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May 2016 Moms
Jenly17
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TTT
Jenly17
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Happy Tuesday!!
1. Ok, so the 20 announcements are really annoying me. I don’t care about your new bump thing you’re trying to sell, or all 550 of the intros. Just jump in and join the party at this point. Just stop. I want to talk to my people.
2. My diet is now 75% healthy. 15% junk. This is an awesome improvement from when I was nauseous all the time when it was 50% healthy and 50% straight up carbs. I hope that I can control myself at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
3. My normal jeans and black pants are now digging into my stomach. I thought I could just use my BeBand from Target again, but this also doesn’t seem to be cutting it.
4. I’m going to have to re-read the thread about the best places to buy maternity clothes. Last pg, I popped around May and was able to wear non maternity (A line) dresses right till the end. This time it’s a whole different season and I need warm things!
5. Living with my Mom as an adult is really eye opening at times. I see all of these quirks that I never noticed before, and wonder…was i so oblivious to this when I was growing up? Or have I simply blocked out all of the bad parts?
6.I plan on starting another Problematic Parents/In-laws *Holiday Edition* after Thanksgiving and again after Hanukkah/Christmas. I have a feeling that we will need a place to vent!
7.The busyness of my life is cutting into my bump time and I don’t like it. I have grown to enjoy this community as much as my last BMB and I hope that it continues this way.
8. We are team green, but I have a mama’s hunch (finally) and think it’s a boy. In 5-6 months, we’ll see if that’s right. It would be cool to have one of each!
9 My toddler is a serious 2 year old. She yells, throws toys, and acts like a total drunk most of the time. I wish I could live inside her head for a day and try to understand how her little mind works. Even though she’s a wild thang, I look at her and still know that she is the most amazing human in my life. I tell her every night that she is my dream come true.
10. I bought Breyer’s vanilla and caramel gelato from the grocery store last night…ya know, treat yo self… Well, It’s half gone after one sitting. I think it’s less than a half gallon, but still. That stuff is crazy good!!
Edited bc my numbers disappeared.
1. Ok, so the 20 announcements are really annoying me. I don’t care about your new bump thing you’re trying to sell, or all 550 of the intros. Just jump in and join the party at this point. Just stop. I want to talk to my people.
2. My diet is now 75% healthy. 15% junk. This is an awesome improvement from when I was nauseous all the time when it was 50% healthy and 50% straight up carbs. I hope that I can control myself at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
3. My normal jeans and black pants are now digging into my stomach. I thought I could just use my BeBand from Target again, but this also doesn’t seem to be cutting it.
4. I’m going to have to re-read the thread about the best places to buy maternity clothes. Last pg, I popped around May and was able to wear non maternity (A line) dresses right till the end. This time it’s a whole different season and I need warm things!
5. Living with my Mom as an adult is really eye opening at times. I see all of these quirks that I never noticed before, and wonder…was i so oblivious to this when I was growing up? Or have I simply blocked out all of the bad parts?
6.I plan on starting another Problematic Parents/In-laws *Holiday Edition* after Thanksgiving and again after Hanukkah/Christmas. I have a feeling that we will need a place to vent!
7.The busyness of my life is cutting into my bump time and I don’t like it. I have grown to enjoy this community as much as my last BMB and I hope that it continues this way.
8. We are team green, but I have a mama’s hunch (finally) and think it’s a boy. In 5-6 months, we’ll see if that’s right. It would be cool to have one of each!
9 My toddler is a serious 2 year old. She yells, throws toys, and acts like a total drunk most of the time. I wish I could live inside her head for a day and try to understand how her little mind works. Even though she’s a wild thang, I look at her and still know that she is the most amazing human in my life. I tell her every night that she is my dream come true.
10. I bought Breyer’s vanilla and caramel gelato from the grocery store last night…ya know, treat yo self… Well, It’s half gone after one sitting. I think it’s less than a half gallon, but still. That stuff is crazy good!!
Edited bc my numbers disappeared.
Re: TTT
2. The fact that thanksgiving is Thursday is freaking me out. I'm not ready.
3. I'm bumping while I'm babysitting. Bad bad babysitter.
4. I'm freaking out about my glucose test. Failing that might put a damper on my holiday food enjoyment. I always fail it and it's dumb.
5. I put my Christmas tree up. Well 2/3. I don't have a place to put #3 right now. Thinking it'll be a good decoration for DS#2's dessert table for his 1st birthday party. It's Rudolph themed so it makes sense.
