Let's all say hello and be friends...

hav2run · February 2011

Lurkers...oust yourself.

Time to reintroduce ourselves. We have lots of new people, and I would love to draw the lurkers in here too. It is DEAD here in the evenings. You do NOT need to have a baby to post here. Come on in. The beer/wine/cocktail is cold!

Introduce yourself. I am not posting a template. Say whatever you think is pertinent. Welcome and keep on posting!

buckeyethor · February 2011

Bob Evans has cherry bread instead of pumpkin bread now.

hav2run · February 2011

Bummer! I don't think I would like cherry bread. Their blueberry bread is great with coffee.

hav2run · February 2011

I am Becky. Married to Ken since 9.3.05. We have 2 grown sons and a grown daughter betwwen us. We have DD together who is now 2.5 years old, and we have been trying for our final addition for 2 years now. We are giving it 6 months and we will be done, and considering ourselves blessed with what we have. I haven't been on much lately due to work strains, but still lurk in daily. I am into photography on a hobbyist level, sew, craft, traveling, and we are doing tons of home renovations.

megntom07 · February 2011

Meaghan, married 7/28/07, will be 24 in March, stay at home mom to 2 boys (see siggy), love to take pictures (especially of my boys!), can't wait for the warmer weather to stick around, hoping we are blessed with 1-2 more kids, and hopefully DH will start nursing school in Aug. That's about all I can think of for now, I'm pretty boring!

sprads · February 2011

mmmmm, cherry bread....sounds delish, I will have to try it.

and thor - LMAO @ BE

KittahMama · February 2011

I'm Sarah- 30 (31 on march 2) and I have an 8 month old DD and a little boy on the way due July 17. I won't make it most likely as I had preterm labor with Cerys and also gave birth exactly at 37 weeks.

Been married to Joel since 6/27/2008. He's from England and I am from Louisville. We have two cats- Miller and Tanqueray. I miss gin and tonics!!!

I dated a proctoid for two years that lived in hyde park but that was a few years back. I spent a lot of time in Cincy then. DH's company got bought out and we moved here for his job. Right now we are in an apt until our house sells (hopefully soon!) and then we are looking in the West Chester area.

I have worked in commercial insurance and I also worked for an alcohol/drug rehab facility. Right now I am SAHM. I have a few friends here from college (sorority sisters) but none have kids. I am hoping to get some prereqs done and go back to school in a few years to do an accelerated BSN and go into nursing.

I'm on.. a lot. Bored during the days- when I am not playing with DD or cleaning house.

megan1019 · February 2011

I'm Megan as well. I'm 31 young years! I'm currently 33 weeks & 5 days pregnant with my first (what we call our miracle baby) a little boy that will be named Nolan Mitchell. He is due on April 3. My SO is named Kevin he turns 34 on the 25th. He is an attorney & I am a director of a non-profit spay/neuter clinic & shelter (it is the BEST job/career!!) I'm sad to take my maternity leave I love it so much!!

We consider Nolan our amazing blessing due to the fact I was scheduled to have my uterus taken out in October 2010 ( I have major issues with female "things") I was given a .00000001% chance of ever being able to conceive. Many reasons additionally contributed to my reasons of why, I was not supposed to get pregnant.

Needless to say it was a SHOCK to find out in July 2010 that I was expecting. I've also had a rocky road in the beginning of pregnancy around week 7, I started heavy bleeding/cramping, was hospitalized 3 times & put on bed rest until week 13. I was given a 50/50 chance on the pregnancy surviving. His heart rate continually measured way behind also until week 13 & then everything changed. Everything is perfect with him at the moment (as far as I know) His heart rate has resolved itself & he continues to measure right no track. We consider him a amazing gift/blessing. We are also very lucky in that my mother is retiring to take care of Nolan when I return to work sadly probably part-time so that I don't miss too much time with my baby.

We are also the "pet parents" to four dogs & two cats. 2 boxers & 2 pugs (that we are currently trying to find homes for-hoping they are not foster failures) 3 of the dogs & the cats are all rescues.

We moved back to a house that I own ( had been renting it out previously while we lived our "fun" life in a loft apartment in downtown Cincinnati) in NKY (Bellevue area) in January & have been in MAJOR home renovations since then to get ready for Nolan's arrival.

