Ugh. So I'm gonna rant a lil in this post....
We got our U/s yesterday. Baby is healthy, on track, active, and A GIRL!! Awesome stuff all around. Her name will be Lilith Deanna.
Rant time:
Not gonna lie though, I'm pissed off and sad (I cried last night when I saw) that the stupid lady didn't get ANY pics that are like "Yep. That's a girl!" even though it was pretty freaking clear and she totally could have. She wasn't very nice anyway though. Kind of dismissive towards me and never once said please... I R disappoint... >:c
She was like "Lay down. You will have pictures." because I was trying to sit up a tiny bit and look at the screen to see if it was a boy or girl. Like I just wanted to see my baby moving since she was being so active and the lady was like "Lay down. You will have pictures." She never once said please, and her tone was pretty cold and dismissive. Then to get the CD and not even HAVE any kind of "it's a girl" pics (No pictures at all of that even though that was my main concern due to PTSD issues) OR video of my baby moving around (Only a close up video of the heartbeat, which while cool was not the only thing I was expecting to see)?
I feel cheated (I didn't really get to see much of ANYTHING. I got a good glimpse at the girl parts and that is only because I ignored her telling me to lay down but my eyes are bad so it is NOT what I wanted at all [merely a semi-decent brief look]. I wanted a good look damn it. Also, I didn't get to see the baby moving around a lot either because she kept telling me to lay down and so I stupidly listened to her, lesson fucking learned and if I ever have to go back I'm just going to be a bitch about it and tell them to STFU I'm doing what the fuck I want like usual, I just didn't want to have to be on guard and tense on such an important day to me...should have known better since the hospitals aorund here suck ass) and lied too I'm crying and want to scream. :(
I get that she is there to make sure baby is healthy and measure things and yadda yadda first and foremost. Fine, cool, great, do your job as a medical professional and get the medical stuff done first even. But how hard is it to then spend 30 seconds to be compassionate towards first time parents who want to see what they are having? It's upsetting and not good bedside manner and pretty much put a damper on an otherwise AMAZING day for me. :(
She was cold and rude and dismissve. LIke, I get it lady, you do this shit every day and probably have kids of your own that are grown already (She was older) so you probably don't get it anymore but for fucks sake look at me like a PERSON, like a FIRST TIME MOM and not just another patient.... :(
I went to make a complaint (Got to the superviser but it went to his voicemail so I am now waiitng to see if they call me back by tomorrow morning or I'm calling them again) because seriously, that attitude was NOT cool with me, and then the picture thing on top of it? I'm one mad mama.... >:'/
It's not cool with me at all and I'm not a person who puts up with that kind of thing without at least a complaint.
Our server at dinner afterwards though (Outback. Got a lobster and steak combo that was on special and a glass of red wine to celebrate~ Plus, brownie dessert!!) ? She was AWESOME and I am letting her corporate office know how great she was because her manager said that she will get some kind of awesome certificate thingy. ♥ :D
Update a few hours later- We are getting another U/s free of charge. Hopefully it won't be a long one and hoping we seriously will not need another and that the tech is nicer this time. I'm not happy about having to go in again and put my baby through it again, but it is what it is. Calling to schedule it tomorrow and find out when they can get us (Probably Wednesday at 4 again)
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Update thingy~
Midwife appointment went great!
Baby and I are right on track for 17 weeks size wise and are totally healthy and awesome. Got to hear the heartbeat, and also got to hear the movements a couple times (The fetoscope isn't working on me yet and baby does not like the doppler and kept moving around and would hit it, lol). We got the U/s referral and so tomorrow we get to go to the hospital and find out if we're having a girl or a boy. I am SO excited!!! :D
Also, on Friday I get to go to DC for a rally/march thingy with some friends and I'm looking forward to that as well~ :3
So, now for the personal bits and pieces that some people might not wanna hear... This is a TMI warning by the way... lol
My breasts have these small lumps/patches of dark spots on them here and ther. Not very big and not very many but they're there. Under the dark spots is hard and tender to touch. Not sure what it is yet, the midwife agrees it's probably nothing to worry about and seems totally normal but I'm giving it until Friday and if they are the same or get worse at all I'm going to see the doctor because I really want to make sure it's alright, mostly because breast cancer runs in my family and so I think I'm handling this pretty sanely and calmly even though my instinct is to freak out and worry. I'm not stressing over it, I'm just also not being overly passive and I think that's a good balance. lol.
