The Official New Mom Thread Part 2

[J&D]

Here is a deal for lissawynn, DisKim, Robin, Jill, and any other teachers/future teachers:

Scholastic is having their Dollar Days for Teachers. There are a lot of items (over 300) available for just $1.00 each. I am going to buy some charts to use at home with Jenna. I love the note pads and paper. They would make great gifts. Use code COMEBACK for an additional 10% off.

Link
But don't forget to go through a rewards program!!!

I really need to get off of this computer and go lay down. You know I just can't resist a good deal!

 

[nucpharm29]

Well, we've had a pretty productive day around here. Got to the gym and spent an hour in the cardio room--I forgot how good it feels to workout w/o kids bothering me! It was nice to plug in the IPOD and listen to what I want for a change. I wish I could go for walks with the kids, but it's sooooo hilly around here there is no way I could push the double stroller out of our subdivision. Then after the gym, Matthew decided to take a 3 1/2 hr nap, so Emma and I had lunch, a little craft time, and then bathed the dog.

Thanks for all the PD and prayers for my sis and BIL--I guess after talking to her that they jumped into this new business w/o really thinking about how they were going to survive until they started making $$$. And the other partners in the business have no idea how to run a business either. But in the meantime, BIL has found a steady paying job and will continue to work at the new business part-time until they can afford for him to go at it full-time. DH and I are going to loan them a little $$$ to make it this month, and then BIL's new job checks should start rolling in. Lluckily, my DH is sooooo good with money that we have some extra to loan them--if it were up to me, no matter how much I made, I would probably be still poor!

dizagain--after having 2 babies in WI in the winter; we learned a little about how to keep those little ones warm. I found any snow-suit type of outfit definitely more of a pain to get on than it was worth--20 minutes of wriggling for a 10 min. trip out of the house--no thanks! Anyway, I loved my carseat carrier cover!!! I would dress the kids warmly, but not overly so, buckle them in the seat, cover with a fuzzy blanket and then the carseat cover--and they were fine. Also, once your in the car it's easy to unzip the covers and remove the blankets, since it warms up in there quickly--no so easy with the snow-suit things. Hope that helps!

Alice--just to let you know what a devil you are----I think I've eaten almost all that Lemon cake by myself!!! It is so yummy and DH balks at anything that isn't chocolate related (you'd think he was a PMSing woman! ) Glad you got the neighborhood stuff sorted out!

SL--how exciting that you leave on Monday!!! Hope you can get everything done in the next few days!

GLT--I was thinking just the other day about the WI weather and what we would be experiencing if we still lived there--on the news last night the weatherman was talking about needing to heat on--WTH, it's only going to get down into the low-50s tonight! That will be me next year, with my jacket on when the temps dip below 60!

J&D--hope you start to feel better

Jill--sorry to hear that John isn't sleeping well for you. Hugs and PD that it changes soon! Can you believe that John and Matthew are almost a year old??? Time has sure flown by! Glad to hear that Meagan is feeling better. Have a good time at the steak house and at the reunion

Well, better get off of here and get Matthew down out of his highchair--yeah, he's justnow eating lunch and it's, what, 3pm--oh well, guess it will be a late dinner here! have a great evening all!

 

[floridafam]

Holy cow you all are moving fast today.

I'm so excited. I just booked an eyebrow wax, facial, cut, color and style for Saturday. I don't care how long I am gone. I'm going to enjoy every minute of it. Oh, and I'm about to eat a pint of Dutch chocolate ice cream. It's "me" day.

nucpharm,

I'll keep your sis and bil in my prayers. It must be tough to start a new business. I'm glad you also got some "me" time today.


lissawynn,

I hope your observation went well. I would be a nervous wreck.

jill,

I'm glad Meagan is feeling better. I don't know how you do it all. You sound like one busy woman. Cheers to you.


Robin,

I can't stand the post office, either. Kona absolutely hates it. We used to have a drive through post office in Lansing when we lived in East Lansing. OMG, it was the best!!! I want drive thru everything!

I'm glad you were able to talk to your neighbors.


dizagain,

I love those car seat covers. I used them for my 2 kids that were born in Michigan. They definately work! Big bulky snowsuits were always a pain for me. I just dressed them warmly and then used that cover. If they did have any type of snowsuit, it was just a thin fleece one. You're giving me the chills talking about "up North" and snow. BRRRRRR!

