The Second Birthdays are here! *Nov/Dec 02* - Page 20

[DecemberSun]

You know, I have been thinking that we need a private group for about a year now... I didn't want to say anything because I thought no one would see the point in it, like "why not just post it on MDC?" But sometimes MDC is down for days at a time and I so wish I could talk to you ladies somehow! I like the format of an msn group better, it's easier for me to read the threads, but a yahoo goup is ok too... I like posting here as always. We need to start a new thread for this group again soon, too. I love how big we are!!! I have been posting with this group since Zachary was about 5 months old I think. That's when I became a member of MDC and learned more about CD'ing beyond prefolds! WOW, what a wonderful world I have been exposed to!!!

Zachary, my sweet little cherub, didn't take a nap yesterday so he went to bed at 6:30pm, which usually isn't a problem, this kid can sleep 12 hours after being up for 12. But for some reason it was a problem last night because he woke up at 8, and 10 (DH put him back to bed at that time since I was in a deep sleep), then at 11:30 (I was too sleepy to know what I was doing so I let him in my bed, then woke up at 1am and put him back in his bed), then at 2, then again at 6. Between all those wakings and nursings from Zachary, Julianna woke up once for a bottle of water and a re-cover with the blankies, and Crystal's food pump kept alarming and alarming for some unknown reason. It was great. DH had to get up really early this AM for work, so I had kid duty last night and just didn't sleep good AT ALL. Lucky me, I woke up this morning to my cycle starting, and a blinding migraine. And just 5 minutes ago DH called me to say that his cell phone is broken and he needs a new one- this after just getting a brand new electric guitar and a GNX-4 (EXTREMELY expensive guitar toy) for Christmas. I swear, if there's any possible way for this guy to spend money, he will figure it out (even if we don't have any). I'm sorry to complain, but I had to vent. I'm actually in a good mood despite all this crap, because I have a bottle of champagne in the fridge for tonight. Not doing anything special for New Year's Eve, just staying in and keeping it mellow...

Jasanna, I'm not wearing shorts because I haven't shaved my legs in eons, but it's 55 degrees here, and a little overcast. It rained the past few days, but it should be sunny this weekend. That's "winter" in the southwest...
I miss the snow a lot (but not driving in it!) :LOL

Rynna- I saw a show on the History Channel with a guy named Eliyahu in it, he's a professor at Hebrew Univ. studying the Bible Code. Interesting stuff, and it was cool to see anothe Eliyahu! Also, a few months ago you mentioned that Eli's feet were about as wide as they are long, and I couldn't really picture it, but I saw a kid the other day with feet like that! They were like little squares on the bottom of his legs, so fat and wide. It took me about 15 minutes to put his shoes in, and they were extra wide Stride Rights. I couldn't believe how wide they were- I am sure it is insanely hard finding shoes for your Bean!

Happy New Year's Eve to all

[majazama]

I have never been in any yahoo or MSN group, so I have no idea how to go about doing that. Do we all get mail in our mailbox when someone replies? I fear that if we did that, it would be harder to keep it up. MDC is so easy to just log onto and get everything you need, KWIM?

anyhoo, here's some new pictures of my little monsters for yall to see.

http://www.picturetrail.com/mamajaza (winter2004)

[Mona]

leah- my dh sounds just like yours in regards the the spending issue. and then he gets depressed when we are broke. he has gottem MUCH better, but still h as to work on it.

and our night last night was awful too!!! dd just kept waking up, and i think she had a bad dream at one point too.

going to look at mamajaza's pix now......

[DecemberSun]

Just FYI- yes, Jasanna, you can get e-mail notifications of posts on msn and yahoo groups. You can choose to get individual notifications of each post, or a "daily digest" which is one e-mail containing all the day's posts.

[punkprincessmama]

I like the idea of a private group, but am not sure how to set one up.

mamajaza, thanks for sharing all those pics! i loved them. It was fun to see what's outside your kitchen window. The weather here is insane. Last week we had flurries!! amazingly rare for where I live, and it was in the 30s (farenheit) all week with very cold nights. Today it is freaking 77 degrees outside! im wearing shorts and a sleeveless shirt! It's enough to make anyone crazy. Oh and leah, I haven't shaved in about six months!

Mariah had either a bad dream or very good one last night. She woke up crying and pointing up to the ceiling and saying "I need _____ I need _____" We couldn't figure out what the third word says. I don't know if she had a bad dream, or as dh suggested maybe she had a very good dream and was upset when she woke up and didn't have whatever she had in the dream.

