Metro New Orleans DISers - check in!!! - 03/2009

[arminnie]

Long story short, I did not have a stroke or mini-stroke.

THANK GOODNESS!!!!! Sorry about the surgery, but so happy that it is not complicated by anything else.

Why didn't I think of that? I had candles melt in one of my apartments in Denver.

My dad fixed refrigerators so we always had an extra one or two around.

Tricia II

 

[lori1043]

Grayce and Haley would get along quite well!

I hope you feel better. My sister had one and it came back iffy, so she had to have a nother one and it was okay. I'll be praying for clear and "negative" results!

Lori

 

[kmores]

so....I am in sort of a funk. I don't think I can do FQF this weekend...so we need to plan a meet again. who's in? sometime in May maybe? just not 1st weekend cause that is Jazz fest

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

So there is this bizarre story on nola.com about a ban on human-animal hybrids. If word of that gets out in NY, I will NEVER hear the end of it.

It's not enough that I get asked about electricity, trash pickup, and if they offer flood insurance in Louisiana? Now THIS?

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Good morning NOLA.

<<< What I look like this morning.
<<< What I sound like this morning.

Have a great day, everybody!

 

[cajunmommy]

Happy Friday everyone! Especially for you, Sheryl. Add me to the ones who cheered @ my computer screen when I read that TIA's or stroke were ruled out. I'm sorry things are coming at you so fast. You know where you can come to unload....., and NO we don't mind.


Laughing at the Crayola talk! No Rose Art or dollar store knock-offs for me either! Pet peeve - the restaurants that use the cheapy colors as part of their kid's menu packets. This mom used to carry a set of 5 primary colors in the diaper bag so my kiddos wouldn't have to use the flaky, yucky ones!

Lori, you've probably already seen this one, but DH's mom was given a cool Crayola carousel while she was undergoing one of her last rounds of chemo. She loved to color. So much so that the florist had the grandkids color two pages in a coloring book and used it as a centerpiece in one of the arrangements at her funeral along with several chunky Crayola colors.

Kristina - I can't do FQF this weekend either. Mid-May might just work for me, if I can squeeze it in btw baseball and swimming. Anything in mind?

 

[Ms Marigny]

Mornin' y'all!

Sheryl- I am SO glad to hear it wasn't a stroke. I'm so sorry you're feeling overwhelmed, but please feel free to come here and vent if you need to do so. I miss you!

Kristina- DH figured out who Sonny is at Whole Foods! Actually, we both know him and always called him Mr. Herman. It was driving DH nuts trying to figure out who Sonny was, so the mystery was solved!

I won't be doing any festivals anytime soon either. It is killing me because I've gotten lots of invites to festivals, events and parties in the next month, and I'm just not feeling up to making any definite plans. My health has just been too unreliable lately- some days I wake up feeling great, other days I feel horrible (very tired, sore, swollen)- no rhyme or reason to it. I guess it will be like this until the baby comes, unfortunately.

 

[Terry36]

Mornin' y'all!

I won't be doing any festivals anytime soon either. It is killing me because I've gotten lots of invites to festivals, events and parties in the next month, and I'm just not feeling up to making any definite plans. My health has just been too unreliable lately- some days I wake up feeling great, other days I feel horrible (very tired, sore, swollen)- no rhyme or reason to it. I guess it will be like this until the baby comes, unfortunately.

to you Lorie...girl you know we mothers understand how you are feeling. All the things we must endure to bring the little bundle of joy into the world.

 

[Terry36]

where's everyone today????

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

where's everyone today????

I was wondering that myself....

 

[lori1043]

Happy Friday everyone! Especially for you, Sheryl. Add me to the ones who cheered @ my computer screen when I read that TIA's or stroke were ruled out. I'm sorry things are coming at you so fast. You know where you can come to unload....., and NO we don't mind.


Laughing at the Crayola talk! No Rose Art or dollar store knock-offs for me either! Pet peeve - the restaurants that use the cheapy colors as part of their kid's menu packets. This mom used to carry a set of 5 primary colors in the diaper bag so my kiddos wouldn't have to use the flaky, yucky ones!

Lori, you've probably already seen this one, but DH's mom was given a cool Crayola carousel while she was undergoing one of her last rounds of chemo. She loved to color. So much so that the florist had the grandkids color two pages in a coloring book and used it as a centerpiece in one of the arrangements at her funeral along with several chunky Crayola colors.

This made my cry....

yes, we secretly loathe restaurant crayons-has to be Binney and Smith!


I am up for another relaxing get together! Mid may sounds great!!


Ya'll, I finally sucked it up and I am working like 3 days a week till my honey gets employed again. I have been fighting it. (Those of you who work FT probably wanna kill me). It goes against everything IN me. DH is on the fence about it, but this was my decision.

Well, maybe it'll help get us to Disney in the fall....

Lori

 

[Ms Marigny]

Houston, we have a problem....

So DH and I got most of the nursery set up today- the crib is together, with sheets, the bumper and bee mobile set up. The swing is up, changing table is ready, car seat is clean and set to newborn setting- I feel very accomplished. The nursery is free of all junk except for boxes of Sienna's clothes that I need to get rid of- so it actually looks like a nursery again!