My Mom was going through some of our stuff that we have stored at their house so she can take it to goodwill and she found our balaclavas (the thingies that keep your head warm.) I guess we won't be needing those!


ryan840 and everyone else who posted pictures,

All of our DIS babies are so cute! I just love looking at all the pictures. I'll try and take some of Kona soon.

 

[floridafam]

I'm going to try and post some pictures.

These are pictures of Vero for Loretta

http://web.mac.com/energylab/iWeb/Site/untitled album 2.html


These are some of a little turtle that was in our yard. I think it was an endangered Gopher tortoise.

http://web.mac.com/energylab/iWeb/Site/untitled album 5.html


Hopefully, this will work.

 

[DisKim]

Hi ladies! I finally got my exchange package boxed and ready to go. I'm hoping to send it out today if DH ever gets home . It's one of those days where his phone is acting up and I can't reach him. I'm starving and I was hoping DH would pick up dinner on the way home. I've cooked all week and I've hit my limit. I have to get the house spotless because my dad and stepmom are coming tomorrow. I am a nut with that. I can't stand people seeing my house dirty. It's clean but I need it super clean because I'm mentally ill.

lissawynn - I hope your observation went well. We are never told when ours will be. They also do little 5 minute observations. We call them "drive-bys".

J&D - Thanks for the scholastic link. Those are great deals. I'll have to spend some time looking through it. I could use some border. I have fall leaves up now and I'm sure they will still be there in June.

Well, Aidan is running around with a lollipop so I should better wrestle him to the ground and clean him up.

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

Alice - Glad you got that misunderstanding with your neighbors cleared up. Sorry Molly is being such a pain about sleeping.

dizagain - I'm throwing in another vote for the woolly car seat covers. I loved mine. I was so upset that Lucas outgrew his infant carrier in the middle of December and I had to go out and buy him a winter coat. I just dressed him in normal wintery-type clothes and got him a hat and mittens.

llij - Happy birthday to Katie tomorrow!

glt -

J&D - I already signed up for the Coldstone mailing list and got my free creation this past birthday. They give you a Love It size, which is their medium. Yum! Hope you feel better soon.

nucpharm - Glad your day was productive. I feel better when I know I've gotten things done.

FF - Enjoy your salon day! It sounds wonderful.

DisKim - Hope your DH gets something good for dinner tonight.

Had a successful shopping trip today! I even bought myself a pair of earrings from Target to wear to the wedding. And I got Lucas some luggage. It's actually just a set of a little rolling backpack and an even smaller regular backpack (plus a fanny pack) but I'm sure I can stuff all this things in there.

 

[lissawynn]

Hi moms. I am feeling super crappy. My throat is killing me and I could not get my OB nurse to call in a script for me. I can't get an appointment at my family drs., so I might head to urgent care or the ER tomorrow if I'm not feeling better. Btw, one of the OB nurses is a total b**ch and I'm complaining about her at my next visit. She is condescending and rude and I'm tired of it. No one should talk to a sick, pregnant woman like she's done to me on two separate calls.

SL - Have a great WDW trip! I know you're going to love MNSSHP. DH and I had a blast when we went 3 years ago.

GLT - We're going to start our addition in about 2 weeks. I'll be sure to take pics throughout the building so I can share them with you all.

J&D - Thanks for the link to the Scholastic sale. I'm in the process of filling my shopping cart.

ryan - I wouldn't be too spooked out about your former home's owner. I lived in my grandparents' home alone and both of them passed away in the house. Maybe it's the whole Halloween that lends itself to the spooky.

DisKim - I'm glad back-to-school night went well. Btw, I don't have a TiVo or dvr. I am seriously considering buying a dvr after the house is done. This vcr stuff is killing me.

I apologize for missing so many of you, but I am so tired. Jimmy does have an ear infection, but you wouldn't know it. He even took his medicine so well. It's too bad he screamed through the entire exam.

Have a good night all!

 

[Alice28]

nucpharm- that's so nice that you and your DH are able to help out your sister and her DH. It makes me feel good when family is able to help out. Matthew certainly had a super power nap today! That must have been great for you!

lissawynn- Oh no, not a sore throat- do you think it may be strep? You poor thing. I'm glad your DH is home with you at least. And what a trooper Jimmy is for taking his medicine! I HATE IT when people, esp medical professionals, are condescending to me. I realize I usually look like a slob, (LOL) but I am educated and smart, and like to be spoken to as though I may have more than 50 brain cells.

