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Post by sarahandben108 on Dec 25, 2019 13:48:32 GMT -6
Merry Christmas!
The boys were up at 5:30 but we stretched our Christmas morning for about 6 hours. I think E ended up being a little overwhelmed near the end because I needed up opening a bunch of his gifts. My mom got N an iPod which has been his absolute favorite. I’m not that happy about it but I figure it will be great when we go to Hawaii this summer. He’s obsessed with it and we limit screen time. Now I have prime rib in the oven and the kids are playing with their stuff while we try to find room for everything.
My H got me a Thule and skillet which has me 😳. Neither I wanted, asked for, or desired. I get that we will probably get some use out of the Thule but something more personal and for ME would’ve been nice.
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Post by pootsen on Dec 25, 2019 14:44:43 GMT -6
Merry Christmas! The boys were up at 5:30 but we stretched our Christmas morning for about 6 hours. I think E ended up being a little overwhelmed near the end because I needed up opening a bunch of his gifts. My mom got N an iPod which has been his absolute favorite. I’m not that happy about it but I figure it will be great when we go to Hawaii this summer. He’s obsessed with it and we limit screen time. Now I have prime rib in the oven and the kids are playing with their stuff while we try to find room for everything. My H got me a Thule and skillet which has me 😳. Neither I wanted, asked for, or desired. I get that we will probably get some use out of the Thule but something more personal and for ME would’ve been nice. What’s a Thule? I googled and it looks like a cargo carrier for the car??
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Post by pootsen on Dec 25, 2019 14:49:30 GMT -6
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone is having a magical day. The boys love their gifts. Ds1 got an electric scooter from Santa and C got a tricycle. Also, my extremely generous aunt sent them a 2-seater power wheels dune buggy. Obnoxious but amazing. It’s foggy outside but a balmy 35 degrees so we bundled up and the boys actually got to try out their gifts! I made ham with cheesy potatoes, salad, and sweet Hawaiian rolls for lunch and my parents came over. Now we’re just chilling for a bit before heading over to the ILs.
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Post by sarahandben108 on Dec 25, 2019 16:30:19 GMT -6
Merry Christmas! The boys were up at 5:30 but we stretched our Christmas morning for about 6 hours. I think E ended up being a little overwhelmed near the end because I needed up opening a bunch of his gifts. My mom got N an iPod which has been his absolute favorite. I’m not that happy about it but I figure it will be great when we go to Hawaii this summer. He’s obsessed with it and we limit screen time. Now I have prime rib in the oven and the kids are playing with their stuff while we try to find room for everything. My H got me a Thule and skillet which has me 😳. Neither I wanted, asked for, or desired. I get that we will probably get some use out of the Thule but something more personal and for ME would’ve been nice. What’s a Thule? I googled and it looks like a cargo carrier for the car?? Yup. That’s what it is.
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Post by jules1614 on Dec 25, 2019 19:33:04 GMT -6
sarahandben108 I had to google what a Thule was too...sorry your gifts weren’t so great. The boys enjoyed their Christmas, lots of good, fun gifts. We still have my parents celebration which will be next week when my sister comes to town. We had to skip ds2’s nap so naturally he fell asleep in the car at 445. He was out cold so I tried to put him down for the night. Of course he woke up at 6 and is just a bear, not even a bath could stop the crying. Fx he goes down soon!
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Post by sarahandben108 on Dec 25, 2019 19:51:51 GMT -6
I keep going back and forth from feeling like I should be grateful for the Thule to being pissed. I know they are super expensive but I feel like I put a lot of time and energy thinking of ideas for him and the kids that I deserve something more personal. He’s always done such a great job on his presents in the past.....I don’t know. I hate how ungrateful I sound.
