Three things...
1. Eek, I'm next! Any volunteers to take over the check-in? I have a list of questions which tracks what's been asked, so it's pretty simple to just pick some new ones each week. Then just copy/paste/edit, and you're done! There's a bit of html tweaking you need to do to get the first section with dates to show up properly whenever you add to it, but it's very simple. Let me know! I don't know that I'll be able to keep up once this baby arrives!
2. Look at all those baby boys coming in March and April!

3. cmrider - please include your DD's name and/or birthday, and your due date, if you'd like to be added to the list! You're welcome to post each week even if you aren't on the list, of course

HAWAII NESTIE/BUMPIE MAMAS
4forluck ? Elaine May ? 09.20.07
MauidAims ? Kai Adam ? 02.16.08
MrsNFB ? Sean Patrick ? 10.11.08
kauai_luv ? Waianuhea ? 04.04.09
kshiz ? Ella Juliet ? 04.04.09
VanceandLori ? Brooke Jillian ? 05.15.09
Mrs.HulaHunnie ? Jaylee Emiko ? 06.11.09
bigislandhi ? Zoi ? 06.29.09
Mrs.Ziz ? Bella Kailani ? 07.24.09
Hawaiian Honey ? Matthew Sebron (Matty) ? 08.07.09
MrsWinter ? Ashton Christopher ? 08.14.09
myday1708 ? Alexa Leilani ? 09.09.09
missaloha ? Ellery Lin Ka'imilani ? 09.13.09
MrsNJSwimmer ? William (Billy) ? 11.09.09
Trieulam - Kiptyn ? 11.12.09 & precious angel Kylie ? 11.12.09-1.28.10
MrsPresley ? Annalise Rebecca ? 11.12.09
HulaLove ? Elyse Ann (Elle) ? 12.14.09
Married2MrWright ? Elizabeth (Libby) Joan ? 01.25.10
Sanae78 ? Kaya Akemi ? 02.11.10
SirenSong ? Samara Jane Florence ? 02.16.10
Mauiwedding08 ? John (Jack) ? 02.19.10
Jaysgirljulie ? Christopher Ryan ? 03.9.10
Lola808 ? Adrian Kapa'a ? 04.8.10
LisaKeiko ? John (Johnny) Samuel IV ? 04.19.10
redshoegirl ? William John & Dashiell Thomas ? 04.21.10
liubride510 ? Kailani Grace ? 05.08.10
inamra ? B ? 05.16.10
rwright5 ? Mason Lee ? 06.03.10
supercoolnat ? Zachary ? 06.07.10
parrotgirl ? Mason ? 06.15.10
expatjen ? Kannan Aukai ? 07.05.10
lelekay ? Henry Benjamin ? 07.22.10
MrsIH ? Jacob Kenji Makai ? 08.28.10
Vanilla15 ? Adair Aolani ? 09.06.10
ECUPirate04 ? Lauren Hope ? 09.29.10
mrsnickandnora ? Blake William ? 10.07.10(?)
MrsNicole&Brian808 ? Hank Mason ? 10.20.10
eacerna ? Eleiana Makenzie ? 11.03.10
HAWAII NESTIE DUE DATES
July 2010
07.22.10 ? Boy ? RobynLee
November 2010
11.20.10 ? Boy ? SanHawaii08
December 2010
12.17.10 ? Girl ? annasan_k
January 2011
01.20.11 ? Girl ? Oceangirl22
March 2011
03.13.11 ? Boy ? kinibruin
03.20.11 ? Boy ? MrsZiz
April 2011
04.04.11 ? Boy ? MauiBride2008
04.27.11 ? Baby ? HappyGoLuckyGal
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Post updated due dates or gender reports here.
(1) What week are you in/how old is your LO?
(2) How are you feeling? Any new milestones or news in the last week to share?
(3) Next appointment date? Any big ultrasounds/other exciting stuff coming up?
(4) What's been your greatest BR challenge this past week?
(5) What are you most looking forward to? (for both mamas and mamas-to-be!)
(6) Did you get any unwanted baby gifts? What did you do with them?
(7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times?
(8) What questions would you like to see in upcoming check-ins?
TTCers: Which cycle are you on? Where in the cycle are you? What, if anything, are you doing/trying for TTC success?
