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Whoa, sorry for the huge pictures!

@katsupgirl: thanks! I was just telling my husband we need to baby proof. I think I'll start with outlet covers and cabinet locks for the cleaning products, etc.

@katsupgirl: I have a recently mobile baby and quite frankly, it sucks. DH has been away and combined with Miss A's sleep regression, it's been hard, hard work. We hadn't done any baby proofing and A moves so fast that I just can't turn my back on her at all, we also have stairs and a gas heater without a guard. We also have a dog and reasonably new carpet which results in lots of fluff and fur being shoved in her mouth!

The exersaucer is my new best friend and I'm about to clean up our old playpen so I can have a safe place for when I need to get stuff done.

Otherwise Miss A is just gorgeous and a whole lot of fun!!

@Kemma: @katsupgirl: Trying not to sound like an awful Momma, but I feel like having a dog and baby, accepting hair is going to be ingested is just sort of how it's going to be? I definitely clean as much as I can, and watch her, but know I can't stop it all, lol......especially once mobile!

Does anyone else's LOs do any repetitive arm or leg motions? Honestly C's worry me a bit. They're almost (pretty much to me) neurotic. She will swat/hit over, and over, and over unless you stop her. Or her fist clenching/pinching, oh man awful when she gets my skin and I have to try to not react/scare her. Her other one that drives me crazy, she will rub her heels, or hook/cross her heels and rub, rub, rub. It worries me a little, but then I'm just not sure if it's a baby sensory thing that'll pass? It's just how constant and repetitive it is.....someone tell me I'm not the only one?

DH is staying home tomorrow, he says he's going to do tonight, but I know I'll be awake anyways so I don't see the point, I'll have to wake him up to tell him to go to her so it just seems silly to me, but nice of him to offer, lol.

@Beebug: little miss miss can't keep socks on her feet cause she rubs them together like a cricket.

I've got tiny little scratches on my face and arms from the pinching. You should hear her auntie howl when LO one gets her face and hair. Oh dear!

@Beebug: just saw this from the other day -- i was also a little worried about some of LO's repetitive movements --- but I read online that sometimes it's because they realize they are in control of something - their arm, or their hand - and they keep doing it because they can. I've noticed that he will do one thing for a couple of days - then find something else and it doesn't last.

LO also likes to scratch/clench his hands on my chest/boob while he's nursing!

@Beebug: my LO likes to scratch everything these days with her fingers. Couch cushions, her pants, her head, my arm. Everything she can get her hands on, she scratches. Sometimes I find little scabs on her head because she has scratched so much

@Beebug: so exciting about the house! And on the STTN! I am jealous

So I don;t know if you guys remember me talking about purchasing a house in upstate NY...well I think we're actually going to be able to do it! We should close at the end of the month. We're super excited, but also overwhelmed at the thought of furnishing/decorating a whole house thats twice the size of our current apt! I contacted an interior designer to see what her price would be...she only has one portfolio of her work online and said she doesn't have any others to show, although she's finishing a project in August...do you think that's suspicious? I kinda feel like how am I supposed to know if I want to hire you if I am only seeing one house that you've done (which is her house, also!). Thoughts?

@Beebug: yeah we definitely plan on doing just a few rooms at a time...Aand I agree on the designer! Makes me sad because I love the example of her work that I've seen but she's definitely not cheap!

@Beebug: thanks And yeah, weird indeed! Ugh...I just wanted someone to do it for me lol, I'm so overwhelmed just looking at Pinterest!

@hilsy85: that is SO exciting!! Yeah - i might be a little skeptical if she only had one house that she furnished.... does she have a blog where she posts more things?? if she has only done one place though she may be looking to build her portfolio and you may be able to get a lower rate because of this!

@hilsy85: oh it was great!! we had such a nice time in NYC (caught the celtics/knicks game at MSG the next day too!) -- the Boathouse was gorgeous, what a fantastic venue for a wedding, and central park was so pretty with the flowering trees, loved it!

@mrskc: so funny! L does the same thing when she bites! she has no teeth, so it doesn't hurt too much yet and it usually just means she is done. but i'll pull her off and say very sternly, "NO BITING" and she stares at me and breaks out this big gummy grin. i told DH that she has no respect for authority. sorry about the blow out!

we had L's 6 month shoot yesterday, and it started at 6:20pm because the photographer likes the light at that time of day. L was smiley for the first half hour and we tried to put her on the ground for a few shots by herself and she had a meltdown! she was so upset, she wouldn't let us put her down at all. and by the end of it (around 7:45pm, about the time she gets into her crib) she was so tired and cold, i felt so bad. we got home and put her in a warm bath to get her hands and feet all warmed up, and put her down late, at 9pm. i was surprised she wasn't more fussy. she was just really quiet. anyway, i hope we get at least a few good shots in there.

@SleepyMonkey: aw...I bet the pics came out great though! Where did you do them?

@Beebug: how did i t go??

C had a bloody nose today. It was so not cool. I called DH freeeaking, then my doctor's. Nurse wasn't too concerned, unless it bled for 10+ minutes, it really only bled a drop and I could see it up there. Weird.

She had such an awful day, didn't want to be held, didn't want to be left alone, napped like crap (though sttn again last night). So it was sort of a "just get by" day, I gave her the paci a LOT, and tried to make her comfortable as best I could! Took her baby bathtub out in the backyard and played in that this aft, killed some time, lol. While she crap-napped this aft I tanned....in a bikini!!!!! Just in our backyard, I need to get my tummy tiiiighter. It looks fine when I am standing, but when I lean forward at all? EW!!! It's so saggy and....old looking, LOL.

I'm having a minor surgery tomorrow am, DH taking day off, my sister with me Wed & Thur, Mom on Fri, I have to be off my feet completely Tue and Wed....we'll see how crazy I go by the end of those two days to see what I get up to on Thurs.

I am sorry that I have been MIA lately. Things are crazy as usual.

N suffered his first real injury. He is just fine but at the time it was awful. We were out on our picnic table enjoying our awesome weather. DH went to set DS on my shoulders and hit N's head on the lip to the roof of our picnic table. N instantly screamed and poor DH felt 2cm tall. DS cried for what felt like forever. He wouldn't let us leave ice on it. Fast forward to about an hour later he was acting like nothing ever happened. I think it was more awful for my DH then DS. He still has the mark on head.

N is still toothless...Anyone else's LO's with no teeth? I didn't get my first tooth until 2 days before I turned 8 months.

@Beebug: Hope your surgery goes well!
@SleepyMonkey: Your pictures are so cute!!!

Hey is an up to date photo of Nolan.