Baby legs

Testes one, two, three?

A prize to who ever guesses where that title came from.... :)

I tested this morning with my IC's just to check to see if the trigger was gone. It appears as though it is (well, I'm not going to test with a real test anytime soon, just in case. These IC's aren't that great. They never did pick up with any of my miscarriages.)

Only 7 days to go until my blood test.

Here's my test today. Hopefully I'll have a pretty pink line in a few days to compare it to. :)

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I thought I'd also share that I'm glad I did my little Austin expose yesterday and the day before. I doubt that I'd be so kind today. One minute he was in the bonus room with me, coloring. The next, he's gone- apparently taking advantage of the fact that I was engrossed in my project.

The stinker got into the dish soap (in the child locked cabinet, mind you!) and squirted it everywhere while I was making baby legs. I had to throw away a few trash bags because he decided to paint, Pollock style, on them. Just so you know, making baby legs takes approximately 5 minutes each pair (well, plus the time spent hunting for them at the store...) so it wasn't as if I was neglecting him for very long. Grr....

But, I did get the order done. Cute, if I do say so myself. I'll have to post it in another post because blogger is being stupid!

A week and a day

I can't believe I still have a week and a day until I get my blood work done. In some ways, it seems like the week has been going by quickly. In relation to THIS, however, it hasn't. The days are crawling by. sigh.
But, the good news is that I'll be very busy between now and then. Playdate and babysitting today, meeting a new friend tomorrow (she's a friend of a friend who moved to Huntsville in October), two birthday parties and a baby shower on saturday (just call me the party princess) and possibly a Chattanooga trip on sunday and monday (if I can convince E that its worth it. The kids have been chattering incessantly about staying in a hotel and swimming....) work tuesday, preschool wednesday, work thursday, then- what do you know- its friday. Seems fast...but probably won't be.
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Yesterday I was going to post a picture of my A man, but I got interrupted by A himself. So, here it is. He's sporting his new fancy baby legs, (which, by the way, are very helpful in the potty department. MUCH easier than pants!)

Now he asks almost every day to wear his baby "wegs". I love it! I found some Christmas socks at wally world for 50 cents and I made him another pair. They have fuzzy type stuff at the top, which he calls his "soft baby wegs". Unfortunately, they don't stay up very well. When I go to the store next week, I'll look for another pair to make him. Its hard to find "manly" knee high socks. Wonder why? lol

My little A man

A's teacher talked to me after preschool today. She said that A is a "hoot" and "cracks her up continuously through out the day". I guess today he was making all kinds of silly faces on the potty. When the teacher asked him why he wasn't going pee he said "I'll wait and go at home for mommy. I'll hold it." Then she proceeded to tell me about how different he is than Olivia (who was in her class last year). She said that he often just stops what he is doing, comes over to her and says the funniest stuff. Just to make her laugh.

We've noticed around here lately, that A's been a ham. He is always trying to joke, be silly, or make funny faces. We can almost always get him to stop throwing a fit by being silly. The other night, he was all worked up because I wouldn't leave his closet light on. I started singing the wrong words to Twinkle Twinkle, and he started laughing and got over the light deal. Its quite nice, actually, to have that option. When O's in a fit, well, its best to just leave her be.

Oh, gotta go. Little man is waking up from naps. He's calling my name.

What the hey!

Why is my fertility friend freaking out. It keeps saying that I ovulated on Sunday. Which, is not really true. I am pretty confident that I ovulated on Saturday evening (1. because the trigger shot is supposed to make you O within 24-36 hrs 2. because I had some super intense pains on Saturday night 3. because my temp rose some on Sunday morning.) Sometimes I love that software....sometimes I hate it!

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I also made an online purchase today. Which is so NOT me. I tend to enjoy the hunt of a good bargain in person. However, Victoria Secret doesn't carry their coats in store, so online was my only option. I will soon be the proud owner of a pink, yes pink, knee length wool coat. For only $25! (that was 80% off!!!!)

I'm sure E will give me a hard time about it being pink. I had these pink cords that I wore in high school (we had a dress code and couldn't wear jeans. you get tired of plain khakis!) and he hated them. Loathed them. However, he did give me "permission" to purchase this coat. He couldn't really believe that, in his words, I could get "a nice winter coat for under $50". Well, I'll show him. lol.

Hopefully it will come soon! its going to be stinkin' cold here this week. Weather like this makes me want to move further south. Florida perhaps....or Australia. I saw this: [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/od_afp/lifestyleaustraliatourismoffbeat_20090113032028;_ylt=ApRDNWBMmQLJm7KwWV_alyQazJV4thought it would be a great opportunity for me, in another life anyway. It might be a tad hard to get pregnant a few continents apart...

Feeling a tad embarrassed

that my good friend just had twins today and I'm jealous. Happy that she is, right now, holding two precious little healthy babies in her arms. Jealous because I don't have one. Happy that she made it a few weeks extra, Jealous because we were due only a week apart and I have nothing to show for it. Happy that everything went well and she's at the hospital resting. Jealous that I won't be waking up to nurse a baby. Happy that I'll be able to go see them all on Wednesday.

Those emotions are so hard, sometimes. To be so happy for someone else's joy, but so sad on the inside for yourself.

A different kind of pain

So yesterday, I kept waiting for the sharp, intense, ovulation pains I kept reading about. Last month, in fact, I had some pretty serious ones so I assumed that this month would be worse (due to the 6 follicles versus 2 from last month) Both of my sides were very tender (down by my pubic bone) to the touch. It actually got to the point where it hurt to move much.

The hcg trigger shot is supposed to make you ovulate 24-36 hours after the injection. I waited and waited during that time frame from 6am to 6pm. The tenderness got pretty strong around 6:30. By 8:30pm my sides were so tender, just where my pants pressed up against them hurt!

It was not the same pain that I was expecting to have. I was actually a little worried that I didn't and wasn't going to release my eggs! But, much to my relief, I woke up this morning with relieved tenderness on my right side (my left side still is a tad sore) and a higher temperature. Woot!

Only 12 days left to wait for my blood work. Thankfully, its not a whole two weeks.