6. I want to do a toy purge, but when I go through the boxes I always discover that my kids actually play with every single toy we own. Maybe I'll do it after Christmas. The new stuff might be cooler or something lol
7. I forgot to set up my Christmas club last year. Seriously? Who just forgets that?
8. I was singing the song from blaze and the monster machines out loud at the drs office yesterday. I didn't even notice until everyone was stating at me...
9. I'm hungry and nothing sounds good...like at all.
10. I barely came up with these today, but I love that @jenly17 is making plans to start a problematic inlaws holiday edition. Venting makes me happy lol
2. I had a bachelorette party for a girlfriend this last weekend and made it out until 12:30a.m. I'm very impressed with myself! Another girlfriend is currently expecting and is 32 weeks along. You wouldn't believe the nasty looks she got at the bar. They're all smoke free and she obviously wasn't drinking, so I don't see the fuss.
3. I need to set my Christmas tree up. I've had my Christmas decor boxes out for 2 weeks now, but that's as far as I got. Maybe this weekend.
4. I think we should swap out UO Thursday for "Thanksgiving Thursday" this week. We can name some things we're thankful for (if we're even on TB at all).
5. I'm debating whether or not I should see the last Hunger Games movie in the theater or just wait until it's available to rent. The money grab of splitting finales into two movies really bothers me, I thought the last movie was awful and could have been condensed to 20 minutes, and I don't especially care for the book ending. I would rather see The Night Before or Creed.
6. I've been feeling baby move a little bit (14w5d) and I love it. I can't wait until they are big kicks that my H can feel.
7. I can't wait until those who want to find out the sex of their baby can do so. I'm so sick of the ramzi/nub/skull/look at my baby's crotch posts. However.... they usually end up making we laugh with the GIFs people come up with.
8. Soon we will have a month or so of anatomy scan posts. I pray that everything goes well for everyone!!! I get so nervous about that, especially since people think they are in the clear once they get good results on a first tri screen. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work like that. I hope, hope, hope everything is going great for all our little babes.
9. My H and I need a new mattress. We're currently in a queen bed and we really want a king, but don't want to buy a whole new bedroom set (we bought ours in 2011, so still newish and in style). We're hoping to build a new house in 2017, so I kind of want to hold out until then... so we'll see. Total first world problems, I know, but it's a bit of a conundrum.
10. I can't waaaaait to do the nursery. Since we now know we're having a boy, I want to do a woodlands/rustic-ish theme. I might order some stuff on Friday if I find any good deals. Yay!!
Married in 2011
Baby 1: Stillborn at 27 weeks (April 2014)
Baby 2: Due May 2016
Married in 2011
Baby 1: Stillborn at 27 weeks (April 2014)
Baby 2: Due May 2016
DD: 05/14/16
2. I've been counting down to thanksgiving. I just want to eat EVERYTHING
3. My body temp has been fluctuating like crazy, I woke up at 4:30 this morning and couldn't get back to sleep, so I'm hanging out with my dad, drinking peppermint tea and hoping I make it to yoga class today.
4. I found out a few days ago that my older sister is also pregnant, and even due in may as well, but her due date is at the beginning of the month and mine is at the end. It's gonna make this an even more confusing and interesting road.
5. It's so hard for me to eat these days, we're low on food, and there's almost nothing here that I can eat that will stay down, it's so frustrating. I am literally constantly hungry, so it's hard.
6. I'm going to the local WIC office today to hopefully help with the food issue. Hopefully I actually feel good enough to go after class..
7. DF and I share a twin bed at my parents and it's getting to the point where I can't sleep through the night. So I'm hoping we can talk his parents into buying us a mattress, box spring and frame for Christmas. I don't need anything fancy or brand new, I just need some god damn space Dx
8. I finally told my mom about my pregnancy, she took it okay, but she's clearly worried about which choice I'll make and how I'll handle either one. I'm trying not to rush any decisions, because the added stress just won't help me right now, I'm not clear headed or functional enough to make any solid choices in which I can feel 100% confident.
9. I've finally found a cuddling service I feel comfortable going to, which is also covered by my insurance!WOO!
10. THE FIRST TRIMESTER IS ALMOST OVER! Yeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss! I'm so done with feeling awful, and am so ready for little kicks and to feel like I'm not just flubby and lazy, also, I'm hoping very intensely that my hormones will mellow, because I'm so sick of how crazy emotional I've been as of late..
Married in 2011
Baby 1: Stillborn at 27 weeks (April 2014)
Baby 2: Due May 2016
2. So many of my clients are seriously struggling in the midst of one crisis or another. Holidays are stressful yes, but these are kids, and it took me by surprise.
3. I'm still feeling guilty acting like I'm coming back after maternity leave.
4. DS has been waking up at 4am since the time change, regardless of what time he goes to bed, how he naps, anything. I'm lucky that DH respects the growing human tired I'm going through still.