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Post by blabbermouth on Dec 25, 2019 22:52:27 GMT -6
I keep going back and forth from feeling like I should be grateful for the Thule to being pissed. I know they are super expensive but I feel like I put a lot of time and energy thinking of ideas for him and the kids that I deserve something more personal. He’s always done such a great job on his presents in the past.....I don’t know. I hate how ungrateful I sound. If he's always been in good the past I'd try to not be too annoyed. And I'd probably sneak out and buy myself a nice little treat later this week 😉
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Post by blabbermouth on Dec 25, 2019 22:56:02 GMT -6
Our day was good, but I'm exhausted despite not really doing much! We slept until 7, opened presents the 3 of us. My parents and two brothers and one sister in law came here and DH cooked breakfast! Then we went to my parents for dinner tonight.
DH did good, he got me a few kitchen utensils I wanted better quality replacements for, a Sephora gift card, socks and a Mani pedi gift card! My parents got us some gift cards and yeti mugs and a pasta pot.
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Post by sarahandben108 on Dec 26, 2019 9:25:11 GMT -6
I keep going back and forth from feeling like I should be grateful for the Thule to being pissed. I know they are super expensive but I feel like I put a lot of time and energy thinking of ideas for him and the kids that I deserve something more personal. He’s always done such a great job on his presents in the past.....I don’t know. I hate how ungrateful I sound. If he's always been in good the past I'd try to not be too annoyed. And I'd probably sneak out and buy myself a nice little treat later this week 😉 He did get me a Sephora gift card so I already spent that. But, yeah, I definitely see a new outfit or something in my future. 😉😛
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Post by pootsen on Dec 26, 2019 12:38:20 GMT -6
I keep going back and forth from feeling like I should be grateful for the Thule to being pissed. I know they are super expensive but I feel like I put a lot of time and energy thinking of ideas for him and the kids that I deserve something more personal. He’s always done such a great job on his presents in the past.....I don’t know. I hate how ungrateful I sound. If he's always been in good the past I'd try to not be too annoyed. And I'd probably sneak out and buy myself a nice little treat later this week 😉 Or go out and buy yourself so many gifts that you have to use the Thule to transport them home sarahandben108 😜
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Dec 26, 2019 14:39:56 GMT -6
I’m at work. Feeling sick. This cold has now moved to my sinus and I hate it all. Tomorrow is the bowl game, so I’m hoping I either feel better or get some good drugs.
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Post by thatgolfb on Dec 26, 2019 16:03:46 GMT -6
It rained SO HARD this morning! Of course this was my first time driving H's nice, new car, and I had to drive in the dark and during a deluge. Ugh. I made it without hitting anyone or anything, so yay. It wasn’t too intense up here, but your area has been getting more intense cells in all of the storms this year so far. Thanksgiving was crazy hard here though. It was crazy here again this morning! The other time i had to drive H's car! LOL the weather is trolling me. There was snow in east county that shut down the main freeway!
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Post by thatgolfb on Dec 26, 2019 16:04:52 GMT -6
It rained SO HARD this morning! Of course this was my first time driving H's nice, new car, and I had to drive in the dark and during a deluge. Ugh. I made it without hitting anyone or anything, so yay. Girl, drive your Subie in the rain! Symmetrical all wheel drive! H kept it in northern California because that's the one we drove up (easier with the kids). I never would have chosen his car! lol. It was raining up there as well, though, so it came in handy.
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Post by thatgolfb on Dec 26, 2019 16:06:10 GMT -6
Merry belated Christmas, everyone! I am so sorry there are stomach bugs hitting so many people. We had it run through the house a couple weeks ago and fortunately it was quick, but ugh.
I am back at work today, and tomorrow. And then off for a week and a half! I will enjoy a little me time this evening since I am here without the family. Kind of nice.
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Post by thatgolfb on Dec 26, 2019 16:07:43 GMT -6
sarahandben108, what island and when are you going to Hawaii this summer? Asking because we will be on Oahu at the end of June...
