***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: Will your child(ren) dress up for Halloween? What will they be?  Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?

Mrs Nice

 Where are you in your PAL journey? Zachary is 8 months old today! It's kind of funny to think about because I was only pregnant with him for 8 months. When I was pregnant, the time went be soooo slow! How could the last 8 months have gone by soooo fast?!  What are some PAL challenges you have faced recently? Monday was hard. I was grieving for Ian but I still had to be the same fun, loving, mommy to Zachary.  QOTW: Will your child(ren) dress up for Halloween? What will they be?  Yup! My Mister Monkey will be a Monkey! Can't wait! Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? Well.... After I had Zachary I went on the BCP before getting AF back. I really didn't like it and it made my cycles all messed up instead of keeping me regular. I finally decided to stop taking it so we have been using condoms. That was 5 weeks ago. Still no AF. Hmm... I think that it is possibly because I am still BFing..... Maybe? Hmmm....  

julesverne

Where are you in your PAL journey?  Olivia just turned 3 last week (what happened to my tiny baby?) 

 

What are some PAL challenges you have faced recently? As exciting as it was to celebrate Olivia's birthday, it made me sad at the same time that I never got to celebrate Jack's birthday with him. I got a little choked up singing  "happy birthday" to her (just as I have for her 1rst and 2nd birthday). I just kept thinking I should have 2 kids running around..not just 1.

 

QOTW: Will your child(ren) dress up for Halloween? What will they be? Well..I'm not sure. I was going to try to make her a Big Bird costume, but I knew I would never get around to it. Then I was thinking she could be a doctor (she got a Fisher Price doctor's kit for her birthday-she loves playing with the stethoscope and giving us "shots") but now I'm not so sure..like maybe she would want to be something more "fun". I've been looking at costumes at Walmart and Target etc, and I just can't convince myself to spend $40 on something she will wear one time for a few hours (I want to take her trick or treating for a little bit)

weddedwife

Where are you in your PAL journey? DD is 3. I am currently 31w pg w/ baby #3.
 What are some PAL challenges you have faced recently? I spent last Thursday in the hospital being monitored. My mom was there w/ DD and ultimately I sent them home because I wasn't sure how long I would be. She looked so sad when I told her mommy had to stay at the hospital. I spent a week there back in August and I know she remembers that. She looked at me so sad and said, "I don't like mommy in the hospital. I want you to come home with me." Yikes! There's still always a chance I could end up in the hospital for several weeks- I don't know how I would get through that.
 QOTW: Will your child(ren) dress up for Halloween? What will they be?  I got DD a Wall-E costume. On clearance for $10 at Party City! (Yeah, I'm not spending $40 on a kid's costume either).
 Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? My angel's bday is coming up in 2 weeks. I want to involve DD in celebrating his life somehow but I'm not sure how to do it. DH seems sort of reluctant to do anything as he says it's just another day we don't have him, and it wasn't supposed to be his bday anyway. I get that, but he's still a part of our family and I feel like we should honor his life as a family together.