I'm hoping that after Nolan's arrival I will be able to contribute more on the board as right now I feel that I'm no help in offering any kind of advice. I thank this board everyday for my outlet & the ability to receive so many answers to questions I wouldn't know where else to get answers to.

Sorry...didn't realize this was so long!!

escape1st · February 2011

I'm Lisa and my DH is Steve. We were married on 10/21/06 and have 1 DS, Nathaniel, who will be 3 in April. We have 2 fur kids also who pretty much drive me insane most days.

I'm more of a lurker than a poster since I don't have much time during the day at work to get on the board. Welcome to all the new folks and hi to all of those that have been around awhile!

JLPT830 · February 2011

I'm Jennie. My DH is Kevin and we've been married since 8-30-03. We have DS, Caleb who just turned 3, and DD, Madelyn who was born Jan 4. I'm enjoying my last few weeks of maternity leave as I go back to work March 3. Crying

I'm a physical therapist in a nursing home and I work 3 days a week and some weekends.....so going back won't be too terrible. Besides I love my geriatric patients.....most of the time. We also have a cockatiel named Spike who needs to be on prozac......he's been super crazy since we've all been home every day. I love all things performing arts. I danced for 15 years at a studio and then at a collegiate level and then as a coach. I'm really really missing it right now and am thinking about trying some adult dance classes in the next few months. Other than that I love wine, cooking and eating, watching movies, and spending time with my family.

hotpinkprincess82 · February 2011

Hi!! I'm Courtney, 28 years old. I've been married to Gary for almost 4 years, together for 12 years. We are both from NKY, currently live in Independence. We have a beautiful 10 month old daughter named Abigail (Abby) Rose. I am a hard-core lurker. I used to post under a different SN many moons ago. I'm a RN at The Christ Hospital in the Open Heart Recovery ICU, but looking for something else. I would love to be more involved with the board, but my work schedule is super crazy and I feel like I have no time for anything!!!

l_kristina · February 2011

hi. i am lynn, have been married since 2005 and our dd, kat, turned 3 in january. we have a dog too, ringo, who just turned 6. i am currently not working, staying home with kat until i can find a new job. (hopefully soon!) i am loving my time off with kat, but financially, me staying at home isn't an option. so...i have much more time on the board now. i posted on here for a while over the last few years, but the website got blocked at my old place of employment. boo on them! so i am back now! looking forward to going to the park today for the play date! doing my anti-rain dance!

Klmorgan83 · February 2011

I'm Kari, I'm 27 and have been married to Adam since 8/25/07. I'm a part-time x-ray tech and DH is a paramedic/firefighter. We live in Fairfield Twp. We have one DS Noah who was born on 10/10/08, and I'm due with baby boy #2 in about 5 weeks.

baze2 · February 2011

My name is Ann Marie. DH and I were married on 08/02/08. We have no children but are working on it. We are both 40 years old. So TTC is difficult at best.

I am a RN. DH is an Attorney. Hopefully we will bring our baby home soon as we are working on Adoption (Whoa is it a lot of work and very detailed)...

I lurk a lot. Starting to post more often.

JoJoGee · February 2011

I'm Meredith, married to Doug since May 2008. We live in Lebanon where Doug grew up. I coordinate Sunday school for a chuch in Cincinnati, and Doug is a Time Warner Cable technician.

We have one 3 year old cockapoo, Murphy. I unexpectedly delivered our DD, Lilith, by c-section, 14 weeks early on February 2. She's currently in the NICU at Miami Valley Hospital, and working hard to get off of her ventilator.

We are also certified foster parents, but have delayed taking foster children into our home until our is at least a year old.

jaxrp2003 · February 2011

I will reintroduce myself since I am one of the lurkers mostly. My name is Amanda and have been married since 2003 to my DH Justin we have 2 great boys Jackson who is 7 and Jaymeson who just turned 2 in January. We moved to Cincinnati in the summer of 2009. I am from Virginia and DH is from Florida. I am a SAHM and DH is in Law Enforcement. We struggle with infertility that is why we have a big age gap between our 2 kids. We have been TTC baby # 3 for a while now and we have decided to meet with Dr. A to help us out. I will try and post more often.

