*~*Ah! July '07 for the May '04 kiddos! Whoah!*~* - Page 3

[orangecanoe]

E was better yesterday, but now dipes are funny again in a not very funny kind of way. blah.

reading along, but not much to add. See, ducette, you can just drop in, talk poop, and leave ....

[Mama Faery]

Haha! You can totally just drop in and talk poop and leave!
Rowan just said, "I want ALL the balls!"

(he was talking about those chimey harmony balls, which are found in hippie stores worldwide, that DH and I have an abundance of, somehow)

Anyway, just a short note because darn it, I am gonna keep up this time! My friend M is coming to watch Rowan for our swap, and DH and I are going to see the Die Hard movie, and do some much-needed shopping. I am excited.

Have a great day, mama-jamas!

[mamameg]

Renae saying she's going to see the Die Hard movie is almost as funny as Sherri giving a shout out to her peeps! :

[DucetteMama21842]

*Me doing my preggo dance*

Woohoo oh yeah woohoo! It's gonna be 90 out today here! Time to get some sun on my preggo self!

Plus even though Dom's experienced Fourth of July before... he's finally UNDERSTANDING holidays.. and it makes it seem to me like it's the first time all over again! Can't wait to share it with him!:

Happy Fourth Everyone!

Okay.. it's not poop.. but I thought I'd drop in and say it. LOL.

[Sarah'sMama]

Originally Posted by mamameg

Renae saying she's going to see the Die Hard movie is almost as funny as Sherri giving a shout out to her peeps! :

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Enjoy your day, Ducette!

[elsanne]

peep peep!

[Miss Juice]

Ever have one of those days where you just feel like a parenting failure all around? Blech. Too traumatic to even talk about. But it's only 3:13 - still enough time to salvage the day, right?

[emmalola]

Hang in there, Miss Juice. You get a prize for just showing up, so don't sweat the bad days. Tomorrow is another day.

We had aa busy morning- took the lentil to the annual pancake breakfast, he got to watch me play my music with the concert band, then we rendevoused with friends for a little while and enjoyed the crowds. Well, I enjoyed the crowds- sweets hates them. Oh well! by the end it was hot and we were all : so it was time to come home and sleeeeeeeep.

I'm at the point in the pregnancy where I just want to sleep and sit all day. Time to go back to the gym, methinks. swimming is good!

peep!

Ducette, poop is good. It's when there is no poop that we start to worry!

Ooooh- neighbors are blowing off firecrackers. very exciting!

renae- I bet the lentil would love those chimey balls. must seek some out!

I'm off to poop!

[elsanne]

Juice, to answer your question: yes. How is it going now?

[Mama Faery]

Ooooooookkkkkaaayyyy!!! All the mofo's setting off fireworks in what feels like OUR BACKYARD....!!! : They have to stop now. Grr.

Oh, I left the movie theatre with a lower IQ than when I went in. THAT'S how lame the movie was.

But hey, time with DH is always yay. Rowan also had so much fun with his friend L., and MY friend M (L's mama) was so awesome to watch the kiddos a little longer than usual so we could see the vapid movie.

DH cut his hair!!!! It looks cute but the longer part on top needs to be longer and straightened and the buzzed part needs to be more buzzed. Haha. I bought him a straightening iron this evening.

Yeeeeahhh...not much else to say. I am powering through a UTI at the moment. It hurts to pee. Yes, I'm drinking lots (right now it's 100% pomegranate/grape/apple juice (the only option other than the cranjuice "cocktails" that were like 10% juice at the store I went to) and yes I'm taking cranberry pills...any other thoughts? Right now I am somewhat comfortable...thanks to the pills that make the pee orange. I don't think I will need abx for this. Thank GOODNESS. It just sux, is all.

Okay, off to try to organize some of the closet and maybe write in my journal...hope everyone's having a good holiday.

[elsanne]

No fireworks here!! Nyah nyah nyah!!! We only have fireworks--oh wait--as I wrote that, one went off, how funny--
We only have fireworks every OTHER day of the year. Yeah, there's some more. Whatevah.

There are something like 260 holidays per year celebrated here in San Miguel. No, I am not kidding.

[fiddlefern]

I have GOT to get out of the habit of staying up till midnight and getting up at 6 am (oh, and 2 am, and 3 am, and 4 am, and...)

But ooooh am I loving the habit of the May Mamas again.

Renae- throw some Vit C powder in that coctail. Or maybe, skip the juice altogether, cut out sugar of any kind (just for a few days- I AM realistic- tee hee) and power up on your raw garlic. I made guacamole with 1 avacado and 3 big cloves of raw garlic. Wowee it was strong, but last time it did the trick. And keep doin the cranberry pills- that unsweetened cranberry juice is definitely an aquired taste!!!

Nighty night.

[Mama Faery]

Aww see, I knew I could count on someone to help me out! NO SUGAR?!?! : I think I can handle that.
When I finish this bottle of juice I will move on to other things. Vitamin C powder? Can I take the 500mg tabs I have instead? I also have some of that Emergen-C stuff...
I will buy myself an avocado today too...super-garlicky guac sounds awesome, actually.
THANK you, fiddle!

I think I'm getting through this okay...tell me I don't need to see a doc! I saw the new Michael Moore movie Sicko last weekend and THEN on top of it, had to take my best friend to the ER two days later. AND on top of that, I still haven't talked toa real live person from Rowan's pediatrician's office to make a 3-year checkup appt! WTF? Grr.

