About a year ago, our favorite restaurant in Boston closed down. That place was so important to us that when we drove up to go there for the last time, I sobbed as we left. And I wasn't even pregnant yet. Well, today it opened again under new management who is committed to keeping the best parts, menu items, vibe, etc. going and I'm just so excited!
I woke up to a text from H this morning (he works graveyards). We had gotten into a little tiff last night re: his family staying with us for extended periods of time - see B*fest. At first I thought the text was going to be about how I shouldn't bring things like that up via text - which is kind of hypocritical - but it was actually a very sweet, very long text saying that he sometimes feels guilty and is sorry for all the times he is grumpy, rude, just mean, or a downright asshole to me about stupid little things, and that he knows that newborns can put a strain on marriages and he doesn't want that to happen to us because we're stronger than that. And that he is incredibly lucky to have me, and that he doesn't tell me often enough how smart and beautiful I am, and that he loves me more than anything in the world.
Sometimes it's just really good to hear these things.
I called work today to figure out my leave situation since DD decided to come early. I was afraid that my leave would start the day she was born, which was our last day of school before Christmas break. I was able to use a personal day for her birthday and my leave starts today! So in reality I got an extra week with DD!
Additionally, my leave is technically unpaid, but HR told me that I will still get paid on schedule, but my pays will be reduced during the summer to make up the difference. H and I were worried about finances with my leave being unpaid and her coming early, since we had my last few pays leading up to her original due date planned out for various bills, savings, etc. We can absolutely plan accordingly for lower pays during the summer!
My husband works in the music business, and he is also a singer/songwriter. He has been saying that he wanted to have a song that he plays for the baby regularly before she is born, and then he will sing it as a lullaby after she is born (he is hoping she would recognize/be comforted by it being familiar). Last night he sat me down and sang it for the first time. It is not a new song of his, but he changed the words some and included her name, and I just lost it and had tears streaming down my cheeks. He is not the most outwardly emotional guy, and it took him awhile to first want to have kids, and then to be actually excited about it when I got pregnant. But the last month or two he has just been awesome - and I just couldn't believe how sweet it was to have him singing to our daughter.
Re: Glitter Fart 1/3
and the crib is here Thursday. The nursery is getting there!! Super excited.
Married: 10/10
EDD: 8/27/16 MMC 1/16
Rainbow Boy: 2/04/17
TTC: 4/18 BFP: 1/2/19
EDD: 9/6/19
Sometimes it's just really good to hear these things.
Additionally, my leave is technically unpaid, but HR told me that I will still get paid on schedule, but my pays will be reduced during the summer to make up the difference. H and I were worried about finances with my leave being unpaid and her coming early, since we had my last few pays leading up to her original due date planned out for various bills, savings, etc. We can absolutely plan accordingly for lower pays during the summer!