Weekly Chat June 25

[SaraElise]

Originally Posted by mvp529 So how old is everyone? Am I the granny of the group at 35? I will be 36 when this baby arrives.

I just turned 28 a couple of weeks ago, we started young and had them close together. 4 kids in 5.5 years!

Originally Posted by yellowdog We got frames that say "grandkids" for our parents. We plan on using one of the slots to write something about a new baby coming in March. That's similar to what we did with DS.

Cute! I haven't decided what we will do yet. I had thought about having the kids wear "big brother/big sister" shirts at my oldest's birthday party in September since everyone will be together at once, but I don't know if I can hold out that long. That would be at least 13 weeks, maybe longer depending on when my BIL comes home for leave (I told him I would plan the party around that).

So now I don't know. I mentioned on facebook I don't want to interfere with my BIL and SIL having their first baby at the end of July, I want them to fully enjoy sharing their news with everyone without ours getting in the way.

[TS8213]

Originally Posted by mvp529 So how old is everyone? Am I the granny of the group at 35? I will be 36 when this baby arrives.

I'm 31, will be 32 in early September.

Originally Posted by Kotzurk Marking my spot! I'm so happy to e joining you ladies! I got my BFP Tuesday. I'm due March 9th. DH doesn't even know yet, lol. I have a big surprise planned for him on Friday to tell him.

Congrats!! My DH looked at the stick before I did, so he already knows.

Originally Posted by SaraElise Congratulations! Your post reminded me, is anyone sharing the news with others in a fun way?

I'm hoping to but need to start perusing Pinterest for ideas. Neither of our families will be thrilled we're having another (just a really good assumption on my part) so I might as well make it fun for me to tell them!

Anyone else on Pinterest? I'm an addict at times, but I've found so many cute baby ideas and yummy recipes, amongst other things. I love those gender reveal ideas I've seen out there with the gender color balloons in a box and then it's revealed when you open the big box and the balloons pop out. So fun! Someone here who's not team green PLEASE do that and photograph it so I can live vicariously through you.

[yellowdog]

Originally Posted by TS8213 Anyone else on Pinterest? I'm an addict at times, but I've found so many cute baby ideas and yummy recipes, amongst other things. I love those gender reveal ideas I've seen out there with the gender color balloons in a box and then it's revealed when you open the big box and the balloons pop out. So fun! Someone here who's not team green PLEASE do that and photograph it so I can live vicariously through you.

I'm on Pinterest but I suck at using it!!

[SaraElise]

I LOVE pinterest. I would say about 99.9% of my recipes have come from there lately, plus so many fun things to do with the kids.

We've never done anything big to tell people, just shared with our families when we saw them, and then made a facebook announcement. Everyone will be pretty excited, but I sort of dread telling my IL's. My FIL gets WAY too involved in our family planning, and is always bugging us to have more because they have 10 kids and think we should too. I love big families, but I doubt ours will ever be that big for many reasons. I just hate that he can't stay out of it and let us make our own decisions without his input.

So he will be excited, probably too much so, and we will get all sorts of comments about how we are on pace to have more then them, or we are trying to catch up or something. I wish they could just be happy about the baby and not turn it into a numbers thing or an "I told you so" sort of thing.

[yellowdog]

Originally Posted by SaraElise I LOVE pinterest. I would say about 99.9% of my recipes have come from there lately, plus so many fun things to do with the kids. We've never done anything big to tell people, just shared with our families when we saw them, and then made a facebook announcement. Everyone will be pretty excited, but I sort of dread telling my IL's. My FIL gets WAY too involved in our family planning, and is always bugging us to have more because they have 10 kids and think we should too. I love big families, but I doubt ours will ever be that big for many reasons. I just hate that he can't stay out of it and let us make our own decisions without his input. So he will be excited, probably too much so, and we will get all sorts of comments about how we are on pace to have more then them, or we are trying to catch up or something. I wish they could just be happy about the baby and not turn it into a numbers thing or an "I told you so" sort of thing.

I dread my MIL knowing. She too likes to be in our business. I'll have to post more about her sometime in the FB group.

[amb2j]

My DS will be 2 in August. So far I have the same prominent symptoms as with DS-tired and hungry...and actually, I have a tiny little bump already-I showed at 6 weeks with DS so its no wonder Im showing so early with number 2 lol
A close coworker/friend actually noticed my belly. That, along with my eating, she guessed I was pregnant! I couldnt believe it! Im barely 5 weeks!

And, Im 30 :-)

[TS8213]

Both families love to comment on anything financial related to us. Yes we had money issues in the past, but we've had those under control for a long time now. If we want to have another kid, why do they care?! Our kids have always had food, clothes, and the extras they don't need (hockey lessons, figure skating lessons, piano, etc). Ok, off my soapbox.

No bump for me yet, but I'm on the fluffy side anyways so it won't be noticeable to anyone else for awhile. Luckily it's summer and I have a ton of cute dresses made of the stretchy knit material. Hopefully I won't have to get any maternity clothes until Sept/Oct (2nd tri) when it starts cooling off at night here.

[Judesmommy]

Good morning ladies...got this right away this morning. I don't have much experience with simple strip tests but the couple I took yesterday were completely white

[SaraElise]

Congratulations! That's definitely a positive!

[TS8213]

Originally Posted by Judesmommy Good morning ladies...got this right away this morning. I don't have much experience with simple strip tests but the couple I took yesterday were completely white

Woot! Congrats!