Moms to be Part 4

[Mrs. Charming]

Can I be a little hateful and completely irrational for a moment? And please know that I know that what I am about to say is completely wrong, but I can’t help how I feel…..
So my brother-in-law (husband’s youngest brother) called last night. Normal chit-chat, nothing overly important and then BAM…. “We’re having a baby! We’re due in December!”
Don’t get me wrong, I am very excited for them, and thrilled that our little girl will have a cousin so close in age, but this was supposed to be our time. (I know this is horrible!)
Again, I am very aware of how selfish this sounds, no one needs to remind me, but right now, I can’t help it… I need to be a little bitter and irrational for an hour or two and then I’ll move on.
Thank you for letting me vent!

Ahh hun, don't sweat it too much. By the time their baby arrives, it'll be old hat for you. The oohing and ahhhing over your newborn is going to be over, and you'll already be over the moon because of baby's first Christmas.

Congratulations EmALee! I hope you are feeling better, but just by looking at your beautiful girl, makes me think you are doing just fine!

My kids were in their first play tonight! Annie, Jr. My DS(8) was President Roosevelt and my DD (6) was a servant in the Warbucks house. While I have been exhausted, working backstage, etc... what an experience for them!!! One more performance to go!!!

Awesome!!

EmaLee, she's gorgeous! She doesn't even look like a newborn - so growny. Congrats!

And I love the name. Glad Allison is making a comeback.

~allison

I like her name too

 

[Nette]

So beautiful. So glad everything worked out ok too! Congrats!

Can I be a little hateful and completely irrational for a moment? And please know that I know that what I am about to say is completely wrong, but I can’t help how I feel…..
So my brother-in-law (husband’s youngest brother) called last night. Normal chit-chat, nothing overly important and then BAM…. “We’re having a baby! We’re due in December!”
Don’t get me wrong, I am very excited for them, and thrilled that our little girl will have a cousin so close in age, but this was supposed to be our time. (I know this is horrible!)
Again, I am very aware of how selfish this sounds, no one needs to remind me, but right now, I can’t help it… I need to be a little bitter and irrational for an hour or two and then I’ll move on.
Thank you for letting me vent!

Aww... I wouldn't worry about it. Personally I think being pregnant gives you a pass to be a little irrational. Like you said, it will be great that your child has a cousin so close in age. But I also understand the "our time" thing... and you know what? In a few weeks it will be ALL about you and your family because your precious LO will be here while your SIL will be still feeling morning sick (poor thing). So no worries venting to us... we all get it.

 

[Temair]

Congrats Emlee, she is adorable and so cute.

 

[WDWorBUST]

Congratulations EmaLee!

 

[kpm76]

Congrats EmALee!! She's beautiful

I passed my 1 hour GTT!!! Yippee! Not sure why, but I was worried. My iron is fine too so that's good news.

 

[leith78]

I passed my 1 hour GTT!!! Yippee! Not sure why, but I was worried. My iron is fine too so that's good news.

Yea!! Congrats on passing.

 

[TSRE]

TSRE - glad you had a good time at DL, when were you there? We just got back too! I am also dreading the DIL thing.

We were there last Friday - Monday. The lines were awesome - we walked onto most everything. How about you? I saw so many pg people there (I know, no more than normal, but you notice when you are). I didn't mind the time slowing down and cuddling with my little guy who doesn't like the fast rides. Plus, it gave me plenty of time to look at everyone's strollers and FINALLY settle on one. No better place than DL for stroller comparisons! I even walked up to one guy with an empty City Mini and asked to push it. He let me. DH thought I was nuts.

Holy cannoli ladies.......I passed the 3 hour GTT!!!!!! I am so flippin excited! In my mind, I'd most certainly already failed, and was preparing myself for the daily finger pricks and restricted diet. When the nurse called to tell me, I asked her if she had the right results. She said she even checked them a couple of times, just to make sure. I failed the 1 hour test pretty miserably, so I think the nurse was as surprised as I was to find out I passed.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I'll be spending the next few days catching up on my sweets and carbs.......just kidding! (sort of )

Congrats! Enjoy the sweets - there is a piece of Red Velvet cake on the counter calling my name right now.

