Dec07 thread for May04 Mamas -- just waiting for a new Ducette... - Page 9

[orangecanoe]

Ferny--that last line made me giggle. very much appreciate the humor when hj is having one of those nights. hoping jobby stuff sorts out as it was meant to. mellow baby vibes to W!

danile --you're welcome to come clean mine as well if it'd bring on labor for ya! wtg w/ the A!!

[elsanne]

How are you feeling, Danile?

How is the Juice family doing?

besos

[orangecanoe]

Els---how are *you* doing? Any cool gigs or kidless fun you time coming up? How are things going w/ Tierra?

Just being nosy!

Mommy needs coffee. Pondering stopping by the mcd's drive thru for an iced coffee on the way to C's PT. That desperate. Wish I could figure out why some nights are just horrid for sleep and the others are fine. Crazy tired. busy week. not a good combo!

: tee hee That's definitely my girls at mealtime when I'm moving too slow.

[elsanne]

Heath, thanks for askin'. Some new news on my blog, nothing exciting, but gives you an idea where I'm at. I had a good weekend with a private bellydance course I gave to some women from Mex City, that was very most cool, so most of the weekend I was kidless although it wasn't relaxing. Not even remotely. Getting people together for things (the trip to San LUis Sat. night) is always a PITA.
Tierra Adentro (and all of my vacation rentals, all 3) are full for the holiday and I have a lot to do to get ready for them. It's exciting, our first real rental of the big place, so the owner is happy. Now, must go purchase big flatscreen TV for the house, get DirecTV, install heaters, things like that.

[DucetteMama21842]

I'm feeling good. Uncomfortable, but good. I'm still sick- but it's mostly a recovering sick. Still sniffling, but I feel 110% better... feel on the mend.

Heather- For a second I read your post wrong and thought you said, "Pondering going through MDC's drive thru for coffee"... That had me stumped for a minute. What? MDC has a drive thru?

Els- I second the "how are YOU doing?" I guess that is just one of the things we all love about elsanne... she's always concerned about one of us. This tree is Elsanne: :

Last night we didn't get home till 11. I'm a VERY picky Christmas tree picker and it took us probably 5 hours just to pick THE perfect tree. I must not have realized how big it was though. It's 10 ft. tall!!! Maybe I'll take pictures. I love big, fat, full trees that make my whole house smell like a forest! DH stayed up till one setting up the lights and such so that the boys would be surprised when they woke up. Can I just say it's incredibly romantic looking in this house with the smell, sight and feel of christmas in the air? I am excited to birth in such a beautiful environment (provided my bedroom and kitchen are clean.)

Good morning to all my MMF's!

[A&L+1]

Danile - usually I have the reputation for taking five hours to pick out a tree because I am a big :. Alison about fell over when we went to get our tree on Saturday and I walked in, asked Eleanor what she thought of a tree, picked it up and asked for help loading it on the car. I think we were at the lot for about 5 minutes. I am in a laissez faire kind of mindset these days - whether that means I am maturing and getting less controlling or that I am depressed and just can't be bothered with caring is left to be decided. I will think about that later. If I can be bothered to care.

[jstar]

i hope it is just your go with the flow vibe kicking in lisa : we had a pretty quick tree-picking this year too. ours is the shortest we've had in years (it's the same height as me).

and i looooooooove christmas tree smell and ambiance. i can imagine that would be a wonderful homebirth environment!!

i drank real coffee this morning and it doesn't seem to have been enough. isaac has a cough which only seems to kick in at night so between his cough and the 2-hr feedings we had last night i feel a little zonked. velvet vanilla bundt cake for breakfast is helping though (still warm from grand central). omg good.

i too will pretend allison's barf was unrelated

kk that sounds : for all involved.

ff - i think W will be a-ok. he did well with A & J during scrapbooking and he hadn't seen them before. plus, your friend will have your dh's #.

ok i better get busy. work day today.

not 1 but THREE giant boxes arrived yesterday. it is definitely out of control. only grandkids on both sides i swore i wasn't going to buy the boys anything (and i shouldn't have). but i ordered isaac the curious george tin teaset off magic cabin and it is so stinkin cute. well, maybe i ordered it for myself : can't wait to play teaparty!!!!!!!!!

[A&L+1]

::: Are you warmed up yet, KK?

[mcsarahb]

If I were independently wealthy, I'd buy Juice this shirt for Christmas.

S.

[DucetteMama21842]

That's hilarious McSarahB!

[Miss Juice]

SarahB, that made me smile right to the edges of my ears.

Great news! Allison's yak was a one-shot deal, it appears. Everyone went to school and daycare and I went to work and it was a good day and all was well until 3:15 when Bad News! Allison's teacher called to say she's got a fever of 102. So I went and picked everybody up, and she's super-hot (I don't use thermometers though) and says her head hurts. Otherwise she seems fine. Caitlyn is coughing up a storm, and Ethan is just cranky. The very thought of missing another day in the office causes me to break out in a cold sweat. Fortunately I don't have to be there until noon, and Jack estimates he can be home by 12:30 or 1:00, so if I have to take someone or all of them to the office with me for an hour, I can manage that.

