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January 2020 Moms
valerie4786
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TTT 10/29
valerie4786
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Happy Tuesday ladies! Let's hear em!
Re: TTT 10/29
2) I got a bag of snack size Butterfingers for trick-or-treaters and tried one- I forgot how much I love them!
3) Speaking of candy- it's supposed to rain here on Thursday and I don't think we will have a lot of trick or treaters. I guess I'll be bringing the leftovers to the office.
4) I love fall, but I'm so excited for Nov 1st when I bring my Christmas music into my Pandora rotation
5) I had a big deadline at work on Friday, and now that it's passed I feel so unmotivated.
6) Thank god for heating packs- doing wonders for my lower back!
7) I'm getting both anxious about the birth of these babies and feeling like this 3rd trimester will go by so slowly
8) APPLE PIE CRUMB CAKE. Randomly had the urge to bake last night and it came out delicious. I made my DH take it to work so I'm not tempted
9) I used to drink coffee because I thought I needed it, but since being pregnant, I've learned to really savor the one cup I drink a day. I know it's naive to think after babies are born I'll be able to keep up only drinking 1 cup, but I'm going to try.
10) Pregnancy dreams- they're weird. That's all.
2) I get pizza for dinner tonight 🙌
3) DS slept in his own bed until 6:15 this morning and I didn’t wake up until then either. Now we are snuggling.
4) We are supposed to get down to a windchill of 5 tonight 😬
5) Friend’s baby shower is this weekend and I still need to order a gift...and finish the baby blanket I’m making for her
6) We bought 20 lbs of apples and I’m so excited to make apple crisp
7) I haven’t even started putting Halloween costumes together
8) I’m excited DS is old enough to trick or treat a little so I can eat most of his candy
9) I’ve already started my Christmas shopping
10) this pregnancy I’ve been way more emotional than when I was pregnant with DS
2) I'm still able to climb the 39 Steps up to the second floor at work. I'm thinking I'll be able to make it to 30w!
3) This year was my year to take DS1 Trick or Treating and I wasn't looking forward to it. He asked to be with his dad, so I was all for it.
4) DS1 wants me to pick him up after trick or treating Thurs, so I get out of it AND I don't give up one of my days with him!
5) Christmas lights go up this weekend! I'm so excited!
6) Halloween cold front, high 55...but into the 40s by evening. Such a nice change from the usual 80
7) Time Change this weekend!
8) HONEYCRISP APPLES
9) In the last week, I discovered my decaf coffee was what made me sick in the first tri, NOT coffee in general. I've been able to drink black coffee again, reg or decaff, as long as it isn't a dark roast.
10) Anxiously awaiting the first time I hear Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song.
2. DS woke up at 5:10 this morning. Sometimes I’m convinced he’s not really mine. I like sleep.
3. I made terrible coffee this morning. Such a terrible start to the day.
4. Loving the 60 degree weather we are having this week.
5. Finally caught up on GBBO. I wish it was year round, I’m obsessed.
6. Excited my sister is coming down in a couple weeks to help me prep instant pot freezer meals for when the babies get here.
7. Contemplating hiring someone to come clean the house because I’m tired of doing it. I won’t but I want to haha.
8. I feel the need to get my Christmas shopping taken care of over the next few weeks.
10. So tired of the carpal tunnel and I don’t want to go to my mfm scan today.
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2. halloween on thursday, also supposed to rain but I hope it doesn't
3. DD slept in her bed last night (the entire night!) only second night in, so let's knock on some wood that it last's
4. We still don't have a pumpkin
5. work is easier now since I've been trying to close major projects (still have some). My goal is to have everything done by dec 1st
6. DH want's to start looking at some last minute trips we can take for my bday / babymoon, I am excited! since usually I have to initiate this type of thing haha
7. we need to start looking at a second car I believe, DH isn't that concerned but when the baby come's I feel it will be necessary
8. I just negotiated a better price on FB marketplace for the Halo Premier Bassinet + New born insert + 2 fitted sheets, usually that would all cost $380-$400 and I'm getting it for $200, still would have liked it to be in the $100 range but after following this product on FB for months now this really was the best quality one / lightly used and had all the extra's I want. Going to pick it up today!!
