My weekend had ups and downs and of course Monday has come too quickly. K was in town defending her prospectus (step before defending her dissertation) so of course that was great. One of her aunts and cousins who live in RI came out to visit and meet Jelly Bean. The rest of the weekend was spent doing odds and ends. Oh and trying to get JB to sleep. The girl fights her sleep sooo much. But she always wakes up with a smile so I guess we're doing okay. :-)
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we also had a weekend of big ups and downs. feels like i just stepped off of a rollercoaster. Saturday morning we went to the first fair of the season and had a blast. it was such great weather. In the afternoon we went to a big bounce place (they've got a ton of big bounce houses and slides in one building). Unfortunatly DW and I were just not on the same page and got in a tiff, but it was resolved by dinner and we had a nice quiet evening (after taking a full hour to get Rosebud down - what's with these little ladies?).
Sunday morning we went to church and it was a disaster. We were supposed to go to a picnic after but headed home instead. Sprout napped for almost 3 hours - while Rosebud fought sleep - again. DW finally got her to sleep a bit by laying down with her...but that was pretty short lived. Sprout had a long afternoon of timeouts and tantrums, but he was eventually able to pull it together. We had my parents over for dinner and had a great evening. Best of all, my mom put Rosebud to bed :P
Friday - We all went out for dinner. It was beautiful out and we ate outside.
Saturday
- L had to work, so I took the kids to run some errands and go to an
awesome new (to us) playground. Post nap we went to a
Meetup for lesbian moms.. We met at a playground and then
had a BBQ at someone's house. Lots of weird/standoffish moms - but we
met a nice couple with a 2y that seem really cool. (Finding new friends
is like awkward dating, "Hey, we'd love to get together
sometime....uh...can we get your names and numbers?")
Sunday -
We went to a new church that we think we want to attend. Of course we happened to pick the inter generational service and had to keep the kids with us for the whole time. We weren't prepared at all and it was torture. Went to lunch
and had to skip the mall playground/carousel/trip to the craft store because of the kids' behavior (guess it was in the air, CT!) so we went home for a nap. L got a call from her boss that she needed to
do some work, so she sequestered herself in her office, while the kids
and I had a lazy afternoon in our pajamas watching Super Squad. L
finally finished up around 10:30....I am not a fan of her new position
at work that came with increased work demands but no new title or pay
increase.
Sunday - We went to a new church that we think we want to attend. Of course we happened to pick the inter generational service and had to keep the kids with us for the whole time. We weren't prepared at all and it was torture.
am i totally horrible to say that this makes me feel better?
I'm still replaying the church thing in my mind and trying to figure out if I was expecting too much of him, or if he really should be able to do it (he had a backpack of books and coloring to entertain him). Our church has decided to do an intergenerational service once a month and DW wants to skip them all, but I really kinda think a 4 year old should be able to sit quietly for an hour. I guess it didnt help that one of Sprout's classmates sat like a little angel in the pew behind us (but she's a girl...which is a world of difference at this age!).
This is totally the same discussion L and I had yesterday. There were 3 little girls (probably 18m,3y, and 5y) sitting in front of us who never moved. They sat in their chairs the whole time and didn't make a peep (and didn't have toys.) Carter was all over me (I was fine with him sitting in my lap so he could see but he was lolling around, playing with my face, huffing/puffing loudly, whining to go outside...I was this close to taking him to the car and sitting there with him buckled in to his seat for the remainder of the service. I have no desire to replay that hour in future services, but L thinks they (Gray was better, but not great) need to learn to behave better. I don't know the answer.
Friday night I had by myself and it was wonderful. I ran errands then just vegged in front of the TV. Lovely.
Saturday we did some stuff around the house and ran a couple of errands. Saturday evening Carol and I went and saw Mandy Patinkin and Patti Lupone. Mandy was fabulous, Patti was a bit of a disappointment.
