Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[LucyJ]

Congrats Sparkly

V I still havent announced mine yet keep thinking I will then get scared which us daft as I'm 16 weeks today.

Amanda will reply to you probably tomorrow but on my phone at the mo so being quick.

Allie glad you had a great time away.

Sassy thinking of you.

Afm: we're at my parents it was my dads birthday yesterday we didn't do my had weather was horrid so we had a quiet day went for lunch going to take him to Harry potter studios in may as a late trip. Been to the zoo with my parents. brother, sil, niece & step-nephew they arrived late last night it was cold but had a great time. Hope you all have a fab Easter weekend.

 

[Allie84]

You will love the Harry Potter studios, Lucy!! I literally cried tears of joy. It was a blissful experience, soooooo much fun for anyone as into Harry Potter as I am.

HAPPY EASTER to all of my lovely Disco ladies.

 

[msarkozi]

Thanks ladies! I am back now after a wonderful weekend away. It always goes so quick, and unfortunately I don't get to go out again for awhile now.

I had my 3d ultrasound at uc baby on Thursday and he is definitely a boy! He is hiding behind the placenta though and so my pictures were not very clear at all. It was great seeing him, and hearing about how he is going to be a blonde again and that he is going to be a cuddler (he was cuddling his umbilical cord). He has the same nose as Kash, as well as the nice long eye lashes too. Apparently sugar does not affect him at all. I downed a bottle of pepsi before the scan like told, and then I ate over 20 suckers that she kept shoving at me to get him going, and he remained calm the whole time and barely moved lol! She said he will be an excellent sleeper and calm baby until he starts crawling, and then will be go go go like his big brother.

Gord proposed to me as well during the ultrasound, so now it's also wedding planning time! Going to need lots of encouragement to lose major weight before the wedding!

Kash loved every minute with his grandparents and great grandpa, and it was such a joy to watch. He is definitely a grandpa's boy (to both of them), and grandma was only ok at times lol!

It was nice to get home last night and sleep in our own beds. Everyone had good sleeps and now back to routine again. This Saturday will be the first of the swim lessons too, so we will be driving to High Level every Saturday morning until June 15th for those. Will make the weeks go by quick I am sure.

Great news about the twins Sparkly!

And Gibs, I loved your announcement too

So sorry Sass!

Hello to all my other lovely ladies too. I hope everyone had a great weekend

 

[Round2]

Congrats Mel! When is the wedding? Are we all invited...ha,ha, just kidding!!

Congrats on team blue too...I see lots of hockey in your future!!

 

[Allie84]

Congrats Mel!!! That is so amazing!! Were you shocked? Congrats on Team Blue, too!!!!!

And thanks for the update.

How is everyone?

 

[msarkozi]

lol, if you can all make it to Red Deer We are thinking June 21, 2014 for the wedding. We were going to do October 4th, 2014 but changed it to June as I will be just finishing mat leave and so I can take the time to go down south a couple weeks before and make sure everything is all in order without having to take time off of work to do it. There is so much to do for it, and I don't really know where to start with it all. I can't decide if I want blue or purple for my colors......decisions decisions!

We picked a name for the baby tonight - Riley John Patrick! I like that Gord wanted to add in the Patrick to it this time too. It's one of his middle names, and we used it for Kash too....he wasn't sure if people would think that is dumb or not, but I like it

 

[vickyd]

Congrats Mel!!!!!!!!!!
Question...How could they tell Riley is going to be blonde????????

Well ill be in Toronto December 2nd but i doubt ill get to see any of you canadians as you all live really far no? Round i forget which part of Cnanda youre in....

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Congrats Mel, do please gord finally proposed! Love the name Riley that was our 2nd choice for Zach.x

 

[Round2]

Congrats Mel!!!!!!!!!!
Question...How could they tell Riley is going to be blonde????????

Well ill be in Toronto December 2nd but i doubt ill get to see any of you canadians as you all live really far no? Round i forget which part of Cnanda youre in....

Vicky, I'm about 3.5 hours away, but I visit Toronto often. If I can swing it, I'd LOVE to meet up.

Mel, love the name!

 

[hoping:)]

Congrats, Mel Yay for a boy and yay for getting engaged. I love the name too! Is Kash excited about a brother?

June 21st is my birthday! It sounds like a great day to get married I would love to go to Canada.

I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter

 

[msarkozi]

Vick - they must be able to tell by the hue that is picked up. They said that with Kash as well, and he is definitely a blonde. UC Baby is purely entertainment purposes, so they must be taught how to identify all of this stuff in the ultrasound I am guessing?

I am in Northern Alberta, so Toronto is quite a distance for me.

I told Gord that June 21st is the first day of summer and longest day of the year, which will also be the longest day of his life! lol!

 

[vickyd]

Round ill be there Dec 2nd-7th, it would be amazing if we could meet up!!!

 

[heart tree]

Mel I love the name! Congrats on another boy. So exciting that you are having a baby and planning a wedding! Wow!

