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How was your weekend?
I can't remember what we did Friday night. Oh - picked up the dog and did some errands.
Saturday we ran errands, painted the new bathroom and foyer trim, did regular house stuff, and went to friends' for dinner and hang out time with the kids.
Sunday we met a friend and her partner and another couple for a lovely brunch. I had a consulting call in the afternoon. We put mr no-nap (well only 1) down early for the night and did another round of practice birthday cupcakes and stored a ton of zucchini. We did some planting and called it a night.
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Re: How was your weekend?
amazing
Friday I was off of work and running around like crazy prepping for the party. Short breaks for blueberry picking and taking sprout to his last swim lesson of the season (where he jumped off the big diving board by himself with no floaty on - omg i almost had a heart attack!!). Oh, and we had milkshakes for dinner
Saturday was our Carnival Adoption Party!!! The weather definitely could have been better (it was lightly raining for the start of the party), but it didn't seem to hinder spirits. The children still played in the rain and we didn't have to cancel any of the planned activities...though we did have to move the pony rides into the pavillion which was interesting! Overall it was so much fun and I was thrilled with how everything turned out. We had a wonderful group of people there - the kids all enjoyed each other - and we made some awesome memories that will last a lifetime
I cant wait to get the pictures back from the photog!!
Sunday - I woke up so dead tired, omg. But, it was off to the splash pad to try and wear out the kids for an early nap. it was a fun trip but no dice on the nap for any of them. Then we met up with family for a cousin's bday. We had a very nice time visiting with the fam and it worked out well since I felt like I barely got to talk to anyone for any amount of time at the party (that always happens, and I always feel bad about it...). By 5 the kids were WAY overtired from their crazy weekend, but they managed to hold it together well enough...there were some tears as we packed up but no full meltdowns, and its sweet to see how much they love their aunts/uncles/cousins. Daisy was asleep by 5:30 on the car ride home (which unfortunately led to a terrible night sleep for her and me), the two older kids were asleep by 6:30, and Andrea and I were in bed by 9 (though I confess to falling asleep on the couch much earlier!!).
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Fri:I picked up Ky and did a quick grocery run. Came home and cleaned. Ann picked us up and we went to get Ky a dress for her pictures and grabbed take out. We ate and passed out pretty early.
Sat: Up early even though Ann tried to let me sleep in and was super quiet when getting ready for work. I did some laundry and watched Grey's Anatomy on net.flix like all day. I had a quick trip to the store but was out less than an hour...Ann got home and got ready to go out with some friends. My friend K talked about coming over but then something came up so more Grey's happened. I went to bed right after Ky at like 9:30.
Sun: Up with Ky, while Ann slept off her Saturday. She got up as Ky was going down for an early nap. We ate breakfast foods for lunch and watched terrible shows on net.flix until it was time to get ready to leave. Ky was a champ at her pictures! On the way home Ann got a haircut and I picked up a few things for an impromptu bbq at our house. A few friends came over and ate hot dogs and hamburgers with us. We all played a few games of card and they left shortly after I put Ky down. We watched some more terrible tv and went to bed.
I feel like I missed so much in a week of no internet...
CT - I'm so happy your adoption party went well!!
We got home late last night from a week of vacation in Colorado with my family. My parents have a cabin and growing up my grandparents lived there too, so I spent a bunch of time as a kid out there and we don't get to go nearly as much anymore. There's no TV, internet, or cell phone service at the cabin, which means we use our phones during occasional trips to town.
It's hard to sum up a whole week in a weekend review post, but we did some light hiking, drove in Rocky Mountain National Park, read books, played games and cards, spent endless hours watching our nephews throw rocks and sticks in the woods, split wood, cooked, ate too much yummy food, shopped in the touristy town nearby that is filled with childhood memories, and generally enjoyed a week at the cabin. Given how much time I spend on the internet it's both strange and a nice break to literally take a week off from it. Plus of course work, but I'm in denial about returning to work tomorrow.
IVF Oct/Nov 2012
Beta #1 = 77, Beta #2 = 190, Beta #3 = 1044
Cautiously optimistic.
Holy morning sickness batman! I did nothing. I couldn't get off the couch without running to the bathroom. M broke down Saturday afternoon as she felt so helpless in offering me any comfort. She told me it is very hard for her to see me so sick and plus I think it scares her. My mom came over Saturday night to sit with me so M could get out of the house for a bit to save her sanity.
