lissawynn- I still love my Tribeca. I will say I wish it had more storage room. We got the 7 passenger, and there isn't even room for the stroller with all the seats up and in position (I have a giganto Graco model). If I got an umbrella stroller it wouldn't be an issue. The kids fit much better 3 across in the middle row of seats, so if I need to do a Costco run with all three of them, it's not a problem, but it definitely doesn't have the storage room of say a nicer minivan or a Tahoe/Excursion/Suburban. But it's sooooo sporty and nice!
Molly is screaming her head off while I type. Too bad. I'm tired of this! I KNOW she can go to sleep on her own; she's done it dozens of times. She just knows I get tired of her screaming and I cave. She will literally fall asleep within 2 minutes of me picking her up, but the second I lay her back down, her eyes pop open and she straggles up and starts screaming again. I really just want to sleep with DH and not her in the middle!!! I mean, it's fine if she gets up at 2 or 3 or so and comes into bed with us, but not all night long. Grrrr.
SL- Lucas has the cutest little boy hair! I love it!
Justhat- about the ipod; man, that's a toughie. I totally see your point, but your DH probably gets tired of feeling like he can't ever do anything fun for himself after putting in long hours, week after week. He probably feels awkward having his MIL foot the bill for everything too, and not feel like he can make an independent decision with money. Does that make sense? A lot of a man's ego is tied up in being the breadwinner, and he is probably very frustrated that he can't do that right now and treated himself. I would probably let it go (although DH and I have been in very similar arguments over the years, believe me). I mean, if it was a pattern with your DH, that every month he was buying something extravagent, I would put my foot down, but one $250 toy a year (even if you can't afford it) is something to turn the other cheek to I guess. And as for the stroller.....hmmmm....if you weren't expecting another baby I would recommend probably not getting such an expensive model, but with baby #2 coming you can kind of justify buying something nicer. Is there any way you could just buy a $30 umbrella stroller for the time being, and then tell your DH that you really want to get the Peg Perego one in a few months, so for him to please not buy anything else expensive so you can justify the stroller purchase????
I hope you don't think I'm not on your side, it's just DH and I have had soooo many arguments about how to spend money over the years and I have found that it's soooo much easier just to let certain things go to keep the peace. (Hence, why I didn't 'poop' a brick when DH told me he bought the $1400 firearm last weekend....I paused, and said, 'oh, that's great- I know you really wanted that............................................we still have enough to pay off the visa, right?" And he reassured me that we had more than enough, I bought another round of SATC DVDs and we called it good.
Back to the tax issue, I am so glad you guys don't think of us as 'stealing' your hardearned tax money. I was so flustered by that line of thinking! I mean, I get angry when I think of welfare moms who REALLY know how to milk the system (not people who just use it when they're down on their luck and then climb their way out of it after a year or two).....I think that that is not how I would like my tax dollars spent. But a couple thousand dollars going to a military family who sacrificed a lot and whose military member worked their **** off for 17 months? I mean, yes, we were paid well....the military does compensate pretty well, unless in the civilian life one made a LOT of money (more than 75K or so- then I guess it would be a cut). DH made a little bit more than in his civilian job, but the clincher is that soldiers in a combat zone don't pay taxes; and we get housing pay. So it was an extra $700 a month for us. Anyway, why I am blathering on about that....
Disney Enthusiast, if you are out there, hi! I don't think we've seen you post for awhile (or am I just forgetting)....
ETA- a few of you asked how Molly is adjusting to Daddy- so far, so good. When she's upset, she definitely still prefers me to him, but he thinks she's a doll and she seems pretty entertained by him too. And she often says DA or DADA when he's around. Coincidence? I'm not sure yet. He took her out for 2 hours today (going to pick up his gun- a real father/daughter bonding thing I guess
) and I got almost two hours here by MYSELF! It was awesome. And he picked up something for dinner too! AND he got in bed with me and watched a few episodes of SATC and said, "Hey....this show is actually kinda funny and has some good writing.....don't hold me to it, but I think I could like this show!" And I thought he would totally make fun of it! He thinks of himself as Mr. Big.
He has the sarcasm down, that's for sure...
Good night all!