After Christmas was planning to be just as busy for us as before Christmas. We were planning to head home from MIL's house on the 26th and be home/pack. The 27th (the boys birthday) at 430am I was to get up, pick my mom up, drive an hour to the train to pick up family, drive home, spend the day with the family, put the boys to bed for the night, drive back to where I picked the family up, get on a plane and fly to NYC at midnight. Busy right? Well the first part of that plan went off without a hitch. The problem came when a HUGE snow storm decided to hit the east coast shutting down the airports. Erick spent all day off and on the phone with Jet Blue trying to rebook our flights. Finally we had to admit defeat and stay home.
Today is New Years Eve. We should have been in a hotel just Erick and I but instead we are at home with the boys (alone) while the family that came to watch the boys while we were on our trip is off visiting other family. We now have these lovely vouchers for Jet Blue. Hummm where to go where to go. They have to be used this year.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Merry Christmas!
The boys had a great Christmas! They were spoiled rotten. We started off Christmas with my sister, niece and brother-in-law coming over Christmas eve. The kids opened their PJs and we read all of our Christmas books before bed.
Christmas morning I got up early and while everyone was still sleeping I put breakfast in the oven. We have coffee, coco and cinnamon rolls. My mom joined us. When all the kids were up presents were passed out and opened. We ate our yummy rolls and then went to our in-laws.
Once at Erick's moms the boys got more gifts. Then off to G. Grandma's house for more gifts. This gift opening went on for 2 days.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
More you missed
So I have a secret. The reason I hadnt been blogging was because a large portion of life was a secret. In May Erick and I tried to get my IUD out. There was an insurance snag and I couldnt get it out until July. From there we started Testing all over again to try for number 3. After the testing was done I was told I was still broken. I ended up having to take provera. The Dr put me on Metformin. Then when we were ready we started Clomid again. Our first cycle was a bust. I didnt even ovulate. So they upped the dose.
Cycle #2 on Clomid was interesting. 100mg is a lot harder on the body than the 50mg. I did everything I was told to and on cycle day 21 I got my blood work. My progesterone was 18.6 indicating that I ovulated and strongly (if you remember the cycle I got pregnant with the boys my progesterone was 13.1). So on cycle day 26 I had a quant. HcG it came back less than 5 (cycle a bust).
Well 5 days later there were still no signs that the cycle was ending. I took the last test I had in the house. BUT at that exact moment the boys decided to wake up and make something crash so I put the test down and ran out of the bathroom. I had to feed, change and do the other morning duties so I didnt get to read the test. 30 min later I finally get back into the bathroom to read the test. I see 2 lines. Well crap! 2 lines and they dont count because it was after the time limit on the test. I call a friend and she rushes over to bring me another test. As it happens when she went to the store digitals were cheaper so she got them. I take the test and there is no not. I leave to go get a blood draw. 4 hours later I get the call. My beta came back at 149. IM PREGNANT. Two days later I go in again, get the results. My double time is 39.34 hrs my new beta is 341. So far so good.
Cycle #2 on Clomid was interesting. 100mg is a lot harder on the body than the 50mg. I did everything I was told to and on cycle day 21 I got my blood work. My progesterone was 18.6 indicating that I ovulated and strongly (if you remember the cycle I got pregnant with the boys my progesterone was 13.1). So on cycle day 26 I had a quant. HcG it came back less than 5 (cycle a bust).
Well 5 days later there were still no signs that the cycle was ending. I took the last test I had in the house. BUT at that exact moment the boys decided to wake up and make something crash so I put the test down and ran out of the bathroom. I had to feed, change and do the other morning duties so I didnt get to read the test. 30 min later I finally get back into the bathroom to read the test. I see 2 lines. Well crap! 2 lines and they dont count because it was after the time limit on the test. I call a friend and she rushes over to bring me another test. As it happens when she went to the store digitals were cheaper so she got them. I take the test and there is no not. I leave to go get a blood draw. 4 hours later I get the call. My beta came back at 149. IM PREGNANT. Two days later I go in again, get the results. My double time is 39.34 hrs my new beta is 341. So far so good.
