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@skipper2010: Um... abstinence? hahaha! Sad, but somewhat true. Otherwise, it'll be pull and pray. I've never been on BC, and don't plan on starting. DS wakes up every 1.5 hours the past heck who knows long. This momma barely has enough energy to go to work and care for DS at home afterwards, so none left to DTD. Poor hubby, but he gets uninterrupted sleep so I don't feel tooo bad for him.

I am on the minipill.

@Grace: we just barely got our tree up last weekend. Still no ornaments on it. I have most of my shopping done, but DH still needs to go out (he'll wait until the day before though).

I'm so exhausted. E now takes about three hours to get to sleep at night; I start at 8 and lucky if we're both asleep by 11. The house is a shambles; I don't have the time to do the laundry AND clean AND nurse E every other moment (I can be stuck on the sofa for an hour and a half/two hours after coming home from work) AND go food shopping. Which would be why there's no food in the house and we just ate chips and salsa for breakfast/lunch. I wanted to go out shopping today, but managed to spill an entire cup of iced coffee all over the inside of the freezer (and even on the freaking ceiling) so needless to say I missed my window of opportunity to leave. The freezer is cleaner inside though.

I can't even blame this on DH; he does laundry and the dishes, but he just don't have my priorities/ability to multitask, so what I would get done in a few hours takes him all day. He's also depressed from lack of work (his work is seasonal/dependent on the weather. Plus we knew it would take a nose dive when he started watching E during the day, but he still feels like a burden, even though I try to convince him otherwise). He barely gives me any affection any more and I'm feeling really down and ugly from it.

We also had a fun experience with his ex (his son dared to express an interest in spending Christmas eve with us instead of his mom, so now DH has "ruined her Christmas" and must have manipulated his son into wanting to spend that time with us). Blah.

On the positive side I'm taking off some time for work between Christmas and New Year's, so I should get a nice long break. Got a bonus at work. We were able to successfully take family photos with all the kids. We also got some awesome shots of E and her brother and sister with Santa. E's uglywhere chair (PB Anywhere chair slipcover with uglywhere's foam insert) came in the mail yesterday and it's so freaking adorable!

@MrsB2012: B is SO cute! What a great shot :D.

@MrsB2012: yeah, I'm figuring this is four month sleep regression for us as well. She falls asleep, wakes up, over and over and over again. I go to take my shower and she starts shrieking :(. I actually forgot to set my alarm yesterday morning and woke up when I was supposed to be leaving for work...whoops!

Thanks for the well-wishes, I really appreciate it.

@MrsB2012: Not even pull and pray?! Do you think you could be pregnant again with no signs of AF?? Are you still breastfeeding? Also, your baby is just too cute!

@Grace: Christmas gifts are all bought, now I just have to wrap! Holidays came fast this year!

@Alivoo01: Glad I'm not the only one. I posted on that "What would you think if you found out you were pregnant right now" thread that I'd have to assume it was the second coming of Jesus or something... because there has been zero action here lately. DH works and I stay home, but because of that he really thinks LO is my job so evenings are pretty hellish for me since dinner/bath/bed all coincide.

@MrsB2012: Where did you find a baby sized Santa hat?? I've been looking everywhere!

@MrsB2012: And not sure about the attitude, but I'm ready to hear what others think. I'm on maternity leave for a year, subsidized all but $600/month of my usual paycheck. Having DH as my "boss" in the hardest $600 I've ever earned, and he definitely thinks I just play with the baby and nap all day. What I'd LIKE to do is totally abandon him for a day with the baby and a list of chores and see how he fares.

@StrawberryBee: I'm sorry things are rough with you and your husband. It's been taking us about three hours to do our bedtime routine (book, bath, jammies and then nurse/rock/repeat for two hours) too and it seriously makes sex the LAST thing I want to do, expecially when I know she's going to be up again in two hours and I just want to have 5 minutes to check my email and then go to sleep. Add in all the seasonal Christmas chores like baking/shopping/wrapping/cleaning for company and I'm totally beat.

