The Official New Mom Thread Part 2

[dizagain]

Ok - I am typing now so that means Carson will wake up - he senses these things! Anyway, DH had a nice b'day - we went to a local pub with the BEST pizza in the world and it was yummy. He jammed or broke his finger playing basketball at work and motrin wasn't helping much so he went to bed early...figures. Carson sounds like he's stuffy - we may be joining you ladies with a cold.

GLT - HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Please note that I added some extra "cake" for you in hopes that you get cake today and don't have to get it yourself!!!! You deserve to have an awesome day - hope that muffin was yummy!

Ginamarie - hope you have a good day!

Diskim - hope Aidan is better very, very soon!! I'm so sorry you had clean-up duty alone - it always helps to have DH there even if he doesn't do much! I'm still praying for your aunt! Keeping secret fingers crossed for you and that house!

justhat - have a good trip to Phoenix - I've never been there. Cute about Madison thinking you actually stay at school! It's interesting what kids come up with! So happy for you and DH that he gets to be with you guys on Christmas!!


lissawynn - Still hoping you feel better soon!!

Ryan840 - You sound like me - I am always calling the kids new names and they stick for awhile and then I move on. But they still pop out now and then! Unfortunately, the girls sing this DUMB song to Carson when he poops that they heard on "Hannah Montana"..."I like to sing, I like to dance, but I can't do it with poopy in my pants!" SO he's Mr. Poopy Pants alot lately!!

Alice28- At least you're actually putting that last load of laundry away...I manage to fold the loads I do every day and DH carries up the basket when he comes home. All too often when I go to start a new load the next morning, I discover I never put away yesterday's, and that's a real let-down, let me tell you! Sorry about the Gymbo withdrawl...I have stayed away from malls/on-line stores for two weeks. We really can't do much until Christmas when the "extra" paycheck comes and then it's an easy coast to February when DH's bonus gets here. He used to get 4 a year and they suddenly decided to go to only 1 so he'll get all of it at once, but it was hard to not have what we were expecting in August. We'll definitely have to budget the "fun money" out in the future!

zalansky - love that house! Makes me homesick for what I'm used to, that's for sure!

Nucpharm and Fabumouse - you go, girls! I can't do the running thing - I like to walk too much!!!

And Fabumouse - I'm sure Kailey's teacher has a "wish list"...he'll be happy to share, I'll bet!

vald1977 - have a great girls time shopping!

Well, I'm sure I missed more of you but the page ran out. Girls will be home any second from an early day - conferences later with their teachers. They're home for a 4-day weekend as well, so I most likely won't be able to stay away from the mall after all. Have a great day - I almost called it "Friday", but I'm jumping the gun. Too bad - happy day anyway!

 

[BuzznBelle'smom]

Good afternoon, all! I'm having a heck of a time keeping up these days, with DH's work hours and all-I just don't get a minute to myself! And I hate it when something I enjoy, such as coming here, becomes "one more thing to get done", KWIM?

Anyway, Happy Birthday to GLT--you don't look a day over 34! (tell me if that comes out funny--I have trouble with sizes and colors on this place, it's embarressing!)

Justthat--Madison reminds me so much of Celeste sometimes. She seems okay with school and me leaving now, but at dance class, forget it! She will only participate if I'm right in the hall where she can see me. Now, I'm not going to drop her off anyway, but last week, I moved away from the door ~10 feet because I had to call DH and I didn't want to disturb the class. Well, she glanced over, couldn't see me, and put up such a fit that I had to actually remove her from class to calm her down. Then she was fine the rest of the lesson. It's just funny.

ryan--we're big on nicknames here. Among others, we have "Lukey Leaky Pants" and Robert is my Muffin, when he's not Bert Gassy (no explanation needed!). For the girls, Jocelyn has always been our princess while Celeste is, naturally, our angel. Each kid also has several songs to go with their names and all--I'm actually more of a song person, even though people applaud when I stop singing.

Gina and GLT--I think all marriages have their ups and downs--not that you really think it's going to be the honeymoon forever, but there are definitely times when you feel more "in synch" than others. Vacations seem to help us recalibrate--mostly I think it's time to catch our breath, more than anything we do in particular.

I have to go, Luke wants to type. Oh quickly, I'm looking into DVC--thoughts? suggestions?

