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totsabounding

MamaNicoleof3 said:

PBear93 said:

NicknShan said:

My DH came home with two tubs of Edys ice cream and flowers. We have some winners today.

Mine came home late and without the item I asked him to stop by the store to pick up that I needed to make dinner. 

He's not gonna get laaaaaiiiiiiiid

@MamaNicoleof3 DED. I love it.

 @ahernandez16 believe me, your mom is deriving so much joy from being able to provide these things for her grandbaby. It's awesome that she wants to do it, and you're awesome for not feeling entitled. So much awesomeness!  

DeePaddy24

sdnybrk said:

MamaNicoleof3 said:

NicknShan said:

My DH came home with two tubs of Edys ice cream and flowers. We have some winners today.

He's gonna get laaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiid. 

Mine brought me lunch the other day because he had a call near put house. This happens maybe once a month...we made it a "fun lunch"


I'll pay someone to send me a giant kitkat from Canada....I have money...! I also have access to girl scout cookies!

We have Girl Scout cookies but only thin mints & the plain chocolate & vanilla kind...you guys definitely beat us there. 
Maybe we should consider a trade...big Kit Kat for cookies, lol. Though you might be able to find the Kit Kat at a corner store. 

MamaNicoleof3

DeePaddy24 said 

We have Girl Scout cookies but only thin mints & the plain chocolate & vanilla kind...you guys definitely beat us there. 
Maybe we should consider a trade...big Kit Kat for cookies, lol. Though you might be able to find the Kit Kat at a corner store. 

Or we could, ya know, buy three kit kats. They're sooooo goooooood. 

Oh! does anyone remember those giant kit kats?! They were gross- not enough wafer and too much chocolate. Nice try, Nestle. 

Lilwatz

Ugh, I am in a training class for work today and tomorrow with no technology allowed. Paper and pen only. It's seriously hurting my bump game.

I will just say:

I love all the junk food, but my stupid GD diet says you all can suck it.

--and--

YAY FOR LESS STICKIES!  YOU WERE VICTORIOUS!

DeePaddy24

MamaNicoleof3 said:

DeePaddy24 said 

We have Girl Scout cookies but only thin mints & the plain chocolate & vanilla kind...you guys definitely beat us there. 
Maybe we should consider a trade...big Kit Kat for cookies, lol. Though you might be able to find the Kit Kat at a corner store. 

Or we could, ya know, buy three kit kats. They're sooooo goooooood. 

Oh! does anyone remember those giant kit kats?! They were gross- not enough wafer and too much chocolate. Nice try, Nestle. 

...this doesn't help me with the Girl Scout cookies, though!
haha

ahernandez16

MamaNicoleof3 said:

DeePaddy24 said 

We have Girl Scout cookies but only thin mints & the plain chocolate & vanilla kind...you guys definitely beat us there. 
Maybe we should consider a trade...big Kit Kat for cookies, lol. Though you might be able to find the Kit Kat at a corner store. 

Or we could, ya know, buy three kit kats. They're sooooo goooooood. 

Oh! does anyone remember those giant kit kats?! They were gross- not enough wafer and too much chocolate. Nice try, Nestle. 

Noooo. I love those! 

Sydvicious08

MamaNicoleof3 said:

DeePaddy24 said 

We have Girl Scout cookies but only thin mints & the plain chocolate & vanilla kind...you guys definitely beat us there. 
Maybe we should consider a trade...big Kit Kat for cookies, lol. Though you might be able to find the Kit Kat at a corner store. 

Or we could, ya know, buy three kit kats. They're sooooo goooooood. 

Oh! does anyone remember those giant kit kats?! They were gross- not enough wafer and too much chocolate. Nice try, Nestle. 

But is it really the same? Really? 

PBear93

You guys should look up the kit Kat flavors they have in Japan.  My friend lived there for a while and brought me some blueberry cheesecake ones.  

totsabounding

PBear93 said:

You guys should look up the kit Kat flavors they have in Japan.  My friend lived there for a while and brought me some blueberry cheesecake ones.  

I've heard about those! They have green tea flavored ones, if I recall. Although, I was just over on the UO thread complaining that I'm sick of all these crazy-flavored Oreos.  In general, I think food should avoid trying to taste like an entirely different food.  But, that said, it doesn't bother me with candy. People go crazy for those exotic flavored Kit Kats. I'm curious.

