::Kicks a tumbleweed::

Beachy730

Ooh I like those names, very nice.  Last time you said you had only narrowed it down to a few.

pinkpinot

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[QUOTE]My mom, sister and grandma didn't even make it to my shower. My coworkers spent time putting it together and they couldn't even bother to come over for it. My stepmom was going to come but she ended up getting heat stroke as the days before it had been over 100 degrees and wasn't able to make it.
Posted by Ciaram22[/QUOTE]

Why do you think your family sucks?  Ha!  No I am serious.  My sister and I always trying to pinpoint why our mom is the way she is.  Right now the best theory is religion made her a crazy, judgmental woman who looks down on everyone.  I think she resents me, the most, because she was 7 months pregnant with me when her marriage to my dad crumbled.  She told me she would feel me kicking around her in belly and she would wish I wouldn't come out because she wasn't ready to deal with a baby while dealing with her marriage ending.

Beachy730

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: ::Kicks a tumbleweed:: : Why do you think your family sucks?  Ha!  No I am serious.  My sister and I always trying to pinpoint why our mom is the way she is.  Right now the best theory is religion made her a crazy, judgmental woman who looks down on everyone.  I think she resents me, the most, because she was 7 months pregnant with me when her marriage to my dad crumbled.  She told me she would feel me kicking around her in belly and she would wish I wouldn't come out because she wasn't ready to deal with a baby while dealing with her marriage ending.
Posted by pinkpinot[/QUOTE]

That's horrible.  I can't imagine ever saying something like that to my kids, regardless of what happens.

pinkpinot

Ooh good names, I like em'

Do you have any tiny little preference on the gender?

H is ready for babies but I'm not.  I think I'm draining all my parenting energy on my dogs.  I hope that changes though, I'd like to have a baby to prove I can be a better mom than I had.

Ciaram22

The boys name we have pretty much had decided since before we got married. Edmund after DH's grandfather and Michael after my moms long term boyfriend that lost his life to a staph infection from complications of being in a wheelchair since he was 17. Michael is also my dads middle name which I didn't think about until after we chose it.

We had a couple girls names and we just kept going on and off of them We had Tecia Rose and Elaina Alexis but neither did much for us and then I threw out Elaina Renee and it just kinda stuck and we both really like it.

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Gosh, that sucks pink.

My Mom has said some really hurtful things to my sister and I over the years. I have forgiven her for them, however, my sister still struggles with it. Holding the grudge was killing me. And H helped me realize that until I could truly forgive her, I could never heal from it.

Ciaram: I love those names. The girl name is really pretty.

Ciaram22

I really don't have a preference. As long as its a healthy baby I will be happy. I do have a feeling that it is a boy though but I guess we will see.

pinkpinot

I know, my mother is the queen of verbal diarrhea.   At this stage of the game, I'm able to laugh off about 99% of what she says and file under: she's crazy, don't take it personal.

Beachy730

H would wait 10 years to have kids if I let him.  We will probably wait another year and a half or so.  It depends on his deployments and what not.  We are supposed to be back on the east coast within about 2 years, and if the schedule stays the same we should have about 5 years with no chance of deployment, so we know that will be a great time to have kids.  I wouldn't care if we got pregnant while still out here, but I'd like to be on the east coast by the time I had the baby so that we are closer to family. 

pinkpinot

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[QUOTE]I really don't have a preference. As long as its a healthy baby I will be happy. I do have a feeling that it is a boy though but I guess we will see.
Posted by Ciaram22[/QUOTE]

Yes!  I love the feelings you get on gender.  A bunch of my friends had babies throughout the year and all of them were correct on what they suspected. 

Beachy730

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[QUOTE]I know, my mother is the queen of verbal diarrhea.   At this stage of the game, I'm able to laugh off about 99% of what she says and file under: she's crazy, don't take it personal.
Posted by pinkpinot[/QUOTE]

Thats my MIL.  One of the first few times I met her was Christmas and she walked around singing "I have a gift for you, up in my bum."  And she cracked herself up everytime.  Funny thing is, that night was the first time H told me he loved me.  Probably because he realized I had met his mom and didn't run away screaming.

Ciaram22

The only family that is really close to us is FIL and my dad, stepmom and 2 of my 3 sisters. The rest of my family is 6 hours away in Eastern Washington and all of DH's family is in Idaho. My grandparents offered to buy us a house about a year or 2 ago if we would move to Eastern Washington. I said he!! no because I don't want them to be able to stop by whenever they like. If the house were over here on the western side of the state I would have taken them up on the offer.

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: ::Kicks a tumbleweed:: : Thats my MIL.  One of the first few times I met her was Christmas and she walked around singing "I have a gift for you, up in my bum."  And she cracked herself up everytime.  Funny thing is, that night was the first time H told me he loved me.  Probably because he realized I had met his mom and didn't run away screaming.
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

That is pretty humorous esp for a grown woman. I am so glad H stayed me through all the drama with my Mom while we were dating.