 

[gottalovethem]

Hi all. My muffin this a.m. was yummy! I loved it. MIL actually was the first to call and wish me a happy b'day today, even before DH was up! We haven't seen her in like two years, so it's really nice that she thinks enough to call. I did go and buy a cake, and chocolate icecream for the kids and I to have after dinner. And I have a toning exercise class tonight that I am looking forward too - hey, that counteracts the cake, right

Bnb - Thank you! I totally know what you mean about finding the "time" to go online. Like that should be so hard It's those kids I tell you, they require all of our time and -- I also think they are working really hard to take all my patience Luckily they are so cute so we can love them so much!

dizagain- LOVE the extra cake, thanks! Glad the b'day celebration with dh went well. So much for a late night, does that mean no special b'day surprise

justhat - good luck with your travels, be safe and maintain sanity! Sticking to certain rules -- like you must stay with mom at all times -- is a huge helper when no dh is around to help on travels. Good luck! Glad things worked out with DH, and even though you were up late (I do that too sometimes, get distracted by organizing) I hope you feel better by the organization!

sl - Love the slippers and DD's purse with cat cards! Thank you again for the great exchange package!!

GM - oh, a cruise sounds Have fun planning! Thanks for the dh sympathy!

diskim - thank you! Sorry Aidan was so miserable last night, always when you are going to sleep Are you home with him today? I hope he gets better soon

fabumouse - happy b'day to DH!!

Poor Leify (that's his nickname) hit his chin on the cement stoop just a bit ago, he was bleeding inside and outside, but not a lot, so I am hoping it's nothing major. He's the third boy on our block in as many weeks to injure his lower lip/chin on the inside and out! He's eating pretzles now, so he's no worse for wear.

Take care! I have pumpkin bread to make for DD to take to snack tomorrow (that's what she wanted). So need to do that and hope to get some outdoors time today, as it's nice out. We do have a frost warning for tonight, brrrrr.

 

[llij]

Hi all!


I have so much to catch up on, but not a lot of free time at the moment. My MIL is due to arrive in a few hours and I need to be ready for her. The rest of the crew start to arrive tomorrow. Wish me luck.

I just want to wish GLT a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! I hope that your day is wonderful!

Hi to everyone else! I'm sorry that I can't catch up at the moment, but know that I am thinking of you all and missing you guys!

 

[floridafam]

Morning Mommies,

Both kiddos are home sick today so we have been taking it easy.

REMINDER-Please PM me if you have sent out your exchange package.

I'll post an updated list later of who has mailed their package.


Happy Birthday, GLT!!!!!!


Robin,

Don't stress. You'll be just fine. Life is too short to worry about the small stuff. Take comfort in the fact that you just made that huge credit card payment and that you are all together and safe and can go to WDW together as a happy family.

Don't feel too bad about Gymbo. Some of their new stuff is just plain UGLY. I do like their holiday stuff, though. We don't have anywhere to go for the holidays so I guess I save some money that way.

What is the type of room you have booked at the Poly? Maybe we can scoot over there for a day and meet up with you (if you don't mind.) I think the kids have spring break at the same time.


buzzandbelle'smom,

Regarding DVC, I would take a look at the DVC board here on the DIS and read up a lot on it. You will get a lot of info that way. There is a big rumor going around that they are going to announce the opening of a DVC resort at Animal Kingdom. It is going to be so hard to keep ourselvesfrom adding on points there.

We are members and so are a few other moms on this thread. We have enjoyed our membership because we use it a lot at the Vero resort.

I'd be happy to give you the name of our guide if it is something you decide to do. I know a lot of people look into it but it is not right for everyone. We have a smaller amount of points than what we started out with. We just use less since moving to Florida. The guides are very low pressure (at least they are supposed to be.)

Feel free to ask me or any of the other moms any questions. I think we could answer just about anything between us.


justhat,

I wish my DH would suggest more Disney trips. How exciting!

nucpharm and fabumouse,

I'm trying to talk Dh into doing the marathon in 2008. It's such a nice time to go to WDW and I know he would love it. He was picking out his races that he is going to do next year and he's doing the 1/2 Ironman at WDW in May and I think he is going to do the Great Floridian triathlon in Clermont in October so that means 2 trips to Disney. WOOHOO!


I'll check back later! Have a great day everyone! .

 

[DisKim]

GLT - Aidan and Emmy stayed home with MIL. She said he was fine during the day. They both seem to take a turn for the worse at night.