Hey everyone. I had Allison Siarra at 2:03 this morning. She was 6lbs 4oz and 19in long.

The doctor came around 7:25pm checked me and broke my water. That plus the Pitocin really got things going. By 8:30pm I was 5cm dilated and was dying for an epidural. I tried to go as long as I could without it but I ended up with back labor and the pain from the contractions was shooting into my hips and down into my legs So I asked for the epidural and within about 15 minutes the anesthesiologist (sp?) was in my room setting up. So I was suddenly terrified of getting the epi but my mom was totally supportive. She held my hands in front of the pillow and my chest and put her forehead on mine and talked me through the initial pain and burning of the local and the contractions I was having throughout the epi "installation". Once I had the epi it was pretty awesome. The feeling of not being able to move the lower half of my body was kind of strange but it was nice to not feel those painful contractions. Also, I ended up with the perfect epi. I felt the pressure from the pushing but no pain whatsoever. By 12:45am I was ready to push. I pushed from then until 2:03 when Allie was born. I only had one problem after the labor and delivery which was when I got up to go to the bathroom the first time and as I was sitting on the toilet I got really hot and nauseas so the nurses made up my bed really quick and ran/carried me to my bed. I blacked out at this point. I remember getting out of the bathroom door and then waking up on the floor next to my bed with the nurses shouting my name and rubbing cool wash cloths on my face and neck.

Anyway, now she's having a hard time learning to suck so I'm having to pump and dropper feed until she figures it out.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

Congratulations I hope you are loving these first few foggy days! Glad to hear everything went well.

Can I be a little hateful and completely irrational for a moment? And please know that I know that what I am about to say is completely wrong, but I can’t help how I feel…..
So my brother-in-law (husband’s youngest brother) called last night. Normal chit-chat, nothing overly important and then BAM…. “We’re having a baby! We’re due in December!”
Don’t get me wrong, I am very excited for them, and thrilled that our little girl will have a cousin so close in age, but this was supposed to be our time. (I know this is horrible!)
Again, I am very aware of how selfish this sounds, no one needs to remind me, but right now, I can’t help it… I need to be a little bitter and irrational for an hour or two and then I’ll move on.
Thank you for letting me vent!

This is such a good place to get that kind of thing out so you don't say it where it matters! I think your feelings are normal. The cousin close in age will be great, though, especially if they happen to be the same gender.

I passed my 1 hour GTT!!! Yippee! Not sure why, but I was worried. My iron is fine too so that's good news.

Congrats!

And now, I have a question for all of you. Has anyone experienced this reaction from their friends? When most of my friends and family talk about my baby or the baby one of my friends just had, they really focus on the hard parts but not the good parts. It's been bugging me lately. To explain, most of my friends and all of my family are older than me by at least 5, usually 10 years, so even though they had their first kids in their early 30s for the most part, they all have "big kids" only now, and make a big deal of how nice it is to sleep through the night and not have to worry about bottles and juice boxes, etc. every time you leave the house. And I get that, since I have 2 big kids myself. But I really am happy to be going back to all of that "hassle", too, because of all of the wonderful stuff that comes with it. I even like how my big belly looks, and I know now just how fleeting all of it is. I have the whole rest of my life to not be pregnant - I only have these few months to feel a whole other life inside of me.

Last night at Bunco, my sister and another friend were talking about how great it would be that that friend would only be 42 when her only DS graduates high school, and then "she's done" and "can have a life again". I so don't feel that way - THIS is my life, and I love it, KWIM? And I don't feel like life has to stop because we are adding another baby in. It will change, but not stop. Hope this all makes some sort of sense. Anyone else faced any of this?