So after clearing up two yeast infections two weeks in a row (Yay hormones....) my girly bits seem normal again. The only thing is the swelling now and that is normal and common during pregnancy and not worrisome since it is the only thing going on right now. It seems to get better after a hot shower (I have started to take a nightly shower just to get the hot water on my body, so I don't use soap or wash my hair every single night since that isn't healthy for it. I simply use the time to focus on my body and stuff and relax a bit before bed.) and doesn't itch, burn, hurt, ache, have discharge, or anything like that. It's just...swollen. Haha. Like my vulva sneaks in some lip augmentation while I sleep or something. It's a little uncomfortable at times because I already have an enlarged labia minora and the swelling makes them look a bit ridiculous and stick out even more. Normally they're just thin flaps of skin and I'm used to them, but the swelling makes it so they are now thick flaps of skin that like to stick and rub together and just be annoying in general and I am so not used to that at all. It's alright, it's a part of pregnancy and I'll gladly take it since so far everything has been decently easy this pregnancy and I am seriously grateful and happy about that. :D
Anyway, weekly pics and the reveal will be coming tomorrow evening!!! ♥
Oh, in case I hadn't mentioned before, I got new sandals and they are awesome and I will have a picture of them eventually. My feet were swollen a little bit for about 2 days a little bit ago and the sandals fit perfect still and felt great. The swelling started after I got a blister from walking in flip flops (thus why I needed the new sandals...) so I'm not even worried about it. Plus, getting swollen feet is also normal and common during pregnancy. I'm glad to have a pair of cute sandals that fit my feet so well normally and when swollen, and they cost less than $20 too~ :D
Baby and I are right on track for 17 weeks size wise and are totally healthy and awesome. Got to hear the heartbeat, and also got to hear the movements a couple times (The fetoscope isn't working on me yet and baby does not like the doppler and kept moving around and would hit it, lol). We got the U/s referral and so tomorrow we get to go to the hospital and find out if we're having a girl or a boy. I am SO excited!!! :D
Also, on Friday I get to go to DC for a rally/march thingy with some friends and I'm looking forward to that as well~ :3
So, now for the personal bits and pieces that some people might not wanna hear... This is a TMI warning by the way... lol
My breasts have these small lumps/patches of dark spots on them here and ther. Not very big and not very many but they're there. Under the dark spots is hard and tender to touch. Not sure what it is yet, the midwife agrees it's probably nothing to worry about and seems totally normal but I'm giving it until Friday and if they are the same or get worse at all I'm going to see the doctor because I really want to make sure it's alright, mostly because breast cancer runs in my family and so I think I'm handling this pretty sanely and calmly even though my instinct is to freak out and worry. I'm not stressing over it, I'm just also not being overly passive and I think that's a good balance. lol.
So after clearing up two yeast infections two weeks in a row (Yay hormones....) my girly bits seem normal again. The only thing is the swelling now and that is normal and common during pregnancy and not worrisome since it is the only thing going on right now. It seems to get better after a hot shower (I have started to take a nightly shower just to get the hot water on my body, so I don't use soap or wash my hair every single night since that isn't healthy for it. I simply use the time to focus on my body and stuff and relax a bit before bed.) and doesn't itch, burn, hurt, ache, have discharge, or anything like that. It's just...swollen. Haha. Like my vulva sneaks in some lip augmentation while I sleep or something. It's a little uncomfortable at times because I already have an enlarged labia minora and the swelling makes them look a bit ridiculous and stick out even more. Normally they're just thin flaps of skin and I'm used to them, but the swelling makes it so they are now thick flaps of skin that like to stick and rub together and just be annoying in general and I am so not used to that at all. It's alright, it's a part of pregnancy and I'll gladly take it since so far everything has been decently easy this pregnancy and I am seriously grateful and happy about that. :D
Anyway, weekly pics and the reveal will be coming tomorrow evening!!! ♥
Oh, in case I hadn't mentioned before, I got new sandals and they are awesome and I will have a picture of them eventually. My feet were swollen a little bit for about 2 days a little bit ago and the sandals fit perfect still and felt great. The swelling started after I got a blister from walking in flip flops (thus why I needed the new sandals...) so I'm not even worried about it. Plus, getting swollen feet is also normal and common during pregnancy. I'm glad to have a pair of cute sandals that fit my feet so well normally and when swollen, and they cost less than $20 too~ :D
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Week 17
We have the appointment with the midwife in just a few hours and I might come back and write about it later.