We met with my midwife today and heard the heartbeat and the little one kicking and thumping around I really really really love my midwife, she is so laid back and totally leaving everything up to me. I love that she is so respectful of my choices.

Happy New Year's Eve everyone.... we aren't doing anything either. We aren't even planning to stay up till midnight! Haven't done that in several years now :LOL I have a little giftie for dd for tomorrow and we are going to try to make the day special since we didn't celebrate any of the winter holidays this year.

[abranger]

it is very easy and self explanitory to set up a yahoo group. I moderate a local mom's group here and a bunch for work. Go you Yahoogroups.com and click on start a group and follow the prompts. If you want it private make sure that the moderator has to approve all members before joining.

DH and I always have fondue on NYE b/c that is want my parents always did. It is their anniversary (my dad is dutch) It will be great this year b/c they are here for a visit. We are planning to have it after GA goes to bed.

Tomorrow we are having a brunch/open house all day. To celebrate the new year and have a cake for GA. We didn't tell anyone it is her bday though so we will only get presents from those who know. (we hope anyway we have been inundated with hanukah/xmas/birthday already)

Us non frequent posters will miss you guys

Amy

[punkprincessmama]

Amy, I know you don't post often, but you do post consistently. I'm sure we can find a happy medium

Rynna, I have been thinking of you all evening. How are you feeling these days? I wish so badly that I lived near enough to help you out - watch Eli while you take Rivkah to the doc, or watch them both while you work out or something. Have I told you how much I love your kid's names?

[hotmamacita]

THanks everyone for letting me jump on in to announce and celebrate my two yo's birthdays. I've been wanting to join this group for a while and I am just now getting around to it.

Hi Punk. I've got Zoomba's doll ready btw.

[punkprincessmama]

Hi Hotmamacita

Thank you very much for the doll i can't wait to meet you, we have a lot to talk about!! And Zoom is in need of some two year olds to play with, I was so excited to see you post here. PM me let's work out a time to meet soon

[MamaFern]

hey mommas,

weve been out and about visiting people. we took a ferry boat to victoria and spent a few days with my friend and her 7 month old son. we traveled all day yesterday..bus..boat..car..train..foot to get home to timothy and our own little house. its VERy cold here..well it feels cold to me.. im not used to anything below minus 2 and i think its well below. everything outside is frozen solid and the wind is bitter. we had a nice fire last night and snuggled up and went to bed at about 9..so much for partying it up..but i felt happy and today has been quiet and nice. im glad to be home.

jazz, im happy that you liked the package. and your pictures are lovely. we miss you three so much and i know i say it all the time, but its true. i know that i should call you but i hate talking on the phone..but if you want me to call you i will it would be nice for elwynn and haeven to talk to eachother sometimes.

elwynn managed to get sick on our travels and this morning he barfed all over the couch and himself. it was gross! id just given him some fish oil and a vit. C so now the couch smells like fish oil. yuck.

we have a few new pics to put up on out site too. its nice to be back.

love fern and elwynn

[majazama]

fern~two grumpy babies need my attention........ now where was i? I'd love it if you'd phone me Did elwynn like the other presents I gave him? Haeven (and me) enjoys the wooden xylophone. Haeven is sick too (and Samaya, and marty, but not me) There's a whole lotta snot drippin' goin on around here.

I'm really getting to a point now with nursing haeven.... I just can't stand it so much of the time. I remember taking the "crunchy survey" a few months back, and I was at the top of the list of crunchiness:LOL as I *planned* on doing CLW, but I don't think I can do it. Haeven is sooooo DEMANDING!!!! (I wonder where she got that from? My mom says I was like that too) If she comes up to me wanting to nurse and I try to distract her, it usually doesn't work and so she knows she's being rejected and has a million freakin' tantrums a day. I'm really starting to feel like it's not a good idea to prolong this "I don't know if I want to nurse her anymore" stage. I have to make up my mind, and I don't think weaning her would be very great idea as samaya will still be nursing for quite awhile, and Haeven will get real jealous, I think, always seeing her sister nursing, and she can't have any. *Sigh*. But I tried sitting down with haeven nursing her as much as she wanted the other day..... got to about 45 min., and I was DONE! God, I have other things to do in my life. I love the idea of CLW, but I don't think I can handle it. Maybe it's because I'm still so young.... I don't have much patience.