BNB - I look at the DIS as a well-deserved break. Sometimes I can't post properly, but I like to take 5 minutes to relax and see what my buddies are up to. As far as DVC goes, I went to the presentation while I was at Disney and I just couldn't justify the money. I also felt it was high pressure and I did not like the fact that they were giving me a "special offer" since I went to the "open house" during my vacation, but the offer ended 3 days later. They wanted to lock me in at a 10% rate. Also, we would have had to purchase a gazillion points for my family of 5 to vacation during the times of year we can actually go. It just didn't float my boat. The accomodations are beautiful but I don't find it to be a bargain for my family. I'll rent points if I really want to stay in a DVC resort. I just thought I'd give you my take on it. I know everyone I know who owns it loves it, so I guess my view stems from the fact that I don't actually own it.

dizagain - Your post made me want pizza ! I'm sure that has nothing to do with the fact that I just started trying to lose weight . I always crave things when I start dieting!

ryan - I thought the season premiere of Lost was a little anticlimactic. It was okay, but it wasn't as exciting as it normally is. Of course, I could care less what is actually happening on the show because I think Sawyer is the BEST piece of eye candy on tv .

I am so annoyed with DH today. I talked to him about not taking sidework. He works enough but he can't say no when people ask him. Well, someone from school asked him to come fix their computer today and he said yes, of course. I don't know what he would do without me because I take care of everything around here. It is really pissing me off today. I have to work full time, yet he is never home despite the fact that I am also supporting this family. I could see him having to work this hard if I was home and he was the only one earning an income, but he's not. Then, when I bring up moving and trying to improve this situation, he just goes silent and doesn't say anything. I just feel like kicking him in the shins today. Is that normal??

OK, vent over. I'm going to see the new Gymbo line and spend his money .

 

[floridafam]

DisKim,

Have fun spending some money. It's perfectly normal to want to kick him in the shins. Tell him to say NO once in a while.

Good points about DVC. I always forget about renting. You can really get a good bargain sometimes that way. Sorry the person you talked to was a jerk.

 

[zalansky]

Hi guys! Just checking in quickly while on hold with Disney Shopping.

BNB to answer a little bit about DVC and to Diskim - I am sorry you had a pushy guide too....our guide was so relaxed and they didn't come at us at all with a buy it now approach. As a matter of fact we originally bought it in 2003 and then I got scared about the money and got buyers remorse bigtime and we cancelled our contract a few days later. Then time went by and DH got a nice bonus - and we got the 15% off for friends and family this past year - and that sold us. Now that we've been and have more plans to go I can safely say this was one of the best decisions we have ever made! But we do not have an added expense of air fares and/or rental cars to think about and we can go and spend just 2 or 3 nights here and then. If you visit the DVC board here the only regret you'll see is someone will say they regret they didn't buy into DVC sooner....and I can now agree with that! It is a personal decision for everyone but defintely worked for us. Have fun looking into it.

See y'all later.

 

[ryan840]

Hi moms, I need to start planning my DL trip for next year and I have NO IDEA where to start, literally. Like what airport to fly into? Pathetic isn't it? I have heard a couple of airports are nearby, so which is best? Also, is there any point to staying on-site there? I love it in WDW because of the EMH and being in the resort area, but from what I hear at DL it doesn't really matter and I'd like to save as much money as possible. Any recommendations? I know tons of money saving tips and things to do at WDW but none for DL, so please educate me! Thanks!!!

 

[llij]

Ok, quick post here.....


Ryan - We flew into Long Beach airport when we went to DL. It is a tiny airport, but so convenient and not far from Anaheim. We also avoided all of the craziness of LAX.

Robin - Yowza, those SOG overflow rates were high! SOG is a beautiful resort and you won't regret staying there if it turns out you stay there the whole 10 days. I hope that the Poly is doable for you as that is a beautiful resort. Your parents sound exactly like mine do when it comes to helping out! Almost all of our stays have been subsidized to some degree by my mom and dad especially the deluxe resorts. Sorry to hear that your dh is stressing over the finances. My dh has been lately too.

Justhat - Is it Cox Farms that you all went to? That is a huge pumpkin patch in our area and we just love going there every year. I was hoping to take all the kiddos there on Saturday, but it looks like rain here. Bummer. Have a great trip to Phoenix!

Hillbeans - Have a great time at the concert! Take lots of pictures!

Zalansky - That house was just beautiful!!!

DisKim - I'm sorry that your dh is taking a lot of work lately and you are shouldering the burden of everything.

Lissawynn - Feel better soon! This pregnancy has been so rough on you.

Nucpharm - Way to go on the running!! I admire you for that and wish that I could do that. The Disney marathon is supposed to be so much fun. One of my good friends ran that many years ago.