As for photos, we finally put our tree up today, and I think this one is kind of cute. It's ridiculously warm in our house, and LO likes to feel everything with her feet (which I've been meaning to ask if that's normal or if my kid's a total weirdo??) so that's the reason for the lack of socks. And we did a DIY mini photo shoot for our Christmas card a few days ago and got some cute ones.

I haven't been able to weigh her again, but she's nursing a little better. I need to up my pumping sessions, they've dropped this week.

She has a new voice, which is so adorable, it sounds like he's saying huh huh huh.

Here's Charlie and Maddy seeing Santa, both for the first time

Has anyone else given their LO a Sophie the Giraffe yet? E is addicted to her. When she's fussy I bring it out and squeak it in front of her and it's the *cutest* thing; her face just lights up and she gets all excited (sometimes even her hands shake) as she reaches up to grab it.

I'm behind again! The last week has been crazy with our sleep regression, but last night she slept fine so hopefully we are out of it and back to normal!

@redsmarties: oh she's so sweet! Glad she was a happy girl for Santa!
@StbHisMrs: your girls are beautiful!
@Sapphiresun: what great Christmas shots!
@MrsB2012: eeeek all these cute Christmas babies! So sweet!

@StrawberryBee: I have been giving L a new toy every week or so from our shower so she doesn't get everything at once. So far she just has the little teething ring Sophie but I'll bring out the new one soon. I love how she can pick up toys and "play" with them now. Everything just goes in her mouth but it's so fun to watch and play with her.

Anyone else finding the holidays super busy? Every day is jam packed and L is meeting new people every day. I find that she is a bit clingy with me and cries with new people which breaks my heart. I want all our relatives to be able to hold her without her crying. I also hate having to wake her from naps to go places, especially since we just got out of a horrible week of sleep. I'm trying to be easy going about it all, but I find I get anxious about her missing naps. Next year will be so much easier when she can be awake for more than 1.5 hours at a time without getting cranky. I sound like a Scrooge I know but it's so hard trying to time everything and put her down for naps when we aren't at home.

@.twist.: It wasn't so much painful as it was uncomfortable. TMI alert: I keep feeling he's hitting a "wall" inside and then I realize he's not even completely in yet! =\

We tried to sleep train once he got over his RSV, but then the following week, he caught a cold. But I'm letting him fuss it out and it's a 50/50 chance of him putting himself back to sleep. Otherwise, I have to nurse him down and cross all my fingers and toes that when I pop him off, he doesn't wake. Once he's well again, we'll attempt to sleep train again. How's your L sleeping post sleep training.

@Grace: haha! Cute Christmas present for your hubby! We delivered our last Christmas present on Friday. There's still one "in transit" from FedEx but that's a whole other story. I ordered on Dec. 4 and yea....

@MrsB2012: Adorable picture!!! *swoon* When you figure out how to make them understand the amount of work , let me know bc I could really slap some of it to my hubby. He thinks DS is so young that it's not really that hard and we play all day. Um no sir! I still need to clean the house and DS will only play by himself for so long before wanting some attention. If I'm desperate and DS is clingy, I put him in the Ergo while doing chores. Sigh.

@StrawberryBee: Yay for bonuses and time off! You deserve it momma, even though your hands will be full. There's just something about being home making things so much easier!!!

@Sapphiresun: YES!!! On leaving him with the baby and see how he fares attitude!! I went to a girl's pot luck dinner at my friend's and I was assuming that was a hint hint to the hubby to watch DS for a few hours. It's just dinner! Nope. He asks me if I packed everything for DS yet and if he needed to help put things in the car for me. *blink blink*

Love your photos!! The ornament one is precious!

@StbHisMrs: Cute picture, and their outfits are adorable!!!

@StrawberryBee: I haven't introduced DS to Sophie yet, but I should and see how he takes to her since he's teething.

@redsmarties: Boo on AF!! Mine seems to be in limbo because I was spotting for one day then the next, nada. I also had some eggwhite CM a few weeks back. So weird!

And omg!! That Santa picture is awesome!! Love that you caught her smiling!!!!

