Nothing too exciting just....
I'M PREGNANT!!!! 
I went in today to have my estrogen and progesterone levels checked today. After that I went to help my mom with some things and I get a call from my dr.'s office while I was on the phone with a friend. I missed the call and immediately called back.
When I called back they put me on hold and the nurse that usually calls me back said it wasn't her that called me b/c they didn't give her my chart. So, she puts me on hold. She comes back online and tells me that they are still looking for who called me. Then, one of the Dr.s gets on the phone and I immediately think the worst. He asks if I'm at a place where I can talk. (Really thinking the worst now) He then says, "Okay, you're pregnant!" I asked, "Really?!?! I didn't think I was going to find out today?" He said they were being sneaky and they usually won't tell unless it's definitive and mine was definitive!
We are trying for another baby. We transferred 4 embryos on December 19th and will have my pregnancy test this Wednesday December 31st.
I had a little bit of a scare on Christmas day. I started spotting. It had been a very busy day for us of course. We got up and Conner opened up his Santa Claus presents that morning. (I woke up at 6:30 and couldn't get him up until about 7:30...lol) Then, we got ready and went to Billy's mom's house and exchanged presents and ate dinner up there. Came home for about an hour. That's when I found that I started spotting.
I told Billy about it and told him I was going to lay down for a bit. It was about an hour before we left to go to my parents' house. The rest of the day I sort of sat down and chilled. When we got home the spotting had increased and I called Dr. K to see if there was anything that needed to be done. He said that it was really just in God's hands now. I felt really bad for calling him b/c he was obviously sleeping when the answering service called him and there wasn't anything else that could be done.
Yesterday we went to Jackson like we always do to exchange gifts and visit with my Aunt, Uncle, and Grandfather. I was still spotting a little bit, but not near as much. I still just sort of took it easy and didn't lift on Conner or anything heavier than my purse.
Today I wake up and the spotting is gone! :) So, I'm hoping this was implantation bleeding. We'll see this Wednesday, I guess. Keep praying for me, please!
So, it's been a while, huh?
I guess I've just been neglecting my blogging duties. I was talking about this to my friend Laura ( see BFF ). We were both wondering why we don't blog as often. It's not like it's that hard. I have no idea why I don't do it more often.
I have found some more blogs that I love to "stalk" (in a friendly, check them everyday kind of way.) The first one is Cakewrecks. It's a hilarious look at what can happen to the beautiful cake that you dreamed of for your special occasion turning into....well, a wreck.
The other blog I love reading is Fail Blog. It is along the same lines as Cakewrecks, but deals with more than just cakes. Some pretty funny things are on there.
There is one more blog that I like to check in on called 365. It's a blog by a girl from my message board. She posts a picture for each day for 365 days - one year. It's really a cute blog and she's really a great photographer. I've consulted her on a few photography questions of mine. I wish I had her talent.
Well, I think that's all for right now. I will leave you with the Christmas card I created to send to family and friends this year.
I used the background and trees from Captivated Visions. I used the snowflake overlay from Scrapping with Liz. The rest was all me which was words and picture...lol
Wow, looks like I went link happy today. Well, it's my gift to you! Happy clicking. And Happy Holidays!!!
Okay first of all, I'd like to tell you that if you have any gel air fresheners get them out of your house now.
I just had to call poison control b/c my 3 year old son decided that he wanted to taste the gel air freshener that was in Billy's bathroom. @@ I was in my bathroom fixing my hair when he came in and had this odd look on his face. I asked him what he did and he said he ate his book. So, I was thinking no big deal, right?
Well, then he tells me he needs something to drink and I tell him to wait a sec. About a millisecond later I start smelling something and it was the gel air freshener from Billy's bathroom. He had poured I don't know how much on his hands and decided it to put it in his mouth. I immediately turn my faucet on in my bathroom and get his stool and tell him to start drinking water (he likes to stick his mouth under the faucet so, he knew what to do.)
Then, I called Poison Control and they couldn't even find the air freshener in their database or online. The lady at Poison Control told me the best thing to do was to give him something to drink, watch him and make sure he didn't start coughing. She said the chemicals that are in these air fresheners can get into their lungs and cause a chemical pneumonia.
Here I was thinking that he was over putting stuff in his mouth.
This is what the stuff looks like:
This is a scrap page I did of me and my best friend. We have known each other since kindergarten. She lives in Birmingham (Actually outside of B'ham in a town called Chelsea, but it's like I say I live in Mobile when I live outside of Mobile in Daphne.) We rarely get to see each other, but we talk AT LEAST once a week if not more. I love her and don't know what I would do without her!!!
This picture was taken on her recent visit down to Mobile. She was able to come over and we spent the whole morning talking and catching up. I used the Refresh kit I got from Scrap Girls. The paper is called Kraft Multi Stripes by Erica Hite. The elements that I used was: Tab-yellow by Shalae Tippetts and a glitter sun that I changed the color of by R. Dickson from a Soleil kit.
Do you know what all you can get at Office Depot? Just about everything. I didn't realize it until I was looking on their website for something and noticed under the "office supplies" tab was a section called "Breakroom and Janitorial". They have 228 items under their food category! Can you believe it? I'm not talking about just coffee and creamers either. They have Easy Mac, hand held soups, and other things to eat.
Next time you are looking for dry erase markers or needing to order paper for the copier, take a look. Maybe you'll be as entertained as I was or maybe I'm just too easily entertained...LOL
I know you are probably thinking I'm a little crazy to write a blog about the passing of Estelle Getty. I was inspired while watching an episode of Golden Girls. (I usually have my TV on the Lifetime channel every morning as background noise.) Well, I'm really not. I'm writing about the effects of dementia on a family. It can be hear wrenching!
I lived with my grandmother suffering her last years with it. She died when I was pregnant with Conner in December 2004. I felt so sorry for her because it was difficult for her to say what she wanted. And sometimes we would put her off because we thought she was talking "crazy". For example, there was one time she was very determined one lady in her building (when she was living in some Senior Citizen apartments) was stealing her clothes. We just put it off as her being delusional, but now I just wonder if she was actually right. I can't say she was lying because it just might have been the truth. HER truth.
That's the crazy thing about dementia, it will make you think things are true when it really isn't. It will make you forget your loved ones. It will make things difficult for you to convey. I remember seeing an interview with Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, and Betty White. They were having a Golden Girls reunion and the big question was, "Where was Estelle Getty?" (Sophia), well her dementia had gotten so bad that the last time the rest of the "Girls" had visited her, she barely remembered them. I'm lucky that my grandmother never got that bad.
So, I know now that my grandmother and Estelle Getty are both in a better place. A place where they can convey what they want to say. A place where their truth will be everyone's truth. A place where they don't have to be frustrated because of this awful disease.
My grandmother at my wedding June 22, 2002.
