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[staley7580]

Yeah for paying off your disney trip! I wanna plan a trip.....whah!

Whoops for Kaylee drinking your maragita! I'm surprised that she liked it. I guess depending on how its made it could sorta taste like lemonade -- that's *not* how I make a margarita, but I could sorta see it.

I really think she only got a tiny sip before I noticed.. It was restaurant WEAK! I know.. I like mine strong! She totally thought it was a slushie.

I cant tell you how good it felt to have this whole Disneyworld thing paid for. It sure did suck seeing all that money sucked out of my bank account though! But we will be there from the 1st-11th of May.. Pop Century, in two rooms. I got the dining plan, and we are doing 7 day, water parks and more option. No park hopping. I dont know if we will need it. I guess if w do, we can add it in later. Plus we get the $300. GC, and I got the room discount on the room only booking. Now It just needs to be May already.. and I need to get to sewing for my girls.

Did you know that Costco has CRAZY cheap baby clothes?? HOLY COW! I went buck wild yesterday.. I think I got Vinny 4 outfits, and Jasmine 4... I also got Kaylee and Jasmine some matching summer dresses. SUPER cute!

 

[DannysMom]

Did you know that Costco has CRAZY cheap baby clothes?? HOLY COW! I went buck wild yesterday.. I think I got Vinny 4 outfits, and Jasmine 4... I also got Kaylee and Jasmine some matching summer dresses. SUPER cute!

I'm never in Costco. I'd have to see where there is one around here. Is it a membership type "club?"

 

[staley7580]

I'm never in Costco. I'd have to see where there is one around here. Is it a membership type "club?"

Yes.. it is $50. per year to join. but DANG do they have some good deals! I got Carters baby clothes for $5.50 per outfit. The girls dresses were the fancy Easter dresses for $15. and I got an outfit for Kaylee for $4. Cord pants, and long sleeved top. I also got my husband some jeans for $12. Then man goes through jeans like nobodies business! But those baby clothes were a great deal! I also got the babies big car seats there. They are the Alpha omega elite, costco brand... but made by the same company.. For $84. each! Thats like half what they are in the stores!! Not to mention my whole family can eat lunch for less than $10.... I LOVE me some Costco, can you tell?

 

[DannysMom]

Ahhh, see we do BJs -- also a membership club. Don't see paying for 2 different memberships. Also just checked locations, there are like 6 20-30 miles away, none closer. Not terribly convienent. I do OK at BJs, clothes are very hit or miss though.

 

[Piecey]

Sams carries Carters, too. I get Lucas a lot of cute stuff there for cheap!!

Plus, the formula... oh, how I love the formula savings. And bottled water. 30 bottles for less then $4. Yes, please!

We're going to have a yard sale and I told DH we're buying cases of water, putting them in a cooler and selling them for $1. Or should I make it cheaper? lol.

I also thought about getting the fancy root beer.. Sams sells a 24pk of the bottled IBC Root Beer for ~$9.

My mind is everywhere.

I got sooo sick this weekend. I must have just hit this wall of frustration because EVERYTHING was irritating me. DH went to get Hardees, they didnt have what I wanted (the chicken salad) so he got me a chicken sandwich that sucked. He did get me a side salad, but they gave him the wrong dressing.. and when I went to get mine and pour it on the cap came out (and it was a Sams sized bottle, so huge!) and it went EVERYWHERE. I started crying because I'd just had it. After we ate I got royally sick.
This pregnancy is soo much worse than the one with Lucas!! lol.

I cleaned the bathroom and was EXHAUSTED afterwards. But couldn't sleep. I was such a mess this weekend.

 

[harleyquinn]

I got sooo sick this weekend. I must have just hit this wall of frustration because EVERYTHING was irritating me. DH went to get Hardees, they didnt have what I wanted (the chicken salad) so he got me a chicken sandwich that sucked. He did get me a side salad, but they gave him the wrong dressing.. and when I went to get mine and pour it on the cap came out (and it was a Sams sized bottle, so huge!) and it went EVERYWHERE. I started crying because I'd just had it. After we ate I got royally sick.
This pregnancy is soo much worse than the one with Lucas!! lol.

