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Post by tiffrobot on Sept 18, 2017 8:23:59 GMT -6
What's goin' on?
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Post by tiffrobot on Sept 18, 2017 8:28:14 GMT -6
I've started getting the kids ready to move DS downstairs, put the nursery together, and give DD's room a "big girl" facelift. We will do the actual furniture switch around this weekend while my siblings are up and I have some extra muscle! DS is getting pretty excited, though a bit nervous, so him and my H had a sleepover in what will be his new room last night since the spare bed is in there ☺
I think I found a used glider at a decent price too which is nice because we busted ours when DD was still a baby. At least it almost made it through 2 kids haha.
And despite my thread title, it's most definitely fall here already haha. Nice to cool down a bit but I hope I don't hate myself for thinking that by January 😂 it was so hot for us this summer!!
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Post by sarahh on Sept 18, 2017 8:32:34 GMT -6
tiffrobot, I am so ready for cooler weather here. We had a week earlier this month that it was cooler but now it's back to hot and humid. We leave tomorrow for our trip to Maine! I have not started packing of course to that will be my night tonight. I was hoping for a little cooler weather than we are going to get but I'll take it anyway.
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Post by hiimjamie on Sept 18, 2017 9:46:08 GMT -6
Hiiii! I've been terrible at keeping up. Work has been crazy with the new iPhone. I work for the red cell phone carrier so y'all can figure that out. I work on the business side but it's all hands on deck for stuff like this. I've been working from 8-7 for weeks. Nothing exciting going on. I WISH we had fall here! I'm waiting for winter. I can't wait for the beautiful weather and to be able to enjoy being outside again.
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Post by marygracerich on Sept 18, 2017 9:55:10 GMT -6
Hi all! I have been crazy busy all day. After G got picked up by the bus MH and for breakfast together, went to target, dropped off donations and picked up some stuff for lunch. My sister is supposed to come over for lunch but considering lunch is in about 5 or so minutes and I haven't heard from her, I doubt she is coming. I am not surprised.
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Post by jessijean on Sept 18, 2017 10:07:15 GMT -6
I just heard from the instructor who is taking over my parenting class for this spring, very bittersweet. I love that class and I hope they give it back to me next spring. I just couldn't justify staying at the same course load with a newborn (I don't qualify for leave) so I'm going completely online for this spring. It will be nice to not HAVE to go out on the very cold/snowy days but I'll miss the face-to-face interaction with students too. So that has me sort of blah this morning that I gave that up. In other news, baby boy must be going through a growth spurt because now I'm CONSTANTLY hungry. Speaking of, headed to heat up my leftover steak.
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Post by marygracerich on Sept 18, 2017 10:09:54 GMT -6
I am not feeling well. I have a sore throat and a stuffy nose. I am still functioning like I normally do but oh my god I feel awful.
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Post by aprilz81 on Sept 18, 2017 10:13:48 GMT -6
I'm so ready for fall, it is my favorite season by far! The leaves are starting to turn and I need to plant my fall flowers that I bought yesterday before they die. This weekend we are heading to visit DH's parents to celebrate FIL's 70th birthday (last weekend). We are all going to a Pirates baseball game which should be fun. I'm not a huge baseball fan, but I do enjoy a game every year or so. PNC park in Pittsburgh is beautiful and we have seats behind home plate.
Our contractor for our bathroom remodel is out of town this week so I'm going to try to clean up some of the dust and clutter now that demo is done. The work shouldn't be too dusty from here on out until we do the finishing drywall work, so washing the bedding and getting rid of as much of the dust as possible will make me feel better. He has sealed up as much of the bathroom as he can to limit the dust, but when you rip everything out you can't escape it.
I'm normally pretty decisive in most things, but I'm having trouble deciding on the final artwork for above the crib in the nursery. I'm going to make this myself and I keep going back and forth on options. I know the general idea of what I want to do, I'm just struggling with the specifics (size, color, shape, texture, etc.). I know I'm putting way too much pressure on myself to make it "perfect".
I made a growth ruler this weekend for the nursery (will be used for all kids if we have more). I took a pine board (1x8x6 ft), stained it and applied vinyl to get the markings. I was super careful but the measurements ended up being about an inch off, but oh well. It is more accurate than a door frame marking! It still needs to be hung, but that will only take a second.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2017 10:17:48 GMT -6
My daycare lady is sick today and I am so frustrated. I have so much to catch up on 😠she is always sick on the most inconvenient days.
