Another Unofficial Chatterbox Thread- Everyone is Welcome!

[eatmypixiedust]

Priorities girl, priorities!

Exactly! Honestly, it's like everything she learned at our top priority chart orientation session went out the window....

 

[eatmypixiedust]

When my boss builds up some more airmiles (I spent all of them going to FL). Also, kind of waiting for DH to get back to work. This month I had a 1,900 MRI bill and a 1,500 property tax bill. Not to mention the huge credit card bill I managed to run up during vacation (but it was so worth it)! So in other words, maybe this fall.

Eeek! That's a bummer... Sorry to hear about the bills and I hope your DH finds something soon.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Did you guys know that Big Thunder Ranch is now character dining?

 

[sameyeyam]

Well speaking of priorities...I need to go tuck DS into bed and I think I'm off to bed myself. I know the DIS should be #1, but it doesn't really pay the bills, so I guess I need to get some sleep so I can work.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Well speaking of priorities...I need to go tuck DS into bed and I think I'm off to bed myself. I know the DIS should be #1, but it doesn't really pay the bills, so I guess I need to get some sleep so I can work.

Goodnight Alison

 

[sameyeyam]

Did you guys know that Big Thunder Ranch is now character dining?

Hmmm...interesting. As long as they don't serve turkey legs, I guess it's ok!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Hmmm...interesting. As long as they don't serve turkey legs, I guess it's ok!

 

[staley7580]

I forgot to tell you all my SUPER EXCITING NEWS!! I got my first smiles from the babies this morning! AND... They saved their first smiles for ME! THATS what Im talking about! It was lovely.. Oh.. and to make up for my husband being SO HAPPY he didnt have to clean up Jasmines puke this morning... Vincent got him GOOD tonight. I sure do love that kid.

It was super sweet this evening.. Vinny was fussy, so we were handing him back and forth, and dh could NOT calm him. So I took him, and Vinny looked up at me, and just gave a big ole sigh, and started to coo at me! It was like he said.. MOMMY!! Where have you been?? I have missed you SO MUCH! It was so freaking cute!

 

[staley7580]

Anyone up for some duck??

 

[staley7580]

Thats Jasmine, in case you were wondering. She is dressed like a duck, and it is wicked cute! Here is Vinny.. Doing his.. You will never sleep again!!! face... Kinda cute.. Kinda Evil. He fits right in here!

 

[staley7580]

OH!! and what do you all think of my little mister mommy here?? I was making dinner and the babies started wailing, so I asked him to entertain them for a minute. I walk around th ecorner and see this... I love this kid!

 

[staley7580]

ANd HOLY COW you guys!! Vincent has red hair! Where in the heck did that come from?? Like Shawnas hair. Its just nutty.

 

[XTinabell]

Wow the babies have gotten so BIG! Vinny looks like he could take down his big brother

Such a sweet picture btw, he looks like he loves being a big brother. You make good babies.

The picture of Vinny with his mouth open makes me laugh, when I was visiting my friend the other day who has a 10 day old baby, she was sleeping in my arms with her mouth open like that, but she looked so funny I couldn't help but laugh. When I laughed the baby bounced and looked even funnier making me laugh harder. I think I would be a terrible mom.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Anyone up for some duck??

GEEESH, I had to do a double-take there, wondering where you got a baby picture of my kid!

Then I realized she was giving us the raspberry and realized she must be yours!

She is totally adorable, and so is the mesmerizing Mr. Vincent. And love, love, love the photo of the big brother, takin' care of business.


Hello, everyone in hyena land! I woke early this morning, and thought I'd have a few minutes to pop in and say howdy. But I've already heard DS8 get up to use the bathroom (then he crawled into my bed without disturbing me, yay!), and then DS4 got up and came in to snuggle in my lap.

So we snuggled a bit, then I conned him into settling into my bed for another hour or so of sleep. He's had a few nightmares this week (about a green cat with creepy eyes and big claws taking chunks out of his body!), so he's been whiney and overtired. Hopefully he'll get a little extra shut-eye and have a good day today.

DS8's little league schedule is insane, with practices and games running our lives about 3-5 days of the week. It's a bit busier than I like, but DS8 seems to be really enjoying it for the most part, so it's worth it.

He has played 5 games so far, and hadn't got a hit yet, he'd either struck out or been walked to first base. He hits well in practice, so it was a bit mystifying, like he was intimidated by the kid pitcher or just all the spectators maybe. The last game he cried when he struck out for the 2nd time, and our hearts were breaking for him.

Well, last night he went up to bat at the top of the 2nd inning. I was so nervous I had to stand up, and I walked up behind the fencing around home plate and cheered him on. He got a ball, another one, then a strike I think... And then he got a hit! It wasn't a strong hit so sort of dribbled toward the pitcher, but he was so surprised we had to scream at him to run!

He ran his little legs off, but the pitcher nabbed the ball and threw him out at first. He came back to the dugout looking a little put out, but DH and I were so happy, jumping up and down and cheering for his first hit! I think he just had to get over the psychological hump of that first one, and now it will hopefully be easier for him.

He was crying, but it turned out it was because of the cold; they use metal bats, and when it's cold out, getting a hit really hurts the hands, even wearing batting gloves. So I rubbed his hand until it felt better. My baby got his first hit!!!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

DS4 and I had to leave the game about halfway through to attend a Mom-and-student event at his preschool. We were a tad late so caught the tale end of the teacher's introduction speech to everyone, and then we were free to do a special art project, work with the classroom materials, and look through the kids' composition books.