For now, here are the pics and numbers for this week~ ♥
Week 17
35-33.5-36 123.6 lbs
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Bonding
So on one of my forums someone asked something about my husband possibly not bonding with the baby since he isn't getting up with me and the baby at all hours of the night...I figured it would make a good blog post so I wrote out a reply mostly just to copy paste it here. ♥
There are so many other ways to bond beyond getting up with mom and baby in the middle of the night. I personally think the getting up at all hours of the night in order to bond is as silly as thinking the father has to be allowed to bottle feed in order to bond. (Guess what, he won't be bottle feeding either! Oh god the horror~ lol) It's a weird societal expectation thing to me that is more about feelings than facts. I feel that my husband will have plenty of ways and time to bond that don't require him to lose sleep and not be able to function at work, etc..
He can be there to bathe the baby. He can hug and cuddle and rock it at any time he wants (Seriously, you think the baby cares if he is doing it at 2AM or 2PM? No. The baby doesn't care what time of day it is for cuddles, they're still cuddles and still count, lol). He can play with them at all ages and be involved in their interests and hobbies (And as they get older this is really effective at bonding, you know the whole being involved in their life as they grow up thing...I think that's highly underrated as far as bonding goes...). He can cuddle with us while I'm breastfeeding and be there with us in that way. We can sing and dance around the house as a family in the afternoons. He can cosleep with us two nights a week and touch, cuddle, and even sing to the baby while we lay there to rest as a family and he can even do this before he has to go to bed for work the next day. Actually, he can do this stuff at any time of day when he is home! That's a pretty crazy idea though, huh?
I mean, sure he can still always change diapers if he really wants (but he doesn't have too I'm fine doing it whenever I can. He would do it though if I needed him too because I'm busy doing something else though) and again, I really don't think the baby cares if Daddy is changing them at 2AM or 2PM. Seriously. I don't even think changing a diaper bonds any more than just having some cuddles (which can happen at any time of day not just 2AM)... lol The baby doesn't care who is wiping it's ass as long as it gets wiped. lol
No offense intended but I really don't get the whole "he won't bond without x, y, and z" thing myself. There are ways other than bottle feeding and wiping butts and getting up at 2AM even though you'll be exhausted at work the next day to bond with a baby and they're all just as great and have the bonus that they don't require losing sleep when he doesn't have too or risk damage to breastfeeding or wiping butts. I mean, hey if that's how you want to bond or how you feel you need to bond, fine go for it... I just don't get it myself is all... I just feel that bonding simply requires time and attention and there are so many ways to give a baby and child time and attention during the day beyond feeding and changing diapers.
There are so many other ways to bond beyond getting up with mom and baby in the middle of the night. I personally think the getting up at all hours of the night in order to bond is as silly as thinking the father has to be allowed to bottle feed in order to bond. (Guess what, he won't be bottle feeding either! Oh god the horror~ lol) It's a weird societal expectation thing to me that is more about feelings than facts. I feel that my husband will have plenty of ways and time to bond that don't require him to lose sleep and not be able to function at work, etc..
He can be there to bathe the baby. He can hug and cuddle and rock it at any time he wants (Seriously, you think the baby cares if he is doing it at 2AM or 2PM? No. The baby doesn't care what time of day it is for cuddles, they're still cuddles and still count, lol). He can play with them at all ages and be involved in their interests and hobbies (And as they get older this is really effective at bonding, you know the whole being involved in their life as they grow up thing...I think that's highly underrated as far as bonding goes...). He can cuddle with us while I'm breastfeeding and be there with us in that way. We can sing and dance around the house as a family in the afternoons. He can cosleep with us two nights a week and touch, cuddle, and even sing to the baby while we lay there to rest as a family and he can even do this before he has to go to bed for work the next day. Actually, he can do this stuff at any time of day when he is home! That's a pretty crazy idea though, huh?
