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Swazzle

Morning! Is it Friday, yet? 

I had a really nice weekend! On Friday, H and I went to bed SO early. I finally managed to catch up on my sleep! 

Saturday, I had a lazy morning with the kids. We slept in, I made breakfast, I finished two books. Then I cleaned the whole house. It was very much-needed since I was away so much lately. I met my aunt and uncle for an incredible dinner. It was at this random restaurant you can barely see from the main road and you have to go through a gas station parking lot to get to it so there's. The food was AMAZING and I already can't wait to go back! 

Yesterday, I woke up early and sat out on the porch with a new book, coffee, and my favorite blanket and it was so lovely. H and I had breakfast and then went "trash picking". The fancy neighborhoods near my aunt's house have their bulk pick up today and sometimes they toss really good stuff! All we found was a bin for our hose, though. We had a late lunch with SFIL, hit up Trader Joe's, and then I prepped my food for the week. 

Last night we watched a movie on Netflix called 'Hush'. If you like scary movies this was SO GOOD. I was on the edge of my seat with my heart beating out of my chest through the whole freaking thing and then I was too scared to let Lucy out before bed so I made H do it LOL 

H has a hockey game tonight so I'm on my own for dinner which makes me really happy because I'm making myself scallops! I'll probably read more of my book and then head to bed early when he gets home. 

I hope this week flies by because I'm already ready for the weekend!

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@Swazzle Sounds like you had a fantastic weekend and caught up on your sleep! Your reasoning for being scared to let Lucy outside after that movie is my exact reason why I don't watch scary movies lol. I get so paranoid and I spend the next few days thinking about the movie hahaha.

We had a really nice weekend! Friday I got a TON done around the house. I cleaned the kitchen floor and DEEP CLEANED the master bathroom. I seriously scrubbed it so hard that I smelled like bleach for the rest of the day. I took Maddux to go get his belated birthday gift, went to the grocery store, and did Sean's laundry. Boom. That night DH and I tried to have a movie night but Callie didn't want to sleep.

Saturday I let DH sleep in since he had to work that day and Callie and I went to a bday party. It was a lot of fun but there were soooooo many kids. Callie loves other babies so she had a lot of fun. While she was playing though she fell over and bumped her poor head. I felt awful but I know that will be happening a lot more in our future since she is crawling around now. That night @labro and my parents came over and we had pizza and wine. Callie had another rough night of sleep but DH let me sleep in on Sunday so all was well.

Sunday we had a great day together. DH put locks on all the kitchen cabinets and bathroom cabinets and we also put some rubber corner guards on the coffee table. Then we went out to lunch with Callie and we sat outside because the weather was super nice. It put Callie right to sleep with the warm breeze. Afterwards we went grocery shopping and I made tomato soup and grilled cheese for dinner. Callie slept great last night thankfully and so did we.

Not much happening tonight. I plan to work out and have leftovers for dinner. I need to finish my laundry that I started yesterday. I might get lunch with some of the coworkers but I brought my lunch so idk yet.

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@Swazzle - What kind of food was at this amazing restaurant??  

@southernpeach89 - Your weekend sounds nice, even if Callie had a bit of a rough time sleeping.  Pizza, wine, tomato soup and grilled cheese...  Yum!!

I just want to be an AW and announce:  THIRD TRIMESTER!!


Weekend was fairly quiet.  We ended up going to that wedding on Friday night.  It was actually a nice wedding.  The restaurant had a banquet room that they rented and decorated.  There were only two things that are worth mentioning...  The invite said it started at 6:00, but it really started at 7:00 and they just didn't want people to be an hour late, so they put 6:00.  This is common.  The second thing was that the minister (the groom's oldest brother, who is like at least 30 years older than the groom) was spending a lot of time talking about how women are hard-headed.  A bunch of us were rolling our eyes at that.

H fixed K's chandelier while I was napping.  We just need to finish hanging the crystals on it.  It's SO CUTE.

Swazzle

@southernpeach89 - I looove scary movies so much. I blame thank my bio dad for that. This one was really realistic, could totally happen, and those are the ones that freak me out the most!

Awwww Callie's poor little head! She's getting around so much now! 

@CocoBellaF - It was American. We shared: roasted beet salad with goat cheese croquettes, peking duck tacos, spicy tuna cones (my favorite!), filet mignon kebab, crispy pork belly with sticky rice hash brown, and short rib ravioli with truffle mushroom cream sauce. Yay for 3rd Tri! 