Danile, thanks for checking in like a good stalk-ee So glad you're on the mend and your description of your house makes me wish we had a tree already. We're going to get ours on Saturday.

Can somebody stop the world for a few days for me? I need WAY more than two weeks before Christmas.

: Lisa, I also vote for mellow flow. Thinking of you, though.

: els and everybuggy. Screamy babe, who has become accustomed to nursing every hour for the last week, thinks the milk bar needst be opened.

[KKmama]

Yesterday wasn't actually that bad, except for that one tense hour (salvaged by SOCKS!).

We were supposed to get 1-3" of snow, and I think we got about 10". Ready to throw the kidlets out into it. I've been keeping warm by shoveling. Double

Yea for yak-cessation.

I read MDC coffee drive-thru, too.

Have I told y'all about Z's Cinderella obsession lately? UG. I don't like princesses. My mom read them the book *1* time a week ago, and it stuck. I talk to him, and I get, "I'm not Z, I'm Cinderella." T is the prince, naturally. His stuffed animals are "Cinderella babies." His bathrobe is his gown (dunno why he chose that, because there *are* dresses in the dress-up box). His dress-up shoes are, very obviously, important. Please let this never happen to L--I can't deal with princesses.

[KKmama]

ps Why is there no new dancing produce in the new smileys? Wouldn't a dancing potato or radish be adorable? :

[DucetteMama21842]

Well of course KK... if there were more dancing produce... you'd have to have more little ones to add into your siggy. MDC is waiting on you. J/K.

That's quite a bit of snow! I wish we had some! Ours is all gone. I'm crossing my fingers, hoping and praying for a white christmas. I crave white christmases!

I feel like I've gotten some things accomplished, but not much. I vacuumed, did dishes, washed towels (so truly it feels unproductive to me) for the birth, and took care of the kids. I feel like not one of these things is a big thing on my list that I was hoping to get accomplished today. I guess I'm more put off that by tomorrow I will probably have almost all of these things to do over again. It's all I can do to stop myself from running around the house at warp speed scrubbing and washing and sanitizing and leaving nothing left in my path. Would this be nesting?

And I keep logging onto MDC WAY too much and lurking. I feel bored. Maybe I just don't know what to do with myself when I'm not in school and have no doula clients.

Bear with me mamas.. this is gonna be a bumpy next week and a half.

[Jacqueline]

Hi all,
It's snowing here!!! Very pretty, but COLD!

KK, I laughed at your sleigh ride story. Wouldn't have been fun in the moment, though.

Danile-yes, sounds a little bit like nesting! I hope you get done what you need to.

mcsarahb-great t-shirt!

SOCKS!!!!! Yes, I got them. And, I don't know if we're revealing yet, so I won't. But, let me just say, they will be cool when they arrive...

We ventured out in the snow to go to LLL today. In about 30 minutes, we're going to a special christmas story time at the library. It's just a mile away, so we'll brave the roads. Santa will also be there, but G is scared of him, so we won't stay for that part.

Lisa-I've been sending lots of positive thoughts your way re: the CT scan. I hope it all works out well.

jstar-I saw that tea set and thought it looked so cute, too! I was more interested in the flowery one, though! May have to wait until A is a little bigger and get one. I had a tea as a child and loved it.

For Xmas: We bought G a little road set from Toys to Grow On. He really wants a race car track, and this is as close as we're getting this year. Our grandparents are quite restrained with gifts for the kiddos, which is good. Haven't received anything yet besides a couple gifts from my mom (smallish) and my grandma gave me money to buy them some things. My dad doesn't really do gifts (still has sent NOTHING for A's birth). We don't know what to get A....she doesn't really need much at this point. And, we really don't need to spend the money.

Better go make a quick dinner before library. Must stop eating peanut butter balls!!!!! (leftover from our little reception on sunday).

[orangecanoe]

The allaboutme news of the day is: our sitter is available again and I have two afternoons lined up in the next few weeks!

[orangecanoe]

jstar--yikes on all the gifties! my dad does practical lands end stuff, my mom only got them an ornament, but dh's family is generous w/ the gifts so I always buy accordingly! I got E a flower tin tea set.....she would love the curious george!

jacquie---mmmm...peanut butter balls. I wonder if that recipe would work w/ sun butter? not like I need them though! We need a life with two update! Sounds like you're in a groove.

just finally enjoying time sans kiddo on me. hj is growth spurty or something and I'm exhausted and bored and procrastinating working on winkflash christmas gift stuff....

[TurboClaudia]

sock gift-er proposal OY, the gist of it is wednesday afternoon? yea or nay?

end of drive by post from TC... destructo stefan in da hizzouse...

[fiddlefern]

Hey, all, I've been fighting with my internet service all night.

Big news to announce via photo album you know where.

First pic- Jan 06
Second pic- May 06

(I promised before-and-after pics way back when and am finally following through)

Then 4 pics from tonight.

Smooches!

[orangecanoe]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! awesome! what a cutie!!