I mean, sure he can still always change diapers if he really wants (but he doesn't have too I'm fine doing it whenever I can. He would do it though if I needed him too because I'm busy doing something else though) and again, I really don't think the baby cares if Daddy is changing them at 2AM or 2PM. Seriously. I don't even think changing a diaper bonds any more than just having some cuddles (which can happen at any time of day not just 2AM)... lol The baby doesn't care who is wiping it's ass as long as it gets wiped. lol
No offense intended but I really don't get the whole "he won't bond without x, y, and z" thing myself. There are ways other than bottle feeding and wiping butts and getting up at 2AM even though you'll be exhausted at work the next day to bond with a baby and they're all just as great and have the bonus that they don't require losing sleep when he doesn't have too or risk damage to breastfeeding or wiping butts. I mean, hey if that's how you want to bond or how you feel you need to bond, fine go for it... I just don't get it myself is all... I just feel that bonding simply requires time and attention and there are so many ways to give a baby and child time and attention during the day beyond feeding and changing diapers.
Being a SAHM
This is a long winded rambly reply that I wrote out on the forums. I wanted to copy it here though.
For us it is actually cheaper for me to stay home so even if I wanted a job it's not realistic (Unless I somehow managed to get a job at the local cloth diaper store than we might break even since I'd be able to take my baby to work and save money on child care and still be able to be with my baby all the time, lol).
As a child though you know how people ask "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and kids tell them their biggest most amazing dreams...All I ever wanted to be was a mommy (I DID go to a flight attendant academy after high school due to pressure from my mother and also because it got me out of my house and away from the violence that was a constant thing there....but it didn't work for me as I refuse to be miserable and live an unhappy life because it's what other people want from me). I got a lot of flack for it growing up too. My mom was a single mother who had to work three jobs to raise my brother and I and I hated it. She was also (and still is) bitter with commitment issues and kind of nuts in the head and not a good person and so I grew up seeing her just be miserable and unhappy and crazy and shit (Even after over three years without issues she thinks I'm dumb for staying home and not having money of my own stashed away...you know in case my husband turns out like her two husbands were..crazy and abusive and violent... You know, because I wouldn't have picked up on it by now since I'm that oblivious and wouldn't know if my husband were a bad person and of course I totally don't have friends (and even neighbors! One of which is actually a police officer...) who would come get me and let me live with them for a bit if I really needed too... I'm THAT stupid that I have babies with guys before I'm 100% positive they aren't fucking nuts and of course I don't factor in how compatible we are on things before even being married let alone the baby making... *eyeroll* the fucked up world view of my mother... Sigh. ) ... So yeah, I do feel I was influenced by the fact that my mom was never home and had issues from shitty life choices she's made and when she was home she was napping or fighting with my brother and that all I ever wanted was a mommy who was there. I don't see that as bad though. My husband grew up with a SAHM and a working dad and he loved it and fully supports my dream.
I'm not saying all working moms are like mine, but in low income dysfunctional families like mine it's a pretty common theme and so I'm breaking the cycle there (I do admit that growing up with my mom and her crazyness and issues has given me some pretty high standards for my life and keeps me from repeating her mistakes..) and this is me getting out and living a better life for myself and my children, where both parents are happy and in love and work as a team in harmony.
I appreciate him and he appreciates me. We're a team and we both contribute. Just because I don't go out and work a 9-5 and make a paycheck doesn't mean I don't contribute. We each have our roles and duties and they work in harmony to compliment one another and it's what works for us. I wouldn't be with my husband if he and I weren't on the same page about things, especially things like this.
He and I talk about it randomly sometimes how he goes out Mon-Fri for work so I can live my dream and we can raise our children as he was raised and give them what we personally feel is best (This set up is not the best for everyone, and would not work for everyone, but it's what we feel is personally best for our specific family) and that it is totally worth it. He knows I work my ass off just as he does cooking, cleaning, organizing, and soon I'll be the one taking care of the babies while he is at work and so he doesn't feel like I don't contribute. In fact, he thinks I have the most amazing and intense and important job ever and if the roles were reversed we would have him be a stay at home dad while I worked because it is important to us that one of us stays home and while we feel it's best if it's the mom (personal feelings here!!) it would still be better for us to have dad stay home than send them to daycare for sure.
For me, I make money by saving money. I'm super thrifty and have time to look up sales and find deals and stuff and that helps us save money. I am also (and again this is all our personal feelings and not meant towards anyone elses life and what works for them) going to be there for our children all the time and for us that is worth much more than the amount of money I would make while working, Also, being a SAHM is great because we don't spend money for other things (Child care, bottles, breast pump and/or formula, disposable diapers, baby food, gas for me to drive every day, etc.) because our belief and lifestyle work easiest with a SAHM set up it's great for our wallet and our conscience.