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@Swazzle - Oh yum!!!!!

labro

@Swazzle Omg that food sounds soooo yummy!!! And your weekend sounds absolutely perfect!

@southernpeach89 I'm glad you guys had a nice family day on Sunday. I had so much fun drinking wine with you and texting with @GoldenPenguin .

@CocoBellaF Yay for third tri!

I'm so glad this week is finally here. Our contractor is here and he's started on his work! Apparently we were supposed to have a plumber put in the shower pan but we somehow missed that instruction....oops. So he knows a plumber who is coming out tomorrow to do that and also hopefully do the fittings on our tub, and hopefully for way less money than the first plumber quoted us. Anyway, at least other work IS going on today so yay!

On Saturday we spent nearly $1,000 at Lowe's (UGH!) buying the remaining materials for the bathroom remodel. On the plus side, a percentage of that was for a new toilet!!! I'm so excited because the toilet in our master bath was crappy and would run non stop if the handle wasn't sitting in this exact position. Also it was just plain ugly (although not as ugly as @minskat30 's pink toilet). Anyway, a couple quick pics of our bathroom now that everything is ripped out.

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@CocoBellaF 3rd trimester! I hate to tell you this but 3rd creeps by so slowly...I don't know why but I felt like I was in 3rd trimester for a year haha. I will also tell you though since it's getting warmer out...take advantage of going in pools because seriously it takes all the weight off of you and it feels amazing!

@Swazzle I feel so bad when she bumps her head. Sometimes she only cries for 0.2 seconds and then gets over it but other times she really cries and I feel terrible. I just want to wrap her up in bubble wrap.

Swazzle

@labro - YAY for trucking along with the reno! I seriously can't wait to see it when it's finished! 

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@southernpeach89 - With everything going on, the whole thing has crept by slowly.  I am just happy to be getting closer to the end.  I'm even starting to make plans that don't involve me being pregnant.  It's not warm enough for pools here yet, but sooooooooon.  We have a doggie pool in the backyard (one of those plastic kiddie ones) that Baxter and Bella are going to have to let me borrow for a while.  

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@TwoDimes - I loved your bike riding pictures!!!  It looked so fun.

lavenderfields13

swazzle I'll have to tell my H about that movie- he loves scary movies and I hate them- my heart can't take it lol

@cocobellaF Yay for third trimester!! Glad you had a nice time at the wedding- I would have been rolling my eyes SO HARD at that minister too.

I hate that it's Monday again already Friday me and H were going to go out to eat but he suggested making a pizza, staying in and saving money so we did that and caught up on our shows. Saturday H had to work ALL DAY so I was on my own. I did my workout and went to my laser appt and stopped by Marshall's after. I tried on 5 things and didn't like any of them which is probably for the best since I had just spend about $180 for my laser for my underarms. 
After that I headed home, did laundry and then went to dinner with my BFF. When H got home we watched Horns- he had just read the book and was complaining the whole time that the movie was so different than the book lol.

Sunday I slept in really late for me- until 12pm- I woke up because H's alarm went off. I got up and did a workout and when we were both ready we headed to an open house. I had emailed our broker the night before saying we weren't that interested so we didn't want him to waste his time coming to look with us. I'm so glad we didn't have him come - we were in and out of there pretty quickly. They originally listed the house online as 3 beds, 1.5 baths. It only had TWO bedrooms and no other room that could be used as a bedroom. IDK if that was a mistake of some sort of a ploy to get people in there. After that we decided to drive around to some other towns and do drive bys of houses that we liked online to see what the neighborhoods were like. I'm so glad we did that because we ruled a few houses out just by doing that and now know not to look in that area. We went to dinner after our little road trip and headed home to crash on the couch. 

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@TwoDimes She did SO WELL this past week so I was telling DH that it looks like this sleep regression is kind of coming to an end but Friday and Saturday were awful. It's not terrible though...I can take 2 nights of not sleeping compared to a week of not sleeping. 

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@CocoBellaF I definitely sat in Maddux's doggie pool. Worth it.

cu97tiger

Morning ladies!

My weekend was so nice. The weather finally seemed like spring and it was glorious. Friday night H and I sat on the porch and opened a 4 year old bottle of Stag's Leap that we had gotten for our anniversary. We expected it to be rotten, but it was actually delicious. 