Sunday we went out the the Irish Feis near us. It was cold and rainy and had a very small turnout. Most of the vendors didn't even show. We were only there about an hour. So we decided to finish our errands. Annie was following this weekends trend of being on her worst behavior. We thought she might be hungry so we stopped for lunch. She was so awful we had to have our food wrapped up to go less than 5 minutes into eating.
Annie was not into eating or sleeping all weekend. Now today she seems to be pretty much back to normal.
We ended up going to the farm on Sat and it was great! E really enjoyed herself. The weather was wonderful and we stayed the perfect amount of time (E got fussy right when we were leaving). We just hung out the rest of the day and E went to sleep well but woke up about an hour later with poop in her pants a diaper rash and was miserable. After a diaper change, motrin, teething tablets and some cuddles she went down for the night at about 8:45. I think she is getting some teeth which is good since she only has 4 right now. Poor bubby!
Sunday we cleaned the house and S went to the grocery store. We also watched the pats. S is really stressed about school and it is driving me crazy. We are on week one of a two year program and I am already dreading the next 2 years. I hope she gets her stress under controll cause it is no fun at my house right now!
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Saturday - L had to work, so I took the kids to run some errands and go to an awesome new (to us) playground. Post nap we went to a Meetup for lesbian moms.. We met at a playground and then had a BBQ at someone's house. Lots of weird/standoffish moms - but we met a nice couple with a 2y that seem really cool. (Finding new friends is like awkward dating, "Hey, we'd love to get together sometime....uh...can we get your names and numbers?")
I had a good weekend, but was at rugby all weekend. We didn't do anything at home. We did go out to eat Fri & Sun which was nice. We spent most of last night looking at baby names, which I hope isn't presumptious. We'll see with Wednesday's beta I guess.
On Saturday we went to the LA County Fair! It was fun, really crowded but fun. I decided that I really do want a small farm (about 30 acres) after seeing all the animals.
Yesterday DD and I got the remainder of our fall veggies planted. The chickens also started laying again, it's finally cool enough for the girls to produce eggs.
I didn't visit the cardiologist this weekend. My Dr. decided to put me on meds for anxiety to see if that's what's going on before proceeding to heart testing. DW wanted to visit her family when she got off of work yesterday and I was so exhausted/out of it (related to whatever is going on with me) that I just wanted to lay on the couch and sleep. I ended up going but was overly exhausted by the time we came home.
We discussed putting the foster/adoption plans on hold until we can figure out 100% what is wrong wih me. When the Dr. told me to see a cardiologist DW didn't think it was heart related and said it sounds like anxiety and now that he says he wants to treat for anxiety first she thinks it's heart related. I'm going with what the Dr. says and treating for anxiety first, if symptoms persist than I will move on to the cardiologist.
I got a call from my Dad last night, he is in the hospital. Something is going on with his heart and he isn't exactly sure what happened so they kept him overnight for observation and testing. He is waiting to meet with the cardiologist this morning to get his results.
Our weekend was a lot like CT's, rollercoaster ride.
We stared off with an accusation by the county that we were refusing to send LMC to her visits. Turns out someone didn't change the day like they were supposed to and her father freaked when we didn't send her. Not our fault but still scary and maddening. We tried to go out for a family dinner but it was a disaster. LMC was so out of control we had to pull the car over, take her out and have her sit on a patch of grass in a parking lot to calm down. You should have seen the stares, mortifying. Halfway through dinner she became hysterical and had to be carried to the car by DW while I quickly paid and gathered up PBS. Not fun, but the food was really good. Sadly, she spent the rest of the weekend like this and we couldn't do much .
We did do some shopping and got a bunch of things handled around the house. We started putting up our fall decorations and that made me incredibly happy. I love fall!
Our weekend didn't really look anything like I had thought it would. Instead of getting through our to-do list of chores, we did a lot of shopping, a lot of eating out and a good amount of work in the baby's room. It's nearly done! My laundry, house cleaning, gardening and food shopping...not so much. This will be a busy week, but the good news is that I will finally have a PIP for Thursday!