Floridafam - Glad to hear that everything looks good with you, but I'm sure you want to know where the pain is coming from. Hang in there!

Gems - "The man-flu" cracked me up! I hope that he feels better soon!

Leglblonde (did I spell your username right?) - Welcome to the new moms thread! What a time you have had with baby Jake. Thank goodness he is well. I am constantly amazed at the miracles of modern medicine. I hope that we see you a lot on this thread!

Fabumouse - That is so sweet of you to want to help our your daughter's K teacher!

Dizagain - Happy Birthday to your dh!!!

Joats - Jace sounds like such a cutie pie!!

Tasha - Hang in there with school!! I couldn't get over the picture of Kylie! She is all grown up!!

Val - Your grandfather will be in my prayers!

BNBmom - I hope you get some time to yourself soon! What a sweet dh you have for taking a day off for you next week.

Bellacam - Congrats on your new nephew!

GLT - How is your birthday going so far?

Ginamarie - Do you have anymore Wed. evening classes?

J&D - I'm sorry to hear that your computer has crashed! I hope it gets fixed soon!

Hi to Tamie, Gretchen, Cabmom and everyone!


I realized today that John's 1st birthday is in three weeks and I have yet to even do anything about it. I picked a date for the party and we are keeping it low key, but I haven't gotten invitations yet. The poor guy doesn't even have his baby book filled out either. I need to get on the ball and start doing something for my little guy!

Gotta run...MIL still isn't here and I'm starting to wonder if she got lost somewhere........

Have a great evening!

 

[Alice28]

Hi moms, I need to start planning my DL trip for next year and I have NO IDEA where to start, literally. Like what airport to fly into? Pathetic isn't it? I have heard a couple of airports are nearby, so which is best? Also, is there any point to staying on-site there? I love it in WDW because of the EMH and being in the resort area, but from what I hear at DL it doesn't really matter and I'd like to save as much money as possible. Any recommendations? I know tons of money saving tips and things to do at WDW but none for DL, so please educate me! Thanks!!!

You want to fly into John Wayne airport (Orange County). LAX is a PAIN in the ****, and Ontario, Long Beach are kinda too far. Orange County is by far the most convenient, although there are rarely low airfares into that airport.

Staying onsite at DL is nice, but not necessary. We stayed at the Hilton and at Portofino Inn and Suites the last couple of trips (in addition to the DL hotel). I do like the convenience of walking a few steps into Downtown Disney from the DL Hotel, but it is expensive. The Paradise Pier hotel is the cheapest of the 3; it's also the least themed. It used to just be a regular hotel and Disney bought it 10-13 years ago. Sometimes DL has deals where if you book 3 nights, you get the 4th free (at their hotels), and that seems decent. There are A TON of motels/hotels within walking distance of the parks, but some are dumps, so beware- if you have specific questions about any, ask me and I will try and remember if I have stayed there. Stayed at Castle Inn, Ramada Maingate- both dumpy. Candy Cane gets a lot of good reviews and it's on the same block as DL and DCA so that is a thought.

Do NOT buy the dining plan for DL- it's not worth it with all the other nearby restaurants and the fact there just are not as many table service restaurants as WDW. There are several 'bufferteria' type restaurants at DL which are nice, like French Market, Plaza Inn and Rancho del Zocalo. You will want to allot plenty of time (like a whole morning) to Fantasyland/Toontown one day- it's lightyears better than WDW.

I have been to DL at least 30+ times in my life, so please feel free to ask me here or PM me.

FF- we are staying in a garden view room at the Poly- I would LOVE if we could meet up for a day! The hours are already posted on WDW.com, so we have tentatively started sketching out our days already. So far the only things in stone are Hoop Dee Doo on the 26th and Benihana our first night, and we are avoiding Early morning parks like the plague. Just doesn't work for our west coast time clocks. I can get there by 9, but 8 is a killer. And hey, Loretta, that would be so cool if you could meet up with Holly and I too, if it happens! A mini-moms meet!

And who is it who is going....oh, Nucpharm, what are your dates again? Cause now we are staying til the 30th!

Kim- I often feel like giving my DH a punch in the gut.....so you can kick yours in the shin, I will give mine a punch. I'm sorry your DH feels like he can overextend himself to EVERYONE except his own family- that is frustrating!

Justhat and GLT- My Dh and I too have struggled in the past where we definitely have NOT been on the same wavelength. Luckily, knock wood, that is long in the past, but I think it's normal for all marriages to go through a period or two where you are just not simpatico.