9. Now I need to find the Bjorn Baby Bouncer on the marketplace which is much more rare haha
10. First actual purchase for the new baby and feeling pretty good about it
@MrsJessS - Oooh! Are you going to post the maternity pictures on Facebook? I'd love to see them. I just got a bushel of apples from the Mennonite farm here and I'm so excited to make applesauce and apple butter. DD is obsessed with the apple cider we got too.
@FyreFlyeRush - Honeycrisp are my favorite snackable apple.
@kbrown2385 - Graham Norton is great. Love that show!
1. Work has been picking up, so it's nice to be busy again.
2. Loving this cooler weather. Finally feels like October!
3. I've been under the weather a little, so I've been making a bunch of soups lately: tomato soup, chicken noodle, zuppa toscana, and sausage bean.
4. DD surprises me every day with her understanding and empathy.
5. Hallmark has Christmas movies already!
6. Baby Eileen has been doing somersaults all the time lately. I never remember DD being this active.
7. DH is on a weird work schedule this week where he works all day plus an 11pm-2am shift. It's killing him, and making me feel like I already have a newborn and getting up at 11 and 2 with him.
8. Finally going to the pumpkin patch this weekend as long as the weather holds. I'm hoping it's going to be less busy now that Halloween is passed and most people are looking forward to Christmas as of Nov 1st.
9. I think I've decided against maternity photos and instead will just do newborn photos. I haven't really found a photographer that I'm willing to pay, so we'll probably just do a studio.
10. DD saw Christmas decorations at Ross last week and shouted, "Mommy, look! It's we wish you a merry Christmas!" 😂
2. One of my best coworker friends gave her 2 weeks notice today. I'm going to miss her
3. We never got around to carving pumpkins this year which I feel kind of guilty about, but also not because things have been so busy (plus we decorated pumpkins for a school contest, so I think that counts)
4. DH told me that he woke up last night because the baby was kicking him in his side (I guess I was lying with my belly facing him) and he just lay in bed for a while with his hand on my belly feeling baby kick while I slept. Very cute, and also a little creepy?
5. DS (8 years) is already starting to complain about needing to pose for holiday pictures in a few weeks. I'm not much of a picture-person, but I love having these yearly professional photos done to see how our family has grown each year. He was a pain during the shoot last year and there was a serious lack of good pictures of him as a result. He'd better suck it up this year and let me get my pictures.
6. I've decided that I need to show my kids the Princess Bride. Maybe we'll do a family movie night this weekend.
7. My kids know which candies I plan to steal from them, so they make sure they get extras of those while they are out trick-or-treating. I guess they aren't totally rotten
8. I'm having a really hard time focusing at work the past few weeks. It's way too early for me to start having short-timer syndrome regarding maternity leave.
9. Car passed inspection today with just a running light to get replaced. It's an old car with a lot of mileage on it, so this was a relief.
10. Looking forward, but also a little nervous, about appointments next week. Particularly the GTT and a ultrasound recheck of my baby's bladder (it was measuring a bit small during the anatomy scan).
3. I'm at a 2 day training and the information I was really seeking he covered super briefly and quickly in like 10 minutes. Kinda frustrating!
4. It was nice to stay in a hotel by myself though, I slept pretty good despite the heartburn. 🙄
5. The training is in northern(ish) Michigan and about 30 minutes away from the "World's Largest Christmas Store" and of course I went and spent too much money. It seriously made me so excited for Christmas. I want to decorate my house NOW.
6. Also if our baby name wasn't 100% locked in before, it is now because I personalized an ornament with his name on it at the Christmas store. 🤣🤷♀️
7. Planning to follow up with my OB about the SPD tomorrow morning, but the Dr I'm seeing is the NP who literally only gave me 5 minutes last time I saw her. I'm kinda bummed it won't be my favorite Dr who explains things really well to me.
8. We're supposed to get the first snow this week - on Halloween. I'm not ready for the snow! We still haven't turned on our heat to the whole house and just turn on the wall heater in one room that we primarily spend our time in as needed (typically in the mornings). The house has been maintaining around 67* and I'm ok with that because the upstairs where we sleep stays warmer. Idk how much longer we can hold out though.
