DisKim - I bet the old people loved seeing Aidan. He's such a cutie and full of energy that I'm sure they were thrilled to see him. I hope Aidan lets you dress him up in his costume tomorrow.
Val - Sorry to hear about the annoying girl at work. Cute that you're all dressing up as witches though! And glad to know I'm not the only one with 2 surprise kids.
I hate telling people that with Henry cause I get the look like "Don't you know what causes pregnancy by now?" Of course, why is it anyone's business if I planned my kids or not anyway, but I guess some people are overly nosy. My mom's "friend" (very loose term) asked me if Henry was circumsized and if I'm breastfeeding him. Uh, why do you care!?!
Ginamarie, consider yourself lucky cause I was back in business just 3 months after Madison was born and she was exclusively nursing then too!
And to top it off, the magic day was 1 year to the date from the last time, coincidentally my wedding day. Imagine my surprise and joy.
Luckily my MOH is a little OCD and had about 400 tampons with her just in case cause there were none to be found in my mom's house. Loved that painting in Olivia's room btw!
Dizagain - I sent those coupons on their way so hopefully you'll get them soon. And I should add that although Henry sleeps very well all night and would like to sleep a lot all day, his daytime sleep is very disturbed by his oh-so-helpful big sister. Madison feels her mission in life is to keep Henry awake as much as possible.
Today and yesterday he napped maybe a total of 2 hours thanks to
someone waking him up.
Alice - Your description of your husband doing laundry sounds awfully familiar....
That's my thing. It's not so much that Joey doesn't help, but that he thinks he is and then creates more work for me. And I too feel like it's a big favor, even though he doesn't say that. He's very helpful on his days off I admit, but since there are only 4 of those a month and 26 days of non-help, well, you get the idea. Hope you're feeling better today! Oh yeah, and we're going to WDW-DL is next November. Sorry to disappoint you.
And a quick question-that box of See's you sent me, what were the fillings in there? Specifically, there was a small rectangular chocolate filled with some sort of brownish/gold stuff. That was incredibly good and I need to order them! It was not the one with sprinkles on it or the scotchmallow. I want to get a custom blend that I saw on their website and I
need these things to be in there. I will also be adding some molasses chips cause those are so good too!
Tamie I love the theme costumes!!! Such a great idea. And you are so talented-those pumpkins and cupcakes are adorable. The pictures were so cute-I love the one with the kiss!
Zalansky - Those crocs are adorable! I bet Cam will start keeping her shoes on soon. Madison used to peel hers off at every opportunity when she was about that age but now she loves shoes. And it takes her forever to grow a half size so if Cam is anything like that it'll help out.
Hillbeans - 7 times in one night, gosh, I don't know how you didn't collapse the next day. Madison did the cry with her eyes shut thing for awhile and it drove me insane. She was sleeping but I wasn't cause she was screaming!
We figured out that they were related to her night terrors and that she
had to be in bed by 10pm or so otherwise she'd be a total monster like that.
Nucpharm that's so great that your MIL can come in for Matthew's party! I know what you mean about people like your FIL. My mom is like that. She comes to visit too, but if she'd take that money she spends on toys and put it towards visiting more I know my kids would like it better. Good luck with his birthday party!
SL - Wow, your school starts soon. Will you be working while you're in school too? I like the Coach bag. The size looks good too.
FF - Sorry that you're all getting sick. And that's terrible that your dad was so sick. We'll be in VB the 5-7 so if you're feeling better and want to meet up let me know. I know weekdays are probably tough for you though with getting your kids to/from school and getting what you need accomplished, let alone being sick, so please don't go out of your way.
Staci - I don't think I have been able to think straight in a long time so the 4:40 didn't seem as bad as it should have. Of course I still thought about selling him to the highest bidder when he wouldn't go back to sleep.
I hope you guys get to go in 2008. And in case you didn't notice it in some sigs, there's a New Mom meet planned for June 2008 if that month is in your plans!
Jill I love all of your photos! And that little banner on John's highchair is too cute! John seems like he's really confident with his sitting now too so it looks like he's making good progress. He looks like such a big boy with his button down shirt on! And since I have no memory anymore I can't remember if I said it but yeah, we're going to the
MVMCP on the 21st too. Maybe we can meet up parade time if you'll be watching it.
GLT your kids look so happy playing together. Leif has such a great smile and eyes. Gosh, I know you're trying to wean him and all, but I know I'd cave if I saw that sweet little face looking at me. Good luck with that!
WDWBetsy - Glad you made the decision to take Aubree and got her a seat-that way you can't worry about it anymore and it's a done deal. I have to admit the alone time would appeal to me a lot, but leaving them at that age is kinda hard.
I know I'm forgetting people but I blame that on lack of sleep with the time change. Between that and Henry not napping the past 2 days he has gone to bed at 5:15 the past 2 nights so you can figure out what that means for his wake up time.
My husband will be home at 5am and so I'm sure I'll wake up then even if Henry manages to sleep.
Before I crawl into bed I have to share something my friend told me when we went trick or treating with them at this outdoor mall kinda thing yesterday. (This is the weird friend I've mentioned before who spends more time in NJ with her mom than home with her husband, insisted she'd have a daughter on her own birthday, etc.) She asked who was going on vacation with me and I pointed to the clan and she said "that's it, just the 4 of you?" She asked if it was the first time we went away ourselves so I said, no, we usually do, barring my mom's conferences cause I don't think her boss would appreciate us attending them without her.
Her response was that she sees her husband everyday so why would she want to vacation with him-she'd rather go with other people. Now I don't care what she does, but it just struck me as odd. I see my husband a lot too (more than her I'm betting since she's literally gone half of every month at her mom's) but I really look forward to vacations with him cause we actually spend time together rather than just sleeping together which is what often happens home since we're both so tired and he works crazy hours. They're really the best family time we get all year which is why they're so important to me. And I was under the impression most people enjoyed vacationing with their families but I guess I was wrong.
Well, it's so past my bedtime so I need to deal with that. Happy Halloween everyone!! And just in case tomorrow is too crazy have a great 2 weeks!
ETA: GLT you are one good mommy cause a waterpark alone with 3 young kids is hard! I found the pool to be a bit challenging with just 2. Add another to the mix and I'm sure there would have been more than the 1 near drowning!
Now, to find something else to eat!
I'm so sorry we have so many sick mommies and mommies with sick families. I hope everyone feels better soon.
I thought about grilling out--but the temps aren't supposed to get out of the 50s on Sat. (cold for Ark.) Maybe lasagna, chili--what ya'll think?????
I hope my pants fit tomorrow.
I'm glad your MIL is coming though, and that's too bad that FIL doesn't want to take the time to come see the kiddoes and you and your DH. 
I'm not too thrilled right now, to say the least. So, back to the grind I guess.
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