Emztron500

Canadian girl scout cookies are a joke. I thought they were ok until a friend of mine (an American who has only lived here a few years) asked me to watch her cat for a while and help myself to her huge stash of American girl scout cookies. She probably did not anticipate how much of a dent I would make in that stash

@parsonsperson I'm so with you on crazy Oreo flavours. I LOVE original Oreos, but I hate pretty much everything else they've ever tried to do, including Double Stuf (maybe this should be a UO...but I think the original cookie/cream ratio is perfect). 

@MamaNicoleof3 I loved those big weird Kit Kats (can't remember what they were called!) and I had a system for eating them where I would systematically eat off the entire outer chocolate layer first and then eat the wafer layers separately.

MamaNicoleof3

Emztron500 said:

@MamaNicoleof3 I loved those big weird Kit Kats (can't remember what they were called!) and I had a system for eating them where I would systematically eat off the entire outer chocolate layer first and then eat the wafer layers separately.

That's the only way I can eat Kit Kats. Even normal-sized ones. Yummmmm. 

ahernandez16

@Emztron500 Oh. my. gawd. That's how I ate those kit kats too. 

MamaNicoleof3

Dude. It's the only way to eat ANY kit kat!!

GinnyJ2012

NicknShan said:

My DH came home with two tubs of Edys ice cream and flowers. We have some winners today.

Everyone's except mine. He's on a boys weekend to play golf and left me home with our boys! My dads coming on Sunday, the house is a wreck, my guest room is storage for all the baby girl stuff I've been buying, and I decided to paint the kids new (second hand) bunk beds to freshen them up. I need candy and 24 hours to seep. 

VikingGirl12

MamaNicoleof3 said:

DeePaddy24 said 

We have Girl Scout cookies but only thin mints & the plain chocolate & vanilla kind...you guys definitely beat us there. 
Maybe we should consider a trade...big Kit Kat for cookies, lol. Though you might be able to find the Kit Kat at a corner store. 

Or we could, ya know, buy three kit kats. They're sooooo goooooood. 

Oh! does anyone remember those giant kit kats?! They were gross- not enough wafer and too much chocolate. Nice try, Nestle. 

Chunky KitKat??? That's what they were called in England anyway. They were amaaazing.

catherinekate

I had to google the Japanese kitkat bars and I can't tell if they look amazing or horrible.

Bear14+

GinnyJ2012 said:

NicknShan said:

My DH came home with two tubs of Edys ice cream and flowers. We have some winners today.

Everyone's except mine. He's on a boys weekend to play golf and left me home with our boys! My dads coming on Sunday, the house is a wreck, my guest room is storage for all the baby girl stuff I've been buying, and I decided to paint the kids new (second hand) bunk beds to freshen them up. I need candy and 24 hours to seep. 

My husbands annual boys golf trip falls when I'm 34 weeks & I went into labor at 36 weeks with DS. I'm like...ummmm, are you sure?! He's insistent it will be okay. He goes to the mountains with no cell service & it's basically a drunk fest for like 8 guys. I'm thinking its not going to happen this year. Haha 

crdo

Speaking of food, story time:

H and I went out to dinner last night. I shared an app with H, ate my entire meatloaf entrée, and ordered beignets for dessert (3 to an order). As I was working on my 2nd beignet, the waiter asked if I might need a box for the last. 
Me: Maybe a little box please, just in case.
H: I don't know, man, I think she probably won't need it. I have faith in her.
Waiter: Hey, I have all the faith! *Laughs, hands in the air*

2 minutes later as I ate the last bite of the final beignet...

Waiter comes by to check if we need anything.
Me: ....Turns out I won't need that box after all. The baby wanted all the beignets.
H: Told ya. She's a champ!

CourtJack

Bear14+ said:

GinnyJ2012 said:

NicknShan said:

My DH came home with two tubs of Edys ice cream and flowers. We have some winners today.

Everyone's except mine. He's on a boys weekend to play golf and left me home with our boys! My dads coming on Sunday, the house is a wreck, my guest room is storage for all the baby girl stuff I've been buying, and I decided to paint the kids new (second hand) bunk beds to freshen them up. I need candy and 24 hours to seep. 

My husbands annual boys golf trip falls when I'm 34 weeks & I went into labor at 36 weeks with DS. I'm like...ummmm, are you sure?! He's insistent it will be okay. He goes to the mountains with no cell service & it's basically a drunk fest for like 8 guys. I'm thinking its not going to happen this year. Haha 

Ha. I like how he's insistent that it will be ok. He's got the inside scoop on your uterus clearly

kwife15

You can get some of the weird Kit Kat flavors at the World Market! The green tea ones are pretty good but that's about as wild as I'll go

MamaNicoleof3

Re: flavored kit kats (along with the randomly flavored Oreos from UOs)- I must be a purist when it comes to my chocolate. Give me the straight chocolate and regular flavor, please!