 

[TSRE]

And on a totally random side note - just looked back at my post and all of the dancing bananas are frozen right now. They look very strange standing there

 

[cmskok]

[/Quote]And now, I have a question for all of you. Has anyone experienced this reaction from their friends? When most of my friends and family talk about my baby or the baby one of my friends just had, they really focus on the hard parts but not the good parts. It's been bugging me lately. To explain, most of my friends and all of my family are older than me by at least 5, usually 10 years, so even though they had their first kids in their early 30s for the most part, they all have "big kids" only now, and make a big deal of how nice it is to sleep through the night and not have to worry about bottles and juice boxes, etc. every time you leave the house. And I get that, since I have 2 big kids myself. But I really am happy to be going back to all of that "hassle", too, because of all of the wonderful stuff that comes with it. I even like how my big belly looks, and I know now just how fleeting all of it is. I have the whole rest of my life to not be pregnant - I only have these few months to feel a whole other life inside of me.

Last night at Bunco, my sister and another friend were talking about how great it would be that that friend would only be 42 when her only DS graduates high school, and then "she's done" and "can have a life again". I so don't feel that way - THIS is my life, and I love it, KWIM? And I don't feel like life has to stop because we are adding another baby in. It will change, but not stop. Hope this all makes some sort of sense. Anyone else faced any of this?[/QUOTE]

I totally agree TSRE! I am loving my life, now. I live in the moment. In fact, last week, I had a thought about how much I am going to miss all of the craziness that comes with raising kids....the time is so short!!!

I think that we live for our kids, and that is a wonderful, fulfilling way to be!

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Congrats EmALee!! She's beautiful

I passed my 1 hour GTT!!! Yippee! Not sure why, but I was worried. My iron is fine too so that's good news.

Sweet!! Hehe, literally! That's wonderful news!

And now, I have a question for all of you. Has anyone experienced this reaction from their friends? When most of my friends and family talk about my baby or the baby one of my friends just had, they really focus on the hard parts but not the good parts. It's been bugging me lately. To explain, most of my friends and all of my family are older than me by at least 5, usually 10 years, so even though they had their first kids in their early 30s for the most part, they all have "big kids" only now, and make a big deal of how nice it is to sleep through the night and not have to worry about bottles and juice boxes, etc. every time you leave the house. And I get that, since I have 2 big kids myself. But I really am happy to be going back to all of that "hassle", too, because of all of the wonderful stuff that comes with it. I even like how my big belly looks, and I know now just how fleeting all of it is. I have the whole rest of my life to not be pregnant - I only have these few months to feel a whole other life inside of me.

Last night at Bunco, my sister and another friend were talking about how great it would be that that friend would only be 42 when her only DS graduates high school, and then "she's done" and "can have a life again". I so don't feel that way - THIS is my life, and I love it, KWIM? And I don't feel like life has to stop because we are adding another baby in. It will change, but not stop. Hope this all makes some sort of sense. Anyone else faced any of this?

I think no matter how old or young you are, there will always be people that have something snide or negative to say. Here's my take, it's not quite the same but similar. We feel like we're getting the same BS from people our age (me-29/dh-32) from the newly married couples that don't have kids yet. I'm happy with my life, I'm done with the 'bar scene', I'm happy being a mom, I don't see what their problem is. And yes, I'd be going to WDW with or withour kids, thankyouverymuch! Ironically, one of those women that gave us that BS is now pregnant with their first.

There are many ladies that would kill to be in your shoes-- be it from secondary infertility, or a DH who just isn't "into" another baby. I think it's wonderful. There are so many wonderful things that outweight the sleepless nights. Holding that little teeny life in your arms and just watching them sleep, how is that not the bees knees?!!

