Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving!

I definitely have TONS of things I am blessed with year round. Here's the short list of things I am thankful for this year

Our Vet

• The Little Spotted Dog was one sick puppy a couple of weeks ago. My dog that is in constant motion was soooo lethargic. Then he started vomiting, then he started passing blood from his rear instead of the stuff that should come out of there. Two trips to our wonderful vet in 12 hours, one phone call, and one sleepless night and LSD is all better. Too bad his sister is now kinda sickly. 

My co-workers

• I'm not gonna lie, sometimes they can drive me nuts. But, most of the time, I work with a great group of people who are kind, and helpful, and a lot of fun to be around.

My family

• Okay, my family drives me nuts 99% of the time, the best thing about them is, I drive them nuts 99% of the time, and they still love me!!! Of course my little puppies are pretty awesome too!

On the baby front, I have been taking a break from doing the temping this this month. I will continue to do the ovulation predictor kits. I just feel like we haven't be trying long enough to be that intense about it. When we first started trying, I had visions of telling everyone at Christmas. That's not going to happen, so my next vision is having my baby in September, so that means this would have to be our month for that. We'll see!!

Nearing the end of cycle 3!

I'm feeling a little more.....confident?..... less hopeless?...... Anyway, I'm feeling better about this whole baby thing. I was a little sad because, when we started trying for our little C, my doctor told me she guessed it would take us about 3 months to get pregnant. As that 3 month mark is coming around, I am getting a little anxious. With me being overweight and J's past history with "supplements" in high school, I worry about us not having an easy time.

As far as how this month is going, my "friend" is due anytime from 3 days ago to about 4 days from now depending on which way I count it. My symptoms are little to none. I'm a little more tired than usual, and I have had a little cramping off and on. Nothing to get excited about at ALL. Hopefully I have good news to report next week!

*RANT*

The follow is a lot of self pity and whining. Consider yourself warned















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So, I know we have only been going at this (haha pun) for about 3 months, but I'm kinda getting frustrated. I feel like our timing is never right. I guess it doesn't help that we work opposite shifts. We don't hardly see each other through the week, let alone make babies. I keep telling myself it can take up to a year even if we don't have problems. Then I think, well if we do have problems, then we've wasted a year. We are 3 months in, a quarter of a year.

Okay enough moaning I'll be good now.

Right now, we are in that wonderful period of time known as the 2 week wait. It is the time between ovulation and either baby or the monthly "visit". So, I guess updates will come when I have something to update.

A quick update on pretty much nothing.

Maybe once I have something good to update, I'll do it more often. Right now, life is kind of boring which I guess is better than being a drama filled crazy mess. No news to report on the baby front, just lots of wishing a hoping. Right now I am 10 days past ovulation (that's a tidbit that you didn't want to know). So, that means I'm about 10 days from knowing if this month is our month. I really doubt it, since last week I think I had a small bug of some sort. My digestive system hated me for a while there.

I have been researching things that I want to do as a momma. One of them is cloth diapering. I'm not one to keep up with laundry, so I'm hoping that this is going to be realistic for me. But, check it out, aren't they cute???

So, I guess in a month I'll update again and see if anything changes!!

I'm bad at this

So, I'm bad at doing this blog thing regularly. Not much to update. I went to the doctor this past Tuesday and everything turned out fine. I got a clean bill of health and the green light to go ahead with baby C. I've spent this week just kinda trying to get the house in a better order. OH YEAH! I turned 26 on Sunday!! That's about it for the week. This next week is a waiting week, then I can start peeing on sticks or dealing with my monthly friend.

Just checking in.

Well in the J and A household, there it not much new to report. Right now, we are in a holding pattern waiting for my doctor's appointment on the 30th. I have been looking into a few things that we will need for (at the moment non existent) little C, just to get an idea of how much money we need to save and how much researching I need to do. I am kind of worried about the fact I don't think I have ovulated yet. I have been doing a temperature chart and taking ovulation tests. So far, everything is saying I haven't popped an egg yet. I'm confused because i have such regular cycles, you would think I would be functioning just fine.

Enough gross personal blah blah blah. I will try and update on Tuesday if I find out anything interesting at the doctor.

Well, I've blown that for the day.

So, in my attempt to become with child, I've decided I need to try and loose a little "fluff". I've read that if you are overweight, loosing as little as 10% of your body weight can increase the chances of getting pregnant. Well, let me tell ya, I did NOT do well in that department today.

I must admit, I have a problem. It's Chinese food. It's delicious, and oily, and salty, and just BAAAAD. I will continue to sit here and stuff lo mein in my face though. Tomorrow is another day right?

More of an intro

Well I guess I should do a better job of telling everyone who we are

A - I wear the skirt in this family (except I don't wear skirts). Work in healthcare imaging. I'm an okay cook and a pretty horrible housekeeper. I love my family fiercely. I want to be crafty and take up things like quilting and knitting but not at all motivated enough.

J - My wonderful husband. He's crazy and outgoing, which balances out my complete shyness. He works doing robotics in a factory. He is definitely my best friend.

Little Black Dog - Our first born. 13 pounds of lazy wiener dog. Her pass times include sleeping on my lap, sleeping on my mom's lap, and barking at well... everything. Love her to pieces.

Little Spotty Dog - Our second born. 11 pounds of bouncing wiener dog. Completely obsessed with his ball. Loves to get into everything he's not supposed to. Love him to pieces.

Our little family - J, LBD, and LSD live with my mom, my little brother, and the cat. Not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. I love being around my family so much. I love taking care of everyone.


That's us in a nutshell, or the nuthouse if you must.

It has been decided!

Well, J and I have decided to try and make a little C. I have done enough freaking out for both of us, and my darling husband is excited beyond words. Pretty typical reactions for both of us. I go to the doctor in a week or so to make sure my oven is ready for a little bun.

Other than the obvious goal of getting knocked up, my main goal for the next couple of months is to start a budget and stick to it. There are lots of things baby C is going to need, and lots of other things that mama is gonna want baby C to have. Here's my goals for the next 2 weeks:

300 for Wal-Mart that is groceries and assorted household items
72 or more for CC1
100 for Gas
200 for other debits paid
30 to the DMV time to get that drivers licence renewed

That is all that comes out of this paycheck. September is a 3 paycheck month!