DisKim- Good job getting your exchange package done! I like reading about what everyone is getting! I've hit my limit with cooking this week too. Tonight is leftovers. I need to clean too- my MIL just called. I didn't realize she was coming so EARLY tomorrow- she will be here by 11:30 or 12!

SL- I'm so envious of your trip. I hope you are able to share lots of pics with us. I look forward to them, just as I can't wait to see Val's. I confess to my fellow DIS pals that I went to disneyworld.com to see what a 6 day trip to WDW would be for our same dates with Hawaii (staying at Disney, not Shades). Including dining and park tickets, it would be just under $2400 at POR and $3100 at WL. And about $1200 for airline tickets. A lot cheaper than the $7K we are now looking at for Hawaii. But DH will just not agree to it, I know it. I think I may have shared that we are now thinking of just Vegas for our anniversary (in Jan) and taking the kids to the OR coast in March for a few days.

BTW, FF, do you know approx how much it is for a night at Vero? Part of my pitch for WDW is that we don't just do WDW, that we throw in 2-3 nights at the coast in FL. I really have no clue about where to stay except Vero or Tampa.

Yoo-hoo, Zalansky, everything going ok? You've been quiet the last couple days. We miss you!

FF- You so deserve that time away at the spa/salon! Good for you! I hope you are able to completely relax and just get away from it all.

JD- I sure hope you don't have food poisoning. I would think it would have came upon you in the middle of the night if you had it. I hope you are feeling better by the time you read this. Great deals on the Scholastic site! Thanks for sharing!

Oh, Kim, what time is your Aunt's surgery- I wanted to write on my calendar (see mommy brain post!) so I remember to keep her in my thoughts and prayers at that time.

Well, I need to start scrounging up stuff for dinner tonight. Looking forward to Survivor tonight!

 

[DisKim]

I just want to thank all of you for the concern you have all shown over my aunt's surgery. You are all true friends. I don't know what time she is going in tomorrow but I would imagine it will be in the morning. I called to find out but my godson wouldn't let them talk to me. He wanted me all to himself I guess. I don't think he has any clue that his mom will go into surgery tomorrow. The surgery is supposed to be 3 1/2 hours. I talked to my uncle and I didn't know what to say. What do you say to someone whose wife of over 20 years is going to be opened up like that tomorrow. All I could say is how terrible it is for her to go through this but I know she will be okay. I really believe in my heart that she will be okay once they get this tumor out. She is my buddy and we have to keep going on trips to Disney together!

I'm scheduled to go to a poetry festival tomorrow. I don't want to go but they already have a sub for me. I guess I'm better off getting away from here for the day. I'll be with 2 of my best friends so I'll have support at least. There is already going to be 20 million people at the hospital anyway.

Well, I guess I better finish cleaning.

Lissawynn - I hope you feel better soon. It sucks to be sick when you're pregnant. That nurse sounds like a b*tch. Why do people like that want to work with pregnant women? There was a nurse like that in the orthopedic sugeon's office when Emmy broke her arm. She reminded me of the soup nazi from Seinfeld. She dictated to you when you would come to your appointment and if you couldn't make the time, "no appointment for you."

SL - I'm so excited for you! Have fun getting ready for your trip. Lucas is going to have a blast!

I am having trouble getting into Survivor this time around. I'm just sick of the whole show. It's boring and they seem to be trying too hard to make it exciting again. OK, I'm really going to clean now.

 

[justhat]

I'm off to bed cause I'm driving to NJ tomorrow, alone with my kids so I actually need to stay awake in the car. But I just came to check on your aunt DisKim. I'll pray for her tomorrow morning and keep her in my thoughts. I'll check in sometime tomorrow night to see how things went for her. I hope it all works out and they can remove all that they have to without any trouble.

 

[Ginamarie]

DisKim- I'm saying some extra prayers for your aunt tonight. I hope everything goes well tomorrow.

The Dis was all screwy tonight; I wasn't able to log on for a couple of hours until now, but it's bedtime for me!

 

[Alice28]

Kim, yes, as soon as I wake up tomorrow, I will be thinking and saying prayers for your Aunt. I'm sure there will be many more Disney trips to come for you and your Aunt.

Diz- I got a Lands End overstocks catalog today, and lo and behold was a Car Seat "squall" like what the ladies were describing for 50%! Here is a link-
http://www.landsend.com/cd/ov/prod/...html?sid=6555170049625193000&CM_MERCH=SRCH_B5

I too was getting irritable at the DIS tonight. I guess just something was messed up there for awhile.