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Post by readinglove on Sept 18, 2017 10:21:41 GMT -6
*waves* Hi ladies!! It's been awhile - I've been trying to stay caught up with reading, but having time to post has been another issue. First weeks of school as teacher + first week of grad classes last week = holy hot mess. We've got a rough group of kids behavior-wise this year, and I'm definitely riding the struggle bus with them. Hopefully we all get it figured out so things go a bit more smoothly (and I'm not so cranky all of the time).
We had our AS last week, and the sex of the baby is in an envelope. I go through streaks of wanting to rip it open and then not wanting to know. Everything looks good so far, and baby is (of course) measuring ahead. We're only at the 90th %ile right now though! DS was bigger at this point, but with huge babies running in DH's family, I'm not holding my breath for this one to be less than 10 pounds - DS was 10 lbs 11 oz. Baby is also a lot more active - or, is bigger so I notice it more. Whatever it is, I'm enjoying it.
We're starting the process of getting things moved around to get DS into his "big boy" room, which is simultaneously awesome and sad at the same time. It's hard to imagine a new baby in the nursery! I want to do some things in the nursery to make it special for this baby, but don't know what I want to do yet. Hmmm. Things to ponder.
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Post by smores on Sept 18, 2017 10:35:15 GMT -6
marygracerich I hope you feel better soon! Being sick while pregnant is the worst. peachesncream FX your LO is cooperative and lets you get some work done today!
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Post by smores on Sept 18, 2017 10:38:00 GMT -6
Good morning! DD had a hard drop off today, so my morning started off sadly. I'm sure she was fine after I left, but it did break my heart a little.
Add me to the list of people who are ready for fall! Unfortunately, we don't get much of one and it's still high 70's to mid 80's here... which isn't terrible, but definitely not fall weather!
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Post by cake on Sept 18, 2017 10:51:34 GMT -6
Also ready for fall! I've just started wearing maternity clothes and when I ordered them last week from Old Navy, OI got mostly long sleeve shirts because it was cool outside. Now it's supposed to be 28 degrees for the next 10 days (I think that's the low 80s) and I only have 2 short sleeve maternity tops. I damn near melted in my skinny jeans and chef's jacket at our city's food event. I was too hot to sample all the other delicious food from our best restaurants!
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Post by amesie on Sept 18, 2017 11:08:22 GMT -6
I'm so ready for fall, mainly because all my maternity stuff are pants, leggings, and long sleeve shirts!! I have like nothing summery to wear and it's been driving me crazy lately
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Post by amesie on Sept 18, 2017 11:11:40 GMT -6
I was talking to MH earlier about getting the nursery set up. Background: the bedroom that will be the nursery is currently MH's office. In order to get the nursery set up, we would have to kick MH's office down into our cold unfinished basement. We plan on having the baby in our room for the first 6months like with did with DD, so with that, I didn't want to have him down there when we have a perfectly good room upstairs that will be unused for months to come.
Well, he said he wants to get everything moved and set up sooner rather than later!!!! I'm so excited. I have been DYING to get the nursery set up, but haven't had the heart to tell MH due to the circumstance of his office location. So looks like operation clean-out-the-basement and set-up-the-nursery is going to be underway soon!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2017 11:23:07 GMT -6
I know it's only Monday but if I don't confess immediately I forget so my early FFFC is that I have never shopped at or stepped foot in a Babies R Us 😂 I haven't been to Buy Buy Baby since DD1 was born either. Target and Amazon for lyfe!
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Post by rebeccabunch on Sept 18, 2017 13:12:10 GMT -6
I know it's only Monday but if I don't confess immediately I forget so my early FFFC is that I have never shopped at or stepped foot in a Babies R Us 😂 I haven't been to Buy Buy Baby since DD1 was born either. Target and Amazon for lyfe! Twins Pressed post too soon. ETA I feel like BBB is more expensive and the coupons are a farce. I did like going there when I was pg with DS1 and needed to check out things in person but after that I haven't had a need.
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Post by helloerrbody on Sept 18, 2017 13:37:39 GMT -6
I know it's only Monday but if I don't confess immediately I forget so my early FFFC is that I have never shopped at or stepped foot in a Babies R Us 😂 I haven't been to Buy Buy Baby since DD1 was born either. Target and Amazon for lyfe! I'm team Buy Buy Baby bc I use coupons to get everything 20% off. Target and Amazon are my go-tos for normal stuff, though. I always check all 3 and do the math to make sure the 20% off is cheaper and it usually is.
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Post by helloerrbody on Sept 18, 2017 13:40:03 GMT -6
We had a taste of cooler weather and it was SO nice to play in the backyard but now we are back in the 90s.
