so I felt really bad about leaving him but he was still excited to go to my mom's today. Everytime we plan to leave early so we can spend the evening with him, time gets away from us so it's usually bedtime by the time we get home.

SIL and MIL are coming to visit soon. I swear the only thing more annoying than MIL with a newborn is having the machines beep constantly so she's even more annoying about everything.

[elle]

starbuck those colors are so pretty!

[starbuck]

Aug 19, 2019 12:00:15 GMT -6 elle said:

starbuck those colors are so pretty!

I'm smitten. I *think* I may pair with Purple Dragon Lamium for ground cover.

[tgrimes]

starbuck I love those!

[danib]

We're officially on vacation. The boys did really well on the trip. Better than I expected honestly. We're settled in and just got back from the grocery store. I already have a headache lol.

[goldenlove]

Aug 19, 2019 14:44:30 GMT -6 danib said:

We're officially on vacation. The boys did really well on the trip. Better than I expected honestly. We're settled in and just got back from the grocery store. I already have a headache lol.

Hope you guys enjoy your vacation!!

[waitwhat]

Yay for vacation danib! How far away is it for you?

[danib]

Aug 19, 2019 15:29:35 GMT -6 waitwhat said:

Yay for vacation danib! How far away is it for you?

Flight was about 3.5 hours

[Cheshie6]

Today just got away from me!
danib, I hope your vacation is amazing! I'm so excited for the boys and glad they did well on the flight.

I let L sleep in, so I could fold some clothes. LOL He's currently obsessed with the meow meow movie (Aristocats) which is a nice change from Thomas. Tomorrow we'll have speech at a park, I'm excited to see how this will work. Otherwise, it's a pretty dull week for me.

[cookswithwine]

Our first day at home went well. My mom came over, which I truly appreciate, but she stayed from 9am-4pm and really just sat and talked w me.... I might have to set some boundaries bc I didn’t get a nap or anything. H picked up O from school today so it’s our first night home as a family of 4. It’s going pretty well, O seems to really like “baby D”.

TMI - Recovery wise I had some very unpleasant side effects from the surgery/pain meds and was completely backed up. So I took my first suppository which is like an invention straight outta hell. It finally worked after 2 hours and now I have terrible hemroids. FML. Now I’m too scared to take the Percocet so I’m just on Motrin now.

[elle]

cookswithwine - I'm so sorry about the side effects on your digestive system. Fingers crossed that the worst is behind you (no pun intended) and that things get back to normal quickly.

And definitely set some boundaries with your mother. Or if she insists on sticking around, hand her the baby and go take a nap. lol

[jubilantsquirrel]

Hello!!

We also had a busy weekend but I got snuggle a 2 week old baby yesterday and do yoga on a paddle board, so not a bad way to spend a Sunday.

As a result my house is a disaster and I haven't finished the kids laundry.

[goldenlove]

cookswithwine hope your recovery gets better. And definitely talk to your mom. I'd probably rather be alone than have someone around all day just chatting and not helping.

[cookswithwine]

Aug 20, 2019 7:52:09 GMT -6 goldenlove said:

cookswithwine hope your recovery gets better. And definitely talk to your mom. I'd probably rather be alone than have someone around all day just chatting and not helping.

I gotta give it to H, he nicely asked so is your mom going to stay all day every day? Meanwhile his dad asks to stop by for 15 mins and I’m huffing and puffing about it.

[tgrimes]

Aug 20, 2019 8:18:28 GMT -6 cookswithwine said:

Aug 20, 2019 7:52:09 GMT -6 goldenlove said:

cookswithwine hope your recovery gets better. And definitely talk to your mom. I'd probably rather be alone than have someone around all day just chatting and not helping.

I gotta give it to H, he nicely asked so is your mom going to stay all day every day? Meanwhile his dad asks to stop by for 15 mins and I’m huffing and puffing about it.

I'd definitely be handing over baby D and taking a nap.  

[goldenlove]

Another day at the hospital for me. H dropped me off then went to work. His boss is allowing him to be flexible right now, come in late, work from home, etc. He had a child in NICU so he gets it. And it'll be nice to not have H burn through all his time off while we're here.

[tgrimes]

goldenlove I'm glad they're being so accommodating right now.

[cookswithwine]

That’s awesome goldenlove! Do you know approx how long she needs to stay in the NICU?

[goldenlove]

Aug 20, 2019 9:52:01 GMT -6 cookswithwine said:

That’s awesome goldenlove! Do you know approx how long she needs to stay in the NICU?

They haven't really said. I'd expect another week or two. She still has no interest in eating by mouth but they won't really work on that until she can handle less pressure from the low flow machine. Good news is they dropped her down a bit today and she seems to be handling it well.

[waitwhat]

I’m tired. We had a string of thunderstorms rolling through starting at around 5am and lasting for a good hour. It was pretty neat, the sky was lighting up like crazy constantly. But the kids weren’t having it. B luckily just laid in his bed awake but J was freaking out. I brought him in our bed and he just talked to us until about 6:30 when he was ready to get up for the day. 😴

[tgrimes]

M has meet the teacher tonight. I have to leave work at 3 to go pick her up since it starts at 4. So annoying.

[starbuck]

I'm so hangry.

[elle]

A decided 4:30am was a good time to start her day. It took some convincing but I got her back down a few hours later. Of course I haven't been able to sleep since the original wake up. 😴

[tgrimes]

Aug 21, 2019 8:49:20 GMT -6 elle said:

A decided 4:30am was a good time to start her day. It took some convincing but I got her back down a few hours later. Of course I haven't been able to sleep since the original wake up. 😴

Augh.  I'm sorry.