And on a totally random side note - just looked back at my post and all of the dancing bananas are frozen right now. They look very strange standing there

Haha, frozen bananas...mmmmmm.... <drool>

 

[Temair]

And now, I have a question for all of you. Has anyone experienced this reaction from their friends? When most of my friends and family talk about my baby or the baby one of my friends just had, they really focus on the hard parts but not the good parts. It's been bugging me lately. To explain, most of my friends and all of my family are older than me by at least 5, usually 10 years, so even though they had their first kids in their early 30s for the most part, they all have "big kids" only now, and make a big deal of how nice it is to sleep through the night and not have to worry about bottles and juice boxes, etc. every time you leave the house. And I get that, since I have 2 big kids myself. But I really am happy to be going back to all of that "hassle", too, because of all of the wonderful stuff that comes with it. I even like how my big belly looks, and I know now just how fleeting all of it is. I have the whole rest of my life to not be pregnant - I only have these few months to feel a whole other life inside of me.

Last night at Bunco, my sister and another friend were talking about how great it would be that that friend would only be 42 when her only DS graduates high school, and then "she's done" and "can have a life again". I so don't feel that way - THIS is my life, and I love it, KWIM? And I don't feel like life has to stop because we are adding another baby in. It will change, but not stop. Hope this all makes some sort of sense. Anyone else faced any of this?

Oh I get this all the time. Why am I going back to diapers now that DD is heading to middle school. Or was this an accident that we got pregnant. I admit I did not plan to wait this long between kids, but due to ppd and other personal issues I just wasn't ready, but I am now. So what if I'll be 53 when the baby graduates and DH will be 66. DH is excited with the fact that will be able to spend time with this child. I love the fact that we are financially stable and can afford to have this baby and another if we want.

I'm now 23 weeks and baby's movements have changed from the rolling and gentle movements to kicks and nudges. I forgot how neat it is to feel this. Hopefully soon DH and DD will be able to feel the baby's kicks. I've also been helping my Best friend plan the baby shower. It looks like we will do it mid June as July is just so busy and August Kids start back to school. I admit I'm worried its a bit early for a shower, but then again I've never had a baby shower before so. It looks like we have settled firmly on the name Daniel Edward Johnson.

 

[irisbud]

Congratulations, Emalee! your little girl is adorable, and I'm glad everyone is doing well. Hope that you have been okay since the blackout.

This weekend we did a lot of work on our nursery, and got most of our big items purchased. DH set up the crib. I couldn't believe how big it looked in baby's bedroom compared to in the showroom (our house has really small rooms)! We also bought an antique dresser that will double as our changing table for a reasonable price and the materials for DH to build some shelves in the room. Some of our decorative things arrived too, and I can't wait to put them up. I also put together the stroller (it was really easy; it surprised me) and I love it!

We went to BRU on Thursday since we got some one day coupons and made great use of them. We got a temporal thermometer for half off, 33% off 2 packs of cloth diapers to use as burp cloths etc, a $10 gift card with the purchase of $50 worth of diapers and wipes, 20% off our crib mattress, and bought our carseat. It wasn't the Mickey Mouse one I wanted, but it is a nice carseat. It was in the clerance section for quite a bit off the orgional price because it was an online return they don't sell in stores, then with a 20% off coupon it ended up being almost 50% off! We also won the crib set we wanted off of eBay (new in the bag, for 33% off retail, so it was a good weekend.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Temair]

Sounds like you got some good deals. I'm still holding out for the Mickey car seat, but if that and the pack n play are the only things I buy new it's worth it. It will give me my Disney fix till next year.

So I'm sure some of you have traveled to Disney with a little one before. Next year will be our first trip with a little one. Our first trip was when DD was 6 yrs old. We are planning on staying in a moderate. Is there enough room for a pack n play in the rooms? Which moderate would you recommend? We are thinking CSR because of the queen size beds, but I just learned that CBR rooms are almost 30 sq ft bigger than any other moderate. Any advice would be great.

Oh yesterday DH and I both felt the baby kicking from the outside. DD felt it this morning. It's so exciting for DH and DD to feel the baby.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Congratulations, Emalee! your little girl is adorable, and I'm glad everyone is doing well. Hope that you have been okay since the blackout.

