blog slacker

I know i've been slacking wiht the blog to say the least. I've been busy and tired as hell lately. I don't remember being quite this tired during my 2nd trimester with Lilly, but then again i didn't have a toddler to chase after!

Lilly and I are in a parent/tot swim class at the local high school on Wednesdays for the next month... it's been really nice being able to play with her AND floating in the water, and she's getting more and more comfortable with the water. she loved the pool last year, but she was always in a baby float... since i'm expecting to spend quite a bit of time in the pool this summer being prego it'll be a great thing for Lilly to know how to float on her back.

Kelly, this one's for you: my grocery store does email and facebook coupons every week. I went in with a coupon for window cleaner for $.50... but it's on sale this week for $.20 off, so i ended up getting it for a whopping $.30. :) I think I need to print out another coupon and head back to the store!

u/s pic to come..

We found out tuesday that we're having ANOTHER GIRL! :) Sometime soon I'll scan and post the ultrasound pic, but it's another Skeletor shot.

in the same breath, my FIL said congrats and we're gonna have to have a 3rd so he can have a grandson. Good thing Lilly's a bit of a tomboy, huh? Gotta love family..

ahhhhh...

We finally got some more nice weather this week! sunny and 60 yesterday with more of the same for most of the week... it's like heaven. Lilly and I got to play outside for about an hr before her hands got too cold, and Daddy came home in the middle of it to play with us! So nice to have sunshine after 5pm, and it was even better be 60 degrees still.

Today we have a playdate with a handful of moms/kids from the BFing group i went to.. and tomorrow we're going to this big ass consignment sale with another mommy friend of mine! the sale really starts today at 9am (45min from now) but there's no way i can get the dogs out & fed, me showered and dressed, Lilly cleaned, fed & dressed, and wade thru the sale on the busiest day and STILL make it to our playgroup on time. I am tempted to try tho.. just to go in and see if they have a sit n stand stroller. we'll have to see how the timing works out!

Thanks for the calls and emails this week.. monday night/tuesday am i was a blubbering idiot, but it's nice to know there's love out there! *hugs*

Happy Birthday

I miss you, Wa

phew!

we've had a busy busy week! a play date and groceries on Monday, snow day and furnace maintenance on Tuesday, play date Thursday, ultrasound, shopping with Grandma, and errands on Friday. now if my sleepy tired daughter would just give in and nap, we'd be all set :)

Mom got to see my u/s this am because Lilly was calm enough to let her... a first for both of them! Mom had only seen the still pictures before, so she was happy to be able to see the new baby dancing around and hear the heartbeat. measuring right on target for August 31st, and according to the tech and dr, today's downs syndrome screening is nothing to be worried about. I'll get the official result next week. It wouldn't change anything, just give us warning, but I'm glad to get this result :)

I contacted the crib company.. apparently all i have to do to convert it to a daybed is take off the front rail. the bed spring platform thing holds the front together. so woohoo, the $20 bed rail i found will fit and keep Lilly in and save us from spending $90 on the crib's official toddler rail.

rumor has it that one of the other young women in my family is also pregnant! yay! between the two of us and another of my playgroup moms, this will be another exciting summer/fall. I do need to register for a mom n toddler swim class for this spring tho - it'll be great for Lilly to get into a pool early this year and i know we will be swimming alot this summer.

alright.. got to get *something* done now that the soon to be big sister is quiet...

help!

With baby #2 in the works for August, I've been thinking about what we'll need to get for furniture. Especially since babies r us is doing a trade-in get 25% off promotion and my sister and i went nuts finding cheap pack n plays at garage sales! Going to get a second wooden Graco highchair which goes nicely with our table, fits under it (w/o the big tray on it), and converts into a big kid chair.

After our first crib was recalled, we got this one : Sorelle Tuscany Elite Lifetime Crib. Might end up getting another one for #2. Fine, right? well I've been very happy with it so far. Need to think about converting Lilly's into a toddler bed in the near future tho. So I asked at BRU yesterday and was told that if it converts into a daybed, i can get a generic wooden bedrail that they sell off the shelf and save some $$ insted of special ordering the sorelle toddler rail. The info on the display model of our crib says it converts to a daybed, but the instructions were AWOL. My instructions don't have *anything* about it. not even how to convert to a twin bed. So now i'm on the hunt. This is what naptime will be about today.

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Oh, and Sorelle's website doesn't even have this version of the crib - they only have this crib with the attached changer. And their directions? HA! even THAT doesn't say anything about converting it to a daybed even tho it's in the description of the crib. it's freaking rediculous. they still MAKE this crib, so what the hell?! They will be hearing from me today.