I cleaned the bathroom and was EXHAUSTED afterwards. But couldn't sleep. I was such a mess this weekend.

Sounds like everyone had eventful weekends!! We did NOTHING! It was great! lol

LOST is back tomorrow!! AHHHHH!!!

 

[HomeSweetDisney]

Hey ladies! Just wanted to check in and say hello! I keep up with quite a few of you on FB but I've been going through this thread trying to catch up anyway. Jake is 6 months old now! Can't believe how quickly the time has passed. It really seems like just yesterday that I had him. He's started sleeping through the night for the most part. But he has terrible allergies and the last couple of nights have been hard with his congestion keeping him awake. I feel so bad. I'm going to talk to his pedi tomorrow and see if there's anything she can give him. The allergies are so horrible here and it's clearly affecting him But other than that he is doing well and I'm glad to see all the other babies are too!

 

[staley7580]

Sams carries Carters, too. I get Lucas a lot of cute stuff there for cheap!!

Plus, the formula... oh, how I love the formula savings. And bottled water. 30 bottles for less then $4. Yes, please!

We're going to have a yard sale and I told DH we're buying cases of water, putting them in a cooler and selling them for $1. Or should I make it cheaper? lol.

I also thought about getting the fancy root beer.. Sams sells a 24pk of the bottled IBC Root Beer for ~$9.

My mind is everywhere.

I got sooo sick this weekend. I must have just hit this wall of frustration because EVERYTHING was irritating me. DH went to get Hardees, they didnt have what I wanted (the chicken salad) so he got me a chicken sandwich that sucked. He did get me a side salad, but they gave him the wrong dressing.. and when I went to get mine and pour it on the cap came out (and it was a Sams sized bottle, so huge!) and it went EVERYWHERE. I started crying because I'd just had it. After we ate I got royally sick.
This pregnancy is soo much worse than the one with Lucas!! lol.

I cleaned the bathroom and was EXHAUSTED afterwards. But couldn't sleep. I was such a mess this weekend.

My pregnancies got easier each time.. except for the twins, of course.. That just blew because there were two of them.. BUT.. My kids got tougher with each one! (hence the margarita incident)

 

[staley7580]

I just got news that our apartment is going to be ready this weekend... To bad I wont be here! I dont know what we are going to do now.

 

[DannysMom]

So on thursday, I'm going to go look at a house that I totally cannot afford. Or rather I don't know how to afford it. On paper maybe we could afford it, but I just don't know.

It's a huge house, in short sale (which is the last step before foreclosure.) It's been on the market for months, price has been reduced by over 50 grand and it has still had no offers, so its possible it may be able to be gotten pretty "cheaply" --well,for the area. Not cheap by any stretch. B ut this house is just not big enough for 4 adults and 3 children!!!!

 

[ShootingStarMom2]

We like our Costco, but don't shop there for a ton of stuff. We get chicken nuggets, fruit, and an occasional outfit for the kids. I really just go for the wipes. They are $18 for 9 packs of 100 wipes. I just snap off the plastic lid and put them Huggies containers. I need a box about every month of so. It's a good savings for us considering other brands are 720 for $28.

Got another good deal on baby food at Big Lots. I got 24 jars for $7. Gerber oatmeal with bananas and apples, cherries with bananas and apples, and applesauce. They also had Beechnut peaches and peaches with pineapple. Not sure how it will go over, but I got 1 jar to try.

 

[harleyquinn]

Veronica!!!!

Glad to hear that Jacob is doing well! I don't get on FB nearly enough these days.

Valerie--the house sounds great! Hopefully you can get it for way less and feel confident about your budget!

 

[MinnieFan4ever]

Hi girls. We are back from our quick trip to Las Vegas. We had a really nice time and it was good to see our friends again.

So last night Natalie started crawling She can now move all the way across the room. Prior to this she would move 2 "crawls" and then take a face plant. My little baby is growing up so fast. It is hard to believe she is 7 months old. She is getting to be so much fun now that we can actually play with her.

 

[Piecey]

Is anyone else addicted to the Bachelor?

Lucas and I are chilling out watching the episodes on abc.com right now.

