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[Pollito916]

There's still a few more things to be put on the walls, and I found a castle growth chart that I want to get. Here's a link to pictures of the room: http://photobucket.com/ImarriedGrumpy click on the "Owen's room" album, and if they ask for a password, it's "Disney" (of course!).

Owen's room is adorable - great job! My mom found the cutest castle growth chart at TJ Maxx Home Store, but it doesn't match Alex's room theme, so we didn't get it. It was really cute and reasonably priced, though. Where did you find yours? I would like to find a monkey or animal one for Alex.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

Owen's room is adorable - great job! My mom found the cutest castle growth chart at TJ Maxx Home Store, but it doesn't match Alex's room theme, so we didn't get it. It was really cute and reasonably priced, though. Where did you find yours? I would like to find a monkey or animal one for Alex.

We found ours on Amazon. It's by eeBoo, so maybe they have more designs. I just search for "castle", "dragon", "knight", or "prince" in the kids stuff on Amazon or eBay until I find something that will match the room. It's funny - we started with blue and green as our colors, but a lot of red and bits of gold have started to come into the room as accents. I'm pleased with it! So many people have given us things for the room, and it's nice to see how it all comes together and looks so fun.

DH has decided that he's going to get together with one of our friends and build Owen a castle headboard when he's big enough for a toddler bed or a twin bed. They're going to put bookshelves on each side as "towers"...I can't believe they've already got sketches for the design!

 

[beckmrk04]

I had the worst anxiety attack this morning. I've been dealing with anxiety for a while now, and I'm taking meds that work pretty well. But, stupid me allowed myself to run out, and then didn't get my Rx filled right away, and this morning it reared its ugly head. And, to top things off, I have a UTI that I was just sort of hoping would go away on its own. It has not, and now it is worse.

I had to call in to work today and I didn't want to use a sick day and I dragged my sorry butt into the Dr.'s office because they wouldn't prescribe meds for a UTI without a sample and culture. I have had a million UTIs, they aren't easy to confuse with anything else.

But the UTI is nothing compared to the anxiety. It is so draining and frustrating that my mind and body blow things completely out of proportion and all of the sudden, I'm in the midst of an anxiety attack- when logically, I know that nothing is wrong (nothing major, anyway). But, I think that not feeling well with the UTI coupled with the fact that V has been sick and my car being fixed is a fiasco and dh and I were snarky with each other last night- it all just kind of came crashing down.

Sorry to ramble.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

~~~Bethany...how's Owen doing with his sleeping? Mo used to be trouble for hubby and I, but we've got a solution now. We hold him and let him jump up and down on our lap. It's his I'M NOT TIRED, I'M NOT GOING TO SLEEP DANCE! Eventually, he wears himself out and then hubby or I will rock him back and forth while sitting on the loveseat. He fell asleep tonight at 6:30 which means he'll be up SUPER early tomorrow, so I should hit the sack! Nap times have never really been a problem with Mo either. I give him a bottle and hold him tightly in my arms and out he usually goes.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

I had the worst anxiety attack this morning. I've been dealing with anxiety for a while now, and I'm taking meds that work pretty well. But, stupid me allowed myself to run out, and then didn't get my Rx filled right away, and this morning it reared its ugly head. And, to top things off, I have a UTI that I was just sort of hoping would go away on its own. It has not, and now it is worse.

I had to call in to work today and I didn't want to use a sick day and I dragged my sorry butt into the Dr.'s office because they wouldn't prescribe meds for a UTI without a sample and culture. I have had a million UTIs, they aren't easy to confuse with anything else.

But the UTI is nothing compared to the anxiety. It is so draining and frustrating that my mind and body blow things completely out of proportion and all of the sudden, I'm in the midst of an anxiety attack- when logically, I know that nothing is wrong (nothing major, anyway). But, I think that not feeling well with the UTI coupled with the fact that V has been sick and my car being fixed is a fiasco and dh and I were snarky with each other last night- it all just kind of came crashing down.

Sorry to ramble.

Don't be sorry, that's what we're here for! I'm sorry things aren't well for you! I hope things even out soon!

 

[beckmrk04]

Don't be sorry, that's what we're here for! I'm sorry things aren't well for you! I hope things even out soon!

Thanks Denise. It's nice to have you guys to vent to!

I need to get myself out of this pity party, though. It's really not all that bad- sometimes it just feels like stuff is piling up and that's when I get overwhelmed. It always straightens itself out, though.

Tomorrow I am going to try to work on my resume so I can send that application for the new job out. That will cheer me up!

I know that it will be a harder job, but I'm kind of looking forward to a challenge- something different. We'll see. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

I had the worst anxiety attack this morning. I've been dealing with anxiety for a while now, and I'm taking meds that work pretty well. But, stupid me allowed myself to run out, and then didn't get my Rx filled right away, and this morning it reared its ugly head. And, to top things off, I have a UTI that I was just sort of hoping would go away on its own. It has not, and now it is worse.

I had to call in to work today and I didn't want to use a sick day and I dragged my sorry butt into the Dr.'s office because they wouldn't prescribe meds for a UTI without a sample and culture. I have had a million UTIs, they aren't easy to confuse with anything else.

But the UTI is nothing compared to the anxiety. It is so draining and frustrating that my mind and body blow things completely out of proportion and all of the sudden, I'm in the midst of an anxiety attack- when logically, I know that nothing is wrong (nothing major, anyway). But, I think that not feeling well with the UTI coupled with the fact that V has been sick and my car being fixed is a fiasco and dh and I were snarky with each other last night- it all just kind of came crashing down.

Sorry to ramble.

Becky, I've had anxiety attacks, too. I was on Paxil for a couple years to help with that, and when I got to a certain point in my therapy I eased off it. I was attack free for about 2 years, and then they came back while I was pregnant. They faded off after Owen was born, but I do sometimes feel them on the edge of my mind, so I'm back in regular therapy to help.

So feel free to ramble when they hit...I've been there myself!