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Post by hiimjamie on Sept 18, 2017 13:47:54 GMT -6
I know it's only Monday but if I don't confess immediately I forget so my early FFFC is that I have never shopped at or stepped foot in a Babies R Us 😂 I haven't been to Buy Buy Baby since DD1 was born either. Target and Amazon for lyfe! The only thing I got from Babies R Us was my K'Tan. This was before they started carrying them at Target. I'm glad they did bc it got stolen and now I can just pick up a new one w out having to go to Babies R Us!
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Post by hiimjamie on Sept 18, 2017 14:14:36 GMT -6
Is anyone else still insanely tired? I'll be 23 weeks on Wednesday and I'm really really struggling. If I don't have a cup of coffee in the afternoon I'm falling asleep at my desk at around 3pm. This morning I had one first thing bc I was falling asleep on the way in so I can't have another. The struggle is real. 3 more hours.
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Post by sarahh on Sept 18, 2017 14:21:28 GMT -6
Is anyone else still insanely tired? I'll be 23 weeks on Wednesday and I'm really really struggling. If I don't have a cup of coffee in the afternoon I'm falling asleep at my desk at around 3pm. This morning I had one first thing bc I was falling asleep on the way in so I can't have another. The struggle is real. 3 more hours. I just got out of a meeting and thought I was going to fall asleep. I am not drinking caffeine and am not sure how I will make it through the rest of the day. So yes, I am right there with you. It doesn't help that I have insomnia at night so not getting the best sleep.
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Post by tiffrobot on Sept 18, 2017 14:29:30 GMT -6
hiimjamie I was just thinking today especially how tired my body feels. Definitely starting to slow down. I'm 23 weeks tomorrow too.
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Post by maddisonrose on Sept 18, 2017 14:42:18 GMT -6
I'm 23 weeks on Wednesday and most days I am feeling exhausted in the afternoons. I don't drink caffeine but have definitely considered it a few times now just to make it through.
It also doesn't help that the toddler bed/room transition is the hell I always imagined. It's been 5 nights and he still hasn't made it a full night in there
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Post by hiimjamie on Sept 18, 2017 15:11:32 GMT -6
Is anyone else still insanely tired? I'll be 23 weeks on Wednesday and I'm really really struggling. If I don't have a cup of coffee in the afternoon I'm falling asleep at my desk at around 3pm. This morning I had one first thing bc I was falling asleep on the way in so I can't have another. The struggle is real. 3 more hours. I just got out of a meeting and thought I was going to fall asleep. I am not drinking caffeine and am not sure how I will make it through the rest of the day. So yes, I am right there with you. It doesn't help that I have insomnia at night so not getting the best sleep. Yeah I've also had horrible sleep lately. I didn't have caffeine at all with my first. I can't imagine not having it this time. I wouldn't make it through the day!
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Post by hiimjamie on Sept 18, 2017 15:14:00 GMT -6
tiffrobot maddisonrose unacceptable. We're way to far into the second trimester for this crap. Being pregnant with a toddler is no joke.
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Post by amesie on Sept 18, 2017 15:33:50 GMT -6
Is anyone else still insanely tired? I'll be 23 weeks on Wednesday and I'm really really struggling. If I don't have a cup of coffee in the afternoon I'm falling asleep at my desk at around 3pm. This morning I had one first thing bc I was falling asleep on the way in so I can't have another. The struggle is real. 3 more hours. yes still tired over here! Not nearly as bad as 1st tri though. I think it's being pregnant + toddler. DD has amped up her level of energy lately which has me all 😴😴😴
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Post by amesie on Sept 18, 2017 15:35:52 GMT -6
You guys. I am so excited. I have been absolutely HATING my job with a passion of a thousand burning suns lately. And I have 3 interviews between this week and next week with other facilities. I am so so so psyched. I just really hope they're not turned off by me being pregnant. I just need to make sure that they know that after my leave, I fully intend to still pick up shifts and I won't be a useless hire
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Post by jessijean on Sept 18, 2017 16:36:55 GMT -6
The episodes of Daniel Tiger being a big brother make me cry every time. I'm sure DS is totally confused on why baby Margaret makes me cry.
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Post by ajetter on Sept 18, 2017 19:27:36 GMT -6
Is anyone else still insanely tired? I'll be 23 weeks on Wednesday and I'm really really struggling. If I don't have a cup of coffee in the afternoon I'm falling asleep at my desk at around 3pm. This morning I had one first thing bc I was falling asleep on the way in so I can't have another. The struggle is real. 3 more hours. 22.5 weeks here. Couldn't keep my eyes open between lunch and nap time, and woke up after about 5 minutes to my 4 year old screaming at me that my 2 year old was coloring on the wall. Bright blue freaking marker in a nice foot by foot scribble circle. Oy. I wish I did some form of caffeine.
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