Role Call

m6agua · January 2017

So I was thinking about our board and how much it has changed since the beginning. I thought maybe everyone who is still here, back, or maybe new could do an intro again. I know I was gone and came back and while I recognize a lot of names I don't recognize everyone.

I was also thinking about trying to get the pinned threads un-pinned and maybe starting a weekly randoms thread.

m6agua · January 2017

I will start. I am Amanda and I am 28. DH is also 28. I am from Wisconsin. We had our baby Amelia on November 20th. She is our first born, but was my second pregnancy. I lost the first at 10 weeks.

I like to cook, go to the gym (cardio kickboxing), snowboard, hang out with friends, and watch football. I have two fur babies, Carlos (Siamese cat) and Gunner (Coonhound mix).

I am a graphic designer and do some photography on the side. I am job searching for something closer to where I live, my current job is 40 minutes away.

I can't really think of anything else to say. My life is kinda boring.

rspalding001 · January 2017

I'm Rita. I'm 38 and my husband is 34. Our son James was born on November 20. We have a daughter Allyna who was born three years ago on November 19 so they are exactly 3 years apart. I'm an accountant and hoping to go back to work part time in April. I like to read but since DS was born only seem to find time to watch shows in the background as I do stuff around the house. It will be nice to find time to read again

MollySm · January 2017

I'm Molly. I am 38, and H will be 38 in March. We live in San Diego, though we are both originally from the east coast. Filippa was born on November 29th, a week past her due date. She is our third girl. Lucia will turn 5 next month, and Viviana is 2.5. I have a Master's in Elementary Education, and taught 1st grade before moving out here. Here I nannied and then opened up an in home daycare, to allow me to stay at home with the girls. My oldest will start kindergarten in the fall. I used to have hobbies. Now I have kids. But I enjoy reading when I can, and I want to get back into running if we can find time.

kvruns · January 2017

I'm Kelly, I'm 34 and my H will be 41 next week. This is our first baby, Benjamin born Nov 22. We live in the Indianapolis suburbs.

I like to run and hope to run with the baby when the weather gets warmer - my BOB running stroller was my must have baby item. I do compliance work for a health insurance broker so I'll be busy with impending ACA changes these coming years. My company is really great and flexible which will be nice with the baby.

m6agua · January 2017

@kvruns I got a BOB too! I cannot wait to get out with it. I wish it was warm enough to at least walk with the baby and dog but in Wisconsin that won't be for a while.

leighry · January 2017

I'm Rebecca. I'm 31 and my husband is 37. We had our son Nicholas on Nov 12. He is our 4th child, first boy. Our 3 girls are Natalie (5.5), Ryan (4 next month) and Maxine (2).

I'm an emergency room nurse and absolutely love it. I live about 45 minutes outside Boston, and if it weren't for the commute I'd love to work at children's hospital because the pediatric population is my favorite to work with, but I deal with a lot of pedi where I am now. I have 2 jobs.. one is per diem. I work nights and don't sleep much.

I love going to live shows although I don't have much time for that now. I love snowboarding and the Bruins, and going to BC hockey games with my dad.

LauraJosh11 · January 2017

I'm Laura, 28 my husband is 30. Our son Mayson was born Nov.16th via c-section, due to him being breech. He is our first! We live in High Point, NC. I go back to work March 1st as a 3rd grade teacher, maternity leave is flying by.

kvruns · January 2017

@leighry Ryan has been a favorite girl name of Mine since I was in HS

MrsMaryK2016 · January 2017

I'm Mary, 30 years old and H is 33. Mack was born November 19th via c-section and he is our first. I live in Florida and H and I are self employed. I'm currently doing the finances from home and doubt I'll be going back work full time, though I haven't officially decided. In my previous life I liked to cook, work, see movies and eat out (foodie here!). But in this life I spend most of my time making silly faces at M and breastfeeding. I too am an avid reader but have switched to audio books since M was born. I don't like to work out but do it anyway; my first Stroller Strides class is tomorrow!

