I went to the JBF sale today

Well, I ventured out for a little fun and the weather is awesome again today. I will be outside again in a little while for sure.

I went to the Just Between Friends sale today that was in our area. This is a big like resale type event that they have all across the US I guess and it's all baby stuff and maternity clothes. Pretty cool actually. I bummed around and was excited to find a brand new never used Boppy and a brand new never used travel bed still in the box. Think I did awesome as for both it only cost me like $27.00. Considering those Boppy's are like $60.00 brand new at BRU. This one is really cute too, it has caterpillars all over on it. lol It's a great place to check out if you know the gender you are having or have little ones already. The amount of clothes was never ending. Great prices too.

Wow, just looked at the temp thing we have in the house...It's 81 out there. Going outside to enjoy. Talk to you later

Think I am going to scrapbook today :)

The sun is out and it's already 58 outside. Going to be a beautiful day out there again. Will have to go enjoy it a little later.

I was looking through all my scrapbook stuff downstairs because I have ideas running through my head and hopefully that means I can actually make a few pages today. Need a few things though that I hope I can find so going to run out in a little bit to see if that is possible. lol Sometimes I can't always find what I am looking for and it's frustrating you know :)

Jim is being a good sport and trying to figure out all these other cool things you can add to your blog pages so hopefully that all goes well. I really appreciate him helping me with our blog. It's nice to see him excited about all this wonderful stuff now. I'm just loving it :) YAAAAA

Having some fun

As you can see by the new widget added to our Blog that I have been having some fun. Still trying to find out how to do some of these other cool things but it will take a while I guess. Just fun to play around with and change things up a bit :)

I started my new injection today. It was pretty painless thank goodness. But they start out that way and then the more I do them the more the areas on my thighs become. Hoping that won't be the case this time around and I just need to make sure I move around in the areas I have and maybe that will help. I'll survive it all none the less so it's all good right :0) It looks like after April 1 all the injections and meds will stop hopefully. That will be a great day. YAAAAAAA

We are hoping to hear more good news today on Jim's side of things and see what that will all mean for us in the near future. Have my fingers crossed but I have a good feeling the news will be great. Things in 2009 are all starting to fall into place so we are ready for the journey ahead :)

The Natural Wonder of It All

Not too much happening my way today. Ran a few errands and now just relaxing. I had a small time frame of not feeling so well this morning but it passed. Thank goodness. Hoping I might get really lucky and not have all that morning sickness stuff. That would be awesome huh :) lol

I recvd my new injection meds that I start tomorrow. Wasn't sure how they all worked so I called and spoke with our nurse Andrea and she was just so sweet. She was out sick yesterday and was so upset she couldn't be the one to call us with all the good stuff yesterday. She is sooooo excited for us and looking forward to seeing our ultrasound next Friday when we go in. I asked her if it would be okay if we could take a picture of the whole staff that day with us for our little one's scrapbook. She said that would be great and she would let everyone know we would like to do that when we arrive :) YAAAAAA I am so looking forward to that like you have no idea. She explained how this new medication will work and why I am on it. She assured me that it is a good thing that I am on this and not a bad thing at all. I have come to realize that getting pregnant naturally is more amazing to me than ever before. To think that this process happens without the uncountable amount of pills and injections is a true wonder to me anymore. Those that get lucky enough to get pregnant the good old fashion way, God bless you all. It truly is a miracle. lol

I have been doing some research online just looking at the time frame of things and how this little one is growing and changing every day. Sometime between this Friday and next Tuesday the little one's heart will start to beat. How exciting is that. A real little life is taking place in all it's precious glory and it's fun to know when the different processes might be happening. We feel fortunate to know certain things that some don't when they naturally conceive. Like we know when the day happened that the egg was fertilized, I felt implant on Wed morning, and knew I was pregnant 11 days after conception took place. We have pictures of our little ones in the dish as they first started their little life and the wonder of what if. Just amazing and so hard to put into words.

I started the scrapbook of our journey the other day and when I feel creative I will make sure I make it to the computer room to make my page before I forget my thoughts. lol I want to note and remember this journey for every moment we are in it. Our little one will know just how much they were wanted and loved long before they were here in person. It's going to be a great book and I look forward to making it along the way.

The number is in........