Sunday M and I watched movies and caught up on some of our shows. She was awesome in bringing me healthy snacks about every hour (I think she set an alarm on her phone lol). I finally felt a little better Sunday night so we got out of the house to grab dinner. All I can say is I am so blessed to have an amazing and understanding wife!
06/12 - BFP!!!!
Beta #1 15dpo - 256
Beta #2 18dpo - 1097
6wk U/S on 07/02 ~ TWINS!!!
EDD 02/21/13
09/10/12 Found out it's two Boys!!!! Sam and Jake
Jacob and Samuel born 1/29/13 at 36 weeks.
Our weekend was nice, not too much going on but just enough for a good time.
Ava and I battled with food on Saturday, she took 2 bites of breakfast, vomited (a new behavior, not an illness), refused to eat, finally ate. Refused snack. Three bites of lunch, refused anything else. Refused snack. Refused dinner.
J surprised me by taking Sunday off to drive to San Diego for my niece's first birthday party wth us. The party was at a park, the weather was great, and everyone had fun. Ava had a bunch of meltdowns, she seems to have them more often these days, she is very easily emotionally overwhelmed by transitions. We stopped by J's parents house on the way home so they could visit Alila. The kids went to bed as soon as we got home, J and I finished watching a movie before heading to bed.
Two Mommies Healing Hearts
Friday: Pizza and a movie night at home for E and I...perfect end to the week.
Saturday: E slept in a bit until I woke her to get ready for her horse riding lesson. E LOVED it...she seemed so serious while she was riding but then when the trainer would get the horse into a trot she got the biggest grin on her face. E's dad went with us and he was pretty impressed with the place and we are talking about taking her back there for more lessons. They offered to continue lessons at the group,on rate which seems like a great deal. After the lesson we went to lunch at a favorite local spot. In the afternoon E and I got her a new pool for the backyard and got that all set up so she could play.
Sunday: I'm not sure what time E was awake and playing, but she let mommy sleep in until almost 9:30...yay! We had a lazy morning and then went to run some errands. While we were out and about the mom of E's friend from school who lives in our old neighborhood text and asked if we were around. So they came over to see the house, the kids played in the pool and the mom and I drank beers and chatted. Last night we got a crazy thunderstorm. I'm not sure how my child slept through it, but thankfully she did!
The Carnival adoption party complete with pony rides sounds like so much fun :-)
No baby yet... But otherwise a good (albeit challenging) weekend.
Friday: Came home to the office being completely destroyed by our neurotic 6 year old Weimeraner Lily. She chewed the door frame, destroyed baskets, picture frames, scratched up EV's macbook, etc. etc... I was so frustrated and ready to throw in the towel with her. She's been keeping us (well me - EV sleeps through anything) all week with her incessant whining and scratching at night.
Friday night a friend came over and we sat there sharing stories from "back in the day" and telling her about how EV and I met in college. OMG that was sooo many years ago...
Saturday after another sleepless night woke up, went to Acupuncture and came home to take two 2 hour naps. EV watched TV and movies all day and it was just plain lazy and luxuirous. We ran errands in the evening (like buying plants at Lowes) and went out to a later dinner at the Black Bear Diner.
Sunday morning I was again running on less than 3 hours of sleep. (Totally terrified about what life with a baby will be like - lol) Sometime around 8:30am I texted EV from downstairs telling her I couldn't live like this anymore. We talked more seriously later that day about our options. We've tried everything with this crazy dog, behavioral training, crate training, making concessions, etc.etc. She's a rescue and has severe anxiety from her puppyhood. Every once in a while she loses it and becomes obsessive, unhappy and very destructive... Sigh. We decided to try drugging her with Benadryl (per our vets recommendations) at night so she can sleep and so can we. We're still working on how to leave her alone... The thought of surrendering her makes me sick.... I just can't do it - even when at 3:30 in the morning on night 5 it "seems" like a great idea.
Last night she slept well -so hopefully we'll get past this episode soon...
CT - I am thrilled for you! I know you have dreamed of this party for years!!!
Can't wait to see pics!
Friday - L picked up the kids from camp and took them to dinner. I got there just in time for them to finish and take the kids home so L could go work on transcribing. I spent the evening wondering if I needed to call L to come home so I could go to the ER. Seems my body decided to hemorrhage from 5p-10p. Thankfully, it eased up though I slept horribly cause I was convinced that I was losing so much blood that I would pass out in my sleep and the kids would be alone. So, I guess I subconsciously woke myself every hour to make sure I could.
