Thoughts At Large...

• What is the deal with people and driving in the fog? Does all knowledge of how to drive in foggy weather just fly right out the window?


• I was getting terrified about breast feeding yesterday after a few girls at work kept going on and on about it. So last night I prayed about not being nervous  when it comes time to breastfeed. As soon as I was done praying it dawned on me, neither of them have breast fed a day in there lives so why am I listening to them? That was the fastest a prayer has ever been answered!


• I have been thinking about building an addition on to the back of the house and putting in a driveway in the front of the house. I am really nervous, I don't know if I want the added expense of a home equity loan or what ever we decide to do. Maybe I should start calling around for estimates.


• I have convinced myself I am having a boy and now everyone is convinced I am having a boy too. We are already calling the baby the boy name. I think it will be hilarious to find out I am having a girl!


• Yesterday my niece asked me how do they get the baby out of your belly...I ignored that question, I'll leave that up to her parents to tell her!  ;-)


• I have decided on what crib bedding I want it is super cute!


• Our toilet seat broke on Sunday and what a pain in the ass this has become, literally! I fear for my leg when I sit down to pee! I might as well try to sit on the mouth of an alligator!


• People at work are getting on my last reserved nerve!

Second Ultrasound

I had my second ultrasound on Wednesday and they told me my due date is March 17, 2008...St. Patrick's Day! I kept saying to Tom, isn't there something on the 17th, someone's birthday or something? He said no and finally my sister-in-law said "oh that is St. Patrick's Day!" I had one of those eureka moments, I really could not think of what the 17th was! Any-who, we watched the heartbeat, it was very amazing, it is feeling a little bit more real now! Still no sickness, boobs hurt a lot though...feels great when your niece is jumping all over you and knocking into them, yowser! She is four and me and her usually rough house together so her being easy is still new territory we are working on. She asked me today "Are you going to have your baby taken out at the same place my mommy had her baby taken out at?" She cracks me up, "taken out" sounds like I am having a tumor removed instead of giving birth. 

The babies heartbeat is good, 119 beats per minute. Everything looks good so far, my progesterone is still a little low so they increased my medicine again. I think if this form of progesterone doesn't start working my next step will be progesterone shots. My blood pressure was very normal which is good because they took me of my HBP medicine last week!  

Here are this week's pics:







Looks a lot like an olive to me! The black is the amniotic fluid and the grayish part (where the + signs are) in the middle is the embryo. That whole grayish part inside of the black is where we saw the heartbeat, it was all very cool!

The Hottie and The Drowned Rat...

We'll just file this under worst picture ever taken of me....

 

The Brad Paisley Concerts

July 21st Fancythis and I traveled on down to Charlotte, North Carolina for a Brad Paisley concert. The drive was about eight and a half hours and was pretty uneventful. It is nice to just take the weekend off and get out of town for a few days! While we were there we got our nails done and had a nice dinner, you know girl time. When we got to the concert we used the same excuse that we used last year so that we could park in VIP parking...muhuwahaha. We waited in the world's longest line to pick our tickets up from will call and ended up missing the Taylor Swift portion of the concert. That was the first thing to tick us off. Then we get to our seats and we didn't like them, they were four rows from the front but we felt like we were off in left field, second thing to tick us off. Jack Ingram came on after we got seated and he sucked, third thing to tick us off. Kellie Pickler came on after him in her red high heels and was just adorable, she is a good entertainer and sings very well. It was sad, she started to sing this one song about her mother and how she was never around as a child and she started bawling, it was so sad it made me want to cry. I suppose it was hard for her to sing that song and be in her hometown all at the same time. Then Brad came on and the security person told us to go on up and stand right next to the stage. So that's what we did and we sung and danced and had a good ol' time! Unfortunately we again did not catch his hat or a single guitar pick! Better luck next time I guess.

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July 25th Fancythis, Emmy and Fancythis's sister went to the State Fair and watched Brad again! Super fun! I think I had more fun here than I did in Charlotte. Emmy had me cracking up the whole time. The man in front of her did not get out of his seat the whole time which is really quite annoying when you are trying to dance and such during the concert. But other than that we all had a great time! At the end of the concert I walked over to the Meet and Greet area so that I could meet Brad. Once I was over there I realized my camera was missing, I then had a panic attack, ran back to our seats, no camera, called Em to see if L had my camera, L said no, Em looked at L's wrist and sure enough that is where my camera was L just forgot she had it on her wrist, crisis averted! I waited in line to meet Brad and when I got in there I was only slightly star-struck. He shook my hand said hi and thanks for coming to the show, autographed my album cover, took my picture and sent me on my way. It took all of two minutes. He is adorable and very shy, he seemed a little too skinny the road must be hard on him. So I guess we will be doing it all again next year and hopefully Fancythis will get to meet him next year.

Exhaustion!