I'd be so jealous of a Canadian meet up. When is someone going to come to SF? Hopefully I'll get to see Amy in July. Amy, if you are reading, how are you?

I'm in writing hell right now. I took a contract job for my old employer and only have time to write when Delilah naps. It's killing me. The only free time I have is the hour or two between her bedtime and mine. Luckily she slept like a champ last night, so at least I'm rested. Tim has agreed to take all of the middle of the night shifts and I'll take the early morning ones. We're trying to wean her from nursing in the middle of the night as she clearly doesn't need it anymore. So far so good. The first night he settled her, she looked for the boob and when she didn't find it, fell asleep in his arms quickly and he put her back down. Since then, she has only woken for her early morning feed. I can live with that.

Ok, naughty me. I need to be writing but I'm on B&B instead. What's worse is that I only wrote a paragraph for this nap time and she's now awake! Gotta run.

 

[Allie84]

Hearty, can you hire some help for Delilah or put her in childcare part-time?

I'm about to enroll Alistair in an early learning center for M/W/F. It's just too hard to work from home with a little one. I don't actually need M/W/F but that's all they will offer for part-time, so I just have to take it. I would prefer T/Th but someone took that spot....

Well done on weaning the middle of the night feed. You will be able to work much better when you are rested!!!

I hope to come to SF sometime soon to see my sister. I just don't know what's going on. We are trying to move. Alex is starting to apply for jobs in California, Colorado and one random job in Atlanta with the UK gov't.

Mel, what a beautiful name!! I'm so excited for you. Hmmm I think Red Deer is a bit of a drive.

 

[heart tree]

Naughty me... back on again.

Allie, my deadline is this Sunday. It's not worth trying to find childcare. Plus the reason I took this gig is to help with money. I'm halfway through what I need to write and whatever I don't get done during the week, I can get done on Saturday when Tim is around.

How is your mom? I popped over to your journal last night, but I just didn't have enough energy in me to be on the computer. I want to read about your trip though!

Definitely let me know when you come to visit your sister. She lives less than an hour away from me if I recall.

I think Alex needs to get a job in California. Preferably SF so we can hang out. Can you please tell him that I would very much appreciate that?

Holy cow, my girl just talked herself to sleep! No crying! Woo hoo!!!

Ok, I need to go write now. For real.

 

[Allie84]

Well done Delilah!!!!

Good luck getting the writing done this weekend. You're almost done!!!

I will pass the message on to Alex. I sure wouldn't mind living somewhere with a bit more sunshine and people.

 

[VGibs]

Love the name Mel!

 

[vickyd]

Hey ladies! boy its quiet in here! Ive been super busy at work and fighting a loosing battle with a serious sinus infection the past 2 weeks. Thursday i officialy lost and spiked a 40 degree fever which thankfully has gone down today. My parents and Alex also are sick so ive had to take care of Hero while being so ill. I used to wonder how mothers that are sick entertain their kids, i now know its some kind of miracle....I took her to the park with a 39 degree temp, my knees were buckling and im sure i zoned out a few times loosing hero from my sight for a few seconds. Thankfully the other moms were helping me out or who knows what would have happened...

 

[heart tree]

OMG Vicky! I had to google a celcius to farenheit converter to see how high your temp was. 104? You poor thing. Are you feeling any better now? I had to care for Delilah with the flu and it was awful. I'm sorry you had to do the same. Thank god for other moms helping out!

It has been quiet in here. What's everyone else been up to?

I just completed my writing job for my old employer. It was a lot to write and very stressful. But it's done, so now I have a little more free time than I did before. Tim and I went out on our first real date since the baby was born. His cousin babysat. Luckily Delilah slept the whole time. She's been an amazing sleeper lately. She sleeps through until 5am at the earliest, nurses, then back to sleep until 7 or 8. One morning she slept through until almost 7am! I had several nights of 8 hour sleeps. I haven't slept 8 hours straight since I was pregnant. It has been wonderful. I'm getting greedy now though. Last night she was up at 4am to nurse, so I only got 5 hours in a row and I was upset. LOL! I used to pray that she would sleep until 4am!

Here are some videos I got of her. One of her first crawl. She's not exactly on her hands and knees yet, but she's getting there. She can follow me around the house with this crawl though, so it does the job. She's much better at it now than when I took the video. The other is of a funny face she does all the time. Now I can get her to do it when I prompt her. Normally she does it when she's irritated. It cracks me up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHG4GYrr9hs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijntz-jJMz8

 

[vickyd]

what a squishy bunny!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shes perfect Hearty!

Im feeling a bit better today, however no i have no sence of taste. Literally anything i eat tastes of nothing! I was on a really healthy eating plan the last 10 days but now im eating everything out of desperation for something that tastes other than cardboard....Seriously, i probs have gained 3-4 pounds the last 3 days....

Hearty hope the date was fun, did you ge some quality sex time as well????????/ hahaha!!! Quality sex hmmmm what is that again????