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(1) What week are you in/how old is your LO? 37w5d
(3) Next appointment date? Any big ultrasounds/other exciting stuff coming up? Weekly appointments on Tuesday now
(4) What's been your greatest BR challenge this past week? none, really!
(5) What are you most looking forward to? (for both mamas and mamas-to-be!) meeting our LO, of course!! i can't believe we're getting so close...(and we still don't have a name!)
(6) Did you get any unwanted baby gifts? What did you do with them? yup, took some stuff back to target with the gift receipt. still need to return stuff to bru and amazon as well... we only got one thing we didn't want w/o a gift receipt, so I'm stuck with it...will probably just donate it
(7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times? i need ideas! i'm getting awfully sick of twinkle twinkle, the abcs, the itsy-bitsy spider, and mary had a little lamb. oh, and barney's "i love you, you love me" song. in the last few days, i've started throwing in the wheels on the bus (except i only know 3 verses and just keep repeating those). these songs are all so short - i just sing them over and over. i figure, repetition is good, but i'm getting bored!
love this question
i need ideas too! for the verses of the wheels on the bus...here's what i have from our book (in no particular order)
the driver on the bus goes move on back! move on back! move on back!
the people on the bus go up and down, up and down, up and down
the baby on the bus goes waaaah waaaah waaaah!
the parents on the bus go shhhhh shhhhh shhhhh
the horn on the bus goes beep beep beep
the wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
My Food Blog - Good Eats 'n Sweet Treats
(2) How are you feeling? Any new milestones or news in the last week to share?she learned how to put objects in a box (only when i ask her to) and she figured out how to open/close drawers so she now loves to stand next to them and open and shut them over and over again! she's also getting really good at walking now. she pretty much walks across the room now w/o falling.
i am doing good. went in for a recheck to the hand doctor since it wasn't getting any better. he recommended a brace and a topical NSAID. i haven't gotten the Rx filled yet b/c i am trying laser therapy - one of the places i work at has a laser and i did my 1st treatment on myself yesterday.... it's not 100% better but i can definitely tell that my hand feels better already. it's amazing.
(3) Next appointment date? Any big ultrasounds/other exciting stuff coming up?Nov 15th will be when she goes in for her 1 yr check up. we won't be celebrating her birthday until thanksgiving weekend b/c we're waiting for when the grandparents will all be here (we don't really have that many people to celebrate w/here anyway)
(4) What's been your greatest BR challenge this past week?yesterday she started crying again when i left for work
(5) What are you most looking forward to? (for both mamas and mamas-to-be!)her 1st birthday!
(6) Did you get any unwanted baby gifts? What did you do with them? we got a few things - some knit baby booties (they didn't really go w/anything she had)... we got a TON of blankets (returned what i could, the rest are all in a drawer).... also got more clothes than we needed but luckily she ended up being able to wear everything several times and then some b/c she's to tiny
(7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times?wheels on the bus, if you're happy and you know it, this little light of mine, head shoulders knees and toes, rubber ducky, rock a bye baby, twinkle twinkle little star, hickory dickory dock, this old man, old mcdonald
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
My Food Blog - Good Eats 'n Sweet Treats
(1) What week are you in/how old is your LO? I can't believe he's going to be 1 in 5 days.
(2) Any new milestones or news in the last week to share? I can't remember if I've posted that he knows how to clap now. That's very cool. and he took 8 steps in a row the other day before he fell down. I'm pretty sure when he's "walking", it's going to be a full-on spring. Oh and he likes that we say "bless you" when he sneezes, so now he "fake sneezes" to get us to say that! LOL it's too funny.
(3) Next appointment date? 12 month well visit, 2nd part of flu shot. His birthday party and baptist are coming up this month as well!
(4) What's been your greatest BR challenge this past week? separation anxiety. Have I mentioned that before? UGH! twice this week he saw me leave for work and had a full hour meltdown afterwards. Daddy was wiped out by the time I got home. Sleeping too. I'll have to post my funny story from last night.
(5) What are you most looking forward to? (for both mamas and mamas-to-be!) Well, now that Halloween is over, we get to focus on the birthday party. Then the baptism. Then Thanksgiving. Then Christmas! But I'm looking forward to him walking and being proud of himself.