[eilonwy]

Punk-- Thanks! I love my kids' names, too. They're great fun, and different, even though they're very common in some places. In fact, at least one of the other Jewish mommies here has two kids with the same names as mine!

I'm actually feeling pretty decent today. Mike said I could take $25 of what was going to be our charge payment this month and get some jeans. I managed to get a whole outfit for that, including a bra!!!! The jeans are cute and were $7.82, and the bra (a gigantic nursing bra which someone must have ordered from the catalog and returned) was only $6.77. I got a cute sweater top with the rest of the money. I'm so freaking happy! Having clothing that actually fits, even though the size is embarassing, is such a lovely change of pace! So I have a pair of cute jeans and a sweater to wear, and a bra that reminded my husband why big boobs are sexy (he'd long since forgotten). :LOL Yay!

Two pairs of jeans ought to work well enough for a while. Wearing the same thing every single day is just so depressing! It's totally demoralizing, and just makes me so miserable.

My BooBah is very kissable.

I'm absolutely committed to CLW, because right now I really feel like I'm short-changing BeanBean. I've been so angry and unhappy all the time, and short tempered and sometimes downright mean that I feel like I owe him his nursies. Isn't that awful? : I'm really hoping the medication will help me, because I don't want to scar my kids for life. *sigh*

[**guest**]

Hi all. Haven't had the time post as much as I want.

Anyhoo, I wanted to say that I, too, am down to wearing the same pants every day. Nothing else fits. My jeans are actually too big and won't stay up. Plus, they just look horrible being so big.
Whenever I have a little money to 'spare', I end up spending it on whatever ds needs. That's the way it has to be. I did get a couple of tops (blazer/jacket type) for myself for xmas but I still desperately need long sleeve tops and also pants. Oh yeah, and socks (i only have 2 pair!). While I'm at it, I need underwear. The ones I have are all droopy. hahahah.
It's true that you feel awful when you wear the same thing over and over again. I feel like scum.

Oh well.
On a happy note, my older brother has been released from the hospital and is now home!!! (he had almost died).
He truly is a miracle. He gets frustrated and scared about the side effects but at least he is alive and able to enjoy time with his wife.

Blessings,
Liz

[MamaFern]

my computer is on the fritz and i posted something last night..or tried.. but i wanted to say hi !
we miss you guys.

[saritasmile]

hi everybody!! long time no post for me. things have been kinda hecktic! my dp has a month off from school and it has been nice but i'm actually ending up with less time i've also been having some health issues that i'm trying to work out. (i have been some kind of sick 10 times since it got cold, and i got to throw up for christmas ) it's been really frustrating so i've been trying to simplify things. i also think there's some kind of winter blues going on. sounds like i'm not the only one. anyway razi has been so cute! saying funny things that sound exactly like me! the other day he said "wow! look at that big drum!" and he spilled some soy milk and yelled "Tavis! get a rag!" :LOL

[tea olive]

hey ladies. i'm depressed. i acknowledged it about a week ago out loud to a friend. i guess it's been going for awhile. nothing is really different, i'm just want to be alone and sleep for a month and my voice is sharper than i intend and i don't really want to eat and nothing is wonderful and thrilling and magical like it is usually. anytime it has happenned the past years i have grown to realize that it just goes away, and i just have to be careful not to think too much or do to many things and have expectations. trying to fix it usually makes it worse. i just keep picturing my kids as the lovely yummy babies when they are aggravating me and sometimes i grit my teeth when i'm half asleep and they seem to be okay i mean that they are basically happy and feel loved most of the time.
ruby is so grown up and savvy. we just checked out a horse book for her at the library. she got a bag to put it in and told the librarian thank you and waved bye bye.

rynna, i'm so glad you got some clothes. i'm living out of two jeans and a pair of corduroys myself. actually i have more of a shirt problem.
gotta get everyone in bed.

[majazama]

I was having a hard time with clothes till I decided, I was going to shop on those "boxing day sales". I found a beautiful hemp shirt for just 15$ and I bought one of these cool shirts my DP's friends make (hemp too) for a great deal. I love to find good deals on great environmentally friendly clothes! So I feel like I'm set now. for awhile.

So what's goin' down? Are we going to set up a yahoo, or msn group, or start another thread for january?

[eilonwy]

I think someone should start a january thread.

[majazama]

Good morning

I started another one here.........http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=232519