The teacher has kept samples of their work through the year and will give them to us at the end of the year. This is going to be a great keepsake! At the beginning of the year he couldn't write his name, and now he's reading! And she told me the other day that he was doing "simple math", which I took to mean those worksheets where you see two apples, and another apple, and you're supposed to write how many apples there are altogether. But when I looked in his book, she had written equations like this:

1+1 =
1+2 =
.
.
.
1+9 =

And he'd gotten every answer right! She had two more pages of math, the second of which was the same as the first, only the 2nd number of the equation was the constant:
1+1 =
2+1 =
and on the last equation she faked him out, throwing in a 9+2= . He'd written the wrong answer (10), then scribbled it out and wrote 11 next to it!

And the final page was beginning to work with twos:
2+1 =
2+2 =

I'm just stunned. And so proud! (You might have been able to tell...)

 

[Alex2kMommy]

DOH! Sounds like the kids are up and at 'em already, so I better go rustle them into some clothes and get them some breakfast.

Hope you all are doing well!

 

[AZMickeyfans]

ANd HOLY COW you guys!! Vincent has red hair! Where in the heck did that come from?? Like Shawnas hair. Its just nutty.

Well, dont you remember that night we spent together on the girls only trip last year? I thought it meant something to you. Obviously we have had a child out of it! I am hurt you are acting like you dont remember this!!!!!

 

[staley7580]

Wow the babies have gotten so BIG! Vinny looks like he could take down his big brother

Such a sweet picture btw, he looks like he loves being a big brother. You make good babies.

The picture of Vinny with his mouth open makes me laugh, when I was visiting my friend the other day who has a 10 day old baby, she was sleeping in my arms with her mouth open like that, but she looked so funny I couldn't help but laugh. When I laughed the baby bounced and looked even funnier making me laugh harder. I think I would be a terrible mom.

How funny!! And NO! It wouldnt make you a bad mother. I dont know how many times my dh would get me laughing while I was breastfeeding Jazz.. OMG. then to see her little head bouncing around while trying to stay latched on... TO FUNNY!

GEEESH, I had to do a double-take there, wondering where you got a baby picture of my kid!

Then I realized she was giving us the raspberry and realized she must be yours!

She is totally adorable, and so is the mesmerizing Mr. Vincent. And love, love, love the photo of the big brother, takin' care of business.


Hello, everyone in hyena land! I woke early this morning, and thought I'd have a few minutes to pop in and say howdy.:

ALEX!! I cant tell you how long I have been waiting to use the duck outfit! Well.. I guess since you gave it to us, huh? Seriously, she looked to cute in it.

Im so glad you little guy is doing well in Little league!!! That schedule sounds ROUGH! ANd DANG!! Little guy doing MATH?? Wicked!

Well, dont you remember that night we spent together on the girls only trip last year? I thought it meant something to you. Obviously we have had a child out of it! I am hurt you are acting like you dont remember this!!!!!

Oh yeah... NOW I remember..

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

Really? I liked the 2nd one but the 1st one was cute. I kind of want to see 17 Again because Zac Effron is HOT but I don't think my boyfriend would want to watch it.

I want to see 17 Again too. I don't think I could get DBF to watch it either.

Oh yeah!! I managed my first solo shopping trip yesterday! And by solo, I mean without the assistance of my hubby. But not totally...SOLO. I took the three little ones... It went swimmingly. I bought Kaylee a happy meal to keep her entertained, put little Jazzy in the Bjorn, and Vinny in the cart in his seat... I got FAR LESS stares then usual. Im guessing it was the lack of TWO little carseats. Did you all know that twins are an old lady magnet? Some one did stop me to tell me that there is a special place in heaven for me. Better then a special place in hell.. I guess.


hello to our newbies!! Im Megan.. I live just south of Tacoma Wa. Im 28 and I have 4 kids.. Alex is 7, Mikalah is 4, Vinny and Jazzy are our 6 week old twins. I love it! That might be the lack of sleep talking though.

Im STILL REALLY sick, and so are the three little kids.. So that is WICKED fun. Jazzy projectile vomited EVERYWHERE this morning. Dh was like... Im glad I dont have to clean THAT up! It truly is amazing how much puke they can hold. The twins have been sneezing and coughing, and so has Mikalah.. the babies are better today though.. Im glad. Alex had RSV when he was 6 weeks old, and I was really worried about the twins getting it too.. nut they seem to be felling better today, then they were yesterday. I dont think the puking had anything to do with the cold... I think she ate to much to fast..

Oh.. and more fun.. I have gotten an $800. bill from some pathology place for testing the placentas that my insurance wont cover. I didnt ask them to test the placentas!! THEN I get a $900. bill from the peds that my insurance wont cover.. Dhs work STILL hasnt put the babies on our insurance!! Seriously?? Im scraping up money for my RENT, much less that much in medical bills. At least they are covering ME still. I no way I could handle that $20,000. bill from the delivery.

Ummm... Thats all.

Glad to here the babies are doing well!

City Girl! Wish I could flush things like that down my toilet.

I can't ither, we have a septic tank too.

I don't flush them.. too scared
But then again.. there was the whole underwear flushing incident, it went down and didn't come back. Amazing! But the toy telephone didn't quite make it

Well, dont you remember that night we spent together on the girls only trip last year? I thought it meant something to you. Obviously we have had a child out of it! I am hurt you are acting like you dont remember this!!!!!

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

I booked our cruise yesterday! I'm so excited! We are doing the 4 day to Ensenada out of San Diego. So far it's DBF and I, his sister and her husband and their grandma and her sister. We only paid $199 + tax each. Way good deal, I think.