Ketchup
Pumpkin patch. We took the boys to look at the pumpkins at this huge farm. They have a train and a tram. A petting zoo, tires to climb, a corn maze and much more. We went because Ethan's EI vendor was footing the bill. They gave all the kids free pumpkins and we got to ride the train (the boys love trains) and the tram. It was still hot here so we didnt visit the petting zoo for to long because we were melting.
Speaking of melting after thanksgiving they have a snow hill there to go tubing on. Well they were testing it out. The boys and Chloe got to throw a snowball.
Halloween was so much fun. The boys understood what to do and were excited. They were the lion and the scarecrow. Their cousin came with us and was Dorthy. So cute to see them walk up to the house, ring the bell, say trick or treat then thank you, welcome. Many people thought they were so cute they gave them more candy.
Shortly after Halloween we went to Disneyland for 3 days. We had an amazing time. The boys loved it. They jumped out of the strollers to run to hug Goofy. Mickey they wernt to impressed with but Goofy they loved. I cant tell you how many times we rode the train. We timed our trip with the start of Disneylands Christmas decorations. OMG it is wonderful. They go all out.
While in Disneyland the boys got to sleep in a big boy bed. They also got to meet Santa, see "snow fall" and meet Mater and MacQueen.
After Disneyland we had Thanksgiving then the boys birthday party. They had a cars theme and We had a great time with friends and family.
My birthday was next. Erick sent me to a salon to get my hair and toes done. My mom took me to breakfast and the boys took me to lunch. It was a great day.
Then came getting ready for Christmas and all the parties that came along with that. I hosted 2 Christmas parties after the boys birthday party one of which was the next day. As soon as all the guests were gone the birthday stuff came down and Christmas went up. First off was the tree for the annual ornament exchange with my family. I couldnt resist putting the boys in their holiday outfits. Santa even showed up at the party to pass out gifts to all the kids.
So now it is almost Christmas and you know just about everything that you missed while I was away. I promise to be better about blogging.
Speaking of melting after thanksgiving they have a snow hill there to go tubing on. Well they were testing it out. The boys and Chloe got to throw a snowball.
Halloween was so much fun. The boys understood what to do and were excited. They were the lion and the scarecrow. Their cousin came with us and was Dorthy. So cute to see them walk up to the house, ring the bell, say trick or treat then thank you, welcome. Many people thought they were so cute they gave them more candy.
Shortly after Halloween we went to Disneyland for 3 days. We had an amazing time. The boys loved it. They jumped out of the strollers to run to hug Goofy. Mickey they wernt to impressed with but Goofy they loved. I cant tell you how many times we rode the train. We timed our trip with the start of Disneylands Christmas decorations. OMG it is wonderful. They go all out.
While in Disneyland the boys got to sleep in a big boy bed. They also got to meet Santa, see "snow fall" and meet Mater and MacQueen.
After Disneyland we had Thanksgiving then the boys birthday party. They had a cars theme and We had a great time with friends and family.
My birthday was next. Erick sent me to a salon to get my hair and toes done. My mom took me to breakfast and the boys took me to lunch. It was a great day.
Then came getting ready for Christmas and all the parties that came along with that. I hosted 2 Christmas parties after the boys birthday party one of which was the next day. As soon as all the guests were gone the birthday stuff came down and Christmas went up. First off was the tree for the annual ornament exchange with my family. I couldnt resist putting the boys in their holiday outfits. Santa even showed up at the party to pass out gifts to all the kids.
So now it is almost Christmas and you know just about everything that you missed while I was away. I promise to be better about blogging.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Time files
They say it takes 21 days to break a habit and 66 days to create one. Well if that is the case I am out of the habit of blogging. When I took my little break I meant it to be just that a little break. I needed some time to myself. Things wern't good. The busiest time of the year was coming up on me fast and this was just one more thing to do. Something had to give and it was blogging. I cant tell you how many times I sat at the computer and opened blogger then thought nah XYZ is a better use of my time. Now I have come to realize that I missed it. The break was great but I missed showing off my boys. So my promise to you is that before the end of the weekend I will get you up to date with pictures and stories of the boys.
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