What kinds of things do you do for you to recharge?
I drink coffee every morning or afternoon. I like to have that as "me" time. It's almost ceremonial for me. Sometimes I meet a friend for coffee or have someone over to my house, so it's mommy talk time. Other times, I will get the kids settled, usually watching a show, then I'll sit with my coffee and catch up on email/forums.
I also sew, but that can sometimes lead to frustration, rather than being recharging.
About a month ago, I started taking prenatal yoga one night a week and then take an hour for myself afterwards before I come back home and relieve the sitter. Last week was the first time I had her put them down to bed, but it all went great, so we'll keep up with that plan. Doing the bedtime routine is the one thing that I really miss having help with. DH and I trade off nights when he's around, and I get so tired, I don't always have the patience I need by bedtime. Anyway, the yoga and "me" time afterwards are very recharging, and I plan to continue with the sitter even after the baby comes. I'll just take the LO with me and leave the older two with the sitter.
How do you manage toddler disapline? I ask as I have forgotten and now my son is starting to hit and even with all my NVC training I am not finding patience right now. LOL
This is a struggle for me, tbh. I don't always know what to do. DH thought it was very effective to make them do jumping jacks or hold their arms out with dolls in each hand for several minutes. He thought some sort of physical punishiment would be more effective at these young ages (though we don't believe in spanking), and tbh, it actually was fairly effective, without hurting them or damaging their psyche. But your little guy is probably too young for that. I don't really do it the way dh does. Mostly, I try distraction and giving them some time away if they need it. Kind of like time outs but with a different purpose. I tell them to go sit on the stairs, or their bed, or on a certain chair (really depends on where we are in the house at the time and how much of a break they need) and come back when they can be nice or are feeling happier/less grumpy. That seems to work the best with my girls. But I don't suppose your little guy would understand that logic yet. I talk to them alot and help them understand their emotions. But I also lose it sometimes (don't think I'm perfect) and just yell, which isn't terribly effective. They usually laugh at me, or will look at each other and say "oh, mommy's mad" then start giggling.
Whats the favorite cartoon your girls make you watch?
Not sure if you mean the girls favorite or my favorite. Scheeli doesn't have any favorite cartoons. She's not a t.v. kid. Bronwynn can't get enough Dora and Caillou. I've never heard of a kid who loved Caillou as much as she does. And Dora, well, lots of little girls are in love with Dora. She also likes Spongebob.
My favorite kids cartoons are Little Einsteins (I pushed that one for awhile, but the kids don't get excited about it anymore.
) and Thomas the Train. I love the music on both. And I can be convinced to watch Spongebob.
I love that there is so much adult humor that my kids totally don't get, yet we are all laughing at the same time for totally different reasons.
What are you Thankfull for today?
The first thing that I think of is, I'm thankful that dh and I got to IM for a half hour today and that we get to talk (either phone or IM) for 20-30 min. most days. I'm thankful that dh and I have such an awesome relationship, despite of the distance between us the majority of the last 1.5 yrs.
I'm also thankful that my kids are asleep and that my crampiness has subsided with 2 glasses of water and rest (been very crampy this evening, haven't experienced any crampiness since 24 weeks, which was a bit alarming.)
Do you have birth music picked out? What?
DH has a jazz cd of Charlie Brown music, which we had at both births, and the song "Happiness" was playing for the actual delivery of both girls. It's such a relaxing and happy cd, I will have it along again. Other than that, I haven't given much thought to it. Probably some nice worshipful Christian music, though not certain on that, and it wouldn't be traditional. I have a celtic worship cd that is really relaxing. To be honest, I'm kind of tired of alot of my music, so I might have to go iTunes hunting and make my own cd of good birth music.
hi alisha! 
I'm so excited!!!