Well, I am completely exhausted! After running down to NC this weekend to go to a Brad Paisley concert in Charlotte and the lack of sleep I get every night, I need a nap. I think I need to go to bed at 8:30 this way I will feel well rested when I wake at 5:00 in the morning. Going to bed at 10:30-11:30 every-night is just not cutting it! I am seriously fantasizing about going home tonight and sleeping for a good four hour nap.

Well I have to get back to work since everyone likes to take vacation at the same time, argh.

Oh What A Beautiful Day!

Today was my first ultrasound and as you can imagine I was nervous beyond belief! I was hoping and praying that the baby was where it should be and not tubal! The good news is "this is exactly what I wanted to see," the doctor informed me! YAY! One worry down, five million more to think about!  ;-)  They took my blood and called later in the day, my HCG is good it raised 113% my progesterone was a little low so they want me to double up on my medicine for that. I also had an appointment with my normal doctor to change my high blood pressure medicine, she told me I no longer have to take any meds! My pressure is really good and that as long as the other doctors monitor it I should be okay! YAY!!! Tom and I decided to celebrate by going to the Melting Pot and enjoying a nice meal together. We had a really good time and we were able to sit down and talk about things for the baby.

I don't really feel "pregnant" just as yet. I do have to pee a lot and occasionally feel nausea but it never lasts long and it doesn't happen every day! My mood swings are scary, usually I swing in to bitch mode and my friends at work give me a hard time about it! I think it is kind of funny because the one girl that just had a baby was fifty times worse than me so we all pointed that out to her today, muhuwahaha! She also has this habit of calling people by there first and middle initial and I think it is annoying so I turned the table on her and started calling her kids and her by there initials, she was not amused! Hopefully when I have a baby she doesn't call them by there initials as I am trying to teach her a lesson. HAHAHA!

Here are the pics of my baby:



 

The doctor said it is still the yolk sac and there isn't a visible embryo just as yet. Next week there should be the embryo and my ultrasound for that is next Thursday. She told me I need to go every week now for bloodwork and ultrasound. I think this will be interesting to see things progress week by week. When I got up to change I told Tom to hold the picture of his baby and he says "you mean my yolk sac." He thinks he is a comedian and had my mother in hysterics. I think they both just like saying yolk sac because they seem to slip it in to conversation whenever there is an opening, ridiculous! So I guess that is enough of my ramblings for the evening, I'll be sure to keep everyone posted!

A New Addition To The Family...

Well it is going to be Tom's new baby, does that count? After this and all the car eggings happened to our 2005 Dodge Magnum, Tom wanted a new car. I put him off as long as possible but then during vacation he hit the curb and ripped the skirting off of one whole side, that straw broke the camels back. We spent all night at the dealers and test drove three different cars and here is what he liked best:



It is a 2008 Dodge Avenger. It is very nice; heated seats, sunroof, leather, etc. He is very thrilled about the whole thing. He can't wait to take it back up there tomorrow to have the gas tank filled and the car cleaned up (not that it looks dirty). 

I must admit, I already miss the Magnum, sniffle, sniffle!

And It Begins...

Nicole: "Would it be ignorant if I told you it does look like your stomach is getting a little bit bigger. (Pointing) Just right there."

Me: "I thought so!"

Nicole: "And your breasts too! You are going to need a G by the end of this pregnancy...like a damn sling shot!"

Me:  Hysterically laughing-"I know this is hilarious and didn't I just buy new smaller clothes, oh the ironies of life!"

Nicole: "Well you are definitely looking bigger."

Me: "Thanks, it's nice to know I have such open and honest friends!"

Happy Birthday Emmy!

Her birthday isn't until later in the week but I didn't want to get too busy to post. Emmy, L and I went to the Melting Pot on Saturday and had an awesome time! Of course we were there to celebrate Em's birthday! She is the big 2-3 this year! In no time we will be 30, where did all the time go? So here are a few pics of are good time!



Emmy and L.



Me and Emmy.



 

Emmy, L and me.

So Far, So Good!

I had my third blood test today to check my HCG level. My HCG levels are as follows:

Monday (aka the day I found out I was pregnant): 53

Wednesday: 129.2

Today (Friday): 454

The lady that called said I am progressing along nicely and to keep taking my progesterone. She also said my thyroid is too high (I am hypo-thyroid) so she is going to change my medicine dose for me. She also said that they will probably do my scan (ultrasound) sometime next week! YAY! This will be my first ultrasound and I am super excited! Hopefully it will give me a little more peace of mind since I am such a damn worrier.

A HUGE Blessing!

So many of you may be asking, what was your blood test for that you were so anxiously sitting on pins and needles for? You want to know don't you? Okay I'll tell you, are you ready, are you completly sitting down? I am PREGNANT!!!  Four weeks pregnant to be exact! As I type this I am really still in shock! I am so excited and anxious. But mostly I can't believe it. After all this time spent trying, I am pregnant! I have not taken a single fertility drug in exactly a year to date of conception! Yay! I got pregnant on my own, I can't believe it!!!