This weekend we did a lot of work on our nursery, and got most of our big items purchased. DH set up the crib. I couldn't believe how big it looked in baby's bedroom compared to in the showroom (our house has really small rooms)! We also bought an antique dresser that will double as our changing table for a reasonable price and the materials for DH to build some shelves in the room. Some of our decorative things arrived too, and I can't wait to put them up. I also put together the stroller (it was really easy; it surprised me) and I love it!

We went to BRU on Thursday since we got some one day coupons and made great use of them. We got a temporal thermometer for half off, 33% off 2 packs of cloth diapers to use as burp cloths etc, a $10 gift card with the purchase of $50 worth of diapers and wipes, 20% off our crib mattress, and bought our carseat. It wasn't the Mickey Mouse one I wanted, but it is a nice carseat. It was in the clerance section for quite a bit off the orgional price because it was an online return they don't sell in stores, then with a 20% off coupon it ended up being almost 50% off! We also won the crib set we wanted off of eBay (new in the bag, for 33% off retail, so it was a good weekend.

Have a great day everyone!

Awesome! I love getting things accomplished! Everything we check off the list is like another 10lbs off my shoulders.

BRU is nice when they have clearance and coupons. I want to go back and get some crib sheets while they're still 20% off. That reminds me-- I have to get DD a new bed!

Sounds like you got some good deals. I'm still holding out for the Mickey car seat, but if that and the pack n play are the only things I buy new it's worth it. It will give me my Disney fix till next year.

So I'm sure some of you have traveled to Disney with a little one before. Next year will be our first trip with a little one. Our first trip was when DD was 6 yrs old. We are planning on staying in a moderate. Is there enough room for a pack n play in the rooms? Which moderate would you recommend? We are thinking CSR because of the queen size beds, but I just learned that CBR rooms are almost 30 sq ft bigger than any other moderate. Any advice would be great.

Oh yesterday DH and I both felt the baby kicking from the outside. DD felt it this morning. It's so exciting for DH and DD to feel the baby.

WalMart (ick, I know, but cheap) has the Mickey carseat for $99 with free site to store shipping... $50 less than BRU! I think they have the P&P reasonably priced, too. (http://www.walmart.com/search/searc...c=48_0&search_query=mickey+mouse+in+the+house)

We've had a P&P set up in the Values (AS Sp and POP) so if there's enough room there, there is definiitely enough room in the Mods. We like the CBR, it's just a really nice resort, that's our fallback option to the Poly for Dec. I stayed at PO looooooong time ago... 1994? SO I'm not too helpful on that one. I thought of staying at SSR... but... ehh... I dunno. There's something I don't like about it and I can't figure out what.

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My weekend was so-so. The highlight of the weekend was ordering the second double stroller (we tried the one-stroller thing... doesn't work for us!) SO we went to Burlington/Baby Depot.. omg ours is shady. I thought I'd give it a shot, but you know what? Never going back there! Ick! I did however get to see the double InStep safari, that thing is HUGE and a PITA to fold. I got home and started looking into the BJ City Minis, and they're just out of our price range. I did find a City Micro on sale on Albeebaby for $199 shipped... SOLD! I hope it's not that big of a mistake that we didn't get the Mini, but I just can't afford nor stomach $400 for a stroller. Not when DD is 3, (I can NOT let this child run free!) and there may not be a #3. I know you can re-sell them for a good price, but ... it's still $400!

Oh, I had a question, for those of you who need iron supplements, how much do you take? I'm just curious, I think I'm anemic or close to it because I'm really pale, exhausted and craving red meat like crazy lately. I'm going to ask the Dr. on Fri to test me.

OMG DD is driving me nuts. It's taken me FOREVER to write this, every time I sit down, DD comes over and makes me get up to show me something. I feel like I'm playing musical chairs, and it hurts getting up!!

 

[Piecey]

About P&Ps at CSR- we were there when DS was 5 months old.

We ended up being given a handicap room with a king size bed. there was plenty of room for the pack n play next to the TV stand, but we ended up putting it in the bathroom. The handicap rooms done have those doors to seperate the bathroom area and DS was used to his own room... so he slept a ton better in there. There was plenty of room, though! We moved in/out to shower and such.