Seems like there are only 10 or so regulars left on here. It's nice to get reacquainted!

desoky01 · January 2017

I'm Kylee, I'm 26 and H is 30 and we live in Minnesota. Our son Isaac was born Nov. 18 via a vacuum assisted birth, and he is our first. H and I got married back in February around the time Isaac was conceived. February was our first and only month of trying before H was to have surgery to remove lymph nodes in his abdomen due to a return of testicular cancer. Since surgery could affect fertility and H would start chemo in April 2016 which could mess things up further, getting pregnant so quickly was a happy miracle! We won't know for awhile (potentially until trying to get pregnant again) if we can still have babies naturally. I am going to be heading back to work in the next few weeks at the YMCA part time, and am waiting to hear if I got into grad school to become a speech therapist. I can't wait until the weather is nice again and we can get back into going for our walks everyday! It's my favorite way of spending time with H, and now with Isaac.

leighry · January 2017

kvruns said:

@leighry Ryan has been a favorite girl name of Mine since I was in HS

Yes! It's my maiden name so I knew I wanted to use it but only for a daughter. I tried to use it for my first girl but the hubs wanted to have a traditional girl name so Natalie won out. Luckily I got to use it though for #2!

kristah2 · January 2017

My name isKrista and I live in Newfoundland, Canada!
I am 28 and H is 26. Our first child Mason was born on October 26th via c section due to being breech. I am loving spending time with him but already looking forward to having another baby in a couple of years! We also have 2 fur baby dogs, Jax and Geno.
I have a bachelor of Recreation but before leave I was working with as an insurance broker doing home and auto insurance. H will officially be a lawyer next month.
He will have a raise but unfortunately still not enough for me to stay home. But I will be looking for other jobs since the hours at my current employer is not conducive so having a family. I would miss a lot of bedtimes and with H being a young lawyer his hours wouldn't allow for daycare pick up so I need to find something that will.

Before pregnancy I was a competitive cheerleader and loved it. Now my hobbies include working out (though I wish I didn't have to!), watching some great tv shows with DH, and spending time with family, and cheering on the Pittsburgh penguins (we are HUGE fans)!!

I like this thread. What a great idea!

camcbeth · January 2017

I'm Colleen and I'm still lurking just not as active as I was towards the end of my pregnancy. Stella was born October 30. Our other daughter is 3 1/2. My husband and I met in high school and are going on 16 years, married for almost 7.

I used to be a teacher, but right now I'm adjusting to two kids and being a stay at home mom. I used to belong to a book group and cooked more, but with a colic baby I'm living in hell. She cries all the time and then I can barely make any meal for myself. My husband is great and cooks breakfast, but when he is at work (swing shift) I'm left to cooking dinners that are simple and quick. I didn't make enough frozen meals. I also try super hard to make time for the other kiddo which leaves me stretched thin by the end of the night. Having two kids and no family around is hard.

SandNStarsNJ · January 2017

I'm Carly and am 32 living in Jersey with DH who is 34 and our two LO. We have a 2.5 yo DD named Emilia (love your name choice @m6agua!) and welcomed our DS, Henry, on November 25th, a full week late.

I'm on maternity leave until the middle of March and will then return to my high school teaching position. I teach AP English Language and only recently retired from coaching swimming at both the high school and national level (babies take over, ya know?). I was a competitive swimmer for 18 years but it has now become a "hobby" as has a variety of other activities - TRX, hot yoga, etc. I'd prefer to be on the beach every day of the week, but alas it's really friggin cold right now and I can't wait for summer. I've always been a reader too but lately have been binge watching tv while nursing nonstop.

Oh, and DH and I have already started the great "will there or won't there be a third baby" debate.

m6agua · January 2017

@camcbeth my H and I are high school sweethearts too!

I'm with everyone that there is no time for hobbies anymore. Netflix, Hulu, and Playstion Vue is my life right now. Can't wait until the baby is older and can start doing fun things together.

anne11716 · January 2017

Great idea to start this!
I'm Anne, H and I are both 28 and we are back living in Wisconsin (Go Packers right @m6agua ) where I grew up after living in Denver for 4 years. We welcomed our baby boy Michael when I was induced at 37 weeks due to preeclampsia which caused me to be on bed rest for 10 weeks. He was born happy and healthy so it was worth it!

I will be returning to work teaching (so many teachers!!) third grade on the 6th and it will be so weird since I don't even know my class and have been gone for so long. I have already had nightmares!