9. I finally sat down and took a practice test for my licensing exam...missed 61 out of 170. Technically it's a passing score, but when I broke it down in the different focus areas, I really didn't do great and need to buckle down on studying. It was a good starting place for me though.
10. I'm pretty over this training and ready to drive home. 😏
@catsinawindow I'm always relieved when my car doesn't need major work. Also an older car with lots of mileage!
@marebear15 yum soup weather!
@c1kc1kpol1cn1k My SIL apparently when DH was born was like "I didn't want it to have one of those!" Hah! Reminds me of you DD. I'm sure she will adjust eventually!
@kbrown2385 I'm super anxious for the GBBO finale which will be out on Friday here in the states!
@FyreFlyeRush HONEY CRISP APPLES!!!!
@amb0924 at first I thought you bought the butterfingers to celebrate passing the 3hr GTT lol
@MrsJessS nice that you did your friends maternity photos! Is this the same friend with the shower? If so I think you have done your bit!
@c1kc1kpol1cn1k so glad we got a babybjorn hand me down from SIL!! Good luck finding one
2. Weve been having hassle with exchanging contracts for the new house & today was particularly stressful to the point where I thought we were going to have to walk away from it altogether this morning & i was freaking out as our current house is not big enough for 3 children!
3. A particularly complicated project that i was coordinating completed today & im feeling like a pretty smug rockstar about it!
4. My blood sugar levels had been pretty stable the past month or so but have started creeping up the past few days despite no changes in diet etc which is frustrating.
5. Mil & bil have left & gone home. Much as im grateful that she could look after dd for us the past few days but I hate having people in my house when I come in from work!
6. I had a roast beef in the slow cooker all day for dinner this evening & its so good.
7. Dd is being a spoilt brat after a few days of granny indulgence 😕
8. I got new doc marten boots on sunday & breaking them in is killing me.
9. Dd got matching boots & theyre so much cuter in tiny sizes
#7 - That doesn't end...I'm still dealing with it with DS1, and he's 7, and to an extent, my mom still spoils my 23yo when she can.
#8 & 9 - OMG That's so cute! I need to do this...I absolutely need to have the 5 of us get matching Doc Martens. One of the memories that sticks out in SO's brain is me at in ROTC at 16: Long brown hair, a plaid flannel over a No Fear shirt, with jeans and Docs. So totally 1993...all that's missing is Zombies playing in the background.
this year ive gone for black patent chelsea boot style ones for us both & I love them!
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2. My only afternoon patient cancelled for tomorrow so I can probably go home early! This never happens.
3. My OB appointment is at 7 tonight, so I miss bedtime for DD. Usually this would make me sad but she has been such a pain at bedtime lately that I am glad to miss it.
4. We carved pumpkins this weekend and had a fun family day at the pumpkin patch/fall festival.
5. It is supposed to rain on Halloween
6. I am so ready to start watching cheesy christmas movies
7. I started christmas shopping and want to get it all done soon. I don't think I will have any patience to do it in December.
8. Apple Cider is my life recently.
9. I am probably overdoing it with the hot tea consumption the past couple days but I don't really care because I've been so sick with a cold.
10. Hocus Pocus! DD loves it as much as I do and will quote the movie. I really hope she says "I smell children" at school like she does at home because that. is. hilarious.
1. My kitten loves to sleep on my bump, which I find unbearably cute.
4. I am still behind on GBBO by a few episodes but have adored this season so far. Not sure I’ll be caught up by Friday but I look forward to more binging!
5. MyFitnessPal has a recipe for pumpkin oatmeal and I am really tempted to try it. You use pumpkin pie spice in it in addition to the puréed pumpkin and it sounds awesome.
8. DD peed in the potty at daycare for the first time! She’s done it once at home, too.
@biolprof it is the same friend w the shower. We have been friends since...high school or earlier? I’m excited to spoil this baby as much as can while I’m here!
@kbrown2385 as others have said, you should absolutely look into hiring a cleaner once you're in a place to do so. We're working our way out of debt, too, and I fully intend to put the extra $$ towards a cleaning service once we are.