In pregnancy news... my OB told me 39 weeks for the c-section. DH's boss wanted to know approx. when he'd need vacation because he's going to take 2 weeks with me. So she hasn't scheduled it (only 1 OR, so they schedule much,much closer to the actual date!) but at least I know... only about 13 more weeks to go, woohoo.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

About P&Ps at CSR- we were there when DS was 5 months old.

We ended up being given a handicap room with a king size bed. there was plenty of room for the pack n play next to the TV stand, but we ended up putting it in the bathroom. The handicap rooms done have those doors to seperate the bathroom area and DS was used to his own room... so he slept a ton better in there. There was plenty of room, though! We moved in/out to shower and such.

In pregnancy news... my OB told me 39 weeks for the c-section. DH's boss wanted to know approx. when he'd need vacation because he's going to take 2 weeks with me. So she hasn't scheduled it (only 1 OR, so they schedule much,much closer to the actual date!) but at least I know... only about 13 more weeks to go, woohoo.

OH!! That's awesome! I can't wait to schedule mine, I was just counting out teh weeks until I can schedule it. Mid to late June, woohoo!

 

[WDWAurora]

Mrs. Charming-Our Burlington Coat Factory is like that! DH wanted to go back to the car while we were still in the parking lot. We will NOT go back, although I did get 2 cute little Carter's outfits for inexpensive, and a monkey bank that matches the nursery theme. Never again, though...

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Mrs. Charming-Our Burlington Coat Factory is like that! DH wanted to go back to the car while we were still in the parking lot. We will NOT go back, although I did get 2 cute little Carter's outfits for inexpensive, and a monkey bank that matches the nursery theme. Never again, though...

I bought a little crib blanket, that was it, and only because it matched DD's. If it werent for that blanket, I would have high-tailed it out of there. It's just funny because I've lived in Philadelphia for years, but this was something else! (and not even in Phila!!) The best part is, it's right next to an off-track betting place. Nice. Looks like people get their 'winnings' and blow it on clothes. Weird.

I thought I'd give it a try... lol.

 

[irisbud]

Must be a Burlington Coat Factory thing...ours is like that too. I won't go there alone. We went there this weekend and got the diaper stacker that goes with our crib set (BRU does not sell it). Yikes! I couldn't leave fast enough!

 

[Pollito916]

Can I be a little hateful and completely irrational for a moment? And please know that I know that what I am about to say is completely wrong, but I can’t help how I feel…..
So my brother-in-law (husband’s youngest brother) called last night. Normal chit-chat, nothing overly important and then BAM…. “We’re having a baby! We’re due in December!”
Don’t get me wrong, I am very excited for them, and thrilled that our little girl will have a cousin so close in age, but this was supposed to be our time. (I know this is horrible!)
Again, I am very aware of how selfish this sounds, no one needs to remind me, but right now, I can’t help it… I need to be a little bitter and irrational for an hour or two and then I’ll move on.
Thank you for letting me vent!

Aww, sorry you're feeling that way. This is a safe-vent zone!

My kids were in their first play tonight! Annie, Jr. My DS(8) was President Roosevelt and my DD (6) was a servant in the Warbucks house. While I have been exhausted, working backstage, etc... what an experience for them!!! One more performance to go!!!

How exciting - congrats!

And I love the name. Glad Allison is making a comeback.

That's actually one of the few girl names DH & I both like, but I think it's too close to DS's name, Alex, for my taste.

I passed my 1 hour GTT!!! Yippee! Not sure why, but I was worried. My iron is fine too so that's good news.

Great news!

We were there last Friday - Monday. The lines were awesome - we walked onto most everything. How about you? I saw so many pg people there (I know, no more than normal, but you notice when you are). I didn't mind the time slowing down and cuddling with my little guy who doesn't like the fast rides. Plus, it gave me plenty of time to look at everyone's strollers and FINALLY settle on one. No better place than DL for stroller comparisons! I even walked up to one guy with an empty City Mini and asked to push it. He let me. DH thought I was nuts.