Saturday I went to Crossfit, then took one of my gfs out for lunch for her birthday. We then went to another restaurant with outdoor seating on the creek and drank my favorite champagne (Tribaut Ratafia G). It was beautiful out and I got a little bit of a sunburn.

Sunday I volunteered at a local 5k, then ran it with one of my co-workers. I ran a couple extra miles on the way home, and by the time I got home, I was sore and tired. I spent the rest of the day in my sweatpants watching tv and napping. I did go to the grocery store last night, so I'm all set for this week on snacks and dinner. It's a great feeling, but sometimes hard for me to get my butt out the door on the weekend!

Not much happening this week. I have a mentoring meeting tomorrow night and that's it.

beachyone15

Good morning! Well, I haven't floated away yet but this crazy rain is supposed to continue all damn week.
We had a good weekend. Saturday H ran a bunch of errands and let me stay at home and veg. Sunday we got our new bed delivered and OMG it is heaven! We also spent the day cooking and cleaning bc we were going to have my parents over to celebrate my mom's birthday. We had bbq ribs cooking in the crockpot and I had laundry going when we got another thunderstorm with MORE hail (luckily it was only pea size) which knocked out the power. So we ended up bringing all the food to my parent's house bc I was NOT going to waste those ribs. The night turned out great, but then again, how could it not when you have cake?

@swazzle - What kind of food was it that you had for dinner? YUM!
@southernpeach89 - That's great that she loves playing with others and socializing!
@CocoBellaF - Yay! Hopefully no more sickness now! Fingers crossed for you.
@labro - Wow, it's really coming along! I can't remember if you already have the new stuff picked out already?
@TwoDimes - Enjoy the new grill!
@lavenderfields13 - Location is super important so I think you guys are making a smart decision by driving around different areas to check them out.

Swazzle

@TwoDimes - Sounds like you had such a nice weekend! My bike got ruined (it's completely rusted) but I'm hoping it's fixable because I'd love to ride to the train everyday rather than driving! 

@lavenderfields13 - Looking for a house can be so frustrating. Sending vibes your way! 

@cu97tiger - How amazing was the weather this weekend! I hope it stays forever! 

@beachyone15 - Oh no! I hope your weather clears up and you get some sun! I'm not a big rib eater but every now and then I get a craving and that moment is now! 

minskat30

@swazzle - Sounds like a fun and relaxing weekend!  Food sounds awesome too!  I love that you "trash pick" - I hate people that waste stuff and I pick up stuff too that people throw out or want to throw out in our neighborhood if it is still good.

@southernpeach89 - I'm sorry Callie isn't sleeping well.  I know that must be hard on you.  Your weekend sounds super productive through...deep cleans are the best.  And I can't believe you are baby proofing the house already!  Callie is growing so quickly!

@cocobellaf - Yeah for the third tri!!!!!  Almost there!

@twodimes - I saw you on the bike this weekend on FB and you looked adorable!    Plus biking and gelato = perfect weekend.  Also, yea for a new grill!  Did you test it out yet?

@labro - Holy hell!  You guys got a lot done this weekend...your bathroom looks so much cleaner than ours did gutted!  I can't WAIT to see the finished product.

@lavenderfields13 - Listings like that drive me nuts...did you complain to the agent?

@cu97tiger - I also saw your picture on FB....I think it is awesome of you to both volunteer at AND run the 5K with your co-worker.  

@beachyone15 - Yeah for a new bed!!!  What one did you go with again?

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This weekend was a mixed bag.  I'm going to throw myself a bit of a pity party for a moment.  I had researched consignment sales for a while and this weekend was the big one...H and I got to pre-shop because I signed up so early and we are first time parents.  We got an hour in there on Sat night so I looked for the big stuff for us and for my sister on her list.  I didn't score too much (the volunteers get to pre-pre-shop and grabbed most of the big stuff) but I got a few things for both of us.  The next day my mom, sister, her kids and I were supposed to go again.  They didn't want to go until later so I'm glad I pre-shopped but they came to pick me up, I got us all free tickets to get in, paid for parking, etc. and then started the shopping looking for my sister and any other medium sized items she might need.  After that, we started looking for small stuff and shoes were the first thing we ran into (girls) so of course I thought we would stop there...nope, my sister said "where is the boy's stuff" (she is having a boy) and off she went to look for boys items and my mother and her kids followed...my mom at least yelled back "someone should probably stay with min skat" so my niece headed on back and helped me shop.  My feelings were butt hurt though...I didn't see them again until my nephew came to get my niece and I and said "mom and grandma are in line so are you guys done?".  I felt like crap after that. They dropped me off to pick up the things I had already gotten for my sister the day before, saw the nursery for the first time and left right away too...I had a few things we could have done together but they "were tired".  Oh but my sister did manage to see the 3D pictures of Ani (I forgot to put them away) and the FIRST thing out of her mouth and the one thing she knows H is super sensitive about ..."ha! she has your H's nose".  I told her they weren't good pictures and she didn't know what she was talking about...I seriously wanted to hit her with the items I had bought for her at that point.