Saturday we had a lazy morning before I took the kids to a birthday party out by Frederick. It was at a place that has go karts, lazer tag, bumper boats, kiddie rides, etc. Carter loved the lazer tag, but the attendant brought out a crying Grayson to me - guess it was too loud and too dark for him. Thankfully, after one trip around the go-kart track in 110 degree weather, they were happy to be inside at the arcade. We stopped for a late lunch with L before heading home to have a lazy evening. I tried to get them to go to the pool, but neither was interested in being in the heat. I went to sleep early due to my lack of sleep the previous night.
Sunday we had another lazy morning. There was nothing I wanted to do more than to stay in my cool bed and watch tv all day. But we had a sitter coming, so we got ready and went downtown to see A Normal Heart (with Patricia Wettig and Scotty from Brothers and Sisters (HOT!)) It was incredible - I highly recommend it. Got home just as all hell started to break loose in our 'hood and we watched our neighbor getting arrested. I have no idea what was going on - though best guess was domestic violence. Ordered pizza and watched a movie in our bed. Thankfully, the kids went to bed really easily and then didn't wake during the storms early this morning.
This morning we took the kids to their 6y appt where Grayson told the pediatrician, "I saw my first person taken to jail last night."
Saturday we went to a BBQ our new couple-friends hosted. It was crazy getting out of the house - we were bringing dessert and found out at the last minute that there were more people coming than we expected, so I had to run out and get more stuff and put it together, and Mr. Baby decided to scream for 45 minutes before we left. I figured we'd just go anyway and if he didn't calm down we would leave our dessert and go home, but he calmed down in the car ride over and was mostly fine. It was our first non-family social function with the twins and we each awkwardly jiggled a baby and ate with one hand :-P Fortunately one of the other moms there was super-considerate and kept offering to take a baby so we could get food, etc. Everyone was really nice and we enjoyed talking to other parents.
Sunday I worked on the lawn and my parents came over to watch the kids while we went to see Magic Mike. It was great and a perfect date night movie.
Hi all! Sounds like mostly good weekends across the board.
Fri Night we drove to Maine (DW drove, I napped) and got there early enough to see my 6 week old niece before bedtime. Such a cutie! My sister, who i didn't imagine being mommy material, is doing great! My BIL is also amazing with her, but we expected that.
Saturday didn't end up being a day at the lake as we planned, since it was overcast, but we slept in and then did some outlet shopping for DW. Then, the whole family went to my parents' house for BBQ and birthday celebration for me since I'll be away next weekend on my actual birthday. Lots of cuddles with my nieces.
Sunday was a bit of a whirlwind. My sister with the newborn and I went to my pregnant sister's house to go through her girl stuff. She found out she is having a boy, so lots of stuff to get rid of. I got a couple of neutral things. We then had a little picnic in the sun for lunch, before loading the pup up into the car and driving back to Boston. Got home, unloaded, and then drove into the city for dinner and the game. Red Sox/Yanks game was great. Except for the Sox losing. Our tickets were a family frkend's season tickets, so they were incredible. We ended up not getting home until 1am!
Now, I'm about to get packed up to drive the 2.5 hours back to Maine! I'm watching my niece Tues and Weds, since my sis is headed back to work tomorrow. Let's see how I deal with a tiny baby for two whole days!
Good, bad, and otherwise.
Friday - we hung out at home. Our car started making a horrible, horrible noise Thursday (and it was my car, with Noah's seat in it). So we dropped it off and walked home. Since we had no car seat, we cleaned, went for a walk, etc.
Saturday - we planned N's naps to a tee so we could hit the road at the right time to get to CT's adoption party!! It worked like a charm! N was passed out 10 min into the ride. And then, an hour from CT, we hit traffic. And then the noise came back. So we had to turn around and so home. Sucking, sucka. It turns out when they replaced the wheel bearings (which meant taking the tires, brakes, etc. off which was the reason for our fear), the bushings (what ever the hell they are) needed to be replaced. They only replaced one and 'salvaged' the other. Anyone want to guess what gave out and caused us to miss the party?
Anyone?
Anyone?
We got home safe, so that's all that matters but I (originally) paid for 8 hours of labor and hardly gave the impression I wanted anything 'salvaged'.
Sunday - we picked up the car and had a home showing (which was a gigantic fail. The couple loved, loved, loved our house but was 'horrified' by our driveway. They were from Japan and only recently learned how to drive. My driveway is on a blind corner and is a little intimidating for the seasoned driver but horrified..I think my agent was being a little dramatic) and then we went to a fantastic bakery/pastry shop and got dinner and dessert and then to the pool club for a quick dip.
so glad you got home okay!! boo for the car trouble
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