@delight: Ditto on being busy! So many family to see before we leave on vaca and all the presents to be delivered. Thankfully, DS is a trooper and doesn't mind being lugged around. He's a lil crankier and needs to nap more often since he doesn't get his 2 long naps in. Just a few more days, and the holidays will be over!

@redsmarties: Ha, I know exactly that sound! gummy rubber lol. E has a soft crackle book that makes that crunchy sound. She also likes to flex her fingernails against the sofa and make a scratchy sound.

K is so adorable...what a sweet smile!

@delight: Yeah, we have the fussy-in-other-people's-arms every time we go to my inlaws' house, which is every other weekend. I don't want to deny them her so I go along with it, but she gets zero naps while she's there and is typically super fussy and cries. I wish they would just visit us, but they're older/don't like to drive far, we're an hour away, and we have to go there anyway because we drop the kids off at their mom's house.

@.twist.: @Alivoo01: Thanks! I'll let you know how it goes.

@Alivoo01: ahh, so cool! and I can't believe you were able to get a picture of his mouth! E has started clamping down while nursing (still no teeth) and boy does that hurt. Especially when it's a clamp and 'ooh, what's that over there?' streeeeeetch...

@.twist.: Let us know how it goes! E watches me eat (I tried to be a good role model yesterday by eating veggies ;)), but I don't think she's quite ready to try yet. So exciting!

@.twist.: How exciting!! Does he show interest in food? I keep testing C to see, but he doesn't show any interest yet. He does sit in his high chair while we eat dinner at home though.

@mdf106: I've introduced Sophie to DS before also, and he didn't seem interested then. Going to try again tonight!

@.twist.: That's so exciting! Go L!!!

@Sapphiresun: @StbHisMrs: @redsmarties: these are some adorable pictures!!! August mamas have made some beautiful babies!!
@Alivoo01: teeth already!! that is so cool! good luck on your attempt at sleep training! its hard, but so worth it in the end!
@.twist.: good luck with the solids! for some reason I am really looking forwards to giving G solids.

You guys are hard to keep up with since I am usually always on my cell phone but I actually am on the comp tonight.

lets see, AF I swear she came to visit twice but hasn't come back since. maybe because I was such a bitch to her
as far as dtd we have been doing it. I actually really enjoyed it once and then the other day I swear I was loosing my virginity all over again. so not fun. but I am making a conscious effort for hubs sake. I just do not feel sexy at all and need to drop this weight. I started doing insanity and jogging again but I felt like my supply took a hit so stopped it immediately and haven't done anything since but eat holiday junk food which does not make me feel any smaller in time, I keep telling myself in time.
As for G he has been super busy, at his 4 month check up he is now 17 lbs! and I think 23 or 24 inches. he is sitting up on his own which is pretty cool. rolling over like crazy, which got a little frustrating because he would do it in his sleep and wake up A LOT! and he would freak me out because he will wake up on his stomach in the a.m. ( I am one of those crazy paranoid ladies when it comes to sleeping on his stomach)
he is playing with his feet and is so close to putting them in his mouth, I swear it is his tummy that is preventing that from happening. he is still inch worming but has stopped trying to get on his knees like he was doing a while ago. which I am ok with haha. His sleep has been pretty good which I am hesitant to type for fear of jinxing it but I was going out of my mind until @.twist.: gave me the courage to sleep train. it changed our life at home, leaps and bounds!!! obviously his sleep is not perfect but so much better.
He unfortunately caught HFM. which made last week a pretty crappy week. I was pretty mad because he caught it at the pediatrician. when he came in for his 4 month shots. I felt terrible because he was so uncomfortable and he had big blisters everywhere!! but he is doing better but it did put a crimp in our holiday plans, we are sticking close to home since he is now finally sleeping good again. and I still don't want to bring him around other kids in case his is still possibly contagious, because he passed hfm to hubs, who was miserable himself for a few days (this past weekend was not fun)
I also finished my first week of work which went ok, but when I was talking to hubs, we came to the conclusion that I get to go part time starting Jan6, which makes me so HAPPY!!
Thank you guys for sharing about your los and their milestones and pictures, even though I don't post much here I am always reading and commiserating and cheering you and your los on. hubs gets a kick out of it.