Trophy High Tuesday

NYTino24

What are you or your friends and family members celebrating this week?

NYTino24

I went #2 two days in a row and didn't get up in the middle of the night to pee. Gross to share, but IDGAF. It's the little things! 

cmessamore

Last week was school vacation in MA, so DS1 and DS2 were home all week with DS3 and I. We not only survived, but we had a lot of fun. This week is school vacation in NH so step-DS and step-DD are home all week with DS3 and I. And yesterday and today I let DS1 and DS2 skip school for some special experiences. Yesterday, I took all 5 to a cool place in our state called Davis' Farmland. And today DH and I are taking them all to the Museum of Science in Boston. We have a membership there, but we haven't gone in quite a while. I'm just celebrating that I am surviving with all these kiddos around for two busy weeks when I want to just sleep all the time! 

kissthesky32

We listed our house last week. In less than 48 hours, we had 2 great offers. And we are officially under contract with a full price offer! DH and I had both been prepared for the worst case scenario and expected to sit on the market and end up lowering our price. I can't believe how fast this happened! 

kwaldy

kissthesky32 said:

We listed our house last week. In less than 48 hours, we had 2 great offers. And we are officially under contract with a full price offer! DH and I had both been prepared for the worst case scenario and expected to sit on the market and end up lowering our price. I can't believe how fast this happened! 

That's awesome!! Congrats!!
We're closing on and getting the keys to our house today, along the same lines.

kissthesky32

Thank you, @kwaldy! We are so happy!

And congratulations on your closing! That's so exciting!!

BayCamp

I *think* I felt a flutter last night, STM at 13 weeks. It was the same feeling and place I'd felt it the night before. It felt like popcorn popping and I cried.

Could have been gas (probably gas) but I had a terrible evening and needed to believe it was the baby. So...yay for flutters!! 

kissthesky32

That's so exciting, @baycamp! I cannot wait to start feeling movement and not wonder every day if there's really a baby in there. 

BayCamp

kissthesky32 said:

That's so exciting, @baycamp! I cannot wait to start feeling movement and not wonder every day if there's really a baby in there. 

It was the coolest feeling and I was all weepy (even after I told DH it was probably gas) to which he replies by ripping one and saying "that DEFINITELY wasn't a baby moving" :::sigh::: moment ruined 

SweetMelissa4

I think once I get past my event on Thursday (Bring your Child to Work Day), my boss might realize that I actually HAVE been working, even while pregnant!  Imagine that!  I think he doesn't understand events and how much work goes into them, so I'm hoping to knock it out of the park on Thursday.  Either way, I'll just be celebrating the event being over!  Then moving on to an entire week of events less than two weeks later for Public Service Recognition Week!

@NYTino24 - I'm green with envy!  I go like, 5 days with no pooping, and then it's loose stool city for me for a couple days before the cycle starts again!  

ArtificialRed

BayCamp said:

I *think* I felt a flutter last night, STM at 13 weeks. It was the same feeling and place I'd felt it the night before. It felt like popcorn popping and I cried.

Could have been gas (probably gas) but I had a terrible evening and needed to believe it was the baby. So...yay for flutters!! 

I had some really convincing gas last night. It felt so similar to what I remember with DS. But I'm only 12 weeks. I feel like I could totally pass it off as the baby at 13 weeks, so I'm super jealous!! I was 15 weeks with DS. 

ArtificialRed

I worked out this morning!!! It was the most pathetic workout ever; but I don't want to overdo it after weeks of nothing and the important thing is that it happened!!! 

BayCamp

@ArtificialRed yeah even at 13 weeks I'm not totally convinced but I needed something good last night so I'm calling it lol. It also fed in to my fears that there are two in there and we just don't know it yet since we won't have an u/s until May 8th. 

car1a

@BayCamp @ArtificialRed the SAME thing has happened to me the last three nights in bed, but I'm only 11+4 so I'm having a hard time believing it. I'm a FTM so I'm not sure what the sensation is that is definitely baby fluttering. The baby is over to my left side (I can feel more twinges of light pain there periodically, and the u/s confirmed it's hanging out on that side), and when I lay down to bed on my left I've felt these really light flutters popping around there just for a few minutes. The first night I was convinced it was gas (though odd feeling gas), but now that's it's happened 3 nights in a row I'm more curious. Seems too early though so I'm still guessing gas. But in the same location three nights?!