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Post by sarahandben108 on Dec 26, 2019 16:41:40 GMT -6
sarahandben108, what island and when are you going to Hawaii this summer? Asking because we will be on Oahu at the end of June... We are doing a week on Oahu at the Disney resort and then a week on Maui. But we go end of July/beginning of August.
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Post by thatgolfb on Dec 27, 2019 15:22:15 GMT -6
sarahandben108 , what island and when are you going to Hawaii this summer? Asking because we will be on Oahu at the end of June... We are doing a week on Oahu at the Disney resort and then a week on Maui. But we go end of July/beginning of August. Ooh exciting!! We chose Oahu this time but it was a tough call because I love Maui. We are only going for a few days (but I think we have a much shorter plane ride than you do) because that's what MIL booked for, and then we are heading to Seattle for a few days after that. H goes for work all the time, but hasn't gotten to be a tourist, and I and the kids have never been.
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Post by thatgolfb on Dec 27, 2019 15:23:15 GMT -6
I am leaving work early today because we are already done with work, and I am antsy to get my vacation started. I plan to go home and take Christmas stuff down so that it will already be done when we get back after the new year. Exciting stuff, lol. My last flight of the week is tonight!
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Post by sarahandben108 on Dec 27, 2019 15:49:37 GMT -6
We are doing a week on Oahu at the Disney resort and then a week on Maui. But we go end of July/beginning of August. Ooh exciting!! We chose Oahu this time but it was a tough call because I love Maui. We are only going for a few days (but I think we have a much shorter plane ride than you do) because that's what MIL booked for, and then we are heading to Seattle for a few days after that. H goes for work all the time, but hasn't gotten to be a tourist, and I and the kids have never been. Yes. We are in Maine and flying out of Boston. So this is our first and most likely only trip to Hawaii. I can’t even imagine flying in for work. Lol. I’m going with my family, mom, and sister’s family. So there are 9 of us and we could split the expenses. Hence why we are going for 2 weeks.
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Post by blabbermouth on Dec 28, 2019 0:09:06 GMT -6
Ooh exciting!! We chose Oahu this time but it was a tough call because I love Maui. We are only going for a few days (but I think we have a much shorter plane ride than you do) because that's what MIL booked for, and then we are heading to Seattle for a few days after that. H goes for work all the time, but hasn't gotten to be a tourist, and I and the kids have never been. Yes. We are in Maine and flying out of Boston. So this is our first and most likely only trip to Hawaii. I can’t even imagine flying in for work. Lol. I’m going with my family, mom, and sister’s family. So there are 9 of us and we could split the expenses. Hence why we are going for 2 weeks. That's a long way! I hope it's an amazing trip for you. And you too thatgolfb. It's definitely on my travel list, just haven't made it yet. We really don't travel very much, unfortunately. It's way more my thing than DH's. We both had today off as well. We switched DD's room and play room into our bedroom and took her playroom and bedroom as our bedroom and dressing room/office. We also took the side off her crib to make it a bed 😬 entirely DH's idea because I said hell no, but every once in a while I'll let him make household decisions 🙄 all that being said she went to bed fine tonight and is still in bed.
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Post by cnf on Dec 28, 2019 8:28:08 GMT -6
So jealous of Hawaii!
We're potty training DD2 starting today. She's totally ready but we're still in for a fight I think.
I've been pulling faint line on HPTs for a few days now, but got solid dark pink lines today. Very excited and hoping it really sticks!
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Post by sarahandben108 on Dec 28, 2019 11:14:13 GMT -6
So jealous of Hawaii! We're potty training DD2 starting today. She's totally ready but we're still in for a fight I think. I've been pulling faint line on HPTs for a few days now, but got solid dark pink lines today. Very excited and hoping it really sticks! Congratulations!!
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Post by pootsen on Dec 28, 2019 14:15:06 GMT -6
So jealous of Hawaii! We're potty training DD2 starting today. She's totally ready but we're still in for a fight I think. I've been pulling faint line on HPTs for a few days now, but got solid dark pink lines today. Very excited and hoping it really sticks! Yay yay yay!!! I’m hoping for a very boring and normal 9 months for you ❤️ so happy for you!