We were all kind of stressy here tonight and I'm not sure why. Actually, I was fine, but the kids were moody, as was DH. I hate when we all sit down to try and watch Survivor and it just can't be quiet. DH was extremely tired after last night and is a bit stressed with some work stuff. Molly threw her mega-fit at bedtime and JUST as I was getting her to settle down he starts yelling my name, asking me what was going on (cause she was quiet). I was so mad! I just picked her up, said a choice word or two to him, and rocked her to sleep while I flipped between CSI, Grey's and Dangerous Liasons. I just put her down, snug as a bug and am now enjoying the quiet of the house. I was pretty snippy with the boys when I sent them to bed, so I feel like I need to go in their room and give them kisses....even though they're asleep, it will ease my guilt. My boys RARELY fight, and when they do it's because Joshua is being a booger, but for some reason today, Sam was picking fights with him and not being nice. I'm not sure what that was about.

justhat- I hope you have a safe journey to NJ tomorrow! How far of a drive is it exactly? a couple-few hours? I think it must be kind of neat to live where a lot of you live- there's a ton of states just a short car ride away. I can drive over the bridge to go to WA, but everything else is quite aways! It was even worse in CA- I guess NV was about 5 hours, but we never really went there. Once again I am blabbering, but it's just interesting to me!

OK gals, good night!

 

[DisKim]

I think I must have been awake the entire night. I can't imagine how my aunt and uncle feel if I'm that stressed out. I have to go to a poetry festival that is 2 hours away (without Jersey rush hour traffic). Thank goodness my friend is driving because I never would have been able to make the drive. Hopefully, I'll see some good poets to get my mind off things. The list this year is pretty dull. The only poet I recognized was Lucille Clifton. In the past, they have had amazing poets at this thing and I've just been like a kid in a candy store. Oh well, I'm sure these poets will be good too, I just never heard of most of them. Of course, it is raining out. OK, I'm tired and rambling. Have a good day!

 

[fabumouse]

Hey gals! With all the Dis problems last night, it has taken me forever to get this out . . ..

Thanks to everyone who visited my sneeze/pee thread. I think I'm the only one who got a tag out of it (which is too bad - among others, Robin was very funny, but then how can you improve on Doombah Fricken Butt?), but I always like shiny new tags.

Hillbeans - isn't that funny how we share all that embarassing stuff on the computer? I think it's because most anyone who responds is going to either be sympathetic or admit to having the same thing happen to them.

Ryan - I went to your photos - Love Them! What great pics. Kailey does not know how to smile - isn't that weird? She was never a smiler as a baby, and that photo I have of her dancing around is one of the few smiley photos I have of her. She does this weird thing of opening her mouth instead of smiling.

Justhat - sorry about New Nick getting peed on. Drive safe today - it looks pretty rainy here in beautiful NJ.

Gems - YIKES!!! Poo blow outs are one reason to chuck them in the crib.

Dizagain - too funny about the flashlights. I did that once with a cologne that DH loved. They no longer made it - and I used a tiny little bit of it to . . .uh, "freshen" up the bathroom one day. And he had an absolute FIT. So I went on a cologne website and bought him ten bottles of it and shoved it at him one night. Are you happy now?

And yes, Madeleine is really easy. She spends her time sleeping instead of fussing. So *this* is what it's like to have one of those! Of course, my friend who had the easiest baby now has a 5 year old TERROR.

Robin - I really hope your house situation works itself out. I don't think I could take the stress of living next to that - my IL's have a gorgeous house, next to a rental where the inhabitants rev their motors at 6am, have barking dogs at all hours and store dead cars on the front lawn.

And Molly is so adorable!

Diskim - I'll be thinking of your family today.

FF - have a great ME day - what a great idea!!

Lissa - I hope you are able to talk to someone about that nurse! My labor nurses for Kailey were AWFUL and I'm still upset about it.

Today is school picture day for Kailey - she's awake before the alarm clock went off, so I guess she's excited.

 

[justhat]

DisKim, I hope things are going well for your aunt this morning. I'll keep her in my thoughts all day.

