another year older...

I can't believe i'm 31!!! That just sounds too old. LOL. I guess you are only as old as you feel, right? So some days i feel 18 and other days 60. So i guess it balances out. :)

Last night i was told by Kevin to just "relax" and rest so i can get feeling better from this stupid cold. Well i was talking to my sister Carolyn on the phone and the front blinds were cracked open. I could tell a car just pulled up in my driveway. Who could it be? I wasn't expecting anyone. Well i open the door and there are Emily, Jen & Lauren. They kidnapped me! They were nice enough to let me change out of my pink Mickey Mouse pjs pants (my sis-in-law made me) and Kevin's old white church shirt. LOL. They took me to the movies where Jenn & Cat joined us too. We went and saw 17 Again. Cute movie. We were the ONLY 6 people in the theater. It was pretty cool. :) So if we didn't show up they wouldn't have had to play the movie. LOL. Gotta love small town Idaho. Then after the movie we went to Dairy Queen and had some ice cream, chatted & laughed. We weren't paying attention to the time and i guess they wanted to close so they turned the lights out on us! I couldn't believe it. They didn't come up to us and say..."we are closing in 5 mins" or something like that. *kevin was in on the kidnapping-sneaky sneaky!*

THANK YOU GIRLS FOR A FUN NIGHT!!!!!

Here's to hoping my 31st year will be a good one!

New Recipe

I tried out a recipe my sister Natalie told me about. We loved it. So i posted it on the RECIPE BLOG i am apart of. The recipe is "Crockpot Creamy Shredded Chicken"

status update

So i guess i should update since it's been over a week. Sunday we went to Boise had an u/s. My one really good one was at a 15.5, which is just shy of what they want...18. So they said not to do any more meds and we'll check in another u/s on Tuesday. Well i had one move vial of medicine...so i did one last shot to give it that extra push it needed. So Tuesday go in for another u/s and HOT DANG it was ready! So we scheduled an IUI for Thursday. So we went to boise yesterday and did the IUI. So now we wait and see. One of the u/s techs on tuesday was one of the first ones that saw me back in January when we started this whole process. She was SO IMPRESSED with how "beautiful" my lining was. She said, "i probably shouldn't say this, but when you first started (back in January) i was a little worried it wasn't going to work for you (ever) because your lining wasn't so great, but now look at it!" So i guess i'll take the compliment.

So...it only takes one...so lets hope this one is it!

thursday u/s

So I went for another u/s today. I was excited to see that there was some good growth. I've got 4 follicles. They range from 13-8...we need one (or more) to be an 18. So...that obviously means more meds. So, I'll do more meds this week/end and we will head to Boise on Sunday to do an u/s, since they don't do them here in Twin on the weekends. I am checking ovulation tests, just incase, tho i doubt i would ovulate on my own. If I have a postive ovulation test on Saturday then we will turn Sunday's appt into an IUI appt instead of just an u/s.


Funny side note: As i was racing back to the office after my appt this morning (which took longer then expected) I was pulled over for speeding. The first time in 9yrs that i've been pulled over. I was happy to have only received a warning. Yay!!! Only the 2nd time being pulled over ever. And i like to speed!

Monday u/s

A disappointing appointment today. There was hardly any growth at all. They are REALLY pumping the meds these next three days and then I'll have another u/s on Thursday. I am SO ready to have this done and over with. I am SO emotionally drained it's not even funny! I just want it to end either way. Pregnant or not. I've been having an impression that we need to get our adoption paperwork together. I felt that way after round two...and i'm feeling it again. I don't know if it's my way of giving up on this stupid process or if it's inspriation. Either way, i think we need to do it. What's a $1000 for the paperwork to be processed compared to the thousands we've spent over these last 3-4 months with fruitless results.

Sorry i'm such a downer lately.

Appointment Update

So Friday we left for my appt. and I was quite nervous and setting myself up for the bad news. So when the doctor comes in she said "we'll do that follicle count first and then we will do the water ultrasound." I said "OK, sounds good." Well when she started the u/s to do the follicle count to see how my eggs were doing she noticed my lining is just fine and where it should be! WOO! HOOO!!!! There was no need to do the water u/s. She just thinks that i hadn't had the heavist part of my cycle yet by the time we did the inital u/s so...ALL IS WELL!!!! My eggs are doing good. Still small. But my left side has finally decided to participate in the growing of follicles. I had about 5-6 follicles that were measuring about 7-8, usually i have like 1-2 maybe. We need to get them up to around 18.

SO...i've been doing more meds and then i have an u/s Monday in Twin to see how we are doing and if i need more meds. I'm thinking...Yes i'll need more. Just cause my body is so stubborn. So the appt was much shorter (& cheaper) then we thought it was going to be. YAY!!!!

I am so grateful for you all and for all the prayers you have said on our behalf.
THANK YOU!!

*more to come later about our stay in Boise and ALL the fun we had!*

3 weeks of being lazy

So i haven't worked out in 3 weeks...till yesterday. It (spinning) kicked my butt!! I am glad to get back to working out. I gained 5-7 lbs back in those three weeks! I'm blaming part of it on the medicine and being bloated. LOL. Plus i ate WAY too much Easter candy. I just LOVE Cadbury Creme eggs & the Reese's peanut butter eggs. YUMMMMM. I have one of each of those at my desk right now! I can't leave Walmart without buying them.

So i think we are going to make it a "weekend" trip to Boise. We are thinking of staying the night at a friends house and then checking out a museum or zoo or something in Boise. Since we haven't done anything like that in forever. We'll come home on Saturday and then Sunday head to Kevin's parents for Easter.

I guess i better ask our friends if we could stay the night at their place. LOL.

stupid body of mine

So, we have decided to do one last round before needing to take a (financial) break. Well this morning i went in for a baseline u/s to just check out how things look. They do these u/s on day 2 or 3 of your cycle. Well apparently my lining is TWICE as thick as it should be. So now there is worry that there might be a polyp(s) in my uterus not allowing the lining to thin correctly. So now we are going to Boise on Friday (4/10) to have a water u/s done by Dr. Slater to see how things look and hopefully rule out what might be the cause. If there is a polyp and we don't get pregnant this round the doctor would recommend having it (them) removed. So...now we wait till next Friday to see how things look in there. But i continue on with the meds as normal.

UGH!!!! WHY!?!? Why does it have to be so hard!?!

* now up to 25 friends pregnant or have given birth this year.*