Oh and later that night...Raj started limping.  I think his right knee is going so we are starting him on supplements and pain med again in the hopes that it holds out a little longer.  Having to put him through surgery again right before I have Ani would be a disaster but we'll do what we have to obviously to make sure he is ok.  

Ok, pity party over...sorry, I needed to vent to someone about all that. 

Today H and I have a birthing class after work and have a cleaning lady coming to give us an estimate on house cleaning!  Hopefully it is reasonable cost-wise so we can swing it for a few months before and after Ani is born.

beachyone15

@minskat30 - It's a plush Stearns and Foster - and we went from a queen to a king which is so much better!
I'm sorry. I would feel a little hurt by that too. Keeping my fingers crossed for Raj!!!

Swazzle

@minskat30 - UGH that makes me so sad and mad for you. I'm so sorry, you have every right to be upset. Sending you the biggest of hugs

lavenderfields13

@beachyone15 Ugh that is really annoying that your power went out! Sounds like you were still able to have a great birthday for your mom!

@minskat30 No we didn't say anything to the agent. This was our first time at an open house on our own and I wasn't sure if I should lol. 
I'm so sorry about your weekend. Your family just sounds mean and inconsiderate and you have every right to be upset. I wouldn't by crap for your sister anymore. Maybe that sounds mean but they just don't treat you right!

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@minskat30 Ugh it's ok...it's part of parenting and it won't last forever which is what I keep telling myself. I'm sorry about what happened at the consignment sale. That's totally not fair and I would definitely be upset too. I would totally shop all the girl things with you any day. And also...3D images never look "normal" lol and your sister should know better as to make comments like that.

On that note I feel like all comments on another person's baby should be always positive no matter what! You never know what might rub someone the wrong way. Sorry this really gets to me because I had someone ask me this weekend if Callie was underweight and that really pissed me off. Even asking "what's wrong with her" without any indication from the parent that something is wrong I feel is rude. I would NEVER walk up to a parent and look at their baby and ask "Oh is she sick" or "What's wrong with her, she doesn't look right" I don't get it. People need to stop.

/end rant lol

MissKittyDanger

Morning ladies! Seems like everyone had a busy/productive weekend!!

@swazzle your morning sounded wonderful!!

@southernpeach89 yay for deep clean! And it sounds like you and your H have a good balance so both can sleep

@CocoBellaF yay third tri

@labro I admire yours and H ability to do renos! I don't have patience to do all that lol

@beachyone15 You may wanna get a raft!

@minskat30 Consignment sales are so great, especially baby ones! I've hit up a few with formerly preggo friends


Unfortunately my weekend started on a down note and didn't exactly get better. I'll get to that.

Friday Matt picked me up and we stopped at LCBO. He got rum and I got 4 smirnoff peach bellini and a rose wine {cotton candy!} Went to my granny's place, she made me egg salad. Afterwards we just sat on our balcony. A friend wanted to go for coffee, so I said yes and waited.
Before I go, my mum called.
One of her friends - who I know as well - passed away suddenly.

Short version of what happened, she was at her daughter and grandson's place doing baking. She felt heart burn, got milk. Felt dizzy, hit the floor. Massive heart attack and gone by the time she hit the floor.

My mum was not okay, considering it was her friend and also the 2yrs of my dad passing {massive heart attack also} is next Sunday.
Still ended up going for coffee, cuz my mum went to help out with stuff for her friend.

Saturday we were to see a house near where I use to live. This fucking place is a disaster! Even our realtor wasn't impressed and concerned by a few things.
I don't mind getting a place where we have to change flooring and/or paint. Not an issue, those are personal things for the most part. However there was so much to do, and as our realtor said "this place needs love and unfortunately someone to love it needs to have deep pockets"

Afterwards I drove a bit, practicing. That night we were to go to our buddy's place but I opted to hang out with my mum since I knew she was having a hard time. Next weekend we're going to do some shopping on the Sunday.