 

[staley7580]

I actually SLEPT last night! I went to bed at 9, and I slept until 4!! I havent had that much sleep since I was about 4 months pregnant!I dont know what happened to Vinny.. Either he slept all night, or I slept through him waking up. I was knocked the crap OUT. I guess all these months of no sleep just hit me like a freaking Mac truck. It was lovely. My friends have been joking with me that on this trip to Disneyland they are just going to let me sleep, and wake me up when it is time for me to catch my plane home!

 

[staley7580]

Hi girls. We are back from our quick trip to Las Vegas. We had a really nice time and it was good to see our friends again.

So last night Natalie started crawling She can now move all the way across the room. Prior to this she would move 2 "crawls" and then take a face plant. My little baby is growing up so fast. It is hard to believe she is 7 months old. She is getting to be so much fun now that we can actually play with her.

Awwww!! I love it when babies get more interactive. The twins are starting to "play" with each other now. Its too funny. Before they would just crawl all over each, and FIGHT like crazy.. Full on, rolling on the floor.. biting, pulling hair.. You name it. It was nasty! But now they kinda chase each other around, laughing.. It cute! Until they find a toy.. then they are back to fighting. It was especially lovely when Vinny crawled over to Jasmine and sat on her head. He totally weighs like 200lbs, I swear. I guess he was getting her back because she constantly bites him on the butt.

 

[DannysMom]

I actually SLEPT last night! I went to bed at 9, and I slept until 4!! I havent had that much sleep since I was about 4 months pregnant!I dont know what happened to Vinny.. Either he slept all night, or I slept through him waking up. I was knocked the crap OUT. I guess all these months of no sleep just hit me like a freaking Mac truck. It was lovely. My friends have been joking with me that on this trip to Disneyland they are just going to let me sleep, and wake me up when it is time for me to catch my plane home!

NICE!!!! I actually slept from 11-3 & again from 5-7 so I don't feel too trashed today. I'm hoping that once Dylan gets better (seems like hes been sick forever) he'll go back to STTN..... things were much easier when it was only Katie waking up once.... did I mention that she has been getting up twice lately? Ugh. Anyways, last night was not so bad. Good thing as I need to take my older son to PT after school. I still need a shower though & times running short.

 

[staley7580]

Arent babies nutty? Jasmine used to sleep through the night.. and Vinny was only waking up once. Then Vinny started waking up every hour or so, and Jasmine was getting up once. Now they are down around 7, Jasmine either wakes up at 4, or 4:30.. which is when my husband goes to work.. So I am guessing he is waking her up somehow. Vinny though... YIKES! He is up about an hour after he goes to bed, and then again around midnight.. though sometimes he skips that one.. and up again around 4, 4:30.. Then they both are usually back asleep by 5, and down until 8 or nine.

I cant WAIT to move. The babies are going to be all the way on the other side of the apartment, so hopefully we wont wake them. Or if they do wake up.. we can try to let them cry it out a little longer.

 

[harleyquinn]

You guys are lucky. Lily has been getting up 3 or 4 times a night for the last few weeks. Last night was awful, she was actually screaming a couple of times. I think we are officially teething. I think it's time to get her in her crib...no sleep city, here I come.

Funny story. I'm here at the library talking to a coworker on the phone...I look down and realize that I've been fiddling with one of Lily's pacifers for the last 20 minutes or so. I put it in my pocket before I left the house and forgot about it.

 

[yellowfish78]

Hi ladies! Alex had his "4 month" checkup yesterday and is now 14lbs 4oz and 24 1/2 inches long at 20 weeks...around the 25 percentile for each. I'm not complaining! I guess you can say we got approval for solids so we'll be trying that this weekend. Should be fun! hahaha! Other than that, nothing exciting going on...his sleep schedule is getting better (down at 7p, up at 11p, 3a, then up for good at 7am) and he hates bathtime unless he's in the tub with me (I think he likes the deeper water and he can sit up better then).
I hope everyone is doing well! There are some new professional pics on FB - I think the photographer tagged him with my name - if not, she's under Eldreth Photography. Alex is the baby that's showing his middle finger...