ElizabethSchuyler

My blood pressure has been PERFECT in the past week. 

QTAMum3

I have only puked twice today this morning and I just ate 2 bowls of cereal and feel more human today. 

ugoglencoco

@cmessamore kudos to you! The first time I took the kids to Davis Farmland I lost ds2. Lol! We love it there!

08-16-08jms

DD is doing amazing staying dry in her undies!

ariasbabyblog

Both kids are napping and I'm drinking chocolate milk.  

JDW0325

Went to acupuncture and it helped me poop!

jess0211

I had to do an audit today and I praticed some serious self-control.

cmessamore

@ugoglencoco it's funny that you say that:

Yesterday, while at Davis Farmland, I had a great conversation with two moms about having kids close in age (one of them had a 5 & 6 year old and the other had a 3 year old). We chatted for a bit and then me and my 5 moved on to the other side of the place. All of a sudden I look and there is a little boy standing with me telling me he can't find his mommy. I said okay, let's find her. I helped walk around looking for a worker or his mom and ended up back where I was talking to those moms. I asked them if they saw who the little boy's mother was and the one with the 3 year old said, "oh my god! He's mine!" And proceeded to be very grateful and laughed about how I have 5 with me and keep track of them all and she only has one and lost him. I reassured her that stuff happens and not to worry. 3 is a very precocious age! Then today at the Museum of Science I  saw a maybe 2 year old wander out of an exhibit and head towards the huge escalators by himself. I immediately ran out to stop him from tumbling down them and looked back at the area we were in for his parent. A mom came running out thanking me for stopping him and said "he just all of a sudden started running away." I reassured her that it happens and that 2 is also a precocious age! DH laughs because he says I am a "Universal Mama" because I am always watching out for every kid around us. Lol might be true! 

BayCamp

@cmessamore I'm all about universal momming!! My kid is a runner so the more eyes the better! 

ArtificialRed

@cmessamore I am crap about being the universal mom/parent and I'm so grateful that there are parents that don't suck at it. I've been lucky enough to become good friends with a mom like that at DS's school. She's amazing. You must be too 

Kater-cole

I didn't feel terrible after eating lunch today. It was the first time in weeks I was able to eat a meal and not feel sick after. That was all ruined by taking a nap and waking up feeling nauseous though.

lancomechica2

I also did not feel like crap after eating a meal today!! I drove 3 hours to a work visit and had my first poop in a week. yay!!! 

NYTino24

I am putting away my jeans and pants and moving on to maternity pants only. For now I can still wear some regular dresses. I feel proud that I will start feeling comfortable, but my days of hiding this are numbered and I don't really care. I just hope the adults keep quiet in front of my students for a little while longer.

bcashaw

My step sons wrote a speech and worked really hard on it and memorized the whole thing (he's only 11!!) And presented it to his whole class. Then his class voted and he was chosen to present in front of his WHOLE GTADE. He did it today, and he came in 4th place and only the top 3 present at some city-wide competition, but I am still so so so proud of him . 

Also it made me giggle reading through this at all the people being like " I only three up twice today!" OR " I don't feel like complete garbage!" Because I totally get you and it's amazing how refreshing not feeling like you just got dragged behind a truck for an hour is. 

Also, I am totally a universal mom as well! 

kaitieb14

I did three loads of laundry yesterday and drove myself to the post office. AND I didn't throw up even once. Compared to being bedridden all the time this time last week I felt like a damn superhero.

DuchessOfCambridge

Not Tuesday but today is staff appreciation day and I got free brunch, four hours of time off from the company, a card and Amazon gift card from my boss. I like staff appreciation day!