GLT- that muffin sounds darn good! What flavor cake did ya get? Hope your day has been fun so far!

BNB- Hi there! I find the DIS (esp this thread) is definitely my 'me' time, and time to just kind of decompress. I know what it's like to be so busy though, trust me.

Diz- I find the only way I can be efficient with the laundry is if I fold it really quickly right when it comes out. DH and I got in many a fight about me leaving his pants/shirts in a heap on the floor and him having wrinkly shirts, so I quickly take his stuff out first and get it put away, then it doesn't seem too daunting to do the rest. Esp cause the boys put their own clothes away now.

Gymbo- basically, I wasn't going to order Molly a thing except a kitty purse- IMHO their new girl's line is ugly! But I was in love with those boy's long sleeved train shirts- just the l/s t-shirts....my mom still has a gymbuck that I will probably use next week for each a pair of pants on clearance and a shirt. I sold the rest of mine for $60 on ebay. I'm so bummed, but it's not like my boys are running naked. Far from it!

OK, well speaking of my boys, they should be walking up from the bus stop any minute. So much for my peace- I had a whole 20 minutes today since I was helping at the preschool again. Oh well, I'm now $30 richer for 2.5 hours of my time.

ETA- Hi Jill! We miss you- I cannot believe JP will be 1 in just a few weeks! No way! How far is Long Beach from Anaheim? It's probably the same distance as John Wayne now that I think about it, just the other direction....anyway, RYAN just avoid LAX!

 

[DisKim]

DH told the lady NO thank goodness. He doesn't even get to eat lunch. He said he almost flipped his lid on a guidance counselor who told him he should put out memos instead of putting information of the school's website. Uh, he's the webmaster and has just implemented an expensive new program to make the site better. He told her he hasn't taken a lunch in 2 weeks and he was not doing anything that would encroach unnecessarily on his time.

I can't decide whether to go to NC tomorrow or not. We would come back on Sunday so I have Monday to regroup. The only reason I want to go is to look at the house I'm obsessed with. It's pointless though because we could never buy it right now. My dad's realtor sent me some listings of other great homes in the area. On the other hand, I really want to see this house. I'm ready to just put a bid on it with a contingency to sell our home and see what happens. What should I do ? Here is a link to the house http://www.realtor.com/PersPlan/HomeDetail.asp?poe=realtor&index=33&lnksrc=RSR_SEEDETLS. It's just perfect for us and my mother.

 

[nucpharm29]

Just a quick moment to post before Dsis shows up--she's been borrowing DH's car for the past 3 days; yeah, with everything else that's been going wrong for them in the $$$ dept. her DH's truck broke down on Saturday (he can fix it himself--they think--but he's started a new job and hasn't had the time)

Alice--we will still miss you by a week. We will be arriving, I think, on the 6th of April-if that's Good Friday--but we won't even be at WDW until wed. of that week

Well, Dsis is hear--will be back later!

 

[Alice28]

DH told the lady NO thank goodness. He doesn't even get to eat lunch. He said he almost flipped his lid on a guidance counselor who told him he should put out memos instead of putting information of the school's website. Uh, he's the webmaster and has just implemented an expensive new program to make the site better. He told her he hasn't taken a lunch in 2 weeks and he was not doing anything that would encroach unnecessarily on his time.

I can't decide whether to go to NC tomorrow or not. We would come back on Sunday so I have Monday to regroup. The only reason I want to go is to look at the house I'm obsessed with. It's pointless though because we could never buy it right now. My dad's realtor sent me some listings of other great homes in the area. On the other hand, I really want to see this house. I'm ready to just put a bid on it with a contingency to sell our home and see what happens. What should I do ? Here is a link to the house http://www.realtor.com/PersPlan/HomeDetail.asp?poe=realtor&index=33&lnksrc=RSR_SEEDETLS. It's just perfect for us and my mother.

The link is telling me I'm not a member and need to sign in.....

I think you should go for it if your DH is willing/able to get a job down there!

 

[ryan840]

Robin and Jill, thanks for the info. I will avoid LAX like the plague! I am sooo excited to be planning this but I really need to keep the cost as absolutely low as possible because we will be going to WDW the following May (08) and I will not skimp there Do you think 3 days in the parks will be good with two small kids? I figured 2 at Disneyland and one at CA, but I have no clue how big they are and want to try to see/do everything bas we porbably won't be going back in a loooong time. We just really want to see the HM redone for Halloween/Christmas. I'm wondering if we can do the entire trip for under $2000 including food, airfare and souvies... Any thoughts about that? We would also definately take a trip to the pacific ocean, can't go all the way across the country and not see it!