5. I've decided, almost, to find out the sex if possible at our anatomy scan in early January. It feels weird to not go team green again but I'm really feeling a strong urge to know!
6. Winter weather plus boots equals itchy shins. Seriously?!
7. I'm on the lookout for flutters but nothing for sure yet. Im 14 weeks on Friday so I'm so anxious for this, but know it might be a bit longer still.
8. With DS we knew our boy name forever, struggled with girls. This time we have 2 girl names and no boys. Crap!
9. I'm going to ski over Christmas. With DS I skied about 7 weeks pregnant but this time I'm going to be 18 weeks so stakes are a bit higher. If conditions are bad I won't, but am excited to get on the mountain a bit if possible!
10. We have traveled so much with DS, I've even traveled solo with him many times. Realizing this will not be as easy with two kiddos...ill have to pick some veteran mamas brains about plane travel with two!
DS1: May 2016
DS2: Jan 2019
Baby #3 EDD: 6/18/24
2. Yesterday I felt like my usual upbeat self. Decided the first step to getting my shit together was to do my hair. Worked.
3. My errands run went well. Dropped a dollar for the Salvation Army first thing cause it's waaaay too early and most consumers won't be in the Xmas giving spirit till December. The volunteer appreciated it too, so good feelings.
4. Dogs have Christmas sweaters now.
5.I'm lucky I was able to resist the urge (barely) to go to Michaels after all the cool crafts @doozer1345 shared.
6. Still waiting to find out what we are expected to bring to Thanksgiving. We are having it at my SIL house and if these procrastinators make me go to the store the day of... Grrrr!
7. Grocery shopping wasn't bad. The store had more than enough staff on hand which is merciful; give the employees some good days before the madness slams them.
8. Gonna prep and make tons of pie crust today and maybe some homemade toffee. LOVE TOFFEE.
9. Coffee is delicious
10. I'm looking forward to candied sweet potatoes. Or maybe try making sweet potato pie instead.
Married in 2011
Baby 1: Stillborn at 27 weeks (April 2014)
Baby 2: Due May 2016
1) Biggest amount of flooring is DONE! One room left! Don't have a long picture of it but it's so pretty!
4) I have no focus
5) I'm feeling more and more flutters. It's awesome.
6) I'm currently obsessed with potatoes and hard boiled eggs, but not at the same time.
7) Also I'm so sick of water and so paranoid about not getting enough.
9) I'm having so much fun planning out the rest of the baby mobile. I'm also going to include: R2D2, the TARDIS, Serenity (the ship from Firefly), the Snitch, and one other, undetermined thing.
10) My hubby has declared we will have all the flooring done, if not by Christmas, by New Years. I love that man.
1. My brother is being a total douche and WILL NOT speak to either of my parents for absolutely ridiculous reasons. I'm playing monkey in the middle because this will be my last thanksgiving in my hometown for a long while and I'd really like to spend it with my WHOLE family, but my brother refuses. He lives 15 minutes away and says he will be at home eating stovetop dressing and drinking Long Island iced teas all day. I want to punch him in the throat.
2. My husband gets to come spend thanksgiving with us and skip away from his C School for the weekend and I am so excited to see him, it's been 4 weeks and will be another 3 until I see him again when we head on the road to VA for our move.
3. I CANT WAIT for Thanksgiving food, absolutely can't wait.
4. My mom is taking me out to lunch for Thai food today, and you know I'm going to be bad and have a Thai iced tea. I've never been so excited about a beverage.
5. My sister left the bbq on yet again. She constantly leaves on the gas stove (flame and sometimes just gas burning away) and it freaks me out to think she will be living on her own in 3 weeks without big sister or BIL to turn them off when she forgets. She is a 24 year old.....yep.
6. I absolutely love having all four seasons, I've hated the constant 60/70 degree weather year round in southern CA that we've lived in for the past 5 years. Bring on all four seasons in VA!
7. My mom cried the other night because she won't be able to see my belly grow with pregnancy. She says she wishes she could see me when I'm as big as a house. She quit smoking cigarettes and has been an emotional wreck. Totally not like her.
8. I'm obsessed with hand sanitizer. Extreme germophobia party of one.
9. I've been on an hgtv binge for weeks
10. Back to #1, I think I will invite my brother to lunch for Thai food and not tell him my mom is coming. Maybe they can hash it out for the sake of Thai food and thanksgiving.
2. DH is a classic New Yorker (born and raised in Queens) and doesn't have a driver's license so I have to do all the driving, but I really don't mind.