So I am not that fond of the whole med drama right now. :

Rowan slept through the fireworks last night...dude, he slept from 8-7:30! WHOAH! I think it's a new record. He had a big ol day yesterday. I think it helped.

I have a million things to do today (get a birthday present for my friend's DD who is having a party Saturday, go to my best friend's apt to check on her cats, plan an intervention...anyone know how to do an intervention? *sigh*, and oh hey, I gotta pee again. )

So I hope you all have a great day!

(You love that I'm back, you know it! I missed you guys)

[TurboClaudia]

way too late to sleep for both little ones here, and way too early to get up out of bed for everyone. *yawn* mmm... coffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

renae: talk to els about that intervention thang.

another hot day here -- above 90 yesterday and will be again today. crazy portland weather.

okay, neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed breakfast and coffee now.

~claudia

[orangecanoe]

The good news is that C seems to be just fine now, but.... I had to call 911 to take her to the hospital by ambulance this morning after she took a really strange fall off the couch and landed on her head. Had what appeared to me to be a brief seizure, but ER was only helpful in determining that nothing was broken. Waiting for the ped's office to call back to follow up.

[KKmama]

Just popping in to say hi!!!! I have more to say, but the day is going to be a crazy one. More later. I have to tell y'all about being stuck in a hail storm (yes outside) yesterday. : :

[TurboClaudia]

heather: yipes, hope you get a call ack from the ped soon. healing vibes to C...

kk: hail storm outside sounds ouch...

~c

[mamameg]

UTI Cure handed down to me by my kick ass, renegade midwife: keep drinking the cran (32 oz a day), you can also sub blueberry for the cran, its not quite so gross tasting, mixing the two together helps too. Also, get some BULK Uva Ursi (has to be bulk) and steep a handful of it in a small pitcher, 32 oz and drink one batch of that throughout each day. AND (yes, there's more) some Bee Propolis capsules, take 9 (yes 9) per day, three capsules at a time, three times a day. Don't take them too close to bed time because they can kinda amp you up for a hour or two.

I know it's a lot and takes dedication, but it will most likely knock that infection out. The only time it has not worked for me is when I didn't follow the regimen properly. Follow properly, I've knocked out 4 or 5 infections this way.

Hope it works for you, Renae!

Heather! I hope C is okay! My goodness.... sounds scary. Please update as you know more. I'll be thinking of you guys today.

We are all recovering from the holiday today. We usually have a HUGE party on the 4th of July, but this year, we skipped it in lieu of a small bbq and swimming party. Just us, my parents, my aunt and one other family of 3. Perfect amount of people! I didn't once feel stressed and never felt like I was "entertaining". John bbq'd (he is famous around here for his bbq), my mom made potato salad, I threw together a veggie tray and some chips/dip and it was so easy and everyone had fun. In addition to the swimming pool, we also set up a kiddie pool on the deck so the kids could splash around even if none of us adults wanted to be in the water. No fireworks for us. Although our town has the most awesome fireworks (they are literally right over your head in a little field) and I'm really looking forward to the kids being old enough to go.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday. Back to the grind.

[Jacqueline]

heather, I hope it turns out to be nothing serious. Tough week for you!

KK-we could use some storms over here....not the hail really, but the rain. Hope all's okay.

Renae-so jealous you got to see a movie! Even if a mind-numbing one! We plan to take G to see Ratatouille on dh's next day off. And, if my mom arrives before the new babe does, we've already requested a date night that will SO involve a movie. I'm glad you had fun (and Rowan, too!) Sorry about the UTI, but fiddle gave you great advice. Lots of water, too, but I'm sure you know that.

Bad sleeping night...it was soooo hot and I think that's why G couldn't sleep well (it kept me from sleeping well and my bedroom is in the cooler downstairs). He woke up every few hours crying for one of us. DH eventually brought him to our bed to sleep at around 5:30 a.m. It worked for an hour and then he was kicking and whining and awful. So, a not-so-good sleep night for all involved.

I'm thinking about a window air conditioner...I always said you don't need a/c if you live in Colorado since there's only about 3 weeks each year that it gets really hot. But, we've already had those 3 weeks and it's only July. And, I'm uncomfortably pregnant right now. But, we really don't have the money for an a/c unit...G's room is upstairs and really needs it more, but he doesn't know yet to complain about the heat! Of course, it does affect his sleeping, as we experienced last night. I dunno...

Major work done yesterday on the office/baby changing room. It's got no boxes in it for the first time in over 2 months (just don't look in the closets). I have things to file and organize still (office stuff) but it's so much better. We have configured a portable kitchen island that we can't use in this house as a changing table since G's broke in our move. I think it will work okay for a while at least. I folded all the little onesies and tiny 0-3 month clothes and got the infant diapers out. Just need to order snappis. It will be fun to put things on this baby that we didn't with G since I wasn't considering the Texas heat when registering for his infant clothes. There are many unisex things that never got worn and I think will work fine here, even in Colorado August heat.

I really do need to jump in the shower. We need to run to the hardware store and get nails...we ran out while trying to get all our pictures/art up. It is starting to look like we live here! Just in time...we're having a housewarming party on Saturday for the church folks (since they have a major investment in it). It's a good incentive to get things really unpacked.

[orangecanoe]

this is so annoying. So the nurse did finally call back and her verdict....she'll have the ped call me when she has a chance. : I'm giving it another hour and then I'm just going to see if I can talk to the NP at the neuro's office.