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March 2022 Moms
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GTKY New Years
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Since NYE is today let’s have some GTKY fun!
What is your New Years resolution? What New Years traditions do you have? What are the plans for today/tomorrow? Anything else you want to add?
Re: GTKY New Years
Traditions: I never had them growing up but my husband has. We used to walk around the block with our suitcases so that we’d travel more in the new year. This was before kids lol! At midnight he plays Auld Lang Syne on his trombone. My MIL has us eat 12 grapes. I think it’s a Spanish tradition since my in laws are from DR.
Plans: We are going to my in laws. My MIL made hats for everyone. She made me a cute one with a clock that says March 2022 on it 💕 she’s so creative. I think we will do an early ball drop for the boys. We also eat finger foods on this day.
I resolve to take better care of myself when I get to the postpartum period and to be the best wife and mother I can be.
Plans: DH and I are just staying in today and I’ll probably be in bed well before midnight. Lol Tomorrow we’re going over my parents’ place, though to spend some time. My mom has promised her meatloaf, which I’m rather fond of and we’re bringing cheesecake for dessert.
We don’t have any special traditions. Really the tradition for us is just getting together for a meal and then just having some time together.
We don't have any traditions. SO and I would usually go out somewhere or if he was sick I'd go out with friends. After DD1 we would stay in and celebrate with her. We usually watch one of the NYE countdown shows. New Year's Day we usually go to MIL's house, but this year I'm going to go up to our house and sort through all the baby stuff to start getting everything ready.
No real plans. We're at my parents' house. My dad will make a big dinner and we'll stay up to watch the ball drop etc. Not sure if SO will come or not (depends in whether he has been around clients at all) but he will hopefully drop my truck off for me tonight so I can get the baby stuff sorted tomorrow.
Traditions: have to eat black eyed peas on New Years Day and we also burn a Red Sox cap in the fireplace for a good baseball season (tradition started by my dad in 2005 after Red Sox beat us in the 2004 World Series).
But we have some traditions! (TLDR at bottom)
When we were little, my siblings and I would stay with my baba on New years eve so our parents could spend the evening with a few friends.
Baba would pull out her special wine glasses, and fill them with champagne (which was always cream soda), light candles, and then (as we eventually learned, lie to us by finding a ball drop 2-3 hours ahead🤣😂) we would watch the ball drop at "midnight" and blow out our candles, toast with our champagne, and yell happy new year while dancing around the living room.
On NYD, our whooole family (30-40 of us) would dress up (suits and dresses) and go out for dinner, and then back to my parents house for a giant UNO tournament. My dad worked in television, and one year (like.. 20+ years ago?), he had this great idea to wrap up the swag that he got from conferences, as prizes. So the first time you played a yellow 4, you scream "YELLOW FOUR!!!!" So everyone could hear you through the whole house, and you got to go pick a gift haha. Lots of food, laughs, and a fire in the fire place.
(Random fact: the year I met DH, I was working the day shift on New Year's day. So he showed up to the New Year's Day party at my parents house, not having met any of my extended family or even my siblings, and he spent 4 hours with them, without me there. We had been dating 2 weeks.😂)
Unfortunately, NYD has been cancelled the past 2 years because of COVID.
This year, DH, sister and I were going to play some games after getting DS down for bed. However, the dog woke me at 4:00 a.m. because she was vomiting. So DH and I have both been up since then, and he will be at work till probably 7:45 this evening again.
So I have a feeling he won't be up for playing any games when he gets home.
We invited the grandparents over for a mini Uno tournament tomorrow. However, BIL is sick and while he has tested negative, he lives with DHs parents so they have been isolating with him.
He is still symptomatic so they told us yesterday they will not be coming.
We are still waiting to hear back if my parents will come or not.
I have had a glass of "champagne" every single NYE though, so I plan to have at least a bit before bed tonight. We will probably do a fake countdown hahha.