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Reading these weekend updates puts me in awe of all parents, including my own. I am sure I did all of these things and more as a baby-toddler-little kid. You guys are saints.
Our weekend went according to plan. It rained during most of the race on Sunday, which didn't matter for the swim (wet anyway!), made the bike pretty scary, and was great for the run b/c it was cool and overcast, my favorite running weather. I was in a much better mental state this year and took 49 minutes off last year's time, so I was super-happy about that. I was thinking about skipping this race this year but I really wanted to have a better memory of it and now I definitely have that.
The baby shower we went to on Sunday was SUPER. It was the best baby shower I've ever been to. It was co-ed, played a couple of funny games (nothing gross/weird/awkward), great food. The hostesses really went all out and gave me some great ideas for the next time I have to throw a shower. Then last night we ordered pizza and crashed on the couch, and I went to bed at 9:30.
Our weekend was a bit of a whirlwind. Friday was Kel's first day back at work and my first day home alone with Eli--I think everyone did better than we expected So, Friday night we hung out at home.
Saturday was the HRC dinner in Minneapolis, which was a lot of fun. Before we went I took a pregnancy test and it was positive!!!! If that wasn't enough, Kel's brother proposed to his long term girlfriend (we got the call at the dinner)--we couldn't be happier for them! The night ended on a hard note though, we went to pick Eli and our dog up from Kel's parents and found that our dog had blown out her CCL--this is the second leg it has happened to and she is only 3. It just sucks because there is a surgical option, but it is really expensive and wouldn't get her back to pre-injury. She has a high pain tolerance and is doing well considering. We are going to meet with the vet this week and talk about treatment options.
Sunday we just laid low and processed all the excitement from Saturday.
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I have discovered since having a baby, your weekend is nothing like you planned!
Friday I went home to dinner (my wife actually cooked and it was not pizza or hamburgers...I was impressed). After dinner she had to run to a friend's so I put the baby to bed and cleaned up from dinner. I then crashed...
Saturday I was supposed to go to a party at a friend's house while my mom watched the baby overnight. Instead I went home, picked up the house, made dinner and then DW and I watched Pretty Woman on TV and went to bed early....so much for grown up plans.
Sunday my mom brought Kylie home and the four of us (mom, Ann, Kylie, and me) went to the popcorn festival. Kylie barely took a nap (like a half hour in the sling carrier after her bottle) so she was a grumpy girl the rest of the afternoon. I got her to go down before I went to the store but by the time I got bak (45 minutes later) she was wide awake with Ann on the couch. We ate dinner and then I gave up and got her ready for bed an hour early. She went down withouth a fight after her bath...We went to bed about an hour later...so sad that I look forward to a 10 PM bedtime when I used to stay up much later than that!
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so glad you got to see k
we also had a weekend of big ups and downs. feels like i just stepped off of a rollercoaster. Saturday morning we went to the first fair of the season and had a blast. it was such great weather. In the afternoon we went to a big bounce place (they've got a ton of big bounce houses and slides in one building). Unfortunatly DW and I were just not on the same page and got in a tiff, but it was resolved by dinner and we had a nice quiet evening (after taking a full hour to get Rosebud down - what's with these little ladies?).
Sunday morning we went to church and it was a disaster. We were supposed to go to a picnic after but headed home instead. Sprout napped for almost 3 hours - while Rosebud fought sleep - again. DW finally got her to sleep a bit by laying down with her...but that was pretty short lived. Sprout had a long afternoon of timeouts and tantrums, but he was eventually able to pull it together. We had my parents over for dinner and had a great evening. Best of all, my mom put Rosebud to bed :P
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Saturday - L had to work, so I took the kids to run some errands and go to an awesome new (to us) playground. Post nap we went to a Meetup for lesbian moms.. We met at a playground and then had a BBQ at someone's house. Lots of weird/standoffish moms - but we met a nice couple with a 2y that seem really cool. (Finding new friends is like awkward dating, "Hey, we'd love to get together sometime....uh...can we get your names and numbers?")