Just got the call. My Beta number is........123. Awesome. YAAAAAAA. This does not confirm if it is just one or more unfortunately. Plus, I had to order more meds and will start yet another injection every Monday, Wed and Friday. Yikes. More poor legs. They just healed up from the first round. Oh well, I survived then so sure I will survive this round too :)

We have our first ultrasound set up for Friday March 13th at 8:40.. YAAAA, I am sooo excited about that. We will hopefully know then if it is just one or not. Plus, more pictures to follow :0) lol Love those pictures. They are just so special and precious to see.

Wish my hubby were home, but he will be home tonight so it's all good.

Keep you posted as we continue our journey :)

What will the number tell us?

I was hoping to update this only one time today but just can't wait anymore :0) lol Some things just never change I guess. kee kee kee

I went for my blood work first thing this morning hoping I would have my number update by now. But still waiting. Sooooo glad I at least know I am pregnant. If I didn't know that yet I would be one pacing little lady and my floors would show that never ending walking path I would be doing.

I am anxious to see where my number is today compared to that from Friday. It may give us a good look into if it is just one lucky one or more. If it does indicate maybe more than one it will be a few more weeks before we will know for sure just how many there really are :) I think Jim would really freak out if it was more than one, but he would adjust and be just as excited as he is right now. 3 we would both be freaking out :) lol

I am also anxious to talk with our doctor to see what I can and should not do right now? This is all so new to us and we worry about doing something wrong and messing things up. Crazy I know but we don't want to take any chances you know. It's been a long road and now our miracle is here and it up to us to take special care of this little one. That will be my main focus as these next 8 1/2 months pass by. Today is actually 2 weeks since this process really got started. How cool is that. We can actually share the exact date with our little one some day. Fun things that I think about.

Stay tuned for the number update. Hopefully it arrives sooner than later :)

The rest of the story

So, as all of you now know the awesome news and I am some what more calm today I wanted to share how we heard about the news yesterday.

I had prepared myself for having to wait until Monday for any kind of news on my blood work tests. I was on my way to the post office when my phone rang and it came up as PRIVATE on my caller ID. I never answer those so I let it go. Then about a minute later it rang again saying the same thing. Figured whoever it is really wants to talk to me so I answered the phone. The voice on the other end was our nurse at the doctor's office. She is so sweet and so understands where we are coming from right now as she herself went through the IVF process years ago. She's been awesome with us and we really like her. We like the whole staff over there and that has made such a huge difference for us in this journey. She wanted to know how I was doing and how I was feeling. I had emailed her to inquire on the blood work from Friday but she was out of the office :( Anyway, she said she recvd my email and called in for the results yesterday morning. She is NOT suppose to call me with these results and made me promise promise promise not to say a word to any other staff members that she called and told me. She is too cute. Of course I promised and then she said, well okay then........Congratulations, your pregnant. I think I went into an instant state of shock and asked her to please repeat what she just said. When she did I started crying and she asked if I was okay. I said yes but I think I need to pull over :) It was just the most awesome feeling that came over me. Those words I have soooo longed to hear and gave up thinking I ever would until this chance came around our way. It was just amazing. I couldn't wait to get back home and share the news with Jim. I so made sure I didn't pick up the phone and tell him that way.

I made it all the way home and ran downstairs with my hair all upside my head and tears in my eyes. I stood at the computer room doorway and said, "How do you really feel about being a Daddy?" It took him a moment and then he was all smiles. It was perfect. Glad he was here for that because to have waited all day until he got home on Monday would have drove me crazy. lol

Now, you remember that I have those wonderful at home tests still. The ones I said I am not going to ever do again...yeppers. Well, Jim says, go take a test. I said I didn't want to because they never tell me yes. He said but they will now :) I waited until he was in the shower and took that little test praying it would confirm what our nurse had just told us :) Well, sure enough there it was in all it's two little pink lines glory. I cried again and just stared at it to make sure I wasn't just seeing what I wanted to but that there were in fact 2 pink lines. There were. I was standing outside the shower holding the test in hand so he could see it and I said "It's the cutest pee strip I have ever seen :) ".

Jim took pictures of the test while I was in the shower and when I checked my email he already had it up in Flickr and sent me the link that I added to the blog yesterday. How cute is he :)

We could not be more excited and feel so blessed to have this chance. Our miracle is here and I am going to do all I can to keep this little one safe and sound the best I can. Now it's one day at a time and pray that the next 2 1/2 months goes by without issue so we can breathe a sigh of relief. We ask that you still keep up in your thoughts and prayers and will continue to follow our amazing journey. We hope all continues to go well and our miracle will be here around November 16, 2009. AMAZING!