Alice28, it should take around 4 hours to get to NJ, but that rarely works out. It has taken us as long as 8 hours before due to traffic, and the never ending construction throughout Delaware. It's amazing, since I've been making the drive from this area in 1998 Delaware has been under construction. And the tolls, gosh, you need to take out a loan for the trip. This is why I used to take the train, cause the price of the train was worth the hassle of driving plus the cost of gas and tolls, but now with 2 kids, luggage, and a carseat (we have 1 at my mom's but now need 2) it's too hard. I'll be leaving as soon as I get Madison from school at 11am so hopefully I'll get there around 3pm, but I'm not making any plans based on that!

SL, have a great trip if I don't get to post again before you leave!! Bring back lots of pictures!

I had trouble getting on the boards last night too till I had to go to bed. I was only still up trying to order Henry's christening invitations cause I was having trouble figuring it out. It's got a photo of him on it but I could not find out where to upload the picture so I eventually sent them an e-mail asking about it and did not buy them yet. Have to do that this morning before I head out though. Gotta get Madison to school now-it's chilly so we're driving.

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

DisKim - Good luck to your aunt today.

lissawynn - I hope you feel better soon. Hope it's not strep. That nurse sounds like a first class *itch. I'd definitely say something to the Dr about her.

fabumouse - I missed the sneeze/pee thread. I'll have to check it out. Sounds hilarious!

Alice28 - Sorry your evening was less than relaxing!

justhat - Have a safe trip to NJ!

I was wondering what the heck was going on here last night. I kept getting some sort of search engine error so I didn't even think that it was the DIS servers that were down, I thought it was my computer.

Well, I have a long, long, long day of work ahead of me. The last day before vacation is such a drag! Tonight we're going to a fair (it's in the town I grew up in and my parents still live in). My parents are taking Lucas during the day and we'll meet up with them after work tonight. Tomorrow is the wedding I mentioned and I'm wearing that brown dress from Target (I tried it on when it came in and man, I look HOT! I'll try to take a picture.) Anyone else have any exciting weekend plans?

TGIF!!!

 

[lissawynn]

Morning everyone. I stayed home today because my night was awful. I couldn't sleep and the gook from my nose kept running into my chest, so then I had trouble breathing. I had to go to school this morning to get my stuff out in the hopes I have a sub for the day. I'm hope now and am trying to get back to sleep.

I am calling my drs. office this morning and asking to speak to the office manager regarding the OB nurse. My BF and my vet (who left that office to see another group) also had trouble with the same nurse. No one should speak to any patient like that and she needs to be called on it.

The electrician is supposed to be coming tonight to so some work. I have no idea where Jimmy and I are going to go while that's going on.

DisKim - I'll be thinking of your aunt this morning and hoping the best for her. I hope your poetry fest. has some good stuff happening.

justthat - Have a safe drive to NJ.

fabumouse - We have picture day next Thursday and Friday. I get such a kick out of some of the middle school girls before they get their pics taken. You'd think it was an audition for some major movie role.

Dizagain - I have a carseat cover that I bought at BRU for Jimmy when he was a baby. We could never fit him in his bundle in the car seat. Also, he would have been too hot. We would use the cover when we went outside, and then pull it down when he was in the car. We usually had a hat and some kind of winter coat for him, too.
My SIL had a cover with a hole cut out for the baby's face, but I'm not too crazy about having the baby zipped up like that.

Alice - I hope you had a relaxing night after the kids went to bed. I taped Grey's and am hoping to watch it sometime today.

I'm going to try to get some rest.

 

[nucpharm29]

Diskiim--I'll be keeping your aunt in my prayers today!

Justhat--hope your trip doesn't take too long

Alice--I know what you mean about that mommy guilt thing and needing to kiss them to make yourself feel better. The other day Emma was playing and then just out of the blue punched the dog in the face--as a knee jerk reaction I smacked her on the leg (and harder than I meant too) and then I felt awful. I think I spent the rest of the morning loving on her, to rid myself of that guilt.

fab--love your new tag-I checked out your thread, butdidn't have much new to add--although yesterday I noticed that after having 2 kids, jogging causes a little of that, shall we say, exercise-induced pee! Hey, but at least I was all sweaty anyway--and just to clarify I DID wipe down the treadmill after I used it!!

SL--I remember those pre-vacation work days all to well! Have fun at the fair and the wedding--take some pics so we can see how HOT you are!