3. I am so, so excited to spend time with my four nephews this week. The "big boys" are 3 & 5 and I love playing with them and listening to all that they have to say. The twins are 1.5 and I just can't wait to see all that they can do since we last saw them. YAY!
4. I love shopping at Target, TJ Maxx, and other discount stores when I visit my family because there is actually a good selection compared to what you can find in NYC. Everything here just seems so picked over.
5. I appreciate food and eating more than I ever have before and I love it! I look forward to every meal and truly enjoy eating every bite. I really hope I can make this a permanent change and not go back to my old patterns of unhealthy/disordered eating.
6. On Saturday H and I made a day of satisfying my cravings and it was amazing. First we went to San Loco, an old favorite from our old neighborhood on the Lower East Side, and got Queso Loco tacos. They're hard shell tacos with a layer of melted cheese and a soft taco on the outside - yummmmm. After that we walked to Soho to Dominique Ansel Bakery (the bakery that invented the Cronut) and waited in line for 30 minutes to get frozen s'mores. They're vanilla bean ice cream with chocolate cookie crumble covered in frozen marshmallow which they torch to order and serve on a hickory smoked stick. The warm, melty marshmallow with creamy, cold ice cream is seriously incredible. I haven't been into sweets at all but I was in heaven.
7. On Sunday we started watching the Man in the High Castle on Amazon Prime and it is really good. I highly recommend it!
8. After less than a week of medication my colitis flare-up is already subsiding. I'm so relieved!
9. I am really behind with laundry but too tired to get it done before we go tomorrow so bringing it all to my parent's house like I used to back in college.
10. I agree about Thankful Thursday!! Let's do it!
2. I can't wait for Thanksgiving!! I'm baking pies tomorrow night to take to SO's sister's house on Turkey Day.
3. I've been trying to get my registry together, but it's horribly overwhelming
4. I'm thinking I need to go ahead and get a maternity bra.. I shall research this later on today haha
5. I'm usually off on Wednesdays, but my boss asked me to work half a day tomorrow. I don't really want to, but oh well.
6. It's starting to get cold here and I forgot how much I freaking hate the cold.
7. I got up early this morning to take my neighbor to work, and then he came over and said he was calling in sick (Which he does all the time even though he's not sick...) So I got up early for no dang reason.
8. I have no Christmas decorations or a tree, so after Thanksgiving, SO and I are going to buy a Christmas tree and stuff. I'm excited about that.
9. I've only felt the baby move once a couple weeks ago. I'm sad because I haven't felt anything since. It's making me worry unnecessarily.
10. I'm craving a meatball sub from Subway, badly.
1. I am totally game for Thankful Thursday.
2. I am getting work done (yesterday/today) and it feels so good! I love clicking the complete on my reminders tab, and highlight my to-do list, I am one of THOSE people.
3. After lunch I was walking back to my office and I looked down and was like, oh girl get it together and start watching what you eat. Then I remembered it was a baby, and I got pretty jazzed. Bye negative self talk...
4. Baby had a dance party yesterday and I was just so content spacing out and imagining who this little person will be.
5. Not one xmas present has been bought by me.
6. Xmas cards may not happen either.
7. Adele is everything right now. I watched the video of her with the impersonators and sobbed. My husband laughed at me so hard. I was like, she is just so special. I felt VERY pregnant.
8. My best friend suggested Adele as a middle name, it made me giggle. But not as hard as when I saw Kristen Cavallari's baby's name. Stop.
9. I'm sorry for your loss, @swfjld, what a tough time of the year too. Sending prayers.
10. I haven't seen the new hunger games, and I am on call this weekend. Blargh. I am thinking late turkey day, but my husband might be deep in the sauce, and not the gravy. Anyone seen it?
Married in 2011
Baby 1: Stillborn at 27 weeks (April 2014)
Baby 2: Due May 2016
2. Got my referral from my midwife to go make my anatomy scan appointment. Any time after 12/22 is ok and I checked the website and they have oodles of appointments before Christmas. I get my Christmas wish of finding out the sex on Christmas!
3. DH is being a butt today. He wouldn't get up this morning so I was a little late to my appointment and now he's sleeping again. You would think I'd be the one taking all the naps.
4. My dad and step mom are not doing thanksgiving this year. They're either driving to Atlanta or going to my step sisters house. Which thankfully means one less stop I have to make on thanksgiving. Love my family but stopping at 3 different places is never fun.
5. I'm off from work starting today until next Monday. Really looking forward to sleeping in.
6. Turkey Trot 5k with DH on Thursday morning. I'm really excited about it, but him not so much. Of course I am the one who runs as a hobby, but this was his idea to do it with me as a start to a family thanksgiving tradition.