~~~Bethany...how's Owen doing with his sleeping? Mo used to be trouble for hubby and I, but we've got a solution now. We hold him and let him jump up and down on our lap. It's his I'M NOT TIRED, I'M NOT GOING TO SLEEP DANCE! Eventually, he wears himself out and then hubby or I will rock him back and forth while sitting on the loveseat. He fell asleep tonight at 6:30 which means he'll be up SUPER early tomorrow, so I should hit the sack! Nap times have never really been a problem with Mo either. I give him a bottle and hold him tightly in my arms and out he usually goes.

Mo's "I'm not going to sleep dance" sounds cute!

Owen has been all weird with his sleeping! Crazy boy...one night he sleeps for hours and hours and only wakes up once, the next night he's up every couple hours. One day he's napping for 2 hours twice a day, and the next he's dozing for 30 min here and there and won't go down for a long nap at all. And there's no connection between the good sleeping at night and bad sleeping in the day or vice versa...which is what we thought at first. Who knows...we decided we'll just forget about any schedule for a week or two and I'm just going to write down every time he sleeps and for how long, and then we'll see if there's a pattern we can build a new schedule off of. I'm hoping the WubbaNub will help once it gets here...he loves to fall asleep nursing or with a pacifier, and losing that binky makes him mad and he wakes up.

At least he's sleeping in his bed, though!

 

[jennyL]

I love Owens room. It is so cute.

Noah is sleeping pretty good. He goes down between 8 and 9 and then gets up somewhere between 5 and 7. LOL His thing is some nights he starts crying in his sleep and I have to go in there and put him back into his sleeping position and he puts his thumb in and is good. He likes to sleep on his side but he moves all over the crib and sometimes gets to a postion he doesn't care for and I just prop him back up and he's happy. DH gets so upset since he can't ever seem to get it to work. If he goes in there Noah just keeps screaming and really wakes up instead of just crying while asleep. Since he can now role over back to front he's also started getting on his stomach at night so I put him back over but I think I've decided its a losing battle. As for naps he's never been a long napper. If he's down for more then an hour at a time thats a blessing. Of course he takes lots of those little 30-45 minute naps throughout the day. Daycare I'm sure loves that but oh well.

Has anyone had issues with the milk allergies? They switched Noah to the Soy milk and that helped but his skin is still broken out so now they want us to they the hypo milk. They gave us the Enfamil kind and he hated it and spit it all back up so we are trying the Similac version and so far so good. I haven't noticed a change in his skin yet but at least he's drinking it and not spiting it back up. They also gave us the number for an allergist to try and after that a dermotologist. Poor little man is going to have skin issues for awhile I'm afraid.

 

[beckmrk04]

Jenny- I used to worry when V would roll onto her stomach, but like you- I decided it was a losing battle. Plus, they say as long as they have enough upper body strength to lift their head, then they'll be fine.

Now, she's a stomach sleeper mostly. Usually, you'll find her laying with her knees tucked under her belly and her little butt in the air.

 

[jennyL]

Jenny- I used to worry when V would roll onto her stomach, but like you- I decided it was a losing battle. Plus, they say as long as they have enough upper body strength to lift their head, then they'll be fine.

Now, she's a stomach sleeper mostly. Usually, you'll find her laying with her knees tucked under her belly and her little butt in the air.

Oh we've seen that pose a couple times. LOL its so cute. I just know if he fusses at night I can go in there and prop him back up. Like I said when I do it it works like a charm. DH is another story.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

He's growing up TOO fast:

We just bought his highchair on Sunday. It's working very well. Mo sometimes likes to bang while we feed him. And then look at him sitting up like a big boy in his crib! WOW! I'll be able to strap him into a Walmart or Publix buggy soon! I'm going to buy one of those buggy covers though just because I want to be safe. The last picture is him all decked out for dinner Friday night at our friend's house. We went there for our services instead of synagogue.

 

[ashjohnson80]

Denise- get a floppy seat!!! They are awesome! We went out on Saturday and we went to Target, Academy Sports, Toys R Us and then ate at Red Lobster and the floppy seat covered all of those!