My hubsband and I love to eat out and watch good shows on Netflix and also go to small local breweries and play cards. I feel like we are just starting to do these things again with our LO and it's been crazy stressful for me to take him out anywhere but I'm getting better!

jsmai · January 2017

I'm Jesse and am 33 living in Raleigh, NC. H is 38. Our first child, Sarah, was born November 26th, 10 days after her due date. We also have a 9 year old rescue dog that I've had since she was a year old.

I'm a neuromuscular massage therapist and will be returning part time to work at the beginning of March. H and I are hoping to delay using outside childcare for the first year. I've been doing massage for ten years and am so grateful for the flexibility it has allowed me in transitioning into parenthood. Hopefully H will be able to "relieve" me from momming a couple of evenings a week after he gets off from work so I can go to work and have some adult time.

jmama1611 · January 2017

Hi ladies!

My husband and I are both in our early 30s. We have a 3 year old boy and November baby girl.

I love to travel, read, take photos, watching documentaries/Netflix and go hiking. I used to teach and now I'm home with my littles - plan on staying home until they're both in school.

I'm Canadian.

camcbeth · January 2017

@anne11716 haha those teacher dreams! More like nightmares of everything that can go wrong. I can't tell you how many I've had over the years.

I forgot to mention we live in Seattle, WA. We recently moved here after living in Boulder, Colorado where my husband lived his whole life.

tigerfish227 · January 2017

I'm Nicole 30, DH is 38. We have 3 between us. His 2 boys from his previous marriage (12 and 9) and now V. V was born Oct 27th 6 days before his EDD because the stubborn little man was breach and wouldn't let us turn him with an ECV. We had a scheduled C section and he arrived safe and healthy at 11:04am. V was my 5th pregnancy but my first live birth. He was the only one to make it past 1st tri. I'm pretty sure we are done having kids but I'm not ready to permanently make that decision yet so we will see what the next year or so brings.

MrsBigTime · January 2017

I'm Stephanie! I'm 31 and DH is 34. Evelyn was born 11/3 and she's is our second daughter (Lydia is 4).

I'm a Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse at a local children's hospital and as much as I love my job, I am so thankful to only have to work part time! Seeing what I see can often skew my view of reality, but working half-time gives me to opportunity to leave work at work and more fully enjoy this season of young motherhood.

My husband is a Police Officer and we are praying this is his last year of night shift! It's hard to juggle two children, working and keeping a house with a partner who works crazy hours and is tired all the time. I'm just thankful he is so committed to us and he does do his best!

My hobbies right now mostly involve snuggling babies, watching Netflix and counting down the dwindling days until I have to go back to work (so soon!!).

rachlee2010 · January 2017

Hi everyone. I'm Rachel and 34 and my husband is 33. We had our second son 11/19. Our first is 4.
Im a teacher in Philadelphia and not so anxious to return. I teach 7&8th grade math and science.

sarac986 · January 2017

Hi ladies
I'm Sara. My hubby and I live in the Chicago area and are 30 year old hight school sweethearts. I am a mechanical engineer and DH is an electrician. We had our first baby on November 26th after 2 years of trying. Ended up doing IVF due to my pcos. We love binge watch shows, eat and go to concerts. We hope to have another baby naturally so we are letting things ride!

hoosiermama-2 · January 2017

Been following the thread from my phone but waited til I could type from my laptop!
I'm Teresa, 27, Indianapolis, married since September 2012. We had Elena on November 23, four days early. Fun labor story—my coworker and I took my mentee (is that a word? i've got the red squiggle) on a college campus tour of Purdue on 11/22, and spent all afternoon on walking tours. Sure enough, we dropped her off at home around 5:30 p.m. and my water broke in the car! Contractions came strong and fast as we drove back to our office. Coworker didn't want me to drive home but I did

Called the on-call doctor and she ordered us to the hospital ASAP. Didn't even have our bag packed yet. Elena made her appearance at 1:50 the following afternoon—after I was so sure she'd be late.

I'm currently on a Grey's Anatomy binge. I started the show a few days after we got home from the hospital, and I'm now about a third of the way through season 9. I obviously love TV. I like playing soccer. I'm an avid Body Pump-er. I've got a huge sweet tooth!

SandNStarsNJ · January 2017

I'm binge watching Grey's too @hoosiermama! DH has asked me to stop because he can't stand listening to it.

jlpsantiago68 · January 2017

Hi, I'm Jennifer. H and I are both 28. Baby boy was born October 30th. We have to older sons 10 and 8. We too are high school sweethearts. We live in Florida.