Missbollinger · February 2011

My name is Po, I am still 29 married with 3 kids

4 if you include DH. Currently a SAHM and going to school p/t to become a Special Ed teacher. Originally from England, transplanted here almost 12 years ago. We live in nowhere town and no one can understand how I ended up here. I like to tell them I moved for love

Mrs.Cooley2bee · February 2011

I'm Lindsay and DH is Dave. We live on the east side of Cincinnati and both work at Cincinnati Children's where we met. We were married on 10-25-2008, Charlotte Rose arrived about 9 months later on 07-08-09 and Asher Joseph followed 15 months later on 11-05-2010. It's been a crazy few years! We plan on slowing the baby making down and enjoying our new family for a while. Oh - and we have a cute pug named Zoe and two kitties, Linus and Oreo.

PirateGirl04 · February 2011

I'm Lauren. I've been married to DH since 9/15/07. I"m an IT Manager and DH is an electrical engineer. In 2009 we got our awesome dog Norton (named after the antivirus). He is our furchild and we love him to death. Norton is going to be a big brother sometime around July 30. We are adding a play mate for Nort (as DH likes to call the baby).

kristinleigh · February 2011

I'm Kristin (32) and I have been married to my husband Dan (36) for 4.5 years. We live on the east side. I am a SAHM to our precious baby boy Jackson who is 6.5 months old. Dan works for a large retirement financial corporation in NKY. I went to Miami and studied special ed and did teach for 2 years in the Mason district several years ago, I have also been a nanny, administrative assistant, and a textiles buyer before becoming a SAHM. Dan went to UK so we are big Wildcat fans. We love to travel, although that has slowed down some since Jackson arrived. We have a Maine *** cat named Jesse who is around 7 years old.

kikis first · February 2011

Hi! My name is Christina, I will be 35 tomorrow. I am pregnant with our first child, 33 weeks along. Her name is Eden. My husband and I married in Sept 2009 and we live in Milford. He is in IT with Children's Hospital and I am an office manager for a furniture store. I am more of a lurker, but will try to post more.

jerseygirl81 · February 2011

Hello! My name is Jene. I'm a sociologist, working as a data manager for a non-profit organization. I married Charlie the Engineer in 2005. He started his own business in February, 2009 after he got laid off. We have one child, also named Charlie, who is 2 1/2. We also have a cat, again, named Charlie. We changed his name to Charlie Darwin and just call him Darwin to minimize confusion. I am the only sentinent being in our house not named Charlie.

I like numbers, reading, yoga, baking (but not cooking), blogging, Final Fantasy, and playing with my camera. I also like The Office, the X-Files, and Kevin Smith. And the Daily Show. And Idiot Abroad. And Star Wars. I'm currently training to run the Flying Pig in May, even though I've never run a race in my life.

ETA: We live in Milford, but would really like to move to Mt. Lookout this summer. Or move back East.

mag2point0 · February 2011

I'm Maggie and I'll be 31 in two weeks. DH and I have been married for 7 years and had DD Rita in September. Our wonder dog is Roo and we adopted her 5 years ago when we lived in Chicago. I'm originally from Dayton and we decided to move back home to OH when DD got a job with Toyota a few years ago. I kept my job that I had in Chicago and work from home doing system support for libraries. We live in Oakley and I love it.

mrs.dilligaf · February 2011

I'm Amanda, DH is Jon. We have been married since June of 2008. I work for a few more weeks as a cake decorator and he is a sound guy. We have two furbabies, Milo and Barney. We're expecting our first hopefully non-furry baby in May. I've lived around Cincy all my life and love it here.

Jessica&Brett · February 2011

I'm Jess. I'll be the big 3-0 in July!

I just moved back to Cincinnati last summer after living in Seattle for almost 8 years. I moved there in 2002 to be with my then boyfriend, and we were married in 2008. Finley was born last February and just celebrated his first birthday.

I used to be an accountant, but now am lucky enough to be a SAHM! I live in the Mason area, and love meeting the ladies on this board IRL since most of my friends in Cincinnati don't have kids yet.

MrsMandaK · February 2011

Hello! I'm Amanda and have been on these boards for what seems like forever...2002 to be exact! I am 30 and live in NKY with my husband, Bryan, of 7.5 years and our 2 daughters, Lily (5 in April) and Charlotte (2 in March). We also have 2 cats, Howie and Chance. I am a stay at home mom since having Charlotte in '09. Before that, I was a demand planner for P&G. My husband works as a logistics broker in Milford. Besides taking care of my family, I love to dance, volunteer and plan fun nights out with my girlfriends.