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Post by pootsen on Dec 28, 2019 14:20:42 GMT -6
We are having my extended family’s Christmas today. It’s one of my favorite days of the year! Lots of drinks, delicious food all day long, and presents! Lol.
C has been getting up in the night. Last night DH heard him over the monitor at 2am and went into his room to find the light on and C was sitting in the recliner reading a book. And he’s been getting up so early, like 5-5:30 every day. He’s too little to cut out his nap so I’m not sure what to do.
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Post by jules1614 on Dec 28, 2019 19:41:19 GMT -6
So jealous of Hawaii! We're potty training DD2 starting today. She's totally ready but we're still in for a fight I think. I've been pulling faint line on HPTs for a few days now, but got solid dark pink lines today. Very excited and hoping it really sticks! Congratulations!
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Dec 29, 2019 9:04:32 GMT -6
cnf congratulations!!! So happy for you! (Sorry I couldn’t reply yesterday with the redirects)
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Post by blabbermouth on Dec 29, 2019 17:54:11 GMT -6
So jealous of Hawaii! We're potty training DD2 starting today. She's totally ready but we're still in for a fight I think. I've been pulling faint line on HPTs for a few days now, but got solid dark pink lines today. Very excited and hoping it really sticks! Yay congrats and fingers crossed! And good luck with potty training.
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Post by spacecadet on Dec 29, 2019 19:24:29 GMT -6
So jealous of Hawaii! We're potty training DD2 starting today. She's totally ready but we're still in for a fight I think. I've been pulling faint line on HPTs for a few days now, but got solid dark pink lines today. Very excited and hoping it really sticks! Congrats!!!
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Post by cakewench on Dec 30, 2019 15:51:11 GMT -6
OMG congrats cnf!!! Hi all and Merry Belated Christmas! I got slammed with some kind of illness on the 17th and wound up taking a day and a half off sick, even though it was my last day before vacation. I started feeling better the next day but it put us SO behind for parent/IL arrivals and N's party. It all came together (thank God for my mom), but unfortunately the stomach bug was also going around daycare - we invited 3 kids but none made it. One got the bug, another was kept home because his little brother caught it, and the 3rd never RSVP'ed. Everyone seems to be feeling better now, though, thank goodness. My ILs arrived on the 19th and just left this morning, if that's any indication how the last week and a half has gone. H and I didn't even find out until 3 days before they got here they were staying that long. Luckily they were in a hotel, but it was still just too much. They wound up getting him a tablet; MIL thought it was just a device that came pre-loaded with Disney stuff and that was it, no other access or anything, so H said it was OK without confirming with me first. Turns out that was incorrect, it's a regular tablet and we need to lock it down. We haven't finished yet, and aren't in a rush. N loved Christmas! We got him a play kitchen and he took to it right away. My ILs also got him a Little Tikes car and he loved that too. He really enjoyed opening presents - whose didn't matter! He did great at his 2-year check-up, blood work all came back normal. Still can't believe he's two! We got word on Friday he's officially moving up to the next room at DC on the 13th. And we found out my brother/SIL are pregnant again, and we are all so excited for them! She's due two days after my nephew turns 4! It sparked some "What about you?" conversations from the parents (one respectful, one assumption) that led H and I to confirm privately that we are OAD. Not that we hadn't talked about it before, but it was always more of an in-the-future decision. The future is now, I guess lol. I wasn't prepared for how emotional it made me, though. It's hard to explain. Hope all of you had an amazing holiday! I've been loving all the pics on IG
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Post by bethkate on Dec 31, 2019 10:46:34 GMT -6
Congrats, cnf!!! cakewench, sounds like a busy few weeks! I hear you on being emotional about being OAD. We’re 99% sure we are too, but I just wrote another $1k check to keep our embryos frozen for a year....
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