Teeny tiny... :)

FINALLY the day of the viability scan/pregnancy ultrasound was here! :)

I will keep it short (I'll add info re: week 7 tomorrow) - we have one teeny tiny baby growing!  Here is a picture - can you spot it? ;)

... and a more magnified view... (still tiny and kind of tadpole looking!) :)

I have to say that seeing the heartbeat was perhaps the most amazing thing I've ever seen.  How cool is it that one of our balls of cells now has a heartbeat???  :)

So if all continues to go well, we'll be due mid-June.

My first appointment with the Maternal/Fetal medicine dr is next Fri, Nov 5.  The adventure continues!

HAPPY HAPPY, JOY JOY!!! :)

Oh P.S.  went to the Royal India again to celebrate... we love that place!

A really fun day :)

Yesterday was a GREAT day.  It started with me getting up to go to the grocery store - I asked Blake to please put his clothes away and vacuum when he got up.  When I got back, he came out and helped bring groceries in, AND he had put his clothes away and was vacuuming - NICE! :)

Then our Dads came over and we went to the Utah game.  Despite the rain, it was a FUN game - Utah did GREAT (poor CSU... nah...) :) - always fun to see Utah win in-person.  

When we got home, Blake made us dinner and we found "Remember the Titans" on tv - I've wanted to see it for a long time, so we watched it and it was great.  A super fun day.

At the game, I noticed my legs were cramping a lot - yes, we were having to go up to the 62nd row, but it was really uncomfortable!  I read somewhere recently that you can get funny leg cramping in pregnancy because you start metabolizing calcium differently -  I have a suspicion, though, that the problem may just be I'm very out of shape, my ankle was acting up, and I hurt my toe the other day so was limping.  Yep - that seems the more likely culprit! :)  I will be going to the gym starting this week I think... :)

We just watched the Broncos game... ouch.  Not good - I think the worst game I've seen from the Broncos in a long time... :(  I was shocked that they didn't put any other QB in - poor Orton was getting MUSHED.  I think Tim Tebow may be wondering what he was thinking when he signed on... wow.

I got pretty nauseous today after sacrament meeting - great, right? :)  In YW I realized pretty much everyone in the  YW leadership knows about our pregnancy.  I don't remember telling people, but maybe I told them we were doing IVF and they were assuming it worked...?  I suppose one of the risks of posting a public blog is that you lose the ability to share your news with people when/how you want... I feel a little anxious that so many people are in the know, just because we haven't had the viability scan yet and it's pretty dang early.  But - it's nice that people are excited and happy for us, so I'm trying to think of it that way!

Anyway - have a wonderful day/evening!

Week 6 and more on the joys of diabetes... ;)

I know I've not been posting as often as I was before - just a reflection of being busy and tired!  Holy cow!!!

So - first - week 6 of pregnancy is a REALLY cool week! 

Holy tired, Batman...! and an accounting of our trip to Denver

For the past few days (almost a week now actually) I've been soooo tired.  I have insomnia at night (waking up about every 2 hrs) with weird dreams, and then I am having trouble staying awake during the day!  Yikes.  Oh well.  Quickly before I move on to the Denver trip - my ultrasound was rescheduled to Thurs Oct 28 - the doctors are all at a conference and won't be back until late Wed.  BUMMER.

To summarize Denver... it was fun, but BUSY - not exactly a restful trip, but still fun!

Our fifth anniversary! :)

So today is our fifth wedding anniversary!!!  It is crazy to think about - what an interesting five years.  Despite the rough spots, I am really happy to say this has been my FAVORITE year so far! :)  I love my Blakee - he is the best, funniest, quirkiest match for me.

Special considerations for a diabetic (again)

FRUSTRATING - I can't get my blood sugars to be between 80-120 (for the most part) the last few days.  I know I'm sensitive to hormone changes - that could be all it is (?)

Busy, busy!

Wow did the weekend go by FAST!

Friday when Blake got home, we went to the Royal India (on Main St in Bountiful) to celebrate our news.  It was YUMMY!

... the verdict

So last night I woke up (again) at 3:30 a.m.  Has anyone seen "The Fourth Kind"?  I haven't, but for some reason in this semi-lucid state I remembered an ad that said something like "most alien abductions occur at 3:33 a.m." - so I started to panic thinking I was going to be taken up at any minute.  I woke up enough to calm down, then started worrying about what the day would bring.  There was lightening, thunder, and rain going on - and I thought uh-oh, I hope this isn't a bad sign! 

P.S.

Cute Blake ran an errand and came back with a card and giant cupcake for me.  :)  I think he knows I'm kind of anxious - I think that is really sweet (and I'm not just talking about the chocolate cupcake!) 

One more day!!!

So by tomorrow at this time, we *should* know if this round worked!

I am grateful today for a job that keeps me very busy - the two weeks went by pretty dang fast - very humane, I think!

Fingers crossed... we'll be ok either way since we know what we'll do regardless, but WOW how cool would it be if it's positive???


Have a great night! :)

Two more days...

...until the next milestone - the blood test to see if this worked!  I'm kind of anxious, and excited to find out one way or the other.  A few people have asked if I'm wanting to try a home pregnancy test - honestly, I'm ok to wait.  This week is going by FAST, and my history has shown I don't have a lot of luck with positives being confirmed.  So I'm perfectly happy to wait until Fri morning, with an answer by the end of the day.

Hooray! I'm feeling crummy! ;)

Actually I'm not feeling THAT bad - but I do kind of persistently feel a little dizzy, and a couple of times I felt pretty dang nauseous today.  In fact, in the middle of the last meeting (which I was facilitating) at one point, when a bunch of people came in together, someone had cologne or perfume on that didn't sit well - AT ALL.  I didn't have to run out, but had to consciously breathe deeply, sip some cool water, and focus on the call.  Then after the meeting I swear it smelled like something electrical was burning, and things tasted weird, which made me feel gross.  I made it through the day, though, and I think this may be a good sign. :)  Though maybe I'm just anxious/making myself feel sick.

A funny thing happened at the Hogle Zoo... :)

Whoa did this weekend FLY BY!!!  I'm exhausted and haven't even had a chance to post!

Yesterday (Sat) I woke up at 7:30 a.m. and got up to start cleaning - yep, I'm having trouble sleeping.  Blake got up around 9 a.m. and went to get bagels at Einstein's.  Unfortunately it was SUPER BUSY and a guy in front of him stole... I mean, took... our order when it came up!  Oh well, the guys there know Blake so gave him the impatient guy's AND his original order.  This worked out GREAT, actually, as I forgot to tell him the pretzel bagels have been too salty for me the past few days, so I got impatient guy's cinnamon sugar bagel instead. :)

We watched General Conference from 10-11 a.m., then Mark and Ember dropped Julie and Celine off to go to the zoo (we promised Julie last year for her birthday that we'd take her to the zoo - she turns 8 yrs old next Fri so we had to get moving!)

PUPO and halfway through the TWW! :)

First - I decided to change the blog format - love it?  Hate it?  Let me know what you think! :)

This week actually went by REALLY fast - happy to see just 7 days to go until we find out if this round worked or not! :) I think this week may go even faster - we are going to the zoo, zoo, zoo (don't you wanna come too, too, too?) ;) (had to say it!) tomorrow with Julie and Celine (two of our nieces), and it's conference weekend, and we've got a bunch of errands (cleaning, groceries, etc.) to take care of, then next week I have meetings starting at 8 a.m. on Mon, culminating in our Bureau's "All Hands meeting"/party on Thurs afternoon. Lots to stay busy! :)