It's awesome because our next door neighbors and a couple that lives across the street also have the SAHM thing going on so I don't feel as weird or alone in this neighborhood. In todays society it's kind of important to have that since SAHMs get such flack. I've been told it's not a real job. I've been told that I'm a gold digger/mooch/lazy bum for not wanting to work out of the home. I've been told that my husband must be abusive or crazy or submissive to want a wife that doesn't make money. You name it, and to me that's really sad.
I LOVE working women and I am SO glad that we have the right to choose and that women can work outside the home and live their dreams. I just wish that society would back up juuuuust a little bit because it's gone from SAHM being the norm and what is socially acceptable and a woman wanting to work out of the home being silly and stupid and funny, to being the opposite where if you want to stay home you're crazy, stupid, funny, etc. and it's actually kind of hurtful. I live in a time where what I do isn't considered hard work, or a real job, or even important by many people and it breaks my heart some times.
Honestly, I would run a day care out of our home if hubby would let me (He has said no to that idea, haha). lol I'd also make it "hippie friendly" which I know would go well with many crunchy moms in the area who do have to work (as most places around here for child care are not crunchy at all...) since I've talked to other people about it and have gotten good feedback. It's just not happening though because hubby says no to that idea. lol
For us it is actually cheaper for me to stay home so even if I wanted a job it's not realistic (Unless I somehow managed to get a job at the local cloth diaper store than we might break even since I'd be able to take my baby to work and save money on child care and still be able to be with my baby all the time, lol).
As a child though you know how people ask "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and kids tell them their biggest most amazing dreams...All I ever wanted to be was a mommy (I DID go to a flight attendant academy after high school due to pressure from my mother and also because it got me out of my house and away from the violence that was a constant thing there....but it didn't work for me as I refuse to be miserable and live an unhappy life because it's what other people want from me). I got a lot of flack for it growing up too. My mom was a single mother who had to work three jobs to raise my brother and I and I hated it. She was also (and still is) bitter with commitment issues and kind of nuts in the head and not a good person and so I grew up seeing her just be miserable and unhappy and crazy and shit (Even after over three years without issues she thinks I'm dumb for staying home and not having money of my own stashed away...you know in case my husband turns out like her two husbands were..crazy and abusive and violent... You know, because I wouldn't have picked up on it by now since I'm that oblivious and wouldn't know if my husband were a bad person and of course I totally don't have friends (and even neighbors! One of which is actually a police officer...) who would come get me and let me live with them for a bit if I really needed too... I'm THAT stupid that I have babies with guys before I'm 100% positive they aren't fucking nuts and of course I don't factor in how compatible we are on things before even being married let alone the baby making... *eyeroll* the fucked up world view of my mother... Sigh. ) ... So yeah, I do feel I was influenced by the fact that my mom was never home and had issues from shitty life choices she's made and when she was home she was napping or fighting with my brother and that all I ever wanted was a mommy who was there. I don't see that as bad though. My husband grew up with a SAHM and a working dad and he loved it and fully supports my dream.
I'm not saying all working moms are like mine, but in low income dysfunctional families like mine it's a pretty common theme and so I'm breaking the cycle there (I do admit that growing up with my mom and her crazyness and issues has given me some pretty high standards for my life and keeps me from repeating her mistakes..) and this is me getting out and living a better life for myself and my children, where both parents are happy and in love and work as a team in harmony.
I appreciate him and he appreciates me. We're a team and we both contribute. Just because I don't go out and work a 9-5 and make a paycheck doesn't mean I don't contribute. We each have our roles and duties and they work in harmony to compliment one another and it's what works for us. I wouldn't be with my husband if he and I weren't on the same page about things, especially things like this.
He and I talk about it randomly sometimes how he goes out Mon-Fri for work so I can live my dream and we can raise our children as he was raised and give them what we personally feel is best (This set up is not the best for everyone, and would not work for everyone, but it's what we feel is personally best for our specific family) and that it is totally worth it. He knows I work my ass off just as he does cooking, cleaning, organizing, and soon I'll be the one taking care of the babies while he is at work and so he doesn't feel like I don't contribute. In fact, he thinks I have the most amazing and intense and important job ever and if the roles were reversed we would have him be a stay at home dad while I worked because it is important to us that one of us stays home and while we feel it's best if it's the mom (personal feelings here!!) it would still be better for us to have dad stay home than send them to daycare for sure.