7. I'm leaving to go to target in a min. And without DH. I am way too excited about this. And not so excited about my bank account after.
8. I have a massive bag of salt and vinegar kettle chips in my pantry I just bought and I really can't wait to dig in.
9. DH just told me to feel free to include some new maternity clothes in my outing in a min. I don't think he really knows what he just got himself into.
10. I just found the perfect Christmas present for one of my nieces online, but it's already too late to order for Christmas. It's a smaller company and they ended the guaranteed by Christmas on November 22nd.
2. I'm wondering why anyone gives a crap about Tyga and Kylie Jenner.
3. So excited that the Charlie Brown specials come on tonight for DD to watch!!!
4. I ate chicken nuggets from McDumps again today. Complete with sweet and sour sauce @yogahh.
5. I had to reel myself in while DD watched Inside Out today...DH caught me tearing up once.
6. Trying to think of what I'm going to "nest" today. I think I may do DD's clothes and her attic. Clean out everything and get rid of stuff we don't need.
7. I have to make the crusts for the Apple Bourbon Cider Pie for Thursday today. This will be my first time doing a homemade crust complete with lattice work on top!
8. Am going to try and reel myself in from buying all the Christmas lights and decorations at Aldi's tomorrow while I'm grocery shopping. Ya'll they are so cute and sooo cheap! They have tube lights that I'm going to line DD's bathroom vanity with so once she starts to wanna go potty by herself it won't look so scary.
9. I feel so much better walking in my kitchen and not seeing clutter in my hutch, on top of my fridge, and in my cabinets!
10. Hate trying to price plane tickets. DH's Christmas present is going to be roundtrip tickets to US Virgin Islands for a week. The layovers are outrageous!
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
1. Wrote down my shopping list for my dishes on Thanksgiving, and I'm getting even more excited.
2. Working from home tomorrow since I have my monthly check up - always feel nervous, but excited!
3. I was planning on telling my extended family on Thanksgiving (after my apt), but we had to do it this weekend since they won't be traveling and we could do it in person. My mother took that as her personal invitation to tell the entire world (hello..... still want to confirm everything is good).
4. Mom is bugging me about the gender and when I'll find out so I told her I'm team green to mess with her. Ha!
5. There was a vendor sample sale last week and I got a Chaco travel system for $70 - super excited!
6. Best Buy's black Friday sale is live so I bought my laptop this morning. Feels good to check off the big thing people usually head out for.
7. Christmas decorations get to go up this week!!!
8. Decided to bump to kill the last 32 minutes of my work day.. the fact that I showed up to work on a holiday week is good enough in my book.
9. Excited to start shopping for our Angel off the Angel Tree. Honestly, my favorite person to shop for each year. My husband and I make it a huge date and go to several places to find the perfect gift.
10. Honestly, just feel so incredibly thankful.
I AGREE WITH SO MANY THINGS ON YOUR LIST.
WHO THE F CARES ABOUT KYLIE AND TYGA, RIGHT? OVER IT
I HAD MCDONALDS LAST NIGGHT COMPLETE WITH DIPPING SAUCES! DE-LISH! NO REGRETS
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT CHARLIE BROWN TONIGHT ! WOO WOO
2. Our wedding anniversary is coming up in December so we decided that we don't want to wait for the anatomy scan in January. We are opting for an elective ultrasound that reveals whether it is a boy or a girl. We plan on announcing what it is on Christmas.
3. I'm really struggling on the nesting thing. I want to clean, but I can't. My brain can't organize stuff like that. I'll start with one thing then see something else and go to that. By the time I'm through for the day you can't tell that I have done a thing even though I have worked my tail off. I have adult add so that is probably part of it.
4. Pregnancy brain is starting to hit me. Today I turned the kitchen sink on and walked away leaving it running for about a minute before I realized.
5. I'm currently fighting getting a sinus infection. Either that or it's my sinuses going nuts from being pregnant
6. I'm totally jealous of all the posts I have read about people feeling their babies move. I"m not feeling that yet. Also jealous of the bumps. Don't have one of those yet either lol
7. I keep having dreams of a baby girl. We will find out soon if that is the case. I have heard if you dream of one then it means you're going to have the opposite.
8. I sometimes feel like I'm going to lose my mind.
9. I'm currently binge watching Hell's Kitchen. I'm on Season 3.
10. I can't wait for the Carolina Panthers to sock it to the cowgirls on Thursday. I want the Patriots to lose their next game.
First Pregnancy
Second Pregnancy
- BFP: 09/11/2015
- EDD: 05/25/2016
Baby Born04/15/2016
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