We were there Thurs-Sat, so partially at the same time! I also saw lots of preggos - wonder if you were one of them? I also like stroller "shopping" at DL, such variety there! I was surprised the last time we went how many people I saw using the Combi, b/c I hated mine with DS, but I found out that the newer models were much easier to push.

And now, I have a question for all of you. Has anyone experienced this reaction from their friends? When most of my friends and family talk about my baby or the baby one of my friends just had, they really focus on the hard parts but not the good parts.

I think a lot of people are trying to convince themselves that they are "over" that part of their lives, and some may actually be a little jealous of you. Most people who are much older always say to enjoy this time while you can, b/c you can never get it back.

It looks like we have settled firmly on the name Daniel Edward Johnson.

Love the name Daniel - it was my first choice for a boy, but there's already one in DS's family.

This weekend we did a lot of work on our nursery, and got most of our big items purchased. DH set up the crib. I couldn't believe how big it looked in baby's bedroom compared to in the showroom (our house has really small rooms)! We also bought an antique dresser that will double as our changing table for a reasonable price and the materials for DH to build some shelves in the room. Some of our decorative things arrived too, and I can't wait to put them up. I also put together the stroller (it was really easy; it surprised me) and I love it!

We went to BRU on Thursday since we got some one day coupons and made great use of them. We got a temporal thermometer for half off, 33% off 2 packs of cloth diapers to use as burp cloths etc, a $10 gift card with the purchase of $50 worth of diapers and wipes, 20% off our crib mattress, and bought our carseat. It wasn't the Mickey Mouse one I wanted, but it is a nice carseat. It was in the clerance section for quite a bit off the orgional price because it was an online return they don't sell in stores, then with a 20% off coupon it ended up being almost 50% off! We also won the crib set we wanted off of eBay (new in the bag, for 33% off retail, so it was a good weekend.

Sounds like you had a busy and productive weekend! I love our temporal thermometer and only wish we had gotten it sooner! I'm also going to go see if I can find the bedding I want on eBay

So I'm sure some of you have traveled to Disney with a little one before. Next year will be our first trip with a little one. Our first trip was when DD was 6 yrs old. We are planning on staying in a moderate. Is there enough room for a pack n play in the rooms? Which moderate would you recommend? We are thinking CSR because of the queen size beds, but I just learned that CBR rooms are almost 30 sq ft bigger than any other moderate. Any advice would be great.

Oh yesterday DH and I both felt the baby kicking from the outside. DD felt it this morning. It's so exciting for DH and DD to feel the baby.

How exciting that DH finally felt the baby! My DH felt it about 2 weeks ago, so now him and DS constantly put their hands on my stomach, but she is usually not moving when they do it.

We stayed at CSR when DS was 22 months, and also ended up with a king size handicap accessible room. We put the PNP right next to the bed, but since DS was older, he climbed out the second night and joined us in the king bed. We didn't feel like there was room in the bathroom for the PNP, but I would have done it if there was a curtain to separate like in most rooms.

I've also been looking lately into staying off-site at Bonnet Creek. Vettechick started a thread about it, and it's still on Disney property, near CBR I think. You can get a 1BR or even a 2BR condo for less than the cost of a mod onsite.

SO we went to Burlington/Baby Depot.. omg ours is shady. I thought I'd give it a shot, but you know what? Never going back there! Ick!

Yeah, the one by us is the same, and the one in IL that was near our house too, must be something about the store.....

In pregnancy news... my OB told me 39 weeks for the c-section. DH's boss wanted to know approx. when he'd need vacation because he's going to take 2 weeks with me. So she hasn't scheduled it (only 1 OR, so they schedule much,much closer to the actual date!) but at least I know... only about 13 more weeks to go, woohoo.

So exciting!! I can't wait to schedule mine and know DD's birthday!