Okay, so all you Grey's Anatomy fans we all got our McSteamy fix last night didn't we!!! ANd it looks like he'll be in at least one more episode! now we got Mcdreamy, McSteamy, and Chris O'donnell--we should just rename it the "man show"

Well, today we're going with the mom's group here to a picnic and a treasure hunt. Should be fun for Emma. Then I have my pseudo-job interview this afternoon. Maybe I just have my head in the clouds, but I can't see any reason that they wouldn't want to hire me--who else just wants to work weekends! But anyway---that's the big stuff for the weekend. Have a great Friday everyone!

ETA: lissawyn--I hope you start to feel better soon!

 

[Hillbeans]

Hello all!

Emma woke me up at 1:30 last night--just freakishly standing next to our bed not saying anything--

This is so funny because Kevin has done this in the past and it freaks me out too! LOL. It's not happened in awhile though, but I had to laugh because this is one of those things that you go through with children and you just wonder what they are standing there thinking as they're watching you sleep.

Jill - Sorry to hear that JP has been giving you a hard time in the evenings. I can sympathize with you because Liam still does that at night sometimes. It can take him up to an hour of fussing, moaning and "talking" to fall asleep at night and sometimes I have to go in and pick him up for a minute to get him to settle down. We've tried CIO, taking him for late night walks, etc....he's just not a good sleeper at this point in his life, and I just hope that at some point he gets better. My doctor isn't really much help with it either, and says just let him CIO, but sometimes you have to do what makes you comfortable, and hearing a baby cry or fuss for an hour is not anyone's idea of a good night. It could be separation anxiety also - sometimes I don't see the baby until I get home from work at 6:30, and not having lots of time with the baby on work days makes him cling to me the minute I get home and I think that may be part of our issue. I know it's got to be hard for you while you're so busy with your family and school to take a huge slot of time at night and get the baby to sleep after he keeps waking up. I know this too will pass, and I hope it does for you soon also.

Diskim - Your aunt is in my prayers today.

Justine - Have a safe drive to NJ today. It's kind of rainy here today, and cool, but the rain should stop before you make your trip here this afternoon.

Lissawynn - I would definitely tell your Doctor about your bad experience with the OB nurse. No one should have to put up with someone making you feel bad. It could be that she's just having a bad day, but from what you say, it seems she's like this a lot - and the Doctors need to know about it. I know good help is hard to find, but you need to feel comfortable calling your Doctor and his staff.

SL - Have a great time at the wedding and have a wonderful trip to WDW!!!!!!!!!

Fabumouse - it's funny - because one of the other posters mentioned about being induced, and since I was with both children it makes me think if that's part of the problem. LOL - I don't mind sharing stuff like that on the computer - it's funny. I don't share anything on the DIS that I wouldn't want anyone to know - I do keep some things to myself.

Alice - I thought of you when I was going through my son's gifts from the weekend and my girlfriend bought my son a complete outfit from Gymboree (Onesie, Jeans, Socks, and Sweater) and I got a Gymbuck. Now i'm not sure what to do with it, but I guess it gives me $25 off my next purchase?

Dizagain, we had the cover with the hole for the head - it was great for us. The kids at the sitter used to play "peek a boo" with the cutout and Liam used to really laugh at it. It was so easy to go in and out of the car with the infant carrier - Liam outgrew it so fast that we didn't get to use it as long as some other people do.

I have lots more to catch up on, but i've got to run and get back to work (ssh....). Talk with you all this weekend.

 

[dizagain]

Morning! Brrrr..it's like 38 degrees! Thanks for all the car seat cover info - I knew you could set me straight! I will also look for those blanket sleeper bags with no arms as that would be perfect for Carson - he MUST be able to wiggle! Thanks, Alice28, for the link to the car seat cover - I checked it out and it's cute!

Diskim - hope your poetry festival keeps you busy today. Prayers for your aunt and family today!

Justhat - have a safe trip!

Strawberrylemonade - can't wait to see you in that dress! Have a wonderful time!!!

lissawynn - YUCK! I'm sorry you guys are sick. Shame on that nurse! I was a royal pain this last pregnancy, but fortunately I didn't get any obnoxious people on the phone - that's what you pay them for, so they should be sympathetic!!! Hope you feel better quickly!

fabumouse - what did you dress Kailey in today for pictures? Bet she looked so cute! I miss those days with the girls...now I don't get a say in the matter. But then I don't buy the darn things either anymore - we do our own.

Well, DD's are off on the bus soon - need some attention. They are rolling their eyes at me because I'm talking to people on the computer again! Hayley's "rec night" is tonight and she also finds out if she has a "call back" for her musical so she is pumped. Hope to check in later! Have a great Friday!