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I’ve been getting this newsletter from parentsconnect since I was pregnant. Once a week, I would let my co-workers in on the fascinating info found in said newsletter. Like when my baby was the size of a chihuahua or the length of a mini skirt. This newsletter is totally funny and not at all scary like some can be. I love this gem from the one I got today:

Mommy Milestones…

You updated Facebook with 50 (nearly identical) pictures of your gorgeous kid, and your best friend from seventh grade, who you just reconnected with, commented, “SO CUTE!!!!” (And, let’s face it, she’s totally right.) 

Hah! If we’re facebook friends, you know it’s true.

• Baby girl is sleeping soundly in her SwaddleMe. I suck at swaddling and think this is a brilliant product!
• I’m reading Sag Harbor.
• The kids are drawing and talking about school.
• Speaking of which, I may be pulling Robin out in the next week or so to homeschool him.
• I’m going to braid my hair later and hope I can replicate this style. Doubt it though.
• Pretend this bullet is actually a picture, heh.

The postpartum recovery period is always hardest for me, physically. The baby is doing great and we are so happy to have her! But, I feel like I got hit by a bus. Part of it is that I have a hard time resting. I can’t help but think about all the things I could be doing! And so I overdo it, and land myself back in bed for a day or two. This time around, I have had a set of physical issues I hadn’t dealt with before including a pinched nerve in one leg. Then there are the usual breastfeeding issues that make me wince and cry. And hating how I look in clothes, which makes me cry, etc, etc. I just have to let go. That’s it. I just have to force myself to relax, and let everyone pamper me, and for crying out loud, sit down. Easier said than done. And now…baby pic!

9 lbs, 3 oz. in the water

This photo was taken right before Robin threw up as we were leaving the farm and we realized by day’s end it was the flu. This photo also marks my first outing with the kids and ILs sans L! It was actually a pretty fun day.

I love Border’s and the kids’ events they have on the weekend. This was a Polar Express PJ party, but get this…the story was a book on tape! The woman doing the reading read about 3 other holiday books, but we then listened to Liam Neeson read The Polar Express. Huh?

• I haven’t gotten a pedicure yet.
• I need an eyebrow wax badly.
• I haven’t picked up any labor supplies. Like castor oil (not to drink) and Jolly Rancher lollipops. You know, The Important Stuff.
• The car seat hasn’t arrived.
• I still have presents to buy and wrap.
• I’ve only knit one of a pair of booties for her to wear home.
• None of the dates I’d like her to be born on because I’m weird about numbers have come yet.
• Parents Night Out is Friday and I really want to see An Education. And Coco Before Chanel.

Friday was crazy hair day at the kids’ school. L gave Robin a frohawk which isn’t crazy at all! Crazy cute maybe. Of course, Finch pestered him for the rest of the day until he got one too.

I sometimes feel that’s what my kids are thinking, lol. This morning, I was having a conversation with Bebe about the money I had given him for new sneakers.

B: “Mommy, what’s that house on the back of this one?”

M: “That’s the White House.”

B: “Cory in the House lives there.”

M: “Only on tv, in real life, Obama and his family live there.”

B: “Why does Obama have two houses?”

M: “Because when he became president, he had to move to Washington, D.C.”

B: “Who’s this guy on the front?”

M: “Andrew Jackson, a former president.”

B: “Mommy, what happens if I turn the money like this?”

M: “It will still be $25.”

B: “No mommy, it makes an X shape.”

M: “Oh.” (Duh, lol).

Playdough + rolling pin + cookie cutters = Happy kids on a rainy day

School started yesterday and I managed to get Girlie’s 5,000 pencils sharpened in time.