 

[Tiggerlover91]

Denise- get a floppy seat!!! They are awesome! We went out on Saturday and we went to Target, Academy Sports, Toys R Us and then ate at Red Lobster and the floppy seat covered all of those!

What's a floppy seat? Can you put a link to it for me? It might be what I'm looking at getting at Walmart. Is this it?

 

[jennyL]

I got one for a shower gift and can't wait till Noah can use it. Its hard to shop now when I have to figure out if he can go in the stroller or if I can carry him or do we need to baby bjorn. He's trying to sit up so maybe it will be soon.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

DH may be known for being a major grump, but last night he proved once again that he can be a total softie...

We were snuggled up on the couch watching TV after Owen went to bed, and all of a sudden he says "I'm sad." So I asked him why, thinking it would be something along the lines of 'our lives are so different now and I miss the way things used to be', and instead he totally surprises me and says, "don't laugh, but I'm sad because someday Owen is going to go to college and we won't have him around all the time anymore." And then he went on to say that he was sad because he doesn't get to be home with us during the day, and he was kind of jealous that I get to stay home with Owen and he has to go to work.

So it turns out that Mr. "I don't want to have boys I only want girls" is head over heels in love with his son. I told him he might be a crab, but it turns out he's a soft-shell crab after all!

 

[Tiggerlover91]

So I took the first step today....my biological mother who knew I was pregnant back when it happened has never called or responded to Mo being here. He's been alive for 6 months and nothing. So today, I wrote a very brief letter and sent her several pictures from different points in his life. I'm not expecting anything really, but in the end I want to be able to say I did my part. I was raised by my grandparents (her parents) so she and I were NEVER mother and daughter. At one point I thought we were past that, when dad died back in 2000, but obviously not. So anyway, DH's mother has been the BEST grandmother she can be from so far away. She hasn't been able to make it from SC yet because of her income and hubby and I don't have the money yet, but maybe, just maybe we can get her here with some of our stimulus check. We call her Grancie (what her mother was called) and she has sent Mo cute outfits and when she calls we put her on speaker so she can talk to Mo. I hope we can get her here before Mo's first birthday. Send some prayers and pixie dust our way please.

Well, I just wanted to share with friends who I knew would understand. I hope you all are well.

 

[jennyL]

I just loaded some of my trip pictures. The photopass picture is better but here is Noah meeting Mickey.

His second time in the water. We tried it at Aquatica but all he wanted to do was hold onto his shorts. LOL At the hotel pool he really got into it.

Daddy and Noah playing in the parking lot on the way out of Aquatica. Noah laughs alot but I have a hard time getting it on camera so this one is really special.

Its so hard to believe he's already 4 months old.

 

[ashjohnson80]

Denise, I got mine at babies r us here's the link, http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2440415 It's super padded too and folds up into a bag so it's easy to carry around.

Jenny- that baby of yours is so cute! He looks like he enjoys the pool. Ellery is loving swimming, she splashes a lot lol.

 

[beckmrk04]

So I took the first step today....my biological mother who knew I was pregnant back when it happened has never called or responded to Mo being here. He's been alive for 6 months and nothing. So today, I wrote a very brief letter and sent her several pictures from different points in his life. I'm not expecting anything really, but in the end I want to be able to say I did my part. I was raised by my grandparents (her parents) so she and I were NEVER mother and daughter. At one point I thought we were past that, when dad died back in 2000, but obviously not. So anyway, DH's mother has been the BEST grandmother she can be from so far away. She hasn't been able to make it from SC yet because of her income and hubby and I don't have the money yet, but maybe, just maybe we can get her here with some of our stimulus check. We call her Grancie (what her mother was called) and she has sent Mo cute outfits and when she calls we put her on speaker so she can talk to Mo. I hope we can get her here before Mo's first birthday. Send some prayers and pixie dust our way please.

Well, I just wanted to share with friends who I knew would understand. I hope you all are well.

Aw, Denise- It must be tough not being able to share Mo with your mother. And maybe she'll respond, and maybe she won't, but you did a good thing sending that letter and pictures. You can at least feel peace about that. And it sounds like little Mo gets plenty of love from the rest of you. And by the way- I think "Grancie" is such a cute nickname.

My Grandma (V's great-grandma) wanted V to call her GiGi. (You know, great-grandma, g-g). So, she does, and I think it's so cute.

I'll be thinking of you, and hoping Grancie gets to come see Mo soon!

 

[beckmrk04]

I liked my cart cover (same one that Ash had from Babies R Us), but I didn't use it very long- couple of months, tops. It became kind of cumbersome. But, it did stop her from chewing the cart handles.

V is staying the night at my mom's and the house feels empty.

I was supposed to come home and do my resume, but this kidney infection is kicking my behind and I came home and went to sleep instead.

Now, I'm mad at myself for not getting the resume done, but I feel a bit better.

JennyL- too cute pictures! I love the little swim trunks.