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@skipra: I hated being on display too! I didn't worry too much about the baby being passed around. I don't go looking for germs but I feel like they are going to be exposed anyway. I also left DS pretty early on. At 2 weeks, DH and I went to dinner for our anniversary. I felt guilty at first but I quickly got over it!

@skipra: My husband is up for anything, but we haven't really decided if he is going to come to the showers yet or not. He dislikes being in the spotlight as much (if not more) than me, so I doubt he really wants to sit through the whole thing either. But we'll see!

@Beebug: Interesting that your baby showers were all after your DD was born.

My MIL and SIL are planning mine and I am hoping my mom can fly over here in time for April 12th. I'm worried that I go into labour early and don't have a belly to sport. Though really, a baby would be so much cuter! Also, we are holding off on buying many items because my MIL insists she's inviting alll her friends who will shower us with gifts, so I really really don't want to have the shower too late, but mom is having a hard time getting here early...sigh!

@Beebug: Makes sense though. I've been wary of making big purchases for the same reason.. if anything goes wrong that will just be too painful to have to deal with.

@Mae: I don't remember it being an issue at all, and with four showers our registry was cleaned. Our first shower she was 3w, really in those early days aside from sleepers, onesie's, diapers, there wasn't a whole lot we needed. We bought all the big stuff (like her nursery was ready!) but things like toys, books swing, seats, jolly jumper (just thinking of registry items off top of my head, lol) Also....many didn't even buy off the registry, the amount of clothes this girl has? Sickening! What's even more fast is how fast she grew into, and then out of it!

I still couldn't tell you what a BH contraction feels like! Didn't feel them with #1, and so far nothing with this one.

@Mae: It looks awesome! I don't think an appt list is really necessary, unless others feel differently!

@Mae: I LOVE the calendar, how awesome!!!

Picked up blinds for baby's room, they're damaged! Packed so well too, sorta bummed! Called Lowe's and just have to bring them back, and they will re order for us.

Bump pic from earlier this week, annnnd shameless dog pic!

Yep, just sneezed and peed myself, frig.

@Mae: they took less than a week from order to arrival, insane fast, so hopefully no issues!

@twodoghouse: He's turning into a big sucky. Never used to have any interest in being in the bed, and now every morning after his walk he asks to be lifted up into the bed.....he's pathetic, lol.

I am in a Team Canada jersey today at work and my bump is pretty gone in the big jersey, kinda funny to not see it in the mirror today!

@Mae: LOL. Go figure the people that go dog agility with their Golden lift him up/down things and don't let him jump. He's never been allowed to jump on/off the bed or in/out of the car. Hardwood floors for one....he'd tear them to shreds jumping, and risk slipping and when he was a pup we didn't want him jumping and hurting himself, especially on the down jump, yah....we're those people.....hahaha. When he wants up he puts his front paws up and we lift his hind end. When he wants down he stands and lifts a front paw for us to hook our arms under....it's so pathetic, lol.

@Mae: It seems foolish, but there was method to our madness, one we didn't really want a bed dog, and his joints, especially as a pup.....we didn't even let him do stairs until he was 10m or so!! We carried him up and down at our old place (bungalow now). It's nice to open our back hatch of our suv too and know he's never going to just jump and run (not that we could pay him to run away, lol) Sometimes I feel dumb about doing all that now that we do agility, but even in agility I have dropped him a height class, and his jumps don't exceed 16", and we always compete on great surfaces, and it's part of the reason I take most of the winter off with where we train the indoor rubber if tougher on him.....and he doesn't have a middle gear.....full tilt all.the.time!

@Beebug: Aw, that's sweet that he waits for you to lift him up! Our dog pretty much thinks he own our house and all the things in it, so he goes up and down from the furniture whenever he feels like it. He's a great dog but we really didn't spend as much time training as we should have! My sister has a big lab that's only 4.5 years old but she has had such an awful time with her joints and ACL. I'm so grateful that our dog has been really healthy, but seeing what my sister's dog has gone through really makes me rethink how we would handle jumping if we ever get a young puppy again!