Since I turned 15, I have volunteered to work NYE (if it worked out with my work schedule once I got my career). But I always try to be there for NYD haha
Tldr: "champagne" (cream soda), probably early bed time, and HOPEFULLY a mini Uno tournament with my parents tomorrow
I'm Pennsylvania Dutch, so our big thing is pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day, so that's tomorrow's plan. For tonight, husband and I are running to Lowe's (I'm still at work until 4) to pick out shelving, rods, and paint for the baby's closet that he and my FIL built. I thought we'd probably end up just cuddling on the couch and watching movies, but now it looks like he invited his parents over for cards so we'll spend the night doing that and I'll probably be asleep before midnight. 😂
We usually spend NYE with my in-laws eating crab. This year we are just at home though. Kind of feels like any other night haha.
No traditions aside from low-key and spending it with family
No plans. Although I may send MH to the store to pick up stuff for cheesecake. A friend had some last night and sent me a pic and it looks glorious!
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LO arrived 11/9/2018! We have a baby!
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Me: 33 | DH: 41
Married: March 2016
TTC #1/IUD out January 2017
PCOS dx January 2018
Medicated cycle 2.5mg Letrozole CD3-7 February 2018
BFP 3/10/2018!
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I'd like to get outside as many days as possible. Especially family hikes and walks
I want to develop (and stick to) a budget this year. We have never seriously budgeted and we need to focus saving for a needed renovation. So DH and I are working on that tonight.
Otherwise I like to focus on a word for the year. This year's word is grace. For myself and others.
@morgantu I typically like a word for the year too, but I haven’t decided on mine yet. Grace is a great one!
We don’t have any traditions really either. I was asleep by 9:30, and I regret nothing haha.
We don't have any real traditions, but we always stay home. We usually stay up and watch a movie.
I guess my resolution is just to survive. To just get through a year of so many firsts without Addi.
Still think about you and your family often.
Sending hugs.
We had a low-key NYE. We saw some fireworks, then headed home and stayed in. Surprisingly, lasted until midnight but didn't get to the typical traditions I usually do. I'm Filipino, so our culture is big on NYE. We eat 12 grapes at midnight, shake coins, and wear polka dots!
For New Year's Day, I made black eyed peas with kielbasa and kale, as well as some cornbread for good luck! I also took down all of our holiday decor and cleaned/organized as much as I could. Felt great to clear out the clutter!
The word for this year will be focus. I want to focus on being a good Mom, being more present, and focus on a few goals such as paying down debt and really budget since we are going from 1 to 3 kids in a few months!
@luckyduck42 agreed, MH is a major sox fan lol 😂
@jenis_fan_for_life I didn't get to make it until once the girls were in bed (Forgot to pull ingredients out early enough to make it at nap time and had to let them come to room temp) so it's a today cheesecake day! Can't wait to nom it!
We love to tease my step daughter (11)
Earlier in the day: "I don't like cheesecake, only Oreo"
"What?!, Okay well more for us!"
As I'm making it:
"Well, maybe I'll try some of it"
"No, that's okay, you don't no like it, it isn't Oreo"
"But I'll try a little bit"
"No, no, really more for us, it's okay"
"Wait, but... But... I MIGHT like it"
"Ohhhh, well too bad you already said you didn't like it, this is OUR cheesecake"
🤣😂🤣😂
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LO arrived 11/9/2018! We have a baby!
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Me: 33 | DH: 41
Married: March 2016
TTC #1/IUD out January 2017
PCOS dx January 2018
Medicated cycle 2.5mg Letrozole CD3-7 February 2018
BFP 3/10/2018!
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LO arrived 11/9/2018! We have a baby!
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Me: 33 | DH: 41
Married: March 2016
TTC #1/IUD out January 2017
PCOS dx January 2018
Medicated cycle 2.5mg Letrozole CD3-7 February 2018
BFP 3/10/2018!
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