Sunday was absolutely gorgeous out! I had some banking to do but we did wander around outside. I've been having off and on headache from a mix of muscle pain and sinus, so we didn't stay out long. I ended up taking a nap and it did not help at all .... Matt made dinner so I could take a bath to hopefully help. Didn't help much but a bit.

This morning was a frustrating one. The blender needs to be washed again, so I couldn't make a smoothie and I didn't defrost bread so I couldn't have an egg salad sammich

minskat30

@swazzle @twodimes @beachyone15 @lavenderfields13 @southernpeach89 - Thank you...I just had to get that all off my chest.  I meditated last night after all this crap and it helped too.  I refuse to let this stress me out.  Refuse.  

@southernpeach89 - Ha!  Amen.  I mean, people either need to say nice things or nothing at all about other people's kids.  I don't care if Ani comes out with the biggest schnoz in the world.  It will be perfectly kissable to me.    I'm sorry you are getting that crap from strangers about Callie's size.  She looks absolutely PERFECT to me because she is absolutely perfect.  

@lavenderfields13 - I would say something to the agent next time...loudly.  I did that when an agent misrepresented the size of a house (I mean, big time misrepresented not a typo or something).  

@twodimes - Yum, yum, yum.  A new grill with corn and brats sounds like the perfect start to summer.

speakeasy14

@swazzle enjoy the scallops! That's one thing I miss about New England.  I lived off scallops the first year I lived there. 

@twodimes so how was the biking experience, really?  I'm so afraid to get on a bike again since it's been at least 15 years, and I know that klutz mode will kick in.

@minskat30 big hugs for Raj, fingers crossed he won't need surgery on the other leg any time soon!  And ugh to your family. That was really sucky of them, especially since you got them in for free and bought stuff for your sister in advance.

@cocobellaf Yay!!! Baby K is officially bigger than my brother was when he was born!

I am finally caught up on sleep and feeling 100% back to normal.  Saturday my mom and I spent the day making my sister walk around. We started out going to a new public market, thinking it would be like the farmer's markets that we go to by our houses.  Nope, it was a yuppy, overpriced market.  We did leave with handmade belgian chocolates, pizza stuffed pretzels, and crepes.  From there went food shopping and then my mom suggested we get pedicures.  We were hoping they would hit the right pressure point.  Didn't work, the guy actually barely massage my sister (we think he was afraid). Little diva is quite content in her home.  (Sister just left the dr and she's not even dilated yet).  

Because I was out all day I didn't have anything for dinner so we decided to try out a restaurant I had a gift card for.  The food was really good, and it wasn't expensive at all.  Only downside, apparently the restaurant is not part of the franchise that we had the gift card for (name, logo, everything was identical though).

Sunday was cleaning day.  I also did yoga and pilates, my stomach hates me today.  The only real plans for this week is baby watch (though I'm leaning more towards it really happening next week).  Oh and getting my freaking car back!

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@minskat30 Ani is beautiful! I mean look at you...there is no doubt she is going to be gorgeous! Callie is absolutely perfect and healthy and that's all I ask for. People feel like they just to comment on everything because they don't know any better and it's really frustrating.

And something you will learn quickly is that you will CONSTANTLY worry about your child and to other people that may seem like something is wrong so they will ask about it and try to worry with you in which makes you worry more haha. You just need to tell them "it's really no big deal or nothing is wrong" if that's the case. Everyone wants to give their two cents worth on your baby. You're the mom so you know best.

lavenderfields13

@mskittydanger So sorry to hear about your mom's friend, that is so sad

MissKittyDanger

@lavenderfields13  Thanks It was a shock. Similar situation as my dad, no previous heart problems.

speakeasy14

@southernpeach89 honestly, Callie does not look underweight at all.  People are so freaking rude.  My one niece is about 14 months and super skinny.  Her older sister was a little chunky monkey.  At their birthday party (which was mostly family), people kept asking my best friend if there is something wrong with the baby because she's soo much smaller than her sister.  There's nothing wrong with her, she just has a different body type!

@misskittydanger sorry you had a sucky weekend, especially so close to the anniversary of your dad.  Sending positive thoughts your way.

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@speakeasy14 That makes me so ragey! I don't get it.

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Swazzle

@TwoDimes - Brody likes to come snug as soon as my alarm goes off each morning. This was today: 



They do NOT make it easy to get up and come to work, do they?!