(6) Did you get any unwanted baby gifts? What did you do with them? Mostly homemade stuff, but we just put it away and donated it later.
(7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times? Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, the alphabet song, old Girl Scout songs, songs from the Disney Channel shows theme songs, etc. He loves any music, so anything I can think of the lyrics to, or I just make up my own!
(1) What week are you in/how old is your LO? 3 months, 2 weeks (tomorrow)
(2) Any new milestones or news in the last week to share? Some not great news.....he got scratched (pretty badly) on his face by another child at daycare last week. It looked really awful at first, but is now healing nicely. The good news is that a) he didn't seem to care much after the initial shock of it, and b) daycare took really good care of him and even permanently removed the offending child from the infant room (moved him up to toddlers that very day). I was going to vent about it here last week, but ultimately I decided that since Henry had moved on, I needed to as well, and didn't dwell on it.....he's fine!
(3) Next appointment date? in 2 weeks
(4) What's been your greatest BR challenge this past week? Um....does separation anxiety on my part count??? He's totally fine at daycare, but I miss him so much! Especially at this very moment; it's parent/teacher conferences tonight, so I have to work until after his bedtime. I know daddy will take good care of him, but I miss him!!!
(5) What are you most looking forward to? (for both mamas and mamas-to-be!) Two things: his first laugh (I feel we're so close, he almost chuckles a little when smiling a lot, but hasn't truly giggled yet), and his first Christmas! He'll be meeting much of my extended family for the first time, and I can't wait!
(6) Did you get any unwanted baby gifts? What did you do with them? We returned some clothes, mostly to Kohls (who will do it without a receipt). I did have to admit to my family that I had already bought my breast pump and had opened it too, rendering it unreturnable. So I had to sheepishly ask for the receipt for the one they gave me (same one) to return it. I was a little embarrassed, but I had gotten a really good deal and couldn't pass it up! I didn't expect anyone to get me such an expensive gift anyway! They understood, and got us our PNP and ARCS instead.
(7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times? I'm a music teacher, so in utero, he got music constantly!
Now, we go to Kindermusik class on Saturday mornings, so we sing those songs at playtime a lot.
Otherwise, I sing (with a CD playing softly) John Denver's "Today," Adele's "To Make You Feel My Love," Alison Krauss's "Baby Mine" (from Dumbo), BNL's "When You Dream," Peter, Paul and Mary's "All Through the Night," and "Candle on the Water" (from Pete's Dragon) amongst a few others at bedtime while he's getting his jammies on and his bedtime bottle.
Oh, and I can't forget the best song...."There was a mama, had a boy, and Henry was his name-o....H-E-N-R-Y, etc!" He smiles a lot at this.
(2) How are you feeling? Any new milestones or news in the last week to share? Currently I have both a head cold and hayfever so I'm doing not so good. The boys are as awesome as ever, though.
(3) Next appointment date? Any big ultrasounds/other exciting stuff coming up? Nothing! Although I need to get in touch with the tongue tie clinic to get them evaluated (honestly - and I know this is TOTALLY flammable - I'd just as soon get them snipped vs having to deal with years of speech therapy later down the road if the ties end up interfering...I know it's an "if" but still......)
(4) What's been your greatest BR challenge this past week? We're finally, totally unswaddled! I know 6 months is late, but although they've been sleeping at night without being wrapped since they were 4 months old, they've both refused to do it during naps in the daytime. But last week they were FINALLY ready and we're now officially swaddle-free!
(5) What are you most looking forward to? (for both mamas and mamas-to-be!) Sleeping all the way through the night again will be nice.
(6) Did you get any unwanted baby gifts? What did you do with them? Yes. Some stuff that isn't bad, but isn't anything we use (or that are duplicates, like 3 different growth charts to put on the wall). They'll be regifted as part of a gift basket or something at the next baby shower I go to. Or there was the pack of extremely girly crocheted baby jackets we got from MIL (including the infamous baby cosby jacket with matching pants and tam-o-shanter) - those just got quietly regifted to charity.
(7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times? I don't really sing the traditional "baby" songs. When they're crying, I sing Baby Don't You Cry...most other times, I just make up songs that have their name in them, often about what we're doing at the time. It's lame but they like it and I don't get bored lol. Oh, I do sing Hush Little Baby (though I change it to Babies) sometimes.