I want to give an enormous thank you to everyone that was with me during this trying time in my life. I can not express how grateful I am to all the prayers and shoulders that I cried on through all of the treatments and disappointments. Come to find out people were praying for me and I never even knew which makes me even happier! I feel so blessed and am glad that I have such a great "support group!"

I had my suspicions I was pregnant when I didn't get my period on vacation (since it has been very regular). I decided Sunday that I was going to take a home test on Monday when I woke up before work. I did and nearly had a stroke! Instantly it popped up positive! I almost fell to the ground I couldn't believe my eyes! I must have looked back at the box 20 times to make sure I was reading the test correctly. Once I was certain of the result I called the Tom and told him the good news! We both agreed I needed to check with the doctor first. I called the RE as soon as they opened and they told me to come on in. I called Mom and told her and then called L and told her. Of course they both wanted to come with me so they both went with me to my blood test, can you tell we were all excited! I had my blood drawn at 8:45 and didn't get a call until 5:25pm! I thought for sure I was going to explode if they didn't call to confirm. When they called I called every family member and close friend and let them know. I have never heard my family and friends scream so loud in my life. Everyone was crying and screaming it was a moment I will never forget! The doctor did tell me my progesterone was a little low so I will need to take progesterone until it gets better. I went today for more blood tests and my HCG level is really good and my progesterone is doing good too! That was a relief! I need to go to the doctors every two days so they can monitor my hormone levels and when I am six weeks they will do an ultrasound to make sure the baby is not ectopic.

Please keep praying for Tom and I! I really just can't thank everyone enough for there love and support!

P.S. If you were wondering who this post was written about, it's me!

Oh.My.God!

Waiting for blood test results is the most nerve racking process to go through! I am convinced I have developed an ulcer from all this waiting! I called the office twice today and they informed me they would call before 4:30. Why the hell does it take so long, especially when the lab is in the doctor's office, ridiculous!

Vacation and Identity Theft.

Here is a little tiny recap.

Vacation was a lot of fun! Saturday we went to our family reunion, super fun, someone asked me if I was still considering adoption? Where do people get this shit? Sunday was G-Pa's memorial service and Monday was the funeral. It was a military funeral at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetary and the gun shots scared the shit out of me. It was a beatiful service and I was slightly amazed at the whole process. After the funeral we went to the St. Louis Zoo, my favorite zoo in the world. After the zoo, Tom and I caught a baseball game, it was awesome, our seats were awesome, we had an excellent time! The game was the St.Louis Cardinals -vs- Arizona Diamondbacks, Cards won! Yay! Tuesday we went to the Anheuser Busch Brewery in St. Louis and got two free beers at the end. After that we had barbecue pork steaks with my Aunt and Uncle, delicious! After dinner Tom and I went to the movies and watched Transformers, it was pretty good. Wednesday we woke up and met my Great Aunt and Great Uncle for breakfast, super fun, she is my favorite Aunt and just loves us to death. After that we drove down to Dexter to another Aunt and Uncle's house and the whole family including 47,000 children came over and we had a party and shot fireworks off in the front yard, good times! Thursday, we went to the Current River in Van Buren and went tubin' super fun! Tom got sun-poisening and everyone else got sunburn too! Dad and I have the least severe sunburn due to our natural olive complexion, thank God! After tubin' everyone drove from Dexter to Poplar Bluff to meet us for dinner at an awesome steak house, delicious! After dinner Mom and I went to Walmart to buy some Aloe, my debit card was denied for $15.00!?!? I thought must be something wrong with the system because I have plenty of money. Got back to the hotel and logged on the the internet there to see why I had no money, negative $30.00, what the hell is going on! I looked over the charges and someone had charged over $800.00 in fraudalent charges!!! I nearly had a stroke! I called the bank and cancelled my cards, keep in mind I am a thousand miles from home! They said it was most likely someone stealing my card information from the internet and that I would have to come in a fill out paperwork and they will start to recover my money. Beings it was a Thursday and I am in Missouri it was not so easy to just come fill out paperwork!!! Ahhh! Friday we left for Pigeon Forge, Tenn. for the fun of it? Dad wanted to drive hours out of the way so that we could look around and see if we wanted to go on vacation there!?! We drove down the main drag and turned around in a parking lot, Tom turned around in the same parking lot but managed to hit the curb and rip off the skirting around the bottom of our Dodge Magnum! That was a hilarious situation that I will have to write about later. We rode home after that and we were on the road a total of 24 hours and drove right to the bank to fill out our fraud paperwork! Needless to say I am exhausted and will be sure to post pics and write more later, this vacation slowly turned into a vacation from hell and has left me wondering if my identity is stolen.