It is so good to know that other ladies out there have been through and are still going through some of the same crap that I have. That is why I missed being on here so much when we didn't have the internet.

pinkpinot

Missy, I know! I always think I am the only one who isn't super duper best friends forEVARRRR with their mom so it is refreshing to be reminded that I'm not. 

pinkpinot

dnb your MIL reminds me of that lady who was dancing with a napkin as a top in that wedding from hell video posted on E awhile back...

Beachy730

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: ::Kicks a tumbleweed:: : That is pretty humorous esp for a grown woman. I am so glad H stayed me through all the drama while we were dating with my Mom. It is so good to know that other ladies out there have been through and are still going through some of the same crap that I have. That is why I missed being on here so much when we didn't have the internet.
Posted by MissySue20[/QUOTE]

Oh I completely agree.  We went I think 3 weeks without internet when we were moving and I hated every second of it.  No matter what is going on in your life, there is at least one person on here going through the same thing or who has been through it just about. 

pinkpinot

the word "moving" still makes me shudder because it sucks so bad.

Beachy730

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[QUOTE]dnb your MIL reminds me of that lady who was dancing with a napkin as a top in that wedding from hell video posted on E awhile back...
Posted by pinkpinot[/QUOTE]

Hahaha I never saw it.  I'm actually afraid to now in case it is her.  I'm dreading to see what BILs wedding will be like.  They are only inviting about 80 people so its going to be a lot less people there than us for her to blend in with, so I can only imagine how the night will be.  There is a hotel right next door so H and I have both said we are getting completely hammered and either walking to the hotel or having my parents come to get us.  I can totally see there being a cash bar though. 

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Yup, that is about how long we lived without it. It was totally killing me.

H teases me but I have tried explaining to him how it really helps me. It feels like I have friends, even though I don't know any of you personally, esp since we are so far away from our friends.

Beachy730

I'm with you on that pink.  With a military move they come in and pack and move everything for us, so all we had to do was move ourselves, our cars, and unpack, and I still hated every second of it.  Plus our stuff didn't get here until almost 2 weeks after we did, so we were bored out of our minds and spending money like crazy.  I hate that we have to do it again in less than 2 years.  Thats why we will probably just stay in Virginia for a while, and I told H I am never moving unless its a military move or we pay for movers.

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[QUOTE]the word "moving" still makes me shudder because it sucks so bad.
Posted by pinkpinot[/QUOTE]

You are so right about that. I am tired of moving, I have moved three times in the past 15 months. I so tired of seeing boxes and packing tape...lol

Ciaram22

Alright ladies its time for me to call it a night. I'm going to take my pregnant butt to bed and hopefully get a good full nights worth of sleep out of it. Goodnight!

pinkpinot

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: ::Kicks a tumbleweed:: : You are so right about that. I am tired of moving, I have moved three times in the past 15 months. I so tired of seeing boxes and packing tape...lol
Posted by MissySue20[/QUOTE]

OMG.  Why?  Eeeek that is way too many time for my liking!!

pinkpinot

Night Ciara!

pinkpinot

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[QUOTE]I'm with you on that pink.  With a military move they come in and pack and move everything for us, so all we had to do was move ourselves, our cars, and unpack, and I still hated every second of it.  Plus our stuff didn't get here until almost 2 weeks after we did, so we were bored out of our minds and spending money like crazy.  I hate that we have to do it again in less than 2 years.  Thats why we will probably just stay in Virginia for a while, and I told H I am never moving unless its a military move or we pay for movers.
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

Is it weird having strangers pack up all your stuff? 

Beachy730

Sorry TK was acting goofy and wasn't letting me on here.  Actually pink I didn't know how it would be, but it wasn't weird at all.  Because we were a house to house move, and none of our stuff was going into storage, they kept all our clothes in the dressers.  If they were to pack up my bras and underwear and teddies and stuff that would be weird, and I would do that part myself.  But they do a great job wrapping everything, and its definitely something that I would pay for out of pocket if we needed to.

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[QUOTE]Night Ciara!
Posted by pinkpinot[/QUOTE]

Sorry, I walked away for a while.

Well, I moved a year ago June down here to GA to be with my then FI. That was a major pita bc I lived on the third floor and the drive, etc. Then once I got settled there, we moved to the place we are currently in earlier this month. Granted, it was just down the street, we stayed in the same apt complex. The rent is much cheaper in this new place and we have a lot more storage space by losing the extra bathroom, which was fine with me. Less to clean.

So, all in all, I guess I have lived 3 places in less than 2 yrs, but really only 2 moves. I guess I got myself a little confused there...oops.

Beachy730

Any moving is a pita, so more than once in a short time period is awful.  I still lived with my parents when we got married since we were LDR and I thought it was pointless to pay for me to have an apartment as well when we were constantly going back and forth anyways.  So I had only one bedroom worth of stuff, and we decided not to take the furniture.  But it was such a giant pita to move my clothes and all my other stuff that I had been buying for years for when I moved.  I had slowly been taking stuff when I would go visit H, and then we did 2 big trips with 2 cars, and it was done.  But packing and moving one bedroom was more than enough for me to know I never want to do it myself again.