Megs&Nick · February 2011

I'm Megan (29), married to Nick (34) since 9-8-07. We have one daughter, Allie who was born on Thanksgiving day in 2008. We also have another child due this July. We live in Fairfield Twp. DH is an electrician, currently working at AK Steel and I'm a SAHM and work at a local craft store in the evenings for fun. DH grew up in the area and I grew up in Dallas/Ft. Worth but moved here after graduating from college to be with DH. We don't have any pets and probably never will.

Emily2me · February 2011

I'm Emily (25) and DH is Joe (26), we have been married since Sept 19, 2009 and found out we were expecting 6 short months after getting married! Our son Mason was born on Dec 3, 2010. I'm a SAHM and DH works in the financial industry. I'm originally from NY, moved to Cincy for school (Xavier) and DH is from MD, moved to Cincy in middle school and went to school at The University of Toledo. We met at work, both of our first jobs after college. We are the first of our friends to get married and have a baby, so I appreciate this board so much for the opportunity to meet other couples and moms!

andailey · February 2011

Hello! I'm Amber and DH is Eric. I'm 31, and DH is 34. We were married on 6/17/06 after 4 years of dating, and we'll celebrate our 5th anny this June. We live in Dayton, although our house is currently for sale, and we are looking to move to a new home in Centerville.

I am a high school French teacher, and DH is an injury rep for a major car insurance company. We have 3 furbabies: Murphy is our 5 yr. old Goldendoodle, then we have 2 ginormously fat cats named Reece and Milo.

We were blessed with our daughter, Madelyn Grace, on March 31, 2008 at 36 wks. due to HELLP syndrome. Can't believe I'm planning her 3rd bday party! I am currently 33 wks. pregnant with baby girl #2 - EDD April 7. Soooo, our kiddos may have the same bday.. hope not! I am praying I go full-term this time, and that no complications arise.

I enjoy pilates, yoga, playing soccer (have played since I was 5 yrs. old), journaling, taking hikes outdoors and organizing family photo albums. I love this board!

margauxa1 · February 2011

I'm Maggie and have been married to Ryan for 2.5 years. We moved to Cincinnati right after we got married because I thought was going to attend law school, but then changed my mind because my heart wasn't there - but my heart definitely wasn't set for living in Washington D.C. anymore.

We had our daughter, Lila last August.

I'm a research librarian for a financial/insurance company and I also love living in Oakley (very similar to the Maggie who posted above ).

I mostly lurk around here and will post when I freak out about my breastmilk supply! Actually, I have something that I'll post about later today if I get some work done.

Temp806465500003043 · February 2011

I'm Katie and I'm almost (in a week) 32. My DH and I have been married since June 2007. We have a 2 year old daughter and 3 dogs. I live a few hours east of Cincinnati in DH's hometown but I am originally from Cincinnati (West Side). I do marketing for a company that owns 18 restaurants (2 national chains and a regional chain).

I wish I lived closer. There are some really great, helpful ladies on this board. I also wish TB didn't suck and it was easier to post from my phone and iPad. I rarely use my laptop anymore and it is a pain to post from my phone.

MandiNewMommy · February 2011

Hello everyone! I am Mandi (29 years old) from Franklin. I was on here a few years ago when planning my wedding to my best friend who passed away after us only being married four short months! Some of you may remember me Mrs Landrum. I changed names because well I wanted to start over. I got KU in Nov (Happy Birthday to me!) It was an old family friend I was feeling alone and it was dumb but now I have a lil bean on the way that will be here at the end of Aug. I am excited and scared to be a first time mommy....I also wish that this child could have two loving parents but I know it will have plenty of love with my family and friends. So ya my story is nothing at all normal or like the rest but I hope that is okay. I am sure I will have tons of questions and could use answer from loc Mommys. So that is my story! Huh?

dananderin · February 2011

Hi! I am Erin and my DH is Dan. We have been married since 5/9/08 and our DD Allison is 3 1/2 months old. We live on the westside of Cincy, but are planning to move to northern KY by the end of the year. I work part time as an RN at Good Sam and DH works in commercial refrigeration. We also have two puppies Maggie (golden) and Kenzie (beagle).