GinnyJ2012

This made me laugh way too hard this morning. 

gray51015

Bear14+ said:

GinnyJ2012 said:

NicknShan said:

My DH came home with two tubs of Edys ice cream and flowers. We have some winners today.

Everyone's except mine. He's on a boys weekend to play golf and left me home with our boys! My dads coming on Sunday, the house is a wreck, my guest room is storage for all the baby girl stuff I've been buying, and I decided to paint the kids new (second hand) bunk beds to freshen them up. I need candy and 24 hours to seep. 

My husbands annual boys golf trip falls when I'm 34 weeks & I went into labor at 36 weeks with DS. I'm like...ummmm, are you sure?! He's insistent it will be okay. He goes to the mountains with no cell service & it's basically a drunk fest for like 8 guys. I'm thinking its not going to happen this year. Haha 

This made me laugh. My H the other day...

H: How accurate is this due date we have been given?

Me: Meh. It's just a guess really.

H: sooo.... odds are she wont actually be here on the 4th?

Me: Probably not, but it will be really close to the 4th I would think. Why? What are you getting at??

H: Well....(dramatic pause) There's this golf tournament that weekend, it's a big deal...

Me: *Stares dumbly at him and the walks away*

Kballew10

gray51015 said:

Bear14+ said:

GinnyJ2012 said:

NicknShan said:

My DH came home with two tubs of Edys ice cream and flowers. We have some winners today.

Everyone's except mine. He's on a boys weekend to play golf and left me home with our boys! My dads coming on Sunday, the house is a wreck, my guest room is storage for all the baby girl stuff I've been buying, and I decided to paint the kids new (second hand) bunk beds to freshen them up. I need candy and 24 hours to seep. 

My husbands annual boys golf trip falls when I'm 34 weeks & I went into labor at 36 weeks with DS. I'm like...ummmm, are you sure?! He's insistent it will be okay. He goes to the mountains with no cell service & it's basically a drunk fest for like 8 guys. I'm thinking its not going to happen this year. Haha 

This made me laugh. My H the other day...

H: How accurate is this due date we have been given?

Me: Meh. It's just a guess really.

H: sooo.... odds are she wont actually be here on the 4th?

Me: Probably not, but it will be really close to the 4th I would think. Why? What are you getting at??

H: Well....(dramatic pause) There's this golf tournament that weekend, it's a big deal...

Me: *Stares dumbly at him and the walks away*

H did the same thing!  There is a local brewfest 5 days before my due date.  I told H that he could go with one of his friends in town, but he'd have to keep in mind that if I go into labor early, he might have to give away his ticket ($20, no big deal).  His response = inviting his college buddies to come and offering up our house to stay in for the weekend!  Um... no.

BabyboyS2016

@Bear14+ @gray51015 just tell them you have a doc that really cares about you and your baby and won't let your LOs be born on any other day besides the one you pick out ahead of time. 

gray51015

@shannonrnbsn Bahahaha!! I just snorted at my desk. I'd still like to know if that girl had her baby on leap day like she was told by her doctor she could!

mkemommy

Ah due date issues.  H thought our due date was set in stone, like baby is coming that day come hell or high water...he was really excited it was a Wednesday (that is his "lucky" day).  I didn't have the heart to break it to him that it was just an educated guess until he started telling me how much time we have until baby gets here, at which point I broke the news that babies do indeed come early...now he is freaking out.  Can't win with that one.  

CourtJack

mkemommy said:

Ah due date issues.  H thought our due date was set in stone, like baby is coming that day come hell or high water...he was really excited it was a Wednesday (that is his "lucky" day).  I didn't have the heart to break it to him that it was just an educated guess until he started telling me how much time we have until baby gets here, at which point I broke the news that babies do indeed come early...now he is freaking out.  Can't win with that one.  

LOL @ his lucky day. Does he wake up every Wednesday really excited??

Tawny87

mkemommy said:

Ah due date issues.  H thought our due date was set in stone, like baby is coming that day come hell or high water...he was really excited it was a Wednesday (that is his "lucky" day).  I didn't have the heart to break it to him that it was just an educated guess until he started telling me how much time we have until baby gets here, at which point I broke the news that babies do indeed come early...now he is freaking out.  Can't win with that one.  

Is it because it's "hump" day...?

catherinekate

My husband is a chef and has begged me not to go into labour on a Friday or Saturday night because it would be inconvenient to leave in the middle of service. Eye roll. On another note....

mkemommy

Ha!  @courtjack - Its an astrological thing for H when he talked to some astrological dude in India growing up.  H is basically superstitious of Tuesday actually so he just is so happy when Tuesday is over and Wednesday comes around.  He does wake up in a better mode as a result.

