The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 7

[Pooh67_68]

Good Morning DDA

We are having some heavy fog this morning and we are supposed to be getting rain, sure hope we do.


Tammmi, for work.

Hi dumby, good luck with getting your house in order.

Deb & babytress 39 over and over again huh?

Lynn, good thoughts for Kristin.

Amy, what good news about Matthew. that you sell the house soon.

Denise, glad the figs had a good day. Are they excited about starting kindergarten?

June, I would ask if they would cover the cost of the ink. The worst they can do is say no.

Jen, very nice photos of Alyssa, and please don't stop talking about her.

Deb, sorry to hear about your furkids.

Kate, if you want to know all there is about the Swan/Dolphin send a PM to Dan Murphy.

Dawn, to Christopher on his swimming.

Kate, cute pictures.

ReAnSt, stop making excuses for her. You need time off, she knew you wanted thoes days, she is being the hctib.

lovesdumbo, thanks for the high tea pictures. With my mom going with us, I will ask her if she wants to do this.

Hope everyone has a nice day, and to you all.

 

[bethbuchall]

I haven't read far enough to see if anyone answered this, but on the back of my box it says to look for these other Zizzlinger titles: Aladdin, Monsters, Inc., The Lion King, Lady and the Tramp, The Little Mermaid, Nickelodeon characters. I don't know where to find them, though.

Cool! I'll be on the lookout!

Beth

 

[MrsHeg]

Good Morning Everyone,

My household is still in shock over ?????? being sent home last night, we had chosen ???? to win.

The weekend trip to Disney sounds fabulous, I wonder how many trips it would take before we got tired of going? We probably will never find out,
our last vacation was to Hawaii, and although it was beautiful we agreed we'd rather go see Mickey.

Our June trip will be different for us, we'll be taking our 3 year old grandson
and I'm excited to see things through his eyes. MawMaw (that's me) and
PawPaw will be the designated babysitters and will be taking him back to the resort after lunch to swim and nap while the younger crowd stays and plays,
we might "accidentally" nap too.

Have a good one,

Debbie

 

[Pooh67_68]

Debbie, your grandson is going to have a blast and so will you.

We are taking 2 newbies with us in December, can't wait to see their expressions.

 

[bethbuchall]

Where did you guys find them? Do you remember what was around them? I couldn't find any at our Walmart but I'm not sure if I was looking in the right place.

I don't remember exactly where in the toy section I was, but I think it was over by the "cheap" toys...the 88-cent super balls, etc. I was originally looking for some things for the goodie bags when I spotted them. I have to wait until next Tuesday to see ours, since they are a birthday gift. If I get out by Target today, though, I'm going to look for more.

Beth

 

[bethbuchall]

Dawn - you can't talk to me anymore

b/c I had to go to and buy zizzlingers today and then they were right by the bath ball someone else talked about and then I saw the new Cars truck so then b/c I got that for Nick - I had to go buy something for Julia and $35 later - I walked out of target!!

and Julia is already begging for more Zizzlingers!!!

We got Ariel and Belle and Julia loves them - I was bummed we only got 2 - Nick got 3 marvel comic book guys -I have no idea who they are

at Target - the Princesses were in the aisle with the play-doh and gril craft like things

the boys one were in the boys aisle with all the other action figures - so they aren't together!!

Interesting to note that they weren't together. Maybe they aren't together at Wal-Mart either. And I'm the one to blame about the bath fizzy ball...SORRY!

Beth

 

[bethbuchall]

Hey everyone, more good news from the May 18ers.....since it was now just Kate, Kristine and myself staying at Pop, we decided to look at the possibility of upgrading resorts. Kate was able to find us a super deal at the Dolphin, and we all decided it would be wonderful to stay there, right on the boardwalk!!! It will be so convenient to stroll over to Epcot or MGM. We can walk around or bike on the boardwalk at night. This is going to be so much fun!!!

I'm so excited for you all!

And prayers and for you at work this week.

Beth

 

[mommy2emmersNmo]

Hi guys-
Since you all were such a big help with listening to me after Alyssa died, i wanted to share a couple of pictures of her with you ...


Thanks for ALL your support

Thanks for sharing. What a beautiful girl!

 

[mommy2emmersNmo]

I'm a little confused. Is the toddler bed in your room? If so, try putting it in the room where her crib is. She may just climb from the crib into the toddler bed. I wouldn't suggest putting her into a twin right now as she's probably a bit on the small side for that. The toddler bed will have her crib mattress, so you can keep the look of the bed pretty similar for familiarity.

Good luck. It's tough when they start climbing.

Sorry, no the bed was not in our room. Emma did not sleep in her bedroom until about 2 years ago. She started out there but always ended up in our.

As for Molly, there is no way I can put the toddler bed in her room along with the crib. Her room is way too small. There is hardly enough room for her crib and dresser. The main issue is that she does not like beds at all. She freaks out when she is put in one, even if it is just to sit and say watch TV. I am hoping the climbing thing was a one time thing.

 

[tmfranlk]

I have to make a proud mommy brag!

Christopher has almost finished his second week of swimming lessons and he's been doing great except for swimming across the pool (I'm not good with distances, but this pool is much wider than a standard pool). He can do it but would always panic. This morning he told me this was his nervous day because he was going to swim across the pool today. I talked to him about setting a goal and that he should reward himself if he makes his goal.

Well, he did it!!! He got up for his breaths and quickly got horizontal again. He flew across the pool! His coach and I knew he could do it if he just got past the mental part of it. She gave him a little medal and told him he was the first of they boys to be able to do it. He was very proud of himself!