The problem is when Sienna walked in there- at first she got very excited and said "look, that's for a baby!". And I said "yes, your baby brother is going in here..." And then her face fell, tears welled up, bottom lip started quivering and with a cracked voice said "but I'm the baby..."

Uh oh.

I sat her in my lap (what could still fit ) and said of course she'll always be my baby...and called DH for backup. I didn't know how to handle this! DH hugged her and asked if she wanted some cookies (just like a man). The cookies cheered her up, but she was somber the rest of the night and lip started quivering when I mentioned the baby again.

Oh jeez, this is ripping my heart in two and I feel like I'm betraying her is some way. I'm not sure how to go forward with the baby business without getting her too upset.

 

[lori1043]

oh , Lorie, all I can say is that I PROMISE it will be okay!! She will love him and help you with him. Maybe she is just 'getting" it all.

Of course your hubby offered cookies, how typical that was-sounds like something Paul would do!

Hugs, girl, it'll all work out fine. Your LOVE is going to GROW when he is here. It is amazing. Your guilt will disappear!

Lori

 

[lori1043]

I had labs drawn today after calling my OBGYN. I have an appt Tuesday. All my labs came out fine so far.
I am just waiting for FSH to come back.

I am not even anemic right now- all that COW must be doing it's job!

Lori

 

[kmores]

Houston, we have a problem....

So DH and I got most of the nursery set up today- the crib is together, with sheets, the bumper and bee mobile set up. The swing is up, changing table is ready, car seat is clean and set to newborn setting- I feel very accomplished. The nursery is free of all junk except for boxes of Sienna's clothes that I need to get rid of- so it actually looks like a nursery again!

The problem is when Sienna walked in there- at first she got very excited and said "look, that's for a baby!". And I said "yes, your baby brother is going in here..." And then her face fell, tears welled up, bottom lip started quivering and with a cracked voice said "but I'm the baby..."

Uh oh.

I sat her in my lap (what could still fit ) and said of course she'll always be my baby...and called DH for backup. I didn't know how to handle this! DH hugged her and asked if she wanted some cookies (just like a man). The cookies cheered her up, but she was somber the rest of the night and lip started quivering when I mentioned the baby again.

Oh jeez, this is ripping my heart in two and I feel like I'm betraying her is some way. I'm not sure how to go forward with the baby business without getting her too upset.

some unsolicited advice - don't have to do it but just suggestions. try to make sure to have a gift for her or something after the baby is born....just for her and non too baby-fied so she feels special. maybe ask your ilaws to remember her too. she may be jealous with the baby getting attention and she doesn't. and try to carve some spsecial time out with just her for each of you if you can...without baby brother. and praise her for anything positive helping - even just bringing a diaper to you or being nice. lakeside used to have a class to help the bro/sis get used to a new baby and to help mom and dad with what to say...

 

[Antonia]

Hello, New Orleans Disers! I am coming ot New Orleans for the first time ever in May and now DH finds out now that there is a Bike Week and wants to bring the Harley!!! This is not what my NOLA trip was supposed to be like!! LOL
We would have to bring it in a trailer. I cannot ride a Harley from SC to NOLA!!! Are the streets of New Orleans narrow like they are in Charleston? Would it be very hard to tow a trailer in the French Quarter where we are staying? Still have to find out if the hotel we are staying at could accommodate a trailer with parking. Apparently parking is tight. I know it is in Charleston and Savannah ---- the only other two towns I am familiar with that I would compare the street layout to.
Do you think Bike Week will be a big deal and now my NOLA trip will include 1000's of Harleys reving it up it up in the FQ???

 

[Ms Marigny]

oh , Lorie, all I can say is that I PROMISE it will be okay!! She will love him and help you with him. Maybe she is just 'getting" it all.

Of course your hubby offered cookies, how typical that was-sounds like something Paul would do!

Hugs, girl, it'll all work out fine. Your LOVE is going to GROW when he is here. It is amazing. Your guilt will disappear!

Lori

Thanks for the comfort. I think you're right- it was all sinking in after seeing her old room set up again with all of her old baby things- maybe she feels like she is being replaced? She never reacted this way until seeing the nursery set up yesterday.

And I'm glad DH isn't the only one with the cookies! I was hoping her would have some nice words to say, but he offered cookies....he told me cookies make everything better.

I had labs drawn today after calling my OBGYN. I have an appt Tuesday. All my labs came out fine so far.
I am just waiting for FSH to come back.

I am not even anemic right now- all that COW must be doing it's job!

Lori

I hope everything is ok- and I would think that you aren't anemic with all of that cow in your freezer!

some unsolicited advice - don't have to do it but just suggestions. try to make sure to have a gift for her or something after the baby is born....just for her and non too baby-fied so she feels special. maybe ask your ilaws to remember her too. she may be jealous with the baby getting attention and she doesn't. and try to carve some spsecial time out with just her for each of you if you can...without baby brother. and praise her for anything positive helping - even just bringing a diaper to you or being nice. lakeside used to have a class to help the bro/sis get used to a new baby and to help mom and dad with what to say...