@Tawny87 - Didn't even think of that.  

NicknShan

We will be having an RCS on a Wednesday. My DH has every intention to head up north to the cabin that weekend for his soon to be BILs bachelor party (Friday-Sunday). I just let him think that and I am not correcting him. Evil laugh. A CS usually requires a couple nights in the hospital. Best case - we go home Friday afternoon. But my guess is that we wouldn't even go home until Saturday. 

Emztron500

My friend went into labour at 35 weeks while her husband was in Vegas on a boy's trip. He had to get a rush flight back and showed up at the hospital completely wasted and needed to be hooked up to an IV to sober up. She was super impressed obviously!

I have to admit I've been working off of the assumption that this baby will come at 40 weeks just like my first did (not right on my due date, but shortly after). Probably a safe-ish bet? Please don't prove me wrong, baby. Life is unpredictable enough as it is.

amangels2

I am SO sleepy this morning.  I keep reminding myself it's Friday.  But then I remember I have the dreaded GD test tomorrow and have to be at the doctor's early and that keeps bumming me out.  But it is Friday....that is my mantra for right now.

gray51015

This should probably be a FFFC, but I secretly have my fingers crossed that LO comes just a small handful of days early. We have so many family members who live really far away and are adamant about being there for her birth and "helping us out at home" after- if she was just a few days early no one would be in town yet and we could just slip off to the hospital unnoticed, no one the wiser.

CourtJack

NicknShan said:

We will be having an RCS on a Wednesday. My DH has every intention to head up north to the cabin that weekend for his soon to be BILs bachelor party (Friday-Sunday). I just let him think that and I am not correcting him. Evil laugh. A CS usually requires a couple nights in the hospital. Best case - we go home Friday afternoon. But my guess is that we wouldn't even go home until Saturday. 

First read through of this I missed the "a" before Wednesday. Had a .5 second freak out and re-read. Phew!

dennyandlee

gray51015 said:

This should probably be a FFFC, but I secretly have my fingers crossed that LO comes just a small handful of days early. We have so many family members who live really far away and are adamant about being there for her birth and "helping us out at home" after- if she was just a few days early no one would be in town yet and we could just slip off to the hospital unnoticed, no one the wiser.

Tell them to back the fack up.  I believe no one is allowed to be adamant about being in your house after you give birth but YOU. Even DH can take a hike.

goldie987

gray51015 said:

This should probably be a FFFC, but I secretly have my fingers crossed that LO comes just a small handful of days early. We have so many family members who live really far away and are adamant about being there for her birth and "helping us out at home" after- if she was just a few days early no one would be in town yet and we could just slip off to the hospital unnoticed, no one the wiser.

What is their game plan for if she comes late??? 

We had to talk my in-laws out of cancelling their trip to alaska (June 19-26, my EDD is the 24th) and coming down to see us instead because due dates just aren't set in stone and the baby will do whatever they want to do.  I can't imagine having people come in because they want to help, I would be stressing about the baby deciding to take its time and come a week or so late.  

MrsAlliKat

Sgoldberg247 said:

gray51015 said:

This should probably be a FFFC, but I secretly have my fingers crossed that LO comes just a small handful of days early. We have so many family members who live really far away and are adamant about being there for her birth and "helping us out at home" after- if she was just a few days early no one would be in town yet and we could just slip off to the hospital unnoticed, no one the wiser.

What is their game plan for if she comes late??? 

We had to talk my in-laws out of cancelling their trip to alaska (June 19-26, my EDD is the 24th) and coming down to see us instead because due dates just aren't set in stone and the baby will do whatever they want to do.  I can't imagine having people come in because they want to help, I would be stressing about the baby deciding to take its time and come a week or so late.  

^This for sure.  FIL told H that he is planning to come to town a week before my due date and just hang out until baby gets here.  Um, no. I can't imagine him just hanging out for weeks if baby decides to come late.  I want my last few days of being a family of 2, whenever those may be, to be just H and I.  H is supposed to tell him that we don't even want anyone in the waiting room when I'm delivering, but I don't believe that conversation has happened yet - totally a rant of mine with H right now.

gray51015

@Soldberg247 & @MrsAlliKat Their plan as of now is just to hang out and "be there for us". If she is late they don't mind loitering. It's a stressful topic in our house. I understand they are all extremely excited, and since they live so far away it's a really hard thing to plan out, but I am seriously concerned about losing my shit on everyone if I have to be submersed in family for that long.