MamaKajsa · February 2011

Late to the party as usual lol.... I'm Kajsa and am married to Will since 4/22/06. We have a daughter, Daisy, who will be two in June. Our son, Emmett, is 4 months old. I will be 29 in march. I'm a stay at home mom and help DH with the farm as much as I can. We live on a farm about 15 minutes north of Oxford, Ohio. Although, I am originally from California.

We live so far out of town that we can't get high speed internet. Since we only have dial up, I am not on here very often. I try to participate when I can get on though.

teacherjess · February 2011

Loving these re-introductions!

My name is Erin and we live in Dayton. I'm 27 and DH is 29, and we had our DD, Leah, in May of 2008, 11 months after our wedding!.We both teach high school (I'm English, he's physics) and we both work FT. We have a mini dachshund named Lindsey. We are both originally from out-of-state-- me from Wisconsin, and DH from Indiana-- but we love the area after going to college here and plan to stay forever! We are hoping to add another little one to our family in...maybe 2013. I'm trying to plan ahead .

adamsbabble · February 2011

DH and I have been married for 5 years (in April). I'm 28, he's 30, I'm a SAHM and he's in sales. We have three girls. Ava is our prissy 3.5 year old. Charlotte is our spunky 1.5 year old. Lila is our littlest family member who joined us just 4 weeks ago, and (so far) she seems to be our laid back child. I enjoy cooking, reading, running/hiking outside with DH, decorating and party planning... and I need more time for all of the above.

klee411 · February 2011

Hello to bumpies new and old! I'm Krista (30) and my DH is Dave (also 30). We've been married for 3 years, have an 18 month son named CJ and a grouchy old toy fox terrier named Odie. We live on the westside - I work for a book publisher and DH works for the Enquirer. Check my blog (link in siggy) for a peek at my life. I enjoy watching reality TV, playing around on the internet, spending time with my family, reading, eating out and sleeping in on weekends (which I rarely do anymore since DS was born Stick out tongue

). We currently TTC #2 after a loss in November - here's hoping for a 2011 baby!

trickeytricky · February 2011

Amanda -aka- Trickey which when put together = my maiden name.

Married 6/7/8, Zac was born on 2/13/10 and I have the worst case of baby fever.

curlypie1 · February 2011

Howdy!

I have two sweet little girls - a 3.5 year old and a 6 month old. My Husband is currently looking for work in an electro-mechanical engineering position. We decided for him to return to school almost 4 years ago after losing his job and our dreams will hopefully come to fruition soon. I work in Finance in Higher Ed and occasionally teach evening courses. Someday (soon!) I hope to drop the day job and teach at night only. I love doing anything outdoors, especially biking and hiking. I love music - playing and listening. I'm also obsessed with decorating blogs now that we have a new space to finish. A few years ago while holding a 6 month baby on my lap (my first daughter) we sketched out a home addition plan on a napkin. My DH got this crazy notion that he could build a 700 sq. foot addition for us - all by himself only working on the weekends. Amazing but true...he did it and we're in the finishing stages of wrapping everything up. We've lived in dust and chaos the last three years and I think my DH will need a loooonnnggg vacation after this, but it was worth it!

margauxa1 · February 2011

trickeytricky:
Amanda -aka- Trickey which when put together = my maiden name.

Married 6/7/8, Zac was born on 2/13/10 and I have the worst case of baby fever.

I was married on 6/7/8 too! What a great date

Mrs.Babbsy · February 2011

babbs, also known as Tabatha;) 33 married to Aaron, Aaron bo Baron.... We have a identical twin girls who were born 6 weeks early. I had lots of issues, PTL, TTTS, and Pre-E. I spent the last 2 months on hospital bedrest, but started bedrest at 20 weeks.

My girls are Savannah formerly known as baby A and goes by a variety of names now, which include Sugar, booboo, booog, savie. Callista formely known as baby B and goes by the name Itty Bitty teeny tiny ____ hieny cali Burrito! Blank out is part of my last name:) They are now 17 months old.

I work in 401k and hubby works in the food flavoring biz.

I have no pets nor do I want any.

I have too many hobbies to list;)