I'd love to join in on the fun and be on the list! Taryn Noelle is due March 15th!
Post updated due dates or gender reports here.(1) What week are you in/how old is your LO? I am 21 weeks and 3 days. Since I hit 20 weeks I feel like the days are dragging on. So I've tried to start working on DIY projects with shower thank yous, Christmas presents, items for my sister's wedding in June and the nursery. We'll see how long that last :P(2) How are you feeling? Any new milestones or news in the last week to share? Feeling good. My husband and I were able to see and feel Taryn kick from the outside! She's an active one...kept kicking so much that I didn't get to bed until after two sometime last night
(6) Did you get any unwanted baby gifts? What did you do with them? No gifts yet but I am having two showers during my California visit. I can't wait!(7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times? I love to sing Andrew Peterson's "Hey beautiful girl" but swap it with Mommy instead of Daddy (the original lyrics). I usually just since the chorus. I love it so much!
EDD 1/31/13, MC May 17. EDD 3/31/13, MC July 26. I miss you so much already my angel loves
I realized that we need more songs too! I like this one too
love this question
i need ideas too! for the verses of the wheels on the bus...here's what i have from our book (in no particular order)
the driver on the bus goes move on back! move on back! move on back!
the people on the bus go up and down, up and down, up and down
the baby on the bus goes waaaah waaaah waaaah!
the parents on the bus go shhhhh shhhhh shhhhh
the horn on the bus goes beep beep beep
the wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
Google "Countdown Kids" or look for them on Amazon. There are a bunch of albums and you can listen to the songs online (maybe only snippets, but it will give you more ideas too).
(1) What week are you in/how old is your LO? 5 months 2 days...wow i can't believe it
(2) How are you feeling? Any new milestones or news in the last week to share? we are finally getting better...me, hubby, and LO all had the crud the last 10 days. Mason was so pitiful last weekend he had no voice and felt so bad but when he cried nothing would hardly come out but a few squeeks...it broke my heart to hear
he has got really good at sitting and pulling himself up
(3) Next appointment date? Any big ultrasounds/other exciting stuff coming up? next month for 6 mon check up
(4) What's been your greatest BR challenge this past week? dealing with a sick baby
(5) What are you most looking forward to? (for both mamas and mamas-to-be!) right now his 1st christmas
(6) Did you get any unwanted baby gifts? What did you do with them? oh yes I got tons of stuff i didn't want. I had more size1 diapers than 3 babies would ever use, tons of clothes, and other stuff we didn't register for. I was able to return most of it except for a few things i could find where they came from. Most of it didn't have gift receipts either. BRU wouldn't take back some clothes i got from there i didn't want b/c it wasn't on my registery. After all the returning I had GC to target and walmart with about $200 on each
(7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times? what ever I can think of or ill play music on my phone and sing it to him....thanks for eveyone posting theirs b/c it reminded me of a lot of songs I had forgot about
(1) What week are you in/how old is your LO? 18w4d
(2) How are you feeling? Any new milestones or news in the last week to share? Feeiling good. I had a funky dizziness spell yesterday during a meeting. I started feeling really flushed and got up to go to the restroom and I felt like I was going to black out! I started getting really sweaty and I put my head between my legs so I didn't black out. It was scary, but after that I felt fine for the rest of the day. I'm going to bring it up to the doctor today to see if she thinks I should be concerned or if this is just normal.
(3) Next appointment date? Any big ultrasounds/other exciting stuff coming up? I go today for my monthy appointment, but we just found on Wednesday that we are having a baby BOY! Very exciting and MH is overwhelmed with joy!
(4) What's been your greatest BR challenge this past week? none that I can think of...yet
(5) What are you most looking forward to? (for both mamas and mamas-to-be!) Finally starting to work on DS room. I think we might go crib shopping soon since the Munire furniture at our local baby boutique is having a 20% off sale. Might as well take advantage of that one!