Sunday - We went to a new church that we think we want to attend. Of course we happened to pick the inter generational service and had to keep the kids with us for the whole time. We weren't prepared at all and it was torture. Went to lunch and had to skip the mall playground/carousel/trip to the craft store because of the kids' behavior (guess it was in the air, CT!) so we went home for a nap. L got a call from her boss that she needed to do some work, so she sequestered herself in her office, while the kids and I had a lazy afternoon in our pajamas watching Super Squad. L finally finished up around 10:30....I am not a fan of her new position at work that came with increased work demands but no new title or pay increase.
am i totally horrible to say that this makes me feel better?
I'm still replaying the church thing in my mind and trying to figure out if I was expecting too much of him, or if he really should be able to do it (he had a backpack of books and coloring to entertain him). Our church has decided to do an intergenerational service once a month and DW wants to skip them all, but I really kinda think a 4 year old should be able to sit quietly for an hour. I guess it didnt help that one of Sprout's classmates sat like a little angel in the pew behind us (but she's a girl...which is a world of difference at this age!).
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Friday night I had by myself and it was wonderful. I ran errands then just vegged in front of the TV. Lovely.
Saturday we did some stuff around the house and ran a couple of errands. Saturday evening Carol and I went and saw Mandy Patinkin and Patti Lupone. Mandy was fabulous, Patti was a bit of a disappointment.
Sunday we went out the the Irish Feis near us. It was cold and rainy and had a very small turnout. Most of the vendors didn't even show. We were only there about an hour. So we decided to finish our errands. Annie was following this weekends trend of being on her worst behavior. We thought she might be hungry so we stopped for lunch. She was so awful we had to have our food wrapped up to go less than 5 minutes into eating.
Annie was not into eating or sleeping all weekend. Now today she seems to be pretty much back to normal.
We ended up going to the farm on Sat and it was great! E really enjoyed herself. The weather was wonderful and we stayed the perfect amount of time (E got fussy right when we were leaving). We just hung out the rest of the day and E went to sleep well but woke up about an hour later with poop in her pants a diaper rash and was miserable. After a diaper change, motrin, teething tablets and some cuddles she went down for the night at about 8:45. I think she is getting some teeth which is good since she only has 4 right now. Poor bubby!
Sunday we cleaned the house and S went to the grocery store. We also watched the pats. S is really stressed about school and it is driving me crazy. We are on week one of a two year program and I am already dreading the next 2 years. I hope she gets her stress under controll cause it is no fun at my house right now!
this totally freaks me out!
On Saturday we went to the LA County Fair! It was fun, really crowded but fun. I decided that I really do want a small farm (about 30 acres) after seeing all the animals.
Yesterday DD and I got the remainder of our fall veggies planted. The chickens also started laying again, it's finally cool enough for the girls to produce eggs.
I didn't visit the cardiologist this weekend. My Dr. decided to put me on meds for anxiety to see if that's what's going on before proceeding to heart testing. DW wanted to visit her family when she got off of work yesterday and I was so exhausted/out of it (related to whatever is going on with me) that I just wanted to lay on the couch and sleep. I ended up going but was overly exhausted by the time we came home.
We discussed putting the foster/adoption plans on hold until we can figure out 100% what is wrong wih me. When the Dr. told me to see a cardiologist DW didn't think it was heart related and said it sounds like anxiety and now that he says he wants to treat for anxiety first she thinks it's heart related. I'm going with what the Dr. says and treating for anxiety first, if symptoms persist than I will move on to the cardiologist.
I got a call from my Dad last night, he is in the hospital. Something is going on with his heart and he isn't exactly sure what happened so they kept him overnight for observation and testing. He is waiting to meet with the cardiologist this morning to get his results.