Thanks- I was thinking of spending special "baby-free" time with her and maybe soliciting the aid of her Nanan who is her favorite person in the world and absolutely spoils her rotten- sounds like she could use some of that. I was thinking maybe I should get a book to read to her too about a new baby coming. I'm sure they have a book for that- it seems like they have books for everything nowadays! DH said he's going to get a special present to give to her too after I have the baby.

Hello, New Orleans Disers! I am coming ot New Orleans for the first time ever in May and now DH finds out now that there is a Bike Week and wants to bring the Harley!!! This is not what my NOLA trip was supposed to be like!! LOL
We would have to bring it in a trailer. I cannot ride a Harley from SC to NOLA!!! Are the streets of New Orleans narrow like they are in Charleston? Would it be very hard to tow a trailer in the French Quarter where we are staying? Still have to find out if the hotel we are staying at could accommodate a trailer with parking. Apparently parking is tight. I know it is in Charleston and Savannah ---- the only other two towns I am familiar with that I would compare the street layout to.
Do you think Bike Week will be a big deal and now my NOLA trip will include 1000's of Harleys reving it up it up in the FQ???

Hello and welcome! Yes, the streets are very narrow here, especially in the French Quarter. Most of the streets in the FQ (if not all) are one-way streets because of it. You may have some trouble on some of the more narrow streets with the trailer, but some of the streets are a little wider than others (I believe Royal is wider) so it will be doable- just be careful! The street layout here is very similar to Savannah. Not sure about the trailer parking situation- you'd have to ask your hotel about that- but parking in general is very tight.

I've never heard of Bike Week, because, well, I'm not a biker! There's so much going on in May with different events and festivals that it will blend right in I'm sure! May is a great time to be here because of everything going on and the weather is hot, but not too terribly hot just yet! Have fun!

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Houston, we have a problem....

So DH and I got most of the nursery set up today- the crib is together, with sheets, the bumper and bee mobile set up. The swing is up, changing table is ready, car seat is clean and set to newborn setting- I feel very accomplished. The nursery is free of all junk except for boxes of Sienna's clothes that I need to get rid of- so it actually looks like a nursery again!

The problem is when Sienna walked in there- at first she got very excited and said "look, that's for a baby!". And I said "yes, your baby brother is going in here..." And then her face fell, tears welled up, bottom lip started quivering and with a cracked voice said "but I'm the baby..."

Uh oh.

I sat her in my lap (what could still fit ) and said of course she'll always be my baby...and called DH for backup. I didn't know how to handle this! DH hugged her and asked if she wanted some cookies (just like a man). The cookies cheered her up, but she was somber the rest of the night and lip started quivering when I mentioned the baby again.

Oh jeez, this is ripping my heart in two and I feel like I'm betraying her is some way. I'm not sure how to go forward with the baby business without getting her too upset.

I had to do a group hug so Sienna could be included in the hug.

I suspect part of it is just that fear of the unknown with change. Who knows what she's really thinking...like maybe she thinks you can only have one and she's going to disappear or something.

It will all work out...


And Lorie - I thought of you last night. It's FINALLY starting to warm up, which means all the dingbats are staying out later and later. Last night the police were here, then there were kids running up and down the block, then at 5am, this car pulls up in front of the building, and they start hurling beer bottles out of the car all over the sidewalk, and there's people puking and screaming and cursing and so on and so forth.... I was like "WOW, Lorie would feel right at home up here!"

 

[FloraFauna]

Lorie, it will work out. She is such a sweet child, I know she will adjust well to her little brother. I know you will find ways to make her feel loved and special. Whenever I give a gift to a newborn, I always make sure I have something, no matter how small, for the older sibling(s). A friend of mine told me when the older sibling sees the newborn, make sure to say "Look he's smiling at you, that means he loves you". That was such good advice.

 

[Ms Marigny]

I had to do a group hug so Sienna could be included in the hug.

I suspect part of it is just that fear of the unknown with change. Who knows what she's really thinking...like maybe she thinks you can only have one and she's going to disappear or something.

It will all work out...


And Lorie - I thought of you last night. It's FINALLY starting to warm up, which means all the dingbats are staying out later and later. Last night the police were here, then there were kids running up and down the block, then at 5am, this car pulls up in front of the building, and they start hurling beer bottles out of the car all over the sidewalk, and there's people puking and screaming and cursing and so on and so forth.... I was like "WOW, Lorie would feel right at home up here!"

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

By the way, if you move here, have you decided where you want to live?

I wish I knew what DD was thinking- it would makes things so much easier! But I do suspect she's afraid of being replaced when the "new model" comes in- hopefully she'll realize her very important place as the oldest, the big sister, soon enough.

Lorie, it will work out. She is such a sweet child, I know she will adjust well to her little brother. I know you will find ways to make her feel loved and special. Whenever I give a gift to a newborn, I always make sure I have something, no matter how small, for the older sibling(s). A friend of mine told me when the older sibling sees the newborn, make sure to say "Look he's smiling at you, that means he loves you". That was such good advice.

Oh that is so sweet, makes tears come to my eyes! That is very good advice.