(7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times? I only sing right now if there is something on the radio that I like to sing along with. I still feel silly singing to my fat belly (and not baby bump). (8) What questions would you like to see in upcoming check-ins? When did you start signing up for childbirth classes? How long before your due date did you start taking those courses?
| Olowalu, Maui ~ August 6, 2008 |
| Family of 4 ~ April 2, 2011 |
| Family of 5 - October 24, 2012 |
awwww, this is TOO cute!!
awwww, this is TOO cute!!
sorry this happened.
Something similar happened to Jack a few weeks ago. I figured it could have just as easily been him that scratched another kid - or happened while playing under my supervision so I tried not to dwell on it too much.
They added a PSA about keeping fingernails short in the weekly newsletter.
Anyways, I know how you feel - looking at the icky scratch is heart breaking, but the first "owie" was bound to happen sooner or later.
(2) How are you feeling? Any new milestones or news in the last week to share? nothing to report.
(3) Next appointment date? Any big ultrasounds/other exciting stuff coming up? 9mo check up in a couple of weeks.
(4) What's been your greatest BR challenge this past week? was away on travel. Ok for me, first time DH had J by himself (his mom was here last time I left).
(5) What are you most looking forward to? (for both mamas and mamas-to-be!) The Holidays, extra time off work. And I *think* we are going to Disneyland for Jack's first bday. My parents and sister would come too. DH's mom is not too happy b/c she wanted to come visit us for his birthday so I still need to smooth that over. (Not sure why she can't just come the week after - or come to CA?)
(6) Did you get any unwanted baby gifts? What did you do with them? not really. Buying gender neutral stuff was dumb, we got showered with boy stuff the second Jack was born. Anything I do not plan to use for future children got donated during a community drive for baby goods. I got some disposable diapers and I returned them at Target or (in the case of the diaper cake) donated them.
(7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times? We sing a little bit of everything (kid and regular music). I love Nicky's Jazz Lullabies - found it at the library - for winding down/bedtime. MIL bought Jack a personalized Sesame Street CD and Jack will go pull up on the table that has the CD player on it and squeal until we turn it on. How does he even know to like Elmo?? He never watches TV?!? haha. But he bounces, claps, and bobs his head the entire time which is just too cute to watch so we end up listening to it a lot.
I love the name Taryn! I'd never be able to use it though since I knew a few Taryns in high school. But I really love it.
(6) Did you get any unwanted baby gifts? What did you do with them? TONS of onesies... some he never wore, which I felt bad about. They were all short sleeve and it started to get a bit chilly here so he wore the long sleeve ones. We hardly received any sleepers which is what we're using now for his pajammas to sleep in. (7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times? Loved this question, I got a lot of ideas from it, thanks!
I love Hawaii!
Tara & Ian . 4/24/2008 . The Kahala Planning . Married
Aw, thank you so much! We love it. I am hoping it doesn't become TOO too popular but we'll see!
EDD 1/31/13, MC May 17. EDD 3/31/13, MC July 26. I miss you so much already my angel loves
(1) What week are you in/how old is your LO? 21w6d
(2) How are you feeling? Any new milestones or news in the last week to share? very very tired. found out LC is a boy.
(3) Next appointment date? Any big ultrasounds/other exciting stuff coming up? 4 weeks to check location of placenta
(4) What's been your greatest BR challenge this past week? getting the news that i can't travel due to the complete placenta previa. getting told my anemia is back. they took me off my iron while i had my HG. so naturally, my anemia is back. being told that my boss wants to talk to me about "issues." and also having the dr. tell me this is what's considered a high risk pregnancy. plus mh had surgery on his leg and so i can't take care of him. and we've been at my mom and dad's for the past week.
(5) What are you most looking forward to? (for both mamas and mamas-to-be!) 24 weeks. when the dr. says the baby is viable at least.
(6) Did you get any unwanted baby gifts? What did you do with them? my sister gave me a sweater that her coworker made her for her babies. but it's for a girl. and now LC is a boy. so i just have to return it to her.
(7) What do you sing (if anything) to LOs - either in utero, at bedtime, or other times? songs from church. i also made up a song that i sing in a filipino accent. hahaha it goes like this "baby boy baby boy baby booooy." over and over again. hahahah
(8) What questions would you like to see in upcoming check-ins?
TTCers: Which cycle are you on? Where in the cycle are you? What, if anything, are you doing/trying for TTC success?
hawaii 10.2008 plan ;P married bio ???