Bermy - OMG - How the heck did you take care of DS with vertigo?  Seriously??  I want to know?  I was sick once and home alone with J last year and that was awful...and my illness was just me not feeling well and very weak...nothing like what you went through.  So happy it is over.  Glad your running is going really well.  Does your DS use a spoon on his own?  J can't even eat off a plate without throwing it on the ground and everytime I give him a spoon he chucks in across the room.  The trip is in less than 3 weeks.  I am trying to use your notes and guide myself for packing.  I really like your idea for the mattress on the floor...I asked DH to call the hotel and they said that if the crib is too small they will give us a cot and we can use the mattress from that!  Also, I never would have thought about the baby proofing stuff!

Rocky - Sorry about the work drama.  Your food tonights sound delicious...I looked up the recipe...it is a bit more time than I want to devote to cooking...to hard when DH isn't home.  Too cute about Em saying bye bye dada. J gets scared it seems when I say "say bye bye" and the person is looking at him he just stares.  As soon as they walk away he says bye and waves...lol.  

Banshee - Hi...hope you were able to get everything done today.  How do you fit in all your running?  You amaze me.

mere - Glad you and DH are doing well and you kind of let go of the charting stuff.  Hopefully that will relieve some stress, although I know it is hard to not think about it all the time.

Bermy - Oh I totally forgot that.  Gender scan is next tuesday afternoon.  Feeling good!  Ready to get to the fun part of being pregnant - the movement!  This time it's going by so much faster.  DH texted me randomly yesterday "almost half way done!!!"  <-- and he never uses punctuation so he must be really excited.  LOL.  We'll likely be getting an amnio before the end of the year as well to confirm if baby has Kell interactions.  Still feeling optimistic that baby doesn't have it though.  Hoping I'm right so I can enjoy and stop freaking out about this pregnancy. 

Sorry about the vertigo.  My dad is all about the Epley maneuver, but like you has to do it over and over.  Glad it has passed for you!  Crazy how those little tiny ear crystals can mess with us so much!

Uphill – I hope you are able to figure out some time for your runs.  Glad you are almost done with your holiday shopping.  I hear you on the emotions for your DS.  I hug DS every night and think about how lucky I am since I never knew if I would have a baby with all our TTC struggles.  Definitely not mombie…just thankful for what you have!

Leelee – Sorry DS was sick…at least you got snuggle and watch movies.  I don’t think you are a b…I think you are a concerned mom who doesn’t want to have to carry the weight of the family on her shoulders.  You are justified in your feelings but hopefully you and DH can have a good talk on how to handle everything going forward.  The job situation is tough though

twinmom- I hate coffee so chai lattes are my indulgence. So spicy and delicious. I usually try to make 5 my max with the stroller. I have only done 6-7 a few times. R loves the stroller so its only a matter of my comfort/endurance.

Shelbyjo- I have have had an alarm in my phone for the past 10 years at 9 o'clock pm to take my pill. Works like a charm. I carry my bcp in my purse so I always have them with me.

jen- R only tolerated veggies before and now he throws them to the dog. He must be like DH. DH will eat fruit by the truckload and only likes veggies ok. I'm the opposite- I eat veggies for breakfast.

Rocky- DH got mad at me when I moved because I packed up my food, he thought it was weird. Do you need to remind him that your pantry saved your asses when he was out of work and you were subsiding on your paycheck alone? Plus, pull the EDC/Emergency preparedness card on him. SOrry MIL is coming again so soon...

Bermy- Good luck on finding the rental. Sorry about the vertigo- that sounds awful. I had some yesterday and I felt like I was going to fall out of my chair and then barf all afternoon.  I am feeling lots better- the nausea subsided down to mild heartburn yesterday and I'm finally over my cold so I've gone running the past two days. I'm on my inert BCPs right now, so hopefully the AF on these pills won't be awful and the nausea won't come back when I start the active pills again. They however have made me pretty moody and have zero sex drive. Poor DH. I'm having occasional jabby pains in the neighborhood of that cyst, so its still chilling in there I'm sure.

mere- sorry you are feeling so blah about everything. I'm not sure I can give you advice about TTC, it was really easy for me last time, and it looks like next time is going to be really hard with the polycystic ovaries. There is no magic bullet, unfortunately. I am not excited at all about Christmas, but I never am. Maybe I will be once R understands more?

Banshee- DH is on a rotating shift so last week he worked nights, this week days, this weekend nights again so I try to be really chill about sleeping schedules for him. DH is really supportive of my running since he runs too and the doctor told me to run more.

Uphill- I was wondering how you were doing. Did you ever find a suitable gift for your SIL? When will you go back to the doctor for some answers on no AF? I feel you on the guilt on evening runs, I hate that. DH has no problem being gone in the evenings, why do I beat myself up over it?

Lee- sorry the kiddos are sick. I hope you get your answers about work soon, that would drive me crazy. I'm a total planner.

Spike - no idea where this came from since we've been working on it.  I used up all the odds and ends of grain.  DH doesn't like carb centric meals every night so I've been spacing pasta/rice meals out.  His outburst was so weird.  Whatever.  We've had little to no waste as well since I've been meal planning.  I think he's feeling the Christmas $$ anxiety because he has the whole "buy buy buy" Christmas mentality and I have the whole "please let's get through this without incurring any debt" Christmas mentality.  His family thinks I'm a bah hum bug because when I do Christmas budget I also factor in all the fun food  - like expensive cuts of meat, seafood, pistacios and his family is like "that doesn't count."  Um, if it's coming out of my checkbook it counts! 

Uphill- you are not a mombie. One day I'm tearing my hair out, but then there are nights last night where I just look at Reid and just think "Wow, I made that amazing little person, I wonder what he'll do next?"

twin - wow, I had no idea giant inflatable penguins were in such high demand!

spike - he ate spaghetti once (got the classic spag mess pics) and never again.  that is the one thing I wish B ate, I could hide so many veggies in that. Hair colour: you're blonde, you could try hair chalk (available at Sally's) or this: http://thebeautydepartment.com/2012/01/chalk-it-up/

rocky - I read over and over that it's the parent's influence that is key, and DH and I eat fairly healthy, whenever we eat veggies in front of B, we go "YUM YUM!!"  My DH wants to have a stockpile for the zombie apocalypse too.

bermy - so sorry about your vertigo but I have to admit I lol'd on your tea cup ride description.

mere - I open up 2 windows while doing personals, one to type, the other to scroll through the later pages.

sara - sounds like your DH has got the Man Sick.

lee - HEY the PanAm games are in toronto in 2015! If your DH makes the team, you need to come visit!

uphill - to me, being a mombie is not about saying that you love your kid, it's all the other stupid shit you do and claim it to be for love of your child.

Lee- We have had almost total say. We toured a house that we liked a lot and decided to go with something similar and then tweak it to our tastes. Our builder does have a lot of expertise and thinks of things we don't, its pretty cool.