Is it May yet??? I hate Mondays after a holiday. Trying to get everyone back on schedule, scrambling to get ready for school, finding the library books that need to go back, throwing together a school snack even though they’ve eaten them all over the week being out, where are the water bottles, etc etc…. Sending everyone all the coffee and Jesus this Monday morning after a long holiday week 😂😂😂
So we decided to continue the tradition. The year DD was born, pink tree. Year DS was born, blue tree. Now in honor of Baby Girl, here is the pink tree again. 💖🎄💖 Not very traditional, I know. 😂
Kept my girls home from preschool today because they are getting over a cold. 2 symptoms means they need a COVID test to return to school and they both have sniffles/coughs . Hoping the tests are back by tomorrow morning so they can go to school tomorrow. It was a LONG day .
In baby news we got our NIPT results and low risk for everything! Yay! Asked not to know gender yet. Not sure when we will be ready but at some point we will find out. I know my husband wants a boy, but I would love to have a 3rd girl. I am not sure I'd be a good boy mom.
And why is it that I crave pop tarts when pregnant....such a fricken strange craving. What weird cravings are you guys all having?
@third2022 I don’t think pop tarts is a strange craving at all - I’ve been hooked on toaster strudel and uncrustables for the last week or so 😂 But I think now I might need some pop tarts! 😂😂 s’mores are my favorite flavor!
Does anyone have any gift ideas for moms? As in, my mom, not us as moms ahha. My mom is literally the hardest person to buy for. Never wants or allegedly needs anything, doesn’t have any hobbies outside of work…
I posted a social media announcement today but did it by posting some of our fall family pictures (we got them back today and they’re so good, way better than I thought they’d be!!) and had 2 with us holding the ultrasound at the end. One of the pictures with the ultrasound turned out literally perfect because DD was starting to lose it and had her head buried in my chest, and I was making a dramatic sad pouty face 😆 so I basically posted a caption and at the end said swipe to see how she really feels about a new sibling in May! I wish I could share it here, maybe when we move to the PG haha.
Idk why I feel weird announcing this time around? Maybe because we didn’t go through IF like we did the last time?
I had COMPLETELY forgotten that DH office Christmas party is Friday night. Gahhhhh hopefully I can find something to wear 🥴🥴🥴 Or maybe I can just send him without me LOL
@b_1029 I hear you in the feeling weird about announcing. I’m 15w and still haven’t publicly announced. We didn’t until 20w with my 2nd. I’m feeling really weird about it too. We really struggled to get pregnant this time and I keep feeling like something is going to happen and I’ll have to “take it back”
@runninginva oh gosh no LOL I’m nowhere near that talented! One of my self care faves is having my nails done and I usually have some kind of fun nail art each time. This time my kids told me either Christmas lights or snowflakes - and this was the end result 😂❤️💚 I love my nail girl, she is amazing!
@b_1029 ditto on the social media post. We did with DD at wk 13 but here we are close to wk 19 and i haven’t posted. I think a lot of it has to do with the struggle for this pregnancy and i don’t want to “jinx” it.
I've noticed on several thread and each week discussion of car seats, strollers, clothes and etc. Would we like to start a Product Spotlight Series each week? I looked back a few months and April BMB has a good one rolling that I looked at at adapted the dates to carry us all to May. I'd be happy to own it each Tuesday
@and846 yes please, and thank you for organizing by date!!! I had noticed that as well and was considering bringing this up again. I also don't mind starting if I get up early one day 😜
By the end of the day, I look like I did when I was like 25+ weeks with my first pregnancy. I truly don’t understand how I’m going to get that much larger 😵💫
@b_1029 yeah I look massive (IMO) in the evenings already 🙈😬 but then I look back at how huge I was with DD and think to myself, "remember how none of your maternity shirts covered your belly at the end?" and then I realize just how much worse it will get.
@runninginva so...baby weight can definitely be genetic. I come from a family of huge babies, and so does my husband. I fully expect a 10-10.5 lb baby this time, given DD was 9.5lb and this one is a boy. But fingers crossed you don't have to deal with that! If your family has smaller babies maybe it will cancel out or meet in the middle lol.
Currently in line at the jewelry store to get my wedding rings resized. They haven’t fit in over a year and I’m tired of “waiting til I’m skinny” again. Edit: that was stupid. They won’t resize until after I’m done being pregnant. Guess I’m getting a fake wedding band at Claire’s lol
@tacosandtums lol I have a fake I got at target that I take when we travel or when my regular rings are fitting too tight. I paid like $15 and always get compliments on it 😂😂 I think I lost it in our last move, though
@tacosandtums what about silicone rings? That's what I wore toward the end of my pregnancy with DD. They stretch a little and they aren't too expensive. Obviously they won't look like a "real" ring but if your intent is just to represent your marriage, I think that would fit!
Re: Weekly Randoms - w/o 11/29
In baby news we got our NIPT results and low risk for everything! Yay! Asked not to know gender yet. Not sure when we will be ready but at some point we will find out. I know my husband wants a boy, but I would love to have a 3rd girl. I am not sure I'd be a good boy mom.
And why is it that I crave pop tarts when pregnant....such a fricken strange craving. What weird cravings are you guys all having?
ttc #1 11.2017
dx: unexplained
letrozole + trigger + ti: bfn x 2
iui #1 9.25.2019: bfn
iui #2 10.23.2019; bfp 11.3.2019; edd 7.17.2020
dd 7.6.2020
I can only eat the strawberry ones. I can't do any of the other flavors.Toaster Studells!!!!!!
I posted a social media announcement today but did it by posting some of our fall family pictures (we got them back today and they’re so good, way better than I thought they’d be!!) and had 2 with us holding the ultrasound at the end. One of the pictures with the ultrasound turned out literally perfect because DD was starting to lose it and had her head buried in my chest, and I was making a dramatic sad pouty face 😆 so I basically posted a caption and at the end said swipe to see how she really feels about a new sibling in May! I wish I could share it here, maybe when we move to the PG haha.
ttc #1 11.2017
dx: unexplained
letrozole + trigger + ti: bfn x 2
iui #1 9.25.2019: bfn
iui #2 10.23.2019; bfp 11.3.2019; edd 7.17.2020
dd 7.6.2020
I’ve been getting up at 4:30 daily and still can’t get my tasks done.
ttc #1 11.2017
dx: unexplained
letrozole + trigger + ti: bfn x 2
iui #1 9.25.2019: bfn
iui #2 10.23.2019; bfp 11.3.2019; edd 7.17.2020
dd 7.6.2020
ttc #1 11.2017
dx: unexplained
letrozole + trigger + ti: bfn x 2
iui #1 9.25.2019: bfn
iui #2 10.23.2019; bfp 11.3.2019; edd 7.17.2020
dd 7.6.2020
@runninginva so...baby weight can definitely be genetic. I come from a family of huge babies, and so does my husband. I fully expect a 10-10.5 lb baby this time, given DD was 9.5lb and this one is a boy. But fingers crossed you don't have to deal with that! If your family has smaller babies maybe it will cancel out or meet in the middle lol.