@mrsog: Your bump is such a cute shape! Is that your dog in the background? I love bulldogs!

@twodoghouse: My parents Golden had both knees done, whatever the worst knee surgery is next to a replacement, ugh, it was so awful. I knew I always wanted a Golden, but of course know it's hard to get away from the things they are SO predisposed to. He is insured for one thing heaven forbid, but not knowing we'd get into agility we were so careful early days! I do xrays every year at his annual check up too, my vet likes to take a look and make sure everything looks okay jointwise. Can't see it in pics too, but he is too small for what a Golden should be (almost 2 inches shorter than breed standard for males) so I am hoping down the road that helps us with joint stuff when he becomes an old man.

@Beebug: Your bump always looks so cute, and so does your puppy!!! And GO TEAM CANADA My DH and I both wearing red today (ok, so I totally didn't wear red on purpose, but I will pretend I did).

@mrsog: gah your bump and puppy are so cute too!

You guys are making want another puppy (well, not a puppy, I'd rather an older dog). We adopted an older dog a few years ago, and we didnt' realize when we adopted him that he had major kidney problems. He did pretty well for a few years (with lots of different medications, etc) but last spring we had to put him down because his kidneys basically failed It was soooo hard. Anyways, I didnt' mean to be a downer! Your pictures are making me want want to get another dog!!! But our house is pretty small and we already have two cats...so I think that's plenty for now. Here's a glamour shot of our dog when DD was a newborn. I can't believe this is the only pic I have of him on my phone...definitely not the best pic! He loooooved having his tummy rubbed! (and ignore the mcdonald's bags!)

@Mae: haha, ya, it can get to be a lot! I felt soooo guilty when our dog was put down. I felt that I hadn't spent that much quality time with him in the last few months because DD was a newborn and took up a lot of my attention. And I would get so annoyed because he was waking up at all hours of the night to be let outside...I thought it was just because I was getting up at strange hours to feed DD/pump, not realizing that his kidneys were deteriorating. I also couldn't walk him when I was home by myself with DD, because he pulled A LOT on the leash and I couldn't handle him and a stroller. So he would see me go out for walks with her and he couldn't come for walks until DH got home (we do have a fenced in backyard so he wasn't stuck in the house all day!) It took me a few months to finally stop feeling guilty all the time after he passed away. I'm definitely going to wait until our kids are older/we have a bigger house to get another dog!

We got so lucky with our bulldog. We wanted to get one for years but they are so expensive from a breeder as a puppy - like $2-3k and also we both work so training a puppy would be hard. Then one day DH saw someone who he hasnt even talked to in years post on facebook a picture of Tyson and it said does anyone want to adopt this dog? He sent me the picture and I said yes immediately - this was on a Tuesday - and he called the owners that night but they didnt answer. The next day was opening day for the Mets so we took off work and went to the game and the owners called him like halfway through and said if we wanted him we could come that night to get him. We left Queens and drove straight to New Jersey where they lived, we wrote up a quick contract saying they didnt know of any major health issues and that they couldnt take him back, and he came home with us that night. He was 5 years old then and perfect. He doesnt bark, doesnt jump on people, well trained. I have no idea why these people got rid of him like they did but it worked out so well for us.

@Mamasig: such beautiful dogs! I kind of get what you mean though, I feel the same way about my cats. They definitely don't get much attention these days, and I actually worry about them around DD. One of them is OVERLY affectionate and rubs up against her and knocks her down. The other one is kind of vicious...you can hardly pet her without her trying to bite or scratch you, so I worry that one day DD will push the limits and get hurt. I dont' feel like we can give them up...I would never bring them to a shelter, etc. But if I came across someone who I knew would be a good pet owner, and was looking for two cats, I would gladly allow them to give my cats a good home where they weren't around small kids and could get more affection every day Plus I always tell my DH that if we didn't have the two cats, we could get a dog (I'm usually joking when I say it..I don't want another dog right now)...so he would love to find a nice home for our cats