Two Mommies Healing Hearts
Our weekend was a lot like CT's, rollercoaster ride.
We stared off with an accusation by the county that we were refusing to send LMC to her visits. Turns out someone didn't change the day like they were supposed to and her father freaked when we didn't send her. Not our fault but still scary and maddening. We tried to go out for a family dinner but it was a disaster. LMC was so out of control we had to pull the car over, take her out and have her sit on a patch of grass in a parking lot to calm down. You should have seen the stares, mortifying. Halfway through dinner she became hysterical and had to be carried to the car by DW while I quickly paid and gathered up PBS. Not fun, but the food was really good. Sadly, she spent the rest of the weekend like this and we couldn't do much .
We did do some shopping and got a bunch of things handled around the house. We started putting up our fall decorations and that made me incredibly happy. I love fall!
Our weekend didn't really look anything like I had thought it would. Instead of getting through our to-do list of chores, we did a lot of shopping, a lot of eating out and a good amount of work in the baby's room. It's nearly done! My laundry, house cleaning, gardening and food shopping...not so much. This will be a busy week, but the good news is that I will finally have a PIP for Thursday!
Reading these weekend updates puts me in awe of all parents, including my own. I am sure I did all of these things and more as a baby-toddler-little kid. You guys are saints.
Our weekend went according to plan. It rained during most of the race on Sunday, which didn't matter for the swim (wet anyway!), made the bike pretty scary, and was great for the run b/c it was cool and overcast, my favorite running weather. I was in a much better mental state this year and took 49 minutes off last year's time, so I was super-happy about that. I was thinking about skipping this race this year but I really wanted to have a better memory of it and now I definitely have that.
The baby shower we went to on Sunday was SUPER. It was the best baby shower I've ever been to. It was co-ed, played a couple of funny games (nothing gross/weird/awkward), great food. The hostesses really went all out and gave me some great ideas for the next time I have to throw a shower. Then last night we ordered pizza and crashed on the couch, and I went to bed at 9:30.
Our weekend was a bit of a whirlwind. Friday was Kel's first day back at work and my first day home alone with Eli--I think everyone did better than we expected
So, Friday night we hung out at home.
Saturday was the HRC dinner in Minneapolis, which was a lot of fun. Before we went I took a pregnancy test and it was positive!!!! If that wasn't enough, Kel's brother proposed to his long term girlfriend (we got the call at the dinner)--we couldn't be happier for them! The night ended on a hard note though, we went to pick Eli and our dog up from Kel's parents and found that our dog had blown out her CCL--this is the second leg it has happened to and she is only 3. It just sucks because there is a surgical option, but it is really expensive and wouldn't get her back to pre-injury. She has a high pain tolerance and is doing well considering. We are going to meet with the vet this week and talk about treatment options.
Sunday we just laid low and processed all the excitement from Saturday.
I have discovered since having a baby, your weekend is nothing like you planned!
Friday I went home to dinner (my wife actually cooked and it was not pizza or hamburgers...I was impressed). After dinner she had to run to a friend's so I put the baby to bed and cleaned up from dinner. I then crashed...
Saturday I was supposed to go to a party at a friend's house while my mom watched the baby overnight. Instead I went home, picked up the house, made dinner and then DW and I watched Pretty Woman on TV and went to bed early....so much for grown up plans.
Sunday my mom brought Kylie home and the four of us (mom, Ann, Kylie, and me) went to the popcorn festival. Kylie barely took a nap (like a half hour in the sling carrier after her bottle) so she was a grumpy girl the rest of the afternoon. I got her to go down before I went to the store but by the time I got bak (45 minutes later) she was wide awake with Ann on the couch. We ate dinner and then I gave up and got her ready for bed an hour early. She went down withouth a fight after her bath...We went to bed about an hour later...so sad that I look forward to a 10 PM bedtime when I used to stay up much later than that!
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