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@Adira: Nice Work!! Don't forget to drink lots of water...I can notice when I haven't drank enough, I'm usually a few oz. down by the end of the day.

With all the birthday talk on here, I spent a fairly unproductive day at work browsing through etsy invites! hahaha There are SO many cute ones!! What do you ladies think of this one? http://www.etsy.com/listing/160963128/print-your-own-little-monster-halloween?ref=shop_home_active_6 Anyone know average costs to get invites printed out? I haven't gotten anything like this printed before.

@ALV91711: zulily.. its almost out of stock

http://www.zulily.com/p/white-button-up-red-plaid-romper-set-infant-67058-4914621.html?search_pos=3&search_page=1&fromSearch=true&search_ref=image&q=alouette&ns=ns_700990461|1389413320656
@Adira: Yay nice work!!
Im down to last minute shopping/packing for the trip. fingers crossed flight with LO goes smoothly I am hoping he sleeps thru most of it!

@Adira: yay!
@cheesehead: those are super cute!! I have gotten invitations printed at Staples/Office Max but I don't remember how much it cost. I just ordered mine and they were $30. Luckily my friend designed them so that part was free. I am not sure what company she uses to order hers. She has an etsy shop so does a lot.
@ALV91711: glad he went back to sleep!

R woke up again at 530. I think as the week goes on and she doesn't get the naps she needs she just doesn't sleep as well. She just fell asleep after fighting her nap for 30 mins. Crazy girl! It is pouring rain here. I hope it stops I don't want to be in the house all day.

@Adira: Those are awesome invites! Such a great theme.

@Adira: Yay for great pumping output and what a cute birthday card! I'm trying for 2-3 meals a day and I guess I give snacks here and there, but it's not something conscious or planned. I feel like it's kind of lumped together. If I have to think about 3 meals & 2 snacks a day, plus naps, plus nursing, plus play/activity time... I think I would need to put our lives on a schedule in a spreadsheet. lol.

@Adira: Those are too cute!!
Three meals and one snack. How much depends on the day. For sure half a banana every morning. No matter what she eats her banana. Today she ate a couple pieces of carrots and Mac n Cheese for lunch. Oh and some puffs. Will skip a snack and do an earlier dinner.

@Adira: He is probably just trying to bulk up!!

@shopaholic: I try and remember to put things in the calendar on my phone in hopes of transferring the info to his baby book one of these days.

Isaac just got his first split lip! I was cleaning up dinner and he was playing with his activity cube and slipped on another toy. Poor kid. 15 min of cuddling and watching sesame street and he is now back to monkeying around. He won't let me put ice or anything on it though, hopefully it doesn't affect nursing.

@Adira: We give her 4 7ozs bottles so she drinks 20-28ozs a day. Just depends on her mood.
@shopaholic: I know! I feel like I am forgetting so much.
@ALV91711: aww, poor guy!! Glad he was back to running around!

@sheskrafty: 80?!?! Crazy! We would have 60 (kids and adults) if we invited our friends. Which we might do, late notice, if the weather is nice. So we are just having family, 35 adults and 13 kids invited. What are you doing for food?

@Smurfette @Adira: 25/80 are kids. There are lots of outdoor trails and an indoor nature center so hopefully there is a lot of space and won't be too overwhelming for K. We were going to have it at our house but its tiny and could only invite family. We haven't had a party since our wedding in 2011 so we opened up the guest list. For food we are going to do some hoagie trays, tomato pies, soft pretzel nubs, fruits, veggies, cheese/olives/cured meat/hummus tray, Mac n cheese. A very Philly spread but its easy. The big question is do I get a fancy cake or just a sheet cake? I love planning parties, just trying to keep it low key because I tend to go overboard and stress myself out. But I am sooooo excited!!!

@Adira: We are in leap 7. It lasts for weeks 41.5-46.5. We are at 42.5. 44 has the thunderbolt by it. Super

So R is officially back in the 530 club. Super. Breaks my heart that she isn't getting the sleep she needs cause I work.

@Adira: It goes by the due date. Wasn't he a little late?
She will talk to herself, then lay back down, but then starts to cry. She fell asleep in the car this morning. I know she is exhausted still.

@Adira: Yeah when I set up the app I had to put her due date not her bday. Weird.
I know I don't get it. The less sleep she gets the crappier her sleep is. So she got 10.5 hours last night. And what will get an hour at day in naps. So NOT enough sleep.

We installed her convertible seat yesterday. Baby growing up!

@Adira: Well the important thing was could she still fall asleep for long trips. Since she slept for 5-10 mins this morning in the car, I think it is a success. She didn't seem to notice any difference. It is so hard to tighten the straps though. Which is super annoying. We have the Chico NextFit. But I texted another Bee last night who has it and she said it gets a little easier with time. Also that once you turn FF, it is a lot easier. But that doesn't really help now.

@sheskrafty: Wow, 80 is so many!! Sounds like good food. I would do a sheet cake and a small special cake for K.

@Adira: You should definitely make him his own little dairy free cake!

@Smurfette: I hope she gets out of the 5:30 club soon. We seem to be having one normal morning (6am ish) and then one or two 4:30am. Yuck!

@Adira: I kind of hate it when Isaac falls asleep in his seat since it means he gets woken up when we get where we are going. That is the one thing I miss about the infant one.

@ALV91711: @Adira: R wakes up as soon as the car stops, so I didn't have to worry about this.

I gave Isaac WCM today with his afternoon snack. He seemed to like it. He drank about 2 ounces. We are going to be giving it to him every afternoon and then in the couple weeks leading up to one transition him to it for the day time. I'm going to continue breast feeding morning and night for a while. I'll see what his interest is as he gets bigger.