He also jumped off the diving board and swam to the side. He did this all last summer but the fear overtook him and I had to bribe him with an Icee to get him to do it again but now he thinks it's easy. We decided to let him join the swim team next week.

Speaking of his coach, Clare I think of you every time I see her. She is from England. As far north as you can get without hitting Scotland is how she described it. She has that beautiful accent that (for me anyway) sounds very similar to an Australian accent. She's an awesome person. I told her about you and your "Clarisms" (did I spell that right Amy ) and I mentioned Bob's your uncle. She laughed and said she totally confused her American husband when she said that because he really has an uncle named Bob.

Way to go, Christopher! We are all very proud of you!!!

 

[tmfranlk]

John said YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And airfare is available on Delta for my free ticket!!!!!!!!! So I need details and times to look for flights. I'd fly into DCA?

WOOOHHHHHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to get the ticket tonight while it is available.

WhooHoo!!! You all are going to have SO much fun. Now if I could only figure out how to get there.

 

[marcij]

OK Lost groupies...was tonights episode great or what???

It was the last night of Awana's and we had awards so I missed most of it. If anyone happens to have a PM they wrote up and can forward to me, I'd be grateful!

 

[bethbuchall]

OK Lost groupies...was tonights episode great or what???

Oh, yeah!

Beth

 

[mommy2emmersNmo]

Hi! I'm checking in quickly to give you all an update on my ultrasound, since Kevin is busy giving Alyssa a bath.

Everything looks great. My placenta has moved up, so a c-section isn't mandatory. Matthew wasn't very active, even when she moved the table into a 45 degree angle with me digging my feet in so I didn't slip off and fall on my head! Everything about him looked perfect, and he weighs a little over 3 pounds (yet, I've gained much more than that!).

My doctor said that if I'm 2 centimeters dialated in my 39th week, that we could schedule an induction. Not only could we make arrangements for Alyssa's care, but this would be helpful to all my family that has to drive four hours.

Now if we could only sell our house...we still haven't had a single bite! Grrrr, I despise things out of my control. Kevin and I have our meeting to set up our bridge loan next Friday and then we close on our new house on May 25th. We're going to have another open house a week from Sunday. Boy, are we going to have a busy summer!

Amy

Sounds like good news from the Dr's appointment. Here's for the house.

 

[tmfranlk]

Good Morning DDA

We are having some heavy fog this morning and we are supposed to be getting rain, sure hope we do.

Want some of ours?!?! We're on our 3rd day straight now. Of course, according to the weather map/forecast it's not raining right now, but I figure when the fog is so heave that the whole city is a fog of mist, that still counts. And the forecast shows rain clear until NEXT Thursday. YUCK! I will be so happy to be in CA this weekend with forecasts of sun and low 70s!!

 

[tmfranlk]

Good Morning Everyone,

My household is still in shock over Chris being sent home last night, we had chosen him to win.

The weekend trip to Disney sounds fabulous, I wonder how many trips it would take before we got tired of going? We probably will never find out,
our last vacation was to Hawaii, and although it was beautiful we agreed we'd rather go see Mickey.

Our June trip will be different for us, we'll be taking our 3 year old grandson
and I'm excited to see things through his eyes. MawMaw (that's me) and
PawPaw will be the designated babysitters and will be taking him back to the resort after lunch to swim and nap while the younger crowd stays and plays,
we might "accidentally" nap too.

Have a good one,

Debbie

What a fun trip! My now 3yo DD and I tagged along with Mom, Dad and 9yo DSis last Aug on Dad' business trip. My mom seemed to have a great time getting to do things with Terra on the trip. Plus, Terra likes all of the things my mom and I do that no one else ever wants to do - parades, shows, even World Showcase. We about decided that just the 3 of us will travel together from now on.

 

[mommy2emmersNmo]

Hi, all. Kids had a great day at 'Art in the Park' (their field day which was all arts and crafts). They made sand art, tie dye shirts, hermit crabs out of large pasta shells, sun visors, flower lei necklaces, clay butterflies, and tornado bottles. They had a pizza party too. The weather held off (it's raining now with storms coming tonight), so it was cool even. Found out one of their good friends from school will be going to K at their school next fall. They are very excited.

What fun! Emma has fitness field day coming up at the end of the month and she is very excited.

 

[mommy2emmersNmo]

You have my prayers for your friend. I really believe prayers can be very powerful.


I am friends with a mom from my kids class. She is 38, has 3 kids & battled stomach/intestine cancer last year. She went thru surgeries & chemo. Lost alot of weight & all her hair & then she thought she had beat it. This January she went for a routine follow up & they found tumors on her intestine that were very aggresive. She also had the port in her. She is a trooper & a very good person. All she worries about is what will happen to the kids if she is not around..please add her to your prayer list as well. She is a very dear person.

Prayers being said!! to all.

 

[mommy2emmersNmo]

Thanks, all for your encouragement on the workouts. I actually had been going to Curves for awhile, but someone new took over and I ddn't like her. Then the gym (Planet Fitness) had a special. $29 sign up fee, $20 annual fee and $20 per month. This level of membership allows you to bring a guest at no charge (even every time you come, and the same guest, so it's like a two-for-one membership) and it has tanning booths. I won't take advantage of them, because being a redhead (with help covering the grey) I have very fair skin and don't tan - just freckle and burn. I've been going for about 5 weeks now and have worked up from one mile to two, and without pain.

June,

Way to go!!

 

[mommy2emmersNmo]

Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts and prayers. I've witnessed firsthand what the power of the DDA can do, so I'm sure things will be looking up soon!

I missed the first post, but here is to get you through the rest of the week.