DisKim- I couldn't see the house, you have to be a member I guess

 

[DisKim]

Robin - Oops! Try this link http://www.realtor.com/Prop/1067932477

 

[nucpharm29]

Diskim--WOW on the house!!!! I love it!!!!

z--forgot to mention earlier but I loved the house you posted too! Such a nice house and great price. Ready for some McSteamy tonight????

fab--if already having 3 trips in the planning process makes you an addict, sign me up!! We are going in April, then the new marathon trip in Jan'08, and then the new moms meet in '08 as well (hehe, I think DH thinks that the mom's thing is on hold now b/cof the marathon, little does he know)

ryan--have fun planning for DL!

Don't remember who asked about DVC (think BNB, but not sure), but we love it. But, that being said, we don't spend money on anything extravagant except family vacations. I never went on them as a child, and I promised myself that my family would go away together at least once a year. Now with DVC, we have to take a trip, somewhere, at least every other year--makes my work-aholic husband take vacation as well. We love disney, so this just made sense for us! I'm sorry, DisKim, that your guide was so pushy! Ours was wonderful--but we had also done our homework before we went (aka DVC threads here), so we knew what we wanted to do once we got there (or at least after we saw the grand villa!! ) We were also able to purchase during the friends and family deal zalansky was talking about so the price was right--we only needed to buy the base 150pts. b/c since our kids aren't in school yet, and there are only 4 of us, we can travel whenever we want and stay in a studio if need be. Don't be fooled into thinking of it as an "investment"--it's not, and your membership will be returned to Disney after 40 or more years. Hope this helps--we've used our points to trade into the concierge collection and then going during prime season in April. Also, if you're looking into a timeshare I really like the fact that disney is based on points (I think some other companies may be also), but you're not locked into the same week year after year, and you can go for a couple of days at a time instead of 7days.

Okay, so enough rambling from me! Dneice is staying the night with us tonight b/c Dsis has to be at work at 5:30 tomorrow morning! so gotta get the extra baby stuff out. Chat later!!

 

[Alice28]

Holy Carp Kim! That house is HUGE! Wow! It's just gorgeous- what a dream home!

 

[DisKim]

Well, I decided not to go to NC this weekend. Aidan is still coughing and hacking and the last thing I want is one of them starting to puke in the car. I think I'll work on painting my bathroom this weekend and maybe go down next weekend and just take a personal day on that Monday. I really hate for Emily to miss another day of school though. She missed 2 days this week.

Aidan is so funny. Our new digital cable comes with a bunch of music channels. He has been rockin' out! He loves it. His favorite is the Salsa channel. He spins in circles and claps for himself. I could just eat him up!

nucpharm - I agree. I think I got a bad salesman. I was really taken back by the fact that he was so pushy. He was starting to draw up the documents without asking me what my decision was. When I told him we would think about it, he basically gave us the boot. I was very disappointed. I was very serious about purchasing but I wanted to go over my finances when I got home from my trip.

Well, I have to get my clothes ready for tomorrow. We have workshops so we can wear jeans . It's really the little things that make me happy. Jeans and Birkenstocks can just make my day .

 

[gottalovethem]

diskim - I would be obsessed too! How far are you from NC now? That's one of the states I would consider moving too as well. Can I live in the inlaw suite? Cute about Aidan dancing to salsa!

fab, nucpharm - so jealous of your trips! Maybe with a little magic I can plan a trip soon too!

nucpharm - good luck with an extra babe in the house. Let me know if it makes you want another

robin - yeah that the boys put their own clothes away, that's great! I can hardly get the kids to put a toy away

jill - HI. Don't feel bad about the baby book, I am so far behind, plus, bad mom moment, I bought Leif a 1st b'day card but haven't even written on it yet, I want to write a special message for him, but it's already a whole month late! Have fun party planning! I'm sure it will be just fine. We did small and it worked wonderfully.

ryan - yeah for dl trip planning, good luck and have fun with it.

zalansky - get anything good from disneyshopping? Saw the 60 percent sale and it caught my eye, but didn't buy anything

ginamarie - GO NY METS!!

I went to my exercise class tonight, I really enjoy it. It's a toning class and really works the muscles, esp. butt and tummy, love it! Plus it's relaxing, almost like a pilates-style class.

We all had b'day cake together which was yummy. I might have to go for seconds as a late snack - it's my b'day right? Take care all! Thanks again for the birthday wishes!