***PAL Check-In***

Mrs Nice

Hello Ladies.Welcome to Thursday PAL Check-in! I hope everyone is having a good week. If anyone has any suggestions for questions, please don't be shy!Where are you in your PAL journey? What are some PAL challenges you have faced recently? QOTW: How do you answer the question, how many children do you have? Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? GTKY: Do you have any fun Fall activities that you enjoy doing with your LO(s)?

Mrs Nice

 Where are you in your PAL journey? It has been over a year and a half since we lost Ian. Zachary is 7 months and 1 week old.  What are some PAL challenges you have faced recently? I think *hope?* that him sleeping in the PNP instead of his swing is getting better. Some nights, like last night, are good, but some nights I just want to scream because I am so tired and frustrated.  Earlier today Zachary gave me the biggest scare. He was sitting on the floor in his room while I was across the hall in the bathroom brushing my teeth. The door was open so I could see him. I turned away for two seconds and I heard a thud. When I looked over at him he was laying on the floor in front of his dresser with his back to me. Not crying. Not moving. Nothing. My heart stopped! I ran over and picked him up. He smiled and laughed at me. I cried. I thought he had hit his head off the bottom of the dresser but I guess not. He is perfectly fine but for those few seconds I thought the worst because usually when he falls over he cries. He wasn't even that close to the dresser so he must of rolled as he fell and I just didn't see it. I am still shaken up over it. I feel like such a horrible mom! QOTW: How do you answer the question, how many children do you have? I usually say that I am a first time mom but he is my second baby. Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? Update from last week: SIL had her u/s and it turns out that she has a low placenta. She has a follow up u/s next week to see if it has moved. FX!  GTKY: Do you have any fun Fall activities that you enjoy doing with your LO(s)? Right now all we have been doing is going for walks to look at the changing leaves. 

johnnys june

Mrs Nice:

   

QOTW: How do you answer the question, how many children do you have?   I usually say that I am a first time mom but he is my second baby.  

I never thought to answer this way.  Mind if I borrow it?

Where are you in your PAL journey?  It's been almost 2 years...Logan's 2nd birthday is October 28th.  Emma (Rainbow) is just over 3 months! Where is the time going?

 

What are some PAL challenges you have faced recently? I've been struggling with my return to work.  I don't know how to wear all the hats I've been given (wife, mother, full time employee).  I also think (somedays) I'm dealing with mild PPD.  I hate being away from Emma all day, it depresses me, but when I'm with her I'm so tired (from being up all night and working a job all day) that I'm easily frustrated.  I'm trying to see my exhausted evenings and nights as my "only time with her" and refocusing my mindset since I know this stage will not last forever.  I also miss Logan terribly.  I visited his grave for the first time in months last weekend.  I left wondering (yet again) "how this is my life?"

 

QOTW: How do you answer the question, how many children do you have? Usually I say "Technically two, but this is my take home baby."  If I don't feel like explaining I just say "Two" and hold my breathe, praying they don't inquire any farther.

 

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? The Laundry, my extended hours at work, my 10 hours less with Emma, Halloween, Logan's upcoming birthday, losing weight, sleep...more sleep...

 

GTKY: Do you have any fun Fall activities that you enjoy doing with your LO(s)? This is our first Fall with Emma.  I'm so excited.  I'm hoping to take her to some fall festivals.  We'll definitely visit a pumpkin patch or two.  We also have annual passes to SeaWorld so we'll be taking part in their Spooktacular event.  For Logan's birthday we'll implement our family tradition by carving pumpkins, one specifically for him, on his actual birthday.  If only we could go up north and see the changing leaves...I miss that.

weddedwife

Where are you in your PAL journey? DD is 3 and I am 28 weeks pg with our rainbow.
 What are some PAL challenges you have faced recently? Still dealing with being on bed rest and feeling like I have so little control over my life right now. DH and I agreed this week though that it is okay for me to be left alone with her here and there, which does my stress level a lot of good. I love our parents but I am so DONE with them being around ALL the time. I'm looking ahead to all the Halloween activities I'll probably miss with her this year
 QOTW: How do you answer the question, how many children do you have? I say, "I have a 3 year old daughter and a son who died at birth".
 Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? See the PgAL check-in!
 GTKY: Do you have any fun Fall activities that you enjoy doing with your LO(s)? *Sigh* Yes and I can't do any of them because of bed rest. I guess I will get to participate in the pumpkin carving. But I'll miss the field trip to the pumpkin patch, my own little visit w/ DD to the pumpkin patch, her Halloween party at preschool and a bunch of other stuff.