I went back to work 2 weeks ago and let me tell you ladies it's been difficult. My two older boys are in school and go to aftercare but I have the baby with a family member which gives me peace of mind while I'm at work. My days consist of me waking up early getting kids ready for school and sitter then getting my self dress, packing up the car, dropping off the older ones then driving to sitter house then to work. That takes about an hour and a half. I work for a college in a oral surgery office so as soon as I get in its non stop. I am pumping at work. Then run out of the office to pick up all the kids, go home and cook then bed time routines and packing for the next day. My hubby works a later shift so he doesn't get home till older ones are sleeping. I really thinking about cutting my hours at work at least until LO is a little older.

linnea625 · January 2017

Hi, I'm Linnea. I'm 29, H is 35. We had our first baby on October 31st (EDD was Nov 4th). We live in Paris (H is French, DS is lucky enough to have dual French-US citizenship)

i was more active here in the beginning of the pregnancy, but kind of disappeared for a while. I'm back now (but often just lurking)

def agree to removing some of the pinned posts

hoosiermama-2 · January 2017

@linnea625 Living in Paris sounds so dreamy!

How long have you been there, how do you like it? We got engaged in Paris (so cliche, I know, but sweet!).

hjmommaplus1 · January 2017

Hi everyone! I'm Kay and I live in Atlanta. DH and I have been married for almost nine years and we have 2 LOs. I'm currently just focused on soaking of what's left of maternity leave before I go back to work on 2/13. I downloaded some books that I wanted to read over these last 12 weeks but not surprisingly that never happened!

linnea625 · January 2017

@hoosiermama I've been in France for 5 years now. Long enough for it to just seem "normal". I like living here, but plan on moving back to the US in the next few years.

lajoliedreamer · January 2017

I'm Jennifer and I live in WA. DH and I are both 32 and we've been married nine years. E is our first child (second pregnancy), born four weeks early on October 26. Since I'm a first time mom I expected to be waiting at the end of Nov for her still, so I was in total denial that my labor was actually labor (didn't help it was all in my back) and only went to the hospital when the doula insisted, where they quickly discovered she was crowning! If we'd waited any longer I may have had her at home, so I'm glad the doula was there to push me (and DH) out the door.

I went back to work last week (Sr. Admin at a nonprofit) and though it's hard not being with her all the time, I am enjoying having a real routine again. E's in daycare and of course picked up a cold her first week. So far it's just a runny nose, no fever or anything, and it seems to be improving so we're hoping her little body is doing a good job at fighting it off. I have never had enough of a supply so I'm pumping at work, but also sending her with formula. I like to think that my body's ability to create antibodies to her sick are helping her fight this cold, even if only about half her nutrition comes from me.

I love to run and can't wait until spring when I can get out there. We have a Thule jogger so we can take her out with us. I have exercise-induced asthma and can't breath if it's below 50 F outside, so I probably won't be able to get out until April/May (which is when she'd old enough for the stroller anyway). We bought a stationary bike shortly before E made her appearance, but I haven't gotten the hang of it yet. Also into yoga, but never seem to have time to do much.

I'm a big reader and joined a local mom's book club that is just starting in my area to force me to read at least one book a month. I am a big fan of "real" books, but found that there's an advantage to ebooks when I'm breastfeeding because I can read them on my phone and flip the pages with one hand.

erniebernie1 · January 2017

I'm Elyse and live in Orlando. I'm 30 and my DH is 37. My first son will be 2 at the end of February and my second DS was born on my birthday nov 19, even though I tried so hard to avoid that! I'm finally starting to get the hang of this 2 under 2 thing and will be headed back to work in about a month. Hopefully my babysitter will survive, she's amazing so I'm sure she'll be fine. I'm an optometrist and in my free time I like to binge on reality tv, horrible I know. I've fallen victim to allowing myself to be consumed by just being a mom and working, so this year my resolution is to take some me time and develop some more hobbies and maybe even take a vacay if I can convince DH to leave the kiddos

lenacoilbov · January 2017

Hi everyone! My name is Yelena, I'm 28 and DH is 32. We've been married 3 years and together almost 12. We live in Phoenix, and our LO Gabriel is 9 weeks old, born on 11/19! I'm a Marriage and Family Therapist and currently work full-time as a clinical manager in a community mental health agency and do some private practice on the side. I'm going back to work in the next 3 weeks and DH will be home with our boy for a couple of weeks.