For me, I make money by saving money. I'm super thrifty and have time to look up sales and find deals and stuff and that helps us save money. I am also (and again this is all our personal feelings and not meant towards anyone elses life and what works for them) going to be there for our children all the time and for us that is worth much more than the amount of money I would make while working, Also, being a SAHM is great because we don't spend money for other things (Child care, bottles, breast pump and/or formula, disposable diapers, baby food, gas for me to drive every day, etc.) because our belief and lifestyle work easiest with a SAHM set up it's great for our wallet and our conscience.
It's awesome because our next door neighbors and a couple that lives across the street also have the SAHM thing going on so I don't feel as weird or alone in this neighborhood. In todays society it's kind of important to have that since SAHMs get such flack. I've been told it's not a real job. I've been told that I'm a gold digger/mooch/lazy bum for not wanting to work out of the home. I've been told that my husband must be abusive or crazy or submissive to want a wife that doesn't make money. You name it, and to me that's really sad.
I LOVE working women and I am SO glad that we have the right to choose and that women can work outside the home and live their dreams. I just wish that society would back up juuuuust a little bit because it's gone from SAHM being the norm and what is socially acceptable and a woman wanting to work out of the home being silly and stupid and funny, to being the opposite where if you want to stay home you're crazy, stupid, funny, etc. and it's actually kind of hurtful. I live in a time where what I do isn't considered hard work, or a real job, or even important by many people and it breaks my heart some times.
Honestly, I would run a day care out of our home if hubby would let me (He has said no to that idea, haha). lol I'd also make it "hippie friendly" which I know would go well with many crunchy moms in the area who do have to work (as most places around here for child care are not crunchy at all...) since I've talked to other people about it and have gotten good feedback. It's just not happening though because hubby says no to that idea. lol
Friday, March 16, 2012
Cloth diaper stash
So we went out and got $400 in cloth diaper stuff today.
What we got:
A mix of Thristies and Blueberry diaper covers
4 wool soakers (1 in each size) and a wool wash bar
A rumparooz OS pocket diaper and 4 Thirsties hemp prefolds size 2
3 pairs of baby legs, 4 cloth breast pads, and 1 mama cloth
2 bamboo and 1 hemp rumparooz inserts
1 wipes pouch and 1 diaper bag for on the go
1 wet bag for home use
So yeah. We're almost done getting everything we need to start out with. I still need some prefolds in size 1 (They were on sale so the size 1s were already sold out, lol) and I would like to get some more pocket diapers as well.
Our stash so far all put together:
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Weeks 13, 14 and 15
Week 13
34-32-35 117.6 lbs
Week 14
35-32.7-35 120.4 lbs
Week 15
35-33-35 121.6 lbs
So far so good nothing really new and exciting really so not much to really blog about. Haha.
I see the midwife in 11 days and we find out the gender in 18 days.
I got my first real weird craving. I want to sniff rubbing alcohol. It's apparently not unheard of so at least I'm not alone in that... lol
I have been getting some round ligament pain on occasion though. Man that hurts. It's just my body making room for the baby and also practice for dealing with discomfort and/or pain for when I get BH contractions, and then the real contractions, and then the birth... so it's a process and I'm fine with it though. Once it stops I feel good as ever as though it never happened, so it keeps me positive about coping with future growing pains and contractions and yes even the birth. lol
We did get the car seat (A Graco My Ride 65 Preston) though and it is adorable:
I also finished cleaning all the toys and just have to do the bath seat. We're going to work on baby proofing things eventually. Magnetic locks on the kitchen and bathroom cabinets, a couple rooms will have eye-and-hook locks up top to keep the baby out, outlet covers, a gate/fence thing for around the kitty stuff, and a baby gate for the stairs.
We still have $300 in cloth diapers to buy as well, but we'll manage. :)
We did go to Park Lane Tavern (AKA Fredericksburg Pub) for Cellus' birthday last night with Pete, James, Nika, and Bryan. It was so awesome and a lot of fun. I had their Mcmanis Merlot, a salmon entree, and a Guiness brownie for dessert (I only ate a little bit of it that night, but did eat the rest for breakfast this morning.. Haha.). We had an awesome waitress. She remembered us from previous visits and was very attentive and friendly. We also talked baby stuff a little bit and it was awesome~ ♥
Anyway, that's about it.
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