Ack! MIL coming!

[firstkid4me]

Dh just left to go pickup MIL at the airport! The revolving door of visitors starts tonight! ACK! (BIL comes tomorrow, staying until Thursday. My mom comes on Thursday, staying until Sunday. BIL comes back next Tuesday and stays until next Thursday. MIL is leaving sometime in 2 weeks.) Positive thoughts would be appreciated, MIL is a neat freak and I'm sooooooo not worried about what my house looks like (it's messy, not dirty though!)

[candyapplez]

Sending you relaxing positive vibes. If it makes you feel any better I'll have guests from oct 24-Nov 20

[Banana731]

bummer...

My mom will be here wed, she's satying until after thanksgiving. It's amazing how I feel OBLIGATED to have a clean house for her to arrive at, even though I am 9 1/2 months pregnant.

I also have to explain why we're probably not going to the hospital if it all possible. So, I wish you luck if you do the same for me!

[yarngoddess]

I really feel for you... you poor dear. Stand your ground and just stay out of the line of fire! Have DH handle his family, you handle yours and together take care of the mutual! LOL hang in ther!

[mittendrin]

Wow, I couldn't handle it...I can barely handle a friend coming over for ds' playdate. I am so antisocial these days
Dh and I just joked the other day talking about his mother, who is annoying the heck out of me. He said:" You know she could be a lot worse..." I said: "Yeah, she could live closer!"
I keep thinking how nice it would be to have my mom come and help me out. She would cook and clean and just get things done without me having to give her instructions or freaking out because she's touching my stuff. But anyone who questions ANYTHING I do these days is my worst enemy...So I guess I better stay a hermit for now. Good thing I've gotten used to dh over the last 10 ys or we might have a problem

I hope you can make the best out of it and have them help. Good luck!

[mittendrin]

Joining the club of nightowls...

oops, wrong spot

[firstkid4me]

Ok, she's here, brought gifts for everyone (mine was Japanese sesame dressing - yum! LOL), Emily will be so excited to see her in the morning (she was asleep when MIL got here.) She's already saying, "We clean house in morning!" Groan. Who knows, maybe a good floor scrubbing will help baby come a little faster!

[Dena]

Hope you have a decent visit. I am glad my MIL lives close enough that she doesn't stay for weeks at a time. I am having a hard enough time just sharing my house with dd, dh and the animals right now!

[2bluefish]

Originally Posted by Dena

I am having a hard enough time just sharing my house with dd, dh and the animals right now!

I know - I shipped dd off with the in laws this weekend. I just can't take all that 3 year old energy. I guess I should be thankful that I've always been able to pretty much hold our family off until after the babies are born!

Enjoy your floor scrubbing!:

[Brisen]

Floor scrubbing is supposed to be a good way to bring on labour and get baby in a good position (if you're scrubbing on hands & knees, not with a mop).



I hope the visit goes well. This is the first baby we've lived close for, and it's so nice to have people coming for limited amounts of time, and even just coming to pick up the older kids and take them somewhere fun. Not that they were bad guests when we lived further away, so I really can't complain, but it's still so much nicer!

[jenmarie]

I don't think I'd be thrilled about family showing up before I went into labor. heheh

My mom, dad, and sister are coming once they know I'm in labor. They should be helpful in entertaining DD that first week.

Then, the first week of November, my MIL, FIL, and BIL are coming. I have NO idea what to do with them. I'm sure that they'll take care of DD, sort of, but otherwise I have no clue what we're supposed to be doing for the days they're here. DH will be in classes during the day. Normally MIL and FIL literally just sit around here and nap and watch TV when they visit, so I guess they can just do that. BIL? We haven't even seen him in about 4 years now, so he's never met DD. I'm sure he's not particularly interested in sitting around and watching TV all day either. :\

Then I get a couple of weeks break before everyone descends on my place again for Thanksgiving. At least they're mostly staying in hotels. heh

And my mom might want to clean a little bit, but I can't see anyone else doing much in that regard. *laugh*

Good luck with your family!

[firstkid4me]

She cleaned this morning. So far she's vacuumed, mopped my kitchen floor, done the dishes, cleaned the laundry room floor (where the cat litter box is), and cleaned the downstairs bathroom. I've been online. (I'm of the mindset that my house isn't dirty, and it's not, dh is ok with it. She's just a bit of a clean freak, so if my house isn't clean enough for her, have at it, feel free to clean it to your standards!)

[aylaanne]

I would be thrilled if someone came over and started cleaning, as long as they checked with me before throwing stuff out. Hopefully your MIL isn't too much of an imposition on you.

[firstkid4me]

Originally Posted by aylaanne

I would be thrilled if someone came over and started cleaning, as long as they checked with me before throwing stuff out. Hopefully your MIL isn't too much of an imposition on you.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad she cleaned, if it makes her happy, then awesome! It's one less thing I have to worry about, lol. She didn't throw anything away, but she has moved a bunch of stuff, most of it things I put up high out of Emily's reach, and she moved it within Emily's reach, so it's been a sly "move things before Emily gets it and MIL notices I've moved it.") LOL