I've been lurking the past couple of months, but am hoping to be more active. Hubby is in school full time online which has been a bit challenging with having a newborn but we're powering through. There's been some family drama, unsurprisingly, as my mom has virtually bailed on me to help watch LO when we go back to work, which I had not really expected. My dad and stepmom have stepped up, though, so that's a relief.

My best friend just had her baby last week, also a boy; we're excited to experience motherhood together and hoping our boys are going to be best friends!

I love photography and am trying to build up my skillset as a hobby! Over maternity leave, I've re-binge watched Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, which was amazing. Now I'm watching The Good Wife for the first time - highly recommend!

hjmommaplus1 I go back on 2/13 also!! Same with the books - my eyes glaze over and I pass out before I finish the page. Which ones are you still hoping to read?

hjmommaplus1 · January 2017

@lenacoilbov- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and Nice Girls Don't get the Corner Office. Since they're more motivational/self-help books, I thought it'd read them to hit the ground running when I return to work. Oh well!

Megz1902 · February 2017

Hi! I'm late to the party as usual!
I'm Megan and my DH and I had our baby girl, Nora, on 11-26-16, 2 weeks past due. Ended up with 2 induction attempts and then a c-section. I work in sales for an automotive supplier in the metro detroit area and go back to work Feb 20. I enjoy running, skiing, ice skating, horseback riding, reading, cooking, craft beer and home brewing, scrapbooking, and sewing. Not that I get to do much of that anymore! We also have a German Shorthaired Pointer named Bailey. She is 10 and recently diagnosed with cancer, so we are giving her the best life possible, not knowing when she will start declining.

DH and I are working on tackling some of our debt and then selling our house and buying in a less expensive area (we will make money on it), so I can stay at home with Nora and any future children.

Looking forward to seeing this board get active again and watching our children grow and learn!

BLyn627 · February 2017

I just saw this. I'm Brandi, and I just turned 32. DH is 34. We just had our second daughter, Aubrey on November 21st. Big sister will be 4 in March. This was my third pregnancy as I found out I had a MMC last January at 12 weeks. We got pregnant my first cycle after with our rainbow baby.

I teach elementary kids. I love to read and also like to cook and bake. I really used to enjoy hosting different get togethers at our house, but since having kids, the only things I seem to host anymore are kid birthday parties. Oh, and DH got me crotchet stuff for Christmas, so I guess that's kind of a new hobby. I've only found time to make two little coasters so far.

mrsmoose5 · February 2017

I'm Maddie from Northern California. I was pretty active on this board until about a month ago, and I just got back on today. I'm 29 and DH is 32. I have a 2 year old DS and this LO was born Nov. 1.

I've been a SAHM since DS was born 2 years ago, but before that I did IT at Apple and Twitter and even did a little stint as a journalist. I love to cook, read, and run, but I have pretty much zero time to do any of those things these days. We have a 4 year old black lab, who we all love, but is way too energetic and usually pretty badly behaved (think Marley & Me).

Looking forward to getting back into this board and connecting with other moms with little ones

lcm4390 · February 2017

Hi all!! My name is Lorryn, I am from Long Island NY. I am 27 and my DH is 37, our little guy was born on November 28th. He is our first baby. I am looking forward to connecting with other moms who have babies the same age.
I work at an Animal Hospital as a dog groomer. I am going back to work this Saturday, but luckily only one day a week for now. I have been trying to get back into an exercise routine but haven't been totally consistent. LO is very gassy but I think we have

lcm4390 · February 2017

the problem fixed with a change of formula, fingers crossed!! Hope to talk with you all soon! ☺️

Ladybug2821 · February 2017

Hi everyone! My name is Julie. I'm 34 and H is 36. We live in Orlando. My LO's name is Storm and she was born on Oct 23. We are first time parents and are finding this isn't as easy as we thought. I work for a bank and will be returning the second week of March. Definitely not looking forward to it. H and I like to